Days of the Dead International Film Festival
Days of the Dead sits closer to horror convention culture than to the classical international-festival model, and that distinction matters. Across its multi-city American presence, it helps keep horror tied to fandom, memorabilia, live encounter, and the more grassroots side of genre circulation. It is not trying to be Screamfest Horror Film Festival. It is trying to keep horror public and social.
That context makes films like Terrifier 2, Found, The Barn, and Deadstream useful reference points: independent, cult-facing, audience-responsive work that lives as much through scene loyalty as through critical institutions.
Days of the Dead matters because horror culture has always depended on spaces that are half festival, half gathering point. Without those spaces, genre becomes easier to monetize and harder to live inside.
