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The Great Psycho Voodoo Caperby Roland Hofer
The Great 'Psycho' Voodoo is a rock band. After a gig, they are time warped back into Austria, in 1809. They must save the world, from Napoleon. Together, they win back Hapsburg dynasty with the help of a freedom fighter,-Andreas Hofer.
Genre: Musical
30 pages
Genre: Musical
30 pages
Scare the Little Trick or Treatersby Steve Prevosto
A married couple want to scare trick or treaters with a frightful CD playing on their front porch speakers. But when they carve pumpkins found growing within a graveyard, the paranormal and horrific spirits invade their house and terrify them instead.
Genre: Horror
23 pages
Genre: Horror
23 pages
UnDead Loveby Virgil Wade
Can a married woman and a zombie make love work or will decay tear them apart?
Genre: Comedy
5 pages
Genre: Comedy
5 pages
Whale Taleby Jared Wynn
A first date between a hipster and a goth girl goes horribly right when they find some common ground.
Low budget sketch comedy. Three characters, one location, no FX.
Genre: Comedy
4 pages
Genre: Comedy
4 pages
Revenge Impossibleby Nathan Iyer
Revenge Impossible : Action/Adventure
Sixteen year old Johnny leaves reformatory and avenges his parents 'four African killers, the last one being the head of state with an impregnable security.
Genre: Action/Adventure
14 pages
Genre: Action/Adventure
14 pages
The Urban Legends Project: ... And Executionerby Travis Opgenorth
A documentary film maker, investigating urban legends, interviews a scientist about the death of her childhood neighbor, which she hopes was caused by black magic, because if not, then she may have been responsible.
This could play as a stand alone short, or the pilot to a six episode web series (already scripted).
Genre: Suspense/Thriller
8 pages
Genre: Suspense/Thriller
8 pages
Homecomingby Stoyan Popov
Harrison is surprised when his estranged cousin Jared pays him an unexpected visit. Haunted by his memories, Jared need to get closure in order to move on.
Genre: Drama
10 pages
Genre: Drama
10 pages
Bigger and Betterby Liz Ulin
Two evangelical boys go door-to-door, saving souls, but nearly losing their sanity and virginity along the way.
2013 Canadian Short Screenplay Competition Finalist
Genre: Comedy
15 pages
Genre: Comedy
15 pages
Submerged!!by Bryan Carrier
Diamonds are a girl's best friend and Maggie wants her share dead, or, alive!!
Genre: Drama
12 pages
Genre: Drama
12 pages
Ian Mechby Aatish Thakerar
On his routine paper round one morning, a young boy is faced with flashes from a past he cannot remember.
Genre: Suspense/Thriller
10 pages
Genre: Suspense/Thriller
10 pages
Nobody's Perfectby John Porter
Three old women gossip about everyone they know, speculate about a new neighbor they have never seen, and decide that she is an immoral woman they must avoid--then discover that their new neighbor is not what they expected.
Genre: Comedy
30 pages
Genre: Comedy
30 pages
Little Red Takes a Rideby K. Drake Streetman
A modern retelling of the classic fairy tale, with a redneck pedophile and a savory twist.
Genre: Horror
15 pages
Genre: Horror
15 pages
Intermittentby K. Nicole Williams
After falling in love with an abused woman in jail, a successful business woman is forced on the run with her lover when their plans for a new life together backfire with tragic consequences.
Genre: Drama
27 pages
Genre: Drama
27 pages
Gone Fishingby Jason Clowers
While fishing, a young boy named James meets an unexpected visitor.
Genre: Sci-Fi
7 pages
Genre: Sci-Fi
7 pages
You Need Itby Sandra Bolton
A funky female misfit and an angry displaced businessman surrounded by unpredictable circumstances need to turn their lives around under desparate shabby circumstances.
Genre: Romantic Comedy
22 pages
Genre: Romantic Comedy
22 pages
Boomerangby Connor McNulty
A group of smart but confused twentysomethings distract themselves at a party before graduation from grad school. They do not want to grow up, so they do what they can not to.
Genre: Comedy
15 pages
Genre: Comedy
15 pages
Headsby Jeanette Hylton
A naive young girl becomes friends with a disturbed drug dealer who pulls her into the dangerous drug life. Trapped in a downward spiral of drug addiction and violence the two girls battle against each other and addiction as they fight to survive.
Genre: Drama
23 pages
Genre: Drama
23 pages
An Auld, Auld Taylby Tom Deiker
City Mayor tells his friend and lawyer about his latest public indiscretion. 12 pages. 1-Scene (Bar). Cast: 2 men. No CGI/SFX. Adult language. ©WG1636320
Genre: Comedy
12 pages
Genre: Comedy
12 pages
Karate Klubby William J. Frey-Mclean
A young drug dealer trying to escape a police hunt, finds himself hiding on a bus full of little old ladies. His big mistake was jokingly challenging the older women to a karate fight, which leaves him knocked out on the bus floor with the police ready to search the bus.
Genre: Comedy
12 pages
Genre: Comedy
12 pages
Journal of A Teen Sqatch, My Years Among Humansby Ana Antlitz
An animated comedy about a young orphaned male Bigfoot, who is found by a local farmer, is forced to live among humans in civil society. The young Bigfoot documents his discoveries and life lessons which eventually leads him to an old but new way of life.
