Welcome, Brave Souls!

To the October/Halloween One Week Challenge. You will have one week to write an 8 page or less horror script… After you’ve chosen from one of the 5 categories listed below. Enjoy!

1. Haunted House Horror

     • Write a ghost story that is destined to become a modern classic.

2. Tech/AI Horror

     • A story where the mechanizations of the modern world have gone terribly astray.

3. Slasher Horror

     • Your version of this familiar trope. Here’s your chance to top Michael and Jason with someone who’d eat those two for lunch.

4. Body Horror

     • Think — The Thing or The Fly. Feel free to make it as gross as you want, but don’t forget to scare the crap out of us.

5. Psychological Horror

     • Expose all your internal fears and mental instability to expose the fragility of the human brain.

The rules.

— We all love kills in horror movies, but if you feel you can scare the shit out of us without one, by all means!
— No mashing genre’s. If you choose slasher, don’t throw in body horror, etc.
— You may add elements from other genres to your script (comedy, sci-fi, etc), but these scripts should be overwhelmingly horror focused.

Choose wisely, fiends!

The small print…

•This is not a contest. It’s a challenge.
•Please put (c) 2025 on your title page.
•Please read and review as many scripts as you can. All of them, if possible, but we understand time/commitments get in the way.

Submit to SimplyScripts.com/OWC

Cool. Nice theme(s)  

May I ask - is comedy horror, unacceptable in this particular challenge?

Quoted from ColinS Cool. Nice theme(s)   May I ask - is comedy horror, unacceptable in this particular challenge?

That’s acceptable!

I want to understand why the fly was on a ceiling and where do the fingers go.

Quoted from khamanna I want to understand why the fly was on a ceiling and where do the fingers go.

The Fly (movie) could be considered body horror!

As far as the fingers, only Nik Sac has the answer to that.  

Thanks, Steve, for revealing the challenge before I hit the hay.

— There should be some death. At least one confirmed kill, but if you can scare the shit out of us without it, by all means

Okay, you're going to need to clarify this for everyone imho.
Is one kill mandatory or not?

Scary is essential.

Nice options btw. It feels like there's something for everyone.

Quoted from LC Thanks, Steve, for revealing the challenge before I hit the hay. — There should be some death. At least one confirmed kill, but if you can scare the shit out of us without it, by all means Okay, you're going to need to clarify this for everyone imho. Is one kill mandatory or not? Scary is essential. Nice options btw. It feels like there's something for everyone.

I will further clarify in my post, but … I’d like to see at least one death, but it’s not necessary.

Quoted from SAC The Fly (movie) could be considered body horror! ...

Could be? It definitely is.
As is The Substance, Videodrome, Hellraiser, Infinity Pool, Raw, The Perfection, to name some others.

Quoted from SAC I will further clarify in my post, but … I’d like to see at least one death, but it’s not necessary.

Cool, so not compulsory.

Submission link needed when you can, Steve. You know, for those show offs who say they've finished within an hour.  

Quoted from SAC That’s acceptable!

Sorry for that question, it appears i'm blind!  

Time to brainstorm

Quoted from ColinS Sorry for that question, it appears i'm blind!   Time to brainstorm

You’re not blind! I added it after you said it.  

Wow didn't know it had already started. Was waiting for the clock to tick down.

Nice themes. Not sure what I'll pick.

Quoted from SAC I’d like to see at least one death, but it’s not necessary.

what do you mean by "to see"? Is it "to have" a death in the script? Or you want to see a person being killed and die? Do you want to observe the killing itself, is that what you mean?

Sounds good.

My 2 cents would be to not allow comedy, as IMO, comedy and horror do not play well together - at all!

In fact, in my eyes, comedy horror is usually pisser territory.

Also, requesting, but not requiring it, is also an issue, as peeps will look for the kill and grade down when one isn't present just because it was mentioned.

Quoted from khamanna what do you mean by "to see"? Is it "to have" a death in the script? Or you want to see a person being killed and die? Do you want to observe the killing itself, is that what you mean?

Most horror movies have a death. A kill. I’m basically implying if you need to kill someone, go for it. If not, that’s fine too.

It can be offscreen if you wish.

And yes, to have a death in the script.