Feature film in development: The Inglenook Stone

Genre: Supernatural Thriller

Logline: American Cornie, 31, struggles with a new baby and an inquisitive ghost in her Wiltshire cottage. She’s so sleep deprived that she can’t tell what’s real or what’s supernatural. But outside in the woods is a very real stalker watching and listening to her every move, looking for an opportunity to abduct her.

Script Length: 91 pages

Audience: Adults who liked “A Quiet Place”

Seeking casting director, finance producers and investors.

Poster design by Kerry Ovenden.

Currently seeking a producer or co-production company, this is planned to be our feature debut. It has one country location (already found in Hampshire), 3 main characters including an American female lead, 3 subsidiary characters, a baby and a glimpse of a ghost. We've worked out how to achieve the supernatural elements without the need for extensive VFX.

The script has gone through many drafts with the help of literary agent Meg Davis at Ki Agency.

Estimated budget £500-700,000 with a budget ready for viewing. Next step is to create a sizzle reel. The script is also being read by leading acting talent. A rehearsed reading was held in central London in early January 2025 attended by an industry audience. An audio recording was made of this reading but the successful event has inspired a polish on the script. Links to this recording are available on request, as a pdf of the new draft.

Attached crew (subject to availability and contracts)

Editor Gary Tobyn
Composer Henry Bird
Line Producer and/or 1st A.D. Steve McCarten
Production Design: Humphrey Jaegar

It's planned that this is the first in a slate of features. These are just two of many scripts are ready to go:

"Searching for Archie" - a road movie in northern France about a love affair stretching across two lifetimes
"Garbo still loves me" - a drama set in a British cinema in 1928 where World War 1 still casts a long shadow. It also celebrates the centenary of the sound arriving on film. There is also a prose version of this story written as a novella.

Please use the Contact Page if you'd like to read the script, review the budget and see the pitch deck that includes a mood board.

The actors who kindly donated their tine for the rehearsed reading in January 2025: L to R: Flip Webster, Emma Kowalchuk, Veronica Ellis, Al Barclay, Selina Youngerman and Jack Bence.