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On behalf of the Screamfest Horror Film Festival, we are pleased to share with you the first wave of the 2016 lineup which was announced today on EW.com. The festival will run from October 18-27, 2016 at the TCL Chinese 6 Theatres in Hollywood. Film festival badges are currently on sale to the general public at www.ScreamfestLA.com and individual film tickets will be available soon. Actress Lydia Hearst will serve as ambassador …

Rubber Room Headhunters Corporation and Monsterpalooza President Eliot Brodsky are thrilled to announce the addition of Tony Timpone as Programming Director and Moderator for Monsterpalooza’s dual events in 2016 and 2017. Timpone is no stranger to the world of horror with his three decades as Editor in Chief at Fangoria magazine, as well as a producer on Bravo’s 100 Scariest …

Presenting the Third Eye Film Festival; the late deadline for submissions is this September 3rd. The festival will showcase only the best visionary work from the spiritual, fantasy, and horror genres and submissions are being taken via FilmFreeway! The festival takes place this December 2-4th at the Howl Happening Gallery in NYC, and will feature panel discussions and networking opportunities with …

The Horrible Imaginings Film Festival has announced the program for their 7th year of brining horror and suspense cinema to San Diego—and this year they are extending the event to five days! Starting on Wednesday, September 7th, continuing through Sunday, September 11th, they will “Usher In the Season of Fear” at Balboa Park’s Museum of Photographic Arts. There will be over …

The International Horror Festival (IHFF) has announced the Official Jury for the 2016 festival. The Jury will include:

Bruce Campbell Horror Film Festival Announces Full Lineup, Closing night film Siren, Last Fan Standing Game Show, & Guest of Honor Barbara Crampton for Festival, August 18-21 In Chicago Presented by STARZ Original Series ‘Ash vs. Evil Dead’, in conjunction with Wizard World Comic Con Bruce Campbell’s Horror Film Festival today announced the full lineup for its third annual festivities …

We’re at SDCC with Shudder for the “Bold Voice of Contemporary Horror” panel this Friday, July 22 at 6 PM with Shudder’s curator Sam Zimmerman, Sundance Film Festival’s Adam Montgomery, XYZ Films’ Mette Marie Katz, Spectrevision’s Elijah Wood, and more.

 The International Horror Festival (IHFF) has announced the first 11 films that will screen in the 2016 festival.    The festival will feature the world premieres of Scott B. Hansen’s The Possession Experiment and Gedeon Burkhard’s The Key, the U.S. premiere of Shawn Burkett’s Don’t Fuck in the Woods, and the New York premieres of Hannah Mcpherson’s Sickhouse, The Butcher Brothers’ A Beginner’s Guide to Snuff, …

ZOMBIES! We hope you are all ready for year 10 because it’s going to be the biggest and best yet! We have new sponsors for 2016 including Not Your Father’s Root Beer as well as  Inked Magazine and Steadfast Brand who will be presenting awards and prizes for the best tattooed zombies! We’ll be shooting photos and videos for the …

Steven Spielberg’s JAWS, arguably the greatest summer movie ever made, will be screened July 2nd through 4th, 2016 at Brooklyn’s Nitehawk Cinema.  Here are the times and showtimes (if you’re planning on going, get tickets now as this sells out quickly):

Here’s some thrilling news from up north… Celebrated Montreal Festival Announces Thrilling First Wave of Titles. Montreal, June 2, 2016 – The Fantasia International Film Festival will be celebrating its 20th Anniversary in Montreal this summer, taking place from July 14-August 2, with its Frontiéres international co-production market and Industry Rendez-Vous weekend being held July 21-24. The full lineup of …

We are very proud to announce that we are taking a long history with Wizard World to the next level this year.   Horrornews.net will have an booth at the Wizard World Comic Con in Philadelphia this June 2,3,4,5, 2016.    We are excited about bringing a element of HORROR to Wizard World that hasn’t been seen up until now.   Join us …

Wizard World and Crypt TV Launch Eight-City Horror Series Hair-Raising Video Series Debuts Exclusively at Wizard World Philadelphia June 2 – 6 LOS ANGELES, May 24, 2016 – Wizard World, Inc. (OTCBB:WIZD), producer of the largest comic and pop culture convention events, and Crypt TV, the digital brand behind the most terrifying content on the web, have announced a new …

Could Michael Myers, a zombie and Samara from The Ring be in the same room? Inquiring minds want to know. Swedish film festival ”Elmsta 3000 Horror Fest” brings you an answer:

Attention all young filmmakers (grades K-12)! Do you want your film to appear on the big screen in a movie theatre in front of a live film festival audience? This Fall, on our Sixth Anniversary, The 2016 Gold Coast International Film Festival Young Filmmakers Program will give you that chance! We will showcase the best in youth filmmaking, and there …