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The Blood List is a survey of unproduced thriller and horror scripts voted upon by industry professionals. It is similar to the Black List and was created in 2009 by Kailey Marsh. [1] Steve Barton of Dread Central has called it "one of the most vital and necessary horror resources you'll ever need to break into the business". [2]

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In 2013, they began offering a script-rating service. The ten highest-rated scripts are forwarded to judges for possible inclusion in the Blood List. [3] The next year, they partnered with Stage 32 for a contest open to new writers who do not yet have representation. [4]

Top-rated scripts

YearTitleAuthorRef
2009 The Voices Michael R. Perry [5]
2010Dark ContinentDavid Portlock [6]
2011 Maggie John Scot III [7]
2012The Disciple ProgramTyler Marceca [8]
2013Ink and BoneZak Olkewicz [9]
2014 Bird Box Eric Heisserer [10]
2015 Eli David Chirchirillo [11]
2016OrbSteve Desmond and Michael Sherman [12]
2017Soul MatesChris LaMont and Joe Russo [13]
2018 Cobweb Chris Thomas Devlin [14]

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  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. ↑ "2009 BLOOD LIST". The Blood List. Retrieved 2016-04-01.
  6. ↑ "2010 BLOOD LIST". The Blood List. Retrieved 2016-04-01.
  7. ↑ Sneider, Jeff (2011-10-31). "'Maggie' tops 2011 Blood List". Variety . Retrieved 2016-04-01.
  8. ↑ Sneider, Jeff (2012-10-31). "'Disciple Program' tops 2012 Blood List". Variety . Retrieved 2016-04-01.
  9. ↑ Barton, Steve (2013-10-31). "Winners of the 2013 Blood List Announced!". Dread Central . Retrieved 2016-04-01.
  10. ↑ 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.
  11. ↑ Gajewski, Ryan (2015-10-28). "'Eli' Leads 2015 BloodList as Top Dark-Genre Script". The Hollywood Reporter . Retrieved 2016-04-01.
  12. ↑ "2016 BloodList: See the Year's Best Horror Screenplays, Pilots and Shorts".
  13. ↑ "2017 Bloodlist - BloodList".
  14. ↑ "2018 Bloodlist - BloodList".
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