Michael Morra

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Informed by his years as a trial lawyer helping everyday people navigate emotionally charged situations, Michael writes character-driven horror and thriller features about people struggling to overcome past traumas, with their grief, guilt, and anxiety often taking the form of a dark or supernatural adversary. Michael is a recent winner of the Final Draft Grand Prize and Page Awards Gold Prize for ABOUT MCKENNA, a female-driven revenge thriller in the vein of COLLATERAL meets PROMISING YOUNG WOMAN. Michael’s horror/sci-fi short, SCOUT, appeared at the top of the Killer Shorts Scream List in 2025.

When Michael is not writing scary stories, he enjoys spending time with his family and their three rescue dogs, playing poker on Friday nights, and, for better or worse, white-knuckling emotionally fraught Sunday afternoons with the Dallas Cowboys. Michael never gets tired of watching JAWS, especially in the summer.

Honors & Awards

Finalist, Emerging Screenwriters Competition - BLIND SPOT - 2026

Finalist, ScreenCraft Horror Competition - FEAR BOX - 2023

Winner, Final Draft Big Break and Page Awards Gold Prize - ABOUT MCKENNA - 2022

BLIND SPOT

Thriller - PHONE BOOTH meets JOY RIDE

A routine driving lesson takes a dark turn when a traumatized teen and her shady driving instructor are targeted by a menacing killer in a souped-up pickup hell-bent on punishing them for their past misdeeds.

SCOUT

Horror/Sci-Fi short - LET THE RIGHT ONE IN meets E.T.

A guilt-stricken teen responsible for the accidental drowning of her younger sister finds her life takes an even darker turn when her sister returns from the grave to carry out a sinister otherworldly agenda.

INSATIABLE

Horror - BREAKDOWN meets JEEPERS CREEPERS

When a law student's pregnant girlfriend vanishes from a truck stop diner the only thing more terrifying than her captor is the reason she was taken.