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They will be Monsters
Horror Short Screenplay | 20 Pages | Season 5 | Semifinalist
An introverted boy, separated from his deceased conjoined twin but sharing her beating heart, is raised as his dead sister by his deranged mother. To reclaim his gender identity, he embarks on a murderous journey to embody his sister's heart.
by Tony French
RequestThe Evil That Men Do
Horror Short Screenplay | 11 Pages | Season 5 | Semifinalist
Gina wants to get laid. Too bad her cantankerous mother is around, making sure that can't happen. But, what if she convinces her boyfriend Joe to dispose of her? Based on a true story.
by Steve Hanisch
RequestThe Coward
Horror Short Screenplay | 25 Pages | Season 5 | Semifinalist
A lonely alcoholic takes a truck driving job to escape society, but the sinister cargo living in the trailer he's hauling has other plans for him.
by Aaron Leck
RequestThe Call Out
Horror Short Screenplay | 7 Pages | Season 5 | Semifinalist
A roadside assistance mechanic late for a date finds more than she bargained for when she’s ambushed by monsters on her last call out.
by Jess C Wheatley
RequestTallahassee Twin
Horror Short Screenplay | 13 Pages | Season 5 | Semifinalist
A mattress salesman feels threatened by a competitor who sells a mystical type of bed.
by Andrew Kaberline
RequestSwell
Horror Short Screenplay | 15 Pages | Season 5 | Semifinalist
Don's a swell guy. He works with Nancy, a nice gal. Don gives Nancy a mysterious, glowing amulet for her birthday. What could go wrong?
by Ned Thorne
RequestSinthwave
Horror Short Screenplay | 10 Pages | Season 5 | Semifinalist
A misfit teen fights for their life when they're targeted by a ruthless slasher whose supernatural powers stem from the Synthwave tune that scores their every sinister move.
by Ramón Paradoa
RequestShe Comes To Me
Horror Short Screenplay | 25 Pages | Season 5 | Semifinalist
Two years after Regina's death, her boyfriend, Connor, is visited by her little brother with news that every night he sees her standing outside of his bedroom window.
by Lashawn Kelley
RequestRat King
Horror Short Screenplay | 13 Pages | Season 5 | Semifinalist
A young boy falls in love with a dead rat. It begins to rot him, setting off a frenzy in his village with disastrous consequences.
by Nina Devine
RequestPegs
Horror Short Screenplay | 11 Pages | Season 5 | Semifinalist
After reading about infamous illusionist-turned-killer 'Pegs' during a garden camp out, two sisters fight to escape the ghostly killer when they become her next victims.
by Ethan Evans & Jess Bartlett
RequestPangs
Horror Short Screenplay | 17 Pages | Season 5 | Semifinalist
A birthday sleepover becomes a battleground for pre-teen frenemies when one of them gets their first period and starts transforming into a vampire.
by Jessica McLaughlin
RequestNobody Knows
Horror Short Screenplay | 14 Pages | Season 5 | Semifinalist
Kevin, haunted by a sinister past, faces a mysterious masked man who threatens to expose his hidden secrets. When Maddie, a figure from his dark history, resurfaces, Kevin's life spirals out of control, culminating in a chilling climax. The film explores the blurred line between reality and madness as Kevin confronts a disturbing revelation.
by Jesse Foy
RequestMidway
Horror Short Screenplay | 8 Pages | Season 5 | Semifinalist
Following a botched robbery, a criminal finds himself in a nightmarish dive bar with no idea how he got there.
by Paul Sheridan
RequestLinnea
Horror Short Screenplay | 20 Pages | Season 5 | Semifinalist
Linnea's back on the convention circuit, and she's just dying for everything to change.
by Ben Woodiwiss
RequestItch
Horror Short Screenplay | 14 Pages | Season 5 | Semifinalist
Itch follows Jules, fresh out of a long term relationship and dipping her toe into the casual dating pool, only for her first fling to land her with what she dreads may be an STD. Determined not to be hampered, Jules plans a second date with the adorkable Thomas, but dinner is interrupted by a concerning call from the doctor, and a hunt for romance becomes a hunt for the nearest exit…
by Joe Savage
RequestIn With the Storm
Horror Short Screenplay | 23 Pages | Season 5 | Semifinalist
A seemingly typical tropical storm brings some not-so-typical intruders to a father and daughter's suburban home.
