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Poking Dead Things with Sticks
1 Page Horror Short Screenplay | 1 Page | Season 3 | Honorable Mention
Cecil likes to poke dead things with sticks. He's good at it.
by Jason K. Allen
RequestGummies
1 Page Horror Short Screenplay | 1 Page | Season 3 | Honorable Mention
A tomboy transforms the gender trappings of her bedroom to show her cruel mother how sugar and spice don't equal nice.
by Michael Clifton
RequestD.O.A.
1 Page Horror Short Screenplay | 1 Page | Season 3 | Honorable Mention
A man wakes up in an ambulance, handcuffed and unable to speak.
by Joshua Heaton
RequestComplications
1 Page Horror Short Screenplay | 1 Page | Season 3 | Honorable Mention
A battered and pregnant woman must rely on her wits -- and what's growing inside -- to survive a horrific hospital hallway.
by C.J. Redfield
RequestTouch Glass
1 Page Horror Short Screenplay | 1 Page | Season 3 | Semifinalist
A young boy strays from his class trip at the aquarium when he finds something unexpected in one of the exhibits.
by Jonathan Moncayo
RequestTic-Tac-Toe
1 Page Horror Short Screenplay | 1 Page | Season 3 | Semifinalist
A father finishes his child's tic-tac-toe game.
by Cody Sousa
RequestMorning
1 Page Horror Short Screenplay | 1 Page | Season 3 | Semifinalist
Jessica has spent the night and now it's time for breakfast.
by David Malcolm
RequestDelivery
1 Page Horror Short Screenplay | 1 Page | Season 3 | Semifinalist
A man receives a strange package in the mail.
by Leonard Johnson
RequestCursed
1 Page Horror Short Screenplay | 1 Page | Season 3 | Semifinalist
An elderly woman decides to get revenge on a nurse that’s mistreating her.
by Marisa Martinez
RequestAlarmed
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
RequestThis Hunger
Horror Short Screenplay | 20 Pages | Season 2 | Top 3 Winner 🏆
An indifferent Hispanic housewife grows infatuated with her husband–only after he returns from the dead, hungry for meat.
by Alessandra Jara Del Castillo
RequestCopy Cat
Horror Short Screenplay | 25 Pages | Season 2 | Top 3 Winner 🏆
A middle-school teacher plagiarizes her student’s writing and she suffers the deadly consequences.
by Vanessa Branch
RequestHide Your Crazy
Horror Short Screenplay | 12 Pages | Season 2 | Top 3 Winner 🏆
Iris wants to be alone on her birthday, and when her current hookup Dan throws her a surprise party, he finds out why.
by Austin Kase
RequestThirsty
Horror Short Screenplay | 1 Page | Season 2 | Top 10 Finalist 🎖️
When a young woman on a bender gets her period unexpectedly, not having a tampon is the least of her problems.
by Sarah Richardson
RequestThe Mole
Horror Short Screenplay | 18 Pages | Season 2 | Top 10 Finalist 🎖️
A budding romance turns dark when Carissa learns a certain part of her new partner's anatomy is haunted by his ex.
by Eric Robinson
RequestSAVAGE
Horror Short Screenplay | 15 Pages | Season 2 | Top 10 Finalist 🎖️
Minnie is a black woman in gentrifying Brooklyn. She needs an apartment. She is not okay.
by Travis Jones
RequestRide or Die
Horror Short Screenplay | 4 Pages | Season 2 | Top 10 Finalist 🎖️
When her best friend commits an unspeakable act, Adele must do what white women do best - validate her and absolve her of all responsibility.
by Lily Citrin
RequestMy Inner Demon Rebecca Wants To Kill Me
Horror Short Screenplay | 11 Pages | Season 2 | Top 10 Finalist 🎖️
A young woman battling depression tries to book an appointment with a therapist before the creature that lives inside her takes her life.
