“Outstanding! A professional festival – in a first rate cinema. Tons of fun films for everyone. Thanks so very much for selecting my film “It Ends With A Knife” as a Finalist. Highly recommended.” -Kevin Lucero Less/Halo One

The 6th Annual American Horrors Film Festival is an international horror themed film festival founded in 2017 by legendary horror figure, Hart D. Fisher, who has over 33 years as a horror professional in publishing (Boneyard Press) and in motion picture entertainment. As the head of programming for the American Horrors TV channel (founded in 2008, streaming free 24/7 since 2011 & available worldwide for free on Roku & online at www.americanhorrors.net), is one of the most experienced horror entertainment programmers who knows how to find & develop talent with an eye for quality terror.
The American Horrors Film Festival is supported with a worldwide advertising & social media awareness campaign supported by television commercials (featured on the fastest growing horror channel in the world, American Horrors), posters, postcards, t-shirt give-aways, radio interviews, podcast interviews and an online advertising campaign. If you’re a filmmaker looking for the biggest promotional opportunity for your film, The American Horrors Film Festival is it. It should be mentioned, that the majority of our feature film selections all went on to distribution deals, many winding up for sale at Walmart & Best Buy.

Screening original shorts, features, music videos & documentaries, the American Horrors Film Festival takes place the weekend of October 4th through Sunday October 6th in historic downtown Lake Geneva, Wisconsin at the Grape Vine Theater (currently under going remodeling and an upgrade). Triangulated in one of the hottest media markets in the nation, between Chicago, Rockford & Milwaukee, Lake Geneva is a beautiful town to come to for your Festival vacation, with amazing fall colors, lovely hotels, free parking next to the venue, with a wine bar built into the theater!

All of the film festival panels, red carpet events & opening night party will be filmed for a television special streaming on the American Horrors network January 1st, 2025 (all participation is voluntary, if you do not wish for your film or short to be screened online, your wishes will be honored. Any airing of a film, short or music video is completely at the filmmakers discretion).

“What a great festival! Great organization, communication and presentation. The Geneva theater is a beautiful venue. Filmmakers enjoyed first-class treatment. We were stars for a day! Friendly, helpful staff, great promotion. We will be submitting again next year FOR SURE.” -Michael Ricci/Director/The Darkening Hollows

“Hart was incredibly helpful and supportive. He took the time to reach out personally before the festival to discuss the film and afterwards to congratulate us on its reception. This is a great up-and-coming festival, and I encourage everyone to submit!”
-John Burr/Director/Muse

The American Horrors Film Festival is hosted every year by Horror King, Hart D. Fisher, who’s work has been written about in Time Magazine, The A to Z Guide to Serial Killers, Psychology Today, Rue Morgue & in such films as Serial Killer Culture, The National Geographic Channel’s special mini-series event The 90s: The Last Great Decade?, Larry King Live, Jerry Springer, CNN Headline News and more.