Listed below are the Quarterfinalists of the 2021 Killer Shorts Horror Short Screenplay Competition. These exceptional screenplays were selected from a record-breaking 952 submissions. Congratulations to the writers who have made it this far and thanks to all for submitting!
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Here are the Quarterfinalists:
| WRITER/S | TITLE |
| JEFF PERRECA | ‘Til Death |
| TREVOR LANZ | 350 |
| JOHN COLLINS | A Curious Curiousity At The Curio Shop |
| MCCALEB BURNETT | A Vacation |
| GINA DEANGELIS | Ask For Help |
| CHRISTOPHER GUERRERO | Assimilated |
| ANNA ROBERTSON | Assisted Living |
| ROB PILKINGTON | Baby |
| RHIANNON MOLLER-TROTTER | Back To Sleep |
| GERRARD HARTLAND | Blood Bike |
| DAVID BRYANT | Blood Month |
| NICHOLAS T. AQUILINO & MICHAEL TSIAMES | Broken Record |
| BRIANA BOUGARD | Buddy.com |
| RICHARD KARPALA | Chocolate Monster Cookie, Bottomless Popcorn & Help Me I’m In Trouble |
| JOHN LICATA | Chocolate Roulette |
| MATT MCCARTHY & KATHERINE COX | Colins |
| ALICIA MOROTE | Congratulations |
| VANESSA BRANCH | Copy Cat |
| PAUL COOPER | Craig’s List |
| DEREK STEINER | Creepy Crawly |
| RICHARD STRINGHAM | Darwin’s Tavern |
| PAUL HART-WILDEN & ASABI LEE | DeadMe |
| RICHARD KARPALA | Deedle, Diddle |
| MATISON LEBLANC | Dirty Laundry |
| MATT MCCARTHY & KATHERINE COX | Dolls In The Walls |
| ANDREW KABERLINE | Dummy |
| JACOB GOLD | Echoes |
| DAVID ORTIZ | Egg |
| GERARDO MARAVILLA | Enseñame Como Morir (Show Me How To Die) |
| JOSH BRAVO | Face In The Hole |
| KILEY ROTHWEILER | Five Star Review |
| VANESSA BRANCH | Floater |
| KEITH WATERFIELD | Fly Swatter |
| TRAVIS WATSON | Forecast |
| EMELIA HELLMAN | French Lessons For Lucy |
| CODY SOUSA & D.J. O’CONNOR | Gasablanca |
| 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 |
| JOSEPH BETROS | Home |
| DAVID SNEE | Homewrecker |
| ADAM MCDANIEL | Improper Dosage |
| MARK DOLLARD | In This Together |
| ROBERT MILNER | Interface |
| NATHAN D. LUDWIG | Is That You? |
| GINA DEANGELIS | Just Desserts |
| BRYCE CARLISLE | Kurten Call |
| ALEX ENRIQUEZ DRUMMOND | Laser Rule |
| CAROL SAINT MARTIN | Last Stop |
| ALIKI RAISIS & EMMA ROSENTHAL | Leave No Trace |
| DOOM KID | Lichemoth |
| DOUG MALLETTE | Life Lessons With Dweeb Higgins |
| RODRIQUEZ FRUITBAT | Living With Demonic Possesion |
| GREYSON WYATT | Locker Room Talk |
| ANDY WILCZAK | Locks |
| KATE KUGLER | Love In The Time Of |
| WILFRED ESTEVES | Máscaras por Almas |
| SHANNON MARINKO | Meat Cute |
| DAVID BRYANT | Merry Fucking Christmas |
| TARYN CRANKSHAW | Midnight Shift |
| BRANDON WEAVIL | Mighty, Mighty Buer |
| TRAVIS NEUFELD | Mindless |
| JEFF BASSETTI | Murphy’s Gulch |
| BRIAN LISI | My Inner Demon Rebecca Wants To Kill Me |
