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Doors of MiraclesA young woman’s faith is tested, she is filled with the Holy Spirit and transcended through the universe to the Heavens to be returned to Earth with the power to heal, a direct link to God, God speaks and The Holy Spirit intercedes her response. Script Excerpt |
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The ScreecherDecebal Cornea direct descendant of Radu the Handsome the younger brother of Vlad III Dracula, unkown to him, is racing against him to catch The Screecher before he does preventing him to build his army of bloodsuckers. Script Excerpt |
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and The Devil called!The Devil is so confident of the acceptance by God`s chosen-one he appears as himself with gifts and, `you will be my bride`, when rejected, he sends in his tri-step-headed-charcoaled alien goons, to examine her brain. Script Excerpt |
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Misfortune CookiesAccidentally killing an elderly Chinese chef during a botched robbery, an oafish redneck teenager and her misfit friends begin dying one by one when the chef's ghost returns from the grave, killing them in gruesome fortune cookie-themed ways. Script Excerpt |
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VisionsA teenager is haunted by visions of classmates' murders. She suspects her strange father may be the killer. |
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The 49th DayA young girl’s imaginary friend starts killing her family off, one by one. But how can you stop Death when she wants to play? (This script has won multiple grand prizes and was selected for The 2016 BloodList.) Script Excerpt |
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Time Before the FallA famous movie director harboring dark sins and nightmares of war tries to persuade his granddaughter not to make a biographical drama about his life while subconsciously knowing he needs it for his redemption. His secrets come to light when a young actress channels the spirit of his missing wife. Script Excerpt |
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RestorationAs an introverted art restorer succumbs to the evil temptations of an ancient painting, otherworldly forces attempt to stop her from unleashing the painting's unholy power. Script Excerpt |
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In SilenceWhen a man's silent struggle with grief and depression becomes too overwhelming to bear, an attempt to end his suffering awakens a spirit in his house that pulls him back from death's grip. |
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Perfect ContritionA traumatized priest haunted by visions of his violent past obligingly serves a rural parish while indulging in a long distance affair, but his vindictive compulsion is sparked when he’s wrongly blamed for the deaths of two troubled altar boys. Script Excerpt |
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The AWNINGTroubled commuters take shelter from a sudden downpour on a Chinatown street corner, only to be tormented by the elderly man in their midst selling unique umbrellas and dispensing cryptic wisdom. Script Excerpt |
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Tam LinIn a modern romantic fantasy based on an ancient Scottish fairy tale, a strong young woman risks everything to save her mysterious lover from the evil Fairy Queen, and bring him back to a world he's never known. |
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The Demon of Hope StreetA homeless vet discovers that a deranged street preacher is murdering his followers to send them to heaven — and if he doesn’t stop him, he might be next. Script Excerpt |
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E PLURIBUS UNUMVirginia 1860 – when a profitable, free plantation founded by disguised aliens and supported by famous Abolitionists is attacked by pro-slavers, two former slaves - a fighter and a pacifist, leave to seek help from newly-elected President Lincoln. Script Excerpt |
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TandemgenitorI’m here to reboot, repair or reset the earth’s population as we know it |
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LONG PATH TO PEACEA drug lord's incorruptible and alienated step-son escapes into the wilderness where he saves his immortal Guide - the father he’s always wanted, from a never-ending, guilt-fueled nightmare. Script Excerpt |
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God's WarriorGod chooses a young woman to be His Warrior but fails to warn her, of the formidable opponents which collude to destroy her. |
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Popsicle DeathA neighborhood Popsicle vendor kills himself for not being paid by yet another self-involved child, but retribution does not die with him. Can the boy survive the night? What if he says, it's just not his fault? This screenplay in part once formed the core of "Gray and Lover The Hearth Tales Incident" (along with "Sarah" & "Poor Lord Ritchie", also hosted here). Finalist screenplay at 13Horror.com film & screenplay contest Could also work well for an animated piece. |
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SOUTH WIND COMEFleeing for their lives from a ruthless assassin in a drug cartel, a teenager and her father receive unexpected help from a mysterious ancestor returning from a two-century sojourn into the dark night of the soul. |
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DuplicitousA father takes his young disabled son to the country to reconnect in an old Victorian, but their stay becomes one of regret after a malevolent presence is awakened. Script Excerpt |
