congratulations, You did it!

We’re very excited to announce the Premieres rundown for Frightfilm 2026.  Block start times are approximate.  Doors at 11:30am. Jeff kicks off the day at Noon.

Block A(12:15pm)

Unalived

Submergence

Whisper Through the Wall

Brutal Truth

Mary

The Evaluation

Dark Sky

Block B(1:50pm)

Spectral Photography

Little Bird

Victoria

Shock and Awful

Communion

Shadows on My Wall

Reunited

Block C(3:30pm)

Stalled

Don’t Fear the Reaper

Do Not Open

Perfection

Camp Night

GUMS
The Replacement

Skelly Award Ceremony(5:05pm)

The event will begin at noon on October 24th at the historic Mariemont Theatre. By the way, we'll be there for the next 3 years!  

Click this link to learn more about the theatre.

Tickets are now available for purchase at mariemonttheatre.org

BUT WAIT, WHAT’S THIS ABOUT FRIDAY NIGHT?

We’ll have a special showing of previous Skelly Award winners Friday night at 7pm.

Here’s the lineup.

2019-My Murderer Me, Best Picture Nominee

2019-The Water Within, Best Picture Winner

2020-FReIGHT, Best Picture Winner

2021-Psycho Bastard, Best Picture Winner

2022-Chickaboom, Best Picture Winner

2023-Games, Best Picture Nominee

2023-You See What I Deal With, Five Award Winner

2023-The Conduit, Best Picture Winner

2024-The Light Below, Best Picture Winner

2025-Shady Lakes, Best Picture Winner

Tickets are now available for purchase for this special event at mariemonttheatre.org

Producers please remember that all cast, crew, location owners and music performers & composers must fill out a release form. Have them visit the Release Form webpage link below. There they can select their type of release.  

Here is the link to the Release Form webpage

We'd love to see the fun you have on location and in pre and post production. Take lots of images and videos and post them as a comment on our Facebook page. We'd also love to show them at the premiere during intermissions. So upload them to a folder in your online storage and send a download link for the folder to us in an email to info@frightfilmcompetition.com. 

Thanks to all of you, this is our eighth year! We couldn't have done it without you. We applaud you and all the hard work you and your team have to create your original short horror film. The film-making craft is alive and well in Frightfilm.