*2024 SHORT SCREENPLAY WINNER*
'noah's Bunker' written by Masho Paramica
2024 FREAK SHOW Horror Film Festival
2024 Short Screenplay Finalists
- RED BUD by Kay Philips
(U.S.A.) - A guilty grandmother appeases the demon in her barn by feeding it the souls of neighborhood children.
- CLOSE SHAVE by Sean Slimak
(U.S.A.) - A last minute haircut appointment puts BRADEN into a dangerous situation. Can he get by on a hair's breath or will this close shave be a close call?
- ET IN ARCADIA EGO by John Bolbot
(United Kingdom) - Something strange and terrible is in the garden, don't leave your front door open ....
- NO FACES by Michael Pisaturo
(U.S.A) - On his last night of freedom before moving in with his sex-starved girlfriend, a closeted Charlie takes one final expedition through the world of chat roulette.
- MERMAID by Pierre Langenegger
(Australia) - A young boy, desperate to shed the “baby” tag inflicted by his brother, sneaks into a house to expose the urban legend of a captive Mermaid, only to discover the legend is true, but this mermaid is no Disney Ariel.
- AVON FOR MEN by Geena Karsama & Guillermo Ortiz
(U.S.A) - A man in an unhappy childless marriage in 1950's America makes a hard decision to change his life only to be met with an unexpected house call to introduce him to Avon's fine toiletries for men.
- THE INSATIABLE PINE by Kent Green
(U.S.A.) - A woman seeks closure from a past tragedy by testing the boundaries of our natural world.
- TIME TO DYE by Brain W. Smith
(U.S.A.) - A cracked tale of Easter horror.
- TEAM BONDING by Mike Ede
(Canada) - A Company retreat may not be the type of Team Bonding these co-workers needed.
- LET'S GO KILL GOD by James Ferda
(U.S.A.) - A father discovers his child has been replaced by an imposter and now must go kill god.
- TEDDY CUDDLES by Christopher Outridge
(U.S.A) - When Jacob, an avid toy collector, purchases a rare 1985 original assembly line Teddy Cuddles Teddy Bear, he, his girlfriend and their roommates suffer the deadly consequences of the wise cracking, murderous Teddy Bear.
- SUNDAY by Iman Davari
(Islamic Republic of Iran) - A detective shows a woman pictures of her husband and daughter who been brutally murdered. She tells him that it is not true, and it is all a dream.
- NOAH'S BUNKER by Masho Paramica
(U.S.A.) - An eccentric family of doomsday preppers survives a mysterious blast from space that destroys most life on Earth, forcing them to begin a new life in a world of aliens, mutants, robots, and monsters.
- THE GATES OF HELL by Sammy Vogel-Seidenberg
(U.S.A.) - Based on a true story. Teenagers Sebastian, Jake, and Brian, known as "The Horror Boys," set out to explore New Jersey's most haunted locations, culminating in a terrifying journey into the notorious Gates of Hell.
- PIZZA CUTTER by Andy Silverman
(U.S.A.) - A pizza shop owner seeks revenge when his store is robbed and he's left for dead.
- ASCENSION by Korea Black & Gianna Rose
(U.S.A.) - A group of strangers awaken on a desert floor with no memory of how they arrived in a desolate wasteland.
- SLAYAPALOOZA by Sebastian Watson
(United Kingdom) - A delusional dreamer and his misfit bandmates seek to perform at a music festival, only to be thwarted by a rival rock group and their evil intentions.
- BARN HELP WANTED by Rachel Reedy
(U.S.A) - A widow farmer looks to hire someone to assist her with chores. It ends up being the job that will never end as applicants start to disappear. Will they be able to leave?
- LAST SUPPER by Maryellen DeVivo
(U.S.A.) - In the not-so-distant future, a broke, retired Gen-X woman contemplates what to do with her life; the cannibal stalking her neighborhood may offer a solution.
- R.I.P. JENNY LEE by Jason Rice
(U.S.A.) - After disturbing a makeshift roadside memorial, a young girl becomes trapped in an SUV with a vengeful ghost.
- DEMON by James Ferda
(U.S.A.) - Existentialism and a cigarette or two.
- IN-BETWEEN by Glenn Lissner
(U.S.A.) - A college student in desperate need of tuition money takes part in a medication trial with horrifying results.
- THE EXPORCISM OF FATHER GABRIEL by Pierre Langenegger
(Australia) - While performing an exorcism on a young girl, a priest recognizes the voices of the demons speaking through her from his past, and now he is desperate to escape.
- SIGHT SPECIFIC by Peter Hardy
(U.S.A.) - A woman attending a theatre performance that takes place in an old house begins to realize that she is seeing people on stage that no one else see -- a young maid being terrorized by a cruel master, ghosts from the house's past.