Short Film Scripts

Sequester

Status: Submitting to Festivals

Runtime: 5 minutes

Genre: Horror/Experimental

Alone in a remote cabin, Mercer’s retreat turns into a nightmare as an unseen entity feeds on his isolation. As Mercer’s grip on himself weakens, it’s mirrored by his physically exploitative relationship with Theo. Caught between the two, Sequester explores a queer descent into isolation, intimacy, and the horror of being used while no one is truly listening.

Seek

Status: Script Complete

Genre: Folk Horror

Mixing business with pleasure, two couples head into the Michigan woods in search of a fabled lumberjack-tale monster—but they get more than they bargained for when the old beast begins to seek them instead.

Smothered

Status: Script Complete

Genre: Psych Thriller/Sport

In a clash of play styles and personalities, two chess players retreat into their mind palaces during a tense tournament match—where the game takes on a surreal, psychological life of its own.

Solo Gratia

Status: Script Complete

Genre: Possession Horror

Lutheran exorcisms are exceedingly rare—ones where the possessed willingly participates, rarer still. As a Pastor and Elder attempt the impossible, they risk being unmade by a presence unlike anything they've ever faced.

Snow Lanes

Status: Drafting

Genre: Drama/LGBTQ+

A couple are driving North on I-75. The driver has never driven in snow before and the passenger is explaining how. An exploration of control.

America's Worst Home Exorcisms

Status: Developing

Genre: Horror/Comedy

A sceptic, a priest, and a ghost hunter analyze America's homemade exorcism videos. After unravelling terrible fake after terrible fake, one submission proves to be "worst" in an entirely different way.