Access:Horror
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A film festival and industry summit celebrating disability, genre, and all that’s good in the world.
With a new year comes new horror movie recommendations, and first up is the 1980 cult classic slasher Terror Train. Did you anticipate the killer before the reveal?
about 22 hours ago
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SUBMIT TO OUR FESTIVAL BY JANUARY 31st.
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Our final Monday Movie must-watch of the year is the multi-layered coming-of-age psychological horror film, We’re All Going To The World’s Fair. 🎡 Did you realize anything new about the film on your second watch?
8 days ago
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Send this to your favorite filmmaker -- applications for the 2026 Access:Horror Film Festival are open!
filmfreeway.com/accesshorror
11 days ago
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Hey horror filmmakers! Submissions for our upcoming 2026 Access:Horror filmmakers festival are open — the regular deadline is January 31, 2026 and you can find more information on what we’re looking for, how to submit, and what the late deadlines are on
filmfreeway.com/accesshorror
14 days ago
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We’re looking for genre films in horror, sci-fi, fantasy, and disability. 🩸 Unlike many other festivals, we offer screening fees and/or accessibility assets. The regular deadline is coming up sooner than you’d expect (January 31, 2026), so visit
filmfreeway.com/accesshorror
to submit your film. 🎥
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Fellow horror lovers! Ring in the new year with a new monthly film club to discuss disability in horror. The first film will be Crimes of the Future (2022), directed by David Cronenberg. Contact
[email protected]
to sign up!
21 days ago
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With only ten days left until Christmas, we’re spotlighting the classic modern day fairytale, Edward Scissorhands. ✂️ This movie has everything you need for a holiday movie night – fantasy, romance, and holiday cheer. How many times have you seen it?
22 days ago
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Save the date: January 31st, 2026 is the deadline to submit to our upcoming film festival. Films must be related to genre (horror, sci-fi, fantasy, and the fantastic) and disability. You can find the full list of film requirements, including late deadlines at
filmfreeway.com/accesshorror
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25 days ago
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As the year begins to wind to a close, we want to remind you that applications for our 2026 film festival are open. We want to see your film! Visit
filmfreeway.com/accesshorror
for the full list of requirements, awards, and prizes.
27 days ago
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For our fellow fans of holiday horror, this week we bring you a film that gifts you gore, horror, and comedy all wrapped up in one messy blood-stained package. Better Watch Out is far from a normal home invasion. You might be home . . . but you’re not alone. 🩸🏘️🔪 Is Better Watch Out on your list?
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Here at Access:Horror, we are still fighting the good fight at the intersection of horror and disability representation, and Stranger Things has managed to do so on a scale that has touched the hearts of viewers all around the globe since the show first aired in 2016.
about 1 month ago
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This
#GivingTuesday
, support disabled storytelling from festival to film set. Your gift fuels both the annual Access:Horror film festival and the Monstrous Me film. Click to make a donation on this global day of giving!
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about 1 month ago
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Today’s recommendation is courtesy of a friend of the festival, Caris from
www.holidayhorrordatabase.com
, to remind you not to lose your joy for the holiday season – that is, unless you want Krampus at your door.
about 1 month ago
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This week’s Movie Monday must-watch is a psychological horror. A Tale of Two Sisters is a slow burn story inspired by a folktale that you won’t be able to look away from. 🩸
#ataleoftwosisters
#womeninhorror
#horrormovies
#horrorfilms
#movierecommendation
#movierecommendations
#psychologicalhorror
about 1 month ago
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Some shots by the amazing Andee Arches to show you what you missed this year if you weren’t at our film festival. We are still accepting EarlyBird applications for our 2026 festival through Sunday, November 30th. See the full list of requirements and deadlines at
filmfreeway.com/AccessHorror...
about 2 months ago
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The only thing better than attending the Access:Horror Film Festival as a guest is attending as a filmmaker. The Earlybird deadline is in 10 Days (November 30, 2025):
filmfreeway.com/AccessHorror...
We can’t wait to watch your film! 📸: Andee Arches
about 2 months ago
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Today’s must-watch is a period horror that follows a child bride, Bulbbul, throughout her life during the Bengal Presidency. The film portrays violence against women and follows Bulbbul in her supernatural revenge journey, illustrating a moving and punishing story that will stick with you.
about 2 months ago
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Do you want your horror film to be screened at the 2026 Access:Horror Film Festival? Apply today at
accesshorror.com
🩸
about 2 months ago
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Today’s Monday Movie Must Watch is Prevenge, a horror film that follows a pregnant widow that embarks on a killing spree at the direction of her unborn child to get revenge for the death of her husband. What other women in horror films are on your watchlist this month? 🤰
about 2 months ago
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It’s already November, which means the year is winding down, but not here at Access:Horror. Submissions for the 2026 Access:Horror Film Festival are now open and we want to see your horror films! Join us at
accesshorror.com
2 months ago
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This Monday, we’re back with another Monday Movie Must-Watch Recommendation. We’re focusing on women in horror this month, which brings us to our first must-watch: The Lure (2015). Have you seen it yet? 🧜♀️
2 months ago
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Happy Halloween from all of us here at Access:Horror - we wish you a spooktacular day spent watching your favorite horror films!
#happyhalloween
#halloween
#horrormovies
#horrormovie
#horror
2 months ago
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voice of the psychiatrized
2 months ago
Free disabilty horror movies this thursday!
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TONIGHT.
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2 months ago
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Tomorrow is your last chance to watch our 2025 Shorts Program on
@shudder.com
!
