NFF23: Trunk with Shut

Sat, Oct 28, 12PM | Screening Room One | U.S. PREMIERE | Feature and short film presented as part of Nightmares Film Festival 2023.

Sat, Oct 28, 12PM | Screening Room One | U.S. PREMIERE | Feature and short film presented as part of Nightmares Film Festival 2023.

  1. 12:00 pm

NFF23 Panel: Social Progress Through Horror

Sat, Oct 28, 12PM | Screening Room Two | Presented as part of Nightmares Film Festival 2023. Moderated by NFF co-founder, Jason Tostevin.

Sat, Oct 28, 12PM | Screening Room Two | Presented as part of Nightmares Film Festival 2023. Moderated by NFF co-founder, Jason Tostevin.

  1. 12:00 pm

NFF23 Panel: The New Distribution

Sat, Oct 28, 1PM | Screening Room Two | Presented as part of Nightmares Film Festival 2023. Moderated by NFF co-founder, Chris Hamel.

Sat, Oct 28, 1PM | Screening Room Two | Presented as part of Nightmares Film Festival 2023. Moderated by NFF co-founder, Chris Hamel.

  1. 1:00 pm

Anatomy of a Fall (2023)

Academy Award winner, Best Original Screenplay. Winner of two Golden Globes. Did she do it? An unsettling psychological journey into the depths of a conflicted relationship. From writer-director Justine Triet, who became the third woman to ever win the Palme d’Or at Cannes. | Country: France | Language: French, English, German with English subtitles

Academy Award winner, Best Original Screenplay. Winner of two Golden Globes. Did she do it? An unsettling psychological journey into the depths of a conflicted relationship. From writer-director Justine Triet, who became the third woman to ever win the Palme d’Or at Cannes. | Country: France | Language: French, English, German with English subtitles

  1. 1:00 pm
  2. 4:15 pm
  3. 8:15 pm

The Killer (2023)

Execution is everything. After a fateful near-miss, an assassin battles his employers, and himself, on an international manhunt he insists isn’t personal. A new thriller reuniting the writing and directing team behind Se7en (1995). World Premiere, 2023 Venice Film Festival. | Country: United States | Language: English

Execution is everything. After a fateful near-miss, an assassin battles his employers, and himself, on an international manhunt he insists isn’t personal. A new thriller reuniting the writing and directing team behind Se7en (1995). World Premiere, 2023 Venice Film Festival. | Country: United States | Language: English

  1. 1:15 pm
  2. 7:15 pm
  3. 10:15 pm

Killers of the Flower Moon (2023)

Nominated for ten Academy Awards including Best Picture. World Premiere at the 2023 Cannes Film Festival. When oil is discovered in 1920s Oklahoma under Osage Nation land, the Osage people are murdered one by one—until the FBI steps in to unravel the mystery. Based on a true American Story. | Country: United States | Language: English, Sioux

Nominated for ten Academy Awards including Best Picture. World Premiere at the 2023 Cannes Film Festival. When oil is discovered in 1920s Oklahoma under Osage Nation land, the Osage people are murdered one by one—until the FBI steps in to unravel the mystery. Based on a true American Story. | Country: United States | Language: English, Sioux

  1. 1:15 pm
  2. 4:15 pm
  3. 8:30 pm

Malibu Horror Story (2023)

They graduated. They partied. They vanished. Winner of more than 50 festival awards, an unconventional found footage paranormal investigation tale over ten years in the making. | Country: United States | Language: English

They graduated. They partied. They vanished. Winner of more than 50 festival awards, an unconventional found footage paranormal investigation tale over ten years in the making. | Country: United States | Language: English

  1. 1:30 pm
  1. 1:30 pm

Five Nights at Freddy's (2023)

Mike’s new job as a night security guard at an abandoned theme restaurant is turning into an unspeakable nightmare. A blood-chilling cinematic experience based on the terrifying horror game phenomenon. Can you survive five nights? | Country: United States | Language: English

