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Countdown to the 23rd Annual Screamfest Horror Film Festival!
It's never too soon to start planning for Screamfest 2023. October 10th - 19th, 2023 in Los Angeles
Screamfest is Americas largest and longest running horror film festival
Specializing in horror, thrillers and sci-fi movies from all around the world. The festival is dedicated to supporting intriguing films, discovering creative storytellers and seeking original stories from around the world. We work with other festivals, film archives, cinemas and filmmakers to spotlight lesser-known films in an ongoing effort to grow recognition and appreciation of the horror genre. We are dedicated to giving our audience a chance to find new favorite films and future genre classics.
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2022 Films
Take a peek at the cinematic gems that graced the screens at Screamfest 2022.
The Loneliest Boy In The World
'The Loneliest Boy in the World' is a modern fairytale - with zombies.
Shaky Shivers
Two young women find themselves at an abandoned camp in the woods with a book of magical spells surrounded by classic
Five Star Review
Jenn arrives in NYC and checks into a home sharing apartment for a two-day stay and is greeted by Alex, her well-revi
FOLLOW HER
With arresting visuals and an engrossingly lurid mystery, FOLLOW HER is a nail-biting, seat-squirming, stylish suspen
Employee of the Month
Inès is the mainstay of EcocleanPro, a small wholesale company selling household products.
Whaley House
Whaley is inspired by the Whaley House, the most haunted house in America. Thomas Whaley, Sr.
The Recipe
A housewife in the 1970's procures all the ingredients for a deadly dish that liberates her from not only her ma
The Goldsmith
Three young robbers break into an elderly couple’s country house to ransack their goldsmith’s workshop.
The Days That (Never) Were
Three characters are about to have the best time of their lives ...
The Ratcatcher's Daughter
In the bitterly cold streets of Petrograd, the daughter of an infamous Ratcatcher flirts with a revolutionist and is
VRDLK: Family of Vurdulak
VRDLK: (pronounced Vor-Du-Lac) centers around a traveling diplomat that is caught in a snowstorm and forced to take s
THE BLACK reCAT
A stop motion animation adaptation from the most famous novel by Edagar Allan Poe: The Black Cat.
Something in the Garden
It's nighttime in the suburbs and the stillness is interrupted by a strange presence, a creeping being that lurk