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Chimeraby Ramin Nematollahi
Date Posted: 23 Mar 2024
A man suffering from hallucinations cannot decipher what is real and what is imaginary.
Genre: Horror
9 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles
Genre: Horror
9 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles
When Animals Killby Patricia Bruce
Date Posted: 19 Aug 2024
When a long-suffering housewife is the victim of verbal abuse, the family dog, LUCKY, comes up with a surprising and deadly solution.
Genre: Crime/Murder/Mystery
9 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles
Genre: Crime/Murder/Mystery
9 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles
Imagine That!by Tina Czarnota
Date Posted: 19 Jun 2024
Grace under pressure can be a royal disaster.
Genre: Fantasy
17 pages
Cast Size: 4-6 Main/Supporting Roles
Genre: Fantasy
17 pages
Cast Size: 4-6 Main/Supporting Roles
Conceitedby Bernard Antoine Mersier
Date Posted: 21 Jan 2024
No one can ruin Maryi’s wedding day but her husband, who has a shocking revelation to reveal.
Genre: Drama
7 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles
Genre: Drama
7 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles
Flintby Douglas Law
Date Posted: 10 Apr 2024
1702, Flint, a young man is looking for adventure and to make a name for himself. A fluke of an opportunity comes his way, enlist in a journey that will take him from rags, to riches or a surely a
violent death.
Genre: Action/Adventure
45 pages
Cast Size: 7+ Main/Supporting Roles
Genre: Action/Adventure
45 pages
Cast Size: 7+ Main/Supporting Roles
Arnoldby Ange Fassinou
Date Posted: 11 Jun 2024
Standing in front of a mirror, a young boy tries to understand why his reflection is a dog.
Genre: Drama
15 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles
Genre: Drama
15 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles
No Regretsby Patricia Bruce
Date Posted: 19 Aug 2024
This edgy screenplay puts a unique spin on a marriage gone bad. Sadly, not all marriages have a happy ending.
After years of being a hen-pecked housewife by her unappreciative husband, this boring, mousey housewife suddenly turns aggressive with deadly results...
Genre: Drama
9 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles
Genre: Drama
9 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles
Mythical Swordby Grag Raymond
Date Posted: 05 Jul 2024
The legend tells about a mythical sword that gives supernatural power to its owner. Archeologist Adam Prisson and his assistant Leonora have been searching for it for several years, but not only he, but also people who want to use it for evil purposes.
Genre: Fantasy
10 pages
Cast Size: 4-6 Main/Supporting Roles
Genre: Fantasy
10 pages
Cast Size: 4-6 Main/Supporting Roles
No Take Backsby William Walkerley
Date Posted: 02 Aug 2024
In the near future, where euthanasia is legal and the elderly burden the healthcare system, seniors are offered cash incentives to end their lives. When one senior accepts the money but has a sudden change of heart, he discovers that backing out is not an option.
Genre: Family
16 pages
Cast Size: 4-6 Main/Supporting Roles
Genre: Family
16 pages
Cast Size: 4-6 Main/Supporting Roles
Bloody Vacationby Tinashe Mudzinge
Date Posted: 31 Dec 2024
A group of friends faces their worst nightmares in the hands of an old lady and her beast master on what was supposed to be a great vacation.
Genre: Horror
21 pages
Cast Size: 7+ Main/Supporting Roles
Genre: Horror
21 pages
Cast Size: 7+ Main/Supporting Roles
Kiss Me, Stay Closerby Patricia Bruce
Date Posted: 19 Sep 2024
A delinquent, young woman from the wrong side of the tracks ingeniously turns the table on her drug dealer. Semi-finalist at the Big Apple Film Festival.
Genre: Crime/Murder/Mystery
7 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles
Genre: Crime/Murder/Mystery
7 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles
Detective Sam and Friends Adventuresby Gail Morin
Date Posted: 04 Mar 2024
A Pup Detective goes on fun and exciting adventures along with his friends to teach good moral, tackle bullying, and other subjects. Each episode is fun mystery and included the children to help solve very fun and all kids are included as well . The first adventure is on bullying with a whole season not limited to haunted adventures. Could be real live action or cartoon.
Genre: Animation
20 pages
Cast Size: 7+ Main/Supporting Roles
Genre: Animation
20 pages
Cast Size: 7+ Main/Supporting Roles
Buddiesby Delaina M. Waldron
Date Posted: 20 Mar 2025
An insecure Rose finds an unexpected friendship with a short-winged Bumblebee and unites against their bullying foes.
