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We have gone to great lengths to include every active horror film festival not only in the USA, but from around the world too. However, if you should find something omitted, please submit the details to us. The Horror Film Festival will be added to our database. We appreciate your loyalty & continued support.
Argentina | Australia | Belgium | Brazil | Canada | Catalonia | France | Holland | Italy | Korea | Mexico | Portugal | South Africa | Spain | Sweden | Switzerland | United Kingdom | USA
With 20 festivals represented, on the European continent as well as in Asia and North-America, and a joint audience of approximately 600,000 spectators, the European Fantastic Film Festivals Federation has become one of the most powerful tools to promote the originality and creativity of the European fantasy film industry.
Argentina
Red Blood Buenos Aires is the only festival specialized in fantastic, horror and bizarre films in Argentina.
Australia
A Night of Horror is committed to helping independent horror filmmakers find their audience and get noticed.
Belgium
Welcome to the Brussels International Fantastic Film Festival.
Brazil
Fantaspoa International Fantastic Film Festival.
Canada
FanTasia International Film Festival is a major Canadian film festival, with highly varied programming, from auteur cinema to pure entertainment.
Toronto After Dark Film Festival is one of the world's leading showcases of new horror, sci-fi, action and cult films. The critically acclaimed annual event brings attention to thrilling new movies from around the world, including many award-winning features and shorts.
Catalonia
Cryptshow Festival.
SITGES International Fantastic Film Festival of Catalonia is the number one fantasy film festival in the world and represents, at the same time, the cultural expression with the most media impact in Catalonia.
France
Cinema Fantastique.
Festival Européen du Film Fantastique de Strasbourg.
Since its inception in 2000, Utopiales, International Festival of Science Fiction, set itself the objective to open as many do and discover in a very qualitative world of prospective, new technology and imagination.
Holland
Imagine: Amsterdam Fantastic Film Festival.
Italy
 
Science+Fiction, Trieste’s International Science Fiction festival, is a multimedia event with a focus on exploring the many worlds of fantasy and science fiction, the experimental languages and new technologies of film, television, visual arts and entertainment.
Korea
Puchon International Fantastic Film Festival has grown by leaps since 1997 from its birth and became the most representative symbol of Bucheon City known as a mecca of the culture with combination of Animation, Cartoon, Game and Film moving forward to its change and creativity.
Mexico
Macabro - Festival de Horror en Cine y Video.
Morbido - Festival Internacional de Cine Fantastico y de Terror.
Portugal
Since its 1st edition in 2007, MOTELx - Lisbon International Horror Film Festival has been an event for fraternizing and discovery, set-up for all those that are permanently looking for new auteurs, new films, new looks into the genre, and new experiences.
South Africa
The South African HORRORFEST (aka The Horror Festacular) was born in 2005.
Spain
Horror and Fantasy Film Festival. Donostia Kultur.
 
Sweden
The Lund International Fantastic Film Festival does not set narrow limits for what can be screened. Fantastic cinema is about imagination. The aim of the festival is to help stretch the limits of the imagination, and to reinforce the intrinsic value of imagination in films.
Switzerland
Created in 2000, the Neuchâtel International Fantastic Film Festival (NIFFF) has become a major film event in Switzerland.
United Kingdom
Based in Whitby, England, The Bram Stoker International Film Festival shows independent narrative features, documentaries, and shorts from around the world, that you may not have the opportunity to see anywhere else. Many are world premieres.
Dead by Dawn. Scotland's international horror film festival.
The Fantastic Films Weekend film festival is the UK's fastest growing festival dedicated to horror, fantasy and sci-fi cinema and television.
Based in London, England, FrightFest has grown to become one of the genre's most vibrant, credible and recognisable brands.
 
Emerald Void Productions presents for your very eyes a celebration of magnificent monsters and independent art. They invite you to explore this timeless genre and create your own nightmares!
An annual weekend-long celebration of Very Scary Movies, based in Dublin - the more sensitive among you should possibly cover your eyes.
Leeds International Film Festival is the largest regional film festival in the UK and one of the best.
SCI-FI-LONDON is the UK's leading genre event and an internationally recognised launch pad for genre movies.
Village of the Damned is the first horror film festival to be held in the sleepy Scottish village of Auchmithie. Their aim is to bring horror shorts to a new audience and create a new event within the community.
USA
 
