Cover Image for Moving Day

Moving Day feature

Sign In to see % Rating

#Thriller #Horror

In an alternate reality a young couple's weekend stay at a small town hotel reveals bigger secrets that the town has been hiding.

Awards

Approved
ScriptMother Award Nominee Icon
Nominee Draft #1

Summary

0 Reviews | 96 pages | 5 years ago | Draft 2
Austin and Chris are a young black couple who’s moving to Los Angeles to escape from their problems in the south. During their drive to LA they shack up and a measly hotel when they encounter townspeople who are out to get them for higher reasons.

Industry Reviews

No Industry Reviews

Peer Reviews

first page
We reveal
ugh -- description only


6-time thing -- funny --- never heard that one

ok - im getting ur more novelistic than i --- crisp clean scene description - what how u want a scene to go -- SHOW ME - scene descrip some but dialog that has subtext - in ur face even bar chat mini-drama (i never said this is easy... bane - also what makes it int'g)

lone slug bottom pg5

lots of -ing

pg6-7 - abandoned dialog


EXT...
The concept is a bit blurry at first, I know that it's a story couple but you teased a fantastic story at first and it's actually turning around racism.
The logline is actually a bit misleading like I said earlier you teased a fantastic story by saying it's an alternate reality then you talk about wanderer but we actually don't see any. There is just Austin who's talking vaguely about them but there is no follow up.
The first ten pages didn't...

Recommended for You

Slugline

A "Blind" screenwriter, seeing only in the spectrum of radio waves, must use his gift to escape apocalyptic worlds of his creation,

Gothic Villa

When a strange seductress moves to a historic villa, an esteemed gentleman must set his decorum aside to stop the curse devouring all the men of Birmingham

Entitled

Three people wake up in a room with no doors or windows. They notice a casket at the far side of the room with three locks and a timer counting down. They must figure out why they are there and what happens when the timer reaches zero.

BlogMother

Subscribe
to our Newsletter

Get up-to-date in industry knowledge, Scripts of the Month and more. By subscribing to our newsletter, you'll never miss the best stuff we have to offer.