Genre: Animation
7 pages
Cast Size: 4-6 Main/Supporting Roles
Genre: Animation
7 pages
Cast Size: 4-6 Main/Supporting Roles
Rise of Tony Rainesby Doug J Robbins
Date Posted: 04 Jul 2024
An escaped convict confronts a guy he plans on murdering and stealing his Halloween costume.
Genre: Horror
2 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles
Genre: Horror
2 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles
The Secrets of Kovintong Campusby Annette M Delgado
Date Posted: 04 Dec 2023
While trying to solve the disappearance of a graduate student, a keen detective finds herself running out of time before the next victim goes missing and the culprit carries out their ultimate plan that might be the end of humanity itself.
Genre: Crime/Murder/Mystery
35 pages
Cast Size: 7+ Main/Supporting Roles
Genre: Crime/Murder/Mystery
35 pages
Cast Size: 7+ Main/Supporting Roles
Happy Endingsby Ron Micci
Date Posted: 29 Nov 2023
A pair of financially strapped old-timers on a farm in the Midwest, Eleanor and Bertrand Cornweevil, receive a surprise visit from a man trying to entice them into selling the oil drilling rights to their land. But he's an emissary of Satan and it's really their souls he's hoping for them to sign away.
Genre: Drama
12 pages
Cast Size: 4-6 Main/Supporting Roles
Genre: Drama
12 pages
Cast Size: 4-6 Main/Supporting Roles
Creepy Clown For Hireby DJ Robbins
Date Posted: 04 May 2025
Pamela is upset that her son is skipping his tutoring sessions, so she hires a creepy clown to scare her son into seeing his tutor.
Genre: Comedy
3 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles
Genre: Comedy
3 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles
How Do You Get to Margie's House?by John Porter
Date Posted: 04 May 2025
With a lot of love but a very bad sense of direction, a young man tries to get to his lady's house by 5 p.m.
Genre: Romance
5 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles
Genre: Romance
5 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles
Betty and Booby Patrice Sarath
Date Posted: 28 Jul 2024
When the human Boo discovers the cockroach Betty in her bedroom, all-out war ensues as she seeks to destroy the pest, but in the end, her humanity gets the best of her and they both learn to live and let live.
Genre: Comedy
3 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles
Genre: Comedy
3 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles
The Candleby John Francis Daly
Date Posted: 26 Jun 2024
A sick girl on her death bed receives a candle that, when lit, brings forth new vitality, along with a being who holds secrets of the Universe.
Genre: Fantasy
9 pages
Cast Size: 4-6 Main/Supporting Roles
Genre: Fantasy
9 pages
Cast Size: 4-6 Main/Supporting Roles
Stapleby John Alexander Fraser
Date Posted: 06 Jan 2025
Table. Darkness. Click!
Genre: Fantasy
4 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles
Genre: Fantasy
4 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles
The Nightingale in Burkaby Abhilash Mohan
Date Posted: 21 Feb 2025
Subaida, a spirited 10-year-old Afghan girl, dreams of music in a world that's trying to silence her. This poignant drama set in Kabul follows Subaida's journey as she discovers her passion for the rubab, a traditional Afghan musical instrument, against the backdrop of a society teetering on the edge of radical change.
Genre: Animation
14 pages
Cast Size: 4-6 Main/Supporting Roles
Genre: Animation
14 pages
Cast Size: 4-6 Main/Supporting Roles
Family Diamondby Simon Parker
Date Posted: 01 Dec 2024
When John's elderly father is left on his doorstep due to unpaid private care, a desperate friend introduces him to a scientist with a serum that grows diamonds inside the human stomach.
Genre: Drama
15 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles
Genre: Drama
15 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles
Bad Grannyby Ange Fassinou
Date Posted: 15 Jun 2024
A female army veteran takes back gun to avenge her grandson.
Genre: Suspense/Thriller
45 pages
Cast Size: 4-6 Main/Supporting Roles
Genre: Suspense/Thriller
45 pages
Cast Size: 4-6 Main/Supporting Roles
Please Clean Me!by Steven Blows
Date Posted: 02 Jul 2024
A father struggles to work seven days a week in order to make his son’s Christmas special.
Genre: Drama
10 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles
Genre: Drama
10 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles
Next Seatby Steven Burton
Date Posted: 08 Nov 2024
A man sits alone in an empty movie theater waiting for a film to begin, and then a woman stranger sits in the seat next to him. They have a dramatic confrontation while the screening is delayed.
Genre: Drama
18 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles
Genre: Drama
18 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles
Home-Cookedby Simon Parker
Date Posted: 19 Mar 2025
A pretentious food critic, skeptical of anything homemade, is reluctantly sent to interview a 90-year-old pie-making legend—only to have his icy demeanor crumble when one bite of her pie shatters his expectations and changes his life.
