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Horror Short Screenplay | 17 Pages | Season 4 | Semifinalist
While driving his daughter to school, a suburban dad discovers something else that is growing up faster than he would prefer.
by Jeremy Weiner
RequestEden
Horror Short Screenplay | 17 Pages | Season 4 | Semifinalist
A black man sneaks into an underground museum that presents African-American slavery to its white guests in a disturbing art form.
by Tiyan Newman
RequestDUST
Horror Short Screenplay | 10 Pages | Season 4 | Semifinalist
When a Dust Bowl refugee seeks shelter in an isolated homestead, the massive dust storms become the least of his worries when the eccentric homeowner is not what he seems.
by Kareline Castor
RequestDrinkwater
Horror Short Screenplay | 13 Pages | Season 4 | Semifinalist
In the wild west of 1881, a wanted outlaw must defeat the demonic spirit of a long-dead criminal in a shot-for-shot drinking competition to save his own life and free the town of its curse.
by Shaun O'Loughlin
RequestDon't Eat From The Machine
Horror Short Screenplay | 10 Pages | Season 4 | Semifinalist
On a late night drive, a divorced dad and his kids encounter a strange vending machine with a warning not to eat its unusual snacks.
by Phillip Walton
RequestDO NOT OPEN
Horror Short Screenplay | 12 Pages | Season 4 | Semifinalist
After discovering a pair of vintage walkie talkies left behind in their new house, a father and daughter play an unsettling game of “hide & seek” that threatens to shatter the small family forever.
by Brian Barnes
RequestDISPOSE
Horror Short Screenplay | 7 Pages | Season 4 | Semifinalist
Carol has just committed an awful deed. Hiding within a vast, vacant warehouse, she thinks she's in the clear... but her fragile mind plays tricks on her. Is the paranoia pure delusion, or is her safe house not so safe after all?
by Rachel Cylie Gross & Stanley Swindling
RequestClean Kill
Horror Short Screenplay | 6 Pages | Season 4 | Semifinalist
Two scavengers in a post-apocalyptic wasteland encounter something horrifying after they raid a small supply settlement.
by James Furlong
RequestBuck's Big Break
Horror Short Screenplay | 17 Pages | Season 4 | Semifinalist
A disgruntled, unemployed biracial actor living in Los Angeles kills other actors who vaguely resemble him. When one of his victims gets an audition, he decides to impersonate the dead man with the hope of finally getting his big break.
by Danny Rogers
RequestBlood Trench
Horror Short Screenplay | 17 Pages | Season 4 | Semifinalist
In the midst of WW1, two British soldiers discover an ancient evil lurking in an abandoned German trench.
by Jack Carey
RequestAmor de Mi Vida
Horror Short Screenplay | 25 Pages | Season 4 | Semifinalist
Following the unexpected death of his fiancé, Manny, decides to do the unthinkable by embalming his former bride and passing her off as a mannequin.
by Jenessa Rivera
RequestDuck Duck Goose
1 Page Horror Short Screenplay | 1 Page | Season 4 | Top 3 Winner 🏆
In a circle, a group of children sit in terror as a grotesque monster partakes in a sinister game of Duck Duck Goose.
by Jess Bartlett
RequestPhantom Cry
1 Page Horror Short Screenplay | 1 Page | Season 4 | Top 3 Winner 🏆
A strange sound emanating from their baby’s crib forces two parents to confront a paranormal phenomenon.
by Alison Pringle
RequestThe Ballerina
1 Page Horror Short Screenplay | 1 Page | Season 4 | Top 10 Finalist 🎖️
A bewitched ballerina dances, hoping to break her curse.
by Jackie Perez
RequestPlateau
1 Page Horror Short Screenplay | 1 Page | Season 4 | Top 10 Finalist 🎖️
A mother and daughter play hide and seek in the desert.
by Joseph X Casillas
RequestPastime
1 Page Horror Short Screenplay | 1 Page | Season 4 | Top 10 Finalist 🎖️
It's in his blood.
