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Result #161
The Elfby  Doug Robbins
Date Posted: 13 Dec 2023
A department store Santa Claus gives the orders to his deranged elf to murder a child's abusive father.

Genre: Horror
1 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles
Result #162
Mister Christmasby  Jason K. Allen
Date Posted: 12 Dec 2023
When Albert meets his girlfriend's parents and sees their inadequate Christmas tree, he decides to give them a few pointers on the meaning of Christmas. (One location, four characters. Produced writer; see IMDB for writer's credits.)

Genre: Comedy
10 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles
Result #163
Sneaky linkzby  Bernard Antoine Mersier
Date Posted: 09 Dec 2023
Confined in a decrepit motel room, Tyrell and Mike discover they have more than one thing in common that can cost them their lives.

Genre: Drama
38 pages
Cast Size: 4-6 Main/Supporting Roles
Result #164
The Graves Of Vengeanceby  Edwin Barandarou
Date Posted: 08 Dec 2023
A traumatized young man whose been beaten by his mum his whole childhood and been laughed at by other females takes revenge by raping and killing them before taken his own life.

Genre: Crime/Murder/Mystery
10 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles
Result #165
On a Sunday Morningby  Gregory Kohring
Date Posted: 04 Dec 2023
After a night of partying, a young man, charged with watching over his autistic sister, sends her to church alone, but when she doesn’t arrive he begins a frantic search to find her.

Genre: Drama
25 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles
Result #166
O Nadador (The Swimmer)by  Mark
Date Posted: 04 Dec 2023
During a swim, a young Portuguese soldier gets pulled from shore by an ocean current only to discover a floating dead body of a woman who's key to his survival. Based on a true story.

Genre: Drama
21 pages
Cast Size: 4-6 Main/Supporting Roles
Result #167
The Secrets of Kovintong Campusby  Annette M Delgado
Date Posted: 04 Dec 2023
While trying to solve the disappearance of a graduate student, a keen detective finds herself running out of time before the next victim goes missing and the culprit carries out their ultimate plan that might be the end of humanity itself.

Genre: Crime/Murder/Mystery
35 pages
Cast Size: 7+ Main/Supporting Roles
Result #168
Working Manby  Dj Robbins
Date Posted: 04 Dec 2023
A writer trapped by the tyranny of his 9 to 5, frees himself using the power of artistic expression.

Genre: Artistic
1 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles
Result #169
End Of The Line!by  Kris Burns
Date Posted: 02 Dec 2023
On a New York Subway, a ruthless gang preys on vulnerable late-night passengers. But when an unseen entity is attracted to the train, the hunters become the hunted, and the labyrinth underground transforms into a terrifying battleground where survival is far from guaranteed.

Genre: Horror
34 pages
Cast Size: 7+ Main/Supporting Roles
Result #170
Smile Moreby  Dj Robbins
Date Posted: 30 Nov 2023
Babysitter facetimes with a friend and witnesses a murder.

Genre: Horror
3 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles
Result #171
Mariliseby  Ron Micci
Date Posted: 29 Nov 2023
Close-knit lesbian sisters in the Hamptons find themselves in dire financial straits, seek the help of an older, well-heeled lesbian who becomes romantically involved with one of them, engendering jealousy and friction, and whose overzealousness leads to her death in a tragic accident.

Genre: Gay/Lesbian
29 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles
Result #172
Happy Endingsby  Ron Micci
Date Posted: 29 Nov 2023
A pair of financially strapped old-timers on a farm in the Midwest, Eleanor and Bertrand Cornweevil, receive a surprise visit from a man trying to entice them into selling the oil drilling rights to their land. But he's an emissary of Satan and it's really their souls he's hoping for them to sign away.

Genre: Drama
12 pages
Cast Size: 4-6 Main/Supporting Roles
Result #173
A Soldier's Hauntingby  Melissa Diane Hudson
Date Posted: 28 Nov 2023
An Army solider comes home just in time for the Christmas holiday and celebrates with his family. But they later get a rude awakening when a far away visitor delivers a strange message that leaves them traumatized, staring in a catatonic stupor.

