Loglines & Screenplays by Michael Martin

GENRES: Thriller

Beth Kinney is an L.A. news reporter, always on the lookout for the next big story. What she doesn't know is someone is watching her, following her every move, and wanting her to become part of the story. But is it one stalker, or many? When the stalking turns deadly, Beth goes on the run with a police detective, dodging bullets and crashing cars as they hunt for the masked killers. The cat and mouse chase leads to a remote desert TV transmitter and a bizarre avowal of twisted love. Beth must try to outwit the insane stalker, escape her bonds, and save her own life! Request a copy of this script @ michael@footprintsfilms.com

GENRES: Sci-fi

What do you get when you combine underachieving college students and a homemade machine that opens a doorway to another dimension? Vortex Rex, that’s what. Gene’s friend Ross has created a vortex generator that can’t be shut off. Things don’t seem all that bad when the first thing that comes out of the vortex is a naked woman. Being young and horny, Gene and Ross are quite happy with this development. But that’s when Vortex Rex shows up. The Rex is a creature bred to fight in an alien war long forgotten and it begins to slash and tear its way through the boy’s friends and family. Will Gene and Ross be able to send the monster back to its inter-dimensional prison before it can release more of its kind? Keep your fingers crossed. Request a copy of this script @ michael@footprintsfilms.com

GENRES: Horror

An attack by a faceless serial killer leaves Lou Hansen alive but trapped inside her broken body. Partially paralyzed, frustrated and afraid, Lou suffers through a series of Out of Body Experiences that lead her to a dark world where evil stalks innocent spirit travelers. There, Lou finds she must fight in both the spirit world and reality if she wants to live. Request a copy of this script @ michael@footprintsfilms.com

GENRES: Sci-fi

A science experiment goes horribly wrong and releases giant mutant spiders into the desert where a bus full of helpless travelers is caught in their web of destruction. Along with the other passengers, Jeffrey Scott will battle eight-legged monsters, dodge psychotic criminals, and fight off deranged scientists. At the end, can he save the girl from the arachnid’s hunger? Request a copy of this script @ michael@footprintsfilms.com

GENRES: Sci-fi

At the end of the last war, to save the woman he loves, one soldier is going to Hell. When Lieutenant Tyler’s wife is shot down behind enemy lines, he disobeys orders and sets out to rescue her. With the help of his tank crew, Tyler will fight an alien army of demon hellspawn through the blasted ruins of a future Earth. Hovertanks, flying aliens, and retreating soldiers battle for our world. When it looks as if the humans may lose, the countdown to planetary destruction begins. Now, Tyler must find his wife before nuclear Armageddon destroys the Earth. Request a copy of this script @ michael@footprintsfilms.com

GENRES: Horror, Thriller

No one ever said the Cold and Flu Season would lead to insomnia, insanity and murder. Kerri is a young woman haunted by a head cold and the inner demons of her mind. Her husband, Eli, does his best to help her through her illness but that doesn’t stop her nose from running or the frightening voices inside her head. The voices that sing the sweet song of violence, whisper of matrimonial betrayal and offer bloody solutions to all of her problems. Trapped in a fever-induced haze, Kerri must fight the auditory hallucinations that push her to the border of reality. Request a copy of this script @ michael@footprintsfilms.com

GENRES: Horror

An in-bred mountain family wages war against its bigfoot cousins and feuding couple Dave and Karen are caught in the middle. A long drive home from the in-laws becomes a battle for survival as they become lost in the woods and are hunted by twisted creatures from Earth’s primeval past. Rescued by the Worthy family, Dave and Karen believe they are safe, until they discover the twisted secret of the Breeding Ground. Request a copy of this script @ michael@footprintsfilms.com

GENRES: Horror, Sci-fi

In 1701 Colonial America, the rain runs red and vampires rule the countryside. Lieutenant Price and his Provincial Rangers set out into the wilderness of the Carolina Colony to investigate rumors of vampirism. In the tiny village of Carter’s Mill, rumor meets reality. There they encounter suspicious locals, burned villages, vampires, witches and more. Price must then defend his tiny band of soldiers, the witch and a de-frocked priest from the bloodsucking undead. Request a copy of this script @ michael@footprintsfilms.com

