Salem Horror Fest 8
The Horror Within
SHF8 Fest Passes do NOT include Opening Night (Thursday, May 1). The VIP Experience or General Admission is required. SHF8 Fest Passes include Night Zero (Wednesday April 30) & weekend programming/events (Friday, May 2; Saturday, May 3; Sunday, May 4).
The Record Listening Party with Linnea Quigley, The Book Panel, the Vendor Markets, and Bloody Disgusting’s Horror Movie Trivia with The Horror Show are free and open to the public. The Dance Party at Koto is open to the public with a small cover charge. Give Me an A is open to the public with a suggested donation.
Schedule by Date
SHF8 Film Program
FEST SCHEDULE BY DATE
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5:15 PM • Salem Access TV
Doors open; SHF8 festival passes available for pick up5:45 PM - 7:45 PM • Salem Access TV
Local Mass Hysteria (shorts and interludes)Humanzee • The Halloween Party • The Guest on Topsfield Road • Day Dreams • Forever War • Indicator • Mordrake • Bill Came Back • Katie’s Skin • Paper Dolls
7:45 - 9:30 PM • Salem Access TV
Session 9 -
5:15 PM • Peabody Essex Museum
Pick up Opening Night VIP Experience tickets. If you ordered a SHF8 Festival Pass in addition to Opening Night tickets, you can also pick up your SHF8 Festival Pass here.5:30 PM • Peabody Essex Museum
VIP Meet & Greet with Ashley Laurence
(Opening Night VIP Experience ticket required)6:15 PM • Peabody Essex Museum
Pick up Opening Night General Admission tickets.6:30 PM - 10:30 PM • Peabody Essex Museum
Opening Night, hosted by Xero Gravity. Programming includes:Jury award and George A Romero Fellowship announcements
Jury award - Official Short screening of Bedlamer
Keynote speech by Professor Tananarive Due
Ashley Laurence in conversation with Rue Morgue’s Andrea Subissati
Hellbound: Hellraiser 2 screening
(Opening Night VIP Experience ticket OR Opening Night General Admission ticket required)
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5:00 PM - 8:00 PM • Hallowed Ground • Chill lounge
Pick up your festival passes, grab a drink and some food, meet and mingle.5:00 PM • Salem Access TV
Doors open; SHF8 festival passes available for pick up5:15 - 8:15 PM • Salem Access TV
Girl, That’s Scary! live podcast
5:15 -- The Girl With All The Gifts; 7:15 -- live podcast6:00 PM to 8:45 PM • Residency Records
Return of the Living Dead Record Listening Party with Linnea Quigley (Signed photographs available for purchase)8:30 PM - 10:30 PM • Die With Your Boots On
RAT! and The Rebrand (Official Selection - Interlude & Feature)8:45 PM - 10:30 PM • Salem Access TV
The Descent (UK version)10:30 PM - 12:30 AM • Die With Your Boots On
Pater Noster and The Mission of Light (Official Selection - Feature) -
9:45 AM • Salem Access TV
SHF8 passes available for pick up10:15 AM - 12 Noon • Salem Access TV
Shorts Block #1 -- Scrumptious • Dry January • Be Bad • Her House • Safe • Feedback • The Baby • Pocket Princess • Nervous Ellie10:45 AM - 1:15 PM • Hawthorne Hotel
Book Panel Event
10:45 AM Readings • 11:45 AM Q & A • 12:15 PM Book signing (Free admission; open to the public.)12 Noon - 6:00 PM •Notch
Vendor Market (Free admission; open to the public)12 Noon - 6:00 PM • Residency Records
Vendor Market (Free admission; open to the public)12 Noon - 6:00 PM • Salem Access TV
Vendor Market (Free admission; open to the public)12:15 PM - 4:00 PM • Peabody Essex Museum
Faculty of Horror live podcast
12:15 PMThe Substance; 2:50 PM -- live podcast
(Because the museum is open to the public, you must wear your SHF8 Festival Pass for admittance. If you did not pick up your pass earlier in the week, you can pick it up Saturday morning at Salem Access TV.)12:15 PM - 2:00 PM • Salem Access TV
Shorts Block #2 -- Find You Here • 3 Easy Steps • Turn It Off • Bush • Les Bêtes • How to Stay Awake • Out of Body • A Drive at Dawn1:30 PM - 2:30 PM • Hallowed Ground • Chill lounge
2:30 PM - 4:15 PM • Hallowed Ground
So Fades The Light (Official Selection - Feature)2:30 PM - 4:15 PM • Salem Access TV
Shorts Block #3 -- Poppy’s Saturn • Forgive Me • Izzy • Bloody Mary • The Night Side • Unravelling • Gaslighter • Frankenbabes from Beyond the Grave!4:30 PM - 6:15 PM • Hallowed Ground
Head Like a Hole (Official Selection - Feature)4:30 PM - 6:15 PM • Salem Access TV
House of Ashes (Official Selection - Feature)6:15 PM - 8:00 PM • Hallowed Ground • Chill lounge
6:30 PM - 9:15 PM • Salem Access TV
Bloody Disgusting presents The Horror Show live podcast with Troll 28:30 PM - 10:30 PM • Die With Your Boots On
The Conduit and The Dæmon (Official Selection - Interlude & Feature)9:30 PM - 11:30 PM • Bit Bar
Bloody Disgusting presents Horror Movie Trivia with The Horror Show (free admission; open to the public)10:00 PM - 12:30 AM • Koto
Decades Dance Party (with Linnea Quigley in attendance)
(Free with SHF8 Festival Pass; Open to the public with a cover charge)10:30 PM - 12:15 AM • Die With Your Boots On
Catch a Killer (Official Selection - Feature) -
10:30 AM • Salem Access TV
SHF8 passes available for pick up11:00 AM - 12:45 PM • Salem Access TV
Shorts Block #4 -- Pumpkin Guts • Spoons • Doppelgänger • If Martin Clunes Wore Lip Gloss • My Child • Bedlamer • The Last Thing She Saw • Sweaty Larry12 Noon - 6:00 PM • Notch
Vendor Market (Free admission; open to the public)12 Noon - 6:00 PM • Residency Records
Vendor Market (Free admission; open to the public)12 Noon - 6:00 PM • Salem Access TV
Vendor Market (Free admission; open to the public)12:45 PM - 2:30 PM • Salem Access TV
Shorts Block #5 -- Girls | VHX | Cruelty | Voyager | Wake | It Draws Closer | The Seance | Full Moon Glory Hole1:00 PM - 2:00 PM • Hallowed Ground • Chill lounge
2:00 PM - 3:45 PM • Hallowed Ground
Encore presentation of Jury-winning Interlude, The Conduit, and Jury-winning Feature, The Rebrand.2:30 PM - 4:30 PM • Salem Access TV • Chain Reactions
4:30 PM - 6:30 PM • Salem Access TV
Give Me an A - Fundraiser Screening for Yellowhammer Fund and National Network of Abortion Funds (Open to the public with a suggested donation)6:30 PM - 8:15 PM • Salem Access TV • Re-Animator