by Traci Loper
RequestNo Life Detected
1 Page Horror Short Screenplay | 1 Page | Season 4 | Top 10 Finalist 🎖️
A astronaut, completely alone in the vacuum of space, investigates the knocking at his spaceship's airlock.
by Sanchez Taylor
RequestCluck Cluck
1 Page Horror Short Screenplay | 1 Page | Season 4 | Top 10 Finalist 🎖️
A worker in a chicken processing plant has a horrifying encounter with a chicken.
by Rene Claveau
RequestBubbles
1 Page Horror Short Screenplay | 1 Page | Season 4 | Top 10 Finalist 🎖️
Joey and Mikey just want to drink beer and look at old Playboys in the woods like any normal teenage boys, until they have an unwelcome visitor.
by Andrew Wilczak
RequestA Confession
1 Page Horror Short Screenplay | 1 Page | Season 4 | Top 10 Finalist 🎖️
Interviewed for a true crime podcast, a mother learns the horrible truth about her daughter’s murder.
by Joshua Heaton
RequestStorage Room
1 Page Horror Short Screenplay | 1 Page | Season 4 | Honorable Mention
A few students and a teacher are in a storage room hiding from a school shooter. A knock on the door confronts them with a difficult choice.
by AR Ugas
RequestMRI
1 Page Horror Short Screenplay | 1 Page | Season 4 | Honorable Mention
Claustrophobia may not be the only thing a patient has to fear when getting an MRI.
by Sandra Wade
RequestLove Is in the Air
1 Page Horror Short Screenplay | 1 Page | Season 4 | Honorable Mention
Tony's dreams of his happily ever after are about to vanish into thin air.
by Yvette Ross
RequestBookworm
1 Page Horror Short Screenplay | 1 Page | Season 4 | Honorable Mention
A cocky, young librarian discovers why you should never enter the restricted section after hours.
by Christian Curry Akuna
RequestAfter the Storm
1 Page Horror Short Screenplay | 1 Page | Season 4 | Honorable Mention
The early arrival of an impending storm, creates panic in a small, suburban town.
by Chelsea Spirito
RequestWatch My Baby, Please
1 Page Horror Short Screenplay | 1 Page | Season 4 | Semifinalist
Mothers meet in a park... One has what the other wants.
by Arran Crawley
RequestSnip
1 Page Horror Short Screenplay | 1 Page | Season 4 | Semifinalist
Amber has a rhyme for every toenail that Mommy snips. But that last line is a killer...
by Spike Black
RequestKitty's Like...
1 Page Horror Short Screenplay | 1 Page | Season 4 | Semifinalist
A couple attempt to interpret the emotions of their new cat, but are unprepared for what kitty actually has to say.
by Katherine Cox & Matt McCarthy
RequestKiller in Tent
1 Page Horror Short Screenplay | 1 Page | Season 4 | Semifinalist
At a campsite, a masked murderer greets his latest victims
by Evan Baughfman
RequestGourmandise
1 Page Horror Short Screenplay | 1 Page | Season 4 | Semifinalist
A junior chef's appetite gets the better of him while working the graveyard shift.
by CC McLoughlin
RequestA Little Prick
1 Page Horror Short Screenplay | 1 Page | Season 4 | Semifinalist
Jenny doesn't want to make waves on the subway and decides to stare straight ahead, but something decides to stare back.
by Wenzler Powers
Request#milk
1 Page Horror Short Screenplay | 1 Page | Season 4 | Semifinalist
No point crying over spilled milk.
by Patty Papageorgiou
RequestBaby Fever
Horror Short Screenplay | 16 Pages | Season 3 | Top 3 Winner 🏆
A popular teen’s dream to be crowned Prom Queen is threatened when she discovers she is pregnant with something even worse than her dumb jock boyfriend’s offspring.
by Hannah Cumming & Alex Hartwig
RequestHouse of Wolves
Horror Short Screenplay | 17 Pages | Season 3 | Top 3 Winner 🏆
Bound to the earth and to each other, goat farmers Hal and Annalise attempt to conceive a child before the next full moon.
