Best Horror Screenplays
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The AWNINGTroubled commuters take shelter from a sudden downpour on a Chinatown street corner, only to be tormented by the elderly man in their midst selling unique umbrellas and dispensing cryptic wisdom. Script Excerpt |
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WAKEAfter faking his death, a man attends his own wake in order to find perpetrators of a conspiracy that targeted him, but in doing so, he gets far more than he ever could have imagined. Script Excerpt |
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The PUZZLE MAKERA career driven NSA analyst gifts his autistic daughter an antique jigsaw puzzle, but when she begins to assemble the pieces, it conjures the evil spirit of its creator, a dark entity who plagues their family. Script Excerpt |
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SCOPE CREEPAfter her mentor's suspicious death, a driven project manager inherits the rebuild of a notorious private prison, only to find herself stalked by a mysterious entity hellbent on sabotaging her at every turn. |
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FAUSTIANAfter a string of suspicious celebrity deaths, an obsessed detective must protect a fragile pop starlet and other notable targets of an eccentric stalker who claims to be able to cancel deals with the devil they've unknowingly made. Script Excerpt |
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WEBINARDuring a pandemic lockdown, a reluctant research assistant must take her father's place for a critical online meeting, but when the CDC Director is murdered on camera, it becomes a web-based whodunit and a race against the clock to save her parents and fellow citizens infected by a deadly variant. Script Excerpt |
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POLLING PLACEWhen a bitter family feud escalates, a rebellious tech exec and his girlfriend head to a remote firehouse during a blizzard to defiantly vote against his father's mayoral bid, only to be trapped by a masked axe-wielding killer. Script Excerpt |
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MASSAGE PARLOREager to bond with his white-collar colleagues, a newlywed man accompanies them on a celebratory trip to a seedy spa, but when masked assailants emerge to drug, kidnap, and blackmail them, he must team with a plucky masseuse to thwart the twisted game of their mysterious captors. Script Excerpt |
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God's Work: Devil's in the DetailsA poker game between old friends turns deadly when their childhood priest shows up, convinced one of them is possessed, but after an impromptu exorcism escalates, it becomes unclear just who is doing the devil's bidding and who is doing-- God's Work. |
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PERIPHERYBaffled by unidentified corpses, including his own doppelganger, a world-weary detective with failing eyesight must utilize unique visions into an alternate universe to stop a serial killing cult leader. |
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SLAVE PATROLA runaway slave must evade an evil posse of undead bloodsuckers and rescue his family from the plantation master, a powerful vampire out for revenge. |
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The MOTORMANA desperate group of late-night commuters, stranded in a subway tunnel, are systematically terrorized by an evil entity that knows their darkest secrets. |
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TRANSYLVANIA AIR FLIGHT 1313A cop transporting a thief back to Europe gets more than he bargained for when, once airborne and under a full moon, the prisoner changes into a werewolf, beginning a horrifying rampage at 30,000 feet. |
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God's WorkAn elite unit of Roman Catholic exorcists take on their most challenging target yet, the perfectly possessed president of the United States. |
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CONSCIENCEA newlywed man discovers that his elderly father-in-law is actually a cunning sociopath planning to kill him before the weekend is over. |
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OUT of BODYWhen brutal thieves storm his bank and knock him unconscious, a timid bank manager awakens to discover he's having an out-of-body experience and must use his unique vantage point and newfound powers to thwart the heist and free hostages. Script Excerpt |
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The HealerA down-on-his-luck trauma ward surgeon is given a limitless power to heal by an enigmatic stranger, but there's one catch: He must kill one person every 30 days in order to maintain it. Script Excerpt |
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SEANCEA psychic is forced to use his unique skills to locate drug money, but when a slain kingpin's evil spirit possesses him, he must channel this vengeful entity to save his family and his soul. Script Excerpt |
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MAUSOLEUMIn a plague-ravaged future, a scrappy duo of grave diggers battles an elite team of tomb raiders for entrance into a fortified crypt, but once trapped inside, they must face off against a sinister threat from beyond. Script Excerpt |
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CAULDRONSquabbling siblings, in search of their long-lost parents, take a house-sitting job in the countryside, only to find they've been lured into a trap by a wicked witch. Script Excerpt |
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SPONTANEOUS HUMAN COMBUSTIONBank robbers, holed up at a roadside diner, face off against a mysterious customer while the cops surround them, but when hostages begin bursting into flames, they must confront an insidious evil within. Script Excerpt |
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The SOMMELIERAt his family's secluded vineyard, a restaurateur must outwit a sociopathic wine expert, solve his father's murder, and rescue his fellow guests, after a tasting event turns into a deadly game of revenge. Script Excerpt |
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CREATURES of HABITAfter changing therapists, an OCD afflicted mythology professor sheds his repetitive routines, but when monsters emerge from the woods and abduct his friends, he suspects his compulsive behaviors may actually be rituals intended to ward off an ancient supernatural force. Script Excerpt |
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In the wake of a terrifying and traumatic encounter with RUTHLESS characters, a 14 year old minister - mourns his twin sister, and scorns the GOD he once fervently praised.
DON'T GO IN
A Baton Rouge teen, haunted by a family tragedy, battles a malevolent Creolo Myth to save his brother and amend past mistakes.
The Sword's Awakening
When King Arthur’s legendary sword Excalibur is stolen from a museum, it awakens a dragon and the descendent of a legendary knight who must join forces to find the powerful relic before its dark magic falls into the wrong hands.
FAUSTIAN
After a string of suspicious celebrity deaths, an obsessed detective must protect a fragile pop starlet and other notable targets of an eccentric stalker who claims to be able to cancel deals with the devil they've unknowingly made.
THE FAT LADY SINGS
When a small time private investigator gets a chance at the big time taking on a prominent politician’s wife’s case; neither realizes they are in way over their heads, the political party has been shadowing her, and will do anything to protect her husband, a presumed future presidential candidate.
Fingertips
A Psychological Horror With a twist of a psychotic individual suffering from psychosocial issues has an imaginary friend that’s part of his hallucinations his Imaginary friend is his British father a young proud to be American, forgets his medication after collecting it from a Pharmacy he causes a lot of mayhem around his area he thinks the worlds in his fingertips he chases down social media Influencers and artists by hacking and tracking their location constantly talking to himself as he hallucinates thinking He can see his British Father is around him, Kevin ends up with a chainsaw and gets a few round kills with his Chainsaw he stole from an old granny.
A Cracker in East Harlem
JIMMY J is 50 and has lived in the same East Harlem building for more than half of his life.
Free Sports Radio
Two Filipino-American brothers purchase a radio station in a small city, dreaming of commercial free sports talk, but their ambitious, younger sister has bigger plans for herself and the station.
Desert Quarry
Two mercenaries rob a former colleague's New York jewelry shop to even a score, but after the shop’s employees are found murdered, a deadly bank heist in Iraq begins to haunt them.
Perfect Contrition
A traumatized priest haunted by visions of his violent past obligingly serves a rural parish while indulging in a long distance affair, but his vindictive compulsion is sparked when he’s wrongly blamed for the deaths of two troubled altar boys.