Film and Television Rights
James H. Summers — Psychological Horror Adaptation
The following properties are structured for adaptation across premium television, limited series, and feature film.
Each title is built on character-driven escalation, contained environments, and psychologically grounded tension
designed to translate directly to screen.
Primary Adaptation Properties
First Responder
A nocturnal psychologist feeds on the dying while an EMT begins tracking what she cannot yet define.
Professional trust, emergency response, and predation collide in a contained, escalating structure.
Status: Published
Format: Premium episodic / limited series
Series Bible: Complete (18 x 1-hour episodes)
Second Chances
Continuing directly from First Responder, containment fails, exposure increases, and unfinished actions escalate into wider consequences.
The narrative expands in scope while maintaining psychological intensity.
Status: Complete manuscript
Format: Premium episodic / multi-season potential
Series Bible: Complete (25 x 1-hour episodes)
Additional Adaptation Properties
Captivity, coercion, and structural manipulation within a controlled psychological environment.
Family fracture, survival pressure, and the lasting consequences of what follows them home.
Rules, environment, and escalating decisions converge inside a system that determines who survives.
Systemic and institutional horror driven by moral judgment, professional control, and quiet violence.
Awaiting Publication / Representation
Complete manuscript ready for publication, representation, and adaptation alignment.
Complete manuscript expanding the larger psychological-horror framework and ready for publication.
Rights Position
Screen rights are available for select properties. Source material remains author-controlled unless otherwise negotiated.
Credit standard: “Based on the novel by James H. Summers.”
Tone and Visual Identity
Minimal spectacle. Maximum pressure. The horror emerges through behavior, silence, environment, and implication.
These are grounded worlds where escalation feels earned and recognition becomes the source of unease.
Inquiries
Rights, development, and acquisition discussions:
Supporting materials, series bibles, and pitch assets available upon request.