The challenge was to write a 6 to 10 page script on the theme:
Horrific Tales of my Childhood
Genre: Horror (or any subgenere thereof)
Rating: Children / Young Adult / Adult
Budget: Open
Retell your favorite Fairy* Tale as a horror story. Please include the source. Here is a list of fairy tales for inspiration.
Pinocchio: A Nose for Flesh by James Barron (MarkItZero) writing as Caleb
Desperate to become a real boy, Pinocchio must first learn to curb one particularly unsavory eating habit. (Short Gothic Horror) pdf format Based on The Adventures of Pinoccio
The Enchanted Quill by Mark Renshaw (Mark Renshaw) writing as Prince Urpon Ah-Thyme
A troubled young woman discovers a magic software application that allows her to make all her wishes comes true, but at a price – each wish costs her a fraction of her soul. (Short Splatter Horror) pdf format Based on The Enchanted Quill
Skin Deep by Eric Wall (EWall433) writing as Aeinrikr
Sibling rivalry gets turned on its head when a poor peasant girl becomes envious of her beautiful sister’s opulent lifestyle. (Short Period Horror) pdf format Based on The Ass and The Pig
A handicapped girl, desperate for cash to help her junkie mother, signs a deal with a strange creature which she will soon regret. (Short Urban Gothic Horror) pdf format Based on Rumplestillskin
A tormented schoolgirl makes the transformation from ugly outcast to head-turning beauty using unorthodox methods. (Short Revenge Horror) pdf format Based on The Ugly Ducking
A passionate psychologist challenges her trauma patient when she arranges a fatal reunion with the wolf. (Short Psychological Horror) pdf format Based on Little Red Riding Hood
A retelling of the classic fairy tale of broken promises, family loyalties…and wolves. (Short Action Horror) pdf format Based on The Boy and the Wolves
Peter suffers from nightmares of a witch under his bed until the neighbour’s girl offers a solution he hadn’t thought about yet. (Short Action Horror) pdf format Based on Monsters Under the Bed
A wooden boy’s desire to be real, leads him on a path to murder. (Short Fairy Tale Horror) pdf format Based on The Adventures of Pinoccio
A young Couple are terrorized by a tiny pest while a hurricane rages outside of their beach house. (Short Comedy Horror) pdf format Based on The Itsy Bitsy Spider
An injured war veteran struggles to contain a newly acquired power (Short Action Horror) pdf format Based on The Blue Light
A Jesuit Priest, who worships a living Darkness, must walk the razor’s edge of insanity to fulfill its blood lust. (Short Supernatural Horror) pdf format Based on Oranges and Lemons
There’s a path in the Fairy Tale forest and it’s name is Jack. (Short Action Horror) pdf format Based on One, Two, Buckle My Shoe
A small medieval town celebrates the Golden Ball annually, this year however, will be the last. (Short Action Horror) pdf format Based on The Golden Ball
Comes from the Italian tale–The Slave Mother (Short Action Horror) pdf format Based on The Slave Mother
Snow White seeks revenge on the Evil Queen that sentenced her death. (Short Comedy Horror) pdf format Based on Snow White
When a hungry wolf destroys their straw and brick houses, two little pigs take refuge in a brick house built by another little pig. Can the little pigs keep themselves safe from the big bad wolf in the brick house? (Short Supernatural Horror) pdf format Based on The Three Little Pigs
A closet Hollywood leprechaun has his pride damaged, and gets some serious revenge. (Short Comedy Horror) pdf format Based on A Leprechaun Story
Jerome’s about to make a trade with some dubious characters, but that’s nothing compared to what’s waiting for him at home. (Short Action Horror) pdf format Based on Jack and The Beanstalk
A young girl infatuated with an old fairy tale goes to extreme lengths to get a date for the Halloween Ball. 8 pages (Short Teen Horror) pdf format Based on The Princess and The Frog
A queen gives her last life blood to save her daughter. Only catch, her blood comes with a curse. (Short Vampire Horror) pdf format Based on Snow White
A captured Alice must help assassinate the queen to gain her freedom, but why Alice? (Short Psychological Horror) pdf format Based on Alice in Wonderland
Catherine must cook the meal of her life or lose her own. (Short Splatter Horror) pdf format Based on One, Two, Buckle My Shoe
A Boy struggles to survive on his own when abandoned by his family (Short Natural Horror) pdf format Based on The Boy And The Wolves
The lonely daughter of a mountain couple seeks to transform herself with the help of her lover’s skull. (Short Pyschological Horror) pdf format Based on The Girl With the Skull
Set during the Great Famine period, a brother and sister encounter a nightmare lurking deep in the woods. (Short Splatter Horror) pdf format Based on Hansel and Gretel
How far will abused, shell-shocked Cinderella go(re) to live happily ever after? Bloody far. (Short Psychological, Blood and Guts Horror) pdf format Based on Cinderella
A young boy must overcome his childhood phobia or remain paralyzed by fear and be doomed to watch basketball forever. (Short Family Horror) pdf format Based on Itsy Bitsy Spider
Siblings abandoned and left for dead, go through a transformation while held captive by a hermit in the woods. (Short Psychological Horror) pdf format Based on Hansel and Gretel
Brer Rabbit is a witty, savvy businessman. He does however have his moments where he resorts to his uncivil, animalistic origins. (Short Slasher Horror) pdf format Based on Brer Rabbit
Forced into marriage with a man she does not love, a young woman discovers her husband has a secret which puts her at risk. 8 pages (Short Gothic Horror) pdf format Based on Bluebeard
A young boy must face the reality of his situation, he’s dead. Now he has one task before he moves on, bring an Angel a flower. If he fails, he falls into the void and becomes part of the bone pile. (Short Supernatural Horror) pdf format Based on The Angel
A Miller who has fallen little by little into poverty, sees his escape out of the circle of poorness due a dark pact. What he don’t know is that his counterpart fouls him and leads him with that into a path of badness and abomination, where there is no return. (Short Action Horror) pdf format Based on The Girl without Hands
When a terrifying Monster brutally attacks an Ant Hill. Two Ants take it upon themselves to seek help from the elusive gang of Grasshoppers. They must work together to defeat the undefeatable Monster; an eight year old kid. (Short Action Horror) pdf format Based on The Ant and The Grasshopper
Sometimes a children’s tale brings back more than just memories. (Short Psychological Horror) pdf format Based on The Boy Who Cried Wolf
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