2026 PROGRAM
BLOCK 1
12:00 - 2:30
All the fun without the blood and gore
Weird Dog
by Bernard Lemieux (LOCAL)
Massachusetts
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Weird Dog can't decide if it wants to buy soup at the store.
Learning the Ropes
by Mac Brydon
New York
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When a novice real estate broker receives on-the-job training from an industry pro, both learn some eye-opening lessons.
Piss
by Lucca Daughdrill
California
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William, a socially awkward man, faces bizarre and unsettling encounters in a public restroom while trying to pee.
Fuck, Turn, Suck
by Roni Polsgrove (LOCAL)
Canton
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A lonely vampire plays a game of "fuck, marry, kill,” testing if she can have a one night stand with a human without killing him.
Roadkill
by Ayla Ahlquist (LOCAL)
Providence RI
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A horror comedy short exploring what it is to be a rat in a cage, or a rat in a maze, or a person in a rat costume in a car in a construction zone...
What's Up With Pete
by Anna Labriola
New York
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What do you do when your best friend gets possessed... but the demon is a better person than them?
There's a Visitor at the Door
by Rose Moon Longo (LOCAL)
Massachusetts​
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An inn receives a strange visitor in the middle of the night.
The True Story of Billy the Horse
by Isaac Giles
New Zealand
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Two buddies in the wild west accidentally kill the world’s most dangerous horse. What will they do before the horse’s owner (Billy the Adult) finds out?
Catastrophe Model
by Rick Chandler (LOCAL)
Fall River
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There's no business more dangerous than the insurance game.
For the Love of Money
by Joseph Kowalski
California
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Brian and Joe, life long friends, have a crisis in their friendship after Brian comes into some money.
After
by Tanner Duval
New York
A film crew documents the afterlife of a ghost couple living in their abandoned home.
Quancell'd Chef
by Seth Chatfield (LOCAL)
New Hampshire
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Chrysanthemum finds a dark solution to social discomfort during an infomercial shoot, resulting in a romance with a cockney demon and a threat to reality at large.
Le Storáge Loquére
by Aiden Clark & Samuel Turin (LOCAL)
Somerville
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Brenda finds herself a stranger in Eddie's paradise.
House Haunting
by Allison Courtney
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A couple tour a house for sale where everything is not what it seems.
Noctis Monstorum
by Patrick Rahall & Ashes Homon-Rahall (LOCAL)
Westborough
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A man battles an annual onslaught of horror to protect the children of his neighborhood.
Power Loss
by Zeke Braman (LOCAL)
Acton
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A family dinner is interrupted when the power goes out. By up-and-coming 16-year-old filmmaker Zeke Braman.
Skeeter
by Chris McInroy
Texas
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Every party has a buzz kill.
BLOCK 2
2:40 - 5:00
A more intense block for the hardcore horror lovers
He's Sick
by George James Fraser (LOCAL)
New Hampshire
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An unexpected visit from an addict brother takes a strange turn.
Katie's Skin
by Stephen Schloss (LOCAL)
Boston
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Through a gruesome revelation, an unwelcome dinner guest learns to find comfort in their own skin.
Seance for the Gram
by Sam Schlenker
California
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Three wannabe influencers stage a fake seance live for their followers, but the consequences are all too real.
Father John
by Myles Romo
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Father John is called for an exorcism.
Hide
by Brenden Hubbard
Pennsylvania
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Still reeling from an incredible loss, a father and daughter cling to a bedtime routine keeping them safe in a town where an unfathomable horror visits its inhabitants night after night.
Ghostgirl
by Ashlyn Frank
New York
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Girl and Ghost gossip in the graveyard about frenemies, boys, and mega meltdowns.
Gimme
by Steven Schloss (LOCAL)
Boston
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On the first night of Hanukkah, a grandfather and his estranged granddaughter are pulled into a sinister game of dreidel.
An Eye for an AI
by Flynn Reardon (LOCAL)
Woburn
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After an incident in an art class regarding generative AI, a student turns to the occult to take his revenge.
Mordrake
by Erika Rodgers
New York
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In 1890 Boston, Edward Mordrake is driven to madness by his cruel twin brother whose face is conjoined to the back of his head.
Chompers
by Chef Joe Gatto (LOCAL)
Stoneham
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A starving homeless woman finds an evil pair of dentures and things get crazy.
Fin de Tramo (Rear Road)
by Roberto Montalbo
Spain
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Trapped in a big traffic jam in the middle of nowhere, a young woman thinks to see a murder in a nearby autovan..
Eviction
by Ashes Homon-Rahall (LOCAL)
Westborough
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​A woman attempts to advocate for herself in the hellscape known as the American Healthcare System, only to take matters into her own hands.
The Parcel
by Jared Tipton
California
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Chad’s first day on a new job takes a gut wrenching turn.​​
Fatal Harmony
by Nick Noyes
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Fatal Harmony is a stylish descent into obsession, ambition, and the deadly cost of a comeback. The film follows once-famous pop star Lena as she retreats to a remote cabin with her manager to write her next big hit. But between the snowy isolation, and a growing sense of paranoia, Lena’s writers block quickly becomes the least of her worries.
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Summoning Sickness
by Erica Stockwell-Alpert (LOCAL)
Maynard
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A cultist pushes the boundaries of black magic
Infectum
by John Westcott (LOCAL)
New Hampshire
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A man wakes from the grip of a possession and discovers that his world is over.
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Face Crusher: Legends
by Luke St. Germaine (LOCAL)
Salem
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A filmmaker asks his chatbot for the scariest horror concept ever- instead, he learns the gruesome legend of the Face Crusher!​​