Genre: Horror
7 pages
Cast Size: 4-6 Main/Supporting Roles
Result #174
G.I.S. (Global Internet shutdown)by  Bernard Antoine Mersier
Date Posted: 27 Nov 2023
As humanity comes to a violent end, one person stands on a skyscraper watching, explaining why the apocalypse is taking place.

Genre: Sci-Fi
1 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles
Result #175
Gummy Wormby  Bernard Antoine Mersier
Date Posted: 27 Nov 2023
On Halloween night, Joel finds out spirits never rest until their revenge is satisfied.

Genre: Horror
8 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles
Result #176
The Love We Had Stays On My Mindby  Bernard Antoine Mersier
Date Posted: 27 Nov 2023
The worth of a woman is appreciated when she’s gone, and a man realizes his ego ruined the relationship. This is the sad story Josh pours his heart out explaining.

Genre: Horror
4 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles
Result #177
Vincibleby  Kat Rollinson
Date Posted: 24 Nov 2023
A conflicted victim of image-based sexual abuse must examine her morals when a vigilante fights fire with fire.

Genre: Drama
10 pages
Cast Size: 4-6 Main/Supporting Roles
Result #178
Queunityby  Kat Rollinson
Date Posted: 24 Nov 2023
A squabbling family summon their communal strength against their common enemies: a rollercoaster queue and simmering hormones.

Genre: Drama
10 pages
Cast Size: 4-6 Main/Supporting Roles
Result #179
2024: The End of Daysby  Jason K. Allen
Date Posted: 24 Nov 2023
An old man finds a disturbing videotape which shows a remote wooded area and a secret meeting of mythical creatures -- a meeting which predicts the grim future of mankind.

Genre: Horror
8 pages
Cast Size: 4-6 Main/Supporting Roles
Result #180
Family Timeby  Jason K. Allen
Date Posted: 24 Nov 2023
A family of four enjoys a quiet dinner around the table. But mom seems different tonight... (1 location, 4 actors. Award-winning screenwriter and journalist; see IMDB for writer's credits.)

Genre: Horror
1 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles
Result #181
The Park Rangerby  Jason K. Allen
Date Posted: 24 Nov 2023
It's Dave's first day as a park ranger, and he's super excited to defend Mother Nature. Unfortunately he's a bit harsh as he confronts an innocent birdwatcher, a wayward hacky sack player, and a pair of tree huggers.

Genre: Comedy
10 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles
Result #182
The Dawn of Arnieby  Jason K. Allen
Date Posted: 24 Nov 2023
An awkward, lonely neat freak decides to loosen up, get out of the house and go on a few dates. Unfortunately he has no luck with the ladies -- until he meets the Queen of the Untamed Forest. (Award-winning screenwriter and journalist; see IMDB for writer's credits.)

Genre: Comedy
15 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles
Result #183
Straight Talk with Sadie & Santaby  Jason K. Allen
Date Posted: 24 Nov 2023
On Christmas Eve, a little girl wakes to find Santa rummaging through her fridge. After scolding him about his diet, she proceeds to grill him about reindeer, elves, bad gifts and other curiosities, and soon develops a new understanding about Christmas. Santa, meanwhile, gets a dose of reality himself – and perhaps a new friend.

Genre: Comedy
8 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles
Result #184
Float Swim Dreamby  Jason K. Allen
Date Posted: 24 Nov 2023
A sad and lonely goldfish dreams of escaping his fish bowl so that he can fight zombies, halt global warming and meet Justin Bieber. (Award-winning screenwriter and journalist; see IMDB for writer's credits.)

Genre: Animation
5 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles
Result #185
Leaving Nowhereby  Jason K. Allen
Date Posted: 24 Nov 2023
Excited by life's possibilities, a young baseball named Johnny is batted into the woods and never found. He awakens in a strange land called Nowhere, where all lost and forgotten items end up. But he vows to escape and prove that he and his forgotten friends have plenty of life left in them.

Genre: Animation
5 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles
Result #186
Rubyby  Jason K. Allen
Date Posted: 24 Nov 2023
When a lonely old man visits his beloved wife's grave for the first time, he encounters a charming little girl who lifts him out of his doldrums and fills him with hope. (Produced writer; see IMDB for credits.)

