Festivals and Conventions

Director Edoardo Vitaletti’s The Last Thing Mary Saw premiered at the Fantasia Film Festival 2021 on August 15 and 17 and is, hands down, one of my favorite films I’ve seen this year. The Last Thing Mary Saw is a period occult drama set in an isolated farmhouse in the …

The Horrible Imaginings Film Festival is back with a digital/live hybrid festival! The California-based film festival will showcase the newest voices in horror, sci-fi, and fantasy genre cinema. The event will take place over a multi-day event that will consist of film screenings, diverse panels, parties, and networking sessions. Featuring …

A wannabe serial killer, a warped filmmaker, and a murderous cult on a blood-soaked rampage. When The Screaming Starts is a darkly comic tale of how far we will go in order to achieve our ambitions. Riotous Films in association with FOUR plus10 Films and Little Narwhal Films are delighted …

The GenreBlast Film Fest has announced its lineup for the sixth year of their international independent genre film festival. The four-day in-person event will feature sixteen feature films and nearly one hundred short films from around the world as well as the final results of their annual screenplay competition. Emanating …

Mechanophilia, possessed nuns, possessed children, hallucinations, ghostly hauntings, time travel, exorcism, cerebral expansion, heavy metal, friendship, yakuza, canine trauma, multiple serial killers, coprophagia, cannibalism, tender embraces, vampires, copious bodily fluids, superheroes, warm laughs, disco-dancing firemen and more, more, more! Yes, this can only mean one thing: Fantastic Fest is back! …

After the mixed reception of his last film, Tone Deaf, Richard Bates Jr. (read our interview with him here) has rebounded strong with King Knight, his own film of self acceptance and embracing the art that drives oneself, even if others are telling you not to. Richard Bates Jr. has …

The Fantasia International Film Festival is proud to celebrate its upcoming 25th edition, set again to take place as a virtual event accessible to audiences across Canada. The festival will run from August 5 – 25, 2021, and will include scheduled screenings and premieres, panels, and workshops, with films once …

From early myths of vengeful deities to Tales from the Crypt reminding us to keep our head on our shoulders, horror has always gone hand in hand with morality tales. Tailgate, originally titled Bumperkleef, from director Lodewijk Crijns, keeps this trend and history alive. Tailgate recently premiered at the North …

Etheria Film Festival (www.etheriafilmnight.com)’s 2021 Official Short Films Showcase Lineup was recently announced on Variety.com! Etheria 2021 which will stream exclusively on Shudder, AMC Networks’ premium streamer for horror, thrillers, and the supernatural, beginning Friday, June 25 through July 25. This year’s Festival, the world’s most respected annual showcase of …

The weekend of June 25 – 27, at the Marriot of South Hobby, Houston, TX., monsters, maniacs, and the macabre will reign as the Houston Horror Film Fest 2021 arrives! Featured guests include Joshua Winch (Lake Fear), Tyler Mane (Halloween 2007), Linnea Quigley (The Return of the Living Dead), Danielle Harris …