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| Location | Telluride, Colorado, USA |
|---|---|
| Founded | 2010 |
| Language | International |
| Website | telluridehorrorshow.com |
The Telluride Horror Show is a film festival that takes place in the mountain resort town of Telluride, Colorado.
Over a three day weekend each mid-October, the festival exhibits horror, dark fantasy films, sci-fi films, and thriller films from around the world and attendees from all over the United States. [1]
Founded in 2010, the Telluride Horror Show is Colorado's first and longest-running genre film festival. [2]
Films are shown in three theaters: the Palm, the Nugget Theater, and the historic Sheridan Opera House. [3]
Additional events include the Creepy Campfire Tales and book signing with an established author from the horror genre, the Pig Roast, the I Scream Social, the Killer Karaoke Party, and the Dread Central Horror Trivia competition. [4]
Since its inception, the festival's pulp magazine-style posters have been created by cartoonist/illustrator Mark Zingarelli. [5]
At the 2015 festival, writer/director producer Henry Selick settled the long-running debate that his 1993 classic The Nightmare Before Christmas is a Halloween movie, not a Christmas movie. [6]
In 2018, the festival opened a brick and mortar horror merchandise store, Gargoyle's Gift Shop. [7]
2019 [8]
Kelly Link, Pulitzer Prize finalist and MacArthur genius grant winner
Joe Bob Briggs, film critic and performer
Eli Craig, director of Tucker & Dale vs. Evil
Joshua Hoffine, horror photographer
Meredith Borders, managing editor of Fangoria
Jeremy Robert Johnson, horror author
2018 [9]
Meredith Borders, managing editor of Fangoria
Stephen Chiodo, writer/director of Killer Klowns from Outer Space
Jeremy Robert Johnson, horror author
Paul G. Tremblay, horror author and editor
2017 [10]
Meredith Borders
Jon Davison, film producer
Jeremy Robert Johnson
Tyler MacIntyre, director of Tragedy Girls
Greg McLean, film director
Patrick Brice, film director
2016 [11]
Joe R. Lansdale, horror author
Sam Suchmann and Mattie Zufelt, writers/stars of Spring Break Zombie Massacre
2015
Henry Selick, writer/producer/director
John Carroll Lynch, actor/director
Stephen Cognetti, writer/director of Hell House LLC
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