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Virgin Brideby Perk Perkins
After a drunken, groom-to-be receives a graphic photo of his fiance with another man, he mails the scandalous pic with all the wedding invites, but discovers the picture was a prank from his best man, leading to a blood-soaked chain reaction.
Genre: Suspense/Thriller
11 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles
Genre: Suspense/Thriller
11 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles
Dennisby Doug J Robbins
A living doll babysits a baby and protects it during a burglary.
Genre: Artistic
2 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles
Genre: Artistic
2 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles
The Coinby Paolo Galli
A five-year-old boy, torn between desire and guilt after secretly spending a coin on a lollipop, finds himself face to face with a beggar and makes a choice that redefines the value of things.
Genre: Drama
3 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles
Genre: Drama
3 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles
Hayseeds & Hipstersby Jason K. Allen
While eating lunch on a park bench, hayseeds Ned and Boomer spot a real-life hipster. Fascinated, they observe him and make fun of him, but they soon learn that things aren't always what they seem. (1 location, 3 characters)
Genre: Comedy
8 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles
Genre: Comedy
8 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles
Soldier's Bravadoby Jonathan Fear
In a bar in ancient Britannia a battle-worn deputy centurion's dark memories clash with youthful bravado of untested soldiers.
Genre: Suspense/Thriller
8 pages
Cast Size: 4-6 Main/Supporting Roles
Genre: Suspense/Thriller
8 pages
Cast Size: 4-6 Main/Supporting Roles
I Have Seen the Future (It is Murder)by Ron Brawer
In the dinosaur era, an alien space ship refrains from destroying Earth to give the planet an opportunity to evolve. A day later -- thousands of years in Earth time -- they return to find "the ills that flesh is heir to": wars, mass murder, rape, plagues, ecological disasters... a good time to pull the plug.
Genre: Sci-Fi
7 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles
Genre: Sci-Fi
7 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles
Circle of Trustby Jim Kowalski
An ex-military man must battle himself in a circle of his own demons.
Genre: Drama
5 pages
Cast Size: 4-6 Main/Supporting Roles
Genre: Drama
5 pages
Cast Size: 4-6 Main/Supporting Roles
Incarnationsby Bob Messinger
A young man fears for his sanity and love relationship as disturbing episodes from his youth come back to haunt him.
Genre: Horror
45 pages
Cast Size: 4-6 Main/Supporting Roles
Genre: Horror
45 pages
Cast Size: 4-6 Main/Supporting Roles
All that Glittersby Vic Jones
A broke dreamer hobbles through the streets in pursuit of gold, only to discover that the most opulent light enters from above.
Genre: Drama
3 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles
Genre: Drama
3 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles
Driver Sevenby Elliot Stanton
A vintage car appears like an irresistible purchase, but at what real cost? An unassuming man is convinced to buy a pristine classic car from a mysterious seller. Even though the car is beautiful, it hides a dark and deadly secret that it soon unleashes on its new owner.
Genre: Suspense/Thriller
23 pages
Cast Size: 4-6 Main/Supporting Roles
Genre: Suspense/Thriller
23 pages
Cast Size: 4-6 Main/Supporting Roles
American Comedianby Gary Lynn Nowell
Jerry Sternfeld (50s) had a successful television show but critics hated the final episode with the four of the main characters going to prison. Years later, Sternfeld tells his co-star how the final episode should have ended as the alternate version of the show plays out on screen. The story is an obvious satire of the final episode of Seinfeld.
Genre: Comedy
28 pages
Cast Size: 4-6 Main/Supporting Roles
Genre: Comedy
28 pages
Cast Size: 4-6 Main/Supporting Roles
The Roots of Evilby Jason K. Allen
Young Zack is terribly excited about his birthday party -- that is, until his clueless family brings out the disappointing birthday cake. (Horror/Dark Comedy. 1 location. Produced writer; see IMDB for writer's credits.)
Genre: Horror
2 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles
Genre: Horror
2 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles
Jasper + Mimi Foreverby Jason K. Allen
Two freakish outcasts - a bearded woman and a man who has a carrot for a penis - are madly in love and want to have a baby. (1 location, 2 actors. Award-winning screenwriter and journalist; see IMDB for writer's credits.)