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The Waterwheel ForestThe Waterwheel Forest is a fantasy drama short about the young boys working in a turn of the century steel mill and what happens to them during a mill disaster. |
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Supernatural - InterventionSam sets up an unusual intervention to address Dean's alcoholism. Script Excerpt |
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SerenityA fallen advertising executive finds redemption after an unlikely meeting with a mysterious man in a soup kitchen. |
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THE DEEP ENDCharacter-driven psychological horror thriller set in a suburban house, with a disturbed female lead and a shocking twist ending, inspired by Henry James' "Turn of the Screw". Two children seem to be haunted by the ghost of their dead mother's secret lover, as seen through the eyes of a young, troubled woman hired as a nanny while their father leaves town on business. Their suburban house evolves into a nightmare world of psychological evil that seems to emanate from the back-yard pool. Hook: is there a ghost in the house, or is the nanny imagining it and going mad? Script Excerpt |
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The CallA young, untested convert to the Christian faith, faces and defeats his temptation to steal a wallet containing $1,500 by playing an imaginary baseball game to avoid letting himself and his team of fellow believers down; meanwhile, his adversary, the Devil, and his team, will use every trick in the book to make sure that he does fail. Script Excerpt |
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meet The Devil!An award-winning journalist who doesn`t accept the existence of God or the Devil, on interviewing the author of such a book finds himself in Hell, calling for God. Script Excerpt |
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TORMENTED SOULMephisto has “supped with the Devil” and she wants payment - the eternal servitude of their innocent love-child, so Mephisto hides Ryan in the future where as an adult he's drawn to the “dark side” – a sure-fire way into Hell, compelling Mephisto to deliver a painful lesson to save his son's soul. Script Excerpt |
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Supernatural - I Got You, BabeWhen a John Lennon impersonator gets killed by the doppelganger of Mark David Chapman, Sam and Dean step in to find out why on a cruise ship full of celebrity impersonators heading for Bermuda. Script Excerpt |
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Perfect ProphetA death metal atheist with a tortured religious past becomes the target of his satanic fan base because they think he's something more. Check out the novel and its sequels, Prophet Reborn & Perfect Sacrifices published in 2020 and 2023. Script Excerpt |
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Because The NightBelieve in love too real to feel. Within the walls of a mystifying seaside mansion, a hard-headed heiress and the house's enigmatic owner investigate a concealed room where they penetrate another dimension and must struggle to comprehend fading boundaries of time, space and reality. |
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MeonHumanity seems faced by an imminent quantum leap when the planet Earth is immersed for 20 long seconds in an intercosmic wall of light. Through the combination of ancient, metaphysical codes with the ultimate in modern science, Dr. Sean Saquasta and his team decipher the key to an inexhaustible source of energy , a gigantic golden ball, the control over which unleashes a perfidious battle. Script Excerpt |
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Gray and Lover - The Hearth Tales IncidentDemons frighten people but fear Gray and Lover. A female steampunk duo are contracted to stop "Demon" from terrorizing Seattle before it finds a famous horror writer conjured by his unfaithful and murderous golddigger wife back in LA. Andromeda Film Festival - Best Screenplay Circus Road Films Screenplay Contest - Semi-Finalist All Genre Screenplay Contest - Official Selection |
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RONALD'S WRAPRonald's forgetfulness lands him and his girlfriend in a strawberry field dealing with a situation that pops up challenging his ability to protect both of them. Unfortunately, he may have foiled himself right into a horrifying consequence. |
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The SchoharieA volunteer firefighter of Native American descent must convince a small town sheriff with a grudge that a vengeful Indian spirit is bent on destroying their town with the flood waters of a nearby creek. Inspired by the actual Schoharie Creek bridge collapse of 1987. Now available as a novel. Script Excerpt |
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SACRIFICEDIn 1995, an apostate Detective investigates a Mephistophelian antique dealer linked to religious murders and unveils some horrific family truths. Script Excerpt |
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The Devil and the DeuceTwo Devils' minions attempt to kill a priest running a refuge for teenagers but instead fight each other over moral qualms and romantic complications. Script Excerpt |
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Homeward BoundFamily and friends on earth eagerly pray for the healing of a woman who lays dying in a hospital room; meanwhile, another group of family and friends eagerly wait for the same woman to arrive in Paradise. |
