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Result #281
The Horse-Drawn Hearseby Jason K. Allen
Date Posted: 01 Feb 2022
On Halloween night, young trick-or-treater Daniel Taylor catches a glimpse of the town's sinister old undertaker -- and turns out to be the last person to see him alive. (In the vein of the original Twilight Zone. Award-winning screenwriter and journalist; see IMDB for writer's credits.)
Genre: Suspense/Thriller
10 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles
Genre: Suspense/Thriller
10 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles
Result #282
The Giftby Jason K. Allen
Date Posted: 01 Feb 2022
In 1977, a young man receives a camera that takes disturbing pictures. (1 location, 1 actor. Produced writer, see IMDB for credits.)
Genre: Horror
3 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles
Genre: Horror
3 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles
Result #283
Night of the Swingin' Deadby Jason K. Allen
Date Posted: 01 Feb 2022
A zombie desires to dance like his hero, Fred Astaire. But first he must find a willing teacher. (Comedy/horror. 1 location, 2 main actors. Winner of Best Short Screenplay at Nashville Film Festival Screenwriting Competition.)
Genre: Comedy
12 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles
Genre: Comedy
12 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles
Result #284
Rise of the Plutoniansby Jason K. Allen
Date Posted: 01 Feb 2022
The Plutonians are a secret club that promotes and restores honor to those things that get no respect or have gone out of style: yo-yos, paper airplanes, VCR's, gluten, Pluto, and more. Albert wants to join, but he faces a difficult initiation process.
Genre: Comedy
10 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles
Genre: Comedy
10 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles
Result #285
Zaryaby Jason K. Allen
Date Posted: 01 Feb 2022
Two fishermen visit a secluded lake where they hope to catch the big one. Instead, they encounter a mysterious lake creature known as Zarya. (1 location, 3 actors. Top 20 Horror Short on Coverfly's The Red List. Finalist, Atlanta Film Festival & Nashville Film Festival screenwriting competitions.)
Genre: Horror
10 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles
Genre: Horror
10 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles
Result #286
Frolic #1by Jason K. Allen
Date Posted: 01 Feb 2022
During her lunch break, an uptight business woman who's having a bad day decides to go for a frolic in a field. Unfortunately, she has never frolicked before and can't quite get the hang of it. (1 location, 2 actors. Award-winning screenwriter and journalist; see IMDB for writer's credits.)
Genre: Comedy
7 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles
Genre: Comedy
7 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles
Result #287
Your Face Is Killing Meby Jason K. Allen
Date Posted: 01 Feb 2022
A shallow young man decides to break up with his beautiful, kindhearted girlfriend because of her occasional unattractive facial expression. (1 location, 3 actors. Award-winning screenwriter and journalist; see IMDB for writer's credits.)
Genre: Romantic Comedy
5 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles
Genre: Romantic Comedy
5 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles
Result #288
Fun Sizeby Jason K. Allen
Date Posted: 01 Feb 2022
A young trick-or-treater seeks revenge after receiving a "fun size" candy bar. (Horror/comedy. 1 location, 2 actors.)
Genre: Horror
3 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles
Genre: Horror
3 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles
Result #289
The Last Picnicby Jason K. Allen
Date Posted: 01 Feb 2022
Four hipsters pack their lunch and excitedly head into the woods for their first ever wilderness picnic. Unfortunately, it all goes very, very wrong. (Dark comedy/horror/satire. 1 location, 4 actors.)
Genre: Comedy
17 pages
Cast Size: 4-6 Main/Supporting Roles
Genre: Comedy
17 pages
Cast Size: 4-6 Main/Supporting Roles
Result #290
The Big Digby Jason K. Allen
Date Posted: 01 Feb 2022
Pete once heard that if you dig a hole far enough you will end up in China. So one day he takes a shovel and decides to find out for himself. Several months later he emerges in a strange land that is definitely not China. (Sci-Fi/Fantasy/Dark Comedy. Award-winning screenwriter and journalist; see IMDB for writer's credits.)
