Search for New Blood Screenwriting Contest |
2024
Stage 32 is excited to announce the 11th Annual Search for New Blood Screenwriting Contest!
Accepting Features and TV Pilots
Placement
Genre
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Representation Status
Winners
Winner
Feature
· Horror
· 102 Pages
After a visit with a psychic causes his wife to take her own life, a skeptic ex-cop makes it his mission to debunk spiritualists, but when he visits two sisters whose seances conjure up dark truths, he discovers just how dangerous being a believer can be.
LA, CA
Travis J. Opgenorth is an award-winning screenwriter, including the CineStory Feature Fellowship, ISA Fast Track Fellowship, and the Stage 32 Search for New Blood contest. Some of his other accomplishments include having his feature Day of Reckoning produced through ESX Productions and attending a Hollywood mixer where he knew no one. He currently h...
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Finalists
Finalist
Feature
· Horror
· 107 Pages
Invited on a wellness retreat by her influencer fiancée, an American woman of Mexican heritage discovers it’s a sinister front that threatens her family and her identity.
Los Angeles, CA
In high school, Chris investigated and exposed a Mayor as a KKK member. Using humor and genre, he focuses on stories that expose hidden biases and social injustices, all while entertaining. Truth is the best medicine, and medicine goes down better with a laugh.
Finalist
Feature
· Horror
· 109 Pages
A grieving family leaves civilization to escape a viral outbreak, only to have the illness strike home, forcing the filmmaker and his pregnant daughter to navigate through chaos and danger while dealing with the mysterious pathogen that threatens their lives and the fate of humanity.
Filmmaker, writer, fake Shemp.
A movie & tv buff since birth, Bob (he/him) was raised on a steady diet of Godzilla, Muppets, Speed Racer, Stooges, & comics. In the 70’s, he discovered the joy of creative writing. In the 80’s, he started producing short films & flip-book animations with a stop-motion Super-8 camera, and this Midwesterner has told ...
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Finalist
Feature
· Horror
· 96 Pages
Seizing a career-making opportunity, a troubled but talented jewelry designer finds herself in a fight for her life when an influencer retreat in the High Desert takes a sinister turn. THE CRAFT meets YOU’RE NEXT
Los Angeles, CA
Sasha Kai is a 'neurospicy' writer, producer and former techie, who channels her varied life experience - as a blue collar kid in rural Ohio, a religious cult defector, a political organizer in DC, and as a tech exec & co-founder - into dynamic, underdog characters and genre-bending tales. Sasha's stories spotlight those who are determined to surviv...
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Finalist
Feature
· Thriller
· 98 Pages
At the height of World War II, two American female riveters stumble upon an Axis conspiracy involving poison cigarettes that turn smokers into hate-filled maniacs, and they must fight to protect New York from an onslaught of raging berserkers.
West Hartford, Ct
Ever since Max was four years old, when he forced his parents to watch and act out "The Wizard of Oz" with him every night, he has been captivated by the power of stories to transform the mundane into the magical. After attending NYU's MFA film program, he now writes elevated genre features about wounded characters learning to forgive themselves and...
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Finalist
Feature
· Horror
· 98 Pages
In the mildewed rot of New Orleans, a wrecked psychologist turns to an ancient god to cure her fiancé’s cancer, no matter the cost.
Jeff Barker is a screenwriter. He hosts the weekly podcast: The Screenplay Lab.
Jeff is the GRAND PRIZE Winner of FADE IN's 2025 Screenwriting Competition.
His screenplays have been honored at numerous other film festivals and writing contests, including the Austin Film Festival, Stage 32, FILMMATIC, The Red List, Los Angeles International, N...
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Finalist
Feature
· Horror
· 92 Pages
In the final week before a tech company goes fully remote, an office manager and her remaining skeleton crew are thrust into a nightmare when a deranged killer turns the deserted office into a bloody game of cat and mouse.
Denver, Colorado
Hoss Carroll crafts horror-comedies that aim to terrify — while drawing big laughs. He is currently building a body of work that is uniquely his-fast, funny, and unhinged. Hoss is settled in Colorado, but he claims his Texas roots every chance he gets.
His feature The Bullpen, a female-led slasher set in a failing tech office, finished as a finali...
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Finalist
Feature
· Horror
· 96 Pages
Two Christian girls struggling with feelings for each other fight to escape a nefarious force in their Evangelical megachurch that is hunting down sexual sinners one by one.
