HOLLYWOOD HORRORFEST (11)

Festival start: 20 September 2025      Festival end: 21 September 2025

For all fans of horror and filmmaking 2025, will be bigger and better than before! HOLLYWOOD HORRORFEST, founded in 2014 at L.A's iconic New Beverly Cinema, continues to grow and grow in prestige.

2025 promises 2 days of star-studded premieres and Hollywood career celebrations (names to be announced shortly). We have our own coffee bar the entire weekend - for networking and relaxing between (and during) events - and will be honoring a celebrity icon with the prestigious PRICE AWARD and raise funds for charity in the process.

Past honorees & special guests include JOHN LANDIS, SID HAIG, JOE DANTE, LANCE HENRIKSEN, DICK MILLER, STUART GORDON, DEE WALLACE, VICTORIA PRICE, KEVIN TENNEY, ALAN HOWARTH, ANULKA, BAI LING, JAKE BUSEY, LEW TEMPLE, BILL MOSELY, RICHARD BAND, MARY SCHEER, ROBERT 'CORPSY' RHINE, VERNON WELLS, JAMES KAREN, BEVERLY RANDOLPH, JEWEL SHEPARD, ROLFE KANEFSKY and CASSANDRA PETERSON, to name but a few.

More details will be announced in the coming months. All entrants get our free bi-monthy newsletter too.

We look forward to seeing you all there.

Cheers

Miles Flanagan
Founder/Director

Hollywood Horrorfest

Winners receive laurels, our beautiful certificates and unique awards for specific categories (categories created by the festival judges). All Award Show attendees receive framed certificates and have official red carpet/step & repeat photos taken by our official photographer. It's our Gala Show - never to be forgotten.

Sponsor prizes are given out when available. Select WINNERS will be offered the opportunity of having their work distributed worldwide (non-exclusive) through our unique partnership with FilmFest Distribution (see www.filmfestdistribution.com for more details).

Our rules are very basic but necessary. Please read all of the rules thoroughly before you enter.

1. Entry Rules
We accept ANY films, produced ANY year, in ANY category you feel is grindhouse or exploitation-genre related (horror, action, sci-fi, martial arts, animation, film noir, teen comedy, erotic, blacksploitation etc).

Submit the film/screenplay digitally through this site. You may have multiple entries. We do not offer a waiver fee. Entry fees are non-refundable. We do not return submission entries. All selections are final.



2. Subtitles 

Any foreign language films must have English subtitles.

3. Formats 
for the selection process
A digital screener must be submitted via this site. Screenplays must be submitted in English as a digital PDF via this site.

4. Publicity 

We reserve the right to use extracts from submissions for festival publicity and marketing purposes.

5. Awards (incl. but not limited to) 

Best of the Fest 

Best Feature Film 

Best Short Film 
Best Horror
Comedy 

Best Documentary 

Best Director 

Best Actor 

Best Actress 

Best Supporting Actor 

Best Supporting Actress 

Best Cinematography 

Best Editing 

Best Production Design 

Best Music Score 

Best Make-Up 

Best Special Effects 

Best Unproduced Screenplay (Feature) 

Best Unproduced Screenplay (Short)

6. Legal Terms & Conditions 

The film contains no genuine acts of violence, sexual intercourse or animal cruelty.

7. By submitting your work you grant the festival (at no charge) the right to screen your work to the public commercially during the dates of the festival. The festival is competitive and consequently gives out no screening fees or any share of the box office to filmmakers. The festival uses this income to pay for the running of the festival.

Entrant warrants that they have the full & uncontested legal right (incl. full rights to the use of the film’s music) to enter their film/screenplay work to Hollywood Horrorfest and that the said work is not subject to nor threatened by any litigation.

Entrant holds Hollywood Horrorfest its owners, management, juries, subsidiaries, agents, sponsors, affiliates, and etc. harmless from any and all claims of liability resulting from my entry. Entrants agree to defend and indemnify Hollywood Horrorfest, its directors, officers, employees, contractors, consultants, volunteers, judges and agents against any and all claims, demands, actions, or lawsuits arising out of or related to the screening of the submitted film, performance of the music, or displaying of the art.

Hollywood Horrorfest has the right, in its sole and absolute discretion, to change the festival date or location, if deemed necessary or unavoidable, to ensure a successful festival. In such a case the festival will try its best to continue as normal, just at another venue/date TBD or operate online (partially or fully) if deemed necessary or unavoidable.