New York City Horror Film Festival…. Experience the longest running Horror Film Festival on the East Coast. Experience the Longest Running Horror Film Festival on the East Coast. Upcoming Events Dear Filmmakers and Festival Friends, due to the unexpected closure of the LOOK Dine-In Cinema theatre, submissions will open later this month than expected. But don’t worry, we’re on it. Please keep an eye out for updates as we’re searching for a new home for the New York City Horror Film Festival 2026. July 31 Ominous Oldies 4th season Sept 1 Submissions Closes HIGHLIGHTS OF 2025 FESTIVAL Jamal Hodge is a native New Yorker and an award-winning filmmaker, writer, and poet. Directing season 1 of the true crime series Primal Instinct and segment director of PBS’s Southern Story Tellers, while being a co-producer on HBO’s Armed Only With A Camera and the upcoming Pierre The Pigeon Hawk. A member of the HWA and SFPA, he’s a Bram Stoker Award finalist, a two-time Rhysling nominee, and a 2nd place Dwarf Stars and 3rd place Elgin award winner, and the author of The Dark Between the Twilight, and Everything Endless (with Linda D. Addison) and the editor of Bestiary of Blood: Modern Fables & Dark Tales. His screenplay work has been honored with awards from prestigious.
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