Denver, Colorado
Brianna is a queer writer/director with two short films and a web series under her belt. Her passion is for female-led stories with complicated heroes that shine light on the darkness and better angels in all of us.
Brianna's goal is to direct feature films that keep audiences on the edge of their seat and inspire thoughtful conversations.
Finalist
Feature
· Horror
· 105 Pages
A WWI German submarine crew, led by a sadistic commander, experiences supernatural events after becoming stranded in a strange patch of ocean.
Los Angeles, California
Nicholas Grant is a Los Angeles based screenwriter focusing on action, horror, and thriller features. He graduated from the University of Michigan in 2020, majoring in both Film and Communication Studies, as well as completing the competitive Screenwriting submajor. Nicholas moved to Los Angeles in 2021 — subsequently working as an Audio Description...
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Finalist
Feature
· Horror
· 100 Pages
Years after his mother’s mysterious death, a skeptic returns to Vietnam to retrieve her ashes, only to find his estranged family of deeply superstitious shamans refusing to let him leave.
Melbourne, Vic, AU
Min Tran is a Vietnamese-Australian writer and filmmaker with a passion for horror. His first job spanned ten years as a film projectionist, immersing himself in cinema while pursuing film study on a scholarship. From crafting award-winning short films to writing screenplays, his dedication to storytelling has earned him industry recognition, includ...
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Semifinalists
Semifinalist
TV Script
· Horror
· 54 Pages
A woman who goes to great lengths to contain her past, despite the constant gaslighting from her estranged family, creates a "Room" that becomes a physical manifestation of her trauma, all while taking on vigilante acts to right what she sees as wrongs.
Redondo Beach, CA
Tammy's unique personal experiences have inspired her to create genre projects with thought-provoking themes. She has worked for high profile individuals, including an Academy Award winning producer. A Writer/Director/Producer with a BFA in Film/TV from NYU (Tisch), Tammy specializes in horror, fantasy, sci-fi and comedy. Her horror short films ha...
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Semifinalist
Feature
· Horror
· 93 Pages
In their quest for safety, a pregnant mother and her son are confronted by small-town mindset hostilities as a familial curse reveals itself.
Midland, Georgia
Paul is an award-winning screenwriter, director, and producer out of Columbus, GA with notables in Austin, Page, StoryPros, Save the Cat!, and more. He is a founding member of Columbus State University's Rankin Screenwriter's group which focuses on amplifying the local film community and immersing new writers into the craft. He is also a founding me...
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Semifinalist
Feature
· Horror
· 120 Pages
A daredevil who specializes in close encounters with sharks is forced to confront dark secrets from his past when he's diagnosed with an eye disease that will result in his death unless he undergoes an experimental surgery.
Writer from Virginia Beach, nominated for over 32 awards (three time Austin Film Festival semifinalist). I have two horror features and a television pilot available.
Semifinalist
TV Script
· Western
· 59 Pages
SERIES LOGLINE: When an Old West traveling circus pitches its tents in a town full of monsters, a reluctant lawman must prevent the enigmatic ringmaster from bringing Hell to Earth.
EPISODE LOGLINE: In the fall of 1898, a vagabond teen rides the rails to Anathema and discovers the community’s unique nature while he crosses paths with a mysterious...
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Filmmaker, writer, fake Shemp.
A movie & tv buff since birth, Bob (he/him) was raised on a steady diet of Godzilla, Muppets, Speed Racer, Stooges, & comics. In the 70’s, he discovered the joy of creative writing. In the 80’s, he started producing short films & flip-book animations with a stop-motion Super-8 camera, and this Midwesterner has told ...
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Semifinalist
Feature
· Horror
· 97 Pages
When a masked grinch goes on a murder spree at the workshop on Christmas Eve, final girl Karen Claus, Santa's eccentric and recently-fired daughter, fights for redemption... and her life!
San Francisco, CA
Ervin had a pretty crappy childhood. Bad stuff happened. But he survived and turned his personal darkness into stories, because that was cheaper than therapy. His work is often genre-bending, usually sci-fi, horror and/or comedy, with relatable characters who movie stars should totally play. Ervin's horror comedy, WHEN HORROR MET SALLY, made the Blo...
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Semifinalist
Feature
· Comedy
· 100 Pages
When a yule-tide murder spree plagues a sleepy California town, a group of unlikely misfits must bring down a blood-thirsty Santa Claus before he turns a white Christmas... into a red one.
