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NYC Horror Fest Announces Screenplay Contest Results
The NYC Horror Film Festival has announced its Screenplay Finalists, Semi-Finalists and Official Selections:
2021 NYCHFF FEATURE SCREENPLAY FINALISTS:
BLOOD WINTER by Chris Bean
DINNER THEATER by Emil Terziev
FIRST GIRL by Kevin Sluder
HUNGRY by L.A. Hart
NIGHTMARE AT CAMP BLOODBATH by Dylan Arnow
OLIVIA'S WAR by Avishai Weinberger
SATAN'S PRIDE by Jon Chamis
SOMA by Ian Hand
THE BLOOD OF ALL by Michael Smallwood
THE VIRGIN by Trysta A. Bissett
2021 NYCHFF SHORT SCREENPLAY FINALISTS:
MATCHSTICK by Philip Tice
THE PRESERVE by Jason Rice
THESE FACES by Jason Rice
2021 NYCHFF FEATURE SCREENPLAY SEMI-FINALISTS:
BEWARE, WOLF! by David Lieberman, Jacky Revah, Itzik Revah
BFFS NEVER SAY DIE by K. Jennifer Ilagan
CARNEVIL by Frank Paul D'Angeli
DARK TERRAIN by Stephen Kayfish
FICUS REX by Emmet Loverde, Larry Maraviglia
GABACHO ROAD by Tyler Taylor
SING FOR ME by Veronica Felicity Johnson
SNARE by Neil D. Krolicki
SPARKS by Jon Freda
THE MAN IN THE HAT by Phyllis Allison
2021 NYCHFF SHORT SCREENPLAY SEMI-FINALISTS:
CYCLE LUNAIRE by Mark Dispenza
GRAVEN by Michael Clifton
VIRTUOSO by Zoe Jordan
2021 NYCHFF SCREENPLAY OFFICIAL SELECTIONS:
Features
APOLLO'S CURSE by David E. Tolchinsky
DARK OBJECTS by Dillon Douglas Slack
FORKLIFT GLADIATORS by Nik Wendelsdorf
NATALIA by Rosalyn Rosen
REVELATORY by Patrick Mediate
SILVER STATE by Andrew McAllister, Aaron Strongoni
THE AMERSAND INN by C.J. Arellano
Shorts
AFFLICTION by Laura Fielder
IMPRINT by Lee Bailes
LOVESICK by Michael Muchnij
SMILE MORE by Julianna Marie
ZOMBIES ON A BUS by Janet L. Loftis
Updated: 11/15/2021
Additional Contest Info: New York City Horror Film Festival Screenplay Competition
ScriptLinks
Post Your Script Here!Henry, Henry
Convinced that he murdered a priest he caught abusing a child, ex-priest Henry fractured into two warring personalities, until the insights of his illness help him bring down a dangerous child-trafficking network.
Bubbling Under the Surface
After an elderly Holocaust survivor is nearly murdered in her nursing home bed, her family and the Muslim carer who saved her are pulled into a widening chain of antisemitic attacks, domestic violence, and police investigation that threatens both communities before the hatred spreads further.
AT THE MERCY OF FAITH
A former preacher, haunted by the tragic rape/murder of his twin sister, spirals into darkness as supernatural forces, both angelic and demonic, wage war for his soul.
e-DEAD
After a near-death experience, a woman discovers her dating app matches are ghosting her because they really are ghosts leaving her clues in order to solve their murders.
Whirlabout
A New York actor returns to his decaying hometown to care for his father, only to uncover dark family secrets, confront a lifetime of abuse, and face a harrowing moral reckoning that could either destroy—or finally heal—his fractured family.
Eternal Blessings
A dying woman enters a time portal to confront her criminal past, only to realize that what she seeks is in the present--but getting back is proving harder than she thought.
Psychotic USA
A dramedy. A razor-sharp satiric view of the laughable state of modern psychiatric treatment as seen through the lens of four patients in an asylum.
Virgin, Warrior, Priest, Hero
Over three decades, Lucy passes through innocence, violent delusion, tenderness, and ultimately grace - fractured versions of a soul struggling to survive a world that continually misreads her.
A LITTLE FAVOR
A former fighter pilot is asked, by the colonel who blackballed him, to do a little favor: use his quick reflexes to fly to the Sun, reach in and pluck out 2 off-course, discarded doomsday bombs before next Wednesday evening when they’ll explode, nudging the Sun, causing major global warming.
La Hacienda
An inter-racial Latino/White couple arrive in Mexico, during the Day of the Dead, to renovate a hacienda just purchased by her rich, white parents, they soon discover its haunted by the former residents who lived during the Mexican Revolution; they must figure out how to transform their crippling grief over losing a baby girl, so they aren't doomed to repeat the spirits' murderous past.
