Since 2009 the Knoxville Horror Film Festival is committed in bringing the best (and worst) of genre cinema to Tennessee through our annual film festival and feature screenings throughout the year. The only horror festival in Tennessee, KHFF holds its annual fest near Halloween every year.
On top of accepting submissions of short films from around the world, we hold a film making competition called the Grindhouse Grind-Out in which we give teams 6 days and 66 minutes to make a 3 minute Grindhouse trailer or short film.
This year we're celebrating our 10th anniversary and we've brought on filmmaker Jill Gevargizian and podcaster Elric Kane to our advisory board to help us take this festival to the next level. We're screening over 15 features this year, including the already announced, Anna and the Apocalypse, The Ranger, All the Creatures Were Stirring, Luz, Scary Stories: The Documentary, and 4k restorations of Maniac and Zombie.
PALM d'GORE (GRAND PRIZE):
SCARIEST FILM
FUNNIEST FILM
WEIRDEST FILM
BEST PERFORMANCE
BEST SCENARIO
BEST REGIONAL FILM (AUDIENCE + JURY)
A feature and a short will be chosen for each of the above categories.
Prizes include custom designed trophies by various artists and awesome swag from our sponsors such as Scream Factory, Rue Morgue, Vinegar Sydnrome and lots of local vendors.
