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Spider Daddyby Wayne E. Johnson
An eleven-year-old boy, fixated on horror comics and monsters, finds that his recurring nightmares become reality with devastating results for his abusive, alcoholic stepfather and, ultimately, for him.
Genre: Horror
24 pages
Cast Size: 4-6 Main/Supporting Roles
Genre: Horror
24 pages
Cast Size: 4-6 Main/Supporting Roles
Chameleonby Kevin Pacey
Life on the line, a teenage girl locks horns with an eccentric pensioner and learns to trust again.
Genre: Drama
13 pages
Cast Size: 4-6 Main/Supporting Roles
Genre: Drama
13 pages
Cast Size: 4-6 Main/Supporting Roles
Hellavisionby Jason Allen
On Halloween night, a young man decides to stay home and watch a horror movie on television. Unfortunately he chooses the wrong channel on the wrong night. (Mostly 1 actor, limited dialogue, inspired by 70's horror. Produced writer; see IMDB for credits.)
Genre: Horror
6 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles
Genre: Horror
6 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles
Complaint to the Powerfulby Hiabu Hassebu
After being prey to Eagles for years, the Hens complain to the Powerful to redo their fate of living and to possess flying wings so they can protect themselves from the sky strikers.
Genre: Animation
22 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles
Genre: Animation
22 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles
First Dateby Alan & Linda Barkley
A widow and a widower meet for the first time in a public park. Their date hits choppy waters until they discover a connection. Exterior location. Two characters. (Finalist in the 2025 Woods Hole Screenplay competition). *Best short screenplay nominee, 2026 Austin Revolution*
Genre: Romance
15 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles
Genre: Romance
15 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles
Rage Betty Page Rageby Lawrence Riggins
True-Story. Years after retiring as the world's most famous pin-up queen, zealot Bettie Page loses her battle with schizophrenia, turns sociopath, and forces non-believers to convert at knife-point. The Dark Angel hallucination of her younger self entices Bettie to exploit her dominatrix skills to hold her roommate and granddaughter hostage while preparing their ritualistic murder. Her victims survive only because two-dozen knife wounds failed to strike arteries. Bettie Page is sentenced to ten years.
Genre: Suspense/Thriller
29 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles
Genre: Suspense/Thriller
29 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles
Antwan: The Christmas Strangerby NG
Feature Length Version Available. On the eve of Christmas, the life of a lonely young boy takes a miraculous turn when he crosses paths with a compassionate woman, unknowingly setting off a battle for his survival, his freedom, and his last chance at hope.
Genre: Other
45 pages
Cast Size: 4-6 Main/Supporting Roles
Genre: Other
45 pages
Cast Size: 4-6 Main/Supporting Roles
Brotherley Hateby Elliot Stanton
Timing Is Everything... Or Nothing. The responsible brother sees his younger, carefree sibling as a threat to him taking over the family business until fate steps in and changes the future for everyone.
Genre: Drama
16 pages
Cast Size: 4-6 Main/Supporting Roles
Genre: Drama
16 pages
Cast Size: 4-6 Main/Supporting Roles
Bare Bonesby Nan Schmid
While renovating her bathroom, a woman finds bones under the floorboards, then an animal communicator comes to visit and gets imprisoned for murder.
Genre: Crime/Murder/Mystery
5 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles
Genre: Crime/Murder/Mystery
5 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles
The Injured Partyby Elliot Stanton
An injured footballer's anguish is intensified by his manager's curious disassociation with him. While out of the team, footballer Jordan Jeffries can't understand why he is being ghosted, and he wants to know the reason for it. It is a scenario that seasoned professional Ade Akinwande is all too happy to expand on.
Genre: Drama
10 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles
Genre: Drama
10 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles
The Pixie Detectiveby Larry A. Jaggard
A little tomboy pixie detective discovers that her black cat possesses some unusual qualities after she accidentally uncovers an illicit operation taking place at the abandoned shipyard adjacent to her home.
Genre: Drama
25 pages
Cast Size: 4-6 Main/Supporting Roles
Genre: Drama
25 pages
Cast Size: 4-6 Main/Supporting Roles
Let Us Preyby James D. Tuverson III
Three very different men confront themselves and each other during a grueling group-therapy session. One man, however, will discover his greatest struggle is within. If he loses the battle between his morals and urges, he may become the Devil himself. This short was a FINALIST at the 2025 HollyShorts Film Festival.
Genre: Drama
13 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles
Genre: Drama
13 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles
Goodbye, Cruel Worldby Jose Luis Azcarreta
"Goodbye cruel world" is a thriller short film about a desperate man victim of a blackmailer who proposes to a suicidal man, perched on his balcony, to kill the blackmailer before committing suicide....
