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.

After all the hard work you need to reward yourself by relaxing, with your cast and crew, and watch your creation on a big screen.
Click here to see the theater.
But click here to buy your tickets to the October 24th day long premier and awards ceremony.
October 24, 2026 starting around 12pm.
Check out the rundown listed above.
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You've heard of the Oscar, Emmy, Grammy and other lessor awards. Please say hello to...The Skelly.
Treasured by film-makers across the Eastern Corn Belt Plains(and other places too), the Skelly is proudly displayed on shelves, mantles and nightstands as a constant reminder of perfection in numerous film-making disciplines.
Skelly proudly acknowledges your achievement in the following categories.
BEST PICTURE
BEST DIRECTING
BEST CINEMATIC ELEMENT
BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY
BEST EDITING
BEST ACTOR
BEST ACTRESS
BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR
BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS
BEST SOUND DESIGN
BEST ORIGINAL MUSIC
BEST MAKEUP
BEST SCREAMPLAY
BEST POSTER
BEST SPECIAL EFFECTS
BEST TRAILER
AUDIENCE CHOICE(S)


The Frightfilm Competition, LLC, is a time restricted short horror/scary film-making competition that recognizes excellence in 16 categories.
Awards will be presented to the Best Film, Best Director, Best Actress, Best Actor, Best Screenplay and many more!

The goal of this competition is to make just one type of film, SCARY!
All submitted films must fit in that genre. Mixed genres (Horror/scary, Horror/comedy, Scary/SCI-FI, etc) will be accepted. Films that do not fit in the scary genre will be disqualified from all awards, but will be shown at the screening event.
Early registration begins April 26th and continues until midnight June 30th.
Regular registration begins July 1st and continues until midnight July 26th.
Meet the other teams and get the competition's required elements in a Zoom meeting. We'll also answer any questions.
Two months to write, produce, shoot, edit then submit your 13 minute or less horror film.
Upload your film to your online drive/storage(Google drive Dropbox, etc.), then add the download link to our submission form anytime before ...