| T. E. CHRISTY | Nemesis |
| MICHAEL ROGERS | Ominni |
| KATHERINE BOTTS | One Word |
| GINA SCREEN | Our Past Has Eyes |
| RYAN ROSENBLUM | Painted |
| PIA THRASHER | Parcopresis |
| FERNANDO RACY HABERFELD | PB&J |
| JAMES FURLONG | Perfection |
| BREANNA INGRAM | Phobos |
| LYNDAL SIMPSON | Possum |
| HENRY YOUNG | Relay |
| LILY CITRIN | Ride Or Die |
| CAMERON MCGRATH | Sammy’s Game |
| ERIC WARREN | Sampson & Delilah |
| TRAVIS JONES | Savage |
| GREGORY SAHADACHNY | Scratch |
| KYLE RYAN | Self Portrait |
| JOSEPH SCOMA | Send For Dr. Lowe |
| WILLIAM BARBOZA | Shadow Ball |
| ROBBERT TROOST | Shared Understanding |
| PAUL ZEIDMAN | Shecky |
| ARRAN MCDERMOTT | Silver |
| PETER JANG | Simulation |
| AARON S. BARROCAS | Sitting Duck |
| G. ROBERT FRAZIER | Skin |
| MICHAEL ROGERS | Skin Dolls |
| EVAN BAUGHFMAN | Skipping Stones |
| JH CANEDY & DILLON HORNER | Sleep Tight |
| BENJAMIN HICKEY | Smile |
| ALEXANDER NACHAJ | Snap! A Trap Goes Off In The Yard |
| ANDREW IONIDES | Squeals |
| SARAH LEIBMAN | Stale Air |
| DANIEL NEGRET | Stork |
| HANNAH KENNEDY | Sweet Cyanide |
| SAMUEL BURGESS | Teeth |
| ERIN SMITH | Thank You You’re Welcome |
| RENE CLAVEAU | The Cold Invasion |
| JOSHUA DAVID MATTHEWS | The Confession |
| JOSH PENN BORIS | The Gang’s All Here |
| DAN AST | The Hitchhiker |
| GREG KACZYNSKI | The House Of Man |
| KATHERINE SAINTE MARIE | The Little Monster Of Ravenswood Manor |
| REBECCA FIELDS | The Living Undead |
| GEORGE TARAMAS | The Lovers Bloody |
| JON COMULADA | The Mold |
| ERIC ROBINSON | The Mole |
| MARIA WILSON | The Monnji |
| SIMON JEFFERSON | The Monster |
| ANDREW IONIDES | The Night Staff |
| JASON RICE | The Preserve |
| KEVIN HOSEY | The Savage |
| JENSEN RULE TIERRA | The Seance |
| CASEY SCHOCH | The Search |
| ELANA ABELSON | The Slide |
| AMARIS GAGNON | The Sundowners |
| TOPE OGUNDARE | The Taste And The Smell |
| SARAH WISNER | The Thaw |
| GARRET WALSH | The Thread & The Veil |
| SCOTT BETTS | The Tickle People |
| RUSSELL DAVID WHALEY | The Toy Rabbit |
| BYRON HAMEL | The Wedding Slayer |
| LISA ROMAGNOLI | There’s Something Wrong |
| SARAH RICHARDSON | Thirsty |
| ALESSANDRA JARA DEL CASTILLO | This Hunger |
| RICHARD LUCAS HARDWICK | Tooth |
| C.J. REDFIELD | Ugly Lies The Bone |
| PAUL VANCE | Under The Bed |
| KIMBERLEY ELIZABETH | Unfinished Business |
| GREGORY HARTY | Unspeakable |
| JANET L. LOFTIS | Up On The House Top |
| BRIAN COHEN | Vegan-Tarian |
| MONTSERRAT LUNA | Vertebrata |
| KATIE F. ZILBERMAN | Waiting Room |
| WOLFE SCHOLNICK | What Remains On The Road |
| BRENNAN GILPATRICK | What You Eat |
| KATIE CETTA | When The Streetlights Come On |
| PATRICK REGAN | Work Site |
| 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.
