You have built a body of work defined by precision, discipline, and a deep respect for the emotional life of monsters — both literal and human. You are known not only for what you create, but how you create it: with care, with intention, and with a work ethic that has earned you something few directors ever achieve — trust at scale. And with that trust comes something even rarer: choice.

This is not a single pitch. It is two. Two fully realized worlds — distinct, complete, and tonally aligned with the kind of storytelling you elevate. You are not being asked to adapt something unfinished. You are being invited to select the story that speaks to you most.

First Responder

A story of proximity, hunger, and emotional invasion — where a woman already fractured by life becomes entangled with something that watches her not as prey alone, but as possibility. This is horror that breathes. It listens. It adapts. It is intimate, predatory, and deeply human in the way it studies weakness and reshapes identity. The world is gothic without needing castles, monstrous without losing empathy — a balance your work has mastered repeatedly.

Picking Murphys

A quieter, more haunting descent — grief, inheritance, and the slow realization that what follows us may not be separate from us at all. This is a story about what lingers inside families, how pain evolves into presence, and whether survival is ever clean. It is restrained, atmospheric, and emotionally heavy — a piece that leans into sorrow as much as fear, and leaves the audience questioning whether the true horror was ever external.

Why You

Because you understand that monsters are not spectacle — they are mirrors.
Because you approach horror with respect, not excess.
Because your discipline, your reputation, and the overwhelming regard people have for working with you have earned you the ability to choose not just what is available — but what is worth doing.

These are not loud stories. They do not need to be. They are deliberate, patient, and built to sit with an audience long after the screen fades. Whether you are drawn to the intimate predator or the inherited haunting, the material is ready — complete, grounded, and waiting for the right eye to bring it forward.

I’m so excited for you to even consider me!

James H. Summers

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