Genre: Comedy
9 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles
Genre: Comedy
9 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles
Life is a Roller Coaster... Sometimesby Elliot Stanton
Date Posted: 02 Nov 2023
With its ups and downs, they say life is a roller-coaster, except when you’re trapped and unable to get off one. When an engaged11 couple becomes unwitting prisoners at the apex of a broken-down roller-coaster ride, the metaphor is never more (or less) apt.
Genre: Comedy
10 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles
Genre: Comedy
10 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles
Bleed and Cryby DJ Robbins
Date Posted: 15 Jul 2024
A filmmaker performs a one-man play on a childhood trauma he suffered while showing a home movie from the year and date the childhood trauma occurred.
Genre: Drama
1 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles
Genre: Drama
1 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles
Poet Dancerby Steven Burton
Date Posted: 04 Jan 2025
A female choreographer is inspired by a disabled musician which creates more greatness for both of them.
Genre: Artistic
8 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles
Genre: Artistic
8 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles
The Darker Side of Goodnessby John Porter
Date Posted: 04 May 2025
A horror/dark comedy/Halloween script based on Cheryl Pierson’s short story in which a young man meets a demon who offers him the chance to see whether his wife really does love him.
Genre: Horror
23 pages
Cast Size: 4-6 Main/Supporting Roles
Genre: Horror
23 pages
Cast Size: 4-6 Main/Supporting Roles
Shopping Cartby Steven Burton
Date Posted: 17 Nov 2023
Jan, an affluent elderly woman takes a fold able shopping cart from a stranger assuming he took it from under her porch. After realizing her mistake, she takes off on a quest to find him for a return of his cart along with the slim hope of finding her long lost son.
Genre: Drama
10 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles
Genre: Drama
10 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles
The Soul Collectorby Madison Smith
Date Posted: 10 Apr 2025
Two ghost hunters travel to Salem MA in order to search for ancient witch artifact. Along the process, they uncover history between pirates and witches, which they mistakenly unlock ghosts from the past to collect souls to sacrifice.
Genre: Horror
20 pages
Cast Size: 4-6 Main/Supporting Roles
Genre: Horror
20 pages
Cast Size: 4-6 Main/Supporting Roles
A Whiskey Glass . . .by John Porter
Date Posted: 05 May 2025
A young cowboy learns an old lesson about love and liquor.
Genre: Western
7 pages
Cast Size: 4-6 Main/Supporting Roles
Genre: Western
7 pages
Cast Size: 4-6 Main/Supporting Roles
No Nailsby John Ravitz
Date Posted: 06 Jan 2025
A grieving police detective who serves as a Eucharist Minister identifies a mob hitman while serving Holy Communion and must tread the line between the sacred and the need to stop a killer before he kills again.
Genre: Crime/Murder/Mystery
36 pages
Cast Size: 7+ Main/Supporting Roles
Genre: Crime/Murder/Mystery
36 pages
Cast Size: 7+ Main/Supporting Roles
Judge Smithersby timur yildiz
Date Posted: 14 Jun 2024
A off kilter Judge goes back to his fraternity to help the organization with a pledge's death during hazing. What he finds out after returning to the college campus is there might be a serial killer on the loose.
Genre: Crime/Murder/Mystery
44 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles
Genre: Crime/Murder/Mystery
44 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles
The Echoby Amrita Baines
Date Posted: 05 Apr 2025
A lone hiker documenting her journey through a remote wilderness begins hearing an eerie echo leading her to a terrifying discovery about what’s following her. At first, the echoes of her voice bouncing off the cliffs seem natural—until they start repeating words she never said. As paranoia sets in, her recordings reveal an unsettling truth: something in the wilderness is listening… and answering back.
Genre: Horror
13 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles
Genre: Horror
13 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles
Killer Cupidby Janet
Date Posted: 24 Sep 2024
A serial killer in real life, proves a hard habit to break for Cupid in the after life.
Genre: Horror
20 pages
Cast Size: 4-6 Main/Supporting Roles
Genre: Horror
20 pages
Cast Size: 4-6 Main/Supporting Roles
The Boy from Under the Bridgeby Susan Adair Harris
Date Posted: 11 May 2024
He was released from his murder conviction on appeal, but he needed a student tutor to help him graduate high school and evade the drug cartel.
Genre: Romance
14 pages
Cast Size: 4-6 Main/Supporting Roles
Genre: Romance
14 pages
Cast Size: 4-6 Main/Supporting Roles
Spoken Forby Jim Kowalski
Date Posted: 01 May 2025
Can a man with a crippling social anxiety win the woman he loves over his alter ego crutch and her cheating boyfriend?
Genre: Romance
11 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles
Genre: Romance
11 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles
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