West Hollywood, California
Originally from the city that never sleeps, San Jose CA, Chris began performing improv in 2004 and became addicted to comedy. A UCB trained actor and writer, you might have seen him portraying a serial killer on Oxygen's Buried In The Backyard, because he did that (acted on the show, not the serial killing). His wife thinks he plays Pokémon video g...
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Semifinalist
Feature
· Horror
· 122 Pages
A lonely narcoleptic haunted by a monster in his dreams joins a cult who teaches him to control his nightmares and face the beast that stalks him.
MO
Screenwriter and documentarian. I'm deeply interested in history, mythology and folklore, and those interests inspire and drive my writing. I love exploring the crossroads of different cultures and our shared human experiences through storytelling.
Contact: nicoburasco@gmail.com
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Semifinalist
Feature
· Horror
· 86 Pages
A grieving mother turned eco-terrorist leads an assault upon a forest-ravaging lumber yard, only to encounter a far more menacing threat: Bigfoot. — FRIDAY THE 13TH meets HOW TO BLOW UP A PIPELINE
Greenville, SC
Screenwriter with a penchant for exploring what it means to be human, delving into the macabre, and squeaking out the occasional fart joke.
Semifinalist
Feature
· Thriller
· 101 Pages
After ordering a Mystery Box from the dark web, Ethan Lambert's life spirals into a nightmare, forcing him to try and track down his anonymous tormentor before it's too late.
Toronto, ON, CA
Marko is the 2nd place winner of the Killer Shorts Horror Screenwriting Competition for FAMILY ALBUM (AMC/Shudder), and top 10 for THE MIRACLE.
He also won SWN and LA Crime & Horror FF's screenplay competitions for AFTERBIRTH, and co-wrote a short horror film called MYSTERY BOX that played at Toronto After Dark 2023 and Panic Fest 2024.
Marko is w...
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Semifinalist
Feature
· Horror
· 96 Pages
After the mysterious suicide of her husband, a woman and her sister learn the sinister history of their home, and the entity within it.
Janesville, WI
Been writing scripts since I was 13. Now that I'm in my mid-40s, finally trying to do something about it. Self taught from reading various scripts, and using life experience and personal interests as influence for my writing. Really just trying to make a long-time dream real.
Semifinalist
Feature
· Thriller
· 99 Pages
A recently blinded artist finds herself lost and alone in an unfamiliar part of town, but is found by a charismatic stranger; however, this welcome rescue soon turns into a nightmarish fight for survival.
Los Angeles, California
Nicholas Grant is a Los Angeles based screenwriter focusing on action, horror, and thriller features. He graduated from the University of Michigan in 2020, majoring in both Film and Communication Studies, as well as completing the competitive Screenwriting submajor. Nicholas moved to Los Angeles in 2021 — subsequently working as an Audio Description...
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Semifinalist
Feature
· Horror
· 100 Pages
["The Farewell" meets "The Others" meets "Exhuma"] After attending his brother's funeral in Hong Kong, a Chinese-American photographer and his family return to the US with an urn in tow - unaware they’ve also brought back the spirit of their family member, now a Chinese vampire, releasing a terrifying ancestral curse wherever they go.
Vancouver, British Columbia, CA
Anthony is a Canadian filmmaker from the UCLA TFT Program in Screenwriting. He is a (Hong Kong) Chinese-Canadian born and raised in Vancouver. While he mainly writes on topics dealing with identity, culture, and multigenerational stories, he also gets his hands dirty in the indie and commercial world as an editor and director. He has worked with bra...
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Semifinalist
TV Script
· Sci-fi
· 60 Pages
When a series of natural disasters and unnatural phenomena wreak havoc across the globe, a group of unlikely allies must come together to confront a mysterious faction determined to engineer the very end of the world.
In the same vein as LEAVE THE WORLD BEHIND and THE HAPPENING.
Denver, CO
Steve Brown, a graduate of the UCLA Professional Program in Screenwriting, holds dual degrees in Journalism and English from the University of Arizona. In 2023, he transitioned from corporate copywriting (for popular brands such as Nintendo and Kaplan Test Prep) to pursue his passion for film and TV. Today, he dedicates his time entirely to screenwr...
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Semifinalist
Feature
· Horror
· 99 Pages
Defying her mother’s wishes, a headstrong teen is determined to make her Quinceañera dreams come true; but when a masked killer tied to her family’s past returns, the night meant to be her greatest celebration transforms into a desperate fight for survival.
Los Angeles, CA
No bio available.
