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The Saturday Night Ghost Club
- Steve Desmond & Michael Sherman
- Available
- Thriller
- Fantasy
- Black List
- 2020
- 85.8
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Market: Thu, 27 Aug 2020
Producer: Brad Fuller, Michael Sherman
AgentAdam Perry (APA)
ManagerGeoff Shaevitz (Management 360)
Producer: Brad Fuller, Michael Sherman
AgentAdam Perry (APA)
ManagerGeoff Shaevitz (Management 360)
After being haunted by a terrifying entity, a twelve-year-old boy teams up with his eccentric uncle and three other misfits to form their own ghost club, investigating all the paranormal sites in town so that he can find and confront the ghost that’s tormenting him. Based on the Craig Davidson novel.
A lonely boy joins a group of oddball ghost enthusiasts to track down the ghost that has been haunting him.
When a twelve year old boy enlists the help of his ghost hunting uncle to get rid of a supernatural being, they both learn truths about the world they live in.
An insecure tween finds a group of friends in an eclectic ghost club after they begin tracking down the terrifying and ghostly monster who haunts him in the night.
Film
High Concept, Adventure, Drama, Horror, Supernatural, Mystery, Coming of Age, Ghost, Mental Illness, Teen, Adaptation, Friends/Friendship, Heartwarming, Love, Mother, Small Town
110
PG-13
High
M
Unspecified
12
Heavyset
"Stranger Things" (2013-Present)
"The Goonies" (1985) meets "Ghost Stories"
"Back to the Future" (1985)
Several time periods through flashback "ghost stories," such as the 1950s and 1970s. One night in the late 1980s. The majority occurs over roughly 6 weeks in the 1990s. The end flashes forward to present-day.
25% at a two-story house, 20% a store filled with supernatural collectables, a connected upstairs apartment, a cemetery, a funeral home, a small-town main street and various neighborhood streets, a secluded pond and forest area, a clearing nearby an old train tunnel, both in and out of a lake (several underwater scenes), various forest paths, a burned-down house near the woods, a playground, a professor's amphitheater, various houses, a bus stop.
Scared of the monster in his closet, JAKE (5) watches his eccentric uncle CALVIN (30s, believer) identify and detain the monster within.
Jake and Calvin grow closer over the years, with Calvin becoming his friend and father-figure after Jake's father leaves.
Jake is suddenly disturbed by a familiar thumping sound above him. He becomes more frightened as these footsteps lead to his door. A TERRIFYING monster appears and reaches for Jake before disappearing into thin air.
Jake realizes that he's seen this monster before.
Jake visits his uncle at his shop of supernatural collectables and tells him about the ghost. Calvin proposes their mission: find the origin of this ghost’s death and confront it. Jake is terrified. Calvin comforts him and offers wisdom.
Just then, BILLY YELLOWBIRD (12, new kid, loves the supernatural) walks in seeking advice on how to communicate with his recently-passed grandmother. The trio go to the funeral home with the courageous Billy encouraging Jake to follow.
Billy speaks with his setsuné, and Jake nervously invites Billy to join their mission this Saturday.
Local boys PERCY (12) and TERRY (12) bully Jake, but Jake is saved by Billy and his sister DOVE YELLOWBIRD (14), a free-spirited skater girl. Jake is instantly...
Jake and Calvin grow closer over the years, with Calvin becoming his friend and father-figure after Jake's father leaves.
Jake is suddenly disturbed by a familiar thumping sound above him. He becomes more frightened as these footsteps lead to his door. A TERRIFYING monster appears and reaches for Jake before disappearing into thin air.
Jake realizes that he's seen this monster before.
Jake visits his uncle at his shop of supernatural collectables and tells him about the ghost. Calvin proposes their mission: find the origin of this ghost’s death and confront it. Jake is terrified. Calvin comforts him and offers wisdom.
Just then, BILLY YELLOWBIRD (12, new kid, loves the supernatural) walks in seeking advice on how to communicate with his recently-passed grandmother. The trio go to the funeral home with the courageous Billy encouraging Jake to follow.
Billy speaks with his setsuné, and Jake nervously invites Billy to join their mission this Saturday.
Local boys PERCY (12) and TERRY (12) bully Jake, but Jake is saved by Billy and his sister DOVE YELLOWBIRD (14), a free-spirited skater girl. Jake is instantly...