Ben Collins and Luke Piotrowski are an American film screenwriting and executive producing team best known for their work in horror films, and for their collaborations with director

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, including '' Siren'' (2016), ''

The Night House ''The Night House'' is a 2020 supernatural psychological horror film directed by David Bruckner, and written by Ben Collins and Luke Piotrowski. It stars Rebecca Hall as a widow who discovers a dark secret about the house her recently deceased a ...

'' (2020), and ''

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'' (2022).

Career

In October 2012, Collins and Piotrowski began their writing career by drafting the screenplay for ''

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'', which had been included in

Blood List The Blood List was an annual survey of the best unproduced horror and thriller screenplays as voted on by industry professionals. It was created by Kailey Marsh and ran from 2009 to 2022. Films such as '' Bird Box'' and ''Cobweb'', as well as the s ...

best unproduced horror scripts in Hollywood, with the film eventually released in 2017. In 2015, they wrote the screenplay for '' Siren''This Horror Film About a Siren In a Strip Club Is Perversely Entertaining
/ref> and '' A Head Full of Ghosts''. In 2017, they scripted the horror film '' Super Dark Times'', which was given a wide release. In October 2018, they co-executive produced the horror film '' Boo!'', which premiered at the

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. In 2019, they gained notability from writing the screenplay and story for ''

'', which was theatrically released in 2021, to critical acclaim. In 2020, they wrote the script and story for the 2022 horror film ''

''. In June 2023, they wrote the screenplay for the upcoming film ''

She Rides Shotgun ''She Rides Shotgun'' is an upcoming American crime thriller film directed by Nick Rowland, written by Ben Collins and Luke Piotrowski, and starring Taron Egerton. It is based on the 2017 novel of the same name by Jordan Harper. It is schedu ...

''.

Filmography

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