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Bargain Storeby Brandi Self
Date Posted: 13 Apr 2025
A disgruntled small-town bargain store worker meets a soldier who encourages her to stand up to her perverted boss.
Genre: Fantasy
10 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles
Genre: Fantasy
10 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles
In the Bloodby Jack Halliday
Date Posted: 12 Sep 2025
A P.I. resorts to supernatural means to solve a case where the suspect in three murders is an older man bedfast in hospital, despite the man's DNA & fingerprints being found at three crime scenes. 1st place award-winner, Indie Gathering Film Festival.
Genre: Crime/Murder/Mystery
24 pages
Cast Size: 4-6 Main/Supporting Roles
Genre: Crime/Murder/Mystery
24 pages
Cast Size: 4-6 Main/Supporting Roles
Meby John Armond
Date Posted: 04 Sep 2025
A burned-out young man sent to a retreat to "reset his mind" begins to unravel when fellow patients vanish, forcing him into a chilling confrontation with his own darker self.
Genre: Suspense/Thriller
27 pages
Cast Size: 4-6 Main/Supporting Roles
Genre: Suspense/Thriller
27 pages
Cast Size: 4-6 Main/Supporting Roles
Inhospitable Takeoverby Michael Hutchinson
Date Posted: 29 Jul 2025
An odd-ball group of aliens disguised as humans are sent to the Solar System before their kind harvest and enslave the Humans, but are then forced to setup shop on Earth and prepare the planet for assimilation.
Genre: Comedy
30 pages
Cast Size: 4-6 Main/Supporting Roles
Genre: Comedy
30 pages
Cast Size: 4-6 Main/Supporting Roles
Fabricby Anthony Cawood
Date Posted: 27 Dec 2024
A young accountant’s decision to cut costs in a quaint village unravels its hidden connection to time itself, plunging the community into chaos.
Genre: Drama
14 pages
Cast Size: 4-6 Main/Supporting Roles
Genre: Drama
14 pages
Cast Size: 4-6 Main/Supporting Roles
Implantby Dewayne C Bricker
Date Posted: 22 Oct 2025
A writer’s nightmares of alien implants fuel his horror novel—until he learns the story is real and ending it will end him.
Genre: Horror
21 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles
Genre: Horror
21 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles
Train of Thoughtby Elliot Stanton
Date Posted: 15 Oct 2025
Overthinking can seriously damage your health. An annoying stranger leaves his fellow train passenger with a very bitter taste in his mouth.
Genre: Drama
10 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles
Genre: Drama
10 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles
Table for 3by Michael Joseph
Date Posted: 31 Oct 2024
A brother and sister, entrenched in crime with their abusive uncle, make a routine stop at a diner. But when tempers flare, their ordinary night takes an unexpected turn
Genre: Suspense/Thriller
16 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles
Genre: Suspense/Thriller
16 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles
Oscarby Chris Fell
Date Posted: 08 Apr 2025
What appears to be a bank job, pulled by a mysterious couple, turns out to force a reckless politician into a life-changing and character-revealing decision.
Genre: Suspense/Thriller
29 pages
Cast Size: 7+ Main/Supporting Roles
Genre: Suspense/Thriller
29 pages
Cast Size: 7+ Main/Supporting Roles
The Paradeby William Douglas
Date Posted: 19 Sep 2025
Can a 10-year-old boy steal an unhappy elephant, find him a good home, fall in love and get his first kiss, all in one week?
Genre: Other
17 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles
Genre: Other
17 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles
The Accidental Breakthroughby Christine Lara
Date Posted: 17 Sep 2025
A young and ambitious graduate, frustrated by dead-end job offers, sees his day take a disastrous turn when he’s hit by a car in the middle of Paris. But fate has other plans — the driver turns out to be the director of a major insurance company, and the accident might just be the opportunity of a lifetime.
Genre: Comedy
4 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles
Genre: Comedy
4 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles
Trappedby Adrian Milnes
Date Posted: 21 May 2024
Three armed robbers and their hostage take refuge in an abandoned house after a failed robbery, but they're not alone.
Genre: Horror
13 pages
Cast Size: 4-6 Main/Supporting Roles
Genre: Horror
13 pages
Cast Size: 4-6 Main/Supporting Roles
Boomerangby John Alexander Fraser
Date Posted: 13 Oct 2025
A man in search of a shave and new start in life, following a traumatic event, enters a city side street that leads him to the heart of darkness and a reckoning with his past.
Genre: Horror
11 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles
Genre: Horror
11 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles
No Weddings, But a Funeralby Elliot Stanton
Date Posted: 11 Dec 2024
Being in the right place but at the wrong time changes the fortune of a serial chancer. Tim Harcourt’s bravado and white lies present the widow of a crime family with everything she needs to make him their latest client – a fact Tim is blissfully unaware of.
