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The Easter Humanby DJ Robbins
Seymour Green is the Easter Human, the magical being that visits the bunnies in the parallel universe run by rabbits.
Genre: Animation
1 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles
Genre: Animation
1 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles
Wake Up Callby David-Matthew Barnes
When three unsavory people wake up in an abandoned hotel, they realize the world has ended for everyone except them.
Genre: Sci-Fi
9 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles
Genre: Sci-Fi
9 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles
Grandma's Secret Ingredientby Elliot Stanton
A long-held secret family gravy recipe is passed down to another generation when an older woman believes the time is right for her granddaughter to learn the 'killer' secret ingredient.
Genre: Drama
10 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles
Genre: Drama
10 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles
Under the Bridgeby Mike Bevins
In 1946 three preteens lose their innocence after witnessing a horrific act. Six characters, one location. (Finalist in Reno-Tahoe Screenplay Contest)
Genre: Drama
28 pages
Cast Size: 7+ Main/Supporting Roles
Genre: Drama
28 pages
Cast Size: 7+ Main/Supporting Roles
Cop Killerby D J Robbins
A vengeful spirit hunts down the cops who gunned him down a decade ago.
Genre: Horror
12 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles
Genre: Horror
12 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles
Morning Walk With the Killerby Grag Raymond
Emma meets a man during a morning run, eventually she learns about his terrible crimes against his ex-women who are found dead.
Genre: Suspense/Thriller
10 pages
Cast Size: 4-6 Main/Supporting Roles
Genre: Suspense/Thriller
10 pages
Cast Size: 4-6 Main/Supporting Roles
Descent into Hellby Abdelouahab Hammoudi
"You exist, I don't," someone tells a drug addict craving a fix in a garden at night.
Genre: Horror
8 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles
Genre: Horror
8 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles
The Artifactby Steve Kennison
Set in the mid-19th century, HENRY STANTON is a struggling museum manager. DAVID KENNISON is an alleged centenarian Revolutionary War veteran. They collaborate and make David the museum's living exhibit. The story explores David's unbelievable experiences, history, survival, and the challenge of proving one's identity and legacy.
Genre: Biographical
20 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles
Genre: Biographical
20 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles
Full Marxby Barry Staff
Re-materialising today in mutual haunt Soho, London, Groucho Marx and Karl Marx find both want capitalism finally laughed into oblivion, but as they conflict over methods to use, they try to locate the one place where Karl was listened to before.
Genre: Comedy
10 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles
Genre: Comedy
10 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles
Sakoby Tigran Vardanyan
On a stormy night in a remote mountain gorge, a lone shepherd is hunted by ancient spirits who lure the living with music, memory, and madnessforcing him to confront whether the horrors chasing him are supernatural... or already inside him.
Genre: Horror
6 pages
Cast Size: 4-6 Main/Supporting Roles
Genre: Horror
6 pages
Cast Size: 4-6 Main/Supporting Roles
Shopping Cartby Steven Burton
A woman searches to find a stranger man for the return of his fold-able shopping cart, along with the futile search for 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
Dallianceby Bernard Mersier
When wealthy Benjamin poisons his blackmailing wife during a romantic dinner, Claudia survives, forcing him to protect his mistress.
Genre: Crime/Murder/Mystery
4 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles
Genre: Crime/Murder/Mystery
4 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles
Abortionby Doug J Robbins
Kathy heads into the clinic for an abortion and meets a woman named Mary and her adorable two-year-old son, Dylan, and rethinks whether or not she actually wants an abortion.
Genre: Artistic
1 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles
Genre: Artistic
1 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles
Beside meby Bernard Antoine Mersier
When Ethan shares an innocent drink with his unsuspecting friend Conner about the corruption in their drug business, he hints around the reason why he really invited Conner over for drinks, with a deadly ultimatum.
Genre: Drama
11 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles
Genre: Drama
11 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles
The Cycleby Ayisha Henry
When a homebody decides to enjoy a fun night out, she must defeat an evil, biological nemesis who does everything to ruin her plans.
Genre: Comedy
10 pages
Cast Size: 4-6 Main/Supporting Roles
Genre: Comedy
10 pages
Cast Size: 4-6 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
Okay, Honeyby Frank Vespe
All his life, he hoped he'd hear two endearing words, but when he finally did, it was too late.
Genre: Drama
21 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles
Genre: Drama
21 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles
Smoking loveby Dimitris Sokolakis
A group of teenagers in the 90s are sitting in a park while smoking and discussing about their not so promising future. One of them has different worries. The love of his life is about to leave and he hasn't managed yet to reveal his love towards her. Her coming to the park is his last chance to make a move, will he grab it?
Genre: Comedy
12 pages
Cast Size: 7+ Main/Supporting Roles
Genre: Comedy
12 pages
Cast Size: 7+ Main/Supporting Roles
Take My Truck, Please!by Mary Barrett
When his wife demands Joe not to come home until he sells his gas guzzling truck, he is directed by the used car salesmen to the bad side of town where he meets up with other guys waiting for their trucks to be stolen.
Genre: Comedy
8 pages
Cast Size: 7+ Main/Supporting Roles
Genre: Comedy
8 pages
Cast Size: 7+ Main/Supporting Roles
The Seventh Seal Experimentby Jeffrey Stackhouse
A drink, a game, a bet, and Death, entirely in rhyme.
Genre: Animation
5 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles
Genre: Animation
5 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles
Love And The Old Hotelby Jason Kirman
Sarah is a successful realtor in New York, before Christmas she receives a task from her boss to sell an old hotel in a small town, but things do not go according to plan. She meets Jim, the owner of the hotel, who does not want to sell.