Genre: Sci-Fi
4 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles
Genre: Sci-Fi
4 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles
Result #291
Lunch with Lelandby Jason K. Allen
Date Posted: 01 Feb 2022
On a whim, a restless young business woman buys lunch for a homeless stranger, and soon they strike up a friendship which transforms their lives forever. (3 actors, 1 main location. Finalist, Nashville Film Festival Screenwriting Competition. Award-winning writer and journalist; see IMDB for writer's credits.)
Genre: Drama
12 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles
Genre: Drama
12 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles
Result #292
Momby Jason K. Allen
Date Posted: 01 Feb 2022
A woman looks out her kitchen window and sees her long dead mother in the vegetable garden. But how did she get there? And what is she doing? (Horror/dark comedy. 1 location, 2 actors.)
Genre: Horror
1 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles
Genre: Horror
1 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles
Result #293
Be Right Backby Clayton White
Date Posted: 01 Feb 2022
In a dark parking lot, two young brothers wait in the car for their Dad to return from the bar. They hope it's soon...an evil man lurks in the shadows.
Genre: Drama
8 pages
Cast Size: 4-6 Main/Supporting Roles
Genre: Drama
8 pages
Cast Size: 4-6 Main/Supporting Roles
Result #294
Stand My Groundby Clayton White
Date Posted: 01 Feb 2022
A grieving Father dreams of killing his son's murderer. If only he could think of a way to get away with it...and then, he has an idea.
Genre: Drama
6 pages
Cast Size: 7+ Main/Supporting Roles
Genre: Drama
6 pages
Cast Size: 7+ Main/Supporting Roles
Result #295
Heroin Ratby Simon Parker
Date Posted: 31 Jan 2022
Fresh out of prison, a man twisted by revenge hunts down the Heroin Rat who put him behind bars.
Genre: Drama
10 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles
Genre: Drama
10 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles
Result #296
Power. A Kinetic Person's Power.by Kenneth Adrian Ellis
Date Posted: 31 Jan 2022
Through encounters with Superman, Spiderman, Luke Skywalker and more, a young boy comes to see that 'superpowers' are actually gifts from God - and that he too is so blessed.
Genre: Family
9 pages
Cast Size: 7+ Main/Supporting Roles
Genre: Family
9 pages
Cast Size: 7+ Main/Supporting Roles
Result #297
Red, Ed Betty and the History Channelby Andrew Wells
Date Posted: 30 Jan 2022
Elderly pill popper, Red, gets a visit from his daughter and her new bride just as an ice storm freezes the satellite dish. The daughter wants a donation to impregnate her wife, but the wife has other ideas.
Genre: Comedy
13 pages
Cast Size: 4-6 Main/Supporting Roles
Genre: Comedy
13 pages
Cast Size: 4-6 Main/Supporting Roles
Result #298
Beyond The Brokenby Alan Bovinett
Date Posted: 28 Jan 2022
Twenty years after graduation, can college best-friendship survive sudden suicide, deferred dreams, and carefully constructed personas come undone? Take a creatively intimate look at mental health challenges, our inner voices via vfx, and the pursuit of well-being beyond the broken.
Beyond The Broken is an anthology of mental health serials exploring BIPOC, adolescent, LGBTQIA+, work cohort and other compelling groups' mental health stories and their paths to well being. This pilot focuses on Black women.
Genre: Drama
45 pages
Cast Size: 4-6 Main/Supporting Roles
Genre: Drama
45 pages
Cast Size: 4-6 Main/Supporting Roles
Result #299
The Cult of Dionysusby Yaroslav Tryniv
Date Posted: 27 Jan 2022
Macarius must hold the throne and resist the cunning tricks and deceptions of his enemy Auxentius.
Genre: Suspense/Thriller
25 pages
Cast Size: 7+ Main/Supporting Roles
Genre: Suspense/Thriller
25 pages
Cast Size: 7+ Main/Supporting Roles
Result #300
Stand Up for Meby Lisa Hagen
Date Posted: 27 Jan 2022
Five, potty-mouthed women gather for an off-coloured bridal shower and to support one bridesmaid dealing with cancer by all shaving their heads for the wedding ---including the bride.
