2023 Screamfest Screenplay Finalists Announced!
Congratulations to all the finalists in the Screamfest 2023 screenplay competition! The winning screenplay will be announced on October 19th, 2023.
Top Five Finalists:
The City of Lost Children by Scott Hamilton and P.J. Hamilton
The Dark Gift by Sergio Pintore and Daryl. D. Well
The Deadhead by Justin Ballheim
Fragments by Jake Moses
From Below by Wes Eastin
Semi-Finalists:
The City of Lost Children by Scott Hamilton and P.J. Hamilton
Contained by Jennifer Wilton
The Deadhead by Justin Ballheim
Defenseless by Aaron Barrocas
The Forever Hotel by Justin Ballheim
Lithium by Red Davis
Those Led To Slaughter by Travis Williams
Oh Sickie by Julien M. Wagner
Quarter Finalists:
A Manhattan Exorcism by Ryan Guiterman and Sam Ellison
Baby Boy by Patrick Henry Ford
Bad Moon Rising by Scott Hamilton and P.J. Hamilton
Bad Vibes by Justin Danger Shelton and Brian T. Monk
The Better To Eat You With by Celina Bernstein and Shane Bannon
The Bunyip by Miranda Allender
The Burning of Hell's Bridge by Michael Sametz
The City of Lost Children by Scott Hamilton and P.J. Hamilton
Clementine by Anthony Derrico
Community Guidelines: Banned by Alina and Bart Norman
Contained by Jennifer Wilton
The Dark Gift by Sergio Pintore and Daryl. D. Well
Dark Like Now by Jared Michael Delaney
The Deadhead by Justin Ballheim
Deep Fake by Carrick Moore Gerety
Defenseless by Aaron Barrocas
Dogleg by Joseph J. Greenberg
Don't Forget About Us by Britt Falardeau
Dreams of the Dead by Eric Taylor
Exorcising Grandma by James Roberts
Fertility by David Ferris
Fish by Phillip Clark Davis and Mike Langer
The Forever Hotel by Justin Ballheim
Fragments by Jake Moses
From Below by Wes Eastin
House of Saturn by Kate Ryan Brewer
Incident at Graves Manor by Don Erlandson
Just Be Scary by Stan Evans
Leave None Breathing by Kenny Yakkel
Lithium by Red Davis
Look To The Trees by Michael Sametz and Bri Michaela
Love To Watch You Bleed by The Borden Sisters
The Maw by Sean Plemmons and Jeff Hassen
Meet Jimmy by Tim Koomen
Metal Moon by Jon Chamis
Mirage by Andrew Warren
Morbidly by Don Stroud
The Night Staff by Andrew Ionides
Oh Sickie by Julien Wagner
The One Who Knocks by Don Cabreana
Openers by Gabe Mouer
Our Maker by Sky Tallone
Powder Keg by Joe Favalaro
The Prodigal by Thomas O’Malley
Purgatory by Brian Schwab
Red Rains by Sean M. Chavis
Redux by Anthony S. Cipriano
The Runner by Michael Buonocore
Scream Queen by Robert Stephen Apetagon
Shoegazers by Jake Minard
The Silent Room by David Schlow
Skins of the Father by Absent Absent
Sun Never Sets by Aashish Gadhvi
Swelter by Miranda Allender
Swine Lake by Michael Rakoff
The Things That Live in the Woods by Joshua Ingle
Those Led To Slaughter by Travis Williams
Trick Selfie by Chad Wellinger
Worry Doll by Eddie McConville
