14th annual International Horror Hotel Film Festival
Film Schedule (subject to change)
Here’s our current schedule, expand movie’s title to see description. Click on the Date below to jump down. Trailer link and posters will be added soon. You can click on the images to expand, some films included trailers as well.
For all attending filmmakers/screenwriters (that got selected), make sure to fill out the Attendance Form so you can get your personalized ID Badge. Below is what you can do with it :
Thursday – June 19, 2025
Room A
5pm – 7pm – Horror Short Films
Ben Romero was just bitten by a zombie. Check out the live-stream of his slow, painful transformation into the undead now! Be sure to like and subscribe! Click here for the trailer
Biebers is trying to live his best life, but no one seems to believe in him but his stepbrother Zar-Bar. Will Biebers find peace and harmony in his life and become the serial killer he knows he can be?
In Bad Chemistry, a traumatized young woman goes to stay with her deceased boyfriend’s parents, only to discover chilling truths lurking beneath their kindness. This horror short explores grief, psychological torment, and the dark side of family. Click here for trailer
A supernatural child finds a person to play hide and seek with. But will he survive the game?
Alma is meeting her boyfriend’s parents for the first time — at their pool party. She is tense about their opinions of her, but once they start mentioning body hair, her anxiety about her appearance and a sudden strange hair growth force her to shave compulsively.
Room B
5pm – 7pm
The Angel of Death ravages a small town one night every year. Tonight, an unlucky couple is stranded. They must survive until sunrise or suffer eternal damnation. Click here for trailer
7pm – 9pm
A psychology instructor and her senior class investigate a string of unsolved murders targeting staff and students at their high school over two years, trying to identify the masked killer. Click here for trailer
9pm – 11pm
A group of friends’ weekend plans unravel when a string of misfortunes spirals into bloodshed. Trust crumbles and the body count rises as the survivors are forced to confront the truth that sometimes, the deadliest threats come from within. Click here for trailer
7pm – 9pm
Friday – June 20
ROOM A
5pm – 7pm
- Hooliganz Productions (Pillow/Axe)
- White Midnight (Arrow/Knife)
- The Dream Team (Lead Pipe/Gun)
- Industrial Magic (Pillow/Knife)
- DB.OH (Poison/Anime – Dog)
- Black Ave Films (Dumbbell/Rope)
- Not Dead Yet Productions (Gun/Rope)
- Momento Mori (Baseball Cricket Bat/Plastic Bag)
- Arev Studios, LLC (Wrench/Hammer)
- Stunt Cat (Virus/Body Parts – Fists)
- Whisky Wolf Media (Hammer/Teeth – Biting)
- Tragic Clown Productions (Poison/Psychic Powers)
- Film Vandals (Fire/Plastic Bag)
Room B
5pm – 7pm
How is the world affected by a catastrophic event? Everyday people live through a government mandated quarantine during a global pandemic while desperate scientists race to find a cure before it’s too late.
Lead virologist Edward Bellows races to find a cure to the Nix virus as the world collapses under the weight of this worldwide horror. Meanwhile, roommates Britt and Marnie, are forced to live together, while a couple, Matt and Cathy, separated between continents, must all deal with their newfound realities. Click here for trailer
7:30pm – 9:30pm
Decades after it was used to bludgeon an 80’s punk rocker to death, a vintage typewriter with lyrical powers falls in the lap of a failing songwriter. Click here for trailer
7pm – 9pm – Short Films (horror)
A woman awakens from a five-year coma after a terrible car accident to find her world drastically altered. An enigmatic, Svengali-like religious leader has taken over her home and her husband and daughter have fallen completely under his control.