Genre: Romantic Comedy
5 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles
Genre: Romantic Comedy
5 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles
Revelation/Armageddonby Darryl N. Layne
When a newly elected president is revealed to be the prophesied Beast, his step brother must confront demonic forces, global chaos,and a world torn between faith and fear, racing against time to stop the rise of evil and restore good before all is lost to satin.
Genre: Horror
30 pages
Cast Size: 7+ Main/Supporting Roles
Genre: Horror
30 pages
Cast Size: 7+ Main/Supporting Roles
Spider Daddyby Wayne E. Johnson
An eleven-year-old boy, fixated on horror comics and monsters, finds that his recurring nightmares become reality with devastating results for his abusive, alcoholic stepfather and, ultimately, for him.
Genre: Horror
24 pages
Cast Size: 4-6 Main/Supporting Roles
Genre: Horror
24 pages
Cast Size: 4-6 Main/Supporting Roles
Have a Hella Christmasby Lawrence Riggins
Lucifer crashes the announcer's booth at a Christmas Parade insisting that HIS float from the Netherworld partake in the festivities -- and win a trophy, or else...! Irreverent, wacky, obscene. Three performers.
Genre: Comedy
18 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles
Genre: Comedy
18 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles
The Bridgeby Anthony Cawood
Two agents travel back in time to alter history, but their mission misfires, unleashing unintended consequences they can't undo.
Genre: Sci-Fi
6 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles
Genre: Sci-Fi
6 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles
The Gas Man Comethby Ian Patrick Williams
An out-of-work Appalachian man with a special-needs daughter struggles with accepting a financial offer that comes with grave environmental consequences.
Genre: Drama
12 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles
Genre: Drama
12 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles
Dead Airby Dwayne Craig Bricker
A high-school radio crew hijacks an "unused" emergency frequencythen a calm voice begins broadcasting their deaths for tomorrow.
Genre: Sci-Fi
9 pages
Cast Size: 4-6 Main/Supporting Roles
Genre: Sci-Fi
9 pages
Cast Size: 4-6 Main/Supporting Roles
His Last Mistakeby Melissa Diane Hudson
After a night of heavy drinking, a young man stops on a highway to relieve himself and, unknowingly, urinates on a roadside memorial, awakening an enraged spirit that follows him back to his car to seek revenge.
Genre: Horror
5 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles
Genre: Horror
5 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles
I Told You Soby S.C. Smith
A once-successful cryptocurrency investor, Michael Tanner, finds his empire destroyed overnight by a devastating crash, leading him into a spiraling journey of regret, desperation, and the harsh realization that the pursuit of wealth may have cost him everything that truly mattered.
Genre: Drama
1 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles
Genre: Drama
1 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles
Late Doorsby Barry Staff
Three 'remainers' congregate in a deserted pub and there contemplate whether the news that a meteorite will shortly destroy Earth is a hoax, but also to undertake their final acts in case it's true.
Genre: Comedy
10 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles
Genre: Comedy
10 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles
The Trials and Tribulations of Awkward Peopleby Judah Ray
Two socially awkward misfits find themselves caught in a series of hilarious and embarrassing mishaps at a dinner party, ultimately bringing them closer together in an unexpected way.
Genre: Comedy
8 pages
Cast Size: 7+ Main/Supporting Roles
Genre: Comedy
8 pages
Cast Size: 7+ Main/Supporting Roles
A Gift from Grandmaby Shane R. Nolan
A young woman receives a gift from her late grandmother that bears damning consequences for opening.
Genre: Horror
6 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles
Genre: Horror
6 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles
Underneathby James Peacock
Trapped in a looping midnight inside a dead apartment, a woman follows warnings from her own voicemail to confront the thing under her bedher childhood self reborn as a monsterbefore time resets and claims her forever.
Genre: Horror
11 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles
Genre: Horror
11 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles
The Magic of Misfitsby Bill Freas
After suffering a traumatic car accident that takes the life of his alcoholic father, a teen is sent to live with a distant relative in an oppressed blue-collar town, where he meets a group of bullied teens with a special bond and a supernatural secret.
Genre: Drama
27 pages
Cast Size: 7+ Main/Supporting Roles
Genre: Drama
27 pages
Cast Size: 7+ Main/Supporting Roles
The Violinby Victor Jones
A poor musician down on his luck, pawns his only means of income, his violin. The pawnbroker discovers it's true value and tries to cheat the owner with a surprising outcome.
