2021 film selections
Nightmares Film Festival 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 around the country.
Apps
FUKT
Take Back The Night
The Whooper Returns
We’re All Going To The World’s Fair
Bloodshot Heart
The Humans
Peppergrass
Save Me From Everything
The Scary of Sixty-First
The Woman with the Leopard Shoes
Dawn Breaks Behind the Eyes
Extraneous Matter
The FP 3: Escape from Bako
Black Friday!
Ninja Badass
The Howling (1981) 4k restoration
Terror Trips
Ivory Wave
SyFy’s Day of the Dead (2021) Episodes 1 & 2
Masking Threshold
Follow Me, Please
Good Head
Miss Blueberry
Sins of A Werewolf
Sitting Duck
Wich
Afterlife
Bitch, You Thirsty
The Curse of Pizza Mike
Guts
Lethalogica
Peter The Penguin
Special Delivery
The Tip Of The Spear
Visitors
The Baby Next Door
Ghost Note
He Left Instructions
In The Company of Crows
Kiara
Tapehead
Watcher
Distance
Forgive Us
Pinky’s Dream
Posture
Strange With Cats
Venus
Witches Midnight
YouBuddy
Affordable Housing
Cycle Lunaire
Dispatch
Graven
Killer Crush
Murphy’s Gulch
Namesake
The Pit
BFF’s Never Say Die
Caltiki: Il Mostro Immortale
Campground Host
Evacuation
Guardian
It Clings To Her
Kiss Me Before You Go
Ladykiller
Local
Olivia’s War
The PreyGround
Testimony
The Virgin
Bloody Sun
Three Ways to Dine Well
1Drink/2Drink
Block Universe
Le Carciri Uncanny
The Lost Clan of Bold Maneuvering
My Monster and Me
Surprise!
Triangle
Ad Lib
After Party
Macabre Night
Possessed
$trip
BOSSBABES
Crock Pot
Don’t Touch
The Expected
Hang Up
Household Demons
Minimally Invasive
The Taste of Hunger
#NOFILTER
Fractures
The Gloom
I’ll Be Back Tomorrow
The Lake
Myosotis
Sink
An Uninvited Guest
Button Man
Hannya
I Call Upon Thee
Lake Forest Road
Smile
Wrightwood
The Cruise
Deep Red Dandelions
The Last Scan
The Night Courier
Poor Glenna
Processing
They’re Here
Anniversary
Believers
Body of the Mined
Chaperone
Cricket
Meet Cute
Upstairs
A Good Couple
Feed Your Muse
Hazel
Marked
Movin Day
Parricide
The Other Side of Fear
Now That You’re Mine
Reklaw
Second
Snake Dick
Trust
290 Words Per Minute
Call for Me
Everything Go Round
The Fuzzies
Get Up and Eat
License & Registration
The Provider
Serratus
Son of La Llorna
Womb
Bobby Pinwheel
Bug Bites
Death Valley
Eat Me!
Eye Exam
In the Soil
Oh, For a Pack of Gum
Red Cap F 30.2
Sweet Mary, Where Did You Go?
Thumb
#MEOWTOO
A Machine for Boredom
Deep Learning
Dystopia
Fruit Loops
Kiss the Cook
My Brother Jeffery
My Dinner with Werner
Squish
schedule
Nightmares Film Festival 2021 presents a world-class assembly of the scariest, tensest, and most bizarre films from across the globe. Discover your new favorite genre film among our four-day lineup.
