The Killer Valley Horror Film Festival was founded in 2007 by filmmaker Randy Granstrom. For 10 years we've been showcasing the best in indie horror and sci-fi.

It's a one night event featuring a collection of horror and sci-fi shorts and usually one pre-selected feature, to an 18+ crowd, with drinks available, live entertainment, and an awards ceremony immediately after the last film. Last year we opened it up beyond our Southern Oregon roots, to filmmakers worldwide and had our best festival yet! We featured horror themed vendors and had special guest, Adrienne King star of the original Friday the 13th.

With limited time slots available, we're looking for shorter shorts, ideally 5 -10 minutes, 15 at the most. The films must have a serious horror or sci-fi vibe to them, if not, no matter how good it is, we won't show it!

If you're a Jefferson State filmmaker, or shot your film in or around Southern Oregon/Northern California, send us a message and we can get you a free entry.

Awards & Prizes

Best Film
Best Director
Best Actor
Best Actress
Best Special Effects

No money, but you get a trophy and lifelong acclaim!

Rules & Terms

We're pretty free wheeling at Killer Valley Horror Film Fest, we're just looking to have one awesome night of horror themed entertainment and to have some drinks with cool folks that enjoy scary flicks. We're mostly looking for audience pleasing films. Films that make people gasp, or laugh, or even better both!

If you live in the area or want to make the trek to the festival, let us know, and we're that much more likely to admit your film into our fest. Is that fair, probably not. But we want filmmakers to be able to see their film with an audience. We're all filmmakers ourselves, and this fest started as a way to get our goofy, gory films in front of people. As we continue to open it up to more filmmakers, we want the opportunity to meet you and for you to meet fans of horror directly. Of course if we think your film kicks ass and you can't make it, we'd still love to show it. Thanks!

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  • Chris Gierowski

    It was a blast and an honor to have our short play at Killer Valley!

    October 2018
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  • Jacob Strunk

    This is the kind of small, homegrown, labor of love festival I go out of my way to attend. Intimate and bloody and silly and beer-soaked, it's a fun and ridiculous evening shared with like-minded horror nerds, and the films themselves were impressive. Thanks to Ross and Randy for having me, and you can bet I'll be back!

    November 2017
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  • Timothy Vandenberg

    Great Festival. Ross and his team work hard to make a quality fest! Tim Vandenberg, Director, Agatha

    November 2017
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  • Alfonso García lópez

    An excellent festival, highly recommended

    October 2016
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