HORROR FILM FESTIVAL

OCTOBER 10 - 19th, 2017 - HOLLYWOOD, CA

CALL FOR ENTRIES ARE CLOSED

Filmmakers who have submitted a film to Screamfest 2017 will be notified if their film has been selected no later than September 15th. Please make sure that the e-mail address that you provided on your submission is working at that time, as we will be contacting you via that e-mail. NOTE: Please add our email address to your email safe senders list, address book or contact list so that any correspondence with Screamfest will not be blocked or filtered into your bulk folder.

Screenplay semi-finalist and finalist will be announced in October. The winning screenplay will be announced at the festival awards ceremony.

Screamfest the largest and longest running horror film festival in the United States is accepting submissions of horror, sci-fi & thriller films and screenplays for the 17th annual Horror Film Festival taking place October 10-19th,2017 in Hollywood, CA.

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Individual film tickets for the festival will go on sale towards the end of September 2017.

SUBMIT YOUR FILM

Screamfest accepts feature & short films from around the world. The 2017 call for entries for film is now CLOSED.

SUBMIT YOUR SCRIPT

The 2017 call for entries for screenplays is now CLOSED. Click here for the submission guidelines.

ABOUT US

Screamfest Horror Film Festival is the largest and longest running horror film festival in the United States. This year we celebrate our 17th year in Hollywood.

FESTIVAL INFO

2017 Celebrates our 17th year. Please join us for a screaming good time in October for 10 days of some of the best horror films from around the world!

The Latest

Five Films to Get You Ready for Leatherface

Julia Kaminski September 14, 2017 - 2:23pm

In combination with the recent Screamfest announcement that we would be hosting the North American premiere of the much-anticipated Leatherface, and the recent and devastating loss of the great Tobe Hooper, this is the perfect time to honor the franchise that stemmed from his original masterpiece, The Texas Chainsaw Massacre. The TCM franchise has grown to be about as diverse as Hooper’s own career. It has explored everything from prequels to sequels to remakes. Even after all of this, including the pretty recent release of 2013’s Texas Chainsaw 3D, fans are still left wanting more.

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FIRST WAVE OF 2017 LINE UP ANNOUNCED

screamfest August 29, 2017 - 9:16am

SCREAMFEST HORROR FILM FESTIVAL
ANNOUNCES FIRST WAVE OF 2017 LINE UP
Dominic Monaghan to Serve as Festival Ambassador

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Top Five Ultimate Shark Films

Julia Kaminski August 22, 2017 - 1:03pm

Every summer, I, and anyone else with good taste in television, hunker down for a week full of Discovery Channel’s best shark-filled programming. Shark Week has long since been one of my favorite weeks of the year but I often find myself finishing it and wanting more. Luckily, there are a pretty hefty amount of Shark themed horror films to get one through their post-Shark Week blues. I accept that this is probably one of many “Top Shark Films” lists you will find circulating recently, but I hope I can provide at least some fresh insight into the wonderful world of Sharksploitation.

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