Thank you to all who submitted their screenplays to the 2021 International Horror and Sci-Fi Film Festival Short Screenplay Competition. We are very excited to announce this year's winners!
First Place:
Disrupture by Ross Morin of New London, CT
A gay couple wakes up to find a knife-wielding homophobic maniac in their bedroom in this terrifying queer spin on the home invasion thriller.
Second Place:
Allusion by Scott Hutz of Los Angeles, CA
When she was a child, Geri witnessed her mother agonizing over her sister’s death. Now, with her mother institutionalized and her sole guardian grieving over his wife’s death, Geri relives the events that led her to where she is… and the horror she cannot let go.
Third Place:
Man Cave by Mark Higgins of South Lanarkshire, UK
An old man lures two antique hunters to appraise his collection, where they unknowingly step into his deadly, psychotic trap.
Finalists:
Glitch by Andrea K M Capere of Tacoma, WA
When the cost of treatment is too steep, a clever cosmetic gene editor risks it all to save herself from her completely preventable death.
EBO by L. E. Coleman of Indianapolis, IN
A young husband finds the cure for his wife’s incurable disease sitting in an old tanker inside a junkyard, but the owner of the yard is not about to let him leave with it or let his secret get out to the rest of the world.
Perfection by James Furlong of Thousand Oaks, CA
Desperate to save his ailing wife, a man resorts to experimental nanotechnology to cure her leukemia... with horrifying results.
Tough Love by Warren Lane of Sherman Oaks, CA
A suicidal teen finds a reason to live after her maniacal new therapist gives her a hefty dose of tough love.
Come Closer by Pierre Langenegger of Canterbury, Australia
After breaking into an old house for Halloween a girl becomes trapped by spirits, but she soon discovers that freeing herself does not rid her of their malevolent intent.
Dolores by Michael Seabolt & Greg Schroeder
Every night, while Ethan’s getting ready to go to sleep, a ghost lies down in bed with him. It scares him, but he also misses the Ghost when it leaves, for its appearance and smell remind him of his dead girlfriend Dolores.
Chef’s Kiss Special by Sevval Sengul of Instabul, Turkey
A restaurant serves up more than the diners bargain for.
