Welcome to the Horror Movie Freaks Film Festival. We are very pleased to announce our 5th year running! We can't wait to see what the indie world has to offer for the next HMF Film Fest!

Our goal with hosting this festival is to help get more focus on the indie and short film side of Horror. There is so much original, and amazing content coming from the indie world that its truly mind blowing.

The films will be shown to a live audience.

Good luck to all the filmmakers! We hope to see you all at the 2022 HMF Film Festival.

Awards & Prizes

Official Selections will be announced on Sept. 4th 2022. Selections will be promoted throughout the HMF network until the event on Fri. Oct 14th & Sat. Oct. 15th 2022

Awards for this event will be given out for the following:

Best Feature
Best Short
Best Super Short
Best NC Film
Best Foreign Film
Best Actor
Best Actress
Best Director
Best Writer
Best Cinematography
Best SFX

Rules & Terms

Super Shorts any film under 5 minutes
Shorts any film under 45 minutes
Feature any film over 45 minutes
All films must be based in the horror genre.
International films are welcome, but please at least have English subtitles.
If submitting in DVD format, please note that DVDs will not be returned.

15 Reviews
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  • Teddy Tenenbaum

    We are big fans of the Horror Movie Freaks Film Fest. They really know how to do a genre festival right. Highly recommended.

    October 2021
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  • DJ Remark

    Good little festival. Friendly atmosphere and cool theater for the event.

    October 2021
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  • Trevor Hagen

    Thank you selecting our short, "Night Shift" as Best Super-Short for the 2020 Festival! Any questions I had were answered and even a small request for a picture of our film screening was granted! I plan on submitting again in the future!

    November 2020
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  • Neil Willoughby

    Thank you to the team at Horror Movie Freaks Film Fest for your excellent communication and professionalism! We will definitely be submitting future projects to your festival again!

    October 2020
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    Response from festival:

    Thank you so much for the kind words. We look forward to seeing more of your projects!

  • Arturs Gabrans

    Got a good experience and I am very happy my film took a part in film festival

    May 2020
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