THE BIG LIST OF HORROR FILM FESTIVALS

307 International Film Festival https://filmfreeway.com/307FilmFestival Laramie, WY, USA 48 Hour Film Horror Project – Des Moines https://www.48hourfilm.com/desmoines/horror Des Moines, IA, USA 48 Hour Horror Film Festival https://byrdtheatre.org/programming/48-hour-horror-film-festival/ Richmond, VA, USA 48 Hour Horror Sci-Fi Project – Wisconsin https://www.48hourfilm.com/wisconsin/horror_scifi Wisconsin, USA Abertoir Horror Festival http://www.abertoir.co.uk Aberystwyth, Wales, UK Aero Theatre Horrorthon https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aero_Theatre_Horrorthon Santa Monica, CA, USA Africa International Horror Film Fest https://www.instagram.com/aihfilmfest/ Lagos, Nigeria Alabama Horror-Fest https://horrorcons.com/event/25050/alabama-horror-fest-2025 Dothan, AL, USA All Things Horror Presents http://www.allthingshorroronline.net Somerville Theatre, Somerville, MA, USA American Horror Film Festival https://horrorpatch.com/2023/01/02/the-american-horror-film-festival-tuesday-january-10th-in-downers-grove-chicago-illinois/ Downers Grove, IL, USA American Horrors Film Festival https://filmfreeway.com/TheAmericanHorrorsFilmFestival Lake Geneva, WI, USA Anatomy: Crime & Horror International Film Festival https://filmfreeway.com/AnatomyFilmFest Athens, Greece Anchorage International Film Festival (AIFF) https://anchoragefilmfestival.org/ Anchorage, AK, USA A Night of Horror International Film Festival http://www.anightofhorror.com Eau Claire, WI, USA Another Hole in the Head Film Festival https://filmfreeway.com/SanFranciscoAnotherHoleintheHead Balboa & 4Star Theatres, San Francisco, CA, USA Appalachian Film Festival https://www.foundrytheater.org/appalachian-film-fest Huntington, WV, USA Appalachian HorrorFest https://appalachianhorrorfest.com/ Knoxville, TN, USA Arcana http://arcanacon.com St. Paul, MN, USA Astronomicon Film Festival https://www.astronomicon.com/ Ypsilanti, MI, USA Atlanta After Dark Film Festival https://filmfestivalcircuit.com/event/atlanta-after-dark-film-festival-spring-2025 Atlanta, GA, USA Atlanta HorrorFest: Buried Alive Horror Film Festival https://buriedalivefilmfest.com Plaza Theatre, Atlanta, GA, USA Atlanta Horror Film Fest https://atlantahorrorfilmfest.com/ Atlanta, Georgia, USA Austin Horror Film Festival https://gov.texas.gov/film/event/austin-horror-film-festival-2025 Austin, TX, USA Balticon Sunday Night Short Film Festival https://www.balticon.org/ Baltimore, MD, USA Baton Rouge Horror Film Festival https://filmfreeway.com/BRLAHorrorFilmFestival Baton Rouge, LA, USA Benson Film Festival https://bensontheatre.org/event/2025-benson-film-festival/ Omaha, NE, USA Beyond Fest https://beyondfest.com Los Angeles, CA, USA Big Sky Documentary Film Festival https://www.bigskyfilmfest.org/ Missoula, MT, USA Bite Night Presents... https://www.bitenight.net/ Portland, ME, USA BizarroLand Film Festival https://www.bizarrolandfilmfestival.com/ Orlando, FL, USA Blood in the Snow Canadian Film Festival https://bloodinthesnow.ca/ Toronto, ON, Canada Bmore Horror Fest https://filmfreeway.com/BmoreHorrorFest Baltimore, MD, USA B-Movie Fest (formerly, now Scare-A-Con) https://www.iloveny.com/event/scare-a-con-2025/72167/ Syracuse, New York, USA Bogotá Horror Film Festival https://festhome.com/en/festival/bogota-horror-film-festival Bogotá, Colombia Boston Underground Film Festival (BUFF) https://bostonunderground.org/ Cambridge, MA, USA Brisbane International Film Festival (BIFF) https://filmfreeway.com/BrisbaneIntlFilmFestival Brisbane, QLD, Australia British Horror Film Festival https://www.filmfestivalguild.com/british-horror-film-festival The British Museum, London, UK Brooklyn Horror Film Festival https://brooklynhorrorfest.com/ Brooklyn, NY, USA Brussels International Fantastic Film Festival (BIFFF) https://www.bifff.net/ Brussels, Belgium Brussels International Festival of Fantasy Film (BIFFF) https://www.bifff.org Brussels Expo, Brussels, Belgium Bucheon International Fantastic Film Festival (BIFAN) https://www.bifan.kr/eng Bucheon, South Korea Bucheon International Fantastic Film Festival (BIFAN) https://www.bifan.kr/eng/ Bucheon, Gyeonggi Province, South