Gem Laddie

Gem Laddie

Feature · Horror · 120 pages
After a fairytale wedding ends in gruesome tragedy, a traumatised photographer obsesses for answers, finding herself alone in a bleak village where her unwanted presence opens old wounds and disturbs an evil she can't escape... not even in her own mind.
Written by Ryan Crisp
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3 Accolades
Accolade Highlights
Finalist, ScreenCraft Horror Competition 2020
Finalist, Stage 32 - Search for New Blood Screenwriting Contest 2021
Quarterfinalist, ScreenCraft Horror Competition 2022

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Ryan Crisp
Morpeth, Northumberland, GB
At heart, Ryan is still that cheeky little boy sneaking to the scary aisle of his local Video World, gazing slack-jawed, spellbound at the promise of horror. Now a recent finalist with ScreenCraft and Stage 32 horror for his black-as-sin mystery, Gem Laddie, he's never escaped that awe and finds himself injecting this passion into his work, excited...
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Finalist in ScreenCraft Horror 2020 and Stage 32's Search for New Blood. Nicholl Top 15%, 7's & 8's Black List. Top 3% and The Red List on Coverfly. My favorite films are those that draw me back, keep me on my toes. What did that mean? Was that a nod to something sinister to come? Gem Laddie is a pitch dark, layered mystery, rich with theme, littered with clues and a narrative rarely signposted. The type of work a fan would discover something new with each revisit. I don’t want to tie things in a neat ribbon. I'm not interested in spoon-feeding my readers. I want to respect my audience, allow them to piece together their own understanding of the material. I want it to linger in the mind. Equally, I aim to leave them squirming in their seat, feel uncomfortable in their own skin. Gem Laddie is an onslaught, a gut punch of the psychological and physical... much like the real-life darkness it explores.