But it’s not just her own family – the entire town is under the influence of his insidious cult. Determined to uncover the truth, she underestimates just how far the cult will go to protect its secrets. Click here for trailer
9:30pm – 11:30pm
A brutal double homicide shocks a small town, leaving detectives scrambling to find the killer. As more bodies surface, suspicion falls on the victims’ son. Can the detectives solve the mystery or will the killer complete their mission? Click here for trailer
9pm – 11:30pm
Prospero, a betrayed spaceship captain is marooned on a desert planet with his daughter Miranda. Prospero uses his mastery of magic and science to create a stellar storm that shipwrecks the very crew that betrayed him. Prospero’s enemies are trapped on the planet and Prospero orchestrates a series of events to confront them. Click here for trailer
11:30pm – Networking Event @ Room B (Karaoke) and Restaurant Hosted by Erik Williams
ROOM A
11am – 1pm – International Short Films
Saturday – June 21
A group of friends is gathered in a house during a storm, so they decide to play some truth or dare. But, by doing it, they end up summoning and evil Entity, and we follow them as they try to survive the slaughter. But as time passes we find out that the summoning might not‘ve been an accident. Click here for trailer
In a quiet town plagued by fear, a reclusive bookworm’s fascination with a mysterious killer plunges him into a harrowing descent of obsession… and madness. Click here for trailer
A fake gas inspector visits vulnerable elderly people to take advantage of them. It is now the turn of Carmen, a charming grandmother who keeps great antiques. Click here for trailer
A trio of Essex girls offer their special brand of hospitality to a morose and mysterious stranger.
ROOM B
10:30am – 12:30pm
Horror Sci-Fi / Fantasy / Micro / Music Videos / International
Tommaso is a shy and taciturn teenager. He’s good at school, but doesn’t have many friends other than Giulio. Tommaso is secretly attracted to Sofia, a schoolmate his age, interesting and mysterious, whom he sees every morning on the subway, but that he has never had the courage to speak to. Tommaso, however, can count on a supernatural power: that of stopping time around him for a few moments, guaranteeing himself “bubbles” of peace and solitude that allow him to make it through his days. Click here for trailer
Rose is good. She’s on her bike in the infinite fresh air picking berries to make her grandmother’s rough berry pie. She feels a pull. Hears a voice. Is it her own? An echo? As she hunts for berries she finds herself the prey of these living woods. Click here for trailer
In a dystopian future, a child and a girl hunt drones to extract their batteries. Click here for trailer
Identically dressed Clowns battle to the death for ultimate supremacy! Click here for trailer
Carol wanted to meet her boyfriend in an abandoned house up the road to make out, but instead, she encounters the not-so-urban legend, Old Gramps—a dusty zombie with an appetite for flesh and no sense of humor.
Burt and Layme (Whaling Soles) are off in search of the mysterious land of Cakewich where the Cult of Bakers are having a secret ritual to conjure Mama Rose’s Pound Cake. (A baked good known for the power of immortality).
Two friends return home late one night. A stranger pushes past as they enter the apartment. They think nothing of it, but little do they know. You should never let in a stranger before asking, “Do You Live Here?” Click here for trailer
Marie faces the hegemonic king of chess and during the tournament, in a speakeasy, a high-ranking official of an organization will make an attractive but crazy proposal to the French player to improve her game. What she doesn’t know is that this persuasive and elegant man is none other than the prince of darkness himself. Click here for trailer
A Sci-Fi Drama follows a young boy into the realm of AI-driven virtual communication, believing his father to
be on a faraway space station. But as secrets unravel, he discovers the AI technology that rekindles their father-son relationship in ways he could never have
imagined.
ROOM A
1pm – 3pm – Ohio and Neighbors Short Films Block I
A kind-hearted dog lover brings home a scruffy, ragamuffin little rescue dog, who turns out to be a seemingly innocuous manifestation of an ancient evil. Click here for trailer
When Gary agrees to meet his girlfriend’s parents, tension quickly piles up. Will Gary live up to the expectations or fall victim to a father’s disdain? Click here for trailer
After the sudden death of his cat, a man discovers that a sinister force has stolen his beloved pet from its grave. He sets out to find them, take bloody revenge, and bury the cat once and for all. Click here for trailer
A caregiver visits a disabled man, seeking the darkest of vengeance only to find a secret darker than she ever imagined. Click here for trailer
In “Photophobia,” Elizabeth discovers that an unseen entity, visible only in darkness, is relentlessly pursuing her. Now, she must navigate a perilous chase through alternating realms of light and shadow, using her wit and speed to outmaneuver her unknown oppressor before it overtakes her.