by Cara Marshall
RequestEssex Bird
Horror Short Screenplay | 8 Pages | Season 5 | Semifinalist
At a nightmare school disco, misfit Robin is haunted by the spectre of heteronormativity: the Essex Bird.
by Kathryn Webb
RequestErosion
Horror Short Screenplay | 11 Pages | Season 5 | Semifinalist
A man living in a home at risk from coastal erosion refuses to accept the inevitable as his marriage crumbles along with it to the point his own body begins to disintegrate.
by Tony Hipwell
RequestDoors
Horror Short Screenplay | 11 Pages | Season 5 | Semifinalist
A selfish empty-nester pressures his wife to downsize their beloved farmhouse, until he discovers she’s taken his request literally.
by Gina DeAngelis
RequestDo Us Part
Horror Short Screenplay | 18 Pages | Season 5 | Semifinalist
An apocalypse-hardened woman fights her way across a zombie infested city, hoping that the outbreak can deliver her a miracle.
by Richard Doyle
RequestClown Eyes
Horror Short Screenplay | 5 Pages | Season 5 | Semifinalist
Step right up and win a prize, it just might be your demise.
by Jeff Speed
RequestCHUM
Horror Short Screenplay | 15 Pages | Season 5 | Semifinalist
Class tension boils over in a coastal Maine vacation house when a group of yuppies anger a violent lobsterman and trigger a vengeful rampage.
by Nate Krieger
RequestCAN'T UNSEE
Horror Short Screenplay | 24 Pages | Season 5 | Semifinalist
A high-flying businessman with a secret interest in violent internet videos begins seeing things after watching a strange and mysterious link.
by Lee Bacon
RequestBEASTS
Horror Short Screenplay | 24 Pages | Season 5 | Semifinalist
As Yakama women continue to go missing near a tribal casino in the Pacific Northwest, two suspects are confronted by an ancient entity.
by Julia Diddy
RequestBack Bone
Horror Short Screenplay | 18 Pages | Season 5 | Semifinalist
A lonely monster befriends a deaf boy and his dogs. Now that his dream of companionship has come true, how far will the monster go to keep it?
by Orlagh Billing
RequestAnteater
Horror Short Screenplay | 15 Pages | Season 5 | Semifinalist
A very badly behaved boy, whose behaviour grows only more obscene the more he is punished, must face the consequences imposed by his father; a man with an unusual approach to discipline, and an even more unusual approach to spirituality.
by Deane McElree
RequestAfter Midnight
Horror Short Screenplay | 11 Pages | Season 5 | Semifinalist
A young mother and daughter on the run , must come to terms with a dark family secret that threatens their relationship before the clock strikes midnight.
by Sunny King
RequestA Manifestation
Horror Short Screenplay | 12 Pages | Season 5 | Semifinalist
Two friends track down a forbidden YouTube video that promises to make anything from a dream into reality-- but what happens when it's a nightmare?
by Phillip Walton
RequestA Hand to Hold
Horror Short Screenplay | 10 Pages | Season 5 | Semifinalist
Irish comedy-horror. When overbearing Patrick dies, his long-suffering wife Moira thinks she's finally escaped his clutches, but sadly she can't escape from his tight grip. Patrick doesn't believe in 'till death us do part' - and he's found an elaborate way to return from the grave.
by Eliza Power
RequestA Better Place
Horror Short Screenplay | 19 Pages | Season 5 | Semifinalist
A ghost-hunting team is invited to investigate paranormal phenomena at an old movie house where they make first contact with the other side and learn a horrible truth.
by Scott Carelli & Nick Jimenez
RequestDon't Blink
1 Page Horror Short Screenplay | 1 Page | Season 5 | Top 3 Winner 🏆
A Ouija board reveals a warning that is impossible to heed.
by Kelly Asher
RequestFish Special
1 Page Horror Short Screenplay | 1 Page | Season 5 | Top 3 Winner 🏆
The diners at a Michelin star restaurant are about to discover what’s squirming in the fish special.
