Portland Horror Film Festival

Portland Horror Film Festival Portland Horror Film Festival showcases diverse independent, innovative, international horror films. The Pacific Northwest is a creepy place. P.

It can be dark and gloomy, but even when it is sunny and warm, the shadows in this tree-filled land run deep with a dark history. We also organize the H. Lovecraft Film Festival® and Zompire: The Undead Film Festival, here in Portland, both of which are very niche-oriented festivals with strict genre criteria. We thought it was finally time for Portland to have its very own Horror film festival to

show the breadth of amazing independent horror. Independent filmmakers are the lifeblood of the Horror genre. Commercial horror is a genre often stuck in a rut; it's the independent filmmakers who innovate and create new horrific ideas, and who become the new masters of horror. Clive Barker, Wes Craven, Eli Roth, John Carpenter, and many more notable names, all came out of left field with small indie films that changed the face of horror. More than any other genre, horror relies on new filmmakers with new ways to scare us. It's our goal to showcase and foster the next generation.

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The Demonatrix is a saucy story of a do******ix who, needing extra cash, accidentally summons a demon during a fake seance. Whoops!

06/19/2026

The stylish and gritty Landlord pits a vampire landlord against a bounty hunter and her orphaned charge in a Louisville tenement. Part of the Portland Horror Film Festival. An interview with the director is included!

06/19/2026

The third day of this year’s Portland Horror Film Festival split the short films into two sections. The first was Short Films Block 2. While there were only four short films in this block, th…

06/19/2026

Director Anthony Cousins (Frogman, Scare Package) is back with a new entry into his found footage, cryptid franchise, Frogman Returns. Written by Cousins and John Karsko (Frogman, Scare Package), t…

The Blogging Banshee's review of Shorts 3 (Women in Horror shorts)
06/19/2026

The Blogging Banshee's review of Shorts 3 (Women in Horror shorts)

Day four of the 2026 Portland Horror Film Festival had a huge selection of short films. For the first block of the day, Short Films Block 3, the focus was on women in horror. Each of the seven shor…

Review of shorts block 4 from the Blogging Banshee!
06/16/2026

Review of shorts block 4 from the Blogging Banshee!

While the Saturday evening block of short films at Portland Horror Film Festival 2026 wasn’t the last block of the fest, it was the last block that I screened. These five short horror films a…

Fest tees and posters are available! Inspired by Brian's love of Giallo aesthetic and My Bloody Valentine. Shirts are av...
06/15/2026

Fest tees and posters are available! Inspired by Brian's love of Giallo aesthetic and My Bloody Valentine.
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