Semifinalist
Feature
· Thriller
· 96 Pages
Trapped in an isolated off-season hotel on the Oregon coast, a controlling U.S. Marshal with a severe sleep disorder must confront her hallucinatory nightmares to protect her crafty informant from ruthless killers. It's BLACK SWAN meets UPGRADE through a David Lynch lens.
Seattle, WA
Mathew Wright lives with his family near the Puget Sound, where his passion for writing spawned at an early age due to island life lacking the thrills and chills he craved from the horror genre. As a teacher, parent, and graduate of literature programs, storytelling is at the core of his world. Recent scripts placed in several recent competitions, ...
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Semifinalist
Feature
· Horror
· 87 Pages
Two Jewish prisoners fleeing Nazi Germany sneak on board a U-boat headed for America – but what they don’t realize is that they’re on a vessel transporting something far more dangerous than just Nazis.
- Verified WGA Member
Rob Goldberg is an award-winning writer producer who has been nominated for multiple Emmys.
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Semifinalist
Feature
· Sci-fi
· 98 Pages
When a dream-invading psychic predator begins infecting others’ minds, a brilliant but haunted therapist must battle him in nightmares while facing her own repressions.
Orange County, CA
BENJAMIN R. MONACO is an award-winning screenwriter and Southern California native. He holds a BA in Psychology from The Ohio State University and also graduated from the Los Angeles Film School with a degree in Producing.
Sunset Palace
Private
Semifinalist
Feature
· Horror
· 100 Pages
"Vanfluencers" Mads and Trevor break down outside an abandoned mall. Their dire need to make content leads them on a path toward the mall's monstrous secret.
CA
Horror writer and enthusiast.
The 12 Curses of Christmas
Private
Semifinalist
Feature
· Horror
· 102 Pages
A young woman must survive a series of demented gifts (based off “The Twelve Days of Christmas”) sent to her by her dead, controlling ex-fiancé who still wants them to marry and live happily ever after in hell.
Sherman Oaks, CA
Born and raised in Houston, Texas, Katherine primarily writes in the supernatural horror genre. She swears she saw a demon at a relative's house as a kid, but it was probably a dog hiding under the bed...right?
She met her frequent co-writer and partner in crime, Mischa, at Chapman University and has been writing laughs, chills, and thrills with ...
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Semifinalist
Feature
· Horror
· 102 Pages
A deep-sea oil rig drills a well to hell, releasing a sentient crude oil determined to envelope the world, starting with a nearby island community that could not be less equipped for its arrival.
Los Angeles, CA
Zach Green is an award winning filmmaker, actor, and writer from Austin, Texas. His feature directorial debut, “Foil” (2023, Dances With Films) won Best SciFi at Sherman Oaks Film Festival ‘23 and is available on VOD via Cranked Up Films. He is a Chapman University Film Production graduate.
With an extensive background in theater and comedy, Zach...
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Semifinalist
Feature
· Horror
· 105 Pages
A Chinese American comedian who portrays an offensive character on a popular late-night talk show is forced to confront long-buried demons when he meets an unexpected group of neo-Nazi fans.
Los Angeles, CA
Stephen Chen is a Midwest-born Taiwanese American who left his career as a classically trained civil engineer to pursue screenwriting after learning that his pipe dream was just a regular dream. He's dabbled in standup, improv, and sketch comedy, but found himself gravitating towards writing character-driven scripts that explore themes of loneliness...
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Semifinalist
Feature
· Horror
· 106 Pages
An overly protective mom’s worst nightmare comes true when her son runs off with an aged brood of bloodthirsty kids from The Donner Party.
Oakland, CA
A lifelong horror fan, Dana Berry has channeled years of “study” and written his first horror feature, The Killdren. In order to promote the screenplay, Dana made the short film teaser, The Killdren Are Coming. The short has screened at over a dozen genre film festivals and won several awards including Best Horror Film Trailer at the Oregon Screams ...
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Semifinalist
Feature
· Horror
· 85 Pages
“An aspiring young author of supernatural skepticism is forced to reevaluate her worldview after conducting the final interview needed to finish her book.
Casa Grande, AZ
As a teenager, I fell in love with Edgar Allan Poe's work, which is where my inspiration to write developed.
Semifinalist
Feature
· Horror
· 97 Pages
When a young woman’s father becomes violently possessed by an ancient demon, she must battle him to save the lives of everyone she loves – but she’ll first have to kill the demon’s most loyal acolyte – her bloodthirsty mother.
