Formicarium
A cancer-stricken writer and her suicidal aunt struggle to survive the serial killer living in tunnels beneath their dead relative's house.
Here are selections from what people are saying about Formicarium:
“FORMICARIUM does a good job of building tension and intrigue through misdirection and paranormal activity.”
“The story contains two quite opposite brands of horror that come together in a fearsome way.”
“Overall, this script has serious potential.”
“The writing style and tone are tremendous. The (writer) does a fantastic job writing vivid, pulpy, memorable description, which (along with everything else) conveys a dark, grim, but realistic, and even darkly humorous tone (this is very David Fincher in tenor).
The script is genuinely frightening. Through use of potent, disturbing imagery, this is a horror script that achieves the goal of being genuinely horrifying. Thematically, the script has powerful, moving things to say…
There’s a lot of great writing on the page here. Screenwriting is an art form, and it can be literary and read well, if treated that way. As noted above, the tone is excellent, too. David Fincher has used this same kind of tone to great effect throughout his career. Everything is dark, but the humor and biting quality to the storytelling keep it from being oppressively dark.
You have what can’t be taught. The quality of this writing, in terms of the frightening imagery, the dark and darkly comic Fincher-like tone, the vivid, memorable description, the use of subtext in dialogue, the memorable characters… that’s the hard stuff.”
-PAGE Awards Feedback (Judge #24-0259JF[BD])
“…keeps the tension hovering in the background.” “… sweet … (as horror films go).”
-ScreenCraft Feedback (Story Analyst 248F1)
“The writer’s strong suit is their sparse style in the action of the screenplay and their keen use of absolutely horrific description and imagery.”
-Slamdance Feedback (Story Analyst 24-30148)