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To celebrate this year’s 40th anniversary of George A. Romero’s horror classic DAWN OF THE DEAD, the Living Dead Museum is hosting the Living Dead Weekend to be held in the Monroeville Mall, the primary filming location of the film. This 3 day horror film convention scheduled for June 8-10th, 2018 features a huge reunion of 40 original cast and …

For Immediate Release: Horrornews.net (HNN) has officially launched the inaugural HorrorNewsNet Film Festival (HNNFF) and we are placing a call for entries for both feature and short films in the horror genre.   HNN has teamed with the popular festival portal, FilmFreeway to take all submissions.  Are you a filmmaker and think you have the next Halloween, Friday the 13th, or …

The 13th annual Buried Alive Film Festival is taking submissions now. We want your goriest, weirdest, most fun, most bizarre, darkest, and wildest indie horror and genre films. If you think your film is too gross or too scary or just too weird, we’re the festival for you! Hell, you may even win a coveted Splitizie award, like Finnish artist …

The Derby Film Festival will again be running at the city’s QUAD venue from the 4th to the 13th May, and the event will be kicking off with a brand new weekend full of films and genres from outside the mainstream called ‘Paracinema’. Offering a range of horror, fantasy, science-fiction, independent and cult movies, Paracinema brings together a fascinating blend …

In 2 weeks from today the doors will open for the 13th annual Texas Frightmare Weekend. This will be my 3rd time going and my first time going as a reporter for Horror News. Before I go in to the amazing guests this particular year they will have I was thinking of sharing my first experience of the convention in …

A few of this years celebrities include Mary Lambert, Gerrit Graham and Denise Crosby.  Rare 35mm prints to CHUD uncut, CHUD II The 2018 SALT CITY HORROR FEST – April 28th at 10am – early morning of  April 29th

Announcing the full lineup for the sixth annual Cinedelphia Film Festival!  The CFF is programmed in-house by the Philadelphia Mausoleum of Contemporary Art (PhilaMOCA), running April 12-30, and this year centered around the theme of “spirituality, the occult, and outsider thought”.  From a Satanic ritual to a family-friendly monster dance party, this year’s CFF is more wild than ever!

Shriekfest seeking sponsors for the Shriekfest Film Festival. This October will mark our 18th year in Los Angeles and our 2nd year in Orlando! Shriekfest is a horror/thriller/scifi/fantasy film festival and screenplay competition! Since our inception, Shriekfest’s mission has been to give filmmakers a venue to showcase their projects to the entertainment industry, fans, and fellow artists. Each year our …

Horror, sci-fi, underground, and documentary filmmakers from around North America gather in Eau Claire, Wisconsin on the weekend of March 9-11 to showcase their films at the 2nd annual MidWest WeirdFest. Taking place at the Micon Cinema in downtown Eau Claire, the film festival is a cinematic celebration of all things fantastic, frightening, offbeat, and just plain weird.“Bringing together filmmakers …

Portland Horror Film Festival is expanding to 4 days of independent Horror Films for its third annual event, June 13-16, 2018 at the Hollywood Theatre (4122 NE Sandy Blvd). The 2016 and 2017 festivals unearthed a ravenous hunger for independent horror films in the Pacific NW, serving near sell-out crowds of eager horror fans with terrifying films from around the …

The management and staff of Altered Reality Entertainment, LLC, in partnership with Foxwoods Resort Casino, announce today the ninth annual ComiCONN, “A Show for the Fans by the Fans” will be held June 30 and July 1, 2018. The event will include all the same aspects that fans have come to expect from a comic con — celebrity appearances from …

MidWest WeirdFest announces first programming wave for 2018 Eau Claire, Wisconsin, January 24, 2018 – MidWest WeirdFest announces its first programming wave for 2018 today. The second annual festival – a cinematic celebration of all things fantastic, frightening, offbeat, and just plain weird – takes place March 9-11, 2018 at the Micon Downtown Cinema in Eau Claire, Wisconsin. “We are …

The 6th annual Panic Film Fest, a three day celebration of new, independent horror films, live events and vendors returns Jan. 26th – Feb 1st, 2018 at Screenland Armour Theatre in Kansas City, MO. Building on the incredible success of last year, we are excited to welcome special guests Directors Adam Greenand Joe Lynch hosting a live edition of their popular podcast, The Movie Crypt, The Generation …

Zed Zombie Survival Events have answered the thrill seekers prayers this Christmas as they announce they will be hosting Original Zombie Survival Experiences from 2nd December-27th January.  Due to popular demand, they will be running two shows on Friday and Saturday.

BUFFALO DREAMS FANTASTIC FILM FESTIVAL ANNOUNCES SPECIAL FILMMAKER AWARDS Buffalo, New York – Buffalo Dreams Fantastic Film Festival has announced the Special Award winners for its 2017 event.  The awards honor filmmakers who have distinguished themselves in areas of genre filmmaking, and will be presented along with the competition awards at the Dreamer Awards, to be held for the first …