by Brian Lisi
RequestCHOCOLATE MONSTER COOKIE, BOTTOMLESS POPCORN & HELP I'M IN TROUBLE
Horror Short Screenplay | 14 Pages | Season 2 | Top 10 Finalist 🎖️
A waitress at a cinema receives a disturbing order from an older married couple.
by Richard Karpala
Request350
Horror Short Screenplay | 15 Pages | Season 2 | Top 10 Finalist 🎖️
A young mother struggles to be thankful for the 'blessings' in her life as Thanksgiving preparations test her patience and her sanity.
by Trevor Lanz
RequestThe Tickle People
Horror Short Screenplay | 8 Pages | Season 2 | Honorable Mention
A long time ago, two parents are confronted by mysterious people in the woods who are after their daughter.
by Scott Betts
RequestScratch
Horror Short Screenplay | 17 Pages | Season 2 | Honorable Mention
A couple struggles to survive when their home is invaded by a dangerous entity.
by Gregory Sahadachny
RequestImproper Dosage
Horror Short Screenplay | 25 Pages | Season 2 | Honorable Mention
While driving through rural Pennsylvania with his fiancé, a young gay man survives a mysterious car accident. Completely immobilized from his injuries, he reawakens within the antiquated health clinic of a remote village -- and soon suspects its staff may be conspiring to do something terrifying.
by Adam McDaniel
RequestGraveyard Gossip
Horror Short Screenplay | 8 Pages | Season 2 | Honorable Mention
Three women, murdered by the same serial killer, talk to each other in their graves after discovering they can’t “move on.”
by Marisa Martinez
RequestBlood Bike
Horror Short Screenplay | 8 Pages | Season 2 | Honorable Mention
A motorcyclist transporting lifesaving products finds himself relentlessly pursued by a creature of the night.
by Gerrard Hartland
RequestYear of the Rabbit
Horror Short Screenplay | 8 Pages | Season 2 | Semifinalist
A young man tempts fate when he defies tradition on Lunar New Year's Eve.
by Maureen Trinh & Larry Trinh
RequestWhen the Streetlights Come On
Horror Short Screenplay | 3 Pages | Season 2 | Semifinalist
When a little girl stays out past curfew, she is met by the malevolent entity that shapes her society.
by Katie Cetta
RequestThere's Something Wrong
Horror Short Screenplay | 24 Pages | Season 2 | Semifinalist
When a deranged repairman determines he's the alpha and begins to take over a young couple's cabin, a husband and wife must defend their home and their marriage.
by Lisa Romagnoli
RequestTHE NIGHT STAFF
Horror Short Screenplay | 12 Pages | Season 2 | Semifinalist
After waiting for his daughter to return from a job interview, an anxious father searches a sinister office block but becomes terrorised by the night staff who may know where she is.
by Andrew Ionides
RequestThe Monster
Horror Short Screenplay | 12 Pages | Season 2 | Semifinalist
A struggling father and daughter are haunted by their traumatic journey into the UK.
by Simon Jefferson
RequestThe Monnji
Horror Short Screenplay | 23 Pages | Season 2 | Semifinalist
In the rural outskirts of the Great Dismal Swamp, a young pregnant woman summons a folklore legend to help free her from an abusive parent.
by Maria Wilson
RequestThe Mold
Horror Short Screenplay | 21 Pages | Season 2 | Semifinalist
A young woman's battle against the mold in her shower descends into a nightmare, as the mold reveals itself to be something far more sinister.
by Jon Comulada
RequestThe Little Monster of Ravenswood Manor
Horror Short Screenplay | 23 Pages | Season 2 | Semifinalist
An insolent child torments her family in an old English manor, but soon discovers the family harbors a dark and dangerous secret about their ancestral home.
by Katherine Sainte Marie
RequestThe Hitchhiker
Horror Short Screenplay | 8 Pages | Season 2 | Semifinalist
A vlogger, her sister, and her sister's boyfriend catch the eye of a supernatural hitchhiker on their desert drive to Las Vegas.
