Venor
GenreS
Horror, Drama
Logline
While moving cross-country, a young city couple is hunted by a rural family who believe their only chance of survival against a backwoods-dwelling serial killer - whom they worship as a deity - is to sacrifice a pregnant victim.
Page length
114
status
Seeking Investment, Producing Partners
Summary
"Venor" follows BRET and GWEN as they relocate from Chicago to Richmond with their dog IVY during the 2008 financial crisis. When the pair crosses into rural West Virginia, they are targeted by a country family who seek to sacrifice them to VENOR: a backwoods-dwelling killer they believe to be a deity. This project is a tale of modern folk horror that pits city against country in the vein of films like "Deliverance" and "Texas Chainsaw Massacre.” At its emotional core, the story is about a couple trying to keep the faith of their relationship intact amid financial ruin and a family who has lost all hope when their matriarch is murdered. Allegorically, the film is about religious fanaticism and what people do with paranoia and fear when faced with the unknown.
Screenwriting Recognition
2024
Hollywood Horrorfest
OFFICIAL SELECTION
2020
The Red List
top rated horror screenplay - Coverfly
Atlanta Screenplay Awards
finalist
Atlanta Film Festival
quarter-finalist
Filmmatic Horror Screenplay Awards
Finalist
2018
Academy Nicholl Fellowship
top 20% of applicants
Nashville Film Festival
Semi-Finalist
Script Summit Screenplay Contest
Official Selection
2017
Honolulu Film Awards
gold kahuna award recipient
Omaha Film Festival
Semi-Finalist
2016
New York Screenplay Contest
finalist
Beverly Hills Screenplay Contest
finalist
Action/Adventure Screenplay Festival
semi-finalist
Screencraft Horror Screenplay Contest
quarter-finalist
A Night of Horror International Film Festival
finalist
Shriekfest Horror Screenplay Contest
semi-finalist
Crimson Screen Horror Film Festival