Screamfest NOLA 2025
October 30th - November 2, 2025
The Screamfest NOLA horror event of the year is almost here!
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2025 Films
Nola Film Guide
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Anniversary
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Synopsis
On the Anniversary of her husband's death, Vanessa and her sister Julie glance at her security monitor and are shocked to see him standing outside.
Vanessa needs to know why he has returned and the heartbreaking reason will be more than she can bear.
Vanessa needs to know why he has returned and the heartbreaking reason will be more than she can bear.
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Basket Case
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Synopsis
A young man carrying a big basket that contains his extremely deformed, formerly conjoined twin brother seeks vengeance on the doctors who separated them against their will.
Film Category
Big Baby
Meet the Filmmaker
Synopsis
"A nightmare involving a maniac killer in a baby mask serves as inspiration for horror writer Adam Lewis's new script. As more nightmares, visions and real life terror begin to challenge Adam's sanity, he finds himself in a desperate struggle to control his writing, his reality, and who will be Big Baby's next victim."
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The Crepe Creep
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Synopsis
10 year old Shelly helps her father run his French creperie, drawing in her sketchbook to while away the time. When a menacing stranger unexpectedly arrives at the cafe, Shelly takes it upon herself to handle the situation in this surreal fish out of water tale.
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The Dead of Winter
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Synopsis
After an affluent man leaves a rough sleeper to die in the cold on Christmas Eve, he’s haunted by a figure that may be a vengeful spirit – or his own guilty conscience.
Film Category
DEATHGASM 2: GOREMAGEDDON
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Synopsis
In this sequel to the 2015 cult splatter-metal classic, Brodie is washed-up, broke, and stuck in small-town purgatory. But when he learns that 'NoizeQuest', a battle-of-the-bands competition is coming to his town, he sees a shot at redemption - and maybe even a second chance with Medina. One problem: his drummer is missing an arm, and the rest of his band is, well... dead. Luckily, Brodie still has the pages of The Black Hymn, so raising his bandmates from the great beyond is just a riff away. But with every chord comes blood, guts, and the kind of apocalyptic chaos only DEATHGASM can unleash.
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Don’t Leave the Kids Alone
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Synopsis
A claustrophobic and psychological horror film about two competitive siblings alone in their new house. Newly widowed Cata attends a party, leaving her two young sons, Mati and Emi, alone at their new house. As the brothers attempt to find their games console their rivalry raises its head.
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The Five Stages of....
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Synopsis
As a husband copes with loss, he soon realizes that things are rapidly going from tragic to worse.
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Frankenhooker
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Synopsis
A medical student sets out to recreate his decapitated fiancée by building her a new body made of Manhattan street prostitutes.
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Gaslighter
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Synopsis
A woman arrives home from work to find her power out and her front door left unlocked. As she walks through the house with her boyfriend on the phone, he tells her she is safe and that her fears of a possible intruder are a result of her consuming too much true crime stories. Is he right? Or is there a murderer hiding in the house, waiting in the darkness for her to fall asleep?
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Hate Thyself
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Synopsis
In this thriller story, devout detective Angelo Matteo and his partner Rufus engage in a raid, uncovering a gruesome scene of a serial killer's victims. As they investigate, Angelo's inner demons and questions about the nature of good and evil haunt him, leading to struggles with alcohol and strained relationships, including with his wife Ashley. Meanwhile, a disturbed individual named Ed Erdella picks up young men at bus stops and subjects them to horrifying torture. Angelo's pursuit of justice intensifies as he battles personal demons, seeks therapy, and uncovers a larger conspiracy involving missing persons. The story follows Angelo's journey to unravel the truth and bring the killer to justice while confronting his own inner turmoil.
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He Ain't Here
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Synopsis
Bella LeBlanc roams the Louisiana swamp at night. After discovering a satanic ritual, a monstrous roar draws her deeper into the dark, chasing the unknown.