Genre: Romance
10 pages
Cast Size: 4-6 Main/Supporting Roles
Genre: Romance
10 pages
Cast Size: 4-6 Main/Supporting Roles
New Flamesby Chelita Hagan
A meek young woman sets out to start a new after being thrown out.
Genre: Drama
11 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles
Genre: Drama
11 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles
It's Not A Bear! It Has A Bigger Foot!by Casey Newel
College students battle turmoil in filming their student film project and the urge to film a terrifying creature they encounter in the Blue Ridge Mountains.
Genre: Horror
19 pages
Cast Size: 4-6 Main/Supporting Roles
Genre: Horror
19 pages
Cast Size: 4-6 Main/Supporting Roles
Oscarby Chris Fell
What appears to be a bank job, pulled by a mysterious couple, turns out to force a reckless politician into a life-changing and character-revealing decision.
Genre: Suspense/Thriller
29 pages
Cast Size: 7+ Main/Supporting Roles
Genre: Suspense/Thriller
29 pages
Cast Size: 7+ Main/Supporting Roles
Arnoldby Ange Fassinou
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
Trilogy of Terrorby Bill Wyza
Trilogy of Terror is a trio of micro-short horror stories. DRIFTER - An overconfident lawyer on the verge of his biggest case makes a wrong choice on a secluded country highway. WISHBOOK - A desperate man finds a magical book and learns to be careful what you wish for. FEAR - A suburban serial killer gets an unexpected surprise.
Genre: Horror
7 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles
Genre: Horror
7 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles
Macyby Larry E. Coleman
A little girl channels the spirit of a murdered woman to exact revenge on the person who killed her.
Genre: Horror
11 pages
Cast Size: 4-6 Main/Supporting Roles
Genre: Horror
11 pages
Cast Size: 4-6 Main/Supporting Roles
What Day Is It?by Bill Rutkoski
Jimmy, a struggling actor known only for a cheesy seafood commercial, gets dubbed "Clam Man" by a waitress he instantly falls for. That same day, his world snaps: the days of the week start shuffling and looping in a pattern only he can see. When he watches her murdered on a Saturday that won't stop repeating, he throws himself into each loop, fighting to stop the killer before Saturdayand shevanish forever.
Genre: Romantic Comedy
33 pages
Cast Size: 4-6 Main/Supporting Roles
Genre: Romantic Comedy
33 pages
Cast Size: 4-6 Main/Supporting Roles
Willpowerby John Porter
A young black woman and a middle-aged white man love each other, but their friends tell them they must separate--and they can if they only fight with their willpower.
Genre: Romantic Comedy
6 pages
Cast Size: 4-6 Main/Supporting Roles
Genre: Romantic Comedy
6 pages
Cast Size: 4-6 Main/Supporting Roles
Woodby Jason K. Allen
A lonely man falls in love with a tree. But can they live happily ever after? (No dialogue, silent comedy. One location. Produced writer; see IMDB for 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
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
Welcome to Arbor Parkby Donald Copenhaver
When a real estate developer destroys an ancient tree to build luxury housing, nature takes its revengeroot by root, limb by limb.
Genre: Horror
24 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles
Genre: Horror
24 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles
Playtime: Episode 1 Plasticby DJ Robbins
Eric discovers that everything in his life is made of plastic.
Genre: Artistic
2 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles
Genre: Artistic
2 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles
Shockingby Glenn Pollard
John owns a business repairing electrical appliances. What his assistant, Will, does not know is that the store is going bankrupt. What John does not know is that Will has a way of saving it. But which option is the best?
Genre: Suspense/Thriller
17 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles
Genre: Suspense/Thriller
17 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles
Trajan's Dilemmaby Jonathan Fear
A General persuades the Roman Emperor that the moral cost of sacrificing justice to preserve his legacy is worth unleashing a violent beast of the field.
Genre: Drama
8 pages
Cast Size: 4-6 Main/Supporting Roles
Genre: Drama
8 pages
Cast Size: 4-6 Main/Supporting Roles
The Putt Putt Preacherby Jason K. Allen
The story of Father Ralph Mahony, a gentle man of the cloth when behind the church podium but a take-no-prisoners warrior on the putt putt course. (Mockumentary. Finalist, Nashville Film Festival Screenwriting Competition and Atlanta Film Festival Screenwriting Competition.)
Genre: Comedy
10 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles
Genre: Comedy
10 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles
The Devil's Servantby Doug J Robbins
A murderer kills his improv group after blacking out and pursues members of his neighborhood.
Genre: Horror
33 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles
Genre: Horror
33 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles
Pity the Poor Cowboyby John Porter
A Western musical in which two cowboys mourn the passing of one of their own
Genre: Western
5 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles
Genre: Western
5 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles
Goodnight Sweet Miaby Marina Loos
Paul, desperate to get his girlfriend back at all cost, realizes his fantasy of her is stronger than his reality.
Genre: Drama
15 pages
Cast Size: 4-6 Main/Supporting Roles
Genre: Drama
15 pages
Cast Size: 4-6 Main/Supporting Roles
Shadow Figureby Cassandra Wells
Slamdance Screenwriting Contest Shorts Semifinalist. When a physical medium arrives to investigate a reputed haunted house for a local contractor, a demonic presence makes itself known in ways the client never anticipated.
Genre: Horror
10 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles
Genre: Horror
10 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles
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