The Atlanta Horror Film Festival showcases the very best independent films from across the world. Their focus is to celebrate independent cinema. Although they love traditional horror, they are not attempting to create the typical showcase of blood and guts.
The Big Bear Horror Film Festival was created to provide a forum for both established and up-and-coming filmmakers, to promote the advancement and creativity of filmmaking, and to showcase their films to audiences within the horror genre.
BUFF is a Boston-based, annual film festival that celebrates the bizarre and insane. Some of the films they screen may definitely be hazardous to your health.
The Buried Alive Film Fest of Atlanta is your chance to prove your film’s worth. No matter if it’s feature-length or shortform, a slasher or a ghost story, a zombie flick or a horror comedy, a suspenseful thriller or a horror documentary, all films in this exciting and growing genre are welcome.
The Carnage Film Festival was created by Matt and Sarah Mizell in 2009.
The Chicago Horror Film Festival has become a Chicago institution. With a past that started with the historic 3 Penny Cinema and a future continuing to grow with moving on to new and better venues.
Cincinnati Horror Film Festival. Due to a growing need for horror in the Ohio area, it was only natural for a festival like this to happen....
Forget so-called 'film festivals' that show movies on a tiny screen in a cheesy hotel conference room. Dark Carnival is a celebration of horror, featuring live entertainment, merchandise vendors, special guests and more. But most of all, we're all about the movies!
Three festivals: Pretty Scary Blood Bath (for films by women), Fears for Queers GLBT Film Festival (films by or about GLBTs), and Blood Bath (for everyone).
Since its debut in October of 2004, the Eerie Horror Film Festival has become one of the most popular and respected events of its kind in the country.
Fantastic Fest is the largest genre film festival in the U.S., specializing in horror, fantasy, sci-fi, action and just plain fantastic movies from all around the world.
The film festival that celebrates film, video and other media in science fiction, fantasy, horror, adventure, thrillers and all other “fun” genres!
Celebrate the Art of Independent Horror! This international horror genre film festival is the brainchild of  FEAR FILM Motion Picture Studios Owner  Robert J. Massetti. As a veteran independent horror filmmaker, Robert wanted to make a film festival that really celebrated the independent horror filmmaker by giving the artist a forum to show his or her work.
Fright Night Film Fest is the largest Fillm Festival/Convention in the Mid South Region.
The Hollywood Film Festival® and Hollywood Awards® were created in 1997 to bridge the gap between Hollywood and the global creative community, while at the same time honoring established Hollywood professionals.
The Horrific Film Fest was established in order to give more opportunities and exposure to independent filmmakers around the world. Working with horror, horror/comedy, thriller, and suspense, filmmaker George L. Ortiz (Ortiz Entertainment; The House Of The Demon) & Sergio Guerra decided in 2007 to bring this event to San Antonio, Texas.
Horrorfind Weekend Film Festival is a horror convention on the east coast with one goal in mind - to take care of the fans. Creating a family atmosphere with celebrities, authors, a huge vendor's room and other fun events.
HorrorQuest is a Independent Film Festival with no entry fee. It is their goal to create an annual event where everyone can have a creative outlet for their artistic expression.
Horror Society is your voice for independent horror. That means film, music, art and performance. Their goal is to support those in the industry, share with fans and create a sense of community.
 
The H.P. Lovecraft Film Festival promotes the works of H.P. Lovecraft, literary horror, and weird tales through the cinematic adaptations by professional and amateur filmmakers.
The Indy Horror Film Festival returned from the dead in 2010 with hopes of swallowing mortals whole and filling their souls with a thirst for blood and horror. The Indy Horror Film Festival screens films from all over the world and brings the best of blood, gore and horror to the big screen for you to enjoy.
The International Horror and Sci Fi Film Festival is Arizona's Premier Genre Film Festival.
Killer Film Fest extends the Halloween spirit every November with a lineup of some of the world’s best in indie horror.
Madison Horror Film Festival of Madison, Wisconsin.
The Maelstrom International Fantastic Film Festival (M.I.F.F.F.) is the Pacific Northwest's premier weekend long event devoted towards independent and international genre film making.
Midnight Black International Festival Of Darkness celebrates the art of dark poetry and filmmaking along with the very talented poets, screenwriters and filmmakers that make the real life magic happen for us all.
The Mile High Horror Film Festival is dedicated to celebrating the art and entertainment of independent horror films from around the world. Their mission is to showcase the very best of what the independent horror film industry has to offer and take the audience on a cinematic THRILLRIDE at HIGH ALTITUDE!
Nevermore Horror & Gothic Film Festival.
The NOHFF is a festival created by horror filmmakers for horror filmmakers.
America's largest and most recognized genre film festival focusing solely on Horror and Science Fiction. Each year the NYCHFF celebrates both the horror classics we grew up with and the new horror films & filmmakers who created them. The NYCHFF fills the city with special screenings, parties, celebrity guests and free giveaways. The New York City Horror Film Festival is the Halloween time event not to be missed.
The Oklahoma Horror Film Festival & Convention: expanded to the Nightmare Division of The Tulsa International Film Festival.
The Phoenix Fear Film Festival and Convention.
Rhode Island International Horror Film Festival.
The Sacramento Horror Film Festival was created in 2007 with many purposes. The festival founder desired the festival to be a platform for the horror filmmaker while providing a satisfying and valued movie going experience to the film patron. 
Screamfest was formed in August 2001 by film producers Rachel Belofsky and Ross Martin in order to give filmmakers and writers in the horror/sci-fi genres a venue to have their work showcased to people in the industry. They are very proud that the majority of the films showcased now have distribution.
ShockerFest International Film Festival was one of the first festivals of its type in the world. At the time it began, there were only a handful of genre festivals.
The Shockfest Film Festival of Hollywood is devoted to giving a platform to short narratives, documentaries, and music videos that are different from the mainstream, films that move audiences (even if it means shaking them up).
Shriekfest is an international festival and screenplay competition that receives submissions from all over the world. It's a festival dedicated to getting horror/thriller/sci-fi/fantasy filmmakers and screenwriters the recognition they deserve.
Spooky Movie: International Horror Film Festival of Washington, D.C.
The Stiletto Film Fest... A celebration of female filmmakers held in February recognizing “Women in Horror Month.”
Are YOU an unknown or little-known horror filmmaker, writer, actor, musician ... or some other artist involved in horror filmmaking? They want to discover YOU! -- in their annual Tabloid Witch Awards!
Telluride Horror Show.
Terror Film Festival is a bad-azz, blood chilling, alien probing international genre arts film festival, and is a new breed of film festival unlike any other film festival in the world, because it's designed to help promote YOU, the creative artist, and YOU, the genre movie lover.
Viscera specifically focuses on women gaining self confidence, knowledge, and growth through the creation of horror films. This process is to achieve equality in the film industry, not domination.
The Zompire Undead Film Festival is dedicated to all things undead. They want to highlight various filmmakers' creative attempts to show the undead in new and unexpected ways.