Film Category
HOUR OF BLOOD
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Synopsis
In 1915 Texas, it is a time of turmoil as Mexican ranchers have mysteriously gone missing. Rumors swirl a dark plague is spreading across the land and demons are responsible for killing the ranchers. A father and his teenage daughter live in constant fear on one of the only ranches left. After her father goes missing, the young girl must use all the skills he taught her and fight for her life. A night she may not survive.
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Human Resource
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Synopsis
A desperate HR manager will do anything to save her staff from termination during a brutal hostile takeover.
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It Draws Closer
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Synopsis
A young woman discovers the creature she just sketched is in the bedroom with her.
Film Category
Lost Futures
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Synopsis
A disgraced veteran must confront his past crimes when he receives anonymous, disturbing tapes in the mail.
Film Category
Mark & Mara
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Synopsis
In Mark and Mara, a tense and psychological horror short, a woman named Mara orchestrates a trap for her former camp counselor, Mark, who raped her when she was a child. Posing as a single mom on a dating app, she invites him to a secluded home under the pretense of having a young daughter he might be interested in. As dinner unfolds with eerie civility, Mara drugs Mark and confronts him with his crimes. The film culminates in a shocking, cathartic act of vengeance, exploring trauma, justice, and the cost of survival.
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No Glow
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Synopsis
Three emotionally damaged adults, drawn together by their life-threatening sensitivity to digital devices, retreat to an isolated cabin to start over without screens. But escaping modern technology proves more difficult than expected.
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The Old Ballgame
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Synopsis
When a disgraced baseball player receives a midnight offer to relive his glory days from a mysterious Coach, he slides headfirst into a nightmare world of peanuts, cracker jacks, and death.
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Parallel Consequences
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Synopsis
Time travel is much more dangerous than it seems.
Max and his friends, Pedro and Bruna, discover an unlikely time machine and, driven by curiosity, decide to test it. But what seemed like an adventure turns into a nightmare when Pedro, suddenly and inexplicably, starts wanting to kill Max. Without understanding the reasons behind the change, Max finds himself trapped in a cycle of survival where his only way out is to go back a few seconds into the past — repeatedly — in search of answers that can save him. As they dive into an unstable timeline, where each choice can be fatal, the three friends face dark truths about themselves and the weight of the consequences they create.
"Parallel Consequences" is a gripping psychological thriller with strong elements of science fiction, delving into complex friendships, the dilemmas of free will, and the unpredictable consequences of trying to rewrite destiny.
Max and his friends, Pedro and Bruna, discover an unlikely time machine and, driven by curiosity, decide to test it. But what seemed like an adventure turns into a nightmare when Pedro, suddenly and inexplicably, starts wanting to kill Max. Without understanding the reasons behind the change, Max finds himself trapped in a cycle of survival where his only way out is to go back a few seconds into the past — repeatedly — in search of answers that can save him. As they dive into an unstable timeline, where each choice can be fatal, the three friends face dark truths about themselves and the weight of the consequences they create.
"Parallel Consequences" is a gripping psychological thriller with strong elements of science fiction, delving into complex friendships, the dilemmas of free will, and the unpredictable consequences of trying to rewrite destiny.
Film Category
Party Demon
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Synopsis
A novice exorcist (Stephen Agyei, Abbot Elementary) encounters a demon (Ben Bryant, Adult Swim) who just wants to hang out and make a friend.
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Phantom Pain
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Synopsis
Bryn Hawthorn, a skilled Ghost Extraction Doctor, becomes the target of a sinister spirit. With time running out, she gambles everything on an unstable elixir.
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Re-Animator
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Synopsis
Medical student Dan Cain and his beloved girlfriend, Megan, become involved in the macabre experiments of his room-mate, the sinister Dr. Herbert West, who has created a serum that can bring both brain and body back from the dead. However, a chilling side effect to West's discovery leads to a seemingly endless night of mind-bending terror and unthinkable madness.
