Sacramento Horror Film Festival

Get ready to sink into the deep end of the dark. The 19th Annual Sacramento Horror Film Festival returns with its teeth bared and its appetite wide open. This year brings an extra jolt of wicked delight as Aurelio Voltaire steps back onto the Colonial Theatre stage to lead the after party with the kind of charm and mischief only he can conjure.

This is no casual day at the movies. It is an all day gauntlet of razor edged short films that burrow under your skin and refuse to leave. Expect gut tightening suspense. Pitch black humor. Nightmares with claws and teeth. Twists that land like a brick through a window. Each story quick and lethal. Each filmmaker daring you to blink.

The Sacramento Horror Film Festival remains the city’s biggest and bloodiest love letter to the genre. Fresh creators. Fearless visions. Enough unease to make you triple check the backseat on the drive home.

Short films. Big scares. One day only.

Get your tickets while you still can. Before something else reaches for you first.

Saturday, January 31st, 2026.

Historic Colonial Theatre, Sacramento

12:30PM 'til LATE

Full Schedule will be released January 2026.

One ticket gives you access to a full day of film programming.

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