THE BIG LIST OF HORROR FILM FESTIVALS

A Night of Horror International Film Festival http://www.anightofhorror.com Micon Downtown Cinema, Eau Claire, WI, USA Abertoir Horror Festival http://www.abertoir.co.uk Aberystwyth, Wales, UK 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 Anatomy: Crime & Horror International Film Festival https://filmfreeway.com/AnatomyFilmFest Athens, Greece Another Hole in the Head Film Festival https://filmfreeway.com/SanFranciscoAnotherHoleintheHead San Francisco, CA, USA Appalachian HorrorFest https://appalachianhorrorfest.com/ Knoxville, TN, USA Atlanta Horror Film Fest https://atlantahorrorfest.com/ Atlanta, Georgia, USA Atlanta HorrorFest: Buried Alive Horror Film Festival https://buriedalivefilmfest.com Plaza Theatre, Atlanta, GA, USA Austin Horror Film Festival https://gov.texas.gov/film/event/austin-horror-film-festival-2025 Austin, TX, USA B-Movie Fest (formerly, now Scare-A-Con) https://www.iloveny.com/event/scare-a-con-2025/72167/ Syracuse, New York, USA Blood in the Snow Canadian Film Festival https://bloodinthesnow.ca/ Toronto, ON, Canada Bogotá Horror Film Festival https://festhome.com/en/festival/bogota-horror-film-festival Bogotá, Colombia 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 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, 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 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 Carolina Fear Fest https://www.carolinafearfest.com/ Raleigh, NC, USA Catania Film Fest https://filmfreeway.com/cataniafilmfest Catania, Italy Chicago Horror Film Festival https://www.chicagohorrorfest.com Chicago, Illinois, USA Colchester Film Festival https://colchesterfilmfestival.co.uk Firstsite, Colchester, Essex, England Colorado Festival of Horror (COFOH) https://cofestivalofhorror.com/ Lone Tree, CO, USA Crimson Screen Horror Film Fest https://www.crimsonscreenfilmfest.org/ Columbia, SC, USA Crypticon Minneapolis https://www.crypticonminneapolis.com/index.html Plymouth, MN, 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 Dark Nights Film Fest https://www.darknightsfilmfest.com/ Sydney, NSW, Australia Dark Red Horror Film Festival https://www.darkredhorror.com/ Albuquerque, NM, USA Darkest Day of Horror Film Festival https://ddhff.com/ Fargo, ND, USA Days of the Dead Film Festival https://filmfreeway.com/DaysoftheDeadFilmFestival Indianapolis, IN, USA deadCenter Film Festival https://filmfreeway.com/deadCenter Oklahoma City, OK, USA Dead of Winter Horror Festival https://horrorcons.com/event/24137/dead-of-winter-horror-festival-2025 Worcester, MA, USA Deadhead Productions Horror Film Festival https://filmfreeway.com/DeadheadHorrorfilmFest St. Albans, WV, 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 Evansville Horror Con https://raptorcon.ticketspice.com/evansville-horror-con-2025 Evansville, IN, USA 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 Fargo Fantastic Film Festival https://valleycon.com/attractions/ Ramada Fargo (3333 13th Ave S), Fargo, ND, USA Fear Fête Horror Film Festival https://filmfreeway.com/FearFete Biloxi / D’Iberville, Mississippi, 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 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 Flickers’ Rhode Island International Film Festival https://filmfreeway.com/RIFilmFest Providence, RI, USA Flickers’ Vortex Sci-fi, Fantasy & Horror Film Festival https://www.film.ri.gov/filmnews/calendarevent.php Providence, RI, USA FREAK SHOW Horror Film Festival https://freakshowfilmfest.com/ Epic Theatres at Lee Vista, Orlando, Florida, USA Fright Night Film Fest https://frightnightfilmfest.com/ Galt House Hotel & Conference Center / Georgetown Drive-In, Louisville, KY, USA FrightFest https://frightfest.co.uk/ London (Leicester Square cinemas) & Glasgow Film Theatre, UK Full Moon Horror & Fantasy Film Festival https://www.romania-insider.com/full-moon-biertan-aug-2024 Biertan (Sibiu County), Romania Georgia Horror-Fest https://georgiahorrorfest.com/ Atlanta, GA, USA Grimm Up North International Horror Festival https://www.grimmfest.com Odeon Great Northern, Manchester, UK Halloweenapalooza https://www.halloweenapalooza.com/ Ottumwa, IA, USA Hawaiʻi International Film Festival (“Ōpio Fest”) https://hiff.org/opio-fest-2025/ Honolulu, HI, 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 HÕFF – Haapsalu Horror & Fantasy Film Festival https://hoff.ee/en/ Haapsalu, Estonia Hollywood Horror Film Festival https://hollywoodhorrorfest.com Eastwood PAC, Los Angeles, CA, 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 Horror Hotel (International Horror Hotel Film Festival) https://horrorhotelfilmfest.com/ Crowne Plaza Cleveland Airport, Cleveland, OH, USA Horror Quest Independent Film Festival https://filmfreeway.com/HorrorQuest Cinefest Film Theatre (Georgia State U.), Atlanta, GA, USA Horror-on-Sea http://www.horror-on-sea.com/ Park Inn by Radisson Palace, Southend-on-Sea, Essex, England HorrorFest International https://filmfreeway.com/HorrorFest St. George, UT, USA HorrorHound Weekend https://horrorhoundweekend.com/shows/202503/default.shtml Cincinnati, OH, USA Horrorant Film Festival “Fright Nights” https://festhome.com/en/festival/horrorant-film-festival-fright-nights Athens, Greece 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 & CthulhuCon https://hplfilmfestival.com/ Providence, RI & Portland, OR, USA i48 Film Competition & Festival https://www.idaho48.org/ Boise, ID, USA International Horror & Sci-Fi Film Festival https://www.horrorscifi.com/ Phoenix, AZ, USA Iowa Nebraska Heartland Film Festival https://www.corningoperahouse.com/filmfestival.html Corning, IA / NE, USA Island of Horror Film Fest https://filmfreeway.com/IslandofHorrorFilmFest Wye Mills, MD, USA It’s Alive! Horror Film Festival https://filmfreeway.com/ItsAliveHorrorFF Sofia, Bulgaria Kentucky Horror-Fest https://horrorcons.com/event/24896/kentucky-horror-fest-2025 Frankfort, KY, USA Knoxville Horror Film Fest https://www.knoxhorrorfest.com/ Central Cinema & Parkway Drive-In, Knoxville, Tennessee, USA Late Night Horror Film Festival https://latenighthorrorfilmfest.weebly.com/ Krikorian Premiere Theatres & Epic Lounge, Downey, California, USA L’Étrange Festival https://www.etrangefestival.com/ Paris, France The Los Angeles Fear & Fantasy Film Festival http://www.lafearandfantasyfilmfest.com/ Burbank (Greater LA), CA, USA 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 Milwaukee Horror Con https://horrorcons.com/event/24531/milwaukee-horror-con-2025 Milwaukee, WI, 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 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 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 MOTELx – Lisbon International Horror Film Festival https://www.motelx.org Lisbon, Portugal Motor City Nightmares https://www.eventbrite.com/e/motor-city-nightmares-2025-tickets-1137902289379 Detroit, MI, USA NYC Horror Film Festival https://nychorrorfest.com/ New York, NY, USA Neuchâtel International Fantastic Film Festival (NIFFF) https://nifff.ch/en/ 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 NJ Horror Fest (New Jersey Horror Con & Film Festival) http://www.newjerseyhorrorcon.com/ May 17-18: Atlantic City, New Jersey, USA; September 27-28: Edison, New Jersey, 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 Night Visions International Film Festival https://www.nightvisions.info/wp/en/ Helsinki, Finland Nightmare in the Ozarks Film Festival https://www.nightmareintheozarks.com/ Eureka Springs, AR, USA NYC Horror Film Festival https://nychorrorfest.com/ New York, NY, USA OKC Horror Con https://horrorconokc.com/ Oklahoma City, OK, 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 Perth Horror Film Festival https://filmfreeway.com/PerthHorrorFilmFestival Perth, WA, Australia 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 Rhode Island International Horror Film Festival (RIIFF Horror) http://www.film-festival.org/HorrorCALENDAR11.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 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 Sci-Fi-London https://sci-fi-london.com/ Picturehouse Cinema, Finsbury Park, London, UK Screamfest https://screamfestla.com Los Angeles, California, USA Screamiverse Expo https://www.screamiverse.com/ Roanoke, VA, USA Shockfest https://www.shockfilmfest.com Hollywood, California, USA Shockproof Film Festival (part of Pragueshorts) https://www.pragueshorts.com/ Prague, Czech Republic Shriekfest https://www.shriekfest.com Los Angeles & Orlando, USA Silver Scream Con https://www.silverscreamcon.com/ Worcester, MA, USA SIFFF – Monsters of Film (Spring Edition 2025) https://www.monstersoffilm.se/ Stockholm, Sweden Sin City Horror Fest https://www.sincityhorrorfest.com/ Las Vegas, NV, USA Sitges International Fantastic Film Festival https://sitgesfilmfestival.com/en/ Sitges, Catalonia, Spain South African HorrorFest https://www.horrorfest.info 68 Orange Street, Gardens, Cape Town, South Africa Splat!FilmFest – International Fantastic Film Festival https://melies.org/festival/splatfilmfest-international-fantastic-film-festival/ Warsaw & Wrocław, Poland THREE NIGHTS OF HORROR Film Festival https://horror.eventive.org/ Colorado Springs, CO, 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 on the Plains Horror Festival https://www.facebook.com/TerrorFestKC/ Kansas City, KS, USA Terror-Fi Film Festival https://terrorfifest.com/ Auckland, NZ (plus regional) Texas Frightmare Weekend https://texasfrightmareweekend.com/ Irving, TX, USA THREE NIGHTS OF HORROR Film Festival https://horror.eventive.org/ Colorado Springs, CO, USA Tokyo Horror Film Festival https://filmfreeway.com/TokyoHorrorFilmFestival Tokyo, Japan Toronto After Dark Film Festival https://www.torontoafterdark.com Scotiabank Theatre, Toronto, Ontario, Canada Tucson Terrorfest https://tucsonterrorfest.com Tucson, Arizona, USA Tulsa International Film Festival – Nightmare Division https://www.facebook.com/tulsafilmfest Tulsa, Oklahoma, USA Underground Cinema International Film Festival https://www.underground-cinema.com/ Royal Marine Hotel, Dún Laoghaire, Ireland The Unnamed Footage Festival https://filmfreeway.com/UnnamedFootageFestival San Francisco, CA, USA Vancouver Horror Show Film Festival https://www.vancouverhorrorshow.com/ Vancouver, BC, Canada Vermont Sci-Fi, Fantasy & Horror Expo https://horrorcons.com/event/25654/vermont-sci-fi-fantasy-and-horror-expo-2025 Essex Junction, VT, USA Viscera Film Festival – Women Filmmakers in the Horror Genre http://www.viscerafilmfestival.com/ Los Angeles, California, USA Washington State Horror Con https://www.wahorrorcon.com/ Puyallup, WA, USA Wildcat Spirit Short Film Festival https://www.wsc.edu/film-festival Wayne, NE, 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 Pacific Productions

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