Festival Data:

• Established: 2004
• Genre: Sci-Fi - Fantasy - Horror (click to see)
• Attendance: 5000
• Total Domestic Films Screened: 47
• Total National and International Premieres: 3
• # of Shorts Screened: 36
• # of Features Screened: 16

• Competitive
• Has Panels
• Has Seminars
• Workshops

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Festival Description:

Since its debut in October of 2004, the Eerie Horror Film Festival has quickly become one of the most popular and respected events of its kind in the country.

Each year the Eerie Horror Film Festival attracts thousands of fans, filmmakers, screenwriters and game developers to the city of Erie, Pennsylvania, for a five day celebration of independent cinema, featuring special celebrity guests, screenings and workshops.

The competition based event opens its call for entries each season on Halloween day and accepts film, screenplay and video game submissions from all around the world, with a special discount for students 10 - 17 years of age.

Over 200 films have been shown at the festival since its inception, including several world premieres and movies that eventually secured distribution deals with major companies. With their current and ever expanding contacts, the Eerie Horror Film Festival hopes to play an active role in connecting their filmmakers, screenwriters and game developers directly with those within the industry.

Eerie Horror Film Festival Advisory Board members Tony Todd ("Candyman"), Sid Haig ("House of 1,000 Corpses"), Dave Alexander (of Rue Morgue Magazine) and Steve (Uncle Creepy) Barton of Dread Central.com are kept up to date on all festival activities and alerted to any extraordinary film, screenplay or game submissions.

Film Submissions:

• Accepts direct submissions
• Submission formats: VHS, Beta-SP, DVD