Genre: Drama
10 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles
Result #187
Smells Like Steinbeckby  Jason K. Allen
Date Posted: 24 Nov 2023
A young man with a passion for pleasant aromas is lured into the underground world of book sniffing. (Could be short or TV pilot. Award-winning screenwriter and journalist; see IMDB for writer's credits.)

Genre: Comedy
30 pages
Cast Size: 4-6 Main/Supporting Roles
Result #188
Lenaby  Jason K. Allen
Date Posted: 24 Nov 2023
While backpacking alone in the wilderness, a young man encounters a mysterious girl who has a unique relationship with the forest. (One location, two characters. Produced writer; see IMDB for writer's credits.)

Genre: Horror
10 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles
Result #189
Heart Rateby  Alan Barkley
Date Posted: 21 Nov 2023
A male and a female cop enter an abandoned building looking for a cop killer. Soon they are hunting each other. Winner, Vail film festival.

Genre: Suspense/Thriller
20 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles
Result #190
The Cult of Dionysusby  Yaroslav Tryniv
Date Posted: 20 Nov 2023
An insidious enemy is ready to call the gods to his side in order to gain the throne, but Macarius has to accept the challenge and fight with him.

Genre: Action/Adventure
25 pages
Cast Size: 4-6 Main/Supporting Roles
Result #191
Shark Watchby  Ron Micci
Date Posted: 18 Nov 2023
A Mafia wiseguy is sent to make a drug buy on the Jersey Shore, where a gypsy fortune teller acts as the middleman, but he is double-crossed by another hood posing as a fed.

Genre: Crime/Murder/Mystery
12 pages
Cast Size: 4-6 Main/Supporting Roles
Result #192
Dark Snowby  Ron Micci
Date Posted: 18 Nov 2023
A sexually repressed woman in her 30s overcomes her sexual inhibitions only to encounter jealousy and bitterness on the part of her maiden aunt with a poignant parting of the ways.

Genre: Drama
16 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles
Result #193
Happy Endingsby  Ron Micci
Date Posted: 18 Nov 2023
Two old-timers in the Midwest are in arrears on their mortgage payments, and the bank is leaning on them. Then, miraculously, Mr. Lodestone (an emissary of Satan) appears at their door with an offer too good to be true.

Genre: Family
12 pages
Cast Size: 4-6 Main/Supporting Roles
Result #194
Biff Bang, American Heroby  Ron Micci
Date Posted: 18 Nov 2023
Expelled from the Air Force during WW II for his reckless paranoid bombing antics, fighter-pilot Biff Bang and high school sweetheart, Penny, embark on a crusade to rid the US of Nazi infiltrators.

Genre: Comedy
16 pages
Cast Size: 4-6 Main/Supporting Roles
Result #195
Paradise Partyby  Steven Burton
Date Posted: 17 Nov 2023
With art, photography, fun, love, family, strangers, and fantasy, a man shares adventures before an unexpected life change.

Genre: Drama
13 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles
Result #196
Carrie, Walter, and Garboby  Steven Burton
Date Posted: 17 Nov 2023
A man sits alone in an empty theatre to wait for a Greta Garbo film to begin, and then a woman stranger, sits next to him.  Confrontation ignites; technical problems delay the screening, humor, and then this couple share surprise revelations.

Genre: Romantic Comedy
13 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles
Result #197
Stay Warmby  Steven Burton
Date Posted: 17 Nov 2023
A man with his young son offers comfort to a homeless man which also provides a break from their grief for the recent death of Mary, a beloved wife and mother.

Genre: Drama
11 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles
Result #198
Close Enoughby  Steven Burton
Date Posted: 17 Nov 2023
The boundaries of the long term platonic friendship between a straight man and a gay man, are challenged as they deal with other life issues.

Genre: Gay/Lesbian
9 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles
Result #199
Shopping Cartby  Steven Burton
Date Posted: 17 Nov 2023
Jan, an affluent elderly woman takes a fold able shopping cart from a stranger assuming he took it from under her porch. After realizing her mistake, she takes off on a quest to find him for a return of his cart along with the slim hope of finding her long lost son.

Genre: Drama
10 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles
Result #200
Same Nameby  Steven Burton
Date Posted: 17 Nov 2023
After both survive turmoil, their same name brings a straight black actor and a gay white actor-writer together. They team up on a film project that creates more greatness for both.

Genre: Drama
13 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles
 
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