A man finds an out of place nose hair and stops at nothing to remove it.
A girl visits an eclectic man in the woods in a singed attempt to bring back her dead sister. Click here for trailer
After decades of men, women and children vanishing into the darkness of their rooms, a detective and mother must follow her child’s voice into the shadows, coming face to face with the shadows themselves. Click here for trailer
ROOM B
12:30pm – 2:30pm – Horror Short Films I
B.O.O. follows the story of a selfish, washed-up actor named Don Houser, who befriends a young ghost with amnesia that is mysteriously bound to the confines of his mansion. Together the unlikely duo must solve the mystery of Boo’s identity and face off against nightmarish monsters seeking to bring Boo back to The Land of The Dead.
When a novelist steps away from writing his latest story, strange things unfold. Click here for trailer
A tale of brotherhood between tramps, train hoppers and bindle stiffs.
It’s Halloween night… Several years after the events of Halloween Ends… And all the Trick or Treaters are in for the night…
Three young women, Aly, Katrina, and Meagan, hang out, watch scary movies, and chat about the evening. Aly is preoccupied with gift-wrapping something special for her boyfriend until Meagan and Katrina ask what she’s up to. As Aly begins to tell her friends details about the gift, a late visitor knocks at the door. Click here for trailer
Mary feels alien pregnant, the doctor thinks it’s probably allergies, only slime will tell.
Mary can feel strange things happening inside her body and thinks they might have something to do with her nervous not-so boyfriend Boo’s alien penis. The doctor doesn’t take her very seriously until one of her breasts swells up and squirts slime into her eye. Boo runs off rather than showing the doctors his alien junk, and Mary has to hijack an ultrasound session to get a picture of the thing growing inside her, which she uses to confront the growing assembly of dubious physicians. Boo eventually returns, reveals his mutated member, and Mary has to use her new-found voice to save him from becoming a science experiment. Then – in a torrent of phosphorescent slime that gets on everyone – Mary gives birth to hundreds of tiny alien lifeforms. She experiences a brief moment of wonder, then utters the film’s final line: ‘…that’s fucking fucked mate.’ Click here for trailer
John Lloris awakens and must find his dog and wife, but a new Apocalypse looms with a new breed of cannibalistic creatures known as The Absent from the fallout of a Toxin that spreads through the country’s river basins.
“TOXICITY BITES YOUR CITY.” Click here for trailer
Staff and visitors of a haunted attraction say it is home to paranormal activity. Paranormal investigators search to see if the events are tied to the factory that was once in the old building.
ROOM A
3:10pm – 5pm
A small group of friends are celebrating the annual “Silver Grove Massacre” and telling the legend of Mr. Buzzkill where the Massacre happened. Click here for trailer
ROOM B
2:30pm – 4:30pm
Two dreamers, small town musician Dani and waitress Kaitlin, start falling for each other on a spontaneous road trip. The future is bright — until they cross paths with a twisted family, led by matriarch Lilly (Maria Olsen, Paranormal Activity 3, Percy 
Jackson and the Olympians: Lightning Thief), with something much much darker in mind. A unique blend of romance and horror, filled with nail biting tension and highlighted with original songs sung by Dani, Straight On Till Morning weaves the beautiful and terrible things people do for love into an unforgettable, edge of your seat journey into darkness. Click here for trailer
5pm - 7pm AWARD CEREMONY
ROOM A
7pm – 9pm
A young artist is stalked at his remote cabin by the killer who murdered his supernatural lover. Click here for trailer
ROOM B
7pm – 9pm
A faux true-crime documentary about two detectives pursuit of an infamous serial killer named Mr. Shiny, who terrorized Southern California for almost two decades. Click here for trailer
ROOM A
9pm – 11pm
This documentary was shot at the George A. Romero Filmmaking Program, with special effects by Tom Savini’s 
Special Make-up Effects Program. The story involves iconic zombie extras from the original Dawn and Day of the Dead who, decades later, find themselves in demand at Pop Culture Comicons. We chase down these zombies to see why these early Romero films resonate so much with fans. Meanwhile, the crew shooting this film set out on a horrifying adventure of their own. Click here for trailer
ROOM B
9pm – 11pm
An Evil Air Fryer claims victims in this Troma-inspired blood bath.