by Andrew Yeremeyev
Request/Haaw/
Horror Short Screenplay | 6 Pages | Season 3 | Top 3 Winner 🏆
A typical day at a ski resort takes a bizarre turn when a xenophobic teenager shares a gondola with an unusual family.
by Joey Scoma
RequestThe Six Month Itch
Horror Short Screenplay | 12 Pages | Season 3 | Top 10 Finalist 🎖️
When Adam has a bitter argument with his wife about their sexless marriage, he devises a bloody solution to his marital woes.
by Jack O'Higgins
RequestThe Count
Horror Short Screenplay | 13 Pages | Season 3 | Top 10 Finalist 🎖️
On the biggest night of his professional career, a boxing referee mysteriously develops a lust for blood.
by Ricky Mulock
RequestS(p)LICE
Horror Short Screenplay | 15 Pages | Season 3 | Top 10 Finalist 🎖️
Anita wants recognition, she wants success, she wants applause - but how deep will she cut herself to get this?
by Ben Woodiwiss
RequestPruning
Horror Short Screenplay | 14 Pages | Season 3 | Top 10 Finalist 🎖️
When a right-wing commentator discovers that her name has been cited in a mass shooter's manifesto, she must contend with the part of herself that still has a conscience.
by Lola Blanc & Jeremy Radin
RequestI Would Kill For You
Horror Short Screenplay | 20 Pages | Season 3 | Top 10 Finalist 🎖️
A couple in love holes up in an isolated cabin, but unwelcome visitors awaken the deadly ghosts of their past.
by Kelly Nugent
RequestIntrusive
Horror Short Screenplay | 17 Pages | Season 3 | Top 10 Finalist 🎖️
A woman's deepest fears are realized when the intrusive thoughts which torment her become real during a weekend with her girlfriends.
by Jim Lopezzo
RequestDummy!
Horror Short Screenplay | 15 Pages | Season 3 | Top 10 Finalist 🎖️
The human daughter of a ventriloquist dummy struggles to break free from her mother's domineering influence.
by Francesca Pazniokas
RequestZ-Vax
Horror Short Screenplay | 8 Pages | Season 3 | Honorable Mention
A new medical receptionist is put to the test when she is left alone to fend off an unruly anti-vaccine mother and an increasingly violent zombie child.
by Andrew Johnson-Schmit & Angie Johnson-Schmit
RequestNerium Wake
Horror Short Screenplay | 25 Pages | Season 3 | Honorable Mention
A mother begins neglecting her two daughters after being infected by an unusual orchid growing in her garden.
by Mo Bayliss
RequestCue Applause
Horror Short Screenplay | 10 Pages | Season 3 | Honorable Mention
When a trans woman cleans out her deceased mother's home, she is attacked by the crowd of a trashy talk show.
by Benj Welmond
RequestBell Tower
Horror Short Screenplay | 12 Pages | Season 3 | Honorable Mention
In a small remote village, a reluctant pair of brothers must keep vigil in an old bell tower to warn the citizens of an ancient creature in the surrounding woods.
by Jason Sheedy
RequestASCENDANTS
Horror Short Screenplay | 8 Pages | Season 3 | Honorable Mention
A party celebrating a real estate merger takes a dark twist when the charismatic host turns on his guest of honor with supernatural flair.
by Kelly Krause
RequestYoga Pants
Horror Short Screenplay | 17 Pages | Season 3 | Semifinalist
A young woman will go to great lengths to fit in at her yoga studio.
by Gwen Loubser
RequestWe're Haunted!
Horror Short Screenplay | 8 Pages | Season 3 | Semifinalist
A couple deals with the realities of being haunted.
by Alex Freeman
RequestWAHALA
Horror Short Screenplay | 6 Pages | Season 3 | Semifinalist
A Nigerian General contemplates his accountability in the aftermath of a zombie attack at his daughter's wedding after waking up in a forest.
by Sunny King
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