Thursday
october
21
6:00pm
Midwest Premiere: We’re All Going To The World’s Fair (2021)
with short film What We Do With Witches (2021)
2021 Horror Shorts Block D
8:00pm
Ohio Premiere: The Whooper Returns (2021)
with short film Pastiche (2021)
2021 Horror Comedy Shorts Block A
10:00pm
Ohio Premiere: Ninja Badass (2021)
2021 Midnight Shorts Block C
FRIDAY
october
22
2:00pm
Midwest Premiere: The Scary of Sixty-First (2021) with short film Kill Them With Kindness (2021)
2021 Recurring Nightmares Shorts Block A
4:00pm
North American Premiere: Extraneous Matter (2021)
2021 Documentary Short Block
6:00pm
Eastern United States Premiere: The Woman With The Leopard Shoes (2021) with short film Breach
2021 Horror Shorts Block B
8:00pm
Midwest Premiere: The Howling (1981) 4k Restoration
2021 Midnight Shorts Block A
10:00pm
Ohio Premiere: Take Back The Night (2021)
with short film The Two Missing Hours (2021)
2021 Horror Shorts Block A
Midnight
World Premiere: FUKT (2021)
with short film Midnight Snack (2021)
2021 Thriller Shorts Block A
SATURDAY
october
23
12:00pm
Midwest Premiere: Bloodshot Heart (2021) with short film The Truth About Hastings (2021)
Panel Discussion: Social Progress Through Horror. Moderated by NFF Co-Founder Jason Tostevin
1:00pm
Panel Discussion: The New Distribution. Moderated by NFF Co-Founder Chris Hamel
2:00pm
Midwest Premiere: Dawn Breaks Behind The Eyes (2021)
with short film Killjoy (2021)
2021 Recurring Nightmares Shorts Block B
3:00pm
Fright Club Podcast: Live Recording
4:00pm
2021 Musical Horror Shorts Block: Dance Till You’re Dead
World Premiere: Ivory Wave (2021) on 35mm w/ live musical accompaniment
5:00pm
2021 Nightmares Film Festival Awards Ceremony
6:00pm
World Premiere: Peppergrass (2021) with short film Strayed (2021)
2021 Horror Comedy Shorts Block B
8:00pm
Northern United States Premiere: Apps (2021) with short film Movie Night (2021)
2021 Midnight Shorts Block B
10:00pm
World Premiere: The FP 3: Escape from Bako (2021) with short film Hell Hole (2021)
2021 Thriller Shorts Block B
Midnight
Northern United States Premiere: Masking Threshold (2021) with short film Weee Wooo (2021)
2021 Horror Shorts Block C
Sunday
october
24
12:00pm
SyFy’s Day of the Dead (2021), Episodes 1 & 2
2021 Thriller Shorts Block C
2:00pm
Ohio Premiere: Black Friday! (2021)
2021 Ohio Shorts Block
4:00pm
Ohio Premiere: The Humans (2021)
Ohio Premiere: Terror Trips (2021)
6:00pm
North American Premiere: Save Me From Everything (2021)
with short film The Fox (2021)
tickets
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VIP All Access Passes $149
Our NFF VIP All Access Passes provide the ultimate insider experience, including: reserved balcony seating in every round of films, private in/out access to the festival auditoriums, and private access to the VIP Lounge with a dedicated bar and residential seating. VIP All Access Passes, unlike the standard Festival Pass, do guarantee their holders a seat in every round of screenings.
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Festival Passes $99
See every Nightmare! Our NFF Festival Pass can be used to get day-of individual screening tickets to any show while seats last. Note that All Access Passes do not reserve seats, and pass holders may not be able to access shows that are sold out.
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Single Screening $12
MyGFC member tickets $10.00
All tickets can be purchased through Gateway Film Center
parking and directions
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. 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.
Gateway Film Center
1550 North High Street, Columbus, Ohio 43201
614.247.4433
Directions
From the North
Take any major highway to I-270. Take I-270 to SR 315 South. Exit Lane Avenue and turn left (east) to High Street. Turn right (south) onto High Street and proceed to 11th Avenue. Turn left (east) onto 11th Avenue and park in the GFC parking garage located on your right (south).
From the East
Take any major highway to I-70 West. Take I-70 to SR 315 North. Exit Lane Avenue and turn right (east) to High Street. Turn right (south) onto High Street and proceed to 11th Avenue. Turn left (East) onto 11th Avenue and park in the GFC parking garage located on your right (south).
From the South
Take any major highway to I-270. Take I-270 to SR 315 North. Exit Lane Avenue and turn right (east) to High Street. Turn right (south) onto High Street and proceed to 11th Avenue. Turn left (east) onto 11th Avenue and park in the GFC parking garage located on your right (south).
From the West
Take any major highway to I-70 East. Take I-70 to SR 315 North. Exit Lane Avenue and turn right (east) to High Street. Turn right (south) onto High Street and proceed to 11th Avenue. Turn left (east) onto 11th Avenue and park in the GFC parking garage located on your right (south).
Convenient garage Parking
Convenient parking is available in the garage located right next door to the cinema on both the 9th and 11th avenues. To validate your parking, purchase a single exit voucher at the film center box offi ce. The $2 validation is good until 4:00 am in the garage.
FREE Street Parking
Free street parking is available on 9th Avenue, 11th Avenue and Indianola Avenue with the exception of street sweeping days.
nearby Hotels
For those of you traveling to Columbus to join the festival!
Varsity Inn
1445 Olentangy River Road
Columbus, OH 43212
Fairfield Inn & Suites by Marriott Columbus OSU
3031 Olentangy River Road, Columbus, Ohio 43202
Holiday Inn Express & Suites Columbus OSU-Medical Center
3045 Olentangy River Road, Columbus, Ohio 43202
Moxy Columbus Short North
1295 Olentangy River Road, Columbus, Ohio 43212