Portland, OR
Michael is a Roadmap Top Tier screenwriter whose comedy feature THE FIRST MICHAEL won Shore Scripts 2022 Grand Prize and 2023 Sun Valley Film Festival's High Scribe award. His independently produced podcast of the same name cracked Apple Podcast's top ten in the Arts category. His past as a small town, closeted, Catholic mess and present as a sex-po...
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Semifinalist
Feature
· Horror
· 99 Pages
When an obsessive-compulsive recluse is forced to return home and care for his estranged niece, he begins to suspect that she is being haunted by the same terrifying monster that tormented his own childhood twenty years ago.
London, GB
Harvey is a London-based screenwriter/producer, who seeks to tell allegorical stories that tackle important social themes. Most recently, he won the Grand Prize as part of Shore Script's 2024 Spring Short Film Fund. His produced work includes 'Sticky Toffee Pudding', 'The Girl and the Tide', 'Swingers', and 'When The Party's Over'. Harvey is current...
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Semifinalist
Feature
· Horror
· 94 Pages
When a horde of invisible creatures takes over a small island town, a young woman sets out to rescue her grandparents with the help of her canine companion, the only one who can see the mysterious invaders.
Atlanta, GA
After graduating with a BFA in Film and Television at SCAD, Jason's debut feature film, "Patient," won best picture in its category at the Nocturna International Film Festival and aired on Showtime Network. He has since written, directed, and edited several award-winning short films that have garnered acclaim online and in festivals all over the wor...
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The Restless
Private
Semifinalist
TV Script
· Drama
· 57 Pages
Dawn’s life seems perfect but she lies awake at night, restless. When The Stryx, a gang of rockabilly thugs rolls into town, she is drawn to their leader, and a dangerous relationship blossoms. Dawn's life is about to change forever, and when you’re one of The Stryx, forever is a long time.
Los Angeles, CA
A proud graduate of Pitzer College | Claremont Colleges with a BA in Media Studies, Elise's work embodies themes of trauma, trust, truth & transformation. She believes in storytelling as a tool to foster engagement, compassion & meaningful discourse. A fierce advocate for diversity in front of & behind the camera, she pursues projects with iconic ch...
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Semifinalist
Feature
· Thriller
· 94 Pages
Unaware that he is being hunted down by a psychotic gangster, a carnival strongman returns to his former life at a seedy sideshow where he must redeem himself to the people he betrayed.
New York, NY
Todd Ryan Jones is a professional stuntman, actor, and performing strongman.
Aside from his film/television credits, Todd has been featured in "Ripley's Believe It Or Not!" and holds an official Guinness World Record for bending horseshoes.
Semifinalist
Feature
· Western
· 107 Pages
Dead men and dangerous women—a cursed bounty hunter, two blood-soaked nuns, and a war-mad messiah—rip across a godless frontier in search of the Skull of Saint Theo, a Holy relic that devours sin and promises absolution… or the end of days. Only one can hold it. None should.
K.C. is a writer based in Toronto Canada. He crafts genre stories fueled by an endless supply of coffee and cinematic daydreams...
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Semifinalist
Feature
· Horror
· 105 Pages
After narrowly surviving a werewolf attack, long-time romantic partners Scott and Jesse embark on a cross-country road trip to get the cure to Scott's lyncanthropy: devouring the heart of the werewolf who turned him.
Holland, Michigan
No bio available.
Semifinalist
Feature
· Horror
· 94 Pages
When a reclusive teen leaves her house on Halloween to overcome her fears, she is stalked by her abusive next door neighbor, who turns out to be a drug-crazed werewolf.
After fifteen years in the HVAC industry, Richard went from selling air conditioners to making movies. In his home state of Arkansas, he wrote, produced and directed his feature debut ("Close Calls"), which garnered awards at the NYC Horror Film Festival. Richard's award-winning work as a writer is largely informed by his love for midnight movies, v...
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Worship Me
Private
Semifinalist
Feature
· Horror
· 120 Pages
An ancient entity descends upon a small country church and forces the congregation to either worship their new god, or die.
Toronto, Ontario, CA
I'm a Canadian author/filmmaker who learned how to count from the rhyme, “One, two Freddy’s coming for you.” I currently wander dark hallways in Toronto, Canada.
"They can be tricked, you see, tricked into being good little girls and boys - the same way we were tricked on the promise of some reward to come." - Day of the Dead, 1985
Quarterfinalists
Quarterfinalist
Feature
· Horror
· 119 Pages
A troubled rural sheriff commits murder to protect his charismatic sister's church, while a peculiar investigator threatens to reveal its dark secrets that lead to insanity and an apocalyptic reckoning.
