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Stall Me
1 Page Horror Short Screenplay | 1 Page | Season 6 | Top 10 Finalist 🎖️
While celebrating their twenty first birthday, two club goers face the deadly consequences of breaking the rules.
by Desiree Middleton
RequestBaby Monitor
1 Page Horror Short Screenplay | 1 Page | Season 6 | Top 10 Finalist 🎖️
A panicked mother discovers her baby is no longer in her crib, yet the baby monitor shows her in an identical crib somewhere else.
by Thomas Schrack
Requestdoorslash
1 Page Horror Short Screenplay | 1 Page | Season 6 | Top 10 Finalist 🎖️
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by Moses Nebraska
RequestThe Red-Eye Effect
1 Page Horror Short Screenplay | 1 Page | Season 6 | Honorable Mention
While looking through their recent photos, Anne and Zoë begin to notice something deeply unsettling about the images...
by Jason Turer
RequestMichael and his Monster
1 Page Horror Short Screenplay | 1 Page | Season 6 | Honorable Mention
A monster discovers his kid has grown up.
by James Ferda
RequestHanzo's Hideout
1 Page Horror Short Screenplay | 1 Page | Season 6 | Honorable Mention
A young boy’s game of hide and seek among department store clothing racks is interrupted by an insidious force.
by Stephen Chen
RequestResting Bitch Face
1 Page Horror Short Screenplay | 1 Page | Season 6 | Honorable Mention
They asked her to smile, one time too many.
by Azzurra Nox
RequestFallen Man
1 Page Horror Short Screenplay | 1 Page | Season 6 | Honorable Mention
Two friends driving on a deserted road at night see a man fall out of the sky and stop to help—with terrifying consequences.
by Annie Wilder
RequestCHOP CHOP
1 Page Horror Short Screenplay | 1 Page | Season 6 | Semifinalist
A quaint old-fashioned butchers shop... That is open 24 hours?
by Anoop B. Singh
RequestExecution
1 Page Horror Short Screenplay | 1 Page | Season 6 | Semifinalist
A young figure skater reaches breaking point during a training session with his abusive instructor.
by Callum Henderson
RequestThree on a Roof
1 Page Horror Short Screenplay | 1 Page | Season 6 | Semifinalist
Two teenagers take shelter on a sunny roof from a famished vampire until the sky darkens and another monster is revealed.
by Miles Randall
RequestFRACTURED
1 Page Horror Short Screenplay | 1 Page | Season 6 | Semifinalist
An unexpected present from his ex-wife fractures a father and his girlfriend.
by Jonathan Clark
RequestNight Bus
1 Page Horror Short Screenplay | 1 Page | Season 6 | Semifinalist
A man must hold his nerve alone against the creeping darkness as he waits for the last night bus.
by Jonny Wright
RequestDON'T FORGET TO SCREAM
1 Page Horror Short Screenplay | 1 Page | Season 6 | Semifinalist
A young mother sings a nursery rhyme to her baby one night during a violent storm.
by Eilidh Smith
RequestAfterdeath
1 Page Horror Short Screenplay | 1 Page | Season 6 | Semifinalist
After her mother dies, a woman is confronted by an eldritch creature.
by Tanner Call
RequestKiss Her Once for Me
1 Page Horror Short Screenplay | 1 Page | Season 6 | Semifinalist
A familiar Christmas carol's wisdom leads down sick and depraved paths
by Ian Baaske
RequestDoll House
1 Page Horror Short Screenplay | 1 Page | Season 6 | Semifinalist
A young girl receives a dangerous doll house for her birthday.
by Will DeFrangesco
RequestTwo Little Pigs
1 Page Horror Short Screenplay | 1 Page | Season 6 | Semifinalist
Two women, separated and trapped by a masked killer, struggle to escape with their lives.
by Shaun Baland
RequestKiller Jorts
1 Page Horror Short Screenplay | 1 Page | Season 6 | Semifinalist
Killer fashion from the 80’s makes a deadly comeback
by Shaun Baland
RequestViral
1 Page Horror Short Screenplay | 1 Page | Season 6 | Semifinalist
When #jitterbug erupts on social media, people are literally dancing in streets, but when the trend goes viral, a dancing pandemic spreads. It's BIRDBOX but for the ears.
