Happenstance Horror Fest

Name: Happenstance Horror Fest
Address: 1 East India Square Mall, Salem, MA, 01970, US
Telephone: 19786094825

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Entering into our nineth year of carnage! Showcasing independent horror. Awarding the best of the bloody! November 8th!

Come spend Halloween weekend with us in historic Salem, Massachusetts at the beautiful Cinema Salem The Happenstance Horror Fest is unlike any other film festival. Audience members scream as well as participate, hooting and hollering is an appreciated response, the beauty flows like blood in the streets, we have special guests as hosts and judges. 2021 is the sixth year of blood and carnage and just wait until you see what we have in store for you!

01/23/2026

REPOST THIS OR BE HAUNTED FOR A MILLENNIA! It's a damn good day to support independent film. Indie horror is such a beautiful thing. getting 16 noms? C'mon now. What a time to be alive.
This piece here, He's Sick, was written and directed by and shot by award winning dp . It is in the can and getting ready to go out on its festival run. It needs some help funding that trip and pay for some post expenses.
Their has some great perks. EP credits, posters, screeners, social media shoutouts, AND Happenstance Horror Fest passes for our 2026 show at beautiful
So what are you waiting for?! Support independent film today!
https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/gjf/hes-sick

01/15/2026

We have seen your submissions pouring in and, OH. MY. LANTA. they are beautiful! Screenplays, photography, short films, music videos, whatever weird s**t you put together, send it our way. We DINE on the delicious and depraved. Come party with us in historic Witch City, Salem, Massachusetts as we celebrate your work in a packed movie house!
Spread the blood, spread the love

01/14/2026

Writers, filmmakers, photographers, musicians! Hear me now! We want your horror, your sci-fi, your fantasy, and your weird! Send them to us at Happenstance Horror Fest to be included in our 2026 show in Salem!
All submissions done through film freeway.
Spread the blood, spread the love

12/12/2025

Do it.
It feels good.
You'll like it.
Submissions are open.
We eat your films for breakfast.
And you know how we can get if we don't get our breakfast.

12/09/2025

Congratulations to our Horror Photography winner !
Not only did Rachel Alice Bramall take this photo but they also created the mask featured! That's A DOUBLE WHAMMY!
We accept so many forms of art here at Happenstance Horror Fest, Horror Photography is just one of them!

12/08/2025

It all begins on the page! We have the privilege of checking out your projects before they go to set. This year's winner is for their project, "Father's Day"

A young woman discovers her boyfriend's dark family tradition when she finds a bloody hunting knife in their hotel room during what was supposed to be a romantic getaway.

Congratulations Katie!

12/05/2025

The every popular Saturday Morning Cartoon block has a little something for everyone. Ridiculousness, gore, unearthly creatures fill the screen. And no one did it quite as well as our Best Animated Film winners Anna and Alex Liakos of for their piece, "Intermission"
Intermission told us of the terrors that could take place behind the scenes of our favorite snack stands.
& Alex Liakos

Anna & Alex Liakos are filmmakers who reside in New Hampshire’s historic sea coast with their dog Lily. Love for animation, horror & B movies is what inspires the couple to make independent Motion Pictures.
Congrats to the Annamation Team!

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1 East India Square Mall
Salem, MA
01970

Telephone

19786094825

Website

http://happenstancehorror.wixsite.com/happenstance-horror

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