Genre: Drama
8 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles
Genre: Drama
8 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles
Phantom's Revengeby John Witcher
After unearthing an ancient artifact, four female students inherit superpowers and embark on the journey of a lifetime. (Female Driven Screenplay)
Genre: Animation
19 pages
Cast Size: 4-6 Main/Supporting Roles
Genre: Animation
19 pages
Cast Size: 4-6 Main/Supporting Roles
The End Was Funby Alexaner Meriakri
A hibernating hypochondriac wakes in a post-apocalypse frenzy, where absurd adventures teach him courage and camaraderie.
Genre: Comedy
26 pages
Cast Size: 4-6 Main/Supporting Roles
Genre: Comedy
26 pages
Cast Size: 4-6 Main/Supporting Roles
Policeman No Leaves Tracesby Jason Kirman
A policeman at night kidnaps and kills people who sell drugs and dissolves their bodies in an abandoned warehouse so as not to leave traces of his crime.
Genre: Action/Adventure
9 pages
Cast Size: 4-6 Main/Supporting Roles
Genre: Action/Adventure
9 pages
Cast Size: 4-6 Main/Supporting Roles
Red Light Traffickingby Gary A. Edwards
Red Light Traffic - Of three participants in group therapy for juvenile victims of human trafficking, which will be successfully rehabilitated and which will face further tragedy? This is a dark short graphic play about juvenile human trafficking designed to instruct young girls and boys about how to spot and prevent exploitation of children by sexual predators.
Genre: Drama
22 pages
Cast Size: 4-6 Main/Supporting Roles
Genre: Drama
22 pages
Cast Size: 4-6 Main/Supporting Roles
Cut Baitby Michael Dean Meyers
Stinging from betrayal, a fiery young woman pursues gruesome punishment for a cocky young man and his wimpy buddy after she discovers he's shared an intimate photo of her on his group chat. Hell hath no fury, and friendship hath no boundary.
Genre: Suspense/Thriller
10 pages
Cast Size: 4-6 Main/Supporting Roles
Genre: Suspense/Thriller
10 pages
Cast Size: 4-6 Main/Supporting Roles
Memory Survivalby Steven Burton
Two men are in a loving long-term relationship. The beautiful, shared memory of their past together provides relief from the current challenges of dementia.
Genre: Gay/Lesbian
10 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles
Genre: Gay/Lesbian
10 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles
Carverby Doug J Robbins
A legendary serial killer with an affinity for carving up faces like Jack o'Lanterns for Halloween visits the home of Jack and Meg.
Genre: Horror
2 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles
Genre: Horror
2 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles
Dutchess Greenby Joseph Brown
The quiet invasion began with the old "man" painting barns with alien spawn. The farm girls who figured it out were too late.
Genre: Horror
11 pages
Cast Size: 4-6 Main/Supporting Roles
Genre: Horror
11 pages
Cast Size: 4-6 Main/Supporting Roles
Saturday in the Parkby Elliot Stanton
Dark Secrets Will Not Remain Hidden Forever. An "old" woman befriends a young man in a park. He is unaware of who she is or the secret she holds, but the woman knows precisely what she must do to draw him into her life.
Genre: Suspense/Thriller
30 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles
Genre: Suspense/Thriller
30 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles
Northern Exposureby Larry Shannon
The story of one boy's journey from innocence to experience.
Genre: Biographical
43 pages
Cast Size: 4-6 Main/Supporting Roles
Genre: Biographical
43 pages
Cast Size: 4-6 Main/Supporting Roles
Keep Scrollingby Jerrod D. Brito
When a college kid surfs the web at the time of night when creepy people post creepy things, he unwittingly falls victim to the latest creepypasta legend.
Genre: Horror
8 pages
Cast Size: 4-6 Main/Supporting Roles
Genre: Horror
8 pages
Cast Size: 4-6 Main/Supporting Roles
3 Minutes To Goby Steven Blows
A young boy seeks to brighten his Grandad's mood before an operation.
Genre: Drama
3 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles
Genre: Drama
3 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles
Stairwaysby Dewayne C Bricker
When luminous stairways rise worldwide, a grieving scientist descends into one to rescue the lost and discovers the only way to save humanity is to embrace imperfection.
Genre: Sci-Fi
41 pages
Cast Size: 4-6 Main/Supporting Roles
Genre: Sci-Fi
41 pages
Cast Size: 4-6 Main/Supporting Roles
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