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Featured Friday: Haunted Houses

October 18, 2024 Weekend Read

Weekend Read, our app for reading scripts on your phone, features a new curated collection of screenplays each week.

This week, we look at how haunted houses trap your characters inside, force them to cozy up to some terrifying spirits, and use fear as a catalyst for change.

Our collection includes:

  • American Horror Story – “Pilot” by Ryan Murphy & Brad Falchuk
  • Barbarian by Zach Cregger
  • Beetlejuice by Warren Skaaren and Michael McDowell
  • Ghosts (US) – “Pilot” by Joe Port & Joe Wiseman
  • Insidious by Leigh Whannell
  • Poltergeist by Steven Spielberg
  • The Conjuring by the Hayes Brothers
  • The Haunting of Hill House – “Steven Sees a Ghost” by Mike Flanagan

Read these and other featured collections only on Weekend Read 2, available on all Mac and iOS devices. Download for free!

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  2. Featured Friday: Period Television
  3. Featured Friday: Curses

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