by Travis Williams
Request“KEEP AN EAR OUT”
1 Page Horror Short Screenplay | 1 Page | Season 5 | Top 3 Winner 🏆
A meet-cute at a train station between two strangers may not be as innocent as it seems…
by George Morris
RequestWe Don't Bite Our Friends
1 Page Horror Short Screenplay | 1 Page | Season 5 | Top 10 Finalist 🎖️
A preschool teacher finds herself outnumbered.
by Lee Cotman
RequestThe Smile Room
1 Page Horror Short Screenplay | 1 Page | Season 5 | Top 10 Finalist 🎖️
Oliver goes to the dentist's office for his toothache, where it's cured in a strange and terrifying way.
by Emma Huang
RequestThe Miracle
1 Page Horror Short Screenplay | 1 Page | Season 5 | Top 10 Finalist 🎖️
A faith healer attempts to fill a paralyzed young soldier with the Holy Spirit.
by Marko Pandza & Jason Kerr
RequestTerminated
1 Page Horror Short Screenplay | 1 Page | Season 5 | Top 10 Finalist 🎖️
An expectant mother discovers just how much her life is worth in post-Roe America.
by Francesca Pazniokas
RequestTen Thousand
1 Page Horror Short Screenplay | 1 Page | Season 5 | Top 10 Finalist 🎖️
Jessie finds opportunity falling out of the sky.
by Joseph X Casillas
RequestJoe's End
1 Page Horror Short Screenplay | 1 Page | Season 5 | Top 10 Finalist 🎖️
A little boy wanders off from his mother in a bookstore and finds a book that seems to be about him, with horrific consequences.
by Darren Hinchy
RequestFill 'Er Up
1 Page Horror Short Screenplay | 1 Page | Season 5 | Top 10 Finalist 🎖️
Nick needs help filling his car.
by Cole McCabe
RequestMargaret's Golden Birthday
1 Page Horror Short Screenplay | 1 Page | Season 5 | Honorable Mention
A six-year-old girl finally makes the wish she's been waiting for.
by Sam Carruthers
RequestBreakfast with Bag Man
1 Page Horror Short Screenplay | 1 Page | Season 5 | Honorable Mention
A young girl must tell her mother about a strange visitor in their kitchen.
by Jason Rice
RequestNo Peeking
1 Page Horror Short Screenplay | 1 Page | Season 5 | Honorable Mention
A sunny garden playdate takes a horrifying turn for a little girl and her father.
by Noëmie Martinel
RequestAnother Mouth to Feed
1 Page Horror Short Screenplay | 1 Page | Season 5 | Honorable Mention
When a scientist tries to create a perfect clone of herself, she bites off more than she can chew.
by Amelia Clover
RequestMirror Me
1 Page Horror Short Screenplay | 1 Page | Season 5 | Honorable Mention
A young woman must confront the anxiety overwhelming her in the face of a busy social occasion.
by Chris Mitchell
RequestWet Dreamer
1 Page Horror Short Screenplay | 1 Page | Season 5 | Semifinalist
A lonely freshman in college accidentally creates a twisted monstrosity when he hides his soiled boxers from his roommate after having a wet dream.
by Aidan Kilpatrick
RequestWatch This
1 Page Horror Short Screenplay | 1 Page | Season 5 | Semifinalist
Eager to pass the time, a hapless home office worker clicks a link sent by an anonymous colleague, but the seemingly harmless distraction turns sinister when a second video appears custom tailored just for him.
by Kareline Castor
RequestTRAILER TRASH
1 Page Horror Short Screenplay | 1 Page | Season 5 | Semifinalist
The crazy conspiracy theorist at the trailer park correctly predicts the immense power of cockroaches.
by Nathan Patton
RequestSea Child
1 Page Horror Short Screenplay | 1 Page | Season 5 | Semifinalist
In the midst of a calamitous shipwreck, a shapeshifting creature infiltrates a sea captain’s family.
by Francesca Pazniokas
RequestScary Larry
1 Page Horror Short Screenplay | 1 Page | Season 5 | Semifinalist
Two demons play Ouija and connect with an otherwordly entity.
by Evan Baughfman
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