Halloweenapalooza is the state’s only horror film showcase. This festival is created by horror filmmakers for horror fans.

We hope to provide an educational and entertaining visual experience for the attendees of our Festival, which showcases and celebrates the diversity of the films.

We also hope to establish a forum, where novices and seasoned veterans alike can interact and learn from one another, as well as from our array of special celebrity guests and industry professionals with Q&As and panel discussions.

Halloweenapalooza ALSO includes celebrity appearances, vendors, a ghost hunt, and a midnight screening of Rocky Horror Picture Show. It'll be guaranteed to be two fun-filled days!

For every film you submit, you get one ticket into the Halloweenapalooza event! We encourage filmmakers to come and speak about their films.

This event is open to the public and will take place this year at the Bridge View Center, the premier entertainment, meeting, and special events venue in the region! Lots of fun things going on these days!

AWARDS
Best Short
Runner Up Short
Audience Choice
Best Kill
Halloween Spirit
Andy Wassom One-Liner

Each winner will receive a trophy.

GENERAL RULES
Short film: Under 30 minutes

Each work is judged solely on its own merits.

***PLEASE READ ALL THE RULES & TERMS!***

We are an international HORROR genre film festival. Movies submitted must have some sort of horror elements to be considered for our program. We also accept Sci-Fi, documentaries, comedies, experimental, animation, dramas, etc. as long as they are in the horror genre. We do not accept any Fan Films.

*Foreign language films MUST be dubbed or subtitled in English or the film will not be accepted.

*We do not accept films with copyrighted music unless you've licensed and cleared it for festival use. Your submission is your way of acknowledging that you've taken all the steps to clear your music and the festival is not liable for copyright infringement.

Entry Formats
1. Submitting digitally through FilmFreeway is all you need to do.
2. All films must have been completed after January 2013.

FINAL PRESENTATION FORMAT: Digital file (.mp4 or .mov)

Overall Rating
Quality
Value
Communication
Hospitality
Networking
  • Carter Ferguson

    It was wonderful to be involved in this year's Halloweenapalooza, the festival with the best name on here! We couldn't attend ourselves as we are in the UK, but we put a lot of effort into social media promotion for it! The only thing I'd add is that it would have been nice to have a follow-up communication about how it went. We don't know who won prizes, we don't know much about the other films that were playing or the filmmakers, and it would have been nice to see some photos from the night even a pic of our film on screen would have been very helpful. For us, it's kinda like we didn't play but I am still very grateful to the organizers for choosing our little film. In my mind's eye it went very well :-) Thank you.

    October 2023
  • So great that my short film ANCIENT LORE was selected to screen at your fanatastic festival. A wonderful experience. Keep up the good work!

    October 2023
  • Andrew Littlefield

    It was a privilege being having When The Clock Strikes as part of Halloweenapalooza. The communication and organization were top notch. You can tell everyone involved truly care about films and filmmakers. A great showcase for all things horror. I look forward to submitting future projects to this festival.

    October 2023
  • Fantastic festival, crowd and event - definitely brought all of the Halloween vibes in time for the best season of the year!

    October 2023
  • Jordan Selander

    Amazing festival. We had a great time and had quite a bit of face-time with some horror stars which was great. Not only were we treated to a post-screening Q&A, but we got to enjoy an interview that was filmed. The festival really takes care of their filmmakers. We hope to submit another film in the near future!

    October 2023