Horror Underground Festival

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Festival Description

Various options to submit to the Festival. A HYBRID model.

Blog and podcast interviews.

PLUS, get your script seen by the right people.

Festival designed to expose and promote films and screenplays that work outside the system and break the boundaries in the horror genre. To bring a voice to the talented independent filmmakers & writers within the horror genre.

Submit your Horror films and screenplays today to the festival.

Our mission is to promote screenplays, films, and videos that dissent radically in form, technique, or content and challenge and transcend commercial and audience expectations using the audience FEEDBACK festival format that the flagship festivals use.

Screenplay festivals occur once a month. We perform a transcript script video of the winners in a studio using professional actors and post them online for the entire world to see. (Great proof of concept video to use to promote your script.)

NOTE: Accepted works also get the opportunity to do two interviews: a blog interview and an iTunes Film Festival podcast interview.

Deadlines

Final Deadline

09/06/2026

Short Description

Designed to expose and promote screenplays that work outside the system and break the boundaries in the horror genre. To bring a voice to the talented independent filmmakers & writers within the horror genre.

horror@festivalforhorror.com

Official Website

https://festivalforhorror.com/

Rules+Terms

The RULES are simple:

1. Write a story. Edit the heck out of it.

2. Send it to us.

Awards + Benefits

All submissions receive full feedback from the industry.

Winning screenplays get their screenplay performed at the festival and turned into a promotional video.

Accepted Formats + Categories

SCREENPLAY
TV, Feature or Short

10 DAY TURNAROUND SCREENPLAY SUBMISSION
Submit your HORROR screenplay and garner full feedback and results within 10 days. (guarantee money back if not delivered within ten days)

SUBMIT YOUR FEATURE OR TV SCREENPLAY FOR A FULL PERFORMANCE READING
Submit your feature or TV screenplay and we will perform the entire script by professional actors in a professional live Zoom recording. Then a Q&A occurs with the writer and actors. The video is 100% owned by the writer. Email festival for examples of the reading for context of what you'll receive.

EXTRA FEEDBACK SCREENPLAY SUBMISSION
Submit for TWO AND A HALF times the feedback of a regular submission from our constant stream of industry professional screenwriters and story editors. Screenplay also submitted to the festival for a chance for a performance reading by professional actors.

PITCHDECK SUBMISSION FOR PROFESSIONAL FEEDBACK
Submit your pitch deck for a professional analysis of your screenplay's proof of concept. Pitch deck script is a set of cues or notes that help you prepare what to say in a pitch deck presentation. The script should not be a long-form text or a full list of bullet points, but rather a set of cues to help you remember what to say.

Notification Date

Event Date

09/30/2026

10/31/2026

Submission Fees

Final Deadline

Screenplay (TV, Feature): $84
Screenplay (Short 1-40 pages): $69
10 day turnaround screenplay submission: $119
Submit your Feature or TV Screenplay for a full performance reading: $500
Pitch Deck submission for professional feedback: $72

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Deadlines

Final Deadline

09/06/2026

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09/30/2026

10/31/2026

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Submission Fees

Final Deadline

Screenplay (TV, Feature): $84Screenplay (Short 1-40 pages): $6910 day turnaround screenplay submission: $119Submit your Feature or TV Screenplay for a full performance reading: $500Pitch Deck submission for professional feedback: $72

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Screenplay (TV, Feature): $84
Screenplay (Short 1-40 pages): $69
10 day turnaround screenplay submission: $119
Submit your Feature or TV Screenplay for a full performance reading: $500
Pitch Deck submission for professional feedback: $72