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Reunited
1 Page Horror Short Screenplay | 1 Page | Season 5 | Semifinalist
A heartbroken woman confronts an unexpected visitor from her past.
by Phillip Dishon
RequestMUSCLE OUT THE DEMONS
1 Page Horror Short Screenplay | 1 Page | Season 5 | Semifinalist
Gym bro flips out.
by Moses Nebraska
RequestEnjoy Your Stay
1 Page Horror Short Screenplay | 1 Page | Season 5 | Semifinalist
A couple's vacation takes a sinister turn when they discover they may never check out.
by Victoria Harris
RequestDO-GOODER
1 Page Horror Short Screenplay | 1 Page | Season 5 | Semifinalist
You never forget your first loose tooth.
by Matt Gilbert
RequestAnnunciation
1 Page Horror Short Screenplay | 1 Page | Season 5 | Semifinalist
When an unearthly visitor arrives in a small medieval town, the villagers must determine if they are being offered heavenly salvation -- or something much more sinister.
by Francesca Pazniokas
RequestA Shade of Scarlett
Short Story (Prose) | 20 Pages | Word Count: 8,849 📖 | Season 5 | Top 3 Winner 🏆
A man's obsession with a red dress takes a strange turn when the mannequin wearing it comes to life.
by Derek Ladd
RequestThe Kitchen Drawer
Short Story (Prose) | 10 Pages | Word Count: 3,303 📖 | Season 5 | Top 3 Winner 🏆
Two brothers reveal their dark secrets, piecing together the supernatural reason for their mother's disappearance years ago that now threatens them with the same horrific fate.
by Jon Douglas Rainey
RequestThe Wood in the Window
Short Story (Prose) | 15 Pages | Word Count: 5,650 📖 | Season 5 | Top 10 Finalist 🎖️
The wood in the window won't be enough this time. It never was. Based on a true story.
by Charlene Clarke-Todoruk
RequestThe Mercy
Short Story (Prose) | 11 Pages | Word Count: 6,400 📖 | Season 5 | Top 10 Finalist 🎖️
A disfigured cat haunts a roommate just wanting a cheap place to rent. As he descends further into madness, will he be able to rid himself of this fickle feline?
by Troy Roemer
RequestThings Are As They Should Be
Short Story (Prose) | 10 Pages | Word Count: 2,529 📖 | Season 5 | Top 10 Finalist 🎖️
A lie brings two siblings together as they inherit their childhood home. But they soon discover that finding out the truth between those four walls will not set them free.
by Pamela Raymond
RequestThe Birdhouse
Short Story (Prose) | 5 Pages | Word Count: 1,290 📖 | Season 5 | Top 10 Finalist 🎖️
After a devastating miscarriage, Mira buys a wish-fulfilling birdhouse that comes with a bargain. But when she fails to uphold her side of the pact, the consequences twist the price of motherhood bliss to horror.
by Vasanthi Varadarajan
Request'97
Horror Short Screenplay | 16 Pages | Season 4 | Top 3 Winner 🏆
When two video rental store employees discover an unmarked tape in their return box, they find themselves both audience and subject in a sinister game with an anonymous filmmaker.
by Sarah Ward
RequestMerrow
Horror Short Screenplay | 22 Pages | Season 4 | Top 3 Winner 🏆
A young boy is forced to grow up after his father brings him on his first fishing trip as part of a disturbing coming-of-age ritual.
by Alexander Seltzer
RequestCooking Lessons with Baba Yaga
Horror Short Screenplay | 11 Pages | Season 4 | Top 3 Winner 🏆
An ancient witch and a battered wife cross paths.
by Julia Diddy
RequestWitch Hunt
Horror Short Screenplay | 20 Pages | Season 4 | Top 10 Finalist 🎖️
After passing anti-abortion legislation, politician Clara hides away from the media in a remote Scottish AirBnb, only to be tormented by the ghost of her own hypocrisy.
by Zoe Bullock
RequestTOO MANY EYES
Horror Short Screenplay | 25 Pages | Season 4 | Top 10 Finalist 🎖️
The staff of a small one-screen theater check-screens a rare cult classic 35mm film before showings the next day, but once the film starts, reality and fiction blend and they are plunged into a fight for their lives.
