Telluride Horror Show Reveals 2023 Lineup
Mary Beth McAndrews
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Telluride Horror Show has just announced the lineup for its 14th edition, October 13-15, 2023 in Telluride, Colorado. The slate includes 21 features and 35 shorts from 14 countries. You can see the full feature lineup below!
Writer and director Mickey Keating returns as this year’s guest host. Creepy Campfire Tales, an opening night tradition of the Telluride Horror Show, will also return with fireside readings under the mountain stars from renowned genre authors Adam Cesare, Gabino Iglesias, and Jeremy Robert Johnson.
“This is a powerhouse line-up of horror, especially indie horror, which reigns supreme at the Telluride Horror Show. Tons of alumni, some returning to Telluride with their first-ever feature films, and tons of newcomers. We’re excited to welcome them to high altitude,” says festival director Ted Wilson. “And thank you to the patient 1,000+ horror fans who have already made their plans to be at the Horror Show before we announce a single film. Your gamble paid off – this lineup of features, shorts, and guests is so worth the wait.”
Horror fans are encouraged to buy passes now in order to secure a space at the 2023 Telluride Horror Show.
Check out the full Telluride Horror Show 2023 Lineup below:
All You Need is Death
Ireland | 2023 | 94 min | Director: Paul Duane
A couple seeks forbidden knowledge; specifically, the desire to possess songs that hold the power of modern magic. When they find an elderly woman who sings songs that have never been heard before, they open the door to an ancient evil.
Eight Eyes
USA/Serbia/Macedonia | 2023 | 88 min | Director: Austin Jennings
A mysterious local crashes a couple’s vacation through the former Yugoslavia, pulling them deeper into his web of psychic rituals. A Vinegar Syndrome production, hosted by Theresa Mercado.
Falling Stars
USA | 2023 | 80 min | Directors: Richard Karpala, Gabriel Bienczycki
On the first night of harvest, three brothers set out for the desert to see a witch’s corpse. Short film alum Richard Karpala (“Iris”, 2015 Telluride Horror Show, and “Psychos”, 2021 Telluride Horror Show) returns to the festival with his feature directorial debut, co-directed by Gabriel Bienczycki.
Frogman
USA | 2023 | 80 min | Director: Anthony Cousins
Three friends in search of the Loveland Frogman are about to find out he is more than just a local legend… Short film alum Anthony Cousins (“When Susurrus Stirs”, 2016 Telluride Horror Show, and segments in Scare Package and Scare Package II, both Telluride Horror Show selections) returns to the festival with his first feature film.
Hell House LLC Origins: The Carmichael Manor
USA | 2023 | 97 min | Director: Stephen Cognetti
In 2021, a group of internet sleuths travels to the remote Carmichael Manor, deep in the woods of Rockland County, New York, the site of the infamous 1989 Carmichael family murders that have gone unsolved to this day. What they discover are secrets that have been hidden away for decades and a terror that has been lurking in the shadows long before Hell House LLC. In 2015, Hell House LLC premiered at the Telluride Horror Show. We welcome back director Stephen Cognetti with his latest, courtesy of Terror Films.
I Will Never Leave You Alone
USA | 2023 | 93 min | Director: DW Medoff
After being released from prison, a brooding man with a dark past is forced to stay in a haunted house to clear it of spirits. If he leaves, he goes back to prison, but the witch-ghost may be more punishment than he can withstand.
Infested
France | 2023 | 100 min | Director: Sébastien Vanicek
Kaleb is about to turn 30 and has never been lonelier. He’s fighting with his sister and has cut ties with his best friend. Passionate about exotic animals, he comes home one day with a venomous spider and accidentally lets it escape…leading to skin-crawling horror and chaos in his apartment complex.
It’s a Wonderful Knife
USA | 2023 | 90 min | Director: Tyler MacIntyre
After saving her town from a psychotic killer, Winnie Carruthers’ life is less than wonderful. When she wishes she’d never been born, she finds herself in a nightmare parallel universe where without her, things could be much, much worse.
Never Hike Alone 2
USA | 2023 | 70 min | Director: Vincente DiSanti
A Friday the 13th fan film and the direct sequel to Never Hike Alone (2017 Telluride Horror Show), Never Hike Alone 2 is set three months after the disappearance of MARK HILL (Courtland Gordon). Crystal Lake’s haunted son and part-time ambulance driver, TOMMY JARVIS (Thom Mathews), has all but given up on his search for the long-lost JASON VOORHEES (Vincente DiSanti / Bryan Forrest). However, when Tommy receives an emergency call to pick up injured hiker KYLE MCLEOD (Andrew Leighty), he will once again come face-to-face with the Ghost of Crystal Lake, setting into motion the epic and blood-soaked conclusion to their deadly rivalry. Caught between the chaos is DR. DIANA HILL (Anna Campbell), who is still searching for answers to her son’s disappearance, and the ever stubborn SHERIFF RICK COLOGNE (Vinny Guastaferro), who believes Tommy is ultimately responsible for it all.
