Loglines & Screenplays by Christopher Harmon

GENRES: Horror, Historical

In 1878 Alabama, a preacher who secretly teaches his congregation literacy, is framed and lynched by violent locals, led by the town’s deputy who has a hidden agenda.  The pastor’s ghost goes on a quest to vanquish the blood-thirsty mob, but if he fails, the brutalization and ruthless murders of his close friends, will escalate.    

Genre – Inspired by true events, Horror

Comps -  THE CROW, TALES FROM THE HOOD, JONAH HEX

GENRES: Thriller, Crime

A preacher and his church deacons secretly commit heists from a Russian cartel - then use the drug money they steal, to fund rehab centers. When the mob retaliates, their faith, loyalty, and lives are put to the ultimate test.

GENRES: Musical, Drama

An abuse surviving singer, rises above broken hearts, addiction and gangsters - to become a powerhouse in the music industry, but is still deeply troubled.  She finally finds peace after a mysterious intervention … helps her to find the joy she had always longed for.   

Comps – PURPLE RAIN, A STAR IS BORN, EMPIRE

WEB SERIES - PROOF OF CONCEPT - 

GENRES: Horror, Comedy

The devil made me do it?   Satan claps-back against that - as a bad priest and a mass shooter are punished with humor, glee and vigor, so that Lucifer doesn’t ‘look soft’ to God and lose his job.

Comps : Beetlejuice, Hellboy, The Grinch        Based on SYMPATHY FOR THE DEVIL - ROLLING STONES

GENRES: Horror, Comedy

Haunted by his grandpa’s decapitation, a party boy deputy must put the strip clubs and football fanaticism to the side, in order to solve a string of werewolf murders during a severely snowy holiday season, in Buffalo To complicate matters, the killer wolf could be his charismatic drinking buddy…and both crimes could be linked.  

GENRES: Comedy, Adventure

An edgy Rap-Star and cannabis lover is turning 50 and travels to Dubai to judge a Belly-Dancing contest, but the adventure goes sideways.  He faces hilarious obstacles and ridiculous danger as he tries to get back home. 

Genre – Stoner Comedy  / Belly-Dance elements 

 Comps – Pineapple Express, Friday

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GENRES: Horror, Adventure

Lazarus and others that Jesus healed are immortal now and battle Satan’s most powerful demon and his horde of the undead, as they fight to retrieve the Crown of Thorns  …  before humanity is destroyed.  

GENRES: Thriller, Crime

At first, lacking self-confidence, a female descendant of Harriet Tubman, comes to run an African American version of the KINGSMEN.  A secret society, run out of an upscale Blues bar, with intelligence agents … and a touch of voodoo. 

Genre – Espionage, Crime Thriller

Comps – WATCHMEN, HARRIET, HARLEM NIGHTS

GENRES: Horror, Comedy

The angry ghost of a female slave crashes and slashes a Blackface party on Halloween.  

Genre – Horror, Comedy elements

Comps - THE GRUDGE, FRIDAY THE 13TH, TALES FROM THE HOOD

GENRES: Sci-fi, Comedy

In an alternate history, a film maker with a short fuse is tasked with creating a documentary about a homeland started by Marcus Garvey that is now a global super power.  The film, illegal in the U.S because of anti-CRT laws – causes American president, Jeffrey Epstein to try and hunt him down, which also endangers the documentarian’s family he is finally learning to cherish and also - Garveyland’s peaceful existence. 

Genre – Alternative universe -SciFi,/ Political Parody

Comps – IDIOCRACY, SORRY TO BOTHER YOU

GENRES: Biography, Comedy

The son of a heroin addict becomes an undercover NYPD, narco cop during the crack wars and must use bizarre and often humorous means … to out-smart drug dealers, as he also struggles to rebuild a relationship with his father.  

GENRE :  Cop Action/ True Events/ Comedy

COMPARISON : Shaft (Sam Jackson),Beverly Hills Cop

GENRES: Historical, Horror

Frederick Douglass and Mary Shelley join forces to destroy an institution that has terrorized both of their lives – American slavery. 

