HorrorFest Brings Fear & Carnage To The Electric Theater
October 16th – 19th, 2024.
HorrorFest brings genre films from around the world to the Electric Theater just in time for Halloween!
Don’t you just love this time of year? Not only are things starting to cool down, but spooky season is upon us, and nothing screams “spooky season” like horror movies. And nothing screams “horror movies” quite like HorrorFest.
During its 2023 edition, Southern Utah’s long-running HorrorFest International Film Festival treated attendees to the latest and greatest in horror, and in an effort to add to the ghoulish delight of the experience, the proceedings were set to an affectionate 80s slasher movie/summer camp motif. This year, the festival lineup promises to be even stronger, and as far as the motif goes, well…Let’s just say that this time around, the horror will come from above.
Presented by The Film and Media Alliance of Southern Utah, HorrorFest is the perfect event to usher in Halloween, and while programmers are always looking to scare audiences, they also recognize that horror shouldn’t be written off as a one-trick pony. This is to say that there are many different shades of horror so those who dare to attend the festival this October, can expect frights to be sure, but patrons can also expect plenty of thrills, drama, adventure, romance, bromance, the experimental, and of course, plenty of humor because there’s a fine line between what terrifies us and what makes us laugh.
HorrorFest 2024 feature film titles will include the fest opener “Chainsaws Were Singing,” the world premiere of “Astral Plane Drifter” (with members of cast and crew in the house), the Argentinian import “1978,” the 80s throwback “Frankie Freako,” the experimental “Voidcaller,” the Utah-produced sci-fi comedy “Alien Country” (with members of cast and crew in the house), and the raucous crowd-pleaser “The Invisible Raptor” (with members of cast and crew in the house.) This is to say nothing of the plethora of short films attendees will be treated to.
But HorrorFest isn’t only limited to films. While movies are certainly the primary focus (this is a film festival after all), attendees can also expect filmmaker Q&As, special guests (including HorrorFest fave Frank Dietz), industry panels, a live script read, after parties, a mystery screening of the past, horror trivia, an awards ceremony, and more.
The 2024 HorrorFest International Film Festival will take place from Wednesday, October 16th – Saturday, October 19th at the historic Electric Theater in beautiful St. George, UT. Visit fmasu.com/horrorfest for tickets and complete event details.
