Grinth Tales
These feature-length scripts by Glen Cram & Ron Hier are available for production.
To find out more, or to read a screenplay or a detailed synopsis, please email:
scripts@cramberry.com
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Windigo
Canadian Mountie Jack McGregor is sent to arrest native hunter Isaac Wolf for murder. To save his hungry family, Isaac has sold his soul to Windigo, who makes men see other people as animals to hunt. McGregor must confront both a corrupt court system and the demons from his past, to discover where justice truly lies.
(Optioned twice)
Tam Lin
Tam Lin is a modern retelling of a classic Scottish fairy tale. Janet Logan, compelled to nurse her father in a remote Scottish village, is desperately unhappy. Tam Lin, kidnapped by the Queen of Faerie, has no memory of his earthly life. One moonlit night they meet. Janet unravels the mystery of Tam’s past and helps him regain his identity. When she learns he must die, she risks all to bring him back to the mortal world.
Burned
Burned is a drama of self-deception and redemption. Teenager Donny is badly burned while apparently saving his baby sister from their burning home. He becomes a national hero, and falls into the clutches of con-man Ray Hill. They raise millions for a "burn clinic", until Donny discovers Ray's true motives. In the fiery climax, Donny redeems himself and becomes the hero he pretended to be.
Confessions of a Justified Sinner
When Robert Colwan, raised by a fanatical preacher, learns that he cannot be damned, his mysterious double Gil-Martin encourages him to become the avenging Sword of the Lord, and smite down the sinners of the world, beginning with his own family! Based on James Hogg's original novel of psychological horror from 1824 (the source for Dr Jekyll & Mr Hyde).
Ilium Ridge
Some things never change. To the Gods, the bloody trenches of World War I are but a game to fend off the boredom of immortality, and men are their innocent pawns. When the (supposedly) invincible Captain Achilles arrives to fight for the Achaeans against the Trojan stronghold of Ilium Ridge, he discovers divine love, dark magic and base treachery. Based on Homer's Iliad.
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Christmas Island
(by Glen Cram)
Siblings Kenneth and Sissy return to their home in the remote northern woods for their mother's funeral, only to discover that she is not exactly dead, and their father is not exactly alive, and that they want to steal their children's bodies.
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About Us
Glen Cram is a Toronto artist and website designer, and has a background in anthropology and education. He spent three years teaching native students in Northern Quebec, where he first encountered the stories that became Windigo. He is currently working on an epic historical fantasy set in Biblical times about the Gnostic sorcerer Simon Magus.
Ron Hier (deceased) studied filmmaking in the MFA program at the University of Southern California. He worked as a research lawyer in Toronto and was the co-author of Music and the Law in Canada (Carswell, 2000) and Model Agreements for Visual and Media Artists (CARFAC 2004).
While in university, we wrote, directed and
produced Blood Creature From Beyond the Grave, a
40-minute long movie in the silent film tradition,
which was National Runner-up and Quebec Winner in the
Famous Players Student Film Festival. After almost 40 years, 2 Bucks Short, was 8th most popular at the 2009 Toronto Urban Film Festival!
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