Dana has written and co-written several screenplays and experienced first hand the wonders of low-budget Hollywood, both as a writer and actress. Screenplay credits are:
Produced:
THE REVENANT (horror) – Co-writer, Marzullo Productions. 2005
ALIEN SHADOW (sci-fi/comedy) – TV Pilot for Soldiers of Light Productions.
SPY GIRL (Action/adventure) – Short for Soldiers of Light Productions.
URBAN RESCUERS – Documentary – Produced by Planetworks Productions. Best Documentary at the Valley Film Festival 2003.
BLOODBATH (Black comedy) – Vista Street Entertainment (1999).
Currently under Option:
WHERE THE CHILL WAITS – Horror
Horror take on Deliverance. Business executives on a hunting trip in the Canadian wilderness run afoul of the windigo, the Ojibwa spirit of cannibalism and madness.
Based on the novel by T. Chris Martindale.
Status: Optioned by Grateful Productions.
Previously Optioned:
BEDLAM – Horror/Fantasy
College campus becomes a battleground when a student’s fantasy roleplaying game comes to life. Mix of scares and humor in the vein of Raimi and Whedon (Army of Darkness, Buffy the Vampire Slayer).
Status: Previously optioned by Wolper Entertainment
PALE DREAMER – Science Fiction
Dana Fredsti & Brian Thomas
A pair of spacefaring junk dealers discover a mysterious derelict ship in deep space, bearing a female android with a hidden past and a pair of sinister aliens intent on playing a deadly game of cat and mouse with their ‘rescuers.’
Read an interview with Ken Foree about this project.
Status: Optioned by Soldiers of Light Productions. One sheet and short trailer made with cult horror stars: Ken Foree (Dawn of the Dead, From Beyond, Texas Chainsaw III), Josef Pilato (Day of the Dead) and Brinke Stevens (scream queen).
SELF-MADE SATAN: THE STORY OF ANTON LAVEY – Biopic
Dana Fredsti & Brian Thomas
The mostly true legend of Anton LaVey, musician, carny, paranormalist and controversial founder of the Church of Satan. Ed Wood & Big Fish meet
Citizen Cohen in tone.
Status: Previously optioned by Wolper Entertainment
Additional:
SWORD OF DRACUL – Historical action/adventure
Dana Fredsti & Brian Thomas
The adventures that forge a young prince into the warrior, Vlad the Impaler, who will forever be known as Dracula.
Status: Available
FALLEN IDOL – Action/adventure
Dana Fredsti & Brian Thomas
A graduate student, WWII Vet, and a Chinese dissident join forces to stop an ancient evil from being released from her island prison.
Status: available
SILK DRAGON – Martial arts action/adventure
Dana Fredsti & Brian Thomas
A B movie actress and a rogue Interpol agent take on a ring of slavers who deal in prime genetic specimens. Tongue in cheek.
Status: Available
A MAN’S GOTTA EAT WHAT A MAN’S GOTTA EAT – Horror/Noir Comedy
Dana Fredsti
A zombie detective is hired to track down his former girlfriend by the Mafia family responsible for his death. Maltese Falcon meets Night of the Living Dead. Based on the short story of the same name published in DANGER CITY (Contemporary Press, 2005).
Status: Available