Listed below are the Semifinalists of the 2021 Killer Shorts Horror Short Screenplay Competition. These exceptional screenplays were selected from a record-breaking 952 submissions and represent the top 5%. Congratulations to the writers who have made it this far and thanks to all for submitting!
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Here are the Semifinalists:
| WRITER/S | TITLE |
| TREVOR LANZ | 350 |
| CHRISTOPHER GUERRERO | Assimilated |
| ANNA ROBERTSON | Assisted Living |
| ROB PILKINGTON | Baby |
| GERRARD HARTLAND | Blood Bike |
| RICHARD KARPALA | Chocolate Monster Cookie, Bottomless Popcorn & Help Me I’m In Trouble |
| VANESSA BRANCH | Copy Cat |
| RICHARD STRINGHAM | Darwin’s Tavern |
| RICHARD KARPALA | Deedle, Diddle |
| MATT MCCARTHY & KATHERINE COX | Dolls in the Walls |
| ANDREW KABERLINE | Dummy |
| TRAVIS WATSON | Forecast |
| SAM ROBOTHAM | George Washington Slept Here! |
| JENNIFER DUNN | Grandpa |
| MARISA MARTINEZ | Graveyard Gossip |
| JOSEPH FATTAL | Growing |
| ANDREA NIADA | Guts or Glory |
| AUSTIN KASE | Hide Your Crazy |
| DAVID SNEE | Homewrecker |
| ADAM MCDANIEL | Improper Dosage |
| GINA DEANGELIS | Just Desserts |
| BRYCE CARLISLE | Kurten Call |
| KATE KUGLER | Love In The Time Of |
| TARYN CRANKSHAW | Midnight Shift |
| BRANDON WEAVIL | Mighty, Mighty Buer |
| JEFF BASSETTI | Murphy’s Gulch |
| BRIAN LISI | My Inner Demon Rebecca Wants To Kill Me |
| MICHAEL ROGERS | Ominni |
| HENRY YOUNG | Relay |
| LILY CITRIN | Ride or Die |
| TRAVIS JONES | Savage |
| GREGORY SAHADACHNY | Scratch |
| AARON S. BARROCAS | Sitting Duck |
| ALEXANDER NACHAJ | Snap! A Trap Goes Off in the Yard |
| SARAH LEIBMAN | Stale Air |
| DANIEL NEGRET | Stork |
| HANNAH KENNEDY | Sweet Cyanide |
| ERIN SMITH | Thank You You’re Welcome |
| DAN AST | The Hitchhiker |
| KATHERINE SAINTE MARIE | The Little Monster of Ravenswood Manor |
| JON COMULADA | The Mold |
| ERIC ROBINSON | The Mole |
| MARIA WILSON | The Monnji |
| SIMON JEFFERSON | The Monster |
| ANDREW IONIDES | The Night Staff |
| SCOTT BETTS | The Tickle People |
| LISA ROMAGNOLI | There’s Something Wrong |
| SARAH RICHARDSON | Thirsty |
| ALESSANDRA JARA DEL CASTILLO | This Hunger |
| KATIE CETTA | When the Streetlights Come On |
| LARRY TRINH & MAUREEN TRINH | Year of the Rabbit |
Big thanks to our sponsors Shudder, Final Draft, Rue Morgue, Creepy Co, Ghoulish Gary, The Script Butcher, Coverfly, Filmfreeway, The Screenwriters Network, ISA, 1313 Mockingbird Lane, Slasher App, Trick or Treat Studios, 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.
Big thanks to our sponsors Shudder, Final Draft, Rue Morgue, Creepy Co, Ghoulish Gary, The Script Butcher, Coverfly, Filmfreeway, The Screenwriters Network, ISA, 1313 Mockingbird Lane, Slasher App, Trick or Treat Studios, Waxwork Records and Fright Rags.