Korea Buenos Aires Rojo Sangre (BARS) https://filmfreeway.com/BuenosAiresRojoSangrefilmfestival Buenos Aires, Argentina Buffalo Dreams Fantastic Film Festival https://www.buffalodreamsfilmfest.com Dipson Amherst Theatre, Buffalo, NY, USA Buried Alive Film Festival https://buriedalivefilmfest.com/ Atlanta, GA, USA BUT Film Festival (B-Movie Underground & Trash) https://butff.nl Breda, Netherlands Calgary Underground Film Festival https://www.calgaryundergroundfilm.org/ Calgary, AB, Canada Camp Horror Film Festival https://camphorror.org/ Missoula, MT, USA Capital City Film Festival – “Quality Scary” Horror Block https://capitalcityfilmfest.com/ Lansing, MI, USA Carolina Fear Fest https://www.carolinafearfest.com/ Raleigh, NC, USA Carson Creepy Short Horror Film Competition https://visitcarsoncity.com/events/short-horror-film/ Carson City, NV, USA Catania Film Fest https://filmfreeway.com/cataniafilmfest Catania, Italy Cedar River Film Festival – Fright Night https://www.mycfct.org/CRFF Cedar Falls, IA, USA Chattanooga Film Festival https://www.chattfilmfest.org/ Chattanooga, TN, USA Chicago Horror Film Festival https://www.chicagohorrorfilmfest.com/ Chicago, Illinois, USA Cinema Scares Film Festival https://cinemascares.com/ Shelbyville, IN, USA CineMayhem http://www.cinemayhemfilmfest.com Los Angeles, CA, USA Cleveland International Film Festival https://www.clevelandfilm.org/ Cleveland, OH, USA Colchester Film Festival https://colchesterfilmfestival.co.uk Firstsite, Colchester, Essex, England Colorado Festival of Horror (COFOH) https://cofestivalofhorror.com/ Lone Tree, CO, USA Coney Island Film Festival – Program 8: Horror https://www.coneyislandfilmfestival.com/ Brooklyn, NY, USA Connecticut Frights Film Festival https://filmfreeway.com/CTFrights Hartford, CT, USA Cordillera International Film Festival https://www.ciffnv.org/ Reno, NV, USA Creature Feature Weekend https://creaturefeatureweekend.com/ Wyndham Gettysburg, Gettysburg, PA, USA Crimson Screen Horror Film Fest https://www.crimsonscreenfilmfest.org/ Columbia, SC, USA Crypticon Kansas City https://crypticonconvention.com/ Kansas City, MO, USA Crypticon Minneapolis https://www.crypticonminneapolis.com/index.html Plymouth, MN, USA Crypticon Minneapolis https://www.crypticonminneapolis.com/ Plymouth, MN, USA Crypticon Seattle Horror Film Festival https://crypticonseattle.com/events/film-festival/ SeaTac, WA, USA Cryptshow Festival https://filmfreeway.com/CryptshowFestival Barcelona, Spain CT HorrorFest: Hartford https://www.horrornewsnetwork.net/ct-horror/hartford/ Hartford, CT, USA CT HorrorFest: Stamford https://www.horrornewsnetwork.net/ct-horror/stamford/ Stamford, CT, USA Cucalorus Film Festival https://www.cucalorus.org/ Wilmington, NC, USA Damnationland https://damnationland.com/ Portland, ME, USA Dam Short Film Festival http://www.damshortfilm.org/ Boulder City, NV, USA Dark Cinema Film Festival https://filmfreeway.com/DarkCinemaFilmFestival Salt Lake City, UT, USA Dark Escape Film Fest (DEFfest) https://festhome.com/blog-article/14753 East Greenwich, RI, USA Darkest Day of Horror Film Festival https://ddhff.com/ Fargo, ND, USA Dark Nights Film Fest https://www.darknightsfilmfest.com/ Sydney, NSW, Australia Dark Red Horror Film Festival https://www.darkredhorror.com/ Albuquerque, NM, USA Days of the Dead Film Festival https://filmfreeway.com/DaysoftheDeadFilmFestival Indianapolis, IN, USA Days of the Dead Film Festival https://filmfreeway.com/DaysoftheDeadFilmFestival Atlanta, GA, USA deadCenter Film Festival https://filmfreeway.com/deadCenter Oklahoma City, OK, USA Deadhead Productions Horror Film Festival https://filmfreeway.com/DeadheadHorrorfilmFest St. Albans, WV, USA Dead of Winter Horror Festival https://horrorcons.com/event/24137/dead-of-winter-horror-festival-2025 Worcester, MA, USA Delco Horror Haven Film Festival https://filmfreeway.com/DelcoHorrorHaven Media, PA, USA Depth of Field Film Festival https://filmfreeway.com/DepthofFieldFilmFestival Sioux City, IA, USA Diversicon http://www.diversicon.org Saint Paul, MN, USA Donostia – San Sebastián Horror & Fantasy Film Festival http://www.sansebastianhorrorfestival.com San Sebastián, Gipuzkoa, Spain Dracula International