Screenplays

Where humor, horror, and humanity entwine.

I’m interested in writing compelling characters in high-concept situations that force them to face the truth — whether terrifying, absurd, or hilarious.

SQUEAK

Short Horror/Comedy — 9 pages

Logline:
After being discarded, a rodeo-clown dog toy becomes host to a sentient fungus — born from the remains of executed fighting dogs — and rises to avenge his loyal companion, a battered golden retriever named Bumpstock.

Recognition:

  • Grand Jury PrizeBest Short Screenplay, Richmond International Film Festival (2025)

  • Winner - Killer Shorts (2025)

  • Winner - Oregon Screams Horror Film Festival (2025)

  • Winner - Dunwich Horror Fest (2025)

  • Winner - Astrophobia Sci-Fi and Horror Festival (2025)

Status: Short in Pre-Production, Feature in development

To request “Squeak” email me at: scripts@evanschullery.com

A creepy clown doll with a white face, clown makeup, and dreadlocked hair, dressed in a red plaid shirt and overalls with a yellow paw print, lying on dark dirt surrounded by bones and roots.

He hurt my best friend.

Threw me away..

BIG MISTAKE.

Concept design credit: Jordan Monsell

JUST TEACHER

Thriller — 109 pages

Logline:
Terrified of the next mass shooting, an embattled veteran teacher obsesses over a troubled new student, but when her warnings go unheeded, her commitment to protecting the school grows increasingly unhinged.

Recognition:

  • Winner – LA Screenwriter Logline Competition (2018)

  • Top 15% – Academy Nicholl Fellowships in Screenwriting (2018)

  • Second Rounder – Austin Film Festival Screenwriting Contest

To request “Just Teacher” email me at: scripts@evanschullery.com

DUE SOUTH

Animated Comedy — 101 pages

Logline:
When his family migrates without him, a chubby, loudmouthed gosling who can’t fly decides to walk south instead — dragging a scheming beaver and a self-serving squirrel on a clumsy, heartfelt quest that tests their patience, pride, and the true meaning of family.

Recognition:

  • Winner – Wildsound Screenplay Festival (2016)

  • Semi-Finalist – Story Pros Screenwriting Competition

To request Due South email me at: scripts@evanschullery.com

Just because you’re grounded,

doesn’t mean you’re not going places.

KIKI AND TAY DO “THE WORK”

1/2-Hour Comedy - Pilot

Logline:
A satire following two sisters from West Philly as they reap the rewards of their social-justice shenanigans and learn life lessons along the way.

Recognition:
Quarterfinalist – Stage 32 TV Comedy Screenwriting Contest (2023)

To request Kiki and Tay Do ‘The Work’ email me at: scripts@evanschullery.com

PROJECT PRINCESS:

The Greta Growchmongo Story

Comedy — 102 pages

Logline:
A mock-doc parody of The Swan and every makeover reality show ever made, Project Princess follows Greta Growchmongo’s hilarious and horrifying transformation from backwoods farm-gal to televised “beauty,” exposing the cult of cosmetic perfection along the way.

Recognition:

  • Runner-Up – Find the Funny Screenplay Contest (2004)

To request Project Princess”email me at: scripts@evanschullery.com

TRISDALE

Southern Gothic/Psychological Drama - 103 pages

Logline:
After a teenage girl claims she was assaulted, her mechanic stepfather and their devout rural town descend into paranoia and violence — revealing sins far darker than the one she confessed.

Recognition:

  • Top 10% – Academy Nicholl Fellowships (2004)

THE ALLEY

Psychological Drama - 11 pages

Logline:
A strung-out man scavenges an RC controller that inexplicably tunes into his childhood bedroom — forcing him to try, across static and time, to stop the moment that broke his life.

To request The Alley email me at: scripts@evanschullery.com