Mike’s new job as a night security guard at an abandoned theme restaurant is turning into an unspeakable nightmare. A blood-chilling cinematic experience based on the terrifying horror game phenomenon. Can you survive five nights? | Country: United States | Language: English

  1. 1:45 pm
  2. 4:30 pm
  3. 7:30 pm
  4. 10:30 pm
  5. 11:45 pm
  1. 2:00 pm

NFF23: Recurring Nightmares B

Sat, Oct 28, 2PM | Screening Room Two | NFF alumni return with new short films presented as part of Nightmares Film Festival 2023.

Sat, Oct 28, 2PM | Screening Room Two | NFF alumni return with new short films presented as part of Nightmares Film Festival 2023.

  1. 2:00 pm

Dicks: The Musical (2023)

TIFF 2023 People’s Choice Midnight Madness Award winner. Sing-a-long version presented on Wed, Nov 1 at 8:15pm | Two self-obsessed businessmen discover they’re long-lost identical twins and come together to plot the reunion of their eccentric divorced parents. | Country: United States | Language: English

TIFF 2023 People’s Choice Midnight Madness Award winner. Sing-a-long version presented on Wed, Nov 1 at 8:15pm | Two self-obsessed businessmen discover they’re long-lost identical twins and come together to plot the reunion of their eccentric divorced parents. | Country: United States | Language: English

  1. 3:30 pm
  2. 7:45 pm

Taylor Swift: The Eras Tour (2023)

The cultural phenomenon continues on the big screen! Immerse yourself in this once-in-a-lifetime concert film experience with a breathtaking, cinematic view of the history-making tour. Nominated for Cinematic and Box Office Achievement at the 2024 Golden Globe Awards.

The cultural phenomenon continues on the big screen! Immerse yourself in this once-in-a-lifetime concert film experience with a breathtaking, cinematic view of the history-making tour. Nominated for Cinematic and Box Office Achievement at the 2024 Golden Globe Awards.

  1. 3:45 pm
  1. 4:00 pm

NFF23: Slay Ride: Holiday Horrors

Sat, Oct 28, 4PM | Screening Room One | Short films presented as part of Nightmares Film Festival 2023.

Sat, Oct 28, 4PM | Screening Room One | Short films presented as part of Nightmares Film Festival 2023.

  1. 4:00 pm

NFF23 Awards Ceremony

Sat, Oct 28, 5:15PM | Screening Room One | Presented as part of Nightmares Film Festival 2023. Competition films and screenplays compete for the coveted Night Mare, the festival’s beautiful hand-sculpted award honoring the dark horses of horror and genre filmmaking.

Sat, Oct 28, 5:15PM | Screening Room One | Presented as part of Nightmares Film Festival 2023. Competition films and screenplays compete for the coveted Night Mare, the festival’s beautiful hand-sculpted award honoring the dark horses of horror and genre filmmaking.

  1. 5:15 pm

Stop Making Sense (1984) 4K Restoration

The greatest concert film of all time, newly restored in 4K to coincide with its 40th anniversary. Experience Talking Heads at the height of their popularity, on tour for their 1983 album “Speaking in Tongues.” | Country: United States | Language: English

The greatest concert film of all time, newly restored in 4K to coincide with its 40th anniversary. Experience Talking Heads at the height of their popularity, on tour for their 1983 album “Speaking in Tongues.” | Country: United States | Language: English

  1. 5:30 pm

Cult 101: Halloween (1978)

The film that changed horror forever. Fifteen years after murdering his sister on Halloween night 1963, Michael Myers escapes from a mental hospital and returns to the small town of Haddonfield, Illinois to kill again. | Country: United States | Language: English

The film that changed horror forever. Fifteen years after murdering his sister on Halloween night 1963, Michael Myers escapes from a mental hospital and returns to the small town of Haddonfield, Illinois to kill again. | Country: United States | Language: English

  1. 5:30 pm
  2. 11:30 pm

NFF23: The Deep Dark

Sat, Oct 28, 6PM | Screening Room One | MIDWEST PREMIERE | Feature presented as part of Nightmares Film Festival 2023.