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Ilium RidgeTo brothers Zeus, Poseidon and Hades, the First World War is but a game to stave off the boredom of immortality. To Captain Achilles, the Man Who Cannot Be Killed, it is a curse to be avoided at all costs, as the gods, battles and magic of Homer's Iliad are transplanted to the bloody trenches of the last century. |
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The East Is ClosedA college student experiences hallucinations that he believes are clairvoyant predictors of future events and finds himself in the middle of a terrorist plot when his brother is implicated in a murder conspiracy involving an L.A. sex cult.?? |
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THE CLICK-CLACK MANMurray screamed in desperation as the train headed straight for Darius who had just managed to stand, the train hit him head-on pulling him underneath the carriage breaking every bone in his body tossing him around like a ragdoll. Script Excerpt |
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THE HIDDEN WORLDA holiday was exactly what Chris and his family needed. A chance to relax and spend quality time with each other. They couldn't wait to stay in one of the cozy cabins and go hiking in the forest. But this was no ordinary holiday destination, this place had secrets and they were secrets that were not of this world. Script Excerpt |
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BLOODLINESNate watched in horror as Hugo's bones started to crack causing him to grimace in pain. His jaw dislocated and his face contorted pushing outwards to form a muzzle. His fingers snapped backward and forward as they lengthened and his fingernails were torn apart as claws forced their way through his flesh. Long sharp teeth ripped through his gums filling his mouth with blood. Script Excerpt |
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RediscoveryTwo simple-minded brothers work part time science lab and find machinery in an unauthorized area that unknowingly transports them to Spain years before their time—and now they must figure out where they are, how they got there, and how to get back home. |
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The BenchA suicidal businessman recovers when he meets two men sitting on a bench in a public park; Father God who has His own personal crisis and the Holy Spirit who comforts Him when Jesus joins their conversation. Script Excerpt |
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The RemnantSupernatural thriller: Young newlywed Dar Beaumont struggles to hold her life and marriage together amid her growing terror that a prehistoric man has taken up residence in her mind and may be directing her behavior. Script Excerpt |
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Fangly5-year-old vampire kid wants to attend day school with his human friends, but sunlight will kill him. |
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A Guy ... With SpiritA Valley Girl’s romantic rendezvous, arranged through an online dating service, results in a menage a trios that is literally out of this world. (FINALIST: BEST SHORT SCRIPT - 2023 LONELY WOLF INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL (LONDON) Script Excerpt |
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GOING ALONEWhen a biologist working on aN important environmental report dies mysteriously, his estranged daughter takes over his work while an assassin is closing in. Script Excerpt |
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DAMAGE CONTROLWhen the innocent Captain of a Special Ops Unit takes responsibility for the death of his 2nd in Command, a villainous Assistant DA seizes the opportunity to bury him, unaware the Captain’s crew – living AND dead, will fight the injustice |
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Howlingween 2: Clarry the ClownHoliday-makers on a beautiful island resort find themselves trapped with a murderous clown. Script Excerpt |
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WHITE GARLANDSAn Irish detective turned priest unravels a centuries-old murder in the midst of a family crisis. |
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SHILLELAGHAn Irish saint returns to Earth bestowing a magical shillelagh upon individuals in dire circumstances granting each one wish according to God's intentions for the person |
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WINDOW KILLA young intern nurse, moving into a new home, accidentally releases the spirit of a dead murder victim that threatens to kill her and destroy any future with her junkyard manager fiancé. |
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QUIET ROLLINGGhosts from a past 1950's TV pilot production crew return to save modern-day descendants from a similar fate at the hands of an insidious bomber. |
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A MIDNIGHT'S TALEAn agnostic Chicago newspaper editor battles Satan to recover five bargained souls from eternal damnation. |
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SKYE DIAMONDSA top female Hollywood stunt driver dies in an on-set accident then returns from the grave to save her fiance from a scheming murderous vixen. |
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THE SHAMROCK RUNNERAn Irish widower and his two teenage children fleeing the violence of their homeland battle supernatural evil in a small American Southern town. |
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THE BELL WISHERSTwo children, on a shared family vacation, discover a magic bell and a marvelous traveling cloak that whisks them into dangerous adventure on a mysterious island. |