Film Festival https://filmfreeway.com/DraculaFilmFestival Brasov, Romania Dragon*Con Independent Short Film Festival http://filmfest.dragoncon.org Atlanta, Georgia, USA Drunken Zombie Film Festival http://drunkenzombiefilmfestival.com Peoria, Illinois, USA Eerie Horror Film Festival http://eeriehorrorfest.com Warner Theatre, Erie, Pennsylvania, USA El Dorado Film Festival https://www.eldoradofilmfestival.com/ El Dorado, AR, USA Etheria Film Night https://www.etheriafilmnight.com Los Angeles, CA, USA Evansville Horror Con https://raptorcon.ticketspice.com/evansville-horror-con-2025 Evansville, IN, USA Exhumed Films' 24-Hour Horror-thon http://www.exhumedfilms.com/ Philadelphia, PA, USA Extremicon https://fancons.com/events/schedule.php?loc=usMO&type=horror&year=2025 St. Robert, MO, USA Fairhope Film Festival: After Dark https://fairhopefilmfestival.org/ Fairhope, AL, USA Fantasia International Film Festival https://fantasiafestival.com/ Montreal, QC, Canada Fantasia International Film Festival https://fantasiafestival.com/ Montreal, Quebec, Canada Fantaskisk Film Festival https://www.fff.se/en Lund, Sweden Fantaspoa Film Festival https://www.fantaspoa.com/ Porto Alegre, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil Fantaspoa – International Fantastic Film Festival of PoA https://filmfreeway.com/Fantaspoa Porto Alegre, Brazil Fantasporto – Festival Internacional de Cinema do Porto https://fantasporto.com/en/ Porto, Portugal Fantastic Fest https://www.fantasticfest.com Alamo Drafthouse South Lamar, Austin, TX, USA FANtastic Horror Film Festival https://filmfreeway.com/FANtasticHorrorFilmFestival San Diego, CA, USA Fargo Fantastic Film Festival https://valleycon.com/attractions/ Ramada Fargo (3333 13th Ave S), Fargo, ND, USA Fargo Film Festival https://fargofilmfestival.org/ Fargo Theatre, Fargo, ND, USA Fear Fete Horror Film Festival https://filmfreeway.com/FearFete Biloxi, MS, USA Fear Fete Horror Film Festival https://filmfreeway.com/FearFete Biloxi, MS, USA FERATUM International Fantastic Film Festival https://filmfreeway.com/FeratumInternationalFantasticFilmFestival Pátzcuaro, Michoacán, Mexico Festival Buenos Aires Rojo Sangre http://rojosangre.quintadimension.com Buenos Aires, Argentina FilmQuest https://filmquestfest.com/ Provo, UT, USA First Cut Horror Film Festival https://thefirstcutfilmfest.eventive.org/ Wilmington, NC, USA Five Minute Horror Film Festival https://dclibrary.libnet.info/event/10527899 Washington, DC, USA FIXION Fest, Fantastic & Horror Film Festival https://filmfreeway.com/festivals/curated/horror?project_category%5B%5D=9 Santiago, Chile Flashback Weekend Chicago Horror Convention https://www.flashbackweekend.com/ Rosemont, IL, USA Flatwoods Monster Convention https://www.braxtonwv.org/flatwoods-monster/ Sutton, WV, USA Flim Fest http://www.flimfest.com/ Kingston, MA, USA Flint Short Film Freakout https://flinthorrorcon.webnode.page/flint-short-film-freakout Flint, MI, USA Fouke Monster Festival https://www.foukemonsterfestival.com/ Fouke, AR, USA FrankenFilmFest https://filmfreeway.com/FrankenFilmFest Knoxville, TN, USA FREAK SHOW Horror Film Festival https://freakshowfilmfest.com/ Epic Theatres at Lee Vista, Orlando, Florida, USA Frightening Ass Film Fest https://filmfreeway.com/FrighteningAssFilmFest Chattanooga, TN, USA FrightFest https://frightfest.co.uk/ London (Leicester Square cinemas) & Glasgow Film Theatre, UK FrightFest London https://frightfest.co.uk/ London, UK Fright Night Film Fest https://frightnightfilmfest.com/ Galt House Hotel & Conference Center / Georgetown Drive-In, Louisville, KY, USA Frights and Fears Horror Festival https://filmfreeway.com/FrightsandFearsHorrorFestival Baltimore, MD, USA Full Moon Horror & Fantasy Film Festival https://www.romania-insider.com/full-moon-biertan-aug-2024 Biertan (Sibiu County), Romania Gallery 53 Horror Film Festival https://www.gallery53.org/horrorfilmfest.html Meriden, CT, USA GenreBlast Film Festival https://www.genreblast.com/ Winchester, VA, USA Georgia Horror-Fest https://georgiahorrorfest.com/ Atlanta, GA, USA Grimm Up North International Horror Festival https://www.grimmfest.com Odeon Great Northern, Manchester, UK H48: Idaho Horror 48-Hour