Nightmares Film Festival

Nightmares Film Festival A premier international film festival dedicated to films of the horrific, the dreadful and the weird

Nightmares Film Festival is a destination horror and genre fest conveniently held in the heart of the Midwest: easily reached, easily navigated and inclusive Columbus, Ohio. NFF sets itself apart from other genre fests by its deep year-round connection to the horror filmmaking community, which gives it the first line on the rarest, scariest, most daring and most unsettling films being created arou

nd the country. Festival screenings are held at the world-renowned Gateway Film Center, named one of the 20 best art houses on the continent by Sundance. The film center’s dedicated team of expert projectionists – maybe the last such team in the country – oversees all presentation, to ensure every film looks and sounds its very best.

Alert, friends: we're helping sponsor a free preview screening of Obsession with a live taping of Maddwolf's Fright Club...
05/07/2026

Alert, friends: we're helping sponsor a free preview screening of Obsession with a live taping of Maddwolf's Fright Club podcast next Wednesday, 5.13 at 6-9 pm at Gateway Film Center.

Happy hour at 6 with giveaways, podcast taping at 6:30, and Obsession screens at 7.

Register for two complimentary passes at https://focusfeaturesscreenings.com/OBSESSIONNFF

05/02/2026

As horror fans, our optimism is undefeated 

03/09/2026

Bodycam by George Wolf Take the frenetic desperation of The Blair Witch Project‘s final minutes, move it to a more urban battleground and layer it with plenty of first-person shooter sequences, and you’re in the ballpark of Bodycam, director Brandon Christensen’s shaky cam shakedown of two cop...

Grateful to be in the terrific company of the world's top 15 genre festivals as ranked in Adrian Tofei's meticulously re...
01/09/2026

Grateful to be in the terrific company of the world's top 15 genre festivals as ranked in Adrian Tofei's meticulously researched list.

This is recognition of the entire body of Nightmares work -- the filmmakers and screenwriters, fans, industry friends, press, Gateway Film Center team members and the staff of all-volunteer organizers, all of whom come together to create and celebrate .

Happy little Moon.
01/04/2026

Happy little Moon.

Many people are asking.
11/16/2025

Many people are asking.

Happy Halloween!
11/01/2025

Happy Halloween!

It was a ploy by Big Emergency Room to boost revenues.
10/30/2025

It was a ploy by Big Emergency Room to boost revenues.

Now tailgating for Nightmares Film Festival 2026.
10/26/2025

Now tailgating for Nightmares Film Festival 2026.

Spoilers.
10/23/2025

Spoilers.

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