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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!The Ephod
Based on a true story. After a troubling Bible study shakes her lifelong Catholic faith, a woman experiences a vivid dream turned Spirit encounter when a mysterious Black Noble Man enters her dream and began preaching to her with passion and authority.
Psycho-Hearts
A world-class heart transplant surgeon is an absolute magician at finding compatible hearts for wealthy clients.
A DAY AT THE RODEO
A wealthy, widowed New York socialite, and a know-it-all preacher enters the unfamiliar world of rodeo, determined to “rescue” the widow’s wayward daughter who has fallen for a young bull rider.
A Man Who Thinks He Knows Who Really Killed the President
To feel worthy of Madeline, the love of his life, George takes on the scars of the nation and goes mad.
The Loss of Heaven
In 1961, a guilt-ridden Catholic schoolboy convinced he has damned himself and his family by breaking "Divine Law" must confront fear, superstition, and a violent bully after a tragic church fire forces him to become the hero he never believed he could be.
Rebecca Saves the Human Web
A teenage girl in a violent future inhabits the gentle spirit of her murdered grandmother and discovers that acts of violence are connected through an invisible emotional web; together they learn to prevent tragedies amid the threat of violent global collapse.
Translation
Two strangers meet at a bar and discover they share more in common than either expected, navigating identity, attraction, and the courage to be truly seen by another person.
Flatus Maximus
In 9 A.D., a pacifist Roman teenager with a deadly cinnamon allergy is conscripted by a ruthless general to weaponize the one thing he's always been ashamed of — and must choose between his homeland and the people who showed him kindness.
The Casing
After a pickleball injury leaves a strange mark on a retiree's shin, he discovers a trans-dimensional anomaly that will either ruin his life or change it forever.
Hitler in Hell
Bored with his luxury accommodations in the underworld, Adolf Hitler requests a meeting with Satan to negotiate an upgrade — but every promotion comes with a price designed specifically for history's most infamous monster.
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