11pm – Networking Party hosted by Erik William
Karaoke at Room B and Restaurant
Sunday – June 22
ROOM A
11am – 1pm – Horror Short Films
Lydia and Sam like to make haunted houses, imagine other worlds, and question everything, but they never thought one of their creations would be able to push itself into their comfortable, isolated existence. Now, Lydia must deal with authority, confusion, and generational violence to solve the mysteries of reality, and save her own. Click here for trailer
A college student named Vanessa is hired to housesit a home in a very wealthy neighborhood. After she invites a friend over to study, they explore the expansive house only to find that the family is in a cult that has targeted Vanessa. Members of the cult surround the home and Vanessa is forced to fend for her life in a slasher-style horror film! Click here for trailer
A reclusive gamer receives a cryptic package that draws him into a sinister game where the boundaries between virtual and reality blur, leading him to question what’s real as every choice he makes could be his last. Click here for trailer
A social worker’s obsession with a case plunges him into a fight for survival against malevolent forces.
Joe is a quiet, middling office worker, but after his girlfriend left him, he wants to find a controlled space to release his frustrations and finds the Rage Room.
As his former partner and her new fling add more stress onto Joe’s plate, his thirst for an escape increases as well, leading him to the VIP tier of the Rage Room: Tier 3. Click here for trailer
Elliot battles with the guilt of his wife’s suicide and begins to notice strange happenings around his home. Now he struggles, not knowing if he’s being threatened or warned.
ROOM B
10:30am – 12:30pm
After mysterious noises awaken a young girl, she becomes an alien…sometimes. Click here for trailer
After an experimental drug takes control of the residents in a small town, Daniel Vern plans a quiet escape. However, his plans are hijacked by a mysterious girl and nosy neighbors who don’t want him to leave. Click here for trailer
A young man awakens in an unfamiliar apartment only to find himself under surveillance… and decaying rapidly. He relies on an enigmatic set of vaccines he discovers in the bathroom to slow his decline, but quickly plots revenge on his unseen watcher as his condition continues to deteriorate. Click here for trailer
Quarantine at your own risk.
How is the world affected by a catastrophic event, as seen through the eyes of a couple named Cathy and Matt? Everyday people live through a government mandated quarantine during a global pandemic while desperate scientists race to find a cure before it’s too late. Click here for trailer
Sarah can’t completely overcome the deaths of her grandfather and her older sister. The trauma and lack of sleep cause her to embark on a strange journey of apparitions and murders, apparently caused by her mind…
Italian Giallo is ready to make its return! Click here for trailer
Suspicions fly in a TikTok house when six wannabe influencers move in together to grow their followings—but begin dying one by one. UNALIVED is a satirical whodunnit that examines the depths to which we allow social media to take over our lives.
Poster Design by Bala Govind Kumar Click here for trailer
Hello Sickness is a short film about a maladaptive daydreamer whose dreams collide with her reality in South Africa.
Zenzile has traveled to South Africa to care for her ailing grandmother. Isolated in a remote cabin, Zenzile imagines two friends to keep her company, however, those friends turn on her when her grandmother passes.
ROOM A
1pm – 3pm – Ohio and Neighbors Short Film Block II
30 years ago, 9-year-old Ludella disappeared in the woods. The case was closed when her trail went cold at the river, with authorities presuming her dead. Rumors circulating of sightings of her over the years prompt a case reopening. Detective Todd Richards visits Dell, Ludella’s father, who appears innocent and uninterested in revisiting the past. Todd suspects Dell may be hiding something and won’t let it go until he finds the truth.
A lonely pioneer midwife is confronted by villagers in connection with the disappearance of a newborn baby. Click here for trailer
Rearview mirror syndrome (RMS) refers to a subconscious phenomenon where individuals continually relive and recreate their past. They erroneously believe that who they were is who they are.