Short Film Festival https://www.idaho48.org/h48/ Boise, ID, USA Halloweenapalooza https://www.halloweenapalooza.com/ Ottumwa, IA, USA Halloween-O-Thon Film Competition https://uvjam.org/halloween-o-thon-competition/ White River Junction, VT, USA Happenstance Horror Fest https://filmfreeway.com/HappenstanceHorrorFest Salem, MA, USA Hauntsville Film Fest https://hellohuntsvillehorror.com/ Huntsville, AL, USA Hawaiʻi International Film Festival (“Ōpio Fest”) https://hiff.org/opio-fest-2025/ Honolulu, HI, USA Heartland International Film Festival https://www.heartlandfilm.org/ Indianapolis, IN, USA Hell’s Half Mile Film & Music Festival https://hhmfest.com/ Bay City, MI, USA HÕFF – Haapsalu Horror & Fantasy Film Festival https://hoff.ee/en/ Haapsalu, Estonia Highlands Horrorfest https://filmfreeway.com/HighlandsHorrorfest Johnson City, TN, USA Highlands Horrorfest https://highlandshorrorfest.wordpress.com/ Appalachian Highlands, WV, USA Highway 61 Film Festival http://www.highway61filmfestival.org Pine City, MN, USA Histeria Internacional Fantastic Film Festival https://festhome.com/en/festival/histeria-festival-internacional-de-cine-de-terror-sci-fi-y-fantasia San José, Costa Rica Hollywood Horror Film Festival https://hollywoodhorrorfest.com Eastwood PAC, Los Angeles, CA, USA Hometown Haunts & Hops https://www.inebri-art.com/events/2024/9/21/hometown-haunts-amp-hops-horror-convention-2024 Plymouth, MA, USA Honolulu Horror Nights https://www.honoluluhorrornights.com/ Honolulu, HI, USA Horrible Imaginings Film Festival https://www.horribleimaginingsfilmfest.com Art Theatre, San Diego, CA, USA Horrific Film Fest https://filmfreeway.com/TheSanAntonioHorrorFilmfestival Arthouse at Blue Star, San Antonio, TX, USA Horrorant Film Festival “Fright Nights” https://festhome.com/en/festival/horrorant-film-festival-fright-nights Athens, Greece Horror at the Ohio Film Festival https://www.horrorattheohio.com/ Madison, IN, USA Horror at the Ohio Film Festival https://www.horrorattheohio.com/ Madison, IN, USA Horror Expo Albuquerque https://www.eventbrite.com/e/horror-expo-free-event-albuquerque-nm-tickets-1330876159419 Marriott Albuquerque, Albuquerque, NM, USA Horror Fest (Artists Assemble) https://artistsassembleproductions.com/ Tempe, AZ, USA HorrorFest International https://filmfreeway.com/HorrorFest St. George, UT, USA Horror Hotel (International Horror Hotel Film Festival) https://horrorhotelfilmfest.com/ Crowne Plaza Cleveland Airport, Cleveland, OH, USA HorrorHound Weekend https://horrorhoundweekend.com/shows/202503/default.shtml Cincinnati, OH, USA HorrOrigins Film Festival https://horrorigins.com/ Tucson, AZ, USA Horror on Main https://horroronmain.com/ Harrisburg, PA, USA Horror-on-Sea http://www.horror-on-sea.com/ Park Inn by Radisson Palace, Southend-on-Sea, Essex, England Horror Quest Independent Film Festival https://filmfreeway.com/HorrorQuest Cinefest Film Theatre (Georgia State U.), Atlanta, GA, USA Horror Realm https://horrorrealmcon.com/ Pittsburgh, PA, USA Horror Shorts Film Festival https://visithuntingtonwv.org/event/horror-shorts-film-festival-at-the-foundry/ Huntington, WV, USA Horrorthon https://ifi.ie/horrorthon/ Dublin, Ireland Hot Springs International Horror Film Fest https://filmfreeway.com/HotSpringsHorrorFilmFestival Hot Springs, AR, USA Houston Horror Film Fest https://www.houstonhorrorfilmfest.com/ Houston, TX, USA H. P. Lovecraft Film Festival https://hplfilmfestival.com/events/2025-h-p-lovecraft-film-festival-providence Providence, RI, USA H. P. Lovecraft Film Festival & CthulhuCon https://hplfilmfestival.com/ Providence, RI & Portland, OR, USA Hysteria Film Festival https://www.hysteriafilmfest.com/ St. Louis, MO, USA i48 Film Competition & Festival https://www.idaho48.org/ Boise, ID, USA Idaho Horror Film Festival (IHFF) https://filmfreeway.com/IdahoHorrorFilmFestival Boise, ID, USA Idaho Horror & Pop Con https://expoidaho.com/event/idaho-horror-pop-con/ Garden City, ID, USA Independent Film Festival Boston (IFFBoston) https://iffboston.org/ Boston, MA, USA The Indie Horror Film Festival https://filmfreeway.com/IndieHorrorFest Chicago, IL, USA Indy Film Fest https://indyfilmfest.org/ Indianapolis, IN, USA Indy Shorts