When a young, broke librarian buys an abandoned house on the outskirts of a British Columbian town, he starts to uncover the house's secrets as unexplained incidents occur.

CAST LIST:

Narrator: Steve Rizzo
Anna: Elizabeth Rose Morris
Eric: Shawn Devlin

Get to know the writer:

1. What is your screenplay about?

The script follows a young programmer who moves into a haunted house in the Interior of British Columbia due to (widespread) financial difficulties.

2. What genres does your screenplay fall under?

It is a horror picture.

2. Why should this screenplay be made into a movie?

The story derives it's chills n' thrills from mood more so than sudden frights, which an audience will resonate with. The origin of the evil spectre which haunts the house and surrounding area is also relevant to issues of concern today.

3. How would you describe this script in two words?

'Definite Appeal'.

4. What movie have you seen the most times in your life?

By my recollection, either 'Jaws' or 'The Maltese Falcon'.

5. How long have you been working on this screenplay?

The last revisions done to the script were in 2024.

6. How many stories have you written?

Two student shorts, three shorts, two feature scripts, one web pilot, one television pilot, as well as two feature scripts currently in the pipeline.

7. What motivated you to write this screenplay?

'Some Kind of Rot' was written as an entry for another film festival in the autumn of 2018, with commercial appeal in mind.

8. What obstacles did you face to finish this screenplay?

'Some Kind of Rot' was written as an entry for another film festival in the autumn of 2018, with commercial appeal in mind.

9. Apart from writing, what else are you passionate about?

Time constraints, with respect to the closing date for the aforementioned festival's submissions (this was the quickest feature I've composed).

10. What influenced you to enter the festival? What were your feelings on the initial feedback you received?

History, philosophy, zoology, economics...almost any scholarly field outside of mathematics and it's affiliates.

11. What movie have you watched the most times in your life?

An opportunity for laurels and exposure for the piece. The feed back was informative.