by Patrick Loveland
RequestStud Muffin
Horror Short Screenplay | 25 Pages | Season 4 | Top 10 Finalist 🎖️
A social pariah finds himself in grave danger when he drinks a potion that makes him irresistible to the opposite sex.
by Jed Woods
RequestPeople Die
Horror Short Screenplay | 17 Pages | Season 4 | Top 10 Finalist 🎖️
One year after surviving a massacre on his college campus, the sole survivor of a notorious serial killer must reclaim his life from the grief and paranoia that haunts him.
by Adam Santa Cruz
RequestIdentidad Raza
Horror Short Screenplay | 10 Pages | Season 4 | Top 10 Finalist 🎖️
A queer, Latina couple driving through a deserted highway in the middle of the night, stop on the side of the road and quickly discover the desert isn't as devoid of life as they thought.
by Victor Ridaura
RequestThe Call Out
Horror Short Screenplay | 7 Pages | Season 4 | Top 10 Finalist 🎖️
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
RequestAll the Rage
Horror Short Screenplay | 16 Pages | Season 4 | Top 10 Finalist 🎖️
As well-to-do Victorians don the latest fashions in the trendiest color, women work themselves to death in an artificial flower factory to keep up with the demand.
by Maryellen Devivo
RequestTeller
Horror Short Screenplay | 12 Pages | Season 4 | Honorable Mention
A graduate finds himself with one too many connections at a networking event.
by Lia Berger
RequestStray
Horror Short Screenplay | 15 Pages | Season 4 | Honorable Mention
When a curious young woman uncovers the shocking truth about her elderly grandmother's new furry companion, she must navigate a dangerous game of manipulation to save her.
by Jason Rice
RequestSing The Fucking Song
Horror Short Screenplay | 11 Pages | Season 4 | Honorable Mention
A truck driver struggles to enjoy his break when a family insists the entire diner sings "Happy Birthday" to their creepy daughter.
by Johan Spirolazzi
RequestIncognito Mode
Horror Short Screenplay | 13 Pages | Season 4 | Honorable Mention
A conflict-averse man in a comatose marriage begins fantasizing about other women during sex, but things take a nightmarish turn when those fantasies start taking on lives of their own.
by Josh Schenkkan & Michael Mount
RequestHeads
Horror Short Screenplay | 25 Pages | Season 4 | Honorable Mention
When a young man reluctantly gets a vaccination, the side effect is rare, horrifying, and ... loud.
by Charlene Clarke-Todoruk
RequestYou're on Mute
Horror Short Screenplay | 10 Pages | Season 4 | Semifinalist
An ambitious young professional's life spirals out of control during the videoconference call from hell.
by Joshua Heaton
RequestWhite Noise
Horror Short Screenplay | 5 Pages | Season 4 | Semifinalist
A hypervisual-techno-horror-fairytale following a hopeful little girl caught in the matrix of misinformation created by our horrific habits of social & news media consumption, as she and her family battle the inevitable and uncontrollable monsters we create as technoholics.
by Ash Lazer
RequestTo Live Again a Butterfly
Horror Short Screenplay | 8 Pages | Season 4 | Semifinalist
Frightened by his parent’s bitter divorce, and the monstrous nighttime visitor to his room, a desperate young boy twists a sweet bedtime story into a horrifying plan to save his family from both.
by Glenn Forbes
RequestThere's A Monster in My Room
Horror Short Screenplay | 4 Pages | Season 4 | Semifinalist
Little Sarah knows that there’s a monster in her room...
by Yvette Ross
RequestThe Whisper Tree
Horror Short Screenplay | 22 Pages | Season 4 | Semifinalist
In the Appalachian foothills, two sisters attempt to escape their abusive father with the help of a vengeful spirit in the forest.
by Daniel Kiely
RequestThe Unwrapping
Horror Short Screenplay | 25 Pages | Season 4 | Semifinalist
A set of twin brothers devise a plan to rob an elite victorian family blind under the guise of a 19th century mummy unwrapping ceremony, but all goes to hell when an ancient incantation brings the mummy to life.
by Patrick Mediate & Aaron McLane
RequestThe Night Runner
Horror Short Screenplay | 10 Pages | Season 4 | Semifinalist
On one of his nightly running sessions, a man finds himself being chased by another runner who looks exactly like him.
by Dominic Hart
RequestThe Door
Horror Short Screenplay | 15 Pages | Season 4 | Semifinalist
A mother grieving over her daughter's disappearance struggles to move on after she becomes obsessed with a mysterious door that appears in her house.