Young paranormal investigator finds that the statue that was discovered in Satan’s Hollow is more dangerous than it appears. Click here for trailer
A tortured grandson visits the house where he was raised by his now-deceased grandmother, only to find that she’s there, too.
A young man on a walk with his father must take control of his own destiny to survive the afternoon. Click here for trailer
A women is killed by a creature of unknown origin.
Taken prisoner and restrained in a strange room, a man comes face to face with his tormentor. Can he get out unscathed? Or will his captor take what they need from him: medicine. Click here for trailer
Cody has been hating her dad since the passing of her mom (due to cancer). She isolated herself by playing Virtual Reality games and ignored everything else. She met another gaming online and started learning about a new game and eventually she’s immersed into the vr world without ways to return… Click here for trailer
Madness ensues when a stranger is invited to the Doubs house, set in a 90s sitcom Style
After years of struggle, with no professional recognition and no personal inspiration, sketch artist Nat Grigsby was thrilled to discover a letter and a ticket at his door, inviting him to sketch one of the local abandoned warehouses.
He accepted with delight, not knowing at the time he was about to step into another world, a world where his art was appreciated, where a multitude of idle hands were only waiting for him to arrive to give him the biggest round of applause.
ROOM B
12:30 – 2:30pm – Horror Short Films
Torturer Raullin loves a work challenge, especially if that challenge involves cracking jokes while cracking bones. Click here for trailer
Based on Stephen King’s 1978 short story “Nona,” this haunting tale unfolds through the words of an inmate as a ride with a stranger forces him to confront a truth he’s spent years trying to forget. Click for trailer
When Marvin comes home from work one day, he discovers that not everything is as it was when he left – it seems that the air outside isn’t for everyone anymore. Click here for trailer
An older man marries a younger woman who both learn that death lurks in the shadows. Click here for trailer
l Colore della Notte is a haunting giallo anthology that explores the twisted mind of an obsessive killer who believes his murders are cinematic masterpieces offered to an eternal cosmic master. Through surreal visuals and poetic narration, the killer’s memories unfold as cinematic “acts,” each a macabre exploration of fear, passion, and death.
As he prepares his final offering, the lines between reality and delusion blur, culminating in a chilling revelation. With its vivid homage to giallo legends and Lovecraftian overtones, Il Colore della Notte delves into the art of obsession, the allure of darkness, and the cost of immortality.
Filmed with a mix of cutting-edge iPhone Pro Max 14 and 15 devices and the vintage charm of a Canon Super8 Canon 514xls, the film captures a unique, timeless aesthetic. Click here for trailer
An attempt to “pray away the gay” is far more than it seems
ROOM A
3:15pm – 5:15pm
Chloe and her step dad, Ken are dealing with the disappearance of Kathy, Chloe’s mother and Ken’s wife. After a painful year, and with the help of Chloe’s friend Ava, they investigate a clue that leads them to a terrifying demon cult.
ROOM B
3pm – 5pm – Horror Short Films
After Gabby is finally released from the abusive hands of her former lover, she tries to get a fresh start on her life. With only a small amount of money and just a backpack, she rents an Airbnb to figure out her next step. Everything is fine until her past haunts her. Click here for trailer
The bereaved wife of a teacher who died prematurely resorts to ritualistic magic to resurrect her beloved husband. The results have unintended bloody consequences. Click here for trailer
An ignorant father is held captive and forced to play a sadistic game of trick-or-treat on Halloween night. Click here for trailer
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Chad’s first day on a new job takes a gut wrenching turn. Click here for trailer
A social media influencer and her cameraman search for the identity of a serial killer infamous for recording their victim’s deaths. Click here for trailer
In order to escape the monotony of his corporate job, an introvert travels to the outskirts of town to a house party to connect with a mysterious love interest.
Rick converses with Jenny’s father aiming to get his blessing to ask her hand in marriage, but before Rick can propose to her at the Pagoda, a terrible and horrific family secret is revealed. Click here for trailer
See You Next Year!