Late Night with the Devil
USA/Australia/United Arab Emirates | 2023 | 92 min | Directors: Colin Cairnes, Cameron Cairnes
October 31, 1977. Johnny Carson rival Jack Delroy hosts a syndicated talk show ‘Night Owls’ that has long been a trusted companion to insomniacs around the country. A year after the tragic death of Jack’s wife, ratings have plummeted. Desperate to turn his fortunes around, Jack plans a Halloween special like no other, unaware he is about to unleash evil into the living rooms of America.
Sleep
South Korea | 2023 | 95 min | Director: Jason Yu
Hyun-su (Lee Sun-kyun, Parasite) and Soo-jin (Jung Yu-mi) are newlyweds. Seemingly out of nowhere, he starts talking in his sleep. “Someone’s inside.” From that night on, whenever he falls asleep, he transforms into someone else with no recollection of what happened the night before. Soo-jin is overwhelmed with anxiety that he’ll hurt her family while she sleeps and can barely sleep a wink because of this irrational fear. Despite sleep treatment, Hyun-su’s sleepwalking only intensifies, and she begins to feel that her unborn child may be in danger…
Suitable Flesh
USA | 2023 | 99 min | Director: Joe Lynch
Successful psychiatrist Elizabeth Derby has brutally murdered her young patient Asa Waite. Locked up in a psych ward, she recounts to her friend Dr. Daniella Upton an insane, obsessive tale of erotic attraction, out-of-body experiences, ancient curses, grisly deaths, and unspeakable evil. The things Elizabeth has felt, seen, and done have destroyed her marriage, ruined her reputation, left bodies in her wake, and led her to a ‘kill or be killed’ desperation. If Daniella doesn’t believe her now, more deaths will follow, and Elizabeth will be forever lost. But who would believe such a mind-bending story? And worse, if it is all true, who will be left to tell it?
The Coffee Table
Spain | 2023 | 90 min | Director: Caye Casas
Jesus and Maria are a couple going through a difficult time in their relationship. Nevertheless, they have just become parents. To shape their new life, they decide to buy a new coffee table. A fateful decision that will change their existence.
The Origin
UK | 2022 | 87 min | Director: Andrew Cumming
A small boat reaches the shores of a raw and desolate landscape. A group of six have struggled across the narrow sea to find a new home. They are starving, desperate, and living 45,000 years ago. First, they must find shelter, and they strike out across the tundra wastes towards the distant mountains that promise the abundant caves they need to survive. But when night falls, anticipation turns to fear and doubt as they realize they are not alone. Terrifying sounds suggest something monstrous at large in this landscape, something that could kill or steal them away. As relationships in the group fracture, the determination of one young woman reveals the terrible actions taken to survive.
The Sacrifice Game
USA | 2023 | 99 min | Director: Jenn Wexler
The Blackvale School for Girls, 1971. It’s bad enough that students Samantha and Clara can’t go home for the holidays, but things take a deadly turn when a gang of cult killers arrives at their doorstep—just in time for Christmas.
Vincent Must Die
France | 2023 | 115 min | Director: Stéphan Castang
Vincent is just an average guy working at an average job with an average life when he is violently assaulted by an intern out of the blue, which soon develops into escalating attacks by random strangers for seemingly no reason.
When Evil Lurks
Argentina | 2023 | 100 min | Director: Demián Rugna
The residents of a small rural town discover that a demon is about to be born among them. They desperately try to escape before the evil is born, but it may be too late…
Where the Devil Roams
USA | 2023 | 93 min | Directors: Zelda Adams, John Adams, Toby Poser
A family of traveling sideshow performers traverses the harsh conditions of Depression-era America on a bloody search for eternal life.
You’ll Never Find Me
Australia | 2023 | 96 min | Directors: Indianna Bell, Josiah Allen
An isolated man living in the back of a desolate caravan park is visited by a desperate young woman seeking shelter from a violent storm. As the savage storm worsens, these solitary souls begin to feel threatened – but who should really be afraid? A bold directorial debut from filmmaking duo Josiah Allen & Indianna Bell, this sharp, twisted contained thriller features outstanding performances from Jordan Cowan and Brendan Rock.
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