Crimson Screen Horror Film Fest

The 11th annual Crimson Screen Horror Film Fest. Best of South Carolina named us a top 10 fest in South Carolina and we are a "Top 100 Best Reviewed" film festival on FilmFreeway!

Schedule of Events

Day 1

10:00 am: Feature Film

Killington (86 mins) - When a group of women from Manhattan win a weekend getaway with wellness influencer Kali to picturesque Killington, VT, the creepy local vibes and characters take on a life of their own. Tensions spark among the longtime friends as Kali pushes their boundaries, and things take an unexpected turn. Directed by Mark Dudzinski and Frank Perz

Q&A to follow with filmmakers in attendance

12:00 pm: WTF? Shorts Block

Influence (10 mins) - When the dowdy stepsister of a popular online influencer interrupts a business meeting with her “momager” and a potential sponsor, the influencer's reality is exposed—and it's not a pretty picture. Directed by Nate Laver

Seed (16 mins) - Michelle, who is notorious for missing red flags, hooks up with seemingly normal and chill Zack. Directed by Jacob Weldon

Charlie the Cancelled Skeleton (9 mins) - Bitter about a film firing him as an actor for not allowing him to work from home, one man plots out for revenge on a horror film, successfully running a successful cancellation campaign against the film. Directed by Joe Reilly

Wake (13 mins) - With a hurricane raging outside their hospital, two nurses have one last job before evacuating: stow the "dead-on- arrival" corpse of a young girl in the downstairs morgue before the building floods. But the corpse quickly reveals itself to be more than it seems. Directed by Sean Carter

Hollow (20 mins) - Two women on opposite sides of grief face real demons in an inpatient eating disorder clinic. Directed by Allison Miller  

Q&A to follow with filmmakers in attendance

1:45 pm: Feature Film

Faceless After Dark (1 hr 26 mins) - Following her breakout success as the star of a killer clown horror flick, Bowie now finds herself struggling to capitalize on its success. But when she is suddenly held hostage by an unhinged fan posing as that same killer clown, horror becomes her reality as she fights to survive the night and escape before he completes his sinister plan to recreate the film's fatal plot. Directed by Raymond Wood

Q&A to follow with filmmakers in attendance

4:00 pm: Homegrown Horror Shorts Block

A Real Life (13 mins) - After a family dinner, Bert receives a call from his past that threatens his way of life. Directed by Quincy Moorer, 19 Pictures

Lux (10 mins) - A flat tire leaves a newlywed couple stranded in a bizarre town plagued by a monster that has a light for a face. Directed by Kenneth Perkins

Final Score (13 mins) - A music producer struggles with a horror film score as the fictitious world of his art bleeds into his own reality. Directed by Stephen Massar

Reaper (7 mins) - An aging recluse suffers in exile. On his last Day, he is haunted and reminded of his past. Directed by Brittany Brock  

The Encounter (14 mins) - Following a tragic accident at work, Henry bears witness to a horrific act that provides an opportunity to redeem himself. Directed by Shaun Rogers, 19 Pictures

Tag (4 mins) - A man is relentlessly pursued by an evil entity who wants to play a game of tag. Directed by Anil Dhokai

Q&A to follow with filmmakers in attendance

6:00 pm: Feature Film

Butchers Bluff (2 hr 3 mins) - In a reclusive Texas town 28 people have gone missing over the last 20 years. A group of college film students seek to capitalize on the dark twisted urban legend of the Hogman as the subject of their thesis film. After one weekend in Butchers Bluff, their only gain is also their loss. Directed by William Instone, Matt Rifley

Q&A to follow with filmmakers in attendance.

8:30 pm: Laugh Your Head Off Shorts Block

Paranormal Drunktivity (10 mins) - A found footage horror comedy about bro-ish bumps in the night. When a new home owner is being haunted by ghosts who love to party, he hires a paranormal investigator to help him break up an eternal frat bro rager. Directed by Preston Tompkins, Zach Reinert

Microwave Coven (14 mins) - After buying a microwave from a peculiar woman, two college roommates discover their new appliance is not quite what it seems.. Directed by Josh Almario

Body (7 mins) - Jake swears he just saw one of his Halloween decorations move and, worst of all, neither he or his girlfriend, Dawn, know where the damned thing came from. Directed by SRonald Short

The Perfect Jump Scare (16 mins) - A determined ghost lies in wait in his haunted house to claim his next victim with the perfect jump scare. But this new owner is something the entity has never encountered before…he's an idiot.. Directed by Jacob Miller

Grampy (14 mins) - A grief-stricken woman dates a similarly mourning man, only to discover that he keeps the stuffed corpse of his late grandfather taxidermy-style in the bedroom of his remote farmhouse where she is now trapped by a storm and forced to spend one terrifying night with “Grampy.” Directed by Graham Burrell

Q&A to follow with filmmakers in attendance.

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