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!Fidelity Clause
A former model-turned-entrepreneur once had the world at her fingertips, now she has to grasp a world of torment; her cheating psychiatrist husband blurs the line between Psychotherapist and Psycho, when he resorts to mind games and unscrupulous schemes, intent on framing her of adultery and escaping his vows free & clear.
AT THE MERCY OF FAITH
A former preacher, haunted by the tragic rape/murder of his twin sister, spirals into darkness as supernatural forces, both angelic and demonic, wage war for his soul.
Xanadu Shores III Rescuing Atlas
The Xanadu Team, their credibility restored after rescuing Natalia and the painting, are recruited to recover the plans to save the world from a rogue aerospace engineer.
Xanadu Shores (20pgs) - "The Pilot" - 9.16.25
Logline: Four friends unknowingly become entrapped after their employer's gold heist escalates to kidnapping.
Xanadu Shores: 10 Minute PoC for The TV Pilot
Four friends unknowingly become entrapped after their employer's gold heist escalates to kidnapping.
Alien Olympics
A brilliant alien teenager, gifted with a high IQ and extraordinary speed, has always excelled academically on her home planet.
She Curses Like a Sailor
A thought-provoking view of women and cursing is entertained at this art opening in New York.
Lady Diogenes of the Shadow
Three retired ladies candidly discuss their baffling neighbor over morning coffee.
Perfect Beau
A Brainiac Plain Jane clones her ideal boyfriend out of her girlfriends' boyfriends' DNA for her college senior class project.
Cold Pepper
A law-abiding, church-going court stenographer becomes a one-woman vigilante 'offing' violent domestic abusers (and other despicable souls) after their third offense.