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Reflections
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Synopsis
A displaced girl wants to go viral on social media to belong, and to do so, she decides to go live performing the ritual of the Brazilian legend of Loira do Banheiro. The consequences are unexpected. In collaboration with director Eli Roth.
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Scissor Sleepover
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Synopsis
The perfect sleepover turns into a nightmare when a childish prank goes horribly wrong and hurts more than the pretty hairs on Brittany's head.
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SHED
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Synopsis
On Christmas Eve, a crazed, strange man with nothing to live for, embarks on a murderous rage, killing a family in cold blood. As he starts to take over the families property, unbeknownst to him is one more family member - a curious, courageous 10 year old girl Mia, who has found herself locked in the farms' work shed accidentally through a game of hide and seek . Mia must survive in the shed for days, without food or water, until someone comes for her - but soon that person will eventually be the insidious dying man and the two characters must come face to face. What unravels is a thrilling game of cat and mouse through desperation, revenge and incredible endurance.
Film Category
Shotgun
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Synopsis
After losing her husband to suicide, Gemma moves in to one half of a double shotgun house alone. When she begins to hear noises from the empty apartment next door, she becomes obsessed with finding the source.
Film Category
Sous Vide
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Synopsis
After attending the funeral of her Scandinavian fiancé's mother, an American woman must decide whether to honor the mother's last wishes by partaking in a time-honored family tradition: eating the mother's corpse.
This is a study in ethical cultural practices, the respect for final wishes, partnerships, and family. It’s an intense, uncomfortable time in which an American woman must decide where her loyalties lie and open her mind to new ideas, cultures, and (ahem) flavors.
This is a study in ethical cultural practices, the respect for final wishes, partnerships, and family. It’s an intense, uncomfortable time in which an American woman must decide where her loyalties lie and open her mind to new ideas, cultures, and (ahem) flavors.
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Spanked By A Ghost
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Synopsis
Alone in her home, a woman is spanked by an unseen entity, awakening a force she cannot control.
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Star-Crossed
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Synopsis
A beautiful young woman craving connection risks revealing her true nature—only to fall for the wrong man, igniting a night of passion, poor decisions, and consequences you can't sweep under a rug.
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Technophobic
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Synopsis
A lavish dinner party turns uncomfortable for Jacob when he learns of the hosts unusual and archaic approach for settling debates.
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Tomorrow Undead
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Synopsis
In a broken world where survival comes at a cost, Arizona mine worker Grant Franklin sacrifices his life to a rogue biotech company in exchange for a chance to secure his family’s future.
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Trial of the Concubine
Meet the Filmmaker
Synopsis
A warlock risks his soul for a chance to become the concubine of the demon who lives in the eye of the hurricane.
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Unwound
Meet the Filmmaker
Synopsis
Engineer Graham Winters is obsessed with recreating a wind-up ballerina from his childhood music box. As Graham struggles to perfects his creation; it takes on its own mind, and he finds himself trapped in a deadly dance.
Film Category
Very Prosperous Men
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Synopsis
When a struggling door-to-door Bible salesman commits murder, he scrambles to dispose of the body while navigating a haunting consequence.
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The visitor
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Synopsis
Alone in her home overnight, a young influencer's solitude is interrupted by an unexpected visitor.
Film Category
WE DON'T KNOW OUR NEIGHBORS
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Synopsis
Cousins break into an abandoned mansion for a game. The screams echoing down the halls seem like their own harmless fun, but after unlocking doors, they find out the cries don’t belong to them. What began as a game turns into a desperate flight from a family secret that belongs closed away in this mansion.
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Where the Shadows Feast
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Synopsis
After decades of men, women and children vanishing into the darkness of their rooms, a detective and mother must follow her child’s voice into the shadows, coming face to face with the
shadows themselves.
shadows themselves.
Film Category
Worst Thing You've Ever Done
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Synopsis
Highschool really sucks… and no one knows that better than best friends Aaron and Keith. So when they set out to crash a small graduation party, buried emotions and teenage tensions explode, forcing everyone to face the worst parts of themselves.
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