by Caleb Dillon
RequestUninterrupted Sleep
1 Page Horror Short Screenplay | 1 Page | Season 6 | Semifinalist
A woman's sleepless night takes a turn for the worse when her relaxation app reveals an unwelcome surprise.
by Jeremy Jackson
RequestRetraction
1 Page Horror Short Screenplay | 1 Page | Season 6 | Semifinalist
Newspapers have an obligation to print the truth.
by Moses Nebraska
RequestCarved
1 Page Horror Short Screenplay | 1 Page | Season 6 | Semifinalist
Pushed past the breaking point, a distraught housewife takes pulpy revenge on her cheating husband on Halloween night.
by Shaun O’Loughlin
RequestSqueak
Horror Short Screenplay | 9 Pages | Season 6 | Top 3 Winner 🏆
After being tossed into the backyard, the beloved squeaky toy of an abused golden retriever gets infested by a mysterious fungus and seeks revenge.
by Evan R. Schullery
RequestBaby Tooth
Horror Short Screenplay | 5 Pages | Season 6 | Top 3 Winner 🏆
A young girl turns to supernatural forces in a twisted attempt to mend her broken family.
by Tania Luna
RequestInvasive Species
Horror Short Screenplay | 15 Pages | Season 6 | Top 10 Finalist 🎖️
Still reeling from a miscarriage, a Fish and Wildlife worker realizes she is responsible for letting a sea monster develop in the park's waters.
by Mary Kuryla
RequestEat Me
Horror Short Screenplay | 14 Pages | Season 6 | Top 10 Finalist 🎖️
When a desperate food influencer crosses the wrong restaurant, she's cursed with an escalating hunger that can only be satisfied by one terrible thing.
by Jason Tostevin
RequestThe Sixth Passenger
Horror Short Screenplay | 16 Pages | Season 6 | Top 10 Finalist 🎖️
While driving home through a snowstorm, four friends pick up a traumatized young woman in need of medical attention, but discover her pregnancy isn't human.
by Joshua Potter
RequestDou-dou
Horror Short Screenplay | 14 Pages | Season 6 | Top 10 Finalist 🎖️
Eager to prove her independence, a sheltered middle schooler breaks into an abandoned resort. But when she comes face-to-face with a nightmare creature, she must battle to find her way out.
by Camara Aaron
RequestTwice Shy
Horror Short Screenplay | 18 Pages | Season 6 | Top 10 Finalist 🎖️
An ex-hunter with a rough past is approached by an old friend with an uncomfortable favor to ask.
by Walker MacDonald
RequestMaya's Room
Horror Short Screenplay | 15 Pages | Season 6 | Top 10 Finalist 🎖️
A teenage boy is hired to house sit for a wealthy couple whose young daughter has just died. The grieving parents have only one request for the night: Stay out of Maya's room.
by Andrew William Weaver
RequestPluck
Horror Short Screenplay | 13 Pages | Season 6 | Top 10 Finalist 🎖️
At the height of her career a talented athlete struggles to hide a horrifying terminal diagnosis that grotesquely begins to mutate her body into that of a chicken.
by Eva Louise Hall
RequestCassie Strickland Is Not Under the Bed
Horror Short Screenplay | 15 Pages | Season 6 | Honorable Mention
Trapped and terrified by a dark presence he believes is under his bed, Clay makes a desperate call to his only remaining friend in this chilling exploration of gun violence, mental health, friendship, and what it means to be haunted.
by Vince Gatton & Allan Piper
RequestKiller Clown on Roller Skates
Horror Short Screenplay | 16 Pages | Season 6 | Honorable Mention
When a supernatural clown on roller skates crashes a Halloween roller disco, a risk-averse teenager must skate to save her twin brother's life.
by Catherine Casey
RequestDead Inside
Horror Short Screenplay | 20 Pages | Season 6 | Honorable Mention
Ant - a scrappy, ass kicking survivor - has shut down her emotions to survive a world crawling with zombies triggered by emotion. She’s convinced she can handle anything, until a rookie partner with the emotional control of a golden retriever and a sensitive new mission prompt feelings she can't outwit or kick in the face.
