Professor Morrow’s screenwriting explores the architecture of genre cinema – its structures, conventions, and the ways those forms can be subverted to reveal deeper emotional truths. His work blends psychological intensity with grounded human stakes, often placing ordinary people inside extraordinary moral dilemmas.
Among his recent work that has been optioned and produced is Little Girl in the Woods, which premiered in 2025 on Lifetime before moving to a wide streaming release. The film follows five women in a bereavement support group who embark on a backpacking trip into the remote Northwest Territories of Canada. When they discover a hidden room beneath an isolated cabin, and a captive child inside, they make a decision that binds them together: they will save her, no matter the cost. But when the cabin’s three survivalist occupants return, the women find themselves hunted across unforgiving wilderness terrain.
Though structured as a propulsive survival thriller, the film is ultimately a story about resilience and resolve – our heroines have already endured the unimaginable and refuse to surrender again. Among its positive reviews, one from Movie Feast spotlighted the writing in particular: “The screenplay layers tension at multiple levels: character development that explores grief and healing authentically, survival elements that feel researched rather than fabricated, thriller components that build naturally from the situation, and emotional beats that never feel manipulative or forced.”
Prof. Morrow’s contained thriller Fly By Night unfolds entirely aboard a cross-country flight, where an act of blackmail spirals into violent coercion at 35,000 feet. Legendary genre filmmaker Fred Dekker (The Predator, The Monster Squad) is attached to direct the film, which has been developed by Quiver Distribution (Becky) in partnership with BoulderLight Pictures (Barbarian, Friendship).
Current screenplays being shopped to the market include Restricted Number, a one-night bottle thriller about a customer service agent on the graveyard shift whose routine calls take a terrifying turn; The Wild Frontier, a contemporary western/siege thriller that examines fairness, distrust, and the fractures widening across modern America; and Hourglass, a morally complex thriller that explores the ethical implications of time travel through an intimate human story.
Select screenwriting work has also been peer-reviewed at academic conferences, reflecting the intersection of Prof. Morrow’s creative and scholarly practices.
Professional inquiries about Prof. Morrow’s screenwriting can be directed to his manager, David Greenblatt.
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