From venue changes and the pandemic to political backlash and the threat of litigation, Salem Horror Fest founder and director Kay Lynch has never been one to back down. The festival’s seventh annual event, which kicked off last night at Salem’s Peabody Essex Museum, was further proof of her resilience. After its original headliner, Hocus […]
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Saint Drogo is the sophomore effort from Monster Makeup Productions, a filmmaking collective headed by co-director/co-writer/actor Michael J. Ahern, co-director/cinematographer/editor Ryan Miller, and co-director/co-writer/actor Brandon Perras-Sanchez. Having found an audience with 2020’s Death Drop Gorgeous between the festival circuit, distribution via Dark Star Pictures, and streaming on Shudder and Tubi, it would have been easy […]
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While previous incarnations of Salem Horror Fest occured in tourist-heavy October, this year’s sixth installment smoothly shifted to two weekends in April. The official selections include 20 features and 37 shorts, along with repertory programming, celebrity guests, live podcasts, panels, after parties, and more. Here’s what I saw at this year’s event… Bury the Bride […]
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Salem, Massachusetts brews up more Halloween activities than you can shake a broom at each October, so it was logical for Salem Horror Fest to take place during the spookiest month of the year. For its sixth installment, however, the festivities have moved to the spring, making it much easier to attend without throngs of […]
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Named by MovieMaker Magazine as one of the “best genre festivals in the world,” Salem Horror Fest returns to the Peabody Essex Museum on Thursday, April 20, 2023. Salem Horror Fest, in partnership with Cinema Salem and Bit Bar, will run Thursday, April 20 through Sunday, April 30 featuring dozens of premieres, filmmakers and special guests including Linnea Quigley, Amelia Kinkade, […]
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Named by MovieMaker Magazine as one of the “best genre festivals in the world,” Salem Horror Fest is back in 2023, and the fest has announced this week that their sixth edition will be kicking off at the Peabody Essex Museum on Thursday, April 20, 2023. The event will honor Hollywood legend Tony Todd for […]
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For the second year in a row, the Salem Horror Fest and Bloody Disgusting’s Horror Queers Podcast have joined forces for FRIGHTGOWN, a summer series of watch parties devoted to independent queer horror. The six-week series of virtual screenings will benefit The Trevor Project, with last year’s event raising over $7,000 for the Transgender Law […]
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After a brief hiatus here in 2022, the Salem Horror Fest will return to Salem, Massachusetts next year, but the festival is moving out of the Halloween season. It has been announced this week that Salem Horror Fest 2023 will be taking place in April 2023! The official press release reveals, “Now entering its sixth […]
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The Salem Horror Fest returned to the Halloween capital of the world this October for the event’s fifth anniversary with an in-person event earlier this month, and now the virtual portion of this year’s Salem Horror Fest kicks off today, Friday, October 22nd! The virtual program runs from October 22 – October 31, and you can […]
The Salem Horror Fest returns to the Halloween capital of the world this October for the event’s fifth anniversary, with both an in-person event as well as a virtual showcase. Salem Horror Fest 5 features more than 60 screenings, lost Romero works, regional horror showcase, benefit screenings for Texas Abortion Funds, a never-before-seen cut of Phantom […]
The Salem Horror Fest returns to the Halloween capital of the world this October for the event’s fifth anniversary, and the first wave of programs has been announced this week. Here’s everything you need to know… Romero Lives, the annual retrospective celebrating the life and legacy of George A. Romero, will relocate from Pittsburgh to […]