Genre – Historical fiction, Horror, Social justice

Comps – 12 YEARS A SLAVE, GOTHIC

GENRES: Comedy, Biography

A timid divorcee reluctantly enters the world of nude cabaret dancing in mid 90’s Phoenix.  A total fish out of water - but after numerous raucous and over the top …   often dangerous, adventures -- she transforms – then achieves her goal of financial independence and inner peace.

Genre – Based on a true story, Comedy

Comps - HUSTLERS, STRIPTEASE, MAGIC MIKE

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GENRES: Music, Mystery

A young man finally finds his father, who he was told had died.  The dad shares a strong resemblance to the legendary rapper, Tupac Shakur, in more ways than one,  Twenty years after the death of this icon, the young man wonders if  this man is actually Tupac in hiding ... As do the rapper's enemies.

Sizzle reel - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3gZZGfKHh0o

COMPARISON : Empire, Purple Rain, Eddie and the Cruisers, Straight Outta Compton

GENRES: Action, Adventure

An American/Filipino martial artist, depressed after the murder of his closest friends, is sent to explore his family's roots in the Philippines and ends up crushing a horrid child-exploitation ring, with the help of his grandfather ... and his fighting skills

Genre – Adventure, Martial arts, Coming of age

Comps – Karate Kid (new version), Man with the Iron Fist

GENRES: Western, Family

America's first Superheroes, -- mighty-man, John Henry and the blazing feet of his quick, courageous kid, Fast Foot Phoebe, battle for the common man against a greedy, heartless railroad tycoon in the Old West.  Phoebe puts her life on the line in a foot-race vs a train as she defends a Hopi tribe from the same bully.. 

Genre – Family, Western Folklore

Comps – SUPERGIRL, LITTLE HOUSE ON THE PRAIRIE, PIPPI LONGSTOCKINGS

GENRES: Romance, Comedy

One day, everything goes wrong for a good-hearted ghetto gangsta as his life becomes comically unglued,  After going through hell, his lady love brings out an epiphany and he then risks his life to heal the community... that he once victimized.

Genre – Gangsta Rom-Com

GENRES: Sci-fi, Action

A troubled reporter discovers the reason behind a recent uptick of mass shootings --and is devastated to find that her future life … and that of all life on the planet -- is at the core of the violence

Comps – Everything, Everywhere, All At Once, Time Cop

GENRES: Thriller, Crime

A budding social activist gets kidnapped and tortured by the Ku Klux Klan on New Year's Eve as a cruel Grand Dragon, with a twisted sense of humor, emcees a special meeting. Eventually, with his cleverness and discreet help of the compassionate son of the Grand Dragon -- he escapes, to tell his story.  

Genre – Social Horror, Political Thriller

Comps – BLACKKKLANSMAN, A TIME TO KILL, THE BEST OF ENEMIES

GENRES: War, Horror

A wise-cracking American pilot is shot down over Ukraine on a secret mission and badly injured. Dying, he is turned into a werewolf by Gypsies. who recruit him to help fight Putin’s war and genocide, ... as the Russian army tries to hunt him down.

Genre – Horror, War

Comps -  An American Werewolf in London, Overlord, Behind Enemy Lines

GENRES: Horror, Comedy

A suicidal forensic cop with PTSD  is confronted with supernatural forces of good and evil as she struggles to survive the demon’s attack.  

Similar to : JENNIFER'S BODY, SHAUN OF THE DEAD

GENRES: Thriller, Drama

The Vice President gets framed for the assassination of the sitting President (who is his childhood friend) as part of a coup by extremists. He must prove his innocence, as he struggles to hold  the nation from chaos and violence.  

Previously optioned 

Finalist - Hollywood Black Film Festival , 2nd Rounder - Austin Film Fest

Letter of recommendation from the NAACP on this script

Comparison : Murder at 1600, Clear and Present Danger, In the Line of Fire