Hellplasm by Rob Barkan - Horror - A college paranormal society's TV show ratings plummet after ghost-devouring demons invade their town, turning the team's fight to save their show into an epic battle when the demons turn to human prey. 91 pages - pdf, format

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A college paranormal society's reality TV ratings plummet after ghost-devouring demons invade their town, turning the team's fight to save their show into an epic battle when the demons switch to human prey.

Thank you to everyone who read this screenplay.

Rob Barkan

The good news is, it's written fine. So you just need to sell people on your story and characters. Well done.

Not sure if that's what you wanted to hear. I'm just far too busy to read the entire thing. You don't have to pay me back, I already know how to write a screenplay.

Be good for some other regular members here to do a swap though. The 95 pages of this script should go by pretty swiftly.

Quite a compliment coming from you, Dustin.  Made my day!

Rob

Ok, So Iīve read the first five pages and here are a few notes.

I really loved the opening scene with the ghost kids. I donīt know how much of that tone bleeds through the rest of the story, but it does paint a very intriguing, creative and vivid picture, so good job with that.

Something that I also would like to note is the writing style, i very much like the way you build the action lines.

I noticed the first mistake on the second page.

Code ADAM, 20s, founder and leader of the Carling College Paranormal Society. Serious, passionate about his work.

Remember, screenwriting is all about showing, not telling, at least when it comes to the action lines. Donīt tell us in the description that heīs passionate about his job, if the character development is good enough, we will come to that conclusion. Also, there is no way the audience could see that heīs the leader of the Carling College Paranormal Society just by looking at him. I would suggest revealing that information in a visual way, maybe a close up on a badge or reveal that infomation through dialogue later on. In conclusion, donīt tell the readers what they canīt see, action lines are solely for things that are visual. I hope I made sense

Code ADAM (O.S.) (in Ben's headset) You forgot to say mike check. BEN Mike. Check. Mike placed itself in crawl space. Feelings hurt. ADAM (O.S.) (in Ben's headset) Geek. BEN What did you just call me?

I like this, itīs quick, witty and gives us insight to the way the characters interact and their personalities.

I really enoyed the beginning, Iīll give you more feedback if I continue.

;D

2.5 year old thread. Your review may be falling on deaf ears. I'd pick something newer to review and help people with.

Thanks!! I didn't even notice the date, I just saw that it was on the Unproduced page and assumed it was one of the new ones lol. Thank you.

Quoted from TonyDionisio 2.5 year old thread. Your review may be falling on deaf ears. I'd pick something newer to review and help people with.

It's a revised draft. In the revision history you can see that it was recently updated.  

- Don

Luis,


As Don noted, the latest draft of Hellplasm went up two weeks ago.

I appreciate your suggestions.  Thanks for taking the time to review Hellplasm.

Rob Barkan

https://www.scriptrevolution.com/profiles/rob-barkan