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Joseph Murillo
Dana Point, United States
Joseph Murillo is a horror writer with an M.F.A. in Screenwriting from CSU Northridge. In 2022, his horror/sci-fi script, The Colony, won Best Sci-fi Feature at the HorrOrigins Film Festival. A proof of concept was produced for his horror script, Cryptids, for winning the Reno-Tahoe Screenplay competition in 2023. Most recently, his horror/fantasy script, Forged in Blood, was featured in the 2024 BloodList. Growing up disabled allows Joseph to write about outcasts and their struggles for acceptance while slaying monsters.
Endorsements
Stage 32 - Recommended for Silver
Scripts By Joseph
Silver
When a werewolf claims his town as its new hunting ground, an inexperienced half-Diné sheriff must hunt down the beast before it slaughters everyone.
Feature Horror, Western For sale 99pp
Stage 32 - Recommended
Cryptids
When a Cryptozoologist answers a call to help search for a friend who's gone missing in the Canadian wilderness, she finds herself fighting to protect more than the search team from an insatiable monster
Feature Adventure, Horror For sale 93pp
1 reader loves this script
Forged in Blood
After a savage goblin kidnaps his loved ones, a disabled peasant teen must face the horrors of the goblin’s den to rescue them from a fate worse than death.
Feature Fantasy, Horror For sale 91pp
The Colony
A struggling family trying to rebuild their lives relocates to a desert home built on top of a growing infestation of chemically mutated ants looking to tear their fresh start apart.
Feature Horror, Sci-Fi For sale 107pp
Emerald Lagoon
A woman gets a second chance at a family when she takes in her orphaned niece and nephew while opening an island resort. Everything is threatened when a local legend turns her paradise into hell.
Feature Drama, Horror For sale 92pp
Hai-C
A boy's fascination with mad science becomes a terrifying reality when he gets a taste of Hi-C.
Short Horror, Sci-Fi For sale 8pp
1 reader loves this script
The Oath
A Doctor faces the greatest ethical challenge of his career after being in a car accident and the other driver is on the run from the law.
Short Drama For sale 10pp
1 reader loves this script