A horror/comedy screenplay written by Lisa Rufus.
- The Logline
- The Synopsis
- The Festivals
- The Treatment
- The Screenplay
- The Poster.png
- The Pitch Deck pdf
The Logline
When contaminated vodka turns a sleepy Queensland town into a monster-infested nightmare, a web series uberfan realises the fandom she built her life around may be her only weapon. As the bodies stack up, she must rally her friends—if they’ll still talk to her—and face the real monsters in town before everyone’s toast.
The Synopsis
Paula, an uberfan of the supernatural web series Monster Assassins, is determined to win a livestreamed fan film competition judged by the show’s stars. She’s wrangled the townsfolk of her tiny Queensland town into participating. But tensions boil as Paula’s obsessive need for perfection alienates her closest friends, threatening to sabotage the competition before it begins. Just as the group starts to splinter, something far more sinister surfaces: locals who drank a mysterious new vodka begin transforming into real, bloodthirsty monsters.
What starts as cosplay quickly spirals into a monster invasion, and Paula must figure out whether winning is worth losing everyone she cares about. Armed with gym equipment and a whole lot of fandom knowledge, the surviving townsfolk must band together to fight back against the nightmare they never saw coming. As the bodies pile up and the town burns down, one thing becomes clear, roleplaying is easy, being a real Monster Assassin is something else entirely.
The Festivals
The Fandom won Best Feature Screenplay at the AFIN International Film Festival (All-Inclusive Film International Network).
The Fandom was also a finalist at the Byron Bay International Film Festival. I adore the comments from the Screenplay Contest Director, Alex Mankiewicz:
The log-line and concept should equal dreadful or at least ridiculous, but it’s knowing, pacy, genuinely funny, and utterly 2023. Original but also a clever homage to the horror/sci-fi/zombie-survivor genre.
The Treatment
The Screenplay
The Poster.png
The Pitch Deck pdf
Lisa Rufus 