Sat, Oct 28, 6PM | Screening Room One | MIDWEST PREMIERE | Feature presented as part of Nightmares Film Festival 2023.

  1. 6:00 pm

NFF23: Thriller Shorts B

Sat, Oct 28, 6PM | Screening Room Two | Tales of dark suspense presented as part of Nightmares Film Festival 2023.

Sat, Oct 28, 6PM | Screening Room Two | Tales of dark suspense presented as part of Nightmares Film Festival 2023.

  1. 6:00 pm
  1. 7:00 pm

NFF23: Cryptids with Sempre Avanti

Sat, Oct 28, 8PM | Screening Room One | OHIO PREMIERE | Feature and short film presented as part of Nightmares Film Festival 2023

Sat, Oct 28, 8PM | Screening Room One | OHIO PREMIERE | Feature and short film presented as part of Nightmares Film Festival 2023

  1. 8:00 pm

NFF23: Horror Shorts D

Sat, Oct 28, 8PM | Screening Room Two | Tales of terror and death presented as part of Nightmares Film Festival 2023.

Sat, Oct 28, 8PM | Screening Room Two | Tales of terror and death presented as part of Nightmares Film Festival 2023.

  1. 8:00 pm

Cult 101: The Evil Dead (1981) 4K Restoration

Restored from the original 16mm camera negatives! In Sam Riami’s iconic horror classic, five friends travel to a cabin in the woods, where they unknowingly release flesh-possessing demons. | Country: United States | Language: English

Restored from the original 16mm camera negatives! In Sam Riami’s iconic horror classic, five friends travel to a cabin in the woods, where they unknowingly release flesh-possessing demons. | Country: United States | Language: English

  1. 9:45 pm

NFF23: Butcher's Book Two: Raghorn with Signal

Sat, Oct 28, 10PM | Screening Room One | WORLD PREMIERE | Feature and short film presented as part of Nightmares Film Festival 2023.

Sat, Oct 28, 10PM | Screening Room One | WORLD PREMIERE | Feature and short film presented as part of Nightmares Film Festival 2023.

  1. 10:00 pm

NFF23: Midnight Shorts B

Sat, Oct 28, 10PM | Screening Room Two | Tales of the weird and bizarre presented as part of Nightmares Film Festival 2023.

Sat, Oct 28, 10PM | Screening Room Two | Tales of the weird and bizarre presented as part of Nightmares Film Festival 2023.

  1. 10:00 pm

Suitable Flesh (2023)

From a story by H.P. Lovecraft. Psychiatrist Elizabeth Derby becomes obsessed with helping a young patient suffering extreme personality disorder. World Premiere, 2023 Tribeca Film Festival | Country: United States | Language: English

From a story by H.P. Lovecraft. Psychiatrist Elizabeth Derby becomes obsessed with helping a young patient suffering extreme personality disorder. World Premiere, 2023 Tribeca Film Festival | Country: United States | Language: English

  1. 10:00 pm

NFF23: Abruptio with The Hunter

Sat, Oct 28, midnight | Screening Room One | OHIO PREMIERE | Feature and short film presented as part of Nightmares Film Festival 2023.

Sat, Oct 28, midnight | Screening Room One | OHIO PREMIERE | Feature and short film presented as part of Nightmares Film Festival 2023.

  1. 12:00 am MIDNIGHT

NFF23: Thriller Shorts C

Sat, Oct 28, midnight | Screening Room Two | Tales of dark suspense presented as part of Nightmares Film Festival 2023.

Sat, Oct 28, midnight | Screening Room Two | Tales of dark suspense presented as part of Nightmares Film Festival 2023.

  1. 12:00 am MIDNIGHT

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