KILLER SHORTS SEASON 5 SCRIPTS
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Grand Prize Winner
This Is Not The End
by Victor Ridaura
Short | Horror | 10 pages | REQUEST THIS SCRIPT
When a low income, immigrant couple spend their life-savings on a procedure to upload the cancer stricken wife’s consciousness into the AfterLife servers, things don’t turn out how they planned.
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Najeeb Khuda, Endless Media
2nd Place Winner
THERE’S SOMETHING OFF ABOUT GERTRUDE…
by Jake Moses
Short | Horror | 22 pages | REQUEST THIS SCRIPT
Inexplicable occurrences begin to happen after a young nurse becomes the caretaker of a coma patient.
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Jon Hersh, Housefire Management
3rd Place Winner
NOSEBLEED
by Kristen McNaule
Short | Horror | 12 pages | REQUEST THIS SCRIPT
When hackers take all the Taylor Swift tickets, Santa Claus goes on a bloody crusade to save Christmas for the children.
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FINALISTS
| TITLE | LOGLINE | WRITER/S | |
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| BLACK PUMA | A thief who escapes his abduction in a remote West Texas cabin returns for frontier justice when he should have just left well enough alone. | Ren Hsieh | Request This Script |
| INPATIENT | Recovering from a traumatic birth and haunted by her past, a mother must protect her daughter from a malevolent creature that attacks her deepest vulnerabilities. | Simon Laurence Doyle | Request This Script |
| PAREIDOLIA | Jay makes a fateful trip back to Rendlesham forest, where he confronts traumatic memories of a seemingly extra-terrestrial encounter as a child during a family camping trip. | Anoop Singh | Request This Script |
| THE FAIRCHILD EQUATION OF ARTEMIS FROST | A disenfranchised, forever-masked germaphobe seeks the help of an 80's television actress whilst being tormented by their landlord...who just might be The Devil. | Gary Scott Irons | Request This Script |
| THE KILIMA CHAIN | Twelve slaves chained in place below deck of a ship at sea, an undead virus overtaking one host after another on its way towards the final two links on the chain - a young couple with an unborn child. | Josh Folan | Request This Script |
| THE KNOCKER UPPER | In 1830s Manchester, a young mother, haunted by the malevolent presence of the mysterious ‘knocker upper’, must confront her darkest fears to protect her family amid the relentless struggles of urban cotton mill workers. | Sara Caldwell | Request This Script |
| YAOGUAI | After experiencing unsettling encounters en route to her audition, a dancer realizes that she has much more to worry about than just her performance. | Mimi Lee & Vanessa Võ | Request This Script |
HONORABLE MENTIONS
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| ALPHA OMEGA | In a chance meeting with an enigmatic old man about his unique fraternity pin, a college student finds himself in a fight for his life as he is slowly sucked into the old man's terrifying tale. | Clint Ford | Request This Script |
| NIÑO DE VIDRIO (CHILD OF GLASS) | A lonely Mexican boy searches for someone to play with and finds an unlikely companion in the mountains of his small town. | Gerardo Maravilla | Request This Script |
| SKIN FOR SKIN | In the brutal 1800s American Frontier, two fur trappers craft a scarecrow from human skin, awakening a vengeful spirit. With the line between man and monster fading, they must face their dark deeds before the ruthless creation seeks its revenge. | Jean-Paul DiSciscio | Request This Script |
| THE AVON LADY | Two women on the fringes of 1950's American society collide in an inconspicuous Avon home visit where everything but the purchasing of lipstick occurs. | Guillermo Ortiz & Geena Karsama | Request This Script |
| YOU'RE ON MUTE | An ambitious young professional's life spirals out of control as she fights for her career and sanity over a video conference call. | Joshua Heaton | Request This Script |
SEMIFINALISTS
| TITLE | LOGLINE | WRITER/S | |
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| A BETTER PLACE | A ghost-hunting team is invited to investigate paranormal phenomena at an old movie house where they make first contact with the other side and learn a horrible truth. | Scott Carelli & Nick Jimenez | Request This Script |
| A HAND TO HOLD | Irish comedy-horror. When overbearing Patrick dies, his long-suffering wife Moira thinks she's finally escaped his clutches, but sadly she can't escape from his tight grip. Patrick doesn't believe in 'till death us do part' - and he's found an elaborate way to return from the grave. | Eliza Power | Request This Script |
| A MANIFESTATION | Two friends track down a forbidden YouTube video that promises to make anything from a dream into reality-- but what happens when it's a nightmare? | Phillip Walton | Request This Script |
| AFTER MIDNIGHT | A young mother and daughter on the run , must come to terms with a dark family secret that threatens their relationship before the clock strikes midnight. | Sunny King | Request This Script |
| ANTEATER | A very badly behaved boy, whose behaviour grows only more obscene the more he is punished, must face the consequences imposed by his father; a man with an unusual approach to discipline, and an even more unusual approach to spirituality. | Deane McElree | Request This Script |
| BACK BONE | A lonely monster befriends a deaf boy and his dogs. Now that his dream of companionship has come true, how far will the monster go to keep it? | Orlagh Billing | Request This Script |
| BEASTS | As Yakama women continue to go missing near a tribal casino in the Pacific Northwest, two suspects are confronted by an ancient entity. | Julia Diddy | Request This Script |
| CAN’T UNSEE | A high-flying businessman with a secret interest in violent internet videos begins seeing things after watching a strange and mysterious link. | Lee Bacon | Request This Script |
