TRAPPED - SCREENPLAY - HORROR -  Feature - For nineteen-year-old Katy Matheson, the fall semester at the University of Maine is off to a

great start. She has a job that she loves at the local pizzeria, a popular hangout with the UoM

students as well as her friends. She’s just met a kind and handsome boy that she really likes,

despite her bad luck with relationships in the past. And her dorm roommate is the supportive

and hilarious sister she’s always wished she had. Even her classes are amazing, especially the

ones about photography, her major and her passion.

But suddenly, Katy’s idyllic world is shattered when a young woman is brutally murdered in the

nearby town of Derry, killed by a bow and arrow attack from out of the nearby woods,

slaughtered as if hunted. Shockingly, it’s the third female victim from the area in as many

weeks, each around Katy’s age. Local law enforcement warn of a possible serial killer, the

ravenous press quickly dubbing the psycho the Hunter/Killer, the small picturesque Maine

college town instantly thrown into a panic.

When suddenly, Katy finds herself being followed around campus by a shadowy figure, eerily

stalking from the dark tree line, dressed in a terrifying hunting mask and camouflage outfit, the

unknown person mixing in seamlessly with the surrounding brush.

Terrified, Katy wonders if she’s just seeing things, her fervent imagination playing tricks on her,

but the frightening figure keeps reappearing, closely watching from the growing darkness now

engulfing the entire campus. In the background of her photos for class. Leaving strange

presents like bird-shot on the ledge just outside her dorm room window. And one by one, each

piece of Katy’s young life begins to crumble. From her academics, to her job, even her

relationships with her friends, sending Katy into a dizzying spiral of fear and confusion.

Now completely overwhelmed, Katy grabs her camera and escapes to the nearby woods for a

long hike in an attempt to cleanse and clear her troubled mind by means of her artistic soul,

something she has always done and that has always worked… not realizing the evil that has led

her there is waiting patiently in the forest’s endless shadows, a bizarre and ravenous killer ready

to trap and destroy Katy for reasons that only a psychotic mind can begin to comprehend.

And enjoy, drop by bloody drop… - Written by Mark Pavia, Richard Chizmar & WH Chizmar, Story by Stephen King and Richard Chizmar

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MURDER-ABILIA - SCREENPLAY - HORROR - Feature - Objects from murder scenes that are bought and sold on the internet by fans of murder memorabilia come to life in the hands of their new owners.  - Original treatment and screenplay by Mark Pavia

 

HOLLYWOOD PSYCHO – SCREENPLAY – HORROR/THRILLER – Feature - Set in LA, Ryan Roberts needs to be famous.  It’s something he has always wanted, and has strived for his entire life, but so far has failed to accomplish, like everything else in his sad and strange existence.  Just another out of work actor parking cars in Hollywood instead of working in it, barely surviving in his dilapidated apartment in the worst part of town.  Even his budding relationship with his apartment's building manager, Audrey, doesn't help, a caring and aging actress with deep-rooted secrets of her own, two desperate souls trying to help each other through all the turbulence surrounding them. Their relationship takes on a shocking plot twist.  And now, almost thirtyfive, Ryan knows he doesn't have much time left, desperation kicking in, his growing madness fueled by his demanding family and twisted past.  Everything building to the shocking moment where he follows a well-known casting director home one night after yet another disastrous audition, angrily confronting the frightened woman about not being chosen, and accidentally killing her.  Ryan is finally making headlines in Hollywood.  And as the strange voices in his head grow louder and continue to urge him on, Ryan takes on the most insane role of his life, dressed in a bizarre and dramatic costume, horrifically seeking revenge on the people and town that have always turned their back on him.  A psycho now on the loose, his long-desired fame quickly growing, Hollywood is now finally in the palm of Ryan's bloody hands.  Written by Mark Pavia (who is currently writing and directing a film based on a Stephen King short story). - Original screenplay by Mark Pavia

