Wright Ideas Ltd · Screen Rights

Film & TV.Producer shortlist.

A deliberately short screen-facing selection from Iain Rob Wright’s 50+ title catalogue: contained horror, high-concept features, expandable series and franchise-ready source material.

LOW-BUDGET POTENTIAL = contained production opportunity FEATURE = strong feature-film shape LIMITED SERIES = expandable episodic potential FRANCHISE = multiple books / repeatable IP
PRIORITY ONE

Contained & lower-complexity horror.

These are the clearest places to start for producers looking for horror that can potentially be built around a limited number of principal locations, a focused cast or a contained survival engine.

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The Hill

LOW-BUDGET POTENTIALFEATURESERIES ENTRY

A weekend in the Scottish Highlands unleashes an ancient infection.

Screen lens: remote survival setup with a contained opening story and franchise runway through The Spread.

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The Final Winter

LOW-BUDGET POTENTIALFEATURE

Impossible blizzards cover the Earth as strangers become trapped inside a pub.

Screen lens: siege-horror engine centred on one principal location with escalating external threat.

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12 Steps

LOW-BUDGET POTENTIALFEATURE

One year sober. One stormy night. One group trapped with their secrets.

Screen lens: pressure-cooker ensemble horror with naturally contained staging.

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The Shroud

LOW-BUDGET POTENTIALFEATURE

A strange fog swallows a hiker and leads him to a pub that should not be there.

Screen lens: compact supernatural concept with a strong central location and atmospheric effects.

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ASBO

LOW-BUDGET POTENTIALFEATURE

A local gang targets Andrew Goodman and his family with escalating cruelty.

Screen lens: grounded home-and-neighbourhood threat with thriller structure and limited fantasy requirements.

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The Housemates

LOW-BUDGET POTENTIALFEATURE / LIMITED

Damien Banks enters a deadly reality-TV-style competition where losing means dying.

Screen lens: contained competition structure with a repeatable elimination engine.

HIGH-CONCEPT

Feature-film hooks.

These properties carry especially immediate one-sentence concepts. They may demand more production scope than the contained shortlist, but the core premise is easy to communicate quickly.

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Witch

FEATUREFRANCHISE ENTRY

Two teenagers discover a chained woman inside an abandoned farmhouse and unleash a nightmare.

Screen lens: immediate folk-horror setup and the cleanest entry into The Cursed Manuscripts.

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Hell Train

FEATUREHIGH CONCEPT

A train enters a short tunnel and never comes out.

Screen lens: instantly legible supernatural mystery with a contained vehicle at its centre.

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Sea Sick

FEATUREZOMBIE

A deadly virus erupts aboard a passenger ship with nowhere to escape.

Screen lens: contained outbreak premise with strong commercial genre recognition.

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Maniac Menagerie

FEATURE / LIMITEDHIGH CONCEPT

Thirty serial killers. One island. What could possibly go wrong?

Screen lens: a clear exploitation-thriller hook with ensemble and episodic possibilities.

EXPANDABLE IP

Franchise & episodic potential.

For buyers looking beyond one feature, these series provide multiple source novels, recurring branding and several possible entry points rather than relying on a single story.

FRANCHISEANTHOLOGY / FILMS / SERIES

The Cursed Manuscripts

Ten connected standalone horror novels spanning folk horror, ghosts, demons, killers and creatures. The structure allows individual adaptation, anthology treatment or a branded series of films.

Recommended screen entry: Witch.

FRANCHISELIMITED / RETURNING SERIES

The Spread

A six-book Scottish Highlands body-horror and survival series that begins with a contained outbreak and expands into a larger apocalypse.

Recommended screen entry: The Hill.

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Manuscripts, additional synopsis material and current availability can be supplied for serious enquiries. Rights availability varies by title, territory, language and medium.