International Film Festival https://www.heartlandfilm.org/indyshorts Indianapolis, IN, USA Insect Fear Film Festival https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Insect_Fear_Film_Festival Urbana, IL, USA International Horror Hotel Film Festival https://horrorhotelfilmfest.com/ Cleveland, OH, USA International Horror & Sci-Fi Film Festival https://www.horrorscifi.com/ Phoenix, AZ, USA International Horror & Sci-Fi Film Festival https://www.horrorscifi.com/ Harkins Scottsdale 101, Scottsdale, AZ, USA International Wildlife Film Festival https://wildlifefilms.org/ Missoula, MT, USA Iowa Nebraska Heartland Film Festival https://www.corningoperahouse.com/filmfestival.html Corning, IA / NE, USA Iowa Nebraska Heartland Film Festival https://www.corningoperahouse.com/filmfestival.html Corning, IA, USA Island of Horror Film Fest https://filmfreeway.com/IslandofHorrorFilmFest Wye Mills, MD, USA It Came From Texas Film Festival https://garlandtx.gov/Calendar.aspx?EID=7753 Garland, TX, USA It’s Alive! Horror Film Festival https://filmfreeway.com/ItsAliveHorrorFF Sofia, Bulgaria It's Only a Movie: Short Horror Film Festival https://www.facebook.com/itsonlyamoviefest/ Salt Lake City, UT, USA Jersey City Horror Film Festival https://www.jerseycityhorrorfilmfestival.com/ Jersey City, NJ, USA Jersey Devil Film Festival https://www.jerseydevilfilmfestival.com/ Asbury Park, NJ, USA Kentucky Horror-Fest https://horrorcons.com/event/24896/kentucky-horror-fest-2025 Frankfort, KY, USA Kinda Spoopy https://filmfreeway.com/KindaSpoopy Goodlettsville, TN, USA Knoxville Horror Film Fest https://www.knoxhorrorfest.com/ Central Cinema & Parkway Drive-In, Knoxville, Tennessee, USA Krampus Film Festival https://www.krampusfilmfestival.com/ Asbury Park, NJ, USA LA Horror Film Festival https://www.lafilmfestivals.com/la-horror-film-fest Los Angeles, CA, USA Lambertville Halloween Film Festival https://www.lambertvillehalloweenfilmfestival.com/ Lambertville, NJ, USA The Last Horror Picture Show https://filmfreeway.com/TheLastHorrorPictureShow Davenport, IA, USA Las Vegas International Horror Film Festival https://filmfreeway.com/Lvihff Las Vegas, NV, USA Late Night Horror Film Festival https://latenighthorrorfilmfest.weebly.com/ Krikorian Premiere Theatres & Epic Lounge, Downey, California, USA Los Angeles Crime and Horror Film Festival https://festhome.com/en/festival/los-angeles-crime-and-horror-film-festival Los Angeles, CA, USA The Los Angeles Fear & Fantasy Film Festival http://www.lafearandfantasyfilmfest.com/ Burbank (Greater LA), CA, USA Louisiana Film Prize https://prizefest.com/film Shreveport, LA, USA Louisville Horror Con https://fancons.com/events/info/25522/louisville-horror-con-2025 Jeffersontown, KY, USA L’Étrange Festival https://www.etrangefestival.com/ Paris, France Macabro – Festival Internacional de Cine de Horror (Macabro FICH) https://macabro.mx Mexico City, Mexico Magic of Horror Festival https://www.magicofhorror.com/ Wakefield, VA, USA Maine Paranormal and Horror Convention https://www.augustaciviccenter.org/events/maine-paranormal-and-horror-convention Augusta, ME, USA Martinsville Horrorfest https://filmfreeway.com/MartinsvilleHorrorfest Martinsville, VA, USA Maryland Pop and Horror Con https://marylandpopandhorrorcon.com/ Glen Burnie, MD, USA Midnight West Fest https://filmfreeway.com/MidnightWestFest Cheyenne, WY, USA MidSouthCon https://fancons.com/events/info/20597/midsouthcon-2025 Olive Branch, MS, USA MidWest WeirdFest https://www.midwestweirdfest.com/ Eau Claire, WI, USA Milwaukee Horror Con https://horrorcons.com/event/24531/milwaukee-horror-con-2025 Milwaukee, WI, USA Minnesota Genre Film Exposition https://filmfreeway.com/TheMinnesotaGenreFilmExposition Roseville, MN, USA MINT Film Festival https://mintfilmfestival.org/ Billings, MT, USA Missouri Horror-Fest https://horrorcons.com/event/25052/missouri-horror-fest-2025 St. Louis, MO, USA MonstahXpo: Halloween in July https://monstahxpos.com/ Nashua, NH, USA Monster Fest Weekender https://www.monsterfest.com.au/events/mfw2025-melbourne/ Melbourne, VIC, Australia Monster-Mania Con https://horrorcons.com/event/25094/monster-mania-con-2025 Baltimore, MD, USA Monster-Mania Con