Listed below are the Quarterfinalists of the 2022 Killer Shorts Horror Short Screenplay Competition. These exceptional screenplays were selected from a record-breaking 1,551 submissions. Congratulations to the writers who have made it this far and thanks to all for submitting!
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Here are the main category Quarterfinalists:
| WRITER/S | TITLE |
| JON COMULADA | … |
| JOEY SCOMA | /Haaw/ |
| AUSTYN RUBALCAVA | 59 Superior |
| DEVON CANAL | A Monkey’s Paw |
| KILEY ROTHWEILER | Airborne |
| KENNY FOO | All Along A Darkened Road |
| BOB SINGLETON | Anathema: Syreni |
| ROBERT FISHER | As You Wish |
| KELLY KRAUSE | Ascendants |
| HANNAH MAY CUMMING & ALEX HARTWIG | Baby Fever |
| RACHEL YELDING | Bathing the Pup |
| JASON SHEEDY | Bell Tower |
| MIGUEL HERNANDEZ | Born-Again |
| DYLAN JAMES AMICK | Brood Parasites |
| RJ WALLACE | Cheesehead |
| JENNY LEIGH REED & DOMINIC FINOCCHIARO | Cherry Pie |
| D. WESTFALL | Clean |
| JJ POLLACK | Cognizance |
| BEN LEPPI | Cornerman |
| CONNOR SAVAGE | Creature Feature Heart Eater |
| TRAVIS WILLIAMS | Creatures of Circumstance |
| BENJ WELMOND | Cue Applause |
| CHASE COBLE | Darkman |
| DEVIN MEDINA | Deadbolt |
| MATTHEW TAYLOR | Deities of the Apocalypse |
| JASON STRATTON | Dogwalker |
| MICHAEL SEABOLT & GREG SCHROEDER | Dolores |
| FRANCESCA PAZNIOKAS | Dummy! |
| MAX RAIMI | Edith In Her Natural Habitat |
| BRITT ALEXANDRIA | Evil Eddie |
| CHRISTIAN SILVA | Excreta |
| ISMAH KHAN | From Within |
| PAUL GRAMMATICO | Gate Bait |
| JOE HEATH | Ghost Town |
| KATHERINE SAINTE-MARIE | Hello Mr. Gurgles |
| MARK A. C. BROWN | Hellphones |
| JEREMY LAURIE & ROB SUTHERLAND | House Haunters |
| ANDREW YEREMEYEV | House of Wolves |
| RACHEL WEATHERLY | Hun |
| QUINTON BUXTON | I Hope This Email Finds You Well |
| MARLENE EMILIA RIOS | I See Me In You |
| KELLY NUGENT | I Would Kill For You |
| EDUARDO HANSON DE MOURA | I, Food |
| BECCA KOZAK | Ice Cream Baby |
| TAMMY KLEMBITH & GEORGE KLEMBITH | INSTAPAM |
| JIM LOPEZZO | Intrusive |
| ALISON TOWNSON | Invasive Species |
| KASSANDRA MARJORIE O’BRIEN | Just Breathe |
| JEREMIAH LEWIS | Killer Boots |
| BRYCE HATCH | Killer Vacay |
| JUSTIN KAGAN | Killing Mercy |
| CHRISTINE RIFKIN | Lake Hogweed |
| DANIEL CARRIERO | Last Delivery |
| JOSH PENN BORIS | Laughter is the Best Medicine |
| LU LENOXX AND PAX | Lesbian Final Grrrl |
| EVAN PEARCE | Lightbulb |
| STEPHEN GRAVES | Living Memory |
| JAIME VILLARREAL | Madness Of Love |
| EMILIA COPELAND | Meat Eater |
| JEFF SPEED | Meat Wagon |
| JEREMY STOREY | Melville |
| ALEXANDER SELTZER | Merrow |
| PJ GERMAIN | Moko Jumbie |
| NATALIE GANEY | My Biggest Fan |
| ERIC ROBINSON | My Body is No Wonderland |
| STEPHEN CHEN | Neighbors |
| MO BAYLISS | Nerium Wake |
| JASON K. ALLEN | Night of the Swingin’ Dead |
| STEFANIE GRAY | Of Great Consequence |
| MATTHEW YONGUE | Omaha |
| KEVIN WALLS | Our Neighbours’ Nest |
| MATTHEW YONGUE | Out of Stock |
| COLIN COSTELLO | Overkill |
| LOLA BLANC & JEREMY RADIN | Pruning |
| JINX HAYES | Red Tide |
| REGINA KIM | Rest Stop |
| FIONA FAITH ROSS | Roasted |
| BEN MATTHEW VIVIEN WOODIWISS | S(p)LICE |
| DOMINIC GRAHAM | Samhain |
| GARY DAVIES | Second Skin |
| NICK KAPETANIOS | She |
