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Alarmed
1 Page Horror Short Screenplay | 1 Page | Season 3 | Semifinalist
Ted keeps hitting the snooze bar until someone...or something, beats him to it.
by Geoff Murillo
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
RequestTwin Falls
Horror Short Screenplay | 16 Pages | Season 3 | Semifinalist
After miraculously surviving a horrific fall with her twin brother, a renowned Olympic ski jumper undergoes radical life-saving surgery that brings with it an altered sense of identity.
by Darren Bailey
RequestThirst
Horror Short Screenplay | 23 Pages | Season 3 | Semifinalist
Using the hookup app Grindr to find his prey, a gay vampire finds his typical patterns disrupted by a bicurious nice guy.
by Mateo Flores
RequestThin!
Horror Short Screenplay | 10 Pages | Season 3 | Semifinalist
With the Homecoming dance looming, a teenage girl will do bloody anything to make sure her dress fits.
by Erin Smith
RequestThey're All Mine
Horror Short Screenplay | 12 Pages | Season 3 | Semifinalist
When a man refuses to let his girlfriend pop a pimple on his back, their happy relationship deteriorates into madness.
by Chris Hicks
RequestThe Man In the Cabin
Horror Short Screenplay | 20 Pages | Season 3 | Semifinalist
In this dark fairytale, a lonely 10-year-old boy runs away from home and is taken in by a mysterious man in the woods, who isn't what he seems.
by Robbie Lemieux
RequestTHE LOST BOYS
Horror Short Screenplay | 16 Pages | Season 3 | Semifinalist
As a strange affliction turns adults into flesh-craving monsters, those not yet near puberty struggle to survive.
by Craig McInnes
RequestThe Entertainer
Horror Short Screenplay | 22 Pages | Season 3 | Semifinalist
A Chinese-American actor who portrays an offensive character on a popular TV show meets unexpected fans who force him to confront the surprising and far-reaching horrors of his work.
by Stephen Chen
RequestThe Callback
Horror Short Screenplay | 23 Pages | Season 3 | Semifinalist
An aspiring actress is asked to go on a callback, only to find out the filmmaker's intentions are darker than she ever anticipated.
by Sara Lynn
RequestThe Audience
Horror Short Screenplay | 9 Pages | Season 3 | Semifinalist
Two recently deceased victims of a serial killer find themselves as spectators for what happens next.
by Emmy Herzog
RequestSlayfest
Horror Short Screenplay | 10 Pages | Season 3 | Semifinalist
A couple of wannabe serial killers haul a body through the hills to participate in the annual Slayfest competition when they encounter a hiker with murderous intentions.
by Mark Renshaw
RequestROASTED
Horror Short Screenplay | 7 Pages | Season 3 | Semifinalist
When his lover gives him an ultimatum, a henpecked man infuriates his wife and ruins Christmas by asking for a divorce.
by Fiona Faith Ross
RequestRest Stop
Horror Short Screenplay | 7 Pages | Season 3 | Semifinalist
A young woman on her way to her brother’s wedding pulls into a deserted rest stop along the highway, where she encounters a menace lurking in the shadows.
by Regina Kim
RequestRed Tide
Horror Short Screenplay | 14 Pages | Season 3 | Semifinalist
The tide comes in and out every day, like clockwork. One day, it stops.
by Alyssa Hayes
RequestOF GREAT CONSEQUENCE
Horror Short Screenplay | 16 Pages | Season 3 | Semifinalist
After a Sheriff unwittingly kills a Clergyman in his custody, he soon realizes he must do his damndest to evade a spiritual awakening of the worst kind.
by Stefanie Gray
RequestMOKO JUMBIE
Horror Short Screenplay | 24 Pages | Season 3 | Semifinalist
As her home life falls apart, a young Indo-Caribbean girl is forced to face her ancestral demons.
by PJ Germain
RequestMerrow
Horror Short Screenplay | 22 Pages | Season 3 | Semifinalist
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
RequestMeat Eater
Horror Short Screenplay | 7 Pages | Season 3 | Semifinalist
A teenage boy is confronted by his religious parents over a seemingly erotic magazine he made at school.
by Emilia Copeland
RequestLiving Memory
Horror Short Screenplay | 12 Pages | Season 3 | Semifinalist
An elderly man struggles to care for his ailing wife, facing a terrible choice as her memory fails – while the zombies draw ever closer.
by Stephen Graves
RequestLightbulb
Horror Short Screenplay | 11 Pages | Season 3 | Semifinalist
When a writer finally gets a brilliant idea, he finds that his writer's block is much worse than he anticipated.
by Evan Pearce
RequestLaughter is the Best Medicine
Horror Short Screenplay | 7 Pages | Season 3 | Semifinalist
Faced with a mysterious, deadly disease, a young woman visits a specialist with an... unorthodox method of treatment.
by Josh Penn Boris
RequestKiller Vacay
Horror Short Screenplay | 11 Pages | Season 3 | Semifinalist
A socially outcast young man searches for a famous homicidal manic to end his life, but when he reaches the deadly destination, he discovers the killer is on holiday.
by Bryce Hatch
RequestJust Breathe
Horror Short Screenplay | 15 Pages | Season 3 | Semifinalist
After a violent home invasion during her home birth, a soon-to-be mother is forced to muster up the stoicism she needs to give birth silently.
by Kassandra Marjorie O'Brien
RequestIce Cream Baby
Horror Short Screenplay | 10 Pages | Season 3 | Semifinalist
A girl is impregnated by an ice cream man and fuses with the fetus.
by Becca Kozak
RequestI Hope This Email Finds You Well
Horror Short Screenplay | 24 Pages | Season 3 | Semifinalist
After landing a job as the new assistant to a high-profile producer, Allison Anders soon discovers all the challenges that come with the entertainment business - emails, egos, and an office computer that’s alive… and deadly.
by Quinton Buxton
RequestHouse Haunters
Horror Short Screenplay | 12 Pages | Season 3 | Semifinalist
A desperate reality show host won't let a house's haunted past stop him from making a sale.
by Jeremy Laurie & Rob Sutherland
RequestHellphones
Horror Short Screenplay | 6 Pages | Season 3 | Semifinalist
To be without music is Hell but when Cornell untangles a pair of mysterious headphones he releases a terrifying force that proves the Devil really does have the best tunes.
by Mark A. C. Brown
RequestGate Bait
Horror Short Screenplay | 12 Pages | Season 3 | Semifinalist
A sticky-fingered T.S.A. Agent, hoping to add to his ill-begotten stash, gets far more than he bargained for when he inspects the bag of a mystifying passenger.
by Paul Grammatico
RequestEXCRETA
Horror Short Screenplay | 13 Pages | Season 3 | Semifinalist
A savvy loner enjoys the solace of the apocalypse in a bunker built for one, until she's forced to confront a monster of her own making that's forcing its way into her sanctuary.
by Christian Silva
RequestEvil Eddie
Horror Short Screenplay | 12 Pages | Season 3 | Semifinalist
Desperate to pay off a long-owed debt, Eddie will stop at nothing to sell his kitchenware.
by Britt Alexandria
RequestDeities of the Apocalypse
Horror Short Screenplay | 6 Pages | Season 3 | Semifinalist
In a post-apocalyptic world, an intriguingly skilful mother battles new and strange religions in return for the life of her daughter.
by Matthew Taylor
RequestDeadbolt
Horror Short Screenplay | 25 Pages | Season 3 | Semifinalist
A young couple struggles to decide if their safety is more valuable than the life of a frantic stranger.
by Devin Medina
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