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short films

Mr. Whiskers and I

To impress his boss, Calvin pet-sits her asshole of a cat.

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Accolades:

FINALIST | Vancouver's Shits N' Giggles Competition 2023

Slash/Her

When a woman and her boyfriend are stalked by a slasher killer on date night, she discovers true love in the most unlikely place.

One cookie. One culprit. One world crumbling case.

All Things Must Crumb to an End

unpublished work

Engine of Evil

Feature | Horror-Comedy

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A sixteen year old receives an old car as a birthday gift from his stepfather. When he drives it for the first time, he realizes it isn’t powered by conventional gasoline – but instead, an engine of pure evil.

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Accolades:

WINNER | HORROR Underground Film & Screenplay Festival 2024

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FINALIST | Best Short Screenplay | Nightmares Film Festival 2024

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NOMINEE | Best Screenplay | Chicago Horror Film Festival 2024

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Honourable Mention | Best Short Screenplay | The International Horror Hotel Film Festival 2024

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Interview:

WILDsound Podcast | HORROR Underground Film & Screenplay Festival 2024

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The MANDALORIAN:
The Mechanical Prometheus

TV Spec Script | The Mandalorian

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The Mandalorian is forced to land on an abandoned Clone Wars ship and is separated from Grogu shortly after. With little options, he must forge an unlikely alliance with a trapped scavenger named Tan who pushes The Mandalorian way outside his comfort zone - to assemble a Battle Droid which will unlock the way to Grogu. Only as he explores the dark corridors of the ship, something in the darkness lurks.

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Accolades:

Spec Category Selection | International Screenwriter's Association (ISA) Fast Track Fellowship 2024​​

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Roxanne

Short Film | Horror

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A young man cleans up his sister's house after she mysteriously disappears, and discovers that the same evil responsible for taking her still lurks inside.

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Accolades:

WINNER| Best Student Screenplay | The International Horror Hotel Film Festival

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Gone to Dark

Feature | Horror/Thriller

 

Grizzled detective John Clark returns to his hometown to deal with his deceased father's estate. Soon after his arrival, most of the town's inhabitants vanish overnight, and he comes to realize his father could have something to do with it - and may still be alive.

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waken.

Short Film | Horror

 

A young woman makes an impossible decision to free herself and her husband from the angry spirit of her dead mother who refuses to rest in peace.

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The Page Sage

TV Pilot | Young Adult Adventure with a Hint of Horror

 

Jason Abbott moves to the mountain community of Axe Lake with his father in the wake of his mother’s death. Soon after his arrival, he discovers the he has the ability to seal away cosmic entities which threaten the town, and possibly the world.

© 2025 by beckett van stralen. all written content within belongs to the writer.

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