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Get ready for a scream! This Halloween, FilmPride is serving up a wickedly entertaining lineup of queer horror shorts that bring the drama, the thrills and the fabulous frights. We’ve brewed up a delicious mix of spooky supernatural encounters, dark comedies, spine-tingling body transformations and even a drag queen taking on an alien invasion.
Queer cinema and horror have always shared a powerful bond. LGBTQIA+ filmmakers have long embraced the genre as a vital canvas, transforming real-world struggle, isolation and trauma into cathartic, thrilling and triumphant storytelling.
Grab your costume, bring your friends, and join us for a frightfully fun night celebrating the bold, creative and unmissable side of queer horror cinema!
The Monster Within Me
Dir: Kuba Marczuk (UK, 05:29)
A young man must battle with his nature and his emotions after an unexpected and tragic event.
Sleepeater
Dir: Amrita Acharia (UK, 18:00)
Ahri and her wife Matilda institutionalise Ahri’s father to claim his house for themselves. But an exhausting cycle of guilt is awoken. Night after sleepless night, paranoia erodes the trust between them, until finally the insomnia destroys everything they love.
Son of God
Dir: Bruce Micallef Eynaud (Malta, 12:49)
A Maltese priest, harbouring a secret, steals a valuable painting of Jesus from his church, in the hope of selling it and starting a new life abroad.
Love Spell
Dir: Lauren Vevers (UK, 10:20)
In 1999 in a high school in Newcastle-upon-Tyne, a teenage girl casts a spell to make her best friend fall in love with her.
Papergirl
Dir: Jack Warren (US, 05:00)
Gender dysphoria gives way to terrifying metamorphosis when a lonely partygoer discovers that their skin is turning to paper.
Itch
Dir: Susannah Farrugia (Malta, 08:27)
A novice nun develops a severe skin condition which continues to worsen, along with her mental state, as she struggles with her feelings for another nun.
Black Hole Barry
Dir: Alejandro Alberola (UK, 09:15)
Facing his boyfriend’s move-in, Scott embarks on a self-destructive week of hookups – a decision he’s going to regret forever.
The Cost Of Living
Dir: Alice Trueman (UK, 12:38)
Lily, a disconnected, neurotic fitness-freak, has a brush with death and comes face-to-face with her worst fear. But Death appears to Lily as a femme fatale, and Lily finds herself unexpectedly giddy with desire.
The Cruise
Dir: Richard Louprasong (US, 07:27)
On Halloween night, a couple ventures into the woods rumored to be haunted to conjure up an urban legend. But the two are about to meet a ghost from the past.
The Last Story on Earth
Dir: Aaron Immediato (US, 17:38)
Trapped in a library during an alien invasion, a determined drag queen must use the power of her storytelling and imagination to protect both her supporters and her protesters from terrifying extraterrestrial threats.
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Submissions are now open for FilmPride 2027!
Past events have been hosted at Duke’s at Komedia, the Ledward Centre, Lighthouse, St George’s Church and The Latest MusicBar in Brighton, at the Margate Film Festival, and formed an integral part of Brighton & Hove Pride for three consecutive years.