Oklahoma writer reaches finals of screenplay competition
Midweek update: 'The Waif' by Adam Hampton is in final 3 of Kinolime contest in which the winning screenplay will be produced as a film
A horror-thriller written by an Oklahoman has made the top 3 in a contest that will see the winning screenplay made as a movie.
Writer Adam Hampton’s script “The Waif” is a top-3 selection, and now awaits audience vote to see which film will be made. More than 600 screenplays were entered in the competition. Voters culled the screenplays in multiple rounds. From the top 10, a team of judges selected the top three. Now, it’s up to the voters to select the final winner.
The link to read the screenplay and vote is:
https://www.kinolime.com/screenplays/the-waif
The logline for the film follows:
Upon arriving at his family cabin, a suicidal man who has lost everything, encounters a mysterious woman who brings her own twisted family and plans for a night of unspeakable evil that will ignite his innate will to survive.
I found it an unsettling horror screenplay that reads like something Stephen King might have written had he grown up in small-town Oklahoma.
Hampton has written, acted, and directed films; working with his own “Outsiders” group as well as talented filmmakers from around the state and beyond. His “Unusual Calling of Charlie Christmas” was a cult favorite; he starred in “Jurassic Games” and “Gremlin.” You may have seen him in “90 Feet From Home,” or more recently, “Out of Exile.” He’s the host of and a writer for the “Play It Loud” series, focusing on musicians; earlier this year, he wrapped on “Reverence,” from director Kyle Kauwika Harris; and just this summer, he shared his thoughts on the “Superman” series of films as a guest on Nick Sanford’s “Death by Movies” podcast.
I’ve been impressed by the former high school basketball player from Dale, Oklahoma since I first met him over a decade ago during the festival run of “Charlie Christmas.” I was thrilled to work with him on “The Grave,” the short film based on the comic book I wrote, and in my opinion, he’s more than deserving of this Kinolime opportunity.
“Thank you to everyone who has supported me and my little redemption horror flick thus far,” Hampton wrote on Facebook. “And a sincere thank you to my business partner Luke Wyckoff; he’s the dang optimist who got us into this mess.”
You’ll get a charge out of reading the script — and you could help get it made with your vote! Check it out at https://www.kinolime.com/screenplays/the-waif
Matthew Price, matthew@matthewlprice.com, has written about comics, entertainment, film, and a variety of Oklahoma topics and industries for more than two decades. He is the co-owner of Speeding Bullet Comics in Norman.