Genre: Crime/Murder/Mystery
13 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles
Genre: Crime/Murder/Mystery
13 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles
Maui Blueby Frank J Dellipoala
To save her Maui Blue Tours business from a litigious ex-husband, a precision pilot stages a fake mid-air "cartel money drop" that spirals into absurdity when her cat parachutes into a remote valley and is declared a living goddess by a secluded mountain tribe.
Genre: Comedy
23 pages
Cast Size: 4-6 Main/Supporting Roles
Genre: Comedy
23 pages
Cast Size: 4-6 Main/Supporting Roles
Something Borrowedby Frazer Lee
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
Pursuit of Happiness a Constitutional Rightby Fausto Politi
In 2221 happiness is a primary asset that can be achieved by whatever means, even with murder. A man gets the permission to kill his wife being in the dark that his wife had the same permission.
Genre: Fantasy
5 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles
Genre: Fantasy
5 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles
Taking Care of Businessby William Walkerley
Ray meets up with his old pal Mark, who turns out to be looking for someone to take the blame for murdering his benefactress.
Genre: Suspense/Thriller
15 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles
Genre: Suspense/Thriller
15 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles
Ollie & the Kid Commotion in the Oceanby Rick Thrun
In a remote Mexican village, dead fish wash ashore as the sea grows savage. A bold girl and a mysterious shapeshifter must confront a sinister outsider whose electrifying experiments are awakening a deadly force beneath the waves.
Genre: Fantasy
45 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles
Genre: Fantasy
45 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles
Yoo-foesby John Porter
A young journalist tries to discover whether UFOs and space aliens really do exist.
Genre: Sci-Fi
5 pages
Cast Size: 4-6 Main/Supporting Roles
Genre: Sci-Fi
5 pages
Cast Size: 4-6 Main/Supporting Roles
Clella (Pathways Of The Heart)by Diane Yates
In the Ozark Mountains, a selfless woman of indomitable spirit shoulders the weight of the Great Depression, raising six children and tending the farm while her husband turns to drinking, gambling, and womanizing. When he abandons her, a mysterious guitar player arrives on the scene, and she must choose between loyalty to her past and a possible new future. (Based on a true story.)
Genre: Drama
45 pages
Cast Size: 7+ Main/Supporting Roles
Genre: Drama
45 pages
Cast Size: 7+ Main/Supporting Roles
You Get What You Deserveby Jane Tumminello
A self-centered young guy suffers the consequences when he cruelly breaks up with his girlfriend over the phone.
Genre: Horror
5 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles
Genre: Horror
5 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles
Sweet Punchby Elizabeth Appell
An urchin from the streets and huge fan has a dream that if the champion boxer fights tonight, he will kill his opponent. The champ has had the same dream. The boy fails to convince the Champ not to fight. The fight goes on and a lethal left hook fulfills the dream.
Genre: Drama
27 pages
Cast Size: 4-6 Main/Supporting Roles
Genre: Drama
27 pages
Cast Size: 4-6 Main/Supporting Roles
Koscheiby Sidhartha
After a nightmare of fire and screams leads him to hidden gold and a darker truth, Koschei finds himself standing between a ruthless arms syndicate and a catastrophe that could change the nation forever.A silent wanderer haunted by flames from his past races against time to stop a clandestine RDX operation, unaware that the conspiracy is tied to the very tragedy that made him who he is.
Genre: Action/Adventure
9 pages
Cast Size: 4-6 Main/Supporting Roles
Genre: Action/Adventure
9 pages
Cast Size: 4-6 Main/Supporting Roles
Once Blue Now Dead Redby Darryl N. Layne
Mankind has always wondered what happened to our sister planet Mars or as it once was called "Seti". Dak, Band, and Mika environmental scientists is facing a severe environmental crisis. They work tirelessly to save Seti with help from AI android "Guardian". With time running out for Seti, they build a spaceship to migrate to a blue planet we now call Earth. Their desperate attempt lead to a desperate surprising end leading into part two "Spores ".
Genre: Sci-Fi
30 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles
Genre: Sci-Fi
30 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles
Making Wavesby Drew Larimore
A questioning isolated young man in rural Maine pursues a summertime tryst with a local merman.
Genre: Gay/Lesbian
17 pages
Cast Size: 4-6 Main/Supporting Roles
Genre: Gay/Lesbian
17 pages
Cast Size: 4-6 Main/Supporting Roles
Don't Believe The Drunk Girlby Tawnie Powell
97%that's what Hana Murphy became part of when it happened. Now, dismissed by her University, she struggles to break free from the statistic and find herself. Spiraling into self-destruction and with her relationships unraveling, Hana is forced to confront the question: What happens to the drunk girl?
Genre: Drama
33 pages
Cast Size: 7+ Main/Supporting Roles
Genre: Drama
33 pages
Cast Size: 7+ Main/Supporting Roles
Gone With The Gulf Streamby Jack Sherry
A military chemical dump in Florida's Panhandle is more than just an environmental disaster. When a deadly bacterial outbreak kills marine life and divers in the Gulf of Mexico, a young woman must escape government cover-ups and corporate corruption after losing her boyfriend and father figure to the contaminated waters.
