The Voice of Fear | Dir. Henrique Arruda | Short, Brazil, 6 min
In how many worlds has your fear trapped you?

Dry January | Dir. C.J. Arellano | Short, USA, 19 min
When Maya commits to a month of sobriety and takes up sculpting as a hobby, her crab sculptures terrorize her former drinking buddy, her brother Toby.

Butterfly Kiss | Dir. Zohar Dvir | Short, Germany, 10 min
Carol panics and argues with her girlfriend Ray after an unexpected proposal. The situation gets worse when she wakes to discover that Ray has transformed into a butterfly. Rising tensions and a looming apocalypse threaten to dissolve their relationship.

𝖈𝖆𝖓𝖈𝖊𝖗 𝖘𝖟𝖓 | Dir. Zachary Green | Short, Canada, 13 min
Patty, a modern witch, harbours a suffocating obsession for her former friend, Elaine. When she learns that Elaine’s new girlfriend, Lauren, shares the same birthday as her, she casts a body-swapping spell that grants her the relationship of her dreams, at a steep cost.

Say Ten Hail Marys | Dir. Christine Elizabeth Dudley | Short, USA, 4 min
An experimental dance film exploring the darkness, confusion, and constraint the filmmaker endured growing up bisexual and Catholic in the American South.

Bottom Feeder | Dir. Will Carter | Short, USA, 5 min
Crackers, a rancid icthyophile, is stalked by an aquatic demon. A dream come true, or his worst nightmare?

In The Valley: A Cosmic Queer Abduction | Dir. Adam Van Dyke | Short, USA, 28 min
Lost in the vast Southern California desert, Josh wakes alone after a night with a mysterious Cowboy. As the landscape twists into a waking nightmare, he must uncover the truth about the Cowboy, cloaked figures watching him, and his own past—before the desert claims him forever.

Minister Chucky | Dir. Jonathan Andre Culliton, Graham Kolbeins | Short, USA/Canada, 11 min
As the specter of rising fascism looms, a queer couple celebrates their love with an unconventional Vegas wedding—officiated by Chucky, the killer doll—before making their escape to Canada. A wild, heartfelt journey, offering a uniquely trans and nonbinary perspective on love, resistance, and the absurdity of our times.

DEMON TWINK | Dir. Steven George | Short, USA, 25 min
Dante came out later in life and missed out on the experience of being young and queer. After a shady club bathroom encounter with a demon, Dante is granted the youth and beauty he craves, in exchange for killing his hookups every full moon, Dante is pretty good at being a killer, that is until he falls in love with one of his victims.

Run Time: 120 min + live filmmaker Q&A

Queer Fear Film Festival celebrates queer stories from the dark, weird, and wild end of the genre spectrum. Now in our 5th year, Queer Fear is proudly the oldest queer genre film festival in the world and the only queer genre film festival in the South. What started as a niche idea has grown into an international celebration of LGBTQIA+ voices in horror, sci-fi, fantasy, and all the beautifully strange spaces in between.