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THE LENGTH OF FORGIVENESS  - DRAMA - FEATURE -   based on true events –  College freshman, Jackie Velazquez, finds friendship  and sparks with Max, a senior drama major, after alienating all the women at her new University theatre department by nailing the lead in the main stage play.  Jackie is a bit sheltered, but talented, smart and sweet.  Max comes from a turbulent home, and he has an even more turbulent relationship with his girlfriend, Diane.  One late night after another bad breakup with Diane, Max seeks comfort in Jackie’s dorm room.  He’s drunk, high and an emotional mess.  He attempts to make his move, Jackie says no, and he rapes her. The next day, Jackie stands up to him and calls him a rapist.  She gets HPV in the process and has to tell her Mom and deal with a University who calls the rape an impossible “he said/she said” dilemma.  Years later they meet again in NYC, and Max begs her forgiveness.  He pledges to do anything to make Jackie believe he is sorry and full of regret.  She agrees to give him a second chance, not for him, but for to make her own peace with the situation.  Although Max never forgives himself entirely for his actions, together they both find healing, forgiveness, and an usual lasting friendship. - Produced by Barbara De Fina and Andria Litto - original screenplay – written by Andria Litto

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BLACK SPARTACUS – EPIC DRAMA - FEATURE - A true story about Toussaint L’Ouverture, the only slave to successfully overthrow slavery.  He is called the “Black Spartacus” of Haiti, having defeated both the French and the British in the early 1800s.  This story reads like Black Braveheart, as Toussaint makes the ultimate sacrifice to free the people of Saint Domingue (Haiti) from colonial rule, slavery and to have the chance at a free society for all people.  What they would do with that freedom would be up to them. - Original screenplay by Josh Kotcheff 

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BLOW UP BOB  - FEATURE FILM – ROM COM – MULTI ETHNIC CAST - Set in NYC - Rebecca (Becky) Davenport has had her heart smashed to smithereens, this time via voicemail.  After a series of failed relationships has left her devastated, her friends, Angie and Michelle, convince her that men don’t know what they want, and they only want what they can’t have.  When Becky meets her cute new neighbor, Drew, Becky pretends she already has a boyfriend and gets to know Drew as a friend. Angie and Michelle decide to give Rebecca a blow up doll so that she can her fake boyfriend to the next level.  Becky acts our her fake romance through sheer curtains in the voyeuristic West Village windows, where apartments across the street can literally be as close as a TV.  Becky feigns her romance, her boyfriend problems and ultimate break up as Drew watches and sympathizes.  Drew finally makes him move when he thinks Becky is newly single, only to find out he’s been played.  Can he forgive her? - Original screenplay by Andria Litto

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TAYLOR CHRISTOPHER   - SCREENPLAY - DRAMA - FEATURE -  Set in Mobile, Alabama, a young MMA fighter, Del Stevens, loses his son to a state adoption while he's in prison for dealing meth and his girlfriend dies of an overdose.  When he's released, he discovers Jennifer and Andre Green, a wealthy African American couple who run a thriving business, have adopted his son after fostering him and giving him a loving home.  While trying to get his life together, Del goes to court to get his son back while Jennifer and Andre fight to hold on to the son they've loved and nurtured for over two years, going into debt and risking their business to do so.  Meanwhile, Del's slick white, bigoted attorney, Harold Bevan, makes the case a cause célèbre and escalates racial tensions that threaten to tear apart the whole community over questions of bigotry, race, rehabilitation and ultimately, the child's best interests. – Original screenplay by Josh Kotcheff

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HOW LITTLE WE KNOW – FEATURE FILM - ROM COM - Set in the fashion world of NYC, Kristina runs her father’s fashion empire, but longs for a label of her own.  She and father clash over her ambition and she quits.  After a miscarriage and her fiancé walks out, she decides to rebuild her life with the help of her closest friends.  One of her partners and investors, Andrea, an Italian photographer, and Kristina have secretly been in love for years, but she is type A, and he is womanizer.  It takes their new business and new baby for them to discover their true feelings. - Original screenplay by Andria Litto​