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Halloween International Film Festival

The HALLOWEEN INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL features three days of original, independent horror and Halloween-themed films from around the world, screened in Kill Devil Hills, North Carolina, presented by Halloween Daily News.

Held on the historic Outer Banks, site of the Wright Brothers’ first flight and home of America’s first urban legend, the Lost Colony of Roanoke Island, this destination event features three days of independent genre films from around the world, as well as networking opportunities and extensive media exposure.

Founded in 2016, the Halloween International Film Festival is a Gold-ranked festival on the world’s leading film festival submission platform, FilmFreeway.

Previous Official Selections include The Barn (2016 Best Halloween Film and Best Feature Film Award Winner), 3 Dead Trick or Treaters, 10/31, The Haunt (2017 Best Halloween Film Award Winner), Haunters: The Art of the Scare (2018 Best Halloween Film Award Winner), and Epic Home Haunts (2019 Breakthrough Filmmaker Award Winner).

Special invitational Showcase Selections from previous years include Honeyspider, The Houses October Built 2, Candy Corn, and the world premieres of 10/31 Part II and Sharp Candy.

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Watch Halloween Film Festival ‘Haunt Season’ Director Q&A [Video]

December 14, 2025 Matt Artz 0 Comments Halloween International Film Festival, Haunt Season, Jake Jarvi

The Halloween International Film Festival returned from the grave in October 2025 to haunt the historic Outer Banks, North Carolina,

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Watch Halloween Film Festival Screenlife Horror ‘Groupchat’ Q&A Panel [Video]

December 12, 2025 Matt Artz 0 Comments Groupchat, Halloween International Film Festival

The Halloween International Film Festival returned from the grave in October 2025 to haunt the historic Outer Banks, North Carolina,

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Halloween Int. Film Festival 2025 Award Winners Announced

October 14, 2025March 11, 2026 Matt Artz 0 Comments Grandma May I, Groupchat, Halloween International Film Festival, Haunt Season, Just Stay In, Rough Cut, Scratch, The Talk, Whitch

The Halloween International Film Festival returned from the grave in October 2025 to haunt the historic Outer Banks, North Carolina,

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Elisabeth Moss, Kate Hudson’s ‘Shell’ to Screen at Halloween Film Festival 2025

September 15, 2025September 23, 2025 Matt Artz 0 Comments Halloween International Film Festival, Halloween Island, Shell

Halloween Daily News and OBX Entertainment are resurrecting the Halloween International Film Festival this October on the historic and haunted Outer Banks,

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Halloween Film Festival 2025 Lineup Announced, Tickets On Sale Now

September 9, 2025September 15, 2025 Matt Artz 0 Comments Curse of Crom 2, Devour, Groupchat, Halloween International Film Festival, Halloween Island, Haunt Season, Haunted House of Pancakes

Halloween Daily News and OBX Entertainment are resurrecting the Halloween International Film Festival this October on the historic and haunted Outer Banks,

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Outer Banks, NC Becomes Halloween Island in October 2025

August 29, 2025September 9, 2025 Matt Artz 0 Comments Halloween International Film Festival, Halloween Island

The historic and haunted Outer Banks of North Carolina is widely known as the Graveyard of the Atlantic due to

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Halloween International Film Festival 2025 Official Selections Unveiled

August 22, 2025August 30, 2025 Matt Artz 0 Comments Curse of Crom 2, Devour, Groupchat, Halloween International Film Festival, Halloween Island, Haunt Season, Haunted House of Pancakes

Halloween Daily News and OBX Entertainment are resurrecting the Halloween International Film Festival this October on the historic and haunted Outer Banks,

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Halloween International Film Festival 2025 Submissions Now Open

June 17, 2025 Matt Artz 0 Comments Halloween International Film Festival, Halloween Island

Halloween Daily News and OBX Entertainment are resurrecting the Halloween International Film Festival in October 2025 on the historic and haunted Outer

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Halloween International Film Festival Resurrected for 2025 on Outer Banks

February 28, 2025March 23, 2025 Matt Artz 0 Comments Halloween International Film Festival, Halloween Island

Halloween Daily News is excited to announce the resurrection of the Halloween International Film Festival in October 2025, showcasing shorts

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Halloween International Film Festival 2020 Award Winners Announced

October 16, 2020October 16, 2020 Matt Artz 0 Comments Caroline Williams, Halloween International Film Festival, Mass Hysteria, They Live Inside Us

The 5th Annual HALLOWEEN INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL VIRTUAL EDITION streamed online Oct. 1-3, 2020, featuring more than 30 Official Selections

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Halloween International Film Festival 2020 Lineup Announced

September 15, 2020September 17, 2020 Matt Artz 0 Comments Caroline Williams, Halloween International Film Festival, They Live Inside Us

The 5th Annual Halloween International Film Festival goes virtual, streaming online on October 1st, 2nd, and 3rd, 2020, featuring more than

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New ‘Mass Hysteria’ Trailer Previews Hilarious Halloween in Salem

September 10, 2020 Matt Artz 0 Comments Halloween International Film Festival, Mass Hysteria, The Horror Collective

Halloween in Salem, Massachusetts is in the spotlight in a big way this year, with not only Netflix’s Hubie Halloween

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2020 Halloween International Film Festival Moving Online

July 16, 2020 Matt Artz 0 Comments Halloween International Film Festival

The 5th Annual Halloween International Film Festival is moving online. Originally scheduled to return to Kill Devil Hills, North Carolina, October 1-3,

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