[Quick Summary: Two detectives track down a serial killer whose kills with a "7 deadly sins" theme.]
Very good script.
Very good structure and characters.
But I don't particularly like horror, so why did I continue to read?
Because the writer had something to say about making decisions and justice:
ex. "SOMERSET: Well, I'm glad you asked. If you were chosen...as if by some higher power, your hand was forced...well...
Somerset turns in his seat to look Doe in the eye.
SOMERSET: ...then it's strange you took so much pleasure in it.
Somerset stares at Doe. Does stares back. After a moment, Somerset turns back to the road ahead.
SOMERSET: You enjoyed torturing those people. That's not really in keeping with martyrdom, is it?
It's the first time anything's gotten to Doe. He's ashamed though trying not to let it bother him."
Here, Somerset makes Doe reconsider his motives for his rampage.
No one escapes self-examination, not even the antagonist.
This immediately sets this script apart because most horror scripts do not grapple with the human dilemma at its core.
Lesser scripts just focus on the gory bits.
WHAT I'VE LEARNED: I relied on the human dilemmas in order to make the gorier bits easier to read.
Seven (1995)
by Andrew Kevin Walker
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