The Cure

After being diagnosed with a rare brain disease that leads to madness and death, a teenager must fight for her life while trying to hold her fractured family together, and defeat an unknown entity who's determined to attack her by any horrible means necessary.

  • Ashley R Hall
    Writer
    Something Wicked 2014, Something Wonderful 2015, Something Wicked 2016
  • Project Type:
    Screenplay
  • Number of Pages:
    114
  • Country of Origin:
    United States
  • Language:
    English
  • First-time Screenwriter:
    No
  • Student Project:
    No
  • 2020 Nicholl's Fellowship
    Los Angeles, CA
    July 30, 2020
    Finished in Top 20% of all 2020 entries
  • 2020 New Orleans Horror Film Festival
    New Orleans
    September 25, 2020
    Finalist
  • 2020 New York City Horror Film Festival
    New York City
    September 30, 2020
    Official Selection
  • 2020 Southern Horror Film Festival
    Atlanta, GA
    September 19, 2020
    Official Selection
  • 2020 Atlanta Women's Film Festival
    Atlanta, GA
    September 19, 2020
    Official Selection
Writer Biography - Ashley R Hall

Ashley R. Hall is a focused and accomplished writer and filmmaker, and has spent the last twelve years working in film and television. Her credits include four seasons at Psych and seasons at Castle and Complications. She has experience writing and producing an international podcast, managing independent films, (Sympathetic Details starring the cast of HBO's The Wire), writing narrative trailers and performing stand up comedy in Los Angeles.

Ashley also spends time in the political arena, where she worked as a Regional Organizing Director for a 2020 Presidential Primary, and as a Field Organizer for a 2019 State Senate Campaign. She received her B.A. in Communications and Film at Virginia Tech, and currently serves as the Director of Outreach for her local Democratic Committee.

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Writer Statement

"It’s an accepted fact that all writers are crazy, even the normal ones are weird."
William Goldman