IMPORTANT ANNOUNCEMENT: As you all know, Covid-19 has had a major impact on all our lives. With that in mind, we have made the decision to change TTFF (for this year only) to an Online Festival. Believe me, this was a tough decision, and we hate losing one of the things that makes our show special – namely, screening the films at the historic and magnificent Texas Theatre – but, the safety of our patrons is paramount, and with the pandemic as strong as ever, we can't calculate when in the near future it will be safe for people to gather. So we're going online – and it'll be fun!
Now in our third year! Texas Terrors is an indie/grass roots short film festival celebrating the fun in bone-chilling horror. We’re less concerned with Hollywood-style slickness than with creativity, originality, and passion. The festival will feature a diverse array of scary stuff, and provide a fun evening of chills and thrills.
First and foremost, your film does NOT have to be made in Texas, or Texas-themed to enter. Texas is merely the location of the festival.
This is a short film festival, with a maximum length of 20 minutes. Anything longer will not be considered.
There is no restriction on when your film was made, or how many festivals it has already played. However, we do heavily favor films that are not currently available for public viewing on YouTube, Vimeo, etc.
If our festival will be a world premiere or a Texas premiere for your film, please let us know, and we will make note of this in the program.
WHAT WE WANT: horror; horror-comedy; monsters; psycho-killers; supernatural horror; horror-sci-fi; fantasy-horror; documentaries on horror-related subjects; anything vaguely connected with horror.
WHAT WE DON'T WANT: rape and/or degradation; “torture porn”; explicit sex; crime-suspense; "proof of concept" films; fan films or anything utilizing licensed characters or IP that you don’t own; music videos.
NOW AWARDING CASH PRIZES!! The TTFF AWARDS, celebrating excellence in filmmaking, will now feature cash prizes in every category. The following certificates will be awarded at the close of the festival:
BEST IN SHOW – Just what it says! That one film that we agree kicked the most butt. $200
OUTSTANDING ACTOR – Could be a lead or supporting role, a prize to the most memorable male performance of the night. $85
OUTSTANDING ACTRESS – Likewise for the ladies, any distaff turn that makes us sit up and take notice. $85
OUTSTANDING SCREENPLAY – We like writers, and love to give them awards. This one’s for the cleverest words and concepts on display. $85
OUTSTANDING DIRECTOR – The person behind the camera is pretty important too. Regardless of budget, we celebrate the helmer who put it all together in the best possible way. $85
GUTS-‘N’-GLORY AWARD – For the best/most memorable special effects; could be practical gore, a killer monster suit, or a cool CGI effect, this one celebrates that thing that wowed us. $85
**The festival reserves the right to not award any particular category if we feel there were no outstanding submissions.
(Note: awards will be given in the form of a money order and will be distributed to the person who submits the film via FilmFreeway. In some cases where the person winning the award is not the submitter [actors, screenwriters, etc], we may request an address to send the awards directly to the winner.)