Genre: Drama
38 pages
Cast Size: 4-6 Main/Supporting Roles
Genre: Drama
38 pages
Cast Size: 4-6 Main/Supporting Roles
Remember, Remember the 5th of Decemberby Anthony Cawood
Date Posted: 07 Dec 2024
A young boy's Christmas nightmares take on a life of their own.
Genre: Horror
5 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles
Genre: Horror
5 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles
The Cautionary Tale of a Young Doodlerby Ivana Hruba
Date Posted: 06 Oct 2025
P. Casso, an unremarkable young man in charge of phone inquiries at an art gallery, spends his working hours in a pleasant daze doodling aimlessly at his desk until a random drawing leads to a change in circumstances from which there seems to be no escape.
Genre: Comedy
22 pages
Cast Size: 7+ Main/Supporting Roles
Genre: Comedy
22 pages
Cast Size: 7+ Main/Supporting Roles
Have a Hella Christmasby Lawrence Riggins
Date Posted: 21 Sep 2025
Lucifer crashes the announcer’s booth at a Christmas Parade insisting that HIS float from the Netherworld partake in the festivities -- and win a trophy, or else...! Irreverent, wacky, obscene. Three performers.
Genre: Comedy
18 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles
Genre: Comedy
18 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles
Bud Burkett Was All Set to Dieby Jeff Reese
Date Posted: 05 Oct 2025
A failed artist chooses to end his life in his sunflower field, BUT before he does the deed, he decides to let God know he's coming.
Genre: Comedy
10 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles
Genre: Comedy
10 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles
Rhino vs. Gorillaby Jason K. Allen
Date Posted: 10 Jan 2025
When Ronald takes a seat on a park bench, he simply wishes to enjoy his lunch in peace. But when his banana rings like a phone, he answers it and receives a message that turns his life upside down. (Surreal comic fantasy. Produced writer; see IMDB for writer's credits.)
Genre: Comedy
8 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles
Genre: Comedy
8 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles
Breaks That Mendby Lily Sanders
Date Posted: 09 Aug 2025
When a lover's breakup triggers deep introspection and reflection.
Genre: Drama
22 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles
Genre: Drama
22 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles
Monster Mansionby Jason K. Allen
Date Posted: 13 Mar 2025
On the last day of the carnival, young Billy Slater enters a haunted house and never returns.
Genre: Horror
10 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles
Genre: Horror
10 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles
Clown of Sienna Fallsby Doug J Robbins
Date Posted: 26 Feb 2025
A crazed clown stalks the people of Sienna Falls.
Genre: Horror
9 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles
Genre: Horror
9 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles
Daggersby Jason K. Allen
Date Posted: 05 Nov 2024
A man sits beside a woman on a park bench to eat his lunch, but he gradually scoots away from her. When the puzzled woman questions his actions, it leads to a series of bitter insults which arouses them both. (1 location, 2 actors)
Genre: Comedy
7 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles
Genre: Comedy
7 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles
Stapleby John Alexander Fraser
Date Posted: 06 Jan 2025
Table. Darkness. Click!
Genre: Suspense/Thriller
4 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles
Genre: Suspense/Thriller
4 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles
Sweet Reflectionby Elliot Stanton
Date Posted: 12 Oct 2025
A man's worth is not measured by his wealth but by the difference he makes to others. An elderly shopkeeper is reminded of his worth in the community just as he loses all faith.
Genre: Drama
19 pages
Cast Size: 7+ Main/Supporting Roles
Genre: Drama
19 pages
Cast Size: 7+ Main/Supporting Roles
A Slice of Romanceby Jack Sherry
Date Posted: 19 Sep 2025
In order for a bride-to-be to drastically lower the budget for her wedding, she turns to her creative marketing boss who does not believe in marriage.
Genre: Romantic Comedy
28 pages
Cast Size: 4-6 Main/Supporting Roles
Genre: Romantic Comedy
28 pages
Cast Size: 4-6 Main/Supporting Roles
The Night Killerby Ange Fassinou
Date Posted: 15 Jun 2024
A woman and her son have to survive a dangerous man who comes to kill them.
Genre: Suspense/Thriller
12 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles
Genre: Suspense/Thriller
12 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles
Something Borrowedby Frazer Lee
Date Posted: 20 Oct 2025
Valentine's Day takes a romantic-comedic turn when a homeless man meets the love of his life amidst the discarded flowers, cards, and chocolates in a city park.
Genre: Romantic Comedy
3 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles
Genre: Romantic Comedy
3 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles
Higher Educationby Candy Fox
Date Posted: 20 Oct 2025
A college professor tries everything - including an exaggerated strip club dance - to get her zoned out, laptop focused students to pay attention, but to no avail.
