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Killer Shorts Names Top 10 Finalists
Killer Shorts has named their Top 10 finalists for both their Main and 1-Page Categories. The Top 3 winners will be announced on April 25th.
Here are the Top 10 Finalists in the
Main Category:
SARAH WARD, ’97
MARYELLEN DEVIVO, All the Rage
JULIA DIDDY, Cooking Lessons with Baba Yaga
VICTOR RIDAURA, Identidad Raza
ALEXANDER SELTZER, Merrow
ADAM SANTA CRUZ, People Die
JED WOODS, Stud Muffin
JESS C WHEATLEY, The Call Out
PATRICK LOVELAND, Too Many Eyes
ZOE BULLOCK, Witch Hunt
Heads by CHARLENE CLARKE-TODORUK, Incognito Mode by JOSH SCHENKKAN AND MICHAEL MOUNT, Sing the Fucking Song by JOHAN SPIROLAZZI, Stray by JASON RICE and Teller by LIA BERGER also received honorable mentions.
1-page category:
JOSHUA HEATON, A Confession
ANDREW WILCZAK, Bubbles
RENE CLAVEAU, Cluck Cluck
JESS BARTLETT, Duck Duck Goose
CHRIS VANDERHORST, Followers
SANCHEZ TAYLOR, No Life Detected
TRACI LOPER, Pastime
ALISON PRINGLE, Phantom Crying
JOSEPH X CASILLAS, Plateau
JACKIE PEREZ, The Ballerina
Updated: 03/13/2023
Additional Contest Info: The Killer Shorts Horror Short Screenplay Competition
ScriptLinks
Post Your Script Here!SEA-GEN
Searching for her estranged sister, FBI Agent November Knight reluctantly joins an Elite Team, A.
THE ORGANIC SVENGALI
She wants to connect with her dead parents by attending their alma mater; he’s a young genius coasting as a music history professor who cured himself of cancer, and is looking for a fresh mind now that the cancer has returned; their paths and wills are about to cross.
SETTLING THE BOOKS
A rare book dealer uses the reading of his will to seal heirs who he believes wronged him, in a panic room with no air or escape, unless they decode a mystery hidden in a centuries old book; even here the female book appraiser and the investigator must keep their secret.
AT THE MERCY OF FAITH
A 14 year old preacher renounces his faith in God in the wake of a terrifying and traumatic encounter.
CIRQUE D' ETOILES
*** Russian astronaut, thrown out of the space program, hijacks a space taxi going to the International Space Station.
THE SOCIAL POLICE
Twenty years from now, an FBI agent patrols the social media This pilot streamer has it all.
CURIOUS BUDDIES
It's not your mother's buddy movie.
LOTUS OPERANDI
This one is pure Fun! It's a genre buster, Fosse/Verdon meets James Bond, meets All That Jazz and Cabaret! Asian American Black Belt goes undercover for the CIA, to help track down terrorists.
NOCTURNE'S RAINBOW
Kids and their dogs find the Rainbow Bridge in a snowstorm.
THE CALL CENTER
Locusts invade the building, the adherence schedules are off kilter, and one of the night managers is watching TV and preaching the word.