by Dan Ast
RequestThank You You're Welcome
Horror Short Screenplay | 11 Pages | Season 2 | Semifinalist
An unexpected houseguest refuses to leave until her meek host gives up absolutely everything.
by Erin Smith
RequestSweet Cyanide
Horror Short Screenplay | 4 Pages | Season 2 | Semifinalist
A darkness with an insatiable hunger invades a sleeping woman's flat to feast on her home, belongings and body before she turns on the light.
by Hannah Kennedy
RequestSTORK
Horror Short Screenplay | 7 Pages | Season 2 | Semifinalist
New parents, Charlotte and Stewart, are paid an unexpected visit from a soul-thirsty, supernatural creature -- but not all is as it seems.
by Daniel Negret
RequestStale Air
Horror Short Screenplay | 11 Pages | Season 2 | Semifinalist
When a reclusive older woman's husband dies suddenly, she begins having strange visions that make her believe she is dead too.
by Sarah Leibman
RequestSnap! A Trap Goes Off in the Yard
Horror Short Screenplay | 21 Pages | Season 2 | Semifinalist
A mute man living in a remote and heavily defended cabin encounters an unexpected intruder.
by Alexander Nachaj
RequestSitting Duck
Horror Short Screenplay | 12 Pages | Season 2 | Semifinalist
If a frustrated wife cannot find a way to murder her thick-headed husband, her sanity may land six feet under.
by Aaron S. Barrocas
RequestRelay
Horror Short Screenplay | 20 Pages | Season 2 | Semifinalist
An experimental reconnaissance mission traps an Army Ranger behind enemy lines in a deadly future war searching for answers.
by Henry Young
RequestOminni
Horror Short Screenplay | 14 Pages | Season 2 | Semifinalist
A family man who begins showing signs of dementia finds the answer to his condition in his family's history and takes drastic action to try and protect his son.
by Michael Rogers
RequestMURPHY'S GULCH
Horror Short Screenplay | 23 Pages | Season 2 | Semifinalist
A sickly boy is singled out by some older scouts in his troop to go through a special initiation.
by Jeff Bassetti
RequestMighty, Mighty Buer
Horror Short Screenplay | 20 Pages | Season 2 | Semifinalist
A pediatric-oncology nurse, fed-up and powerless, turns to the healer-demon Buer.
by Brandon Weavil
RequestMidnight Shift
Horror Short Screenplay | 9 Pages | Season 2 | Semifinalist
On New Year's Eve, a lone emergency dispatcher answers a call that forces her to confront a dark and sinister secret.
by Taryn Crankshaw
RequestLove In The Time Of
Horror Short Screenplay | 16 Pages | Season 2 | Semifinalist
Bella's turning 25, and she's in love. But there are just two problems: Pia, and the Undead.
by Kate Kugler
RequestKurten Call
Horror Short Screenplay | 25 Pages | Season 2 | Semifinalist
A young girl running away from her abusive father finds herself in a small rural Texas town where an eccentric game show host is king, and quickly finds herself sucked into the insane attractions.
by Bryce Carlisle
RequestJust Desserts
Horror Short Screenplay | 12 Pages | Season 2 | Semifinalist
A mysteriously powerful waitress, charged by her downright scary boss to up her game, attempts to enchant a customer with a sordid past and nothing left to lose.
by Gina DeAngelis
RequestHomewrecker
Horror Short Screenplay | 14 Pages | Season 2 | Semifinalist
A recovering alcoholic struggles to hold onto what's left of his life without destroying it in his grasp.
by David Snee
RequestGuts or Glory
Horror Short Screenplay | 17 Pages | Season 2 | Semifinalist
After devout Catholic's wife dies in a freak accident, one of the paramedics he calls offers to bring her back, but at a price.
by Andrea Niada
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