https://monstermania.net/ Cherry Hill, NJ, USA Monster-Mania Con https://monstermania.net/ Greater Philadelphia Expo Center, Oaks, PA, USA Monsterpalooza http://www.monsterpalooza.com Pasadena, CA, USA Morgue and Krypt Horror Fest https://www.morgueandkryptabq.com/ Isleta Resort & Casino, Albuquerque, NM, USA MOTELx – Lisbon International Horror Film Festival https://www.motelx.org Lisbon, Portugal Mothman Festival https://www.mothmanfestival.com/ Point Pleasant, WV, USA Motor City Nightmares https://www.eventbrite.com/e/motor-city-nightmares-2025-tickets-1137902289379 Detroit, MI, USA Mórbido: Festival Internacional de Cine Fantástico y de Terror https://morbidofilmfest.com Mexico City, Mexico Mórbido Film Fest https://filmfreeway.com/MORBIDOFEST Mexico City, CDMX, Mexico Mr. Smalls Café Horror Film Festival https://mrsmalls.com/events/mr-smalls-cafe-horror-film-festival/ Millvale, PA, USA MTN Craft Film Festival https://www.mtncraftfilmfestival.com/ Clarksburg, WV, USA Music Box of Horrors https://www.musicboxtheatre.com/ Chicago, IL, USA Nashville Full Moon Tattoo and Horror Festival https://fullmooninc.net/nashville-full-moon-tattoo-and-horror-festival Nashville, TN, USA Nashville Horror Film Festival https://filmfreeway.com/NashvilleHorrorFilmFestival Nashville, TN, USA NEPA Horror Fest https://filmfreeway.com/nepahorrorfest Scranton, PA, USA Neuchâtel International Fantastic Film Festival (NIFFF) https://nifff.ch/en/ Neuchâtel, Switzerland Neuchâtel International Fantastic Film Festival (NIFFF) https://nifff.ch Neuchâtel, Switzerland Nevermore Horror & Gothic Film Festival https://carolinatheatre.org/festival/nevermore/ Durham (Carolina Theatre), NC, USA New Hampshire Film Festival https://nhfilmfestival.com/ Portsmouth, NH, USA New Hampshire High School Short Film Festival https://www.nhmediateachers.org/nhhssff/2025-festival-rules Concord, NH, USA New Jersey Horror Con & Film Festival https://www.newjerseyhorrorcon.com/ Atlantic City, NJ, USA New York City Horror Film Festival https://nychorrorfest.com/ New York City, New York, USA New Zealand International Film Festival (NZIFF) https://www.nziff.co.nz/ Nationwide, New Zealand Nightmare in the Ozarks Film Festival https://www.nightmareintheozarks.com/ Eureka Springs, AR, USA Nightmares Film Festival https://nightmaresfest.com/ Columbus, OH, USA Nightmare Weekend Des Moines https://galaxycon.com/pages/nightmare-weekend-des-moines Des Moines, IA, USA Night Visions International Film Festival https://www.nightvisions.info/wp/en/ Helsinki, Finland Nitty Gritty Film Festival https://www.filminoklahoma.com/filmfestivals Ponca City, OK, USA NJ Horror Fest (New Jersey Horror Con & Film Festival) https://www.newjerseyhorrorcon.com/ New Jersey Convention & Exposition Center, Edison, NJ, USA Northwest Nightmares Film Festival https://www.northwestaccess.tv/northwest-nightmares-film-festival St. Albans, VT, USA NYC Horror Film Festival https://nychorrorfest.com/ New York, NY, USA OKC Horror Con https://horrorconokc.com/ Oklahoma City, OK, USA Omaha Film Festival https://omahafilmfestival.org/ Omaha, NE, USA Oregon Screams Horror Film Festival https://filmfreeway.com/OregonScreamsHorrorFilmFestival Portland, OR, USA Overlook Film Festival https://www.overlookfilmfest.com/ New Orleans, LA, USA PA Horror Con & Film Festival https://www.simpletix.com/e/tickets-pa-horror-con-and-film-festival-au-tickets-208043 Allentown, PA, USA Panama Horror Film Fest https://linktr.ee/panamahorror Panama City, Panama Panic Fest https://panicfilmfest.com/ Kansas City, MO, USA Perth Horror Film Festival https://filmfreeway.com/PerthHorrorFilmFestival Perth, WA, Australia Philadelphia Unnamed Film Festival (PUFF) https://www.phillyunnamed.org/ Philadelphia, PA, USA Phobia Film Festival https://phobiafilmfest.com/ Moberly, MO, USA Pittsburgh Horror Film Festival https://festhome.com/en/festival/the-pittsburgh-horror-film-festival Pittsburgh, PA, USA Poconos Horror Fest https://filmfreeway.com/PoconosHorrorFest East Stroudsburg, PA, USA PodZombiePalooza Film Fest https://filmfreeway.com/PodZombiePaloozaFilmFest2024 Los Angeles, CA, USA Popcorn Frights Film Festival https://popcornfrights.com/ Fort Lauderdale, FL, USA Portland