Unorthodox

LENGTH

Feature Screenplay

GENRES

Thriller / Horror /Supernatural / Drama

LOGLINE

Madison fights to escape the torture of a holy predicament as her strict, religious mother, Faith, attributes teenage angst to demonic possession.

COMPAIRABLES

HONORS

2018 Oaxaca Film Festival - Industry Partners program
2019 Finish Line Script Competition - Official Selection
2019 Calcutta International Cult Film Festival - Best Feature Script / Golden Fox Trophy
2019 Los Angeles Film Awards - Best Horror Screenplay
2019 Olympus Film Festival - Best Script Bible Feature
2019 Hollywood International Moving Pictures Film Festival - 1st Place
2019 Crimson Screen Horror Film Festival - Finalist
2019 International Horror Hotel - Award-Winning Script
2019 Action On Film Festival - Finalist
2019 Los Angeles International Film Festival - Winner
2019 Independent Horror Movie Awards - Official Selection
2019 Hollywood HorrorFest - Official Selection
2019 Script Summit - 3rd Place / Best Short Screenplay
2019 13Horror.com - Finalis
2019 Austin Revolution Film Festival - Official Selection
2019 Oaxaca Film Festival - Official Selection
2019 Burbank Film Festival - Finalist
2019 Flickers' Rhode Island International Film Festival - Finalist
2019 ScreenCraft Horror Contest - Finalist
2019 The Industry Next Diversity II - Finalist
2019 NOLA Horror Fest - Official Selection
2019 Big Apple Film Festival Screenwriting Contest - Finalist
2019 Los Angeles CineFest - Semi-Finalist
2019 Boobs & Blood International Film Festival - Official Selection
2019 Hollywood Screenplay Contest - Gold Prize Winner
2019 New York Horror Film Festival - Official Selection
2020 ARFF Berlin - Official Selection
2020 Script Summit - Official Selection
2020 Austin Revolution Film Festival - Official Selection
2020 Stage 32 - Official Selection
2020 Catalina Film Festival - Official Selection
2020 Script Pipeline Screenwriting Competition - Finalist

STORY AND SCREENPLAY BY

Judah Ray

PITCH

INSPIRED BY A TRUE STORY

Unorthodox is a chilling psychological thriller that explores the tension between faith, family, and the dark side of social media. Fourteen-year-old Madison lives in complete isolation on a desolate stretch of farmland, under the watchful eye of her deeply religious mother, Faith. Trapped in a stifling world, Madison’s rebellious spirit grows, fueling her growing defiance against the oppressive rules of her mother’s household.

As the walls close in, Madison seeks refuge online, discovering a space where she can break free from her mother’s control. Here, she begins live-streaming, secretly documenting Faith's increasingly erratic behavior. What starts as a teenage outcry against an overbearing parent soon spirals into something darker. Madison’s audience grows, captivated by the unsettling dynamics between mother and daughter—each new post more disturbing than the last.

As the situation escalates, Faith, desperate for guidance, turns to her two sisters: Grace, a fanatical zealot, and Hope, a reformed woman still clinging to her faith. Hope sees Madison's behavior as typical rebellion, but Grace is convinced her niece is possessed. Together, they pressure Faith into believing that an exorcism is the only way to save her daughter from evil.

What begins as an act of discipline soon devolves into a terrifying spectacle. Madison, bound and terrified, becomes the subject of a brutal live-streamed exorcism, a desperate attempt to purge the "demon" from her. As the event plays out before a growing audience of millions, it becomes unclear whether Madison’s torment is an act of salvation—or her final moments on Earth.

In Unorthodox, the boundaries between religion, obsession, and reality blur, revealing the horrifying consequences of unchecked belief and the dangers of an audience that revels in others’ pain.

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STATUS

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