| MARK RENSHAW | Slayfest |
| NICOLE BIRD | Storage |
| EMMY HERZOG | The Audience |
| SARA LYNN | The Callback |
| JOE HURST | The Catch |
| RICHARD LAWRENCE MULOCK | The Count |
| KEVIN RYAN | The Dead Alive |
| BROOKE DEROSA | The Dollhouse |
| STEPHEN CHEN | The Entertainer |
| MALCOLM X JOHNSON | The Homecoming |
| ANDREW WILBUR | The Jacket |
| CRAIG MCINNES | The Lost Boys |
| ROBBIE LEMIEUX | The Man In the Cabin |
| SHARON KADOSH | The Pool |
| ERIC YODER | The Previous Tenant |
| JONATHAN DITTMAN | The Puppet King |
| LEONARD JOHNSON | The Resolution |
| JACK O’HIGGINS | The Six Month Itch |
| MONICA LA VELLA | The Watch |
| JASON RICE | These Faces |
| CHRIS HICKS | They’re All Mine |
| ERIN SMITH | Thin! |
| MATEO FLORES | Thirst |
| C.J. GREENE | Those Who Stare Back |
| JANESE TAYLOR | To the Bone |
| DARREN BAILEY | Twin Falls |
| BRIAN COHEN | Vegan-tarian |
| SUNNY KING | Wahala |
| ZACHARY EGLINTON | Walks Among |
| ALEX FREEMAN | We’re Haunted! |
| GWEN LOUBSER | Yoga Pants |
| ANDREW JOHNSON-SCHMIT & ANGIE JOHNSON-SCHMIT | Z-Vax |
Here are the 1 Page Quarterfinalists:
| WRITER/S | TITLE |
| GEOFF MURILLO | Alarmed |
| JASON FINK & BRANDON FINK | Angler’s Kin |
| JEREMY JACKSON | C-Section |
| C.J. REDFIELD | Complications |
| MARISA MARTINEZ | Cursed |
| SARAH RICHARDSON | Cut Your Own |
| JOSHUA HEATON | D.O.A. |
| PETER LALUSH | Dark & Stormy |
| LEONARD JOHNSON | Delivery |
| CHRISTIAN CURRY AKUNA | Discharge |
| ETHAN EVANS | Evenly Toasted |
| MARKO PANDZA & JASON KERR | Family Album |
| ETHAN EVANS | Feast Your Eyes |
| JEFF JAMES | FMK |
| EVAN BAUGHFMAN | Freeze |
| MICHAEL CLIFTON | Gummies |
| MARIA WILSON | Haunted |
| BRADLEY SCREEM | Headless Park |
| RICHARD KARPALA | Homemade |
| DAVID BETTENCOURT | Imposter |
| CODY SOUSA | Lens |
| SAMANTHA.M FOSTER | Let Me In |
| DAVID MALCOLM | Morning |
| DEANNA M GOMEZ | Not Your Mama |
| JASON K. ALLEN | Poking Dead Things with Sticks |
| JACOB MENDEZ | Pour |
| MARKO PANDZA & JASON KERR | Speed Bumps |
| JOHN LICATA | Staring Contest |
| PHILLIP DISHON | Staring Contest |
| KELLY ASHER | Stuffed Animals |
| JULE JESSENBERGER | The Butzemann |
| DEBJANI (DEVI) BHADURI | The Hereafter |
| LORCAN REILLY | The Joint-Eater |
| BEN VANDERPUT | The Last |
| PAULA LABASH | The Money’s In The Porch Vase |
| LISA GEIS | The Royal Shaft |
| CHRISTOPHER LOEBER & AIDAN KILPATRICK | Thinning |
| CODY SOUSA | Tic-Tac-Toe |
| KEITH WATERFIELD | Tin Fish |
| JONATHAN MONCAYO | Touch Glass |
| GEORGINA BOWLEY-MORIARTY | Upshot-Knothole |
| CLAIRE POWERS | Violent Innocence |
| ALIA ZEID | You Are (Not) Alone |
Big thanks to our sponsors Shudder, Final Draft, Rue Morgue, Stan Winston School of Character Arts, Horror Pack, QWERKYTOYS, Stage 32, Robert McKee’s Horror Webinar Series, Ghoulish Gary, The Script Butcher, Coverfly, Filmfreeway, Script Hive, ISA, 1313 Mockingbird Lane, Slasher App, Waxwork Records and Fright Rags.
Thanks also to our festival partners, and the following Womxn & BIPOC organizations: The Write or Die Chicks, Women Make Movies, Ladima Foundation, NYWIFT, African American Women in Cinema, The Light Leaks, Hedgebrook, Screen Queens, Rianne Pictures, Alliance of Women Directors, LIFTT, Black Screenwriters, Ms. In the Biz, and Indigenous Australian Filmmakers.
