Craig Zahler

In December, we’re releasing the 2016 Hit List, our compilation of the best year’s best spec scripts as voted on by industry professionals. In preparation for its release, we’re taking a look back at the 2012 Hit List writers — where they’ve been, and where they are today.

Logline: When a team of military experts investigates a disturbance at an abandoned nuclear missile silo, they find it populated by parasitic monsters.

Logline: A revisionist take on the classic tale. King Arthur is murdered by Queen Guinevere, who blames the crime on Sir Galahad who must fight to return Camelot to peace.

Logline: Two New York City detectives struggle to piece together a series of violent and random murders that slowly begin to reveal a terrifying extortion ring operating within the secret underbelly of New York City.

Black List writer Craig Zahler returns to the spec scene with a KA-BOOM!

Logline: Two New York City detectives struggle to piece together a series of violent and random murders that slowly begin to reveal a terrifying extortion ring operating within the secret underbelly of New York City.

Logline: Three men rob, rape, and maim a town’s wealthiest residents during a torrential rainstorm. The local sheriff and a vengeful, mysterious doctor seek retribution.

Logline: A group of aspiring musicians, working as cooks at an insane asylum, find themselves locked inside the asylum during a terrifying storm outside, only to find what lies inside to be even more terrifying.