C.J. Ehrlich
playwright - screenwriter
Screenplays
Final Exam (female-driven supernatural horror)
Logline: When a Black teen transfers to an exclusive all-girls academy
in Alaska, she is thrust into their wilderness survival competition,
where she'll need to use her street smarts to fight a vengeful demon who's picking off her classmates one by one.
Accolades
- ScreenCraft Horror Competition 2024 - Quarterfinalist
- Austin Film Festival 2023 - Second Rounder
- Coverfly Top 4% (of 120,000 Projects)
- Coverfly Red List #18 Horror Feature (of 11,500) Sep 2023
- Diabolical Horror Film Festival - Official Selection
- Scriptapalooza 2023 - Quarterfinalist
- Indie Suspense-Horror-Sci Film Fest 2023 - Official Selection
- Horrorigins Film Fest 2023 - Official Selection
- Renegade Film Festival 2023 - Best Screenplay nominee; Official Selection
- Underground Indie Film Fest 2023 - Official Selection
- Filmmatic Horror Screenplay awards 2023, Semi-Finalist
- Independent Horror Movie Awards 2022 - Official Selection and Best Screenplay nominee
- Bloodstained Indie Film Fest 2022, Tokyo Japan, Finalist
- The Script Lab TSL Free Screenplay Contest 2023, Semifinalist
- CineStory 2022 Feature Retreat & Fellowship Quarter Finalist
_Black%20(1).png)
2010 - present
2010 - present
More feature screenplays by C.J. Ehrlich
​
Dirty Weekend (thriller)
When a married man runs off with a sexy stranger for a steamy weekend
in a secluded cabin, the light-hearted fling takes an ominous turn
when she disappears. But when her strait-laced sister shows up, he realizes
that nothing is what it seems, and he may be a pawn in an elaborate game of revenge.
Stupid Voices from the Future (sci-fi comedy)
What if the future called, but it was the wrong number?
​
Here Boy (action comedy)
Six strangers with nothing in common find their lives overlapping when targeted by a vengeful gang of dognappers.
​
Loser Island (dark comedy pilot)
​
