Crimson Screen Horror Film Fest

About the Event

The 11th annual Crimson Screen Horror Film Fest. Best of South Carolina named us a top 10 fest in South Carolina and we are a "Top 100 Best Reviewed" film festival on FilmFreeway!

Schedule of Events

Day 2

10:00 am: Feature Film

Sheryl (72 mins) - After she's dumped by her serial killer boyfriend for not being “hot enough”, Sheryl, a beauty-obsessed woman, goes on a murderous, blood-soaked quest to create the perfect face, while simultaneously navigating her new relationship with the cop investigating the murders. In the end, she must try to learn to accept herself as she is... even if that means she is a looks-obsessed, psycho killer. Directed by Justin Best

Q&A to follow with filmmakers in attendance.

12:00 pm: Christmas Carnage Shorts Block

Guide My Slay (5 mins) - Let the reindeer games begin! A suburban Christmas party takes a dark turn when a menacing Santa arrives. Many of the guests are on his naughty list and he needs a makeshift "Rudolph" to help hunt them down. Directed by Heath Benfield

Up on the Housetop (15 mins) - Four siblings reunite at Christmas after the sudden death of their parents. But after accidentally killing Santa on Christmas Eve, they must survive the night against his killer flying reindeer. Directed by Dakota Millett, Michael Fischer

Naughty (12 mins) - Two people are on a first date at a cafe during the Christmas season. They get an unexpected visit from Krampus who comes once a year to punish the naughty for not being good. Directed by Steven Shade

Jingle Hell (29 mins) - A pregnant woman and her husband spend Christmas Eve in a secluded cabin with the hope of reconnecting with her estranged sister. But when a masked snowman begins terrorizing them, the family must fight tooth and nail to make it to morning. Not everything is as it seems in this holiDay horror short. Directed by Sean Cruser

Q&A to follow with filmmakers in attendance.

1:30 pm: Feature Film

Looky-Loo (83 mins) - An aspiring filmmaker obsessively captures footage everywhere he goes. His hobby takes a dark turn when he begins using his camera to stalk and film women. As he hones his craft, his crimes escalate from voyeurism to home invasion and, finally, to murder. Ducking the police at every turn, reveling in the palpable fear he's created in the community, the killer's work presses on toward its bloody climax. Directed by Jason Zink

Q&A to follow with filmmakers in attendance.

3:30 pm: Slasher Shorts Block

Red Gloves (11 mins) - A dancer at the top of her class, is accosted during a lonely night of rehearsing by a shadowy figure wearing red gloves. Directed by Santiago Saba Salem

Dylan's New Nightmare (35 mins) - An unofficial sequel to Wes Craven's New Nightmare, taking place almost thirty years after the events of the first film. The young son of Heather Langenkamp, Dylan Porter (Miko Hughes), is now a grown man trying to make his way in the world his parents raised him in--Hollywood. Little does he know that the evil entity known as Freddy Krueger  is back, and eager to once again break into our world through the son of his favorite victim! Directed by Cecil Andrew Laird

No Slasher Here (9 mins) - A woman comes home from work, only to receive an unsettling phone call. Does the danger only exist over the phone, or is there a masked killer inside her home? Directed by J Robert Tiemstra

The Nightmare Adorable (22 mins) - The hosts of a horror chat show celebrate their favorite fictional monster, Bapholeth, by selling a cute toy in his image--only to be attacked by a very real cultist offended by the adorable blasphemy. Directed by Joseph Scrimshaw

Q&A to follow with filmmakers in attendance.

5:15 pm: Feature Film

Spookt (80 mins) - The buried secrets of a small town are revealed when a paranormal investigator and a skeptic join forces to discover the truth behind a missing girl and the infamous Dr Byler, portrayed by Eric Roberts. Beliefs are tested when unexplained occurrences begin to happen, centering around the infamous Gibson house. Sins of the past come back to terrorize the living when Claire and Rachel's reality is turned upside down in SpookT. Directed by Tony Reames

Q&A to follow with filmmakers in attendance.

7:00 pm: Kids Are Kreepy Shorts Block

The Candy Crucible (11 mins) - A group of rambunctious trick-or-treaters attempt to summon and kill an urban legend who is rumored to eat naughty children on Halloween night. Consequently, when a young, mysterious child turns up to the ritual, everything begins to take a turn for the worst. Directed by Micah Deeken

Bedtime Story (3 mins) - On a dark summer night, evil lurks in the shadows as a young child must decide what bedtime story she would like to hear. Directed by Jake Jackson Homecoming (11 mins) - On the anniversary of her son's abduction, a group of home-invaders deliver Rachel Strayer some unsettling news. Directed by Garrett Johnson, Ben Nicholson, Paranoid LA

Cereal (9 mins) - Chelsea is a difficult child with a wild imagination. One Day, she receives an ominous message from her bowl of cereal. Four letters: K.I.L.L. Chelsea wants her cereal - and she won't stop until she gets it. Directed by Shane R. Preston

Toad Boy (13 mins) - Todd is different and the other kids at school have noticed. After an upsetting incident with several bullies the Principal discovers a disturbing book in Todd's locker and fears a retaliation. He calls on Todd's sister Charlene to facilitate an intervention, but quickly learns the help Todd needs May require a sacrifice he's unwilling to make. Directed by Phillip J. McLaughlin

Gummies (5 mins) - A tomboy transforms the gender trappings of her childhood to show her cruel mother how sugar and spice don't equal nice. Directed by Renetta G. Amador

Q&A to follow with filmmakers in attendance.

8:30 pm: Feature Film

Livescreamers (90 mins) - In the screenlife found footage film LIVESCREAMERS, Michael Smallwood (Halloween Kills, Righteous Gemstones) leads a popular group of streamers who face a lesson in teamwork when a cursed video game kills them one by one.  Directed by Michelle Iannantuono

Q&A to follow with filmmakers in attendance.

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