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The Blood List was an annual survey of the best unproduced horror and thriller screenplays as voted on by industry professionals. It was created by Kailey Marsh and ran from 2009 to 2022. Films such as Bird Box and Cobweb , as well as the series Severance , originated as speculative scripts on the list years ahead of their production.

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History

The Blood List was created by Kailey Marsh in 2009. Its name was a play on the similar Black List. [1] Steve Barton of Dread Central called it "one of the most vital and necessary horror resources you'll ever need to break into the business". [2]

In 2013, the Blood List began offering a script-rating service, with the 10 highest-rated scripts being forwarded to judges for possible inclusion on the Blood List. [3] In 2014, the Blood List partnered with Stage 32 for a contest open to new writers who did not yet have representation. [4]

In May 2024 , the Blood List announced it would be discontinued, making the 2022 edition the final one, as the 2023 edition was skipped due to the Writers Guild of America strike. [5]

Top-rated scripts

YearTitleAuthorRef
2009 The Voices Michael R. Perry [6]
2010Dark ContinentDavid Portlock [7]
2011 Maggie John Scot III [8]
2012The Disciple ProgramTyler Marceca [9]
2013Ink and BoneZak Olkewicz [10]
2014 Bird Box Eric Heisserer [11]
2015 Eli David Chirchirillo [12]
2016OrbSteve Desmond and Michael Sherman [13]
2017 Soul Mates Chris LaMont and Joe Russo [14]
2018 Cobweb Chris Thomas Devlin [15]

See also

References

  1. ↑ Collis, Clark (2015-10-28). "Blood List Part VII names the year's best unproduced horror and thriller film scripts". Entertainment Weekly . Retrieved 2016-04-01.
  2. ↑ Barton, Steve (2014-10-14). "The Blood List Website Relaunches! New Horrors Abound!". Dread Central . Retrieved 2016-04-01.
  3. ↑ Barton, Steve (2013-07-30). "The Blood List 2013 Looking for New Sacrifices". Dread Central . Retrieved 2016-04-01.
  4. ↑ Dickson, Evan (2014-05-21). "Got a Horror Screenplay? Draw Some 'New Blood'!". Bloody Disgusting . Retrieved 2016-04-01.
  5. ↑ http://www.bloodlist.com
  6. ↑ "2009 BLOOD LIST". The Blood List. Retrieved 2016-04-01.
  7. ↑ "2010 BLOOD LIST". The Blood List. Retrieved 2016-04-01.
  8. ↑ Sneider, Jeff (2011-10-31). "'Maggie' tops 2011 Blood List". Variety . Retrieved 2016-04-01.
  9. ↑ Sneider, Jeff (2012-10-31). "'Disciple Program' tops 2012 Blood List". Variety . Retrieved 2016-04-01.
  10. ↑ Barton, Steve (2013-10-31). "Winners of the 2013 Blood List Announced!". Dread Central . Retrieved 2016-04-01.
  11. ↑ Rahman, Abid (2014-10-31). "'Bird Box' Claws its Way to the Top of the 2014 Blood List". The Hollywood Reporter . Retrieved 2016-04-01.
  12. ↑ Gajewski, Ryan (2015-10-28). "'Eli' Leads 2015 BloodList as Top Dark-Genre Script". The Hollywood Reporter . Retrieved 2016-04-01.
  13. ↑ "2016 BloodList: See the Year's Best Horror Screenplays, Pilots and Shorts".
  14. ↑ "2017 Bloodlist - BloodList".
  15. ↑ "2018 Bloodlist - BloodList".
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