- Film Screening
- Horror Films Screening
- Horror Short Films Screening
Date: February 21, 2026
Time: 5:20 pm – 8:30 pm
Location:
Regal Union Square Theater 2
850 Broadway
New York, New York 10023
There will be a Q&A Session with the filmmakers at 8:10 PM. These films have not been rated and some content may not be appropriate for children.
- Animated Film Competition
Fathoming Dinner
Directed by: Leja Kancerevyciute, Oleksandra Davydenko
Country: Netherlands
Minutes: 8
Premiere:
US Premiere
Warning:
The luxurious setting of FATHOMING DINNER introduces a family of four – Narcissa, Gulliver, Ivan, and Kuma Trashworths – whose lavish dinner turns into a wild battlefield. They dive into an absurdist feud over plastic surgery and cheating rumours, rather than addressing the profound issues connected to their served meals. Unaware and self-absorbed, these characters elevate the food fight to a self-inflicted doom. Whereas, their dog Whatevra seizes the opportunity to have a feast of her own. Prepare yourself for a satire that serves as a poignant commentary on current society’s inclination to fight over insignificant matters, while neglecting the global pressing issues and feeding into its growing indifference.
- Winter FEAR Horror Film Competition
All Your Sisters
Directed by: David Daniels
Country: United States
Minutes: 9
Premiere:
World Premiere
Warning:
A cerebral anthology/mystery about a disturbing and new social media ecosystem, where multiple lives intersect and collide under the influence of sentient AI. Imagine “Black Mirror” meets “The X-Files” meets “Atlanta.”- Winter FEAR Horror Film Competition
Stalker
Directed by: David Cholewa
Country: France
Minutes: 19
After a vicious assault at a party, a young woman flees the scene. And as she walks back home on a gloomy and threatening Paris night, she can’t shake the feeling that she’s being followed. As she gets closer to her residence, the presence becomes more and more bold and aggressive. And it is only by confronting her deepest inner fears that she will be able to survive the ominous threat.- Winter FEAR Horror Film Competition
The Woman in the Bed
Directed by: Victor Mellors
Country: United Kingdom
Minutes: 4
Premiere:
NYC Premiere
An elderly woman awakes to discover she is unable to speak or move. Trapped in her bed, she soon realises that she is not alone.- Winter FEAR Horror Film Competition
Bound In Rosemary
Directed by: Reanna Madson
Country: United States
Minutes: 13
Warning:
BOUND IN ROSEMARY is a horror short about a young woman who, after struggling with a new dance sequence, is interrupted by a stranger at her door. As the night goes on, not only does the stranger invade her house but her mind as well. Soon the young woman finds herself in an invisible, yet barbarous battle to maintain control over her own body and mind.- Music Video Competition
Paracletus // Hallucinate
Directed by: Natalie Plaskura
Country: Germany
Minutes: 7
Premiere:
World Premiere
Where the boundaries between light and darkness fade, a creature of immeasurable power exists – a soul collector who reigns over the dark abyss, drawing in those who are lost. The film takes us into a world where what seems to protect is also destructive, and the journey out of the darkness is as uncertain as the true nature of the creature itself. Only those who face their deepest, abyssal self will truly escape.- Winter FEAR Horror Film Competition
Bury It!
Directed by: David Olonoff
Country: United States
Minutes: 6
Warning:
A young woman is tasked to cleaning out her recently parted grandmothers basement, only to discover a locked chest. When she pulls out an incantation bowl buried in the dirt of the chest, the ancient Hebrew demon Bagdana emerges. Will she be able to send it back to whence it came before it’s razor sharp nails bury into her skin?- Winter FEAR Horror Film Competition
Don’t Leave Me
Directed by: Jennifer Saura
Country: United States
Minutes: 11
Premiere:
NYC Premiere
Warning:
After her husband takes his own life, an anthropologist specializing in the study of death rituals puts her research to use in a desperate attempt to bring him back.- Winter FEAR Horror Film Competition
Idle/Wild
Directed by: Kaitlin Fontana
Country: United States
Minutes: 12
Premiere:
NYC Premiere
Warning:
Dating is hard. Annie and Berit have decided to have their first date in the woods. At first, Annie’s nerves and Berit’s cool aloofness threaten to ruin their day before night falls. But their growing attraction starts to bring them together. That is, until Berit notices that something’s up with Annie beyond first date jitters. Berit starts to lose time, and lose themself — not just to Annie’s charms but to something deeper, darker, and more sinister out there in the woods. At least, Berit thinks the danger is out there in the woods. When morning comes, a different Berit emerges …- Winter FEAR Horror Film Competition
Affordable Housing
Directed by: Eunice Levis
Country: United States
Minutes: 16
Premiere:
NYC Premiere
Warning:
When Constance moves into a suspiciously cheap apartment with roommate Hailey, she doesn’t suspect the truth behind its low price. But when The Creature reveals itself, Hailey has to break it to Constance that fighting is the only way they’ll get out alive. The women team up and make their last stand in a bloody gore-filled battle to the death.
- Animated Film Competition
The Finger Wife
Directed by: Taryn Stickrath-Hutt, Dan Lund
Country: United States
Minutes: 8
Premiere:
NYC Premiere
Warning:
THE FINGER WIFE is a domestic horror story with a delicious sense of humor – part 2D hand-drawn animation, part stop-motion, and all bizarro feminist propaganda! It’s 1975. A smart, ambitious woman (The Wife) is stuck in the kitchen. When feisty, martini-drinking Betty steps out of a 1950s cookbook, The Wife is confronted with what she really wants out of life (it’s not to make another meatloaf). Faced with Betty’s tough love and in a desperate effort to find one goddamn minute for herself, The Wife takes matters into her own hands, with gleefully horrific results.- Winter FEAR Horror Film Competition
The Inspector
Directed by: Jandro Lopez
Country: Spain
Minutes: 11
Premiere:
NYC Premiere
Warning:
A fake gas inspector visits vulnerable elderly people to take advantage of them. It is now the turn for Carmen, a charming grandmother who keeps great antiques.- Winter FEAR Horror Film Competition
Y.M.G.
Directed by: Alexandra Warrick
Country: United States
Minutes: 9
Premiere:
NYC Premiere
Warning:
A friendly, non-threatening yuppie breaks the fourth wall to introduce his girlfriend’s lovable qualities in a suspicious montage that gradually reveals his murderous intentions.- Winter FEAR Horror Film Competition
The Binding
Directed by: Ryan Kennedy
Country: United States
Minutes: 10
Warning:
A young man wakes up in a dark basement, tied to a chair with a sack over his head. As his captors begin to explain their occult motives, what at first seems like just a kidnapping is revealed to be something much darker … and far more terrifying. In the wake of a failed exorcism, a grieving father will do “whatever it takes” to destroy the entity that took his daughter, even if that means committing an unforgivable sin of his own.- Winter FEAR Horror Film Competition
Show Me How To Die
Directed by: Gerardo Maravilla
Country: United States
Minutes: 14
Warning:
After her grandmother passes away, a grieving Mexican-American woman becomes fascinated with learning what it feels like to die, believing it will allow her to feel close to her grandma in death in a way she never felt in life.
