I’m proud of my latest screenplay, CHAINSAW FAIRYTALE. It’s been in development a long time. Here’s the unusual bit, though. Usually, when I finish a screenplay I keep it close to my chest. Only a few, select people are able to read it.

That’s not the case with CHAINSAW FAIRYTALE.

As I conceived and wrote this particular version as my thesis for my MA in Screenwriting, it’s publicly available to read RIGHT NOW. In fact, you can click the logo beneath these very words to access the thesis repository and be reading it within about ten seconds.

Actually, you might as well go and download it now. Go on, I’ll wait.

Here’s the thesis Abstract, minus the last bit as it contains spoilers for the end of the screenplay. Academia cares not for the concept of spoilers.

‘Chainsaw Fairytale’ is a horror/fairytale hybrid screenplay with strong comedic elements written by Pat Higgins. Higgins has worked within the horror/comedy genre for twenty years and the screenplay sits comfortably within the audience expectations of his previously produced work.

‘Chainsaw Fairytale’ follows Cinderella, a soon-to-be princess in the land of Eldenir, on the verge of marrying her own Prince Charming. The ceremony is interrupted by the arrival of a monster from the sky, who has been banished from a completely different narrative taking place in a different genre (specifically, horror) and acts as a pollutant to the genre conventions of Eldenir. As the fairytale world darkens and becomes less forgiving, Cinderella must travel the land and reunite the other estranged princesses of the kingdom in order to restore positivity and hope. They unite not only against the brutal monster from the horror world but also against Diana, a wicked stepmother to all of the princesses of the kingdom who craves liberation from a genre which forbids her from acting on her darkest impulses.

I really hope you enjoy reading the screenplay.

This isn’t really a script that can be pulled together for as low a price-point as my company usually manages, so I’m actively looking at different pathways to get the movie made. I’m also looking for new representation (having been repped at the lovely Blake-Friedmann back in the day, but having been representing myself for the last few years).

So, if you’re an agent/producer/person with a big public following/eccentric millionaire who can help us get CHAINSAW FAIRYTALE off the ground, (or just wants to pick up the option and keep me well away from it; I’m open to that too) it’d be lovely to hear from you.

Hope everyone out there is doing brilliantly.

Peace and love,

Pat