Shock-A-Go-Go is a premiere festival that showcases: Horror, Sci-Fi, Fantasy, Cult, Dark Comedy, Experimental, Animation and Independent films.

Held bi-annually in LA and NY since 2001, Shock-A-Go-Go has moved this year's festival to Nite Hawk in Brooklyn NY. Our past festival has included guests such as: Brian Yuzna (Re-Animator), Joe Dante (The Howling, Gremlins, Peter Atkins (Hellraiser 2), Fred Dekker (Monster Squad), Lynn Lowry (The Crazies), Tommy McLoughlin (Jason Lives), Roger Corman (Bucket of Blood, The Raven, Death Race 2000, The Little Shop of Horrors), Ted V. Mikels (Astro Zombies, The Doll Squad), David F. Friedman (Blood Feast, 2000 Maniacs) , Stuart Gordon (Re-Animator, Dagon), Jack Hill (Spider Baby, Foxy Brown), Mary Woronov (Rock and Roll High School, Eating Raoul), Linnea Quigley (Return of the Living Dead), Brinke Stevens (Slumber Party Massacre), Jim Wynorski (Chopping Mall), Jackie Kong (Blood Diner), The Cast of The Greasy Strangler, and Michael Berryman (The Devil's Rejects, The Hills Have Eyes). It's featured films such as Nightbreed, The Raven, The Masque of the Red Death, The Doll Squad, Rock and Roll High School, Dagon, Re-Animator, Spider Baby, Death Race 2000, Faster Pussycat, Kill, Kill, The Greasy Strangler, Slumber Party Massacre, Blood Diner, Thrust, Blacula, Chopping Mall, The Howling, Society, Return of the Living Dead 3 and many more.

Our festival runs all day and into the night and features brand new horror and genre films and animations as well as classic cult films, and contains a segment for shorts that spotlight many up and coming genre-filmmakers.

Programming:

June 2026 we hosted our festival with a whole night of horror, sci fi, and cult movie shorts, feature films, and entertainment at the Art Theatre in Long Beach, CA. We had special guests Rusty Cundieff (Tales from the Hood), Brian Yuzna (Re-Animator), Richard and Anastasia Elfman (Forbidden Zone), Jackie Joseph (Little Shop of Horrors), Paul Lynch (Prom Night 1980), and others.

Shock-a-go-go nyc 2026 will feature indie features and shorts and cult classic films in NYC! We encourage filmmakers of all levels to submit to our festival, and we welcome as many submissions as you’d like. Please keep in mind, that if your film is selected and it was submitted to different categories, it will only play in one.

IMPORTANT WE WILL NOT PLAY A.I. CREATED FILMS - A.I. is hurting the
film and arts communities. If you submit an A.I. film, we will not play it. We will not use A.I. created posters as well, please do not submit A.I. promo posters.
Thank you for understanding.

Awards & Prizes

Best Film
Best Women Directed Film
Best BIPOC Directed Film
Best Animation
Best Directing
Best Cinematography
Best Editing
Shock-A-Go-Go Award (most on point for our festival)
Best Male Actor in a supporting role
Best Male Actor in a lead Role
Best Female Actor in a supporting role
Best Female Actor in a lead role
Best Special FX
Best Scream
Best Screenplay
Honorable Mention

Rules & Terms

We accept the right to refuse any film based on content we deem hateful or sexist/homophobic, racist, etc. We accept films of any length.

Certification of Entrant I, the undersigned, acknowledge and agree:

1 . I have read, understated and fully comply with all submission eligibility information, Submission Guidelines, Terms and Conditions of Entry and Entry Eligibility requirements.

2 . To the best of my knowledge, all of the statements in this document are true;

3 . This film or video is not subject to any litigation nor is threatened by any litigation;

4 . I am duly authorized to submit this film to the festival;

5 . I hold Shock-A-Go-Go harmless from any damage to the print(s) or tape(s) en route or otherwise during the course of the festival’s possession of the film;

6 . I hold Shock-A-Go-Go, its owners, management, juries, subsidiaries, agents, sponsors, affiliates, and etc. harmless from any and all claims of liability resulting from my entry.

7 . I certify that I have full rights to the use of the music in the entered work.

8 . I give permission for Shock-A-Go-Go to use stills, titles, copy, and/or information from the film for promotional purposes

9 . I give permission for Shock-A-Go-Go to screen the film at the Festival as well as any Festival presentations, programs, and/or events.

OTHER NOTES:

There is NO 'Film Made By' date. We have shown horror films from as early as the 30's. Please feel free to submit your early work as well as your current.

PLEASE NOTE: We DO NOT pay screening fees. If any screening fee is requested by filmmaker(s), the associated film will be disqualified.
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  • Seriina Covarrubias

    Fantastic film festival with big name guests from legendary cult movies. It was an honor to screen at this festival. I hope I make something that fits it again.

    June 2026
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  • Alison Stolpa

    Good people, good films, good venue. I was really impressed by the caliber of films in our shorts block, and I loved the theatre itself.

    June 2026
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  • Michael Gould

    Shock-A-Go-Go is headed toward becoming one of the biggest profile film festivals around. Why? Because the film festival world craves something new and exciting, which is exactly what Shock-A-Go-Go is, as well as is much of the material it is discovering among its submissions. Thank you for awarding BEST SCREENPLAY (2026) to my outright/outrageous comedy script, VOODOO VALENTINOS.

    June 2026
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  • Traycee King

    Great communication, great lineup, great vibes! Team Project N-Terro had a blast! Thank you!

    June 2026
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  • Kelly Rebecca Walsh

    Thank you to the most amazing festival as ART SCHOOL GIRL just won best short film anc we are so so honored!!!!! Shock-a-go-go does it right. Plus we screened at the iconic Art Theatre in Long Beach. Thank you to Eric and his team as they curated such A badass lineup of indie shorts… we are so grateful thank you!
    —Kelly Rebecca Walsh (writer/producer)

    June 2026
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