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S.O.S From the Ourang Medan short

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A MayDay call goes out from the Ourang Medan. It's haunting message gets the attention of the near by Silver Star who comes to offer aid.

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2 Reviews | 14 pages | 3 years ago | Draft 1
Based on a the urban legend.
The Silver Star intercepts a haunting MayDay call from the near by Ourang Medan. When the crew of the Silver Star board the Medan, they find something far worse than they could have expected.

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Here were my thoughts on your short script:

1. Concept - It's nice to see your take on an urban legend and recreate it with your own style and such. It paid off in my opinion here.

2. Story - Although the story is good and fairly simple, it ended almost exactly how I thought it would. As I've mentioned before though, this could just be a nitpick thing of mine as I watch too many movies.

3. Structure - I'll leave this as is since your str...
Working on your horror story or screenplay can be a frightening prospect. By horror standards, your screenplay is excellent. In his book, Steve Neal provides a detailed description of these criteria. As explained by Steve Neal in his book Genre & Hollywood, horror films must follow a four-layer plot; starting with "start", followed by "discovery", "confirmation", and "encounter". You must have the characters in your story discover something new....

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