by Alexander Seltzer
RequestTake 177
Horror Short Screenplay | 14 Pages | Season 4 | Semifinalist
After a director's cruel methods result in his lead actress committing suicide, a film crew must keep him in check to complete the shoot while supernatural revenge stalks the set.
by Justin Moritz & Parker Foreman
RequestStarlight
Horror Short Screenplay | 17 Pages | Season 4 | Semifinalist
The crew aboard a deep space freighter awakens from hypersleep to discover that their craft has been boarded by an unknown entity.
by April Rouveyrol
RequestShelf Life
Horror Short Screenplay | 19 Pages | Season 4 | Semifinalist
While an eager-to-please new hire struggles to navigate a toxic work environment, she discovers a dark secret about her employer.
by Miyako Fuqua
RequestSelf Image
Horror Short Screenplay | 8 Pages | Season 4 | Semifinalist
A woman buys an AI workout mirror to grow confident, getting more than she bargained for during her total body transformation.
by Jackie Perez
RequestSampson & Delilah
Horror Short Screenplay | 15 Pages | Season 4 | Semifinalist
A painful secret from a man's past manifests in the form of a growth on his shoulder and slowly reveals itself in strange and disgusting ways.
by Eric Warren
RequestRetrograde
Horror Short Screenplay | 10 Pages | Season 4 | Semifinalist
The latter stages of Brian’s life are seen through increasingly fractured birthday parties. As his health deteriorates and his memory fails, he learns what is truly important to him.
by Simon Laurence Doyle
RequestNothing's Final
Horror Short Screenplay | 21 Pages | Season 4 | Semifinalist
When a woman helps a beloved family member sell his home and relocate, she discovers unsettling truths when an uncanny visitor turns up at their door with other plans for the house and its owner.
by Gwendolyn Hulet
RequestNight Of The Living Vacuum
Horror Short Screenplay | 9 Pages | Season 4 | Semifinalist
When a mysterious green powder brings a vacuum cleaner to life, a gay couple has to escape their mom and pop vacuum repair shop before the sentient cleaning tool can suck out their insides.
by Christian Green
RequestMUSKREALM.JPG
Horror Short Screenplay | 17 Pages | Season 4 | Semifinalist
A helpline operator has a work day from hell when she receives a call from a man trapped in a Tesla.
by Eric Robinson
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Memories of a House
Horror Short Screenplay | 19 Pages | Season 4 | Semifinalist
Two couples move into the same haunted house during different time periods, where memories of their past weave into one another, blurring the lines of what is real or memory, ghosts or grief.
by Joshua David Matthews
RequestLOVELY GIRL
Horror Short Screenplay | 15 Pages | Season 4 | Semifinalist
Cathy learnt young that the world likes 'lovely' girls. But now that she's a woman, she doesn't think she wants to stay lovely for much longer...
by Lucy Foster
RequestLady Parts
Horror Short Screenplay | 9 Pages | Season 4 | Semifinalist
When Iris thinks of Ellie, she gets wet. Very wet. She’s heard it’s normal, but this seems different. And when you’re in high school, different can be dangerous.
by Ariel McCleese
RequestLady Midday
Horror Short Screenplay | 15 Pages | Season 4 | Semifinalist
Krys loves Anja but Anja's dead, now she's Lady Midday.
by Ben Woodiwiss
RequestJust the Three of Me
Horror Short Screenplay | 19 Pages | Season 4 | Semifinalist
Ben, a young advertising copywriter, suffers from missing memories. It’s as if his life is being mysteriously edited. Where do his fun times go? Are they being stolen somehow? And what does this have to do with the serial killer stalking London’s late night buses?
by John Platt
RequestIt's OK. He's Friendly.
Horror Short Screenplay | 25 Pages | Season 4 | Semifinalist
A man looking to escape his troubled marriage goes on a weekend backwoods hunting trip. But the trip takes a strange and scary turn when he encounters a freakish dog and an even freakier community.
by Brian Menz
RequestIs Your Husband Home?
Horror Short Screenplay | 7 Pages | Season 4 | Semifinalist
Right before they go away on their trip, Seema's parents leave her strict instructions to ensure her safety - not from burglars or miscreants, but something far more sinister.
by Mayanka Goel
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