NYC Horror Fest Names Script Selections
The New York City Horror Film Festival has announced their 2023 Unproduced Short and Feature script selections. This year's hybrid festival will be live December 7th through December 12th at LOOK Dine-In Cinemas (657 W. 57th Street. New York, NY 10019) and online at Eventive from December 8th through December 12th.
2023 OFFICIAL SELECTIONS:
SHORTS:
GUISE by Paul Grammatico
JANICE by Rafael De Leon, Jr.
LITTLE BUG by Shane Thompson
MOTION ALERT by Melanie Ortiz
SCRATCH, SCRATCH by Pierre Langenegger
STRAY by Jason G. Rice
THE FIRST DAY OF SCHOOL by Shane Thompson
THE WONDER YEARS by James Ferda
THESE BONES CAN DANCE by Lauren Brown
UP ON THE HOUSE TOP by Janet L. Loftis
FEATURES:
BLOODBATH by Patrick Tierney
CORNSTALKERS by Michael L. Bayouth
FINAL TABLE by Robert Aiello, Joshua Saland
NEON CRIMSON by Derek Stewart
REVIVAL by Abby Selden
ROMANTICIZING MONSTERS by Ryan M. Andrews
ROUGH CUT by Mitchell V. Slan
THE MEMORY SPHERE by Kevin Sluder
TIL WE DIE by Daniel J. McGuire
TYPHOID MARIA by Timothy Porter
Finalists and Semi-Finalist announcements to follow.
Updated: 11/06/2023
Additional Contest Info: New York City Horror Film Festival Screenplay Competition
ScriptLinks
Post Your Script Here!We Wrestle Not With Flesh And Blood - 2nd TV episode of Free Indeed
Our hero is gifted to see into the supernatural if someone is in need.
Free Indeed
When our heroine sees more than what meets the natural eye, she knows she is on a divine assignment, if she doesn't free a woman from spiritual bondage the woman will die.
HOSEA
The son of the superintendent of international churches is convinced he hears a divine word which he follows, only to face ridicule from his family circle and friends and threats to lose his life from the drug and human trafficking world.
SEE JANE RUN
A young teacher moves back into her hometown.
FINDING CHRISTMAS
A woman gets threatening emails and anonymous calls about her little girl, who had drowned with her husband three years ago.
True Tears - Timeless Fairy Tale
A young princess who grew up hidden in the woods must find her father, the King, to save the kingdom from doom – His twin sister and self-appointed Sorceress Queen, who banished him about 18 years ago, uses all her powers to prevent a successful journey.
The Puzzle People
Berlin cold war aftermath: A Woman reconstructs shredded Stasi documents and stumbles upon a murder committed days after the Fall of the Berlin Wall.
Adapted scene from The Seven Rays
This was the Seven rays Script-a-Scene contest, for the book THE SEVEN RAYS, by Jessica Bendinger.
BORN TO BE YOU
A female seagull gets stranded and injured on an island of flightless cormorants.
Mineral Rights
"An ex-con returns to his hometown and becomes an unlikely leader in the resistance against a powerful mineral drilling companies quest to destroy their community"
