The Kiss

A Psychological Horror Thriller

SYNOPSIS

A troubled painter, on an obsessive quest for beauty and perfection, throws herself in the path of a killer who offers her a gruesome alliance to create her masterpiece.

STATUS

REVIEW BY DARA MARKS

(Premiere Script Consultant)

“A very compelling and provocative story…the writing is very skilled dealing with complex feelings, the characters and dialogue are excellent…the atmospheric elements are beautiful…a very gutsy story…Ms. Vaughn is not afraid to go the dark places of the human psyche…a story we haven’t seen before.”

REVIEW BY HOWARD ALLEN

(Script Consultant/Screenplay Instructor)

“Your script has real market potential. The story is practically poetry in its visual storytelling. I can really see every character in this script. Your dialogue works extremely well. You do skate on the edge of being deliberately mysterious – a little like David Mamet. Your sense of visual action and visual storytelling is some of the best I’ve seen, ever.”

REVIEW BY SUNDANCE SCRIPT READER

“This was a very unique thriller with its own distinctive style. It combines art with frightening moments and images, while incorporating themes dealing with art, sex, and death. tone of the piece reminded me very much of BLACK SWAN but with a more coherent and enjoyable story. You tell a good story with a very original method and style.”

REVIEW BY SCRIPT PIPELINE READER

“You have here a script that feels like Frankenstein mashed up with Perfume. It has that gothic feel… in which the darkness drives the story… with a strange yet real love story playing out in the background. Your voice as a writer is quite strong, and it gives us something fresh. You sound different, special, and a treat in a drab world of generic scripts. It definitely showcases your innate ability to create a mood and tone in a horror screenplay. It also shows the depth to which you can create characters and the world you wish for them to inhabit. I think you have something special here.”

SCRIPT AWARDS

Bronze Medalist

Quarter Finalist

Semi Finalist

Top Finalist

ISA Creative Screenwriting Contest

Top 4% Finalist

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Top 10 Finalist

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Horror Finalist

Winner Best Horror

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Top Finalist

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Semi Finalist

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