David Alan Bentley

🎬 Multi-Award Winning Horror screenwriter | 🎭 Playwright | 🖤 Twisting trauma into cinema & theater | My work focuses on identity, trauma, and dread.

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Don't Speak has officially won two awards this year at Hollywood Horrorfest!!!

#screenplay #Awards #horror #Screenwriter #FilmFestival #Awardwinning #PsychologicalThriller

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My one-act play, Deception, presented by Start Fresh Film Festival is available to watch now on my LinkTree! Feel free to check it out! 😃 😊

#Deception #oneactplay #stageplay #theatre #theatrearts #performingarts #filmfestival

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@jason_blum Perfect pair of actresses!

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@MyTimeToShineH Jobu Tupaki

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Thank you so much for the nomination!
#internationalfilmfestival #indiehorror #screenplay #screenwriting #movies #dontspeak #supernatural #horror #filmfestival #nominee

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Thank you LA International Film Festival for awarding Don't Speak best short script this year!!!

#awardwinner #horrorfilmfestival #filmfestival #shortfilm #shortscreenplay #screenplay #horror #filmmaking #movies #movie #dontspeak

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Thank you to the festival and all the judges for this incredible achievement! ❤️
#horror #screenplay #indiehorror #filmfestival #shortfilm #supernatural #movie #movies #shortscript #internationalfilmfestival #awardiwnningscreenplay #horrorfilmfestival #movies

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I'm happy to announce Cocoon (2025) has been awarded the Best Short Screenplay Under 10 Pages Award at the Dunwich Horror Festival!

#FilmFestival #horror #indiehorror #shortfilm #movies #movie #filmmaking #screenplay #screenwriting

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@jason_blum SICK! Spot on! 🤘

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@jason_blum @HorrorNights Went there for my first time last year. It's PHENOMENAL!

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Thank you Horror Screenings Film Festival Bloody Mirror! 🥰

#dontspeak #officialselection #screenplay #screenwriting #indiefilm #shortfilm #horror #PsychologicalThriller #movie #suspense #Filmmaking

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@creepydotorg It

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Hey guys! I'm excited to share a sample of my first ever short story, Island of The Undine. I would love any feedback! Available to read now on my LinkTree!

#shortstory #prose #fiction #siren
#folklore #islandoftheundine #mythology #PsychologicalThriller #horror #adventure

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😁
#officialselection #screenwriting #lainternationalhorrorfilmfestival #horror #movie #psychologicalhorror #dontspeakmovie

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Cocoon (2025) has gotten its second selection! ❤️

#movie #screenplay #officialselection #filmfestival #cocoon2025 #horror #screenwriting #psychologicalhorror #bodyhorror #horrorfilmfestival #thriller #suspense #shortfilm #indiefilm

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Cocoon (2025) has been selected for The Dunwich Horror Fest!
#movie #officialselection #bodyhorror #psychologicalhorror #Horror #Filmmaking #indiefilm

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Here's some visuals for Adira (green scales) and Kaia (red/black scales) from my short story in-development, Island of the Undine

#prose #proseproject #shortstory #fiction #creativewriting #darkfantasy #oceanhorror #mythology #adventure #mythicalcreatures

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Thank you Happenstance Horrorfest for giving Don't Speak an honorable mention this year!

#filmfestival #dontspeak #horror #honorablemention #indiefilm #filmmaking #screenwriting

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@therealsupes I hope he's ok

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@CodyMobley @portlandfilm Recently just saw your film, CIMIM, at Hollywood Horrorfest and it was absolutely captivating! Amazing film! 👏