The Telluride Horror Show is a film festival that takes place in the mountain resort town of

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. Over a three day weekend each mid-October, the festival exhibits

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films,

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, and

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films from around the world and attendees from all over the United States.

History

Founded in 2010, the Telluride Horror Show is Colorado's first and longest-running genre film festival. Films are shown in three theaters: the Palm, the Nugget Theater, and the historic Sheridan Opera House. Additional events include the Creepy Campfire Tales and book signing with an established author from the

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, the Pig Roast, the I Scream Social, the Killer Karaoke Party, and the

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Horror Trivia competition. Since its inception, the festival's

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-style posters have been created by cartoonist/illustrator Mark Zingarelli. At the 2015 festival, writer/director producer

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settled the long-running debate that his 1993 classic

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is a Halloween movie, not a Christmas movie. In 2018, the festival opened a brick and mortar horror merchandise store, Gargoyle's Gift Shop.

Special Guests

2019

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, Pulitzer Prize finalist and MacArthur genius grant winner

Joe Bob Briggs John Irving Bloom (born January 27, 1953), known by the stage name Joe Bob Briggs, is an American syndicated film critic, writer, actor, and comic performer. He is known for having hosted ''Joe Bob's Drive-in Theater'' on The Movie Channel fro ...

, film critic and performer

Eli Craig Elijah Matthew Craig is an American film director, screenwriter, and actor. He is best known for writing and directing the cult horror comedy film ''Tucker & Dale vs Evil''. Early life Craig was born and raised in Los Angeles, California, and is ...

, director of Tucker & Dale vs. Evil Joshua Hoffine, horror photographer Meredith Borders, managing editor of

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Jeremy Robert Johnson, horror author 2018 Meredith Borders, managing editor of

Stephen Chiodo, writer/director of

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Jeremy Robert Johnson, horror author

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, horror author and editor 2017 Meredith Borders

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, film producer Jeremy Robert Johnson Tyler MacIntyre, director of

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Greg McLean, film director

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, film director 2016

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, horror author Sam Suchmann and Mattie Zufelt, writers/stars of Spring Break Zombie Massacre 2015 Henry Selick, writer/producer/director

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, actor/director Stephen Cognetti, writer/director of Hell House LLC

References

External links

*{{official website, https://www.telluridehorrorshow.com/ Film festivals in Colorado Film festivals established in 2010 2010 establishments in Colorado Telluride, Colorado Fantasy and horror film festivals in the United States Science fiction film festivals