What IMSDb focuses on is scripts and they have managed to gather one of the larger collections on the web.
The Internet Movie Script Database clearly takes its name from the larger IMDB but that’s where the difference end. While you’re there, take a look at the newest posts and see if there’s anything of interest to you – it’s all learning! 4. Make sure to use the search and limit your search to this particular Subreddit (a Subreddit is what they call their forum board topics).
Depending on the film, I have found great success in finding screenplays I wanted there – Oz Perkin’s 2015 The Blackcoat’s Daughter (which I talked about here), The Killing of a Scared Deer (2017) and many more. Reddit’s /R/Screenwriting community is a great place to stop by if you have a screenplay in particular in mind. The activity on the site helps to prevent dead links and keep fresh material coming through the doors. Impressively, Simply has an impressively active blog which updates weekly – sometimes, it updates almost daily. SimplyScripts is one of the best resources of screenplays across all the genres but they have been growing an impressive selection of horror scripts since their start in 1999. Unfortunately, the site has not seen any updates since I Spit on Your Grave (2010) was added on October 28th, 2016 it’s unlikely that we’ll see a resurgence in activity here. It was the late ’90s – early ’00s when I first stumbled upon HL and read my first horror movie screenplay: A Nightmare on Elm Street 3: Dream Warriors (1987). HorrorLair is the only site on our list that exclusively caters to the horror cinéaste. Thankfully, you’ve already read the title of the post so why don’t jump right in? 1.
Each and every decision made was made for a reason and understanding those reasons will help to inform your own writing.īut that still leaves one question… Where do you find horror screenplays? This doesn’t mean keeping a notebook and writing it all out (unless you want it to), what it means is that you should take an active part in reading rather than passively experiencing what is written. You should be asking yourself “Why that word?” or “What makes this character feel alive?” and, most important of all, you should be answering them. It’s not enough to just read screenplays… you should be studying them. If you’re anything like me, you’ve read enough advice or listened to enough interviews to know that one the best ways to improve as a screenwriter is to read screenplays.