Genre: Animation
45 pages
Genre: Animation
45 pages
Tony TVby James McCormick
An unscrupulous journalist uncovers the secret of a health guru’s seemingly eternal youth but quickly realises he’d have been better off never knowing.
Genre: Sci-Fi
12 pages
Genre: Sci-Fi
12 pages
The Eavesdropperby Charles Webb
On a late night train ride, a comic book loving kid over hears a sinister plot.
Genre: Animation
1 pages
Genre: Animation
1 pages
Holly Woodby George Klembith
Meet HOLLY WOOD -
Lives in Hollywood and will do anything to become a Hollywood star.
Her IBF (Imaginary Best Friend) was once the greatest movie star in the world.
Welcome to Holly's world.
Genre: Comedy
5 pages
Genre: Comedy
5 pages
Haunting For A Bargainby Kelvin Wong
A short psychological suspense/thriller/horror in the tradition of Hitchcock and The Twilight Zone. A young, first-time home-buyer couple is lured into buying a bargain-of-a-house when a resident spirit begins to torment their infant baby and drive the couple apart. Optioned in 2013 but since expired, this single-location script is once again available.
Genre: Horror
20 pages
Genre: Horror
20 pages
The Old Man and the Gardenby James Decker Sr.
An old man writes his son in prison complaining he’s too old to dig his garden and wishes he could help. The son, feeling guilty writes back œDon’t dig in the garden. That’s where I buried the bodies. That night the police dig the entire garden looking for the bodies but leave having found none. The next day the son writes œIt’s okay to plant now, it’s the best I could do under the circumstances.
Genre: Drama
22 pages
Genre: Drama
22 pages
PACTby Blair Duckworth
Fearing that their troubled lives may not improve , three university students make a suicide pact , more reflective of chronic disillusionment than actual intent, but dangerous nevertheless
Genre: Drama
27 pages
Genre: Drama
27 pages
Haven't We Met Before?by Kevin Silva
A bewildered director discovers that female characters from his beach party screenplay are haunting him.
Genre: Crime/Murder/Mystery
24 pages
Genre: Crime/Murder/Mystery
24 pages
Everything is Realby Chris Ossman
A new homeowner discovers a box containing what looks to be a million tiny parts and a set of assembly instructions in his new garage. While attempting to put it together, an old man (his new neighbor) is passing by and knows what the mysterious machine is and what it can do.
Genre: Fantasy
5 pages
Genre: Fantasy
5 pages
The Horror Seriesby Ange Fassinou
A Young couple discover a mysterious book that leads them to live horrible and dangerous adventures.
Genre: Suspense/Thriller
40 pages
Genre: Suspense/Thriller
40 pages
Hallucinationby Mark Rupprecht
Told from the Hallucinations point of view " Hal must figure out who and what he is and why he appears as an apparition to several intertwined strangers.
Genre: Sci-Fi
30 pages
Genre: Sci-Fi
30 pages
SINGLE, ASIAN, (undead) FEMALEby Kelvin Wong
When lonely Andy invites a girl whom he met on-line to his apartment, he falls head-over-heels for her despite his flatmate (and lifelong friend) Nigel's repeated attempts to point out her seemingly obvious flaw. A single-location, 3-actor, winner of best comedy (script category) 2013 Brownfish Short Film Festival NYC.
Genre: Comedy
11 pages
Genre: Comedy
11 pages
Pigeonsby Robert Frostholm
A man and a woman have very different views about the proliferation of pigeons in city parks, but only one has a permanent solution.
Genre: Comedy
6 pages
Genre: Comedy
6 pages
The Monster Insideby Mike Trentacosti
A terrified young woman escapes someone or something in the woods, but the house she stumbles upon only prolongs her nightmare.
Genre: Horror
8 pages
Genre: Horror
8 pages
InBetween Friendsby Cheing Winston
A Teenaged girl who is a bully and the girl she bullies forges an unlikely friendship when they both struggle to overcome prescription drug usage only to find they have much in common with each other.
Genre: Family
44 pages
Genre: Family
44 pages
By Godby CJ Walley
Both handcuffed to a bag of explosives following a bloody shootout, a white supremacist girl and Arab man debate their potential afterlife.
Genre: Artistic
6 pages
Genre: Artistic
6 pages
Memory Lineby Aatish Thakerar
In a future where ˜memory line’ software allows its users to revisit their memories, the technology’s billionaire founder returns home after a twenty year absence.
Genre: Family
23 pages
Genre: Family
23 pages
What's Onby Chris Ossman
When is reality TV too real?
Genre: Sci-Fi
5 pages
Genre: Sci-Fi
5 pages
We Didn't Start The Fireby Cheryl Laughlin
A chance meeting between a wealthy teenager running illegal credit cards and a street-smart, fire breather’s assistant sparks a night of understanding, acceptance, and brutal confrontation.
Genre: Drama
10 pages
Genre: Drama
10 pages
Paradise Partyby Steven Burton
Alan is the guest of honor at a paradise party that is out of this world.
Genre: Drama
20 pages
Genre: Drama
20 pages
Fridge Feederby Anthony Cawood
A desperate woman turns to technology to help her diet, however the tech has other ideas of how to help.
Genre: Drama
10 pages
Genre: Drama
10 pages
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