by Jo Budzilowicz
RequestIndian in a Box
Horror Short Screenplay | 5 Pages | Season 6 | Honorable Mention
An Indian immigrant awakens inside a confined metal box, with the walls slowly closing in... unless he can do the work assigned to him.
by Nishanth R. & Nathan Xia
RequestQuiet Minds
Horror Short Screenplay | 12 Pages | Season 6 | Honorable Mention
In Victorian London, a woman's quest to prove her worth through the use of cybernetic upgrades unleashes her deadly alter ego.
by Toby Marks
RequestSPREAD THE WORM
Horror Short Screenplay | 15 Pages | Season 6 | Semifinalist
A Brother/Sister musical duo from Bromley, London, must create the sickest beat ever made to save the world from alien parasite invaders.
by Sam Fowler & Kris Carr
RequestThe Good Neighbors
Horror Short Screenplay | 12 Pages | Season 6 | Semifinalist
In this unique blend of Irish and Native American folklore, caregiver Lyn travels to a remote country home to help dementia-addled Gayle and her estranged children. But Gayle’s delusions may be more real- and more dangerous- than any of them think.
by Briana N Cox
RequestWhite Light / White Heat
Horror Short Screenplay | 16 Pages | Season 6 | Semifinalist
Two hustlers in 1970's Greenwich Village come face-to-face with an ancient and mysterious Evil.
by Warren Myers
RequestRaven Feeder
Horror Short Screenplay | 19 Pages | Season 6 | Semifinalist
Living in a rural town plagued by raven overpopulation, an isolated hunter struggles to accept his changing environment, his dwindling sanity, and his treacherous past.
by Tyler Blomstrom-Moore
RequestThe Bunyip
Horror Short Screenplay | 12 Pages | Season 6 | Semifinalist
Three families meet for a relaxing vacation at a remote volcanic lake in Australia. When the children sneak out at night into the forest they soon find themselves hunted by the Bunyip, a grotesque amphibious creature with a taste for human flesh.
by Anwen Bull & Luca Fangeaux
RequestDover
Horror Short Screenplay | 20 Pages | Season 6 | Semifinalist
After encountering something unexplainable in the woods with his cousin Elliot, young Trevor experiences horrific visions and suspects Elliot is no longer just a little kid.
by Nathan D. Ludwig & Jonathan Straiton
RequestEverything Wrong With Patrick
Horror Short Screenplay | 10 Pages | Season 6 | Semifinalist
After a violent altercation with his boyfriend David, Patrick finds himself drawn to a mysterious hitchhiker in Redondo Beach, California, sparking a newfound romance.
by Costantinio Ciminiello & Mitchell V. Slan
RequestTeeth
Horror Short Screenplay | 5 Pages | Season 6 | Semifinalist
A man in love with the tooth fairy goes to terrifying extremes to win her over.
by Tania Luna
RequestTravelers
Horror Short Screenplay | 13 Pages | Season 6 | Semifinalist
A Romani woman tries to bury the memory of her grandmother's horrifying wartime stories only to realize that she has misunderstood their meaning all along.
by Tania Luna
RequestInterfaith Exorcism
Horror Short Screenplay | 15 Pages | Season 6 | Semifinalist
A Catholic husband and Jewish wife must exorcise a demon from their attic.
by Vanessa Bloom
RequestMark of the Ghoul
Horror Short Screenplay | 20 Pages | Season 6 | Semifinalist
Lost in a foreign land, a soldier must save his friend from an evil that is not what it seems.
by Rhituparna Basu
RequestWe are not safe
Horror Short Screenplay | 11 Pages | Season 6 | Semifinalist
After seeking help from social services, a mother’s worst fears come true.
by Darrell Lake
RequestHeartwarming Horror
Horror Short Screenplay | 14 Pages | Season 6 | Semifinalist
A couple on a first date realize the premise of a heartwarming romance could just as easily be a horrifying horror movie, and get a little of both when they go back to her place.
by Jennifer Milne
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