Genre: Comedy
10 pages
Cast Size: 4-6 Main/Supporting Roles
Genre: Comedy
10 pages
Cast Size: 4-6 Main/Supporting Roles
Result #301
Legends of Gaitana and immortal sistersby JOEL GOODWIN SHINAALI
Date Posted: 26 Jan 2022
Mother earth creates her spiritual children to her make a wonderful universe but evil conquers the heart of her children as they plot to kill each other in order to conquer the earth.
Genre: Fantasy
41 pages
Cast Size: 7+ Main/Supporting Roles
Genre: Fantasy
41 pages
Cast Size: 7+ Main/Supporting Roles
Result #302
Back from Europeby JOEL GOODWIN SHINAALI
Date Posted: 26 Jan 2022
A man left in Kenya to invest on her fiancee's foreign money but spends the money on ladies and party untile COVID-19 strikes Europe and her fiancee who was studying partly is forced to return home to her love.
Genre: Comedy
6 pages
Cast Size: 4-6 Main/Supporting Roles
Genre: Comedy
6 pages
Cast Size: 4-6 Main/Supporting Roles
Result #303
TenFoldby Brandon Peters
Date Posted: 26 Jan 2022
Detective William Hendricks has one last suspect to question to avoid this case from becoming the perfect crime
Genre: Crime/Murder/Mystery
26 pages
Cast Size: 4-6 Main/Supporting Roles
Genre: Crime/Murder/Mystery
26 pages
Cast Size: 4-6 Main/Supporting Roles
Result #304
8 Minutes with Godby Neil Fergus
Date Posted: 26 Jan 2022
A man meets another man in a park and profoundly alters the course of his life.
Genre: Drama
8 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles
Genre: Drama
8 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles
Result #305
The Touristby Neil Fergus
Date Posted: 26 Jan 2022
A pair of pick pockets ply their trade successfully in New York City until they steal the wallet of the wrong mark, who happens to work for the CIA. Now, the pair is on the run with a device that could alter world events and both the CIA and nefarious groups are out to catch them or kill them.
Genre: Drama
25 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles
Genre: Drama
25 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles
Result #306
Widow's Walkby Neil Fergus
Date Posted: 26 Jan 2022
A woman who buys a new house by the sea shore to find it is haunted by the ghost of a wife of a Captain who was lost at sea 200 years ago. The woman investigates the house and the ghost and discovers a mystery that may turn deadly.
Genre: Horror
35 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles
Genre: Horror
35 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles
Result #307
Next Rest Stop, 2.5 Million Light Yearsby Daniel Broderick
Date Posted: 26 Jan 2022
A futuristic update of the good old fashioned family road trip. The Boffs family heads to the happiest place in the universe in their minivan sized space ship, playing new fangled games and enjoying unusual snacks on the trip -- until they take a rest stop on this unknown blue planet and get stranded. When the opportunity arises to leave, why is the teenage son the only one who wants to stay?
Genre: Sci-Fi
16 pages
Cast Size: 4-6 Main/Supporting Roles
Genre: Sci-Fi
16 pages
Cast Size: 4-6 Main/Supporting Roles
Result #308
Face the Truthby Mark Scrimshaw
Date Posted: 25 Jan 2022
A confident man folds under pressure to have plastic surgery he doesn't need when meeting old friends... with new faces.
Genre: Comedy
13 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles
Genre: Comedy
13 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles
Result #309
Pocketsby Neil Fergus
Date Posted: 25 Jan 2022
A pair of pick pockets ply their trade successfully in New York City until they steal the wallet of the wrong mark, who happens to work for the CIA. Now, the pair is on the run with a device that could alter world events and both the CIA and nefarious groups are out to catch them or kill them.
