The alien invasion comedy Hillbillies vs. Alien Chickens has taken home the top prize in this year’s Horror2Comic Contest.
The script from Nicholas Tana is described as a twist on the alien invasion genre, and centers on a vegan hillbilly who must team with a government agent to combat invading alien chickens.
Winning scripts in the Horror2Comic contest are made into comic books, and in turn are put into development as a feature or a TV show via Motor Content, the company whose credits include History’s Knightfall and the Michael Keaton feature The Founder. The contest has its origins as an offshoot of Script2Comic, which focuses on all genres, not just horror.
Scout Comics published last year’s Horror2Comic winner, She Bites, a story centering on a 134-year-old vampire trapped in the body of a 9-year-old girl.
“Our 2020 Grand Prize Winner She Bites (fka Vampire’s Babysitter) was one of the best-selling indie titles when it was released in 2022 and we just signed an option deal with a studio, showing that this paradigm of finding great scripts and making great comics works. We are excited about what we can do in the horror genre” said Don Handfield of Motor Content. (Motor could not yet reveal where She Bites was optioned.)
The judges for this year’s contest included Ethan Erwin (Dark Castle), Stan Spry (producer of Creepshow), Joshua Malkin (Cabin Fever 2 writer), Kyle Rankin (Writer/Director Night of the Living Debs writer/director), Asheliegh Snead (The Ranger on Shudder), Rider Strong (Boy Meets World) and Lauren Vilchik (Cabin Fever producer).
The winners are below.
GRAND PRIZE WINNER – HILLBILLIES VS. ALIEN CHICKENS by Nicholas TanaA vegan hillbilly discovers he’s the world’s best defense against invading alien chickens.
1st PRIZE WINNER – FALLS THE HAMMER by Douglas CorleoneDuring the blizzard of 1872, fearless pioneer Abby Baylis must survive America’s first family of serial killers.
2nd PRIZE WINNER – BEAST OF VIRGINIA by Matthew Corley An outcast in a remote Puritan colony must confront a mysterious beast that’s slaughtering villagers before she is executed as the witch responsible.
3rd PRIZE WINNER – EL CUCUY by Shane ReddingA depressed young Mexican man finds himself in a fight for his life when a mysterious dark force begins tormenting him and causing everyone in his life to forget about him.
SPECIAL JURY PRIZE: KAGAE by Nick MartineauAn aging Korean military vet with PTSD and his unaccomplished 2nd generation son navigate a zombie-infested, post-apocalyptic America.
