...local director Michael Corrente...is offering unknown screenwriters the chance to pitch him a horror-movie script. Corrente promises that he will make the best 10 scripts into full-length movies, filmed entirely in Rhode Island, with A-listers as stars and a budget of $1 million each...

...Whether or not the films are successful, Corrente envisions that this project will reinforce Rhode Island’s status as a second-tier film destination

Film students from area schools — New England Institute of Technology, Rhode Island School of Design, Rhode Island College — will help crew the films, and the prospect of 10 guaranteed movies worth of steady work should attract and retain behind-the-scenes talent. Corrente salivates at the prospect of having a full stable of competent crew members locally, rather than having to fly in a key grip when he makes a movie here.

“The ones who graduate from college don’t have to necessarily go to New York or L.A. now,” he said. “By the time this slate of films is over, they’ll be a valuable asset to me as a crew base.”