We have OFFICIALLY scheduled Blood Bash 2024 for Saturday, February 10th, 2024!!! Saturday will be the main day of the festival, but we also offer up a BONUS NIGHT of Films on Friday night (the 9th)!!!

Blood Bash 2025 will be the 8th annual Blood Bash International Horror Film Festival and Convention! Once again we will be focusing on short films only this year, and will have three awards up for grabs in 2025:

Best In Show
Favorite Male Performance
Favorite Female Performance

Blood Bash is an annual celebration of all things blood, guts, gore and more! We feature over 40 horror themed vendors, free to play horror themed carnival games, video game challenges, horror themed tabletop games, trivia contests, cosplay contests, and much more!

Of course, the bread and butter of Blood Bash is our Short Film Festival! We average over TWO THOUSAND entrants per year! Every year we narrow it down to the top 40-45 submissions and those films not only are screened publicly at the show, but also vie for the coveted "Best In Show" trophy!

In 2024, our winning film was "Facies" from Spain
In 2023, our winning film was "Lily" from the USA
In 2022, our winning film was "Lay Them Straight" from Canada
In 2020, our winning film was "Mama's Boy" from the USA
In 2019, our winning film was "Pearlies" from France
2018 and 2017 the show was still finding it's legs and only showed several feature films that were hand picked by the organizers. It wasn't until 2019 that the show officially became a festival!

Our festival features a three year rotation for entries, meaning that whichever year it is (this year it is 2025, obviously) that means that we will ONLY be accepting FINISHED in 2022, 2023, and 2024! If you submit a film that was completed prior to 2022, it will be disqualified instantly.

Blood Bash is a small film festival and convention, but it truly is built from the ground up with absolute love and devotion to the gaming, geek, arts, and horror communities. We take great pride in offering things to do at our show that aren't available anywhere else, helping to ensure Blood Bash is one Bash you'll never forget! Hope to see you there!

Tickets for Blood Bash 2025 go on sale August 1st, and can be purchased at www.meggaxp.com/tickets

Vendor Booths for Blood Bash 2024 will go on sale July 1st, and can be found at:
(to be announced soon)

Awards & Prizes

Blood Bash Best In Show: The best overall short in the competition! Winner will receive a Blood Bash Best In Show set of laurels and a spot on the MeggaXP Wall of Fame!

Blood Bash Favorite Male Performance: Our panel will choose their favorite male performance out of all of the movies and the winner will be immortalized on the MeggaXP Wall of Fame!

Blood Bash Favorite Female Performance: Our panel will choose their favorite female performance out of all of the movies and the winner will be immortalized on the MeggaXP Wall of Fame!

Rules & Terms

All entries MUST be between 4 minutes and 20 minutes in length. Any movies submitted that are not between these lengths will be cut immediately. Also, all films MUST have a completion or release date between 2022 and 2024. Anything with a completion / release date of 2021 or before will be cut immediately.

All entries must be submitted via Private Link for review purposes and then if accepted, must be able to supply a digital copy of the film for us to download and use at the show.

1. By submitting the film, you confirm that you hold the rights, or permission to use, all aspects of the submitted film.

2. By submitting the film, you confirm that Blood Bash, it's volunteers and employees and those individuals and companies who are associated with us shall not be held liable for any legal issues arising from violating rule #1.

3. By submitting your film, you are giving MeggaXP, a division of Seagraves Entertainment and Blood Bash a license to show the film, if selected, and to use publicity shots, names of cast & crew, scenes from the film and likenesses of those involved in the creation of the film for the use of pre & post publicity and promotional purposes. This includes at future MeggaXP events, such as including your film in our "Best of the Bash" series at future Blood Bash events, that highlight films from previous years, as well as any other future, additional horror themed events that may come up that MeggaXP puts on.

4. MeggaXP, Seagraves Entertainment, and Blood Bash reserve the right to use your film's logo, cover art, and any synopsis / information on their website, Facebook page, program and other promotional uses where we deem it necessary.
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  • Daniel Llusa Ribes

    This is the first festival in the United States that selected our short. That's why we will always have MeggaXP in our hearts and, why not, may be one day we can cross the Atlantic and assist to the festival.

    July 2024
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  • Jon Devlin

    Unfortunately I was unable to attend Blood Bash, so I can't comment on the actual event. I did appreciate the exposure they gave my film prior to the event. It was shared on social networks and included a unique write-up, not a copy and paste, that praised my films. I really appreciated that. I thought the submission fees were very reasonable, unlike many other festivals. Will definitely submit again in the future.

    February 2024
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  • Luigi Scarpa

    Very interesting festival with good energy. Great kind and helpful staff and great organization and professionalism.
    Thank you for everything

    February 2024
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  • Serch Ssiruela


    We hope you enjoyed your experience with MeggaXP's Blood Bash!

    We encourage you to share your thoughts with the FilmFreeway community by adding a quick review.

    You can even leave private feedback, just for the festival organizers, if you prefer.

    February 2024
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  • Daniel Lardón

    Awesome fest, nothing more to say

    February 2024
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