The Scream List
"A Year-Round Discovery Platform for Horror and Dark Genre Screenwriters"
The Scream List is the premier tracking board for short horror, sci-fi, and thriller screenplays emerging from the Killer Shorts coverage service. Unlike traditional annual lists, entries are added in real time as scripts earn a Recommend rating, giving industry professionals immediate access to killer material. A blood-slick preview of the next generation of genre storytellers.
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Results
Robbie Graves and the No Good, Two-Timing, Thanks for Nothing
Short Screenplay | Horror | 1 Page
Digging up an old grudge gets a grave robber buried in his own mistake.
by Rose Vatel
RequestHands That Never Left
Short Screenplay | Horror | 8 Pages
A man trapped in sleep paralysis is forced to relive his past trauma.
by Cameron Nelson
RequestJars
Short Screenplay | Horror | 1 Page
A man’s attempt to steal jars of honey from a farmstand turns sinister when the owner and her bees intervene.
by Derek McHugh
RequestHog's Head
Short Screenplay | Horror | 13 Pages
Horror strikes five horny Halloween party-goers, over and over again.
by Howard Brodsky
RequestThe Death Row Cook
Short Screenplay | Horror | 16 Pages
Out on parole and assigned to work at a diner, a death row cook hopes to reconnect with his estranged daughter, but first, he has to make it through a chaotic and increasingly surreal shift.
by Jessica James
RequestA Soul for A Song
Short Screenplay | Drama | 24 Pages
During the intermission of his 25th Birthday Bash, a jazz trumpeter learns the Devil has come to collect on a deal he doesn't remember making.
by Sikon Toure
RequestThe Cockatrice
Short Screenplay | Horror | 15 Pages
A cocky salesman attempts to scam a lonely woman in her strange suburban home, but his routine pitch is derailed when he hears a terrible sound coming from the back of her house.
by Taylor Shofner
RequestAnswer Man
Short Screenplay | Horror | 13 Pages
Maisie thinks the Answer Man is just a silly slumber party game, but when a mysterious man appears on the other end of her phone, she begins to worry that it is actually something much, much more…
by Lucy Foster
RequestWhat Remains
Short Screenplay | Horror | 13 Pages
After mercy-killing her terminally ill husband, a grieving woman seduces an old flame—only to ensnare him in a deadly ritual where desire fuels resurrection.
by Sam Das
RequestGuess Again
Short Screenplay | Horror | 1 Page
A simple game of cups between a boy and his cruel grandfather takes a deadly turn.
by Liam Fitzpatrick
RequestWeakness Leaving the Body
Short Screenplay | Horror | 1 Page
When a man’s smart home refuses to let him leave until he achieves his “ideal” body, his pursuit of perfection spirals into a nightmarish struggle between flesh, willpower, and programming.
by TJ Berry
RequestNothing Yet
Short Screenplay | Horror | 1 Page
A relentless ghost hunter goes to extreme lengths to prove there is life after death.
by Colby Helton
RequestGift from the Moon
Short Screenplay | Horror | 10 Pages
On Halloween night, a mother returns to the playground where her child died to attempt a moonlit ritual for one last chance to see him again—no matter the cost.
by Ashlie McCormick
RequestTrash Day
Short Screenplay | Horror | 24 Pages
After missing trash day, Russell must go to extraordinary measures to catch the garbage truck; after all, there's a body in his trash bin.
by Rose Vatel
RequestThe Boy in the Orchard
Short Screenplay | Horror | 15 Pages
A game night between distant friends takes a nightmarish turn when the host’s newest game is revealed to be an ancient evil.
by Sean Reidy
RequestDark Tumble
Short Screenplay | Thriller | 6 Pages
While looking for entertainment while doing laundry, a horror fan must escape a new horrifying podcast bringing its story to life.
by K Fernandez
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