Telluride Horror Show
Horror film festival
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The Telluride Horror Show is a genre film festival that takes place in the mountain resort town of Telluride, Colorado.
| Location | Telluride, Colorado, USA |
|---|---|
| Founded | 2010 |
| Language | International |
| Website | telluridehorrorshow.com |
Over a three day weekend each mid-October, the festival exhibits horror, dark fantasy films, sci-fi films, and thriller films from around the world and attendees from all over the United States.[1]
The New York Times named it one of the "5 Halloween Festivals Worth Traveling For", Moviemaker Magazine included it in the "World's 50 Best Genre Festivals" in 2021, and Dread Central named it one of "The Best Horror Festivals in the World" in 2022.[2][3][4]
History
Founded in 2010, the Telluride Horror Show is Colorado's first and longest-running genre film festival.[5]
Films are shown in three theaters: the Palm, the Nugget Theater, and the historic Sheridan Opera House.[6]
Additional events include the Creepy Campfire Tales and book signing with an established author from the horror genre, the Pig Roast, the I Scream Social, the Killer Karaoke Party, and the Dread Central Horror Trivia competition.[7]
Since its inception, the festival's pulp magazine-style posters have been created by cartoonist/illustrator Mark Zingarelli.[8]
At the 2015 festival, writer/director producer Henry Selick settled the long-running debate that his 1993 classic The Nightmare Before Christmas is a Halloween movie, not a Christmas movie.[9]
In 2018, the festival opened a brick and mortar horror merchandise store, Gargoyle's Gift Shop.[10]
Special Guests
2019[11]
Kelly Link, Pulitzer Prize finalist and MacArthur genius grant winner
Joe Bob Briggs, film critic and performer
Eli Craig, director of Tucker & Dale vs. Evil
Joshua Hoffine, horror photographer
Meredith Borders, managing editor of Fangoria
Jeremy Robert Johnson, horror author
2018[12]
Meredith Borders, managing editor of Fangoria
Stephen Chiodo, writer/director of Killer Klowns from Outer Space
Jeremy Robert Johnson, horror author
Paul G. Tremblay, horror author and editor
2017[13]
Meredith Borders
Jon Davison, film producer
Jeremy Robert Johnson
Tyler MacIntyre, director of Tragedy Girls
Greg McLean, film director
Patrick Brice, film director
2016[14]
Joe R. Lansdale, horror author
Sam Suchmann and Mattie Zufelt, writers/stars of Spring Break Zombie Massacre
2015
Henry Selick, writer/producer/director
John Carroll Lynch, actor/director
Stephen Cognetti, writer/director of Hell House LLC