| CHUM | Class tension boils over in a coastal Maine vacation house when a group of yuppies anger a violent lobsterman and trigger a vengeful rampage. | Nate Krieger | Request This Script |
| CLOWN EYES | Step right up and win a prize, it just might be your demise. | Jeff Speed | Request This Script |
| DO US PART | An apocalypse-hardened woman fights her way across a zombie infested city, hoping that the outbreak can deliver her a miracle. | Richard Doyle | Request This Script |
| DOORS | A selfish empty-nester pressures his wife to downsize their beloved farmhouse, until he discovers she’s taken his request literally. | Gina DeAngelis | Request This Script |
| EROSION | A man living in a home at risk from coastal erosion refuses to accept the inevitable as his marriage crumbles along with it to the point his own body begins to disintegrate. | Tony Hipwell | Request This Script |
| ESSEX BIRD | At a nightmare school disco, misfit Robin is haunted by the spectre of heteronormativity: the Essex Bird. | Kathryn Webb | Request This Script |
| IN WITH THE STORM | A seemingly typical tropical storm brings some not-so-typical intruders to a father and daughter's suburban home. | Cara Marshall | Request This Script |
| ITCH | Itch follows Jules, fresh out of a long term relationship and dipping her toe into the casual dating pool, only for her first fling to land her with what she dreads may be an STD. Determined not to be hampered, Jules plans a second date with the adorkable Thomas, but dinner is interrupted by a concerning call from the doctor, and a hunt for romance becomes a hunt for the nearest exit… | Joe Savage | Request This Script |
| LINNEA | Linnea's back on the convention circuit, and she's just dying for everything to change. | Ben Woodiwiss | Request This Script |
| MIDWAY | Following a botched robbery, a criminal finds himself in a nightmarish dive bar with no idea how he got there. | Paul Sheridan | Request This Script |
| NOBODY KNOWS | Kevin, haunted by a sinister past, faces a mysterious masked man who threatens to expose his hidden secrets. When Maddie, a figure from his dark history, resurfaces, Kevin's life spirals out of control, culminating in a chilling climax. The film explores the blurred line between reality and madness as Kevin confronts a disturbing revelation. | Jesse Foy | Request This Script |
| PANGS | A birthday sleepover becomes a battleground for pre-teen frenemies when one of them gets their first period and starts transforming into a vampire. | Jessica McLaughlin | Request This Script |
| PEGS | After reading about infamous illusionist-turned-killer 'Pegs' during a garden camp out, two sisters fight to escape the ghostly killer when they become her next victims. | Ethan Evans & Jess Bartlett | Request This Script |
| RAT KING | A young boy falls in love with a dead rat. It begins to rot him, setting off a frenzy in his village with disastrous consequences. | Nina Devine | Request This Script |
| SHE COMES TO ME | Two years after Regina's death, her boyfriend, Connor, is visited by her little brother with news that every night he sees her standing outside of his bedroom window. | Lashawn Kelley | Request This Script |
| SINTHWAVE | A misfit teen fights for their life when they're targeted by a ruthless slasher whose supernatural powers stem from the Synthwave tune that scores their every sinister move. | Ramón Paradoa | Request This Script |
| SWELL | Don's a swell guy. He works with Nancy, a nice gal. Don gives Nancy a mysterious, glowing amulet for her birthday. What could go wrong? | Ned Thorne | Request This Script |
| TALLAHASSEE TWIN | A mattress salesman feels threatened by a competitor who sells a mystical type of bed. | Andrew Kaberline | Request This Script |
| THE CALL OUT | 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. | Jess C Wheatley | Request This Script |
| THE COWARD | A lonely alcoholic takes a truck driving job to escape society, but the sinister cargo living in the trailer he's hauling has other plans for him. | Aaron Leck | Request This Script |
| THE EVIL THAT MEN DO | Gina wants to get laid. Too bad her cantankerous mother is around, making sure that can't happen. But, what if she convinces her boyfriend Joe to dispose of her? Based on a true story. | Steve Hanisch | Request This Script |
| THEY WILL BE MONSTERS | An introverted boy, separated from his deceased conjoined twin but sharing her beating heart, is raised as his dead sister by his deranged mother. To reclaim his gender identity, he embarks on a murderous journey to embody his sister's heart. | Tony French | Request This Script |
| VIRGINIA FREYRE | A TikTok ghost hunter finds more than she bargained for. | Ian Baaske | Request This Script |
| WAX | After the death of her estranged mother, Jamie receives a candle that will cause her more pain and terror than she has ever known. | Daisy Ryan | Request This Script |
| WHEN THE BOUGH BREAKS | While on a solo camping trip to "find himself," a man slowly drifts into madness as the isolation fuels his paranoia. | Kelly Asher | Request This Script |
| WHEN THE FLAME GOES OUT | A small-town church's traditions turn terrifying when a young woman's baptism becomes a bloodbath. | Jason Sheedy & Joshua David Matthews | Request This Script |
| WHODIEDHERE.COM | A Very-Suburban-Couple™ attempting to use the supernatural website Whodiedhere.com to exorcise a houseful of pesky poltergeists are shocked to find their names on the site's list of doomed spirits. | Dayna Noffke | Request This Script |
| YOU'RE NOT THERE YET | A young woman, exhausted from trying to perfect the dystopian standard of female beauty, is set on a path where she may risk life itself for a few moments of nirvana. | Toni Cunningham | Request This Script |
…and now presenting the best 1-page horror short screenplays of 2024.