Horror Film Festival https://portlandhorrorfilmfestival.com/ Portland, OR, USA Port of Fear Film Festival https://www.portoffearff.com/ Kenosha, WI, USA Puerto Rico Horror Film Festival (now LUSCA Film Fest) https://filmfreeway.com/PRHFF San Juan / Guaynabo, Puerto Rico Ravenheart International Film Festival https://filmfreeway.com/RavenheartInternationalFilmFestival Oslo, Norway Ravenna Nightmare Film Fest https://filmfreeway.com/RavennaNightmareFilmFest Ravenna, Italy Reel East Texas Film Festival https://www.reeleasttexas.com/ Kilgore, TX, USA Reel Horrors Film Fest https://cofestivalofhorror.com/film-fest.html Lone Tree, CO, USA Renegade Film Festival https://renegadefilmfest.com/ Marietta, GA, USA Restless Equinox Independent Film Fest https://restlessequinox.eventive.org/welcome Minneapolis, MN, USA Revival House Horror Trailer Challenge https://www.therevivalhousetheater.com/ Milton, DE, USA Rhode Island International Horror Film Festival (RIIFF Horror) http://www.film-festival.org/Horror.HowTo.php Providence & Newport, Rhode Island, USA Rock City Film Festival https://events.cals.org/event/13531222 Little Rock, AR, USA Rock Horror Film Festival https://filmmakers.festhome.com/en/festival/rock-horror-in-rio-film-festival Rio de Janeiro, Brazil Ross Fright Fest https://theross.org/events/fright-fest-24/ Lincoln, NE, USA Sacramento Horror Film Festival https://www.sachorrorfilmfest.com/ Colonial Theatre, Sacramento, California, USA Salem Horror Fest https://filmfreeway.com/salemhorrorfest Salem, MA, USA Samhain Baucogna International Film Festival https://filmfreeway.com/SamhainBaucognaInternationalFilmFestival Tangier, Morocco Sanford International Film Festival http://www.sanfordfilmfest.com/ Sanford, ME, USA Scare-A-Con https://www.scareacon.com/ Rochester, NY, USA ScareFest Weekend Film Festival https://scarefestweekend.com/ Lexington, KY, USA Science Fiction + Fantasy Short Film Festival https://www.mopop.org/programs/science-fiction-and-fantasy-short-film-festival Seattle, WA, USA Sci-Fi-London https://sci-fi-london.com/ Picturehouse Cinema, Finsbury Park, London, UK Screamfest https://screamfestla.com Los Angeles, California, USA Screamfest NOLA https://screamfestla.com/screamfest-nola New Orleans, LA, USA Screamiverse Expo https://www.screamiverse.com/ Roanoke, VA, USA Scream Queen Film Festival https://filmfreeway.com/ScreamQueenShockaThon Nashville, TN, USA Seattle 48 Hour Horror Film Project https://www.48hourfilm.com/seattle/horror Seattle, WA, USA Shockfest https://www.shockfilmfest.com Hollywood, California, USA Shockfest Film Festival https://www.shockfilmfest.com/ Las Vegas, NV, USA Shock-O-Con https://baltimore.org/event/shock-o-con-2/ Havre de Grace, MD, USA Shockproof Film Festival (part of Pragueshorts) https://www.pragueshorts.com/ Prague, Czech Republic Shriekfest https://www.shriekfest.com Los Angeles & Orlando, USA Shriekfest Horror Film Festival https://www.shriekfest.com/ Los Angeles, CA, USA Shriekfest Orlando http://shriekfest.com Orlando, FL, USA SIFFF – Monsters of Film (Spring Edition 2025) https://www.monstersoffilm.se/ Stockholm, Sweden Silver Scream Con https://www.silverscreamcon.com/ Worcester, MA, USA Sin City Horror Fest https://www.sincityhorrorfest.com/ Las Vegas, NV, USA SiouxperCon Film Festival https://siouxpercon.com/film-festival/ Sioux Falls, SD, USA Sitges International Fantastic Film Festival https://sitgesfilmfestival.com/en/ Sitges, Catalonia, Spain Slash and Bash Horror/Sci-Fi Film Festival https://filmfreeway.com/SlashandBashHorrorSciFiFilmFestival Topeka, KS, USA South African HorrorFest https://filmfreeway.com/SouthAfricanHorrorFest South Africa South African HorrorFest https://www.horrorfest.info 68 Orange Street, Gardens, Cape Town, South Africa Southern Fried Film Festival: Horror Night https://www.southernfriedfilmfestival.org/ Huntsville, AL, USA Splat!FilmFest – International Fantastic Film Festival https://melies.org/festival/splatfilmfest-international-fantastic-film-festival/ Warsaw & Wrocław, Poland Spooky Empire's International Horror Film Festival https://filmfreeway.com/SpookyEmpireFilmFest Orlando, FL, USA Tabloid Witch Awards https://www.tabloidwitch.com/tinsel/horrorcontest.htm