Projects
Feature films
Malorna
AI is already uncovering patterns in data too vast for human eyes to parse, revealing hidden correlations in medical data. But what if it found something better left buried?
An exiled whistleblower and a journalist uncover a pattern of deaths linked to a disturbing recurring image, a symmetrical figure known only as Malorna. But the closer they get to unravelling its mysteries, the more they realise that understanding it may be the most dangerous thing of all.
Guy Busick (Scream, Scream VI, Scream 7, Ready or Not) is attached as producer, and the script is now going out to the US market.
The House of Saints
After years of estrangement, an elderly man and his young granddaughter spend a weekend together in his isolated caravan. But beneath their desire to reconnect, each harbours a sinister agenda that will ultimately lead them face-to-face with ancient evil beings dwelling on the Lancashire moors.
A dark and disturbing horror in the vein of Hereditary and Saint Maud, with a tightly contained setting, a small cast of compelling characters and a shocking first-act twist. Winner of the feature film prize in the 2023 ScreenCraft Horror Competition.
Television
Dark Young
A pair of cult deprogrammers go undercover to extract a missing boy from a remote religious commune, only to discover the group’s beliefs may be rooted in something real, ancient, and alive.
Veteran deprogrammers Jackie Harrington and Enti Menser are sent deep into the Canadian wilderness, where they find themselves stranded in a sealed-off world of rituals and omens, hunted by a fanatical leader, with the sense that something vast and buried has begun to stir.
Also being developed as a comic book.
Black Lane Ends
When an elderly woman succumbs to severe dementia, her estranged family is forced to care for her in the final months of her life. But as her mind unravels, she begins to reveal dark secrets about what she has been doing all these years. As sinister revelations emerge, the family finds themselves entangled in a dangerous conflict between two families that dates back to the infamous Pendle Witch Trials of 1612.
A domestic drama with a horror twist, exploring the folk-horror feel of insular small-town communities and the inherent horror of family.
Glue Trap
A first-year student finds himself an accomplice to a series of murders when he befriends an emotionless psychopath who is intent on finding justice for her classmates.
Equal parts crime thriller, relationship drama and coming-of-age story, Glue Trap is a tense, darkly comic series that thrives on its relationships and emotional complexity.
Scripts are available to industry professionals on request: contact@sandynicholson.co.uk