This pass entitles you to access all films on Thursday of the 2026 Celluloid Screams programme.

This pass entitles you to access all films in the 2026 Celluloid Screams programme.

Celluloid Screams 2026 explodes into life with Onslaught, a pulse-pounding slice of John Carpenter-esque action horror from the makers of You’re Next and The Guest.

A highly original take on vampire lore, Habit is a brooding tale of urban dread from Celluloid Screams 2026 Guest of Honour Larry Fessenden.

When a messy millennial underachiever accidentally gets alien-pregnant she must overcome sceptical doctors, a useless baby-daddy, and her oversharing mum in order to survive and reclaim her life.

This pass entitles you to access all films on Friday of the 2026 Celluloid Screams programme.

The legend of Frankenstein gets a provocative modern update in this complex, emotionally shattering tale about what it means to be human from director Larry Fessenden.

An intimate portrait of indie horror dynamos and festival favourites The Adams Family.

The Restoration at Grayson Manor combines a vicious, acerbic wit with a gothic sensibility in a gloriously campy story of familial feuds, biting recriminations and robot hands with a mind of their own.

The Glorious Dead follows a small-town sheriff and her deputy who awaken to a changed world where blood drips from taps, people vanish, creatures roam the woods, and the dead rise as the town descends into chaos.

Horror author Sutter Cane is missing. As crowds turn violent waiting for copies of his latest book, Cane’s publishers enlist insurance investigator John Trent (Sam Neill) to find him.

This pass entitles you to access all films on Saturday of the 2026 Celluloid Screams programme.

Originated as an event concept by festival programming legend Kier-La Janisse, this spirited combo of nostalgia and sugary cereal treats will set you up for the day at Celluloid Screams 2026 in fine style.

When a meteor crashes into Colepepper Zoo, it unleashes a virus that transforms the zoo animals into zombies.

The third film in Larry Fessenden’s monster saga, in which a small town is ravaged by nocturnal outbursts of violence that appear to occur when the moon is full.

Following on from last year’s short film retrospective, we’re thrilled to bring the delightfully deranged work of filmmaker Brian Lonano to the big screen.

Arachnophobes beware!

Two best friends preparing for their quinceañera face desire, cruelty, and social pressure - until one girl's body begins to transform into something monstrous in this coming-of-age nightmare.

A festival tradition since our first edition in 2009, our secret film is kept under wraps and only revealed as it is about to begin.

The wildest screening of the festival is back for 2026. What cinematic brainmelter do we have in store for you this year?

This pass entitles you to access all films on Sunday of the 2026 Celluloid Screams programme.

A naive elderly British rural couple face the initial onslaught of a nuclear war in this devastating animated classic based on Raymond Briggs’ 1982 graphic novel.

A travelling spirit medium encounters an unexpected and deadly presence in this chilly supernatural thriller.

A festival tradition since our first edition in 2009, our secret film is kept under wraps and only revealed as it is about to begin.

A writer investigating her town's dark past for a newspaper article stirs up fears about lurking monsters in director Larry Fessenden’s concluding chapter of his monster quadrilogy.

A darkly comedic tale of a trickster fox let loose in the henhouse of Australian culture, featuring the voices of Olivia Colman and Sam Neill.