Genre: Suspense/Thriller
40 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles
Genre: Suspense/Thriller
40 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles
Result #310
Compassionby Vincent Turner
Date Posted: 24 Jan 2022
Three pot smoking buddies are on the hunt for some rare free flowers.
Genre: Comedy
18 pages
Cast Size: 7+ Main/Supporting Roles
Genre: Comedy
18 pages
Cast Size: 7+ Main/Supporting Roles
Result #311
Voodoo Trap 3by Melissa Diane Hudson
Date Posted: 24 Jan 2022
An Army Veteran who suffers from mental issues suspects his wife of poisoning him. However, he has no wife at all.
Genre: Suspense/Thriller
3 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles
Genre: Suspense/Thriller
3 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles
Result #312
Johnnie Maeby Melissa Diane Hudson
Date Posted: 24 Jan 2022
A dying woman wins the lottery and only has five days to live and five days to spend a fortune before it goes to the next winner.
Genre: Family
8 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles
Genre: Family
8 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles
Result #313
Sins of a manby JOEL GOODWIN SHINAALI
Date Posted: 23 Jan 2022
A woman from a rich family goes to hustles to maintain her Christian life while his uncle works with goons and her husband' relative to take her future inheritance of a multimillion fashion company.
Genre: Drama
25 pages
Cast Size: 7+ Main/Supporting Roles
Genre: Drama
25 pages
Cast Size: 7+ Main/Supporting Roles
Result #314
Murdererby Victor Titimas
Date Posted: 21 Jan 2022
After a botched mugging, a guilt ridden murder suspect recounts the life of his most recent victim to the police.
Genre: Drama
5 pages
Cast Size: 7+ Main/Supporting Roles
Genre: Drama
5 pages
Cast Size: 7+ Main/Supporting Roles
Result #315
The Dateby Jody Ellis
Date Posted: 20 Jan 2022
A woman agrees to be the wedding date of a guy she meets online, only to find herself an unwilling wedding crasher.
Genre: Comedy
10 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles
Genre: Comedy
10 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles
Result #316
Stuckby Jody Ellis
Date Posted: 20 Jan 2022
A broke young man, reeling from a recent break-up, decides to rob a convenience store to pay his rent. Things go sideways when his ex happens to enter the store in the middle of the stick-up.
Genre: Comedy
10 pages
Cast Size: 4-6 Main/Supporting Roles
Genre: Comedy
10 pages
Cast Size: 4-6 Main/Supporting Roles
Result #317
Tamaleby Leo Maselli & Donna Mae F
Date Posted: 19 Jan 2022
Abigail fled an abusive marriage years ago and headed for California to find the “American Dream” only to find that dreams come with their own walls to break through.
Genre: Gay/Lesbian
17 pages
Cast Size: 4-6 Main/Supporting Roles
Genre: Gay/Lesbian
17 pages
Cast Size: 4-6 Main/Supporting Roles
Result #318
Our Little Cabin in the Woodsby Vernon Smith
Date Posted: 19 Jan 2022
While staying at hers and her husband's vacation cabin in the woods, Nancy relives the memories made there.
Genre: Suspense/Thriller
10 pages
Cast Size: 4-6 Main/Supporting Roles
Genre: Suspense/Thriller
10 pages
Cast Size: 4-6 Main/Supporting Roles
Result #319
Pretty Piranhaby Tom Bragg
Date Posted: 19 Jan 2022
When Joseph hears from Donna he strongly believes this is the chance to get out of the friend zone and mean something more to his object of desire.
Genre: Romantic Comedy
7 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles
Genre: Romantic Comedy
7 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles
Result #320
Terror Underneathby NG
Date Posted: 18 Jan 2022
Feature Length Version Available. Limited location/characters. A group of thugs, who recently robbed and killed a lawyer and his wife, become the preys of a smart and dangerous shark living underneath the house they chose as hideout.
Genre: Horror
45 pages
Cast Size: 4-6 Main/Supporting Roles
Genre: Horror
45 pages
Cast Size: 4-6 Main/Supporting Roles
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