NYC Horror Film Festival Announces Screenplay Contest Results
THE MORBS by Greg Sisco has been named the winner of the 2022 NYC Horror Film Festival Screenwriting Competition. Head by Joseph Graham was named the Short Script Competition winner.
WINNERS:
Best Unproduced Feature
THE MORBS by Greg Sisco
Best Unproduced Short
HEAD by Joseph Graham
FINALISTS:
Unproduced Features
ABRAHAM VAN HELSING AND THE HUNT FOR JACK THE RIPPER by Gary M. Raskin
Murder Gras by Samuel P. Fortsch, Ryan Williams
Septicemia by Ben Floss
The Murder Show by Shane Spiegel, Justin Reager
Unproduced Shorts
FREEDA by Lorenzo Colonna, Giada Mazzoleni
RANDY NOOMAN’S GREATEST DAY by Aaron S. Barrocas
REFLECTION by Lisa Ovies
THE UNWRAPPING by Patrick Joseph Mediate, Aaron McLane
SEMI-FINALISTS:
Unproduced Features
13th STREET SCARE by Cecilia Copeland
ABYSSUS by Eric Hanson, Derek Stewart
AIRB-N-BLOOD by Aaron Barrocas
PINKY by Scott Caswell
PSYCHOPATHY by Tanya Klein, Jim Cirile
Unproduced Shorts
DO NOT DISTURB WHATEVER IS IN ROOM 255 by Jeremy Herbert
LET’S PLAY A GAME by Shane Thompson
MY DEAD SISTER by Janet L. Loftis
SURPRISE BABY SHOWER by Tim Troemner
THE WESTWOOD WITCH by Gregory Steve Kovacs
Updated: 01/17/2023
Additional Contest Info: New York City Horror Film Festival Screenplay Competition
ScriptLinks
Post Your Script Here!AT THE MERCY OF FAITH
In the wake of a terrifying and traumatic encounter with RUTHLESS characters, a 14 year old minister - mourns his twin sister, and scorns the GOD he once fervently praised.
The March of the 18th
In 1864 the Veteran Reserve Corps was formed to allow disabled Union army men to continue to perform their duty for God and Country.
ELECTRIC
After being electrocuted on the job, a woman has the power to make everyone around her fall in love.
OVERPASS
When a cement truck driver avoids slamming into a Lexus, only to lose his own life, he haunts the Lexus driver and teaches him a powerful life lesson in the process.
I'll Sleep When I'm Dead
L.A. Detective Owen Murphy is on a mission to clear his name on a murder he didn't commit.
HARBINGER
Detective Sandy Marone feels the weight of the world come crashing down on her shoulders as she investigates the mysterious disappearance of another senior citizen, one of several over the past few months.
THE TEST
On an anniversary trip to San Fran Debbie sets up seemingly disinterested husband Jim to test his fidelity, but things spin wildly out of control when Jim instead falls into a trap set by a team of dangerous con-artists ready to take him for a ride and everything he's worth.
THE GLAMOROUS LIFE
A model whose career is fading gets a much-needed vacation and a new outlook on life when she hides out at a Florida beach house with an “odd couple” of twenty-something brothers who are 100% convinced she's a hooker.
DOWN WITH DAD
A 3-time Man of the Year dad Dave McNabb tries to teach his teen son Lincoln a life lesson -- “do good things, good things happen.
TAKEN AWAY
Two 16 year-olds, one a foul-mouthed cutter, the other a church boy, become unlikely allies when they are snatched from separate states and brought to a remote hideaway by an inexperienced kidnapper and his mother who's fresh out of prison and terminal.