Santa Monica, California, USA Telluride Horror Show https://www.telluridehorrorshow.com Telluride, Colorado, USA Terrifying Thai Film Festival https://filmfreeway.com/TerrifyingThaiFilmFestival Bangkok, Thailand Terror Con https://www.theterrorcon.com/ Marlborough, MA, USA Terror-Fi Film Festival https://terrorfifest.com/ Auckland, NZ (plus regional) Terror on the Plains Horror Festival https://www.facebook.com/TerrorFestKC/ Kansas City, KS, USA Texas Frightmare Weekend https://texasfrightmareweekend.com/ Irving, TX, USA Texas Horror Cult Film Festival https://texashorrorcult.com/ Dallas, TX, USA Texas Terrors Film Festival https://filmfreeway.com/TexasTerrorsFilmFestival Dallas, TX, USA Things 2 Fear Film Festival https://filmfreeway.com/Things2FearFilmFest Winchester, VA, USA THREE NIGHTS OF HORROR Film Festival https://horror.eventive.org/ Colorado Springs, CO, USA Tidewater Horror Convention https://tidewaterhorrorconvention.com/ Virginia Beach, VA, USA Tokyo Horror Film Festival https://filmfreeway.com/TokyoHorrorFilmFestival Tokyo, Japan Toronto After Dark Film Festival https://torontoafterdark.com/ Toronto, ON, Canada Toronto After Dark Film Festival https://www.torontoafterdark.com Scotiabank Theatre, Toronto, Ontario, Canada Tristate Depth of Field Film Festival https://filmfreeway.com/DepthofFieldFilmFestival Sioux City, IA, USA Tucson Terrorfest https://tucsonterrorfest.com Tucson, Arizona, USA Tulsa Horror Con https://horrorconokc.com/ Renaissance Tulsa Hotel & Convention Center, Tulsa, OK, USA Tulsa International Film Festival – Nightmare Division https://www.facebook.com/tulsafilmfest Tulsa, Oklahoma, USA Tulsa Underground Film Festival (TUFFest) https://www.filminoklahoma.com/filmfestivals Tulsa, OK, USA Twin Cities Horror Festival https://www.tchorrorfestival.com/ Minneapolis, MN, USA Twisted Dreams Film Festival https://filmfreeway.com/MilwaukeeTwistedDreamsFilmFestival Milwaukee, WI, USA Underground Cinema International Film Festival https://www.underground-cinema.com/ Royal Marine Hotel, Dún Laoghaire, Ireland Underground Indie Film Festival https://filmfreeway.com/UndergroundIndieFilmFestival Providence, RI, USA Universal's Halloween Horror Nights https://www.universalorlando.com/web/en/us/things-to-do/events/halloween-horror-nights Orlando, FL, USA The Unnamed Footage Festival https://filmfreeway.com/UnnamedFootageFestival San Francisco, CA, USA Unreal Film Festival https://festhome.com/festival/unreal-film-festival Memphis, TN, USA Vancouver Horror Show Film Festival https://www.vancouverhorrorshow.com/ Vancouver, BC, Canada Vermont Film & Folklore Festival https://www.vermontfilmandfolklorefestival.com/the-event Manchester and Brattleboro, VT, USA Vermont Sci-Fi, Fantasy & Horror Expo https://horrorcons.com/event/25654/vermont-sci-fi-fantasy-and-horror-expo-2025 Essex Junction, VT, USA Virginia Independent Horror Film Festival https://filmfreeway.com/VirginiaIndependentHorrorFilmFestival Winchester, VA, USA Viscera Film Festival – Women Filmmakers in the Horror Genre http://www.viscerafilmfestival.com/ Los Angeles, California, USA Vortex Sci-Fi, Fantasy & Horror Film Festival https://filmfreeway.com/FlickersVortexSciFiFantasyHorrorFilmFestival Providence, RI, USA Washington State Horror Con https://www.wahorrorcon.com/ Puyallup, WA, USA We Are Indie Horror Film Fest https://filmfreeway.com/WAIHFF Las Vegas, NV, USA Whistle to the Maples Horror Film Festival https://filmfreeway.com/WhistletotheMaplesHorrorFilmFestival Lewisburg, PA, USA Wildcat Spirit Short Film Festival https://www.wsc.edu/film-festival Wayne, NE, USA Wisconsin Thrillers Drive-In Film Festival https://www.wisconsinfrights.com/wisconsin-thriller-48/ Jefferson, WI, USA WonderFest https://www.wonderfest.com/ Louisville, KY, USA WYO Film Festival https://wyofilmfest.org/ Sheridan, WY, USA Wyoming International Film Festival https://www.wyoiff.com/ Cheyenne, WY, USA Yubari International Fantastic Film Festival https://yubarifanta.com Yubari, Japan Zed Fest Film Festival & Screenplay Competition https://www.zedfest.org/ Regal NoHo West, North Hollywood, CA, USA the end Presented by Unstoppable 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