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The Bottom of Fallow Lake

LOGLINE:
Restless ghosts of missing women and a murdered fourteen-year-old boy team up with a skeptical Tarot reader to uncover their killer and seek justice from beyond the grave.

  • Jeanne Taylor
    Writer
    The Co-Star; Mrs. Carmody & Mrs. Jellineck
  • Thomas Floutz
    Special Effects Make-up
    The Pitt; Hellboy; Silver Surfer; Eyes of Tammy Faye
  • Project Type:
    Screenplay
  • Genres:
    Horror, thriller, Comedy
  • Number of Pages:
    91
  • Language:
    English
  • First-time Screenwriter:
    No
  • Student Project:
    No
  • Digital Cinema Package:
    Unavailable
  • Action on Film
  • LA International Horror Film Festival
    Los Angeles
    July 7, 2022
    Quarter Finalist: Screenplay
Writer Biography - Jeanne Taylor

After spending 15 years on stage as a professional actress, Jeanne chose to put her knowledge of human behavior to work as a psychotherapist, and, after 10 years in private practice became an adjunct psych professor. Jeanne's a Stowe Story Lab (2023) and Stowe Story Feature Campus (2022 and 2023) alumni.
An Indie festival favorite, Jeanne’s recent awards include: “Best Director Short Film” at Silver Screen, “Top Female Filmmaker” at Los Angeles Comedy Film Festival, and “Best Teleplay” at Hollywood Reel Film Festival. She’s passionate about writing comedy for women over 40, our biggest population. She finds the funny through writing features and pilots. She has a background in sketch, improv, and even a sold out one woman show at Upright Citizens Brigade. (She portrayed 25 foods on the Craft Service Table. In a tutu).
Originally from Michigan, she currently resides in Los Angeles with her husband, Thom and boxer puppy Scout.

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Writer Statement

I’ve always been afraid to watch scary movies - my imagination tends to get the best of me.
But then I met Thom Floutz, award winning special effects make-up artist, and everything changed. Thom would explain, “The blood is really corn syrup with red food coloring” or “That’s a puppet and there’s a guy off screen with a toggle making him move,” turning something scary into something really cool and creative. I’ve spent years writing comedy, and Thom’s spent just as long making monsters and scaring the pants off people with his special effects. It just seemed right to finally do something together that let us both have a blast. That’s how the idea for a horror comedy screenplay came about—a perfect excuse to mix what we both love and just have some fun. And honestly, being married to Thom for thirty years means we bring a pretty cool energy and a lot of shared history to the projects we cook up together.
Jeanne Taylor, writer