1-Page Scripts Available by Request Only.
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Grand Prize Winner
DON’T BLINK
by Kelly Asher
Short | Horror | 1 page | REQUEST THIS SCRIPT
A Ouija board reveals a warning that is impossible to heed.
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2nd Place Winner
FISH SPECIAL
by Travis Williams
Short | Horror | 1 page | REQUEST THIS SCRIPT
The diners at a Michelin star restaurant are about to discover what’s squirming in the fish special.
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3rd Place Winner
“KEEP AN EAR OUT”
by George Morris
Short | Horror | 1 page | REQUEST THIS SCRIPT
A meet-cute at a train station between two strangers may not be as innocent as it seems…
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FINALISTS
| TITLE | LOGLINE | WRITER/S | |
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| FILL 'ER UP | Nick needs help filling his car. | Cole McCabe | Request This Script |
| JOE'S END | A little boy wanders off from his mother in a bookstore and finds a book that seems to be about him, with horrific consequences. | Darren Hinchy | Request This Script |
| TEN THOUSAND | Jessie finds opportunity falling out of the sky. | Joseph X Casillas | Request This Script |
| TERMINATED | An expectant mother discovers just how much her life is worth in post-Roe America. | Francesca Pazniokas | Request This Script |
| THE MIRACLE | A faith healer attempts to fill a paralyzed young soldier with the Holy Spirit. | Marko Pandza & Jason Kerr | Request This Script |
| THE SMILE ROOM | Oliver goes to the dentist's office for his toothache, where it's cured in a strange and terrifying way. | Emma Huang | Request This Script |
| WE DON'T BITE OUR FRIENDS | A preschool teacher finds herself outnumbered. | Lee Cotman | Request This Script |
HONORABLE MENTIONS
| TITLE | LOGLINE | WRITER/S | |
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| MIRROR ME | A young woman must confront the anxiety overwhelming her in the face of a busy social occasion. | Chris Mitchell | Request This Script |
| ANOTHER MOUTH TO FEED | When a scientist tries to create a perfect clone of herself, she bites off more than she can chew. | Amelia Clover | Request This Script |
| NO PEEKING | A sunny garden playdate takes a horrifying turn for a little girl and her father. | Noëmie Martinel | Request This Script |
| BREAKFAST WITH BAG MAN | A young girl must tell her mother about a strange visitor in their kitchen. | Jason Rice | Request This Script |
| MARGARET'S GOLDEN BIRTHDAY | A six-year-old girl finally makes the wish she's been waiting for. | Sam Carruthers | Request This Script |
SEMIFINALISTS
| TITLE | LOGLINE | WRITER/S | |
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| ANNUNCIATION | 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. | Francesca Pazniokas | Request This Script |
| DO-GOODER | You never forget your first loose tooth. | Matt Gilbert | Request This Script |
| ENJOY YOUR STAY | A couple's vacation takes a sinister turn when they discover they may never check out. | Victoria Harris | Request This Script |
| MUSCLE OUT THE DEMONS | Gym bro flips out. | Moses Nebraska | Request This Script |
| REUNITED | A heartbroken woman confronts an unexpected visitor from her past. | Phillip Dishon | Request This Script |
| SCARY LARRY | Two demons play Ouija and connect with an otherwordly entity. | Evan Baughfman | Request This Script |
| SEA CHILD | In the midst of a calamitous shipwreck, a shapeshifting creature infiltrates a sea captain’s family. | Francesca Pazniokas | Request This Script |
| TRAILER TRASH | The crazy conspiracy theorist at the trailer park correctly predicts the immense power of cockroaches. | Nathan Patton | Request This Script |
| WATCH THIS | Eager to pass the time, a hapless home office worker clicks a link sent by an anonymous colleague, but the seemingly harmless distraction turns sinister when a second video appears custom tailored just for him. | Kareline Castor | Request This Script |
| WET DREAMER | A lonely freshman in college accidentally creates a twisted monstrosity when he hides his soiled boxers from his roommate after having a wet dream. | Aidan Kilpatrick | Request This Script |