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BESTIE

She survived her childhood by creating a monster.
Now the monster has a mind of her own.

Supernatural Thriller $5MM Budget Franchise IP Original Screenplay

Script available upon request.

The Film

A girl who only ever wanted a family. A protector who will stop at nothing to keep her safe.

Willow Grey has survived things most people can't imagine. An addicted mother. A violent home. A psychiatric facility where she met her best friend — a girl in black who appears when Willow is afraid, and vanishes when the medication kicks in.

Placed with a new foster family in a quiet suburb, Willow finally lets herself want something: friends, school, a little sister who feels like her own. But the Wilson house has its own darkness. And when Hazel comes back — stronger, older, and angrier — she starts making choices Willow never asked for.

The question at the heart of Bestie isn't whether Hazel is real. It's whether Willow can afford to lose her.

"You don't get the luxury of a normal life, Willow. Neither of us do. You made me."

Bestie is a contained supernatural horror-thriller about trauma, identity, and what we create to survive — and what it costs when we finally try to let it go. The film ends with the clear architecture of a franchise: a hidden institution, a deeper conspiracy, and a girl whose story is just beginning.

The Market

Horror is the highest-returning genre in Hollywood — consistently generating outsized returns on contained budgets. Audiences are hungry for horror with emotional intelligence. Bestie sits squarely in that territory: visceral, character-driven, and built to travel.

M3GAN
Budget
$12M
↓
Worldwide Gross
$180M
15× return
Smile
Budget
$17M
↓
Worldwide Gross
$217M
13× return
Get Out
Budget
$4.5M
↓
Worldwide Gross
$255M
56× return
Talk to Me
Budget
$4.5M
↓
Worldwide Gross
$91M
20× return
The Black Phone
Budget
$18M
↓
Worldwide Gross
$161M
9× return
Hereditary
Budget
$10M
↓
Worldwide Gross
$80M
8× return

At $5MM, Bestie is budgeted below every comparable on this list — with an original concept, built-in franchise potential, and a female-led ensemble that speaks to a proven, underserved audience. The path to profit includes theatrical, international licensing, and streaming rights, all of which have expanded significantly for high-concept horror.

The Opportunity

Sterling & Stone Productions is raising $5,000,000 to produce Bestie.

Investors participate through an equity stake in the film's production entity. The revenue waterfall is structured to protect your investment first:

1 · Investors recoup 120% of their investment from first revenues — theatrical, streaming, international, and ancillary — before any profit split.
2 · After recoupment, net profits split 50/50 between investors and producers.
3 · Any sequel, franchise, or IP licensing activity in which Bestie original investors participate is negotiated separately at the time.
$100K
Associate Producer
  • Associate Producer screen credit
  • Equity participation & recoupment rights
  • Invitation to premiere screening
  • Production updates & investor communications
$250K
Executive Producer
  • Executive Producer screen credit
  • Equity participation & recoupment rights
  • Set visit during principal photography
  • World premiere invitation + after-party
  • Named in production press materials
  • Private investor briefings throughout production
$500K+
Lead Executive Producer
  • Lead Executive Producer credit (above title)
  • Equity participation & recoupment rights
  • Named in all marketing and press materials
  • Private set visit with filmmaker access
  • World premiere + private cast & crew dinner
  • First conversation rights on sequels & franchise
The Team
Sean Platt
Producer & Co-Writer
Sean Platt is the founder of Sterling & Stone. A prolific storyteller whose work spans large-scale narrative worlds and commercial publishing, Sean has authored or co-authored 200+ titles and contributed to 1,000+ publishing projects across a span of genres. His pioneering online marketing and publishing systems have generated tens of millions in worldwide sales. Known for ambitious story ecosystems with emotional depth and commercial reach, Platt specializes in concepts designed to scale across audiences and formats.
David W. Wright
Co-Writer
David W. Wright is a prolific novelist and master of character-driven storytelling whose work has sold more than half a million copies worldwide. A longtime collaborator with Sean Platt, Wright has co-created numerous bestselling series across science fiction, thrillers, and speculative drama. Celebrated for his instinct for voice and narrative tension, Wright crafts characters who feel immediate, human, and unforgettable, bringing emotional precision and dramatic momentum to every story he helps build.
Sterling & Stone Productions
Production Company
Sterling & Stone is an independent storytelling studio with a fourteen-year track record of building ambitious narrative worlds and serialized story franchises. Known for its innovative approach to long-form storytelling and scalable intellectual property, the studio has produced hundreds of titles and helped redefine what a modern independent story studio can achieve.

Ready to talk?

Investment inquiries are welcomed from qualified individuals. All conversations are confidential.

Sean Platt  ·  Sterling & Stone Productions sean@sterlingandstone.net