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2027 SHOW DATES
THE SACRAMENTO HORROR FILM FESTIVAL: BEST OF SHORTS 2026
October 10TH, 2027
12:00PM Doors. 12:30PM Festival Start.
11PM estimated festival end time.
The full festival program will be released within a week or two before the film festival.
ONE SCREEN. ALL DAY. NO MERCY.
On October 10th, the Sacramento Horror Film Festival hijacks the Historic Colonial Theatre for a full day of the short films that absolutely killed on our screen.
FEATURING NEARLY TWO DECADES OF SHFF SHORTS.
THIS IS THE BEST OF SHORTS.
Award winners. Audience favorites. Beautiful disasters. Nasty little nightmares. Monsters, maniacs, bloodsuckers, weirdos, creeps, practical gore, pitch black laughs and independent filmmakers with absolutely no adult supervision.
NO FEATURES. NO FILLER. JUST SHORT FILMS ALL DAMN DAY.
These are the films that won trophies, pissed people off, made audiences howl, made people squirm and earned their way back onto the big screen.
And holding the whole beautiful mess together is your host SINDIE CHOPPER, presiding over an entire day of cinematic bad behavior.
Show up early. Stay late. Grab some popcorn. Have a drink. Make some questionable decisions.
SACRAMENTO HORROR FILM FESTIVAL
BEST OF SHORTS
SATURDAY • OCTOBER 10, 2026
HISTORIC COLONIAL THEATRE • SACRAMENTO
🏆 AWARD WINNERS
💀 AUDIENCE CHOICE FILMS
🎬 FESTIVAL FAVORITES
🩸 SHORT FILMS FROM OPEN TO CLOSE
Cheap thrills. Big screen. Bad taste. Great fucking movies.
THE 20TH ANNUAL SACRAMENTO HORROR FILM FESTIVAL.
January 30TH, 2027
12:00PM Doors. 12:30PM Festival Start.
11PM estimated festival end time.
The full festival program will be released within a week or two before the film festival.
For twenty years, the Sacramento Horror Film Festival has remained dedicated to a single purpose: presenting outstanding independent horror cinema with integrity and focus. In an industry that often favors spectacle over substance, we have chosen the work itself. The films. The filmmakers. The audience that understands the value of both.
This twentieth year is a meaningful milestone. It reflects endurance, discipline, and an unwavering belief in the importance of independent voices. We are grateful to have reached this point. We are humbled by the artists who continue to trust us with their creations. We are thankful for the community that has sustained this event across two decades.
And yet, the mission does not change.
There are no distractions here. No excess. No ceremony designed to eclipse the art. Just a full day devoted entirely to short horror films that demand to be seen. Stories sharpened to a point. Visions that refuse compromise. Cinema that lingers long after the lights return.
Twenty years is history. It is legacy. But it is also proof of something far more important.
Horror endures.
It endures because artists continue to create in the dark. Because filmmakers risk comfort to tell stories that unsettle, confront, and awaken. Because audiences gather not for convenience, but for communion. Because the genre does not ask for permission.
So we continue.
We continue to champion the bold.
We continue to platform the fearless.
We continue to present the most uncompromising, blood driven, boundary pressing independent horror from around the world.
No bells. No whistles. No apology.
This is not about looking back.
This is about standing firm.
This is about the work.
Twenty years strong and still unsatisfied. Still hungry. Still devoted.
For the love of horror.
Tickets available soon.