SCREAMIFY × NASHVILLE HORROR FILM FESTIVAL
The independent horror streamer returns for a second consecutive year — after licensing last year's winning film and greenlighting a 32-episode series from its director.
A sponsorship that became a pipeline.
Screamify will return as a sponsor of the Nashville Horror Film Festival for the second consecutive year. The 2026 festival runs October 2–4 at Regal Green Hills in Nashville, Tennessee, opening Friday night with the Screamify VIP Party.
At last year's festival, Screamify discovered Axes and Os from writer-director Trent Duncan — winner of both Best Overall Feature and Best Director. The platform licensed the film — streaming on Screamify now — and then greenlit Game Night: Survive the Slasher, a 32-episode Micro Horrors™ series from the same director, which premiered this summer with a red-carpet event in Nashville.
“Every year, everyone just steps it up — the gore, the love, the horror, the effects. It's unbelievable. I always think, ‘Okay, you can't get better than this,’ and then they top it.”
Wolf Turner · Co-Founder, Nashville Horror Film Festival
“My favorite part is the community. Nashville has always had it — you just need a place to actually meet up and have it.”
Chuckie Fuoco · Co-Founder, Nashville Horror Film Festival
Founded in 2024 by filmmakers Turner and Fuoco, the festival has grown fast — this year's submissions have roughly tripled over last year's.
The founders, on the record.
The founders, the director, the cast.
More event photography from the evening is available in the full premiere-party gallery.