Genre: Comedy
3 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles
Genre: Comedy
3 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles
Ghost Houseby Kudzai Zigarwi
Date Posted: 23 Oct 2025
When two amateur ghost hunters vanish during their first investigation inside a notoriously haunted house, a fearless psychic must face a vengeful spirit and the horrors that lie within to bring them back—before the house claims more souls.
Genre: Horror
30 pages
Cast Size: 4-6 Main/Supporting Roles
Genre: Horror
30 pages
Cast Size: 4-6 Main/Supporting Roles
Drowby Adam Thomas Lumb
Date Posted: 08 Jun 2024
A pregnant couple in labour, trapped in an ambulance sinking into a remote island bog in the Orkney Islands during a storm, must fight alongside their paramedic to protect their unborn child from a creature disturbed from a Neolithic ruin and drawn to her giving birth.
Genre: Horror
16 pages
Cast Size: 4-6 Main/Supporting Roles
Genre: Horror
16 pages
Cast Size: 4-6 Main/Supporting Roles
Seeing Redby Warren Lane
Date Posted: 11 Oct 2024
In this dark comedy a wannabe serial killer who faints at the sight of blood gets advice from his three equally pathetic buds during their weekly zoom session.
Genre: Comedy
8 pages
Cast Size: 4-6 Main/Supporting Roles
Genre: Comedy
8 pages
Cast Size: 4-6 Main/Supporting Roles
Brain Foodby John Alexander Fraser
Date Posted: 06 Jan 2025
A psychiatric patient in a counselling session must come to terms with a trauma that they must overcome to lead a normal life.
Genre: Horror
5 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles
Genre: Horror
5 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles
Antiques Sh**showby John Boal
Date Posted: 14 Sep 2025
A tart-tongued substitute host for the genteel Antiques Roadshow dishes caustic comments on the innocent guests which triggers not only a boost in the ratings, but also a goofy lad to make a sign dubbing the proceedings as the Antiques Shitshow. Yet when the host's Aunt comes by with the world's oldest vibrator, she dangles it as a hostage heirloom to make the host change her wicked ways by apologizing to her deceased mum.
Genre: Comedy
18 pages
Cast Size: 4-6 Main/Supporting Roles
Genre: Comedy
18 pages
Cast Size: 4-6 Main/Supporting Roles
My Journey Through Two Cultsby Robert Michael Benn
Date Posted: 11 Sep 2025
Robert goes to Synanon to get detoxed and is referred to Scientology. He meets Deitrich in LA and Hubbard at his San Francisco branch where he reads his poetry and meets Richard Brautigan, Alan Ginsberg and Lawrence Ferlinghetti. Borrowing money from Jane Fondo does no good and Dietrich goes broke. He goes off the wagon. Robert dumps Synanon and Scientology to write his novel.
Genre: Drama
7 pages
Cast Size: 7+ Main/Supporting Roles
Genre: Drama
7 pages
Cast Size: 7+ Main/Supporting Roles
The Taste of Beliefby Danny King
Date Posted: 26 Sep 2025
When a psychology professor challenges his students with a parable about restaurants, a fiery clash between science and conspiracy forces them to confront a deeper truth: you can’t judge an idea until you’ve tasted it yourself.
Genre: Drama
14 pages
Cast Size: 7+ Main/Supporting Roles
Genre: Drama
14 pages
Cast Size: 7+ Main/Supporting Roles
The Deputyby Alan Barkley
Date Posted: 15 Jan 2025
His deputy shot, a lone frontier sheriff must use his wits and local know-how to subdue a dangerous thug.
Single location.
Genre: Western
13 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles
Genre: Western
13 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles
Wake Up Callby David-Matthew Barnes
Date Posted: 05 May 2024
When three unsavory people wake up in an abandoned hotel, they realize the world has ended for everyone except them.
Genre: Sci-Fi
9 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles
Genre: Sci-Fi
9 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles
BUS 37by Jordan Baines
Date Posted: 15 Aug 2025
When their school bus is hijacked, three students must put their trust in a big brother and his dirt bike.
Genre: Action/Adventure
14 pages
Cast Size: 4-6 Main/Supporting Roles
Genre: Action/Adventure
14 pages
Cast Size: 4-6 Main/Supporting Roles
When You Go to Townby Susan Jordan
Date Posted: 02 Oct 2025
A chance encounter at a thrift store leads a divorced woman to ask, "Could I have gone the distance?"
Genre: Drama
6 pages
Cast Size: 4-6 Main/Supporting Roles
Genre: Drama
6 pages
Cast Size: 4-6 Main/Supporting Roles
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