Announcing the 2019 ScreenCraft Horror Screenplay Competition Finalists

by ScreenCraft on October 2, 2019

We’re excited to feature the scripts listed below that comprise the finalists of the 2019 ScreenCraft Horror Screenplay Competition. Horror is one of the proven genres for newcomers to the craft – and we're always looking for talented new writers. Our Hollywood judges include Creative Executives, Managers, and filmmakers behind such horror films as Get Out, Paranormal Activity, Insidious, The Purge, Sinister, Us, Mandy, It Follows, The Butterfly Effect, Hereditary and Midsommar.

The winner of the concept category will receive an exclusive developmental mentoring prize package with Brittany Klesic of Monkeypaw Productions.

Stay tuned for the upcoming announcement of grand prize winner here and on our Twitter and Facebook pages within the next few weeks!

And if you’d like to receive a notification when this contest re-opens for entries in 2020, you can subscribe for updates via Coverfly here.

Without further ado, here are the top 50 finalists:

Screenplay Category

*Appalachia*	Brian Otting
*Ask Christine*	Danielle Gershberg
*Bare Metal*	Jess Gupta
*Bitterroot*	Matthew Kaler
*Companion*	John Darbonne
*Crate*	Alex Pickering & Matthew Breault
*Dear Marie*	Alex Forstenhausler
*Doomway*	Stephen Polakiewicz
*Fountain of You*	David Holmes
*Fresh Hell*	Dave Rock
*Ghost Signs*	Jace Daniel
*Girls Start Rumors*	Tessa Whitehead
*Hell Is An Open Door*	Jim Lopezzo
*Hugh Jackman Stole My Husband*	Maisie Culver
*I'll Follow You Into the Dark*	Michael Campbell
*Intended*	Joe Vallese
*Into the Trees*	Matt O'Connor
*Junkyard*	Dan Riesser & Mike Kinshella
*Last Lights*	Alexander Torres
*Love to Watch You Bleed*	Borden Sisters
*Miscreations*	Alan Loubeau & Mike Meyerson
*Night Comes to Wolf Creek*	Andrew Mecham & Matthew Whedon
*No Man's Land*	Barry Ambrose & Armand Kachigian
*Open House*	Sean Jourdan & John Ingle
*Polar*	Christopher Kearney
*Ride-along*	Chris Mul & Michael Mul
*Shadow*	Cody Pearce
*She Keeps Calling*	Justin Lee
*Shifters*	Alexander Messana & Adam Messana
*Tarabull*	Esdras Romero
*Tender*	Zoe Vitale
*The Boy*	Graham Manson
*The Devil's Bite*	Ervin Anderson
*The Followers*	Colin Dalvit
*The Home*	Jason Goldberg
*The Man in the Wood*	Alex Schor
*The Outback*	Paul Chang
*The Peak of Fear*	kevin bachar
*The Prince of Earth*	Mike Robinson
*The Something*	David Hudacek
*The Tormented*	Chris Bolton
*The Wraith*	Orhan Sumen
*Theory of Mind*	John Licata
*Yellow*	Kamal Moo & Chris Yeazel
*Zora*	Maria Wilson

Concept Category

*An Ordinary Silence*	Mylissa Fitzsimmons
*Deathcentralized*	Luca Filipi & Robert Jaworzyn
*Getaway*	Laura Grey & Megan Stein
*Pelicans*	Ash Strayer
*Project Terrace*	Tony Merkurii & Jade Widger