Albuquerque, NM
John M. Broadhead is a filmmaker and writer of scripts and novels. He loves deep dives into speculative fiction, often utilizing sci-fi, fantasy and dark humor to explore the human condition.
Quarterfinalist
Feature
· Horror
· 107 Pages
When an obese gay man loses weight, he must fight his former coping mechanism come to life — a physically perfect mirror image of himself — before it devours the people who threaten their bond.
Palm Springs, California
Hello,
My name is Kevin. I am a large, middle-aged, bald man who has decided that writing weird little scripts & horror movies helps to maintain what I affectionately refer to as "my sanity".
After becoming a bankruptcy paralegal, I thought, "Well, this kinda sucks. I'm not happy and I have no creative outlet." So, I dragged my large, bald middle...
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Quarterfinalist
Feature
· Thriller
· 110 Pages
The life of an abducted American tourist hangs by a thread as her alleged rescuers loom as sinister architects of her capture.
Salt Lake City, UT
From an early age, Drago conjured up stories to escape the ordinary reality he felt trapped in. After graduating from AFI and hustling in the underbelly of Hollywood, he snatched an option for his 1st script, a thriller titled LION. He currently lives in his own head enjoying the company of a serial killer with a warped sense of justice and a troubl...
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Quarterfinalist
Feature
· Horror
· 94 Pages
An insecure teen influencer is cursed with a phone filter that will kill her in 24 hours unless she forwards it to her friends.
London, London, GB
Luke Hunter is an award-winning British writer and actor born in the steelworking town of Hartlepool in the North East of England. He graduated from Durham University in 2016 with a Master’s in Biology and Chemistry.
Luke moved to London in 2017 where he spent a year working in TV as a researcher for MTV, October Films and ITN. Since 2018 Luke ha...
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Quarterfinalist
TV Script
· Other
· 73 Pages
Broadcasting from the back of a 1969 Vietnam brothel, Radio Dark explores the trauma battered narratives of a US Marine turned underground pirate radio sensation as he copes with his own horrific experience, as well as those around him, by sharing scintillating supernatural stories over the stolen air waves. In Dirty Jack Rabbit's Radio Dark... We a...
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Hondo, TX
I write & direct with a flare for the macabre. Filtered through a supernatural yet earnest lens. I've stalked the halls of Universal Television for 5 years, 2 years at Lucid Road as Aaron Paul's assistant, and received multiple Finalist awards in screenwriting competitions. If you'd like to get to know me, read my work. Watch it. I'm there, lurking ...
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Quarterfinalist
Feature
· Horror
· 88 Pages
Two lonely teen girls meet on vacation in Louisiana in 1973 and make a pact to punish each other’s high school bullies by using voodoo, but when one girl falters, afraid of going through with the plan, the black magic backfires on everybody. STRANGERS ON A TRAIN meets PIGGY
Simi Valley, CA
Not many writers go into the business because a telephone pole fell on their big toe. When that weird college injury left me on crutches, the only elective class still open that I could get to was Creative Writing. Life has a funny way of setting you on the right path. After publishing award-winning books with Harper Collins and Random House, my mom...
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Quarterfinalist
Feature
· Horror
· 95 Pages
A troubled college student is targeted by a malicious entity that's killing legacy students in a way that's eerily similar to her father's horrific suicide, which occurred the very day she committed to his alma mater. LEGACY is a supernatural thriller in the vein of THE RING and SMILE that explores trust, grief, and revenge in the context of a seemi...
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Clinton Township, NJ
Michael is an attorney who traded in the horrors of brief writing for screenwriting. Michael won the 2022 Final Draft Grand Prize and Page Awards Gold Prize with ABOUT MCKENNA, a female-driven revenge thriller in the vein of COLLATERAL. While Michael writes all types of scary films, he's drawn to using deeply flawed characters to dig into complex s...
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Quarterfinalist
Feature
· Horror
· 110 Pages
A ritualistic conspiracy unfolds when a writer, trying to escape the turmoil in his life, retreats to his summer cabin in the off-season and discovers a series of eviscerated bodies in his yard.
Dan Southard is a twice optioned screenwriter; two-time Nicholl Fellowship semi-finalist, three time quarter-finalist; Emerging Screenwriters top ten finalist; and American Zoetrope Screenwriting Contest top ten finalist whose work has been featured on the Script Shadow website.