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The Chosen Ones

The Chosen Ones

Feature · Thriller · 105 pages
Status: Spec
In rural Appalachia, a destitute father joins forces with a tenacious young mother to rescue their children from a sadistic backwoods cult that has terrorized the region for over a century.
Written by Paul Sheridan
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13 Accolades
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Coverfly Top 1% in Genre/Format
Semifinalist, Austin Film Festival 2023
Winner, WeScreenplay Feature Lab 2022

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Paul Sheridan
Paul Sheridan is an award-winning screenwriter of elevated thriller, horror, and sci-fi films intended for a wide audience.

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Roadmap Writers Accelerator "Recommend." Roadmap Writers: "The script is a taut thriller, building on familiar material with well-executed characters and a fleshed out sense of place. West Virginia is a vivid setting that provides so much atmosphere and mood, its incredibly effective. While the first two acts recall other kidnapping dramas such as THE VANISHING and GONE BABY GONE, the blood spattered third act goes full TEXAS CHAINSAW MASSACRE... The script is accomplished in both its dramatic pursuits and creating imagery that will surely haunt readers and viewers alike...The hallucinations and nightmare imagery is truly frightening and Emery and Colin's initial reconnoitering of Shadow Peak is absolutely nerve-shredding. Overall, an incredibly effective horror / thriller." WeScreenplay: "The Chosen Ones is a compelling and dark thriller bolstered by its impressive world building. This script explores grief, obsession, and revenge in a tense and exciting package. Paul is a master at crafting suspenseful sequences with worthwhile payoffs."