Screamfest Horror Film Festival is a horror

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founded by film producers Rachel Belofsky and Ross Martin in August 2001. It runs over ten days during the month of October and is hosted at the TCL Chinese 6 Theatres in

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, California. In 2015, the festival celebrated its fifteenth anniversary and has been credited as being the largest and longest running horror film festival in the United States. The 2016 Screamfest was from October 18 through the 27. Screamfest premieres and showcases new work from American and international

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horror filmmakers. Films that have premiered at the festival include ''

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'', the series' final installment, '' Paranormal Activity: The Ghost Dimension'', '' 30 Days Of Night, Let The Right One In,

The Grudge ''The Grudge'' is a 2004 supernatural horror film directed by Takashi Shimizu, written by Stephen Susco, and produced by Sam Raimi, Robert Tapert, and Takashige Ichise. A remake of Shimizu's 2002 Japanese horror film '' Ju-On: The Grudge'', i ...

,'' and ''

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.'' Screamfest has received praise from

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as being an "audience-friendly fest that celebrates indie and foreign horror and is run for the fans more than the industry". The festival was also featured in a 2012 episode of ''

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'', where the winning team would create cupcakes for the festival's closing VIP event.

Skull Awards

The Screamfest Skull Award is awarded at the festival in several categories, which can include the following: * Best Feature * Directing * Cinematography * Editing * Special Effects * Musical Score * Best Animation * Best Short * Best Documentary * Best Student Film * Trailblazer Award * Future Icon Award Career achievement awards are also occasionally awarded at the festival.

Convention history

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External links

* {{official website, https://screamfestla.com/ Film festivals in Los Angeles Fantasy and horror film festivals