Genre: Drama
14 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles
Genre: Drama
14 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles
Crossing Armageddonby Peyton Burkhart
An angelic warrior attempts to rally a small ragtag troop of soldiers to battle a demon horde to settle an ancient score. Help arrives in a most unusual way, in form of a most unusual savior.
Genre: Fantasy
19 pages
Cast Size: 7+ Main/Supporting Roles
Genre: Fantasy
19 pages
Cast Size: 7+ Main/Supporting Roles
Timeoutby Dewayne
When a biotech researcher oversees the final trial of a revolutionary nanocell therapy, the treatment succeeds beyond expectation, rapidly healing its human subject. But as the cells begin coordinating, communicating, and optimizing without command, the subject's individuality quietly dissolves. Locked out of her own systems, the researcher realizes the therapy isn't curing disease but completing human biology itself, spreading through exposure and rendering autonomy obsolete as progress calmly decides who remains inefficient by d
Genre: Sci-Fi
15 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles
Genre: Sci-Fi
15 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles
The Preyby John Porter
Two promiscuous businessmen plan to pick up a beautiful young woman--who plans to pick them up.
Genre: Drama
10 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles
Genre: Drama
10 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles
The Openingby Jon McDonald
At an erotic art opening, the patrons react, amusingly, to the sexy art. The Ice Queen gallery owner, Laura, ignored by her flirting husband, is approached by one of her young and sexy artists. He offers her the gift of exotic perfume, making clear he is seeking more. She evades him, but the perfume and the art open her up to new possibilities.
Genre: Romance
11 pages
Cast Size: 4-6 Main/Supporting Roles
Genre: Romance
11 pages
Cast Size: 4-6 Main/Supporting Roles
A Very Ordinary Dayby Chris Fell
A young couple navigates a day filled with the man's anxiety and the woman's experiences of sexual harassment, painting a sobering picture of the psychological challenges and gender-based aggressions that constitute a "very ordinary day" for many.
Genre: Drama
6 pages
Cast Size: 4-6 Main/Supporting Roles
Genre: Drama
6 pages
Cast Size: 4-6 Main/Supporting Roles
Cut Baitby Michael Dean Meyers
Stinging from betrayal, a fiery young woman pursues gruesome punishment for a cocky young man and his wimpy buddy after she discovers he's shared an intimate photo of her on his group chat. Hell hath no fury, and friendship hath no boundary.
Genre: Suspense/Thriller
10 pages
Cast Size: 4-6 Main/Supporting Roles
Genre: Suspense/Thriller
10 pages
Cast Size: 4-6 Main/Supporting Roles
Survivors Will Be Prosecutedby Barry Staff
Wanting a solemn vigil at his dying mother's bedside, a man needs to deal with a pesky insect threatening to make the situation laughable.
Genre: Comedy
10 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles
Genre: Comedy
10 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles
High Concept Harryby Ronald V. Micci
Hollywood talent agent Harry Fleck's development exec girlfriend is in the habit of sending purple passionate love letters to him stuck in with the contracts she sends, letters that should they fall into the hands of Harry's tough-as-nails wife, would spell disaster. He is able to intercept one such letter to keep his wife from seeing it.
Genre: Comedy
26 pages
Cast Size: 4-6 Main/Supporting Roles
Genre: Comedy
26 pages
Cast Size: 4-6 Main/Supporting Roles
Return to Nam, Behind Memoriesby Muresan Marta
Decades after the Vietnam War, a former idealist named Lee returns to the country where he lost his innocenceuncovering ghosts of the past, confronting guilt and trauma, and searching for reconciliation in a journey that bridges generations.
Genre: Non-Fiction/History
38 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles
Genre: Non-Fiction/History
38 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles
Prioritiesby John Porter
A young radio talk show host must choose between solving the problems of the world and attending his son's grammar school play.
Genre: Comedy
5 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles
Genre: Comedy
5 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles
Midnightby DJ Robbins
At Midnight, June meets the terrifying, murderous entity known as the Midnight Woman.
Genre: Horror
2 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles
Genre: Horror
2 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles
Light Before Morningby Nyki King
A terminally ill 10-year-old boy named Kobe chooses to spend his final days inspiring acts of kindness, transforming his fractured family and community while leaving behind a legacy far greater than the time he has left.
Genre: Drama
45 pages
Cast Size: 4-6 Main/Supporting Roles
Genre: Drama
45 pages
Cast Size: 4-6 Main/Supporting Roles
Take My Handby Jay Hodgkins
A serial killer seeks a cure for loneliness when he develops a special relationship with the severed hand of one of his victims, only to discover it points him in the direction of true love.
Genre: Horror
12 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles
Genre: Horror
12 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles
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