Festival Year · 2024
MidSummer Scream 2024
The Screaming Room Film Festival at MidSummer Scream
Jul 26–28, 2024Long Beach Convention CenterLong Beach
Programs
Block #1
A Captive Audience
A charming date gone deadly to a fight against eternal evil, these chilling shorts explore the terror of being trapped by those closest to you, unseen forces, and even desperate circumstances.
5 films
Block #2
Tales of the Occult
Prepare to be shaken by tales where religious rituals go wrong, childhood fears become monstrous realities, and the boundaries blur between reality and the unseen on the dark side of belief.
5 films
Block #3
Fantastic Worlds
Face the consequences of meddling with the supernatural in films exploring the dangers and rewards of forbidden deals, technological hauntings, and mythical monstrosities.
3 films
Block #4
Die Laughing
This side-splitting horror comedy collection blends chills and chuckles with telemarketing terror, monstrous fruit, a very wacky race, and more. Don't be scared to scream... with laughter!
8 films
Block #5
Dark Dimensions
Mind-bending encounters to out-of-body experiences and dimensional shifts, these chilling sci-fi shorts explore the terrifying possibilities beyond our world.
5 films
Block #6
Waking Nightmares
Brace yourself for hidden fears, suffocating control, and unseen horrors in these psychologically terrifying films that unveil the darkness within.
5 films
Block #7
Drawn to Horror
From creepy rabbits to haunted playgrounds, mysterious medical conditions to unsettling childhood memories, these animated films will leave you both terrified and strangely captivated.
7 films
Block #8
Anthology of Terror
Five twisted tales, reminiscent of classic shows like Tales from the Crypt or The Twilight Zone, deliver chilling horror with shocking twists, dark humor, and cautionary morals.
5 films
Block #9
Splattertown
This gore-soaked trio of shorts explores the grotesque depths of bodily fluids. Witness a monstrous metamorphosis with a heavy price, a junkyard encounter gone wrong, and a man's obsessive battle against a backyard creature with a taste for the messy.
3 films
Block #10
Stalkers & Slashers
A collection of chilling shorts from a twisted world where holiday traditions become deadly, commutes turn nightmarish, auditions become auditions for survival, and even haunted houses take on a terrifyingly literal meaning.
4 films
Block #11
WTFF???
A mind-bending collection of bizarre shorts that throws everything but the kitchen sink at you. From a homicidal mom and a singing killer clown to a whole lot of orange juice, prepare to be shocked, disturbed, and left saying 'what the...?'
7 films
Block #12
Happy Halloween
Unwrap a basket of spooky delights with this collection of Halloween shorts. From a monstrous NYC bash to a famous slasher in therapy, these tales offer a terrifying treat for every trick-or-treater.
4 films
Block #13
Crimes & Passions
This trio of unsettling shorts explores forbidden romance alongside criminal thrills, where the lines between love and violence, seduction and danger, become terrifyingly blurred.
3 films
Block #14
Art House Horror
From unsettling domesticity to voyeuristic encounters, immerse yourself in the beauty of films that grapple with existential dread and the ethereal boundaries between reality and nightmare.
5 films
Block #15
Creatures of the Night
From classic beasts to the terrors lurking just beneath the surface of the ordinary, these films explore the unsettling presence of creatures that stalk the night, haunt your thoughts, and rise from the unknown.
5 films
All Films · 2024
A Nightcare on Elm Street
2024·Short·11m 25s
Alicia
2024·Short·5m 30s
Analog Exorcism
2024·Short·12m 46s
Ancient Evil: FrankenCock
2024·Short·7m 25s
And We've Called Them
2024·Short·2m
Andy Shauf - Halloween Store
2024·Short·3m 05s
Bathtime
2024·Short·2m 38s
Beyond the Bleed Limit
2024·Short·7m 56s
Bitch Horror
2024·Short·13m 14s
Bookworm
2024·Short·13m 41s
Bâba
2024·Short·10m 24s
Casting Kill
2024·Short·16m 39s
Cellar Door
2024·Short·10m 09s
Crossroads
2024·Short·2m 55s
Cut from the Dead
2024·Short·2m 36s
Day of the Cyclops
2024·Short·17m 12s
Disciple
2024·Short·12m 24s
Do You Stay Home?
2024·Short·16m 45s
Donation
2024·Short·8m 54s
Dracula's Super Scary Halloween
2024·Short·5m 24s
Every Other Animal
2024·Short·11m 12s
Fish Juice
2024·Short·4m 42s
Goldilocks
2024·Short·9m 21s
Gone Bad!
2024·Short·2m 29s
Grandma's Cookies
2024·Short·10m 15s
How To
2024·Short·9m 51s
I Drew You
2024·Short·5m 14s
I Want You
2024·Short·19m 25s
Impossible Maladies
2024·Short·8m
K-Bar Killer
2024·Short·12m 08s
Korpus
2024·Short·7m 15s
Late for Fate
2024·Short·9m 09s
Les Bêtes
2024·Short·11m 38s
Madeline's House
2024·Short·3m 22s
Middle Age Caring Bear
2024·Short·6m 28s
Mistletoe
2024·Short·4m 56s
NYC Halloween Parade
2024·Short·1m 04s
Nobody to Play With
2024·Short·3m 24s
One for the Road
2024·Short·9m 50s
Orange Like Me
2024·Short·6m 30s
Over the Rainbow
2024·Short·3m 01s
Pests
2024·Short·16m 41s
Relic
2024·Short·5m 10s
Saint-Sacrifice
2024·Short·14m 30s
Script
2024·Short·8m 06s
Sempre Avanti
2024·Short·6m 03s
Silence
2024·Short·15m
Sloppy Seconds
2024·Short·11m 39s
Somniphobia
2024·Short·15m 41s
Space Brain
2024·Short·2m 39s
Strange Creatures
2024·Short·6m 27s
Strangers on the A Train
2024·Short·6m 06s
Telek
2024·Short·4m 11s
The Accomplices
2024·Short·13m 35s
The Job
2024·Short·12m 08s
The Poem
2024·Short·8m 14s
The Skin
2024·Short·11m 33s
The Spaghetti Man
2024·Short·14m 09s
The Spider
2024·Short·9m 12s
The Thing I Have to Do in That Place
2024·Short·6m 32s
There's Someone at Your Door
2024·Short·10m 55s
Thirst Trap
2024·Short·7m 14s
This Feeling Will Pass
2024·Short·7m 55s
Three Baths
2024·Short·6m 48s
Toggle
2024·Short·4m 21s
Turno de Noche: The Wrong Place
2024·Short·19m 59s
Under the Bed
2024·Short·1m 12s
Unscarfed
2024·Short·9m 02s
Voyager
2024·Short·19m 58s
Werewolf Margarita
2024·Short·9m 57s
Whisper in the Static
2024·Short·14m 03s
Whittled Down
2024·Short·4m 59s
Wiggler
2024·Short·3m 03s
Your Virtual Assistant
2024·Short·5m 06s