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Announcing the best horror short screenplays of the year, the 2022 Killer Shorts Semifinalists! #killershorts.

Announcing the best horror short screenplays of the year, the 2022 Killer Shorts Quarterfinalists! #killershorts.

Killer Shorts brings you this review of Mae Catt's horror short 12/15/1996 now on the Etheria anthology series.

Lucas HardwickJanuary 13, 2022

With the advent of the new ‘1-Page Horror Short’ category here at the Killer Shorts Contest, I’ve collected some handy quick tips for reference when…

Ben MoranAugust 31, 2021

For writers, receiving feedback on our scripts is a vital part of the writing process. After spending weeks or even months alone with a project…

Maureen TrinhAugust 17, 2021

"The reader not only read the entire script, I felt they understood every nuance, every bit of subtext, pretty much every message I'd poured into…

Anna BohannanAugust 3, 2021

"It’s ugly. It’s bloated. It’s a mess. It’s us." David Ortiz breaks down the screenplay for Night of the Living Dead.

David OrtizJuly 22, 2021

Lucas Hardwick reviews the final 5 short films for Etheria Film Night.

As any writer will tell you, it’s normal to go through highs and lows. The highs of getting a great idea, finishing a script, or…

I fucking hate loglines. Okay, let me walk that back a little. Loglines are an important part of this thing we call screenwriting for a…