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MOON BABIESAbandoned supernatural kittens form a psychic bond with a retired 911 dispatcher to save the world from a despotic madman. |
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THE MASTER'S FACEAn unknown visitor disrupts a father's birthday celebration, revealing a murderous scheme already in progress within the family. |
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Nightmare in a JarWith her husband out of town on business, Lisa plans to spend time writing, until a woman shows up at her door selling special face cream; from there everything gets dark and freaky. |
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Poor Lord Ritchie's AnswerMedieval Lord Ritchie in his original tale of his descent into madness in a surreal world that is either hallucinated or actually a wizard's revenge. Late great actor Rutger Hauer chose the short story version of this for his 2004 contest, of which this screenplay was developed from. This screenplay in part once formed the core of "Gray and Lover The Hearth Tales Incident" (along with "Sarah" & "Popsicle Death", also hosted here). Ritchie's prequel story is, "Breaking on Cave Island", available in an anthology with other authors, about the younger Ritche as pirate, tried escaping authorities through a haunted cave tunnel system. |
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ANGELSKINA brutal serial killer is on the loose pursued by seasoned detective John Harris. When he finds evidence suggesting a killer that might not be even be human, but a fallen angel, a lot more might be at stake - even the end of God, heaven, and the world itself! Script Excerpt |
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MalleusAmid the European famine of 1315, a handsome, cheating husband must burn at the stake when his jealous wife denounces him as a "wolf by night" and a heretic. But a demon transports him to modern day California, where he discovers new powers for both love and murder. Script Excerpt |
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La HaciendaAn interracial Latino/White couple arrives in Mexico during the Day of the Dead to renovate a hacienda owned by her parents, they soon discover its haunted by the former residents; they must figure out how to transform their crippling grief over losing a baby, so they aren't doomed to repeat the spirits' murderous past. Script Excerpt |
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GOBLINHorror comedy in the 80's retro style of "Gremlins". Two young, naive newlyweds move into a Victorian house that's in serious need of supernatural pest control. The new bride discovers and befriends a E.T.-type creature who may be a monster but is the key to an ancient mystery that may save their marriage...if they don't kill each other first. Script Excerpt |
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Dark of kNight (adaptation)Adaptation by request of author TL Mitchell's first book in the Werewolf / Vamp series. Those mean old despicable Werewolves... Vampires just hate them. This is why. |
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Grim-ReaperessIt happens every 100 years... What will Susan discover, on her twentieth birthday? |
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Post Your Script Here!BRAVE HEARTS
In 1840, an unconventional widow risks her life when she joins forces with a charismatic journalist, brutalized tenant farmers and a traumatized exile she rescues in Montreal, to stop the most powerful men in Scotland from violently evicting Gaelic Highlanders, unaware of her own family's complicity in the ethnic cleansing.
SETTLING THE BOOKS
Lured by the reading of a billionaire rare book dealer’s will, an investigator and four other heirs are sealed in an airtight panic room, and with only four hours air, must solve the centuries-old mystery contained in the book ‘The Castilian Cypher’ in order to escape.
All My Trials, Lord
In a drunken stupor a handsome young singer kills a taxi driver while visiting Spalding County, Georgia.
Playmate
In spite of her husband’s attempts to help her, a young female writer suddenly finds herself falling into a severe depression when snippets of painful suppressed childhood memories come out in her writing at the same time as the visit of her religious fanatic mother whose own haunting memories plague her causing both women to lose themselves in the process.
Jesus Called
Three women, one of whom is seeking what lies beyond death, live on a chicken farm in the rural South and attend a funeral for their neighbor who was eaten by a hog.
Tinker's Christmas
A clumsy teenage elf is ridiculed and alienated by other young elves when he fails every assignment until his mechanical skills are discovered after the reindeer develop chicken pox and Santa asks him to modify the train to deliver the toys which he does successfully with the help of an attractive female elf and a monkey.
Private Dancer
After her husband dies leaving all of his estate to another woman, a former middle-aged psychologist with the help of a friend opens a bar where they nurture those in their employ, each of whom faces challenging situations and must dance and sing as they attempt to keep their dreams alive.
Who's There?
A bizarre comedy within which a cynical, middle-aged woman is charged with caring for her eccentric mother and goofy sister who hold daily memorial services for husband/daddy's amputated leg.
The Experiment
Ambition, class prejudice and racism forever alter the lives of a poor white boy bound for delinquency and a young Afro-American athlete headed for stardom.
IT PAYS THE BILLS
Three sisters inherit a Hollywood talent agency offering a lot more than routine casting calls for their clientele.