GENRES: Thriller

A simple virgin sacrifice leads to car chases, gunfights, mayhem and murder. Johnny and Keegan, two college sweethearts, are in a race against time when she is kidnapped by a family of psychos who drag her into the wilderness for a very special sacrifice. Johnny must elude police, dodge bullets and battle the crazies in a cross-country chase before Keegan is lost to him forever. Request a copy of this script @ michael@footprintsfilms.com

GENRES: Horror

They cruise our highways…and they’re not looking for a good burger. Fresh from a terrible week where she has lost both her boyfriend and her job, Alex is running home to her mother. And that is when she takes the detour…to hell! Lost without her Tom Tom in an endless maze of country roads and farms, Alex is chased by a motor home full of creatures, that may or may not be human, who make gruesome snacks out of their human captives. She joins up with Ron and Chris, two gun-toting men seeking revenge for their family’s deaths at the hands, claws and mandibles of the RV creatures. Things really start to cook at the end when Alex discovers exactly what the creatures are carrying in the back of their motor home. Request a copy of this script @ michael@footprintsfilms.com

GENRES: Horror

Sophie has lost both of her parents to a homicidal madman wielding a rusty scythe. The madman had also tried to kill her before killing himself, all while screaming the words, “Ghost People!” Surviving the attack, Sophie reluctantly agrees to accompany her older sister, Claire, on a weekend retreat with her co-workers. There, Sophie will be confronted by Primal Screaming septuagenarians, ex-fiancés and…the Ghost People. The Ghost People appear simply as hooded figures carrying wicked sickles that make the Ghost of Christmas Future pale by comparison. One by one, the Ghost People slice and dice their way through the guest list. As each one is dismembered or beheaded (or both!), Sophie and Claire try to survive the bloodlust, until they are the only ones left. Finally, Sophie agrees to sacrifice herself in return for her sister’s life. Request a copy of this script @ michael@footprintsfilms.com

GENRES: Horror

Billy Beast was Kathleen's invisible childhood friend. But when this eight-foot hairy monster becomes real and begins to leave a trail of carnage through Kathleen's life, she realizes her childhood protector is not so friendly. Her friends, co-workers, and relatives are ripped apart one by one. Kathleen must uncover the horrific event from her childhood that sparked "Billy's" unholy birth so that she can find a way to destroy him. Request a copy of this script @ michael@footprintsfilms.com

GENRES: Sci-fi

While flying in a thunderstorm, cancer patient William Cross's plane crashes in the desert. He wakes up in the middle of a bizarre cult of bald, gun-toting, sky worshippers. Thwarted in his attempts to escape, William is witness to the ‘landing’ of creepy, slimy, parasitic aliens which start sucking the life out of the cultists. William dodges alien tentacles, traitorous cult members, and flying bullets in his attempt to escape the escalating madness. Request a copy of this script @ michael@footprintsfilms.com

GENRES: Horror

She's the best lover Rick's ever had. She also wants to rip his head off. It's more than just a bad girlfriend experience; Rick is dating a real, live Succubus! In a desperate attempt to win his undying love and free herself from her underwater prison, this demonic sweetheart rips and guts her way through Rick’s circle of friends and anyone who stands in her way! Request a copy of this script @ michael@footprintsfilms.com

GENRES: Sci-fi

Boarders Welcome is a sci-fi/dark fantasy TV series. Nathan Hart, searching for his missing ex-wife, stops for the night at a remote sea-side inn. While having dinner with the eclectic mix of hotel guests, what appears to be an earthquake strikes the old building. It opens cracks in the floor and causes giant rifts in the ground outside. The power goes out and cell phone coverage is lost. Then the guests begin to realize the earthquake has caused the sky, the clouds, the ocean and the rest of the world to disappear. Even the sun is gone. Where the road to the Inn ends, there is simply a cliff that spirals into a sea of black nothingness. They are cut off. To add to the excitement, some of the guests are attacked by creatures in the dark and what may be the ghost of Nathan’s ex-wife appears. Armed with kitchen knives and flashlights, Nathan and the guests must try to survive in this strange new world and find a way home. Imagine Lost meets Shirley Jackson’s The Haunting of Hill House. Request a copy of this script @ michael@footprintsfilms.com