Salem Horror Fest returns for its ninth season of terror from April 30 to May 3 in historic Salem, Massachusetts.
Genre icon Dee Wallace (E.T., The Hills Have Eyes) will be the guest of honor at the annual opening night celebration for a Q&A moderated by Rue Morgue’s Andrea Subissati and a screening of Cujo. The event will also feature a keynote address by Victoria Price, daughter of Vincent Price.
Other special guests appearing throughout the weekend include Michael Berryman (The Hills Have Eyes, The Devil’s Rejects), Linnea Quigley (The Return of the Living Dead, Night of the Demons), and Toby Poser (Hellbender, The Deeper You Dig).
George A. Romero Foundation fellowship mentors Jenn Wexler (The Sacrifice Game, The Last Temptation of Becky), Travis Stevens (Girl on the Third Floor, A Wounded Fawn), and Matt Leslie (Summer of 84, Winnie-the-Pooh: Blood and Honey 2) will also be on hand.
This year’s feature selections include Blood & Guts, Deep Hallows: A Brazilian Gothic Fable, Frankie, Maniac Woman, Jump Scare, Lily’s Ritual, Regression, The Barn Part III, and The Mid-Night Driver, along with over 40 short films.
There will also be repertory screenings of Blood Shine, both the 1942 and 1982 versions of Cat People, Let the Right One In, Pet Sematary, and Sorority Babes in the Slimeball Bowl-O-Rama, plus a special showing of The Vincent Price Legacy accompanied by dinner prepared with recipes from Price’s cookbooks.
Beyond the screenings, the festival will host lectures, meet and greets, live podcasts, a horror drag show, a vendor market, and more.
Official Selections — Features:
- Blood & Guts — Carlye Rubin, Katie Green & Tina Grapenthin (Jury Winner)
- Deep Hallows: A Brazilian Gothic Fable — Beto Marquez
- Frankie, Maniac Woman — Pierre Tsigaridis
- Jump Scare — Donnie Hobbie (George A. Romero Foundation recipient)
- Lily’s Ritual — Manu Herrera
- Regression — Melissa Vitello
- The Barn Part III — Justin M. Seaman
- The Mid-Night Driver — Alex Cherney
Official Selections — Interludes (15-60 minutes):
- Avem — Luis Quijano
- Baby Bird — Aris Liang
- Hide — Brenden Hubbard
- Kandie — Jasmine Osean Thomas
- Once Upon a Time in the Apocalypse — Tiago Pimentel
- Prom Party Massacre — Jordan Gustafson
- Shift — Lucca Vieira
- The Man Upstairs — Wendy Wang (George A. Romero Foundation recipient)
- This Is Book Club — Robyn Okrant
- Very Prosperous Men — Josiah Walker (Jury Winner)
- Worst Thing You’ve Ever Done — PJ Germain
Official Selections — Shorts:
- Bloody Larry — Jillian Cantwell
- Breeder — Sapphire Sandalo
- Brian Won’t Wear Condoms — Genna Edwards
- Dance! — Poorya Dehghan
- Darkroom — Matthew Black
- dont.4get2smile — Stefano Alessandro Pennisi
- Flickers — Alexa Jane Jerrett
- Full Term — Lizz Marshall
- Furry-Anxi — Ming-Jen Yu
- Gimme — Steven Schloss
- Has Anyone Else Lost Their Body? — Randall Snare
- HVAC — Jackson McKeehan
- Into the Stand — Mackenzie Hamilton & Taylor Fuchs
- Lok — Mahmuda Sultana Rima
- Mangittatuarjuk (The Gnawer of Rocks) — Louise Flaherty (Jury Winner)
- Mardazma — Amir Masoud Soheili
- Meat Crayon — Richard Rotter
- Pelacaras — Ricardo Albarrán (George A. Romero Foundation recipient)
- Prey — Pax Nelson
- Prey For Us — Zoe Kerr
- The Bound Prince — Christian Gridelli & Hunter Norris
- The Chosen — Brady Richards
- The Lone Piper — Matthew Kravchuk
- The Me in the TV — Gordon Phillips
- The Safety Games — Jeremiah Kipp
- Time Eater — Ryan Couldrey
- Trad — Dave Bekerman
- Undertone — Shaun Munro
- Vowels — Rafael De Leon
Local Mass Hysteria Shorts:
- Creature of the Deep — Angus Reardon
- Maeve’s Mirror — Paul E. Odgren
- Noctis Monstorum — Patrick J. Rahall & Ashes Homon-Rahall
- Shift — Bridgette Cannell
- Some Dark Matter — Molly Fisher
- Stomach It — Peter Klausner
- The Victoria Kruger Show! — Alec Klusza
- Tick — Sam Permar
- Witch Hunt Theatre Presents Where’s Your Limit? — Taylor Stark & Ty Hendrix
Repertory Films:
- Blood Shine — Emily Bennett & Justin Brooks
- Cat People — Jacques Tourneur
- Cat People — Paul Schrader
- Cujo — Lewis Teague
- Let the Right One In — Tomas Alfredson
- Pet Sematary — Mary Lambert
- Sorority Babes in the Slimeball Bowl-O-Rama — David DeCoteau
- The Vincent Price Legacy — Laurent Ohmansiek
Salem Horror Fest 2026 tickets are on sale now.
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