2 months ago
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This Thursday, Access:Horror and Superfest are coming together from 5:30pm PT - 8:00pm PT to offer you a delightfully macabre Halloween movie night, featuring all disability stories. Register for free:
disabilityculturalcenter.org/event/access...
2 months ago
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A Quiet Place: Day One is our final Movie Must-Watch for October! For those of you who have cats, have you tried the quiet challenge yet? 🐈⬛
#aquietplace
#aquietplacedayone
#movierecommendation
#horrormovies
2 months ago
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Thank you to everyone who has donated thus far!
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2 months ago
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“Given that all of us will experience disability and horror in our lifetimes, I consider the work of this festival to be necessary planning for the future. But let’s have a goddamn good time while we do it.” – Ariel Baska Submit to our 2026 film festival:
filmfreeway.com/AccessHorror...
❤️🩸
2 months ago
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Submissions are now OPEN for our 2026 Access:HORROR Film Festival! If you’re a filmmaker who creates art inspired by horror, fantasy, or the fantastic, we want to see your film. Films must be related to genre and disability – a full list of requirements is available at our submission link.
3 months ago
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The record-breaking Sinners took the horror community by storm this year, so this movie recommendation is likely to be a RE-watch for most of us . . . What was the most memorable part of the film for you?
3 months ago
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We are already halfway through October, and want to give a heartfelt thanks to everyone who has donated to our project thus far. As we’ve said before, this isn’t just a movie, it’s a movement, and your support means everything to us and this community.
3 months ago
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“We have deliberately kept our program short, dark, and sweet. It costs a lot of money to provide accessibility assets for our programming, and by carefully curating, we hope to provide audiences with a useful frame.” – Ariel Baska, creator of Access:HORROR ❤️🩸
3 months ago
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This week’s movie must-watch is Hellraiser, the 1987 supernatural horror film that introduced the iconic character of Pinhead. Have you watched all eleven of the related films?
3 months ago
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Monstrous Me is a documentary that harnesses the rich and untold power of horror as a way of reckoning with disability identity through cinematic monsters. We’re asking for a small donation of just $6.66 to help us get the funding we need to bring it to life.
my.onecause.com/fundraiser/o...
3 months ago
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“At Access:HORROR we have expansive definitions of both disability and horror. Not everything here is likely to scare you, but hopefully taken together as a whole it will help you think differently about both disability and horror.” – Ariel Baska, creator of Access:HORROR ❤️🩸
3 months ago
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It’s Halloween time and we’re planning an evening of creepy crawlies, spookiness, chills, and thrills. See you there! REGISTER:
disabilityculturalcenter.org/event/access...
3 months ago
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A Nightmare on Elm Street is one of the classics that informs and inspires us here at Access:Horror, so of course it had to be the first must-watch recommendation as we jump into October. ❤️📺
#anightmareonelmstreet
3 months ago
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Scary season is officially here! As we kick off October, we’re asking for something small but powerful. Would you consider donating just $6.66 to help bring Monstrous Me, to life? Thank you for supporting independent horror, accessibility, and equity in film. ❤️
3 months ago
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Benjamin Frankenberg
3 months ago
WOW! I just got word that
@brooklynhorror.bsky.social
put up a second screening of "It Need's Eye's" because the first one sold out! Come see this really special film and support independent, queer, Horror!
brooklynhorror2025.eventive.org/schedule/68d...
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Brooklyn Horror Film Festival 2025
https://brooklynhorror2025.eventive.org/schedule/68d071deea808e332456f80c
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Benjamin Frankenberg
4 months ago
Access:Horror is live on Shudder today! It was such an honor to work with this festival in celebration of disability in horror cinema. The programming is incredible, and the work of this festival and what it represents is surely needed. Please go give it a watch!
@accesshorror.bsky.social
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Blerdy Massacre
4 months ago
Did somebody order the audio from our live recording at
@accesshorror.bsky.social
last month? Cause that’s what we’re serving this Tuesday. Get into this convo about the intersection of disability and horror with convo with Karama Horne and Chuck Collins.
podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/b...
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The Cultured Curators
4 months ago
Episode 14 is live In this episode, Benjamin and Rabia sit down with Horror Activist, film maker, and festival directorAriel Baska to talk about their prolific work surrounding disability advocacy and the Access:Horror Film Festival (Now available to stream on Shudder).
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Ariel Baska, filmmaker and founder of the Access:Horror Film Festival sat down with Akima A. Brown of Reel Talk with Reel Families for Change to share their journey toward creating more equitable, accessible storytelling in the entertainment industry, their 4-2-4 production model and more.
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4 months ago
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It’s only been a few weeks, but we’re already missing all things Access:Horror. Take a stroll down memory lane with us and enjoy these snapshots from this year’s festival . . . if you dare. 📸: Ana Andrea Arches
#accesshorror
#disability
#filmfestival
#filmmaking
#indiefilm
#indiefilms
#horror
5 months ago
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Thank you to everyone who joined us for this year’s Access:Horror Film Festival — this event is the success that it is because of the hard work and support shown by our volunteers and the incredible community we’ve found at the intersection of disability and horror. ❤️
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Thank you to everyone who joined us for this year’s Access:Horror Film Festival — this event is the success that it is because of the hard work and support shown by our volunteers and the incredible community we’ve found at the intersection of disability and horror. ❤️
5 months ago
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Kristina Arntz
5 months ago
I had an amazing time at the first in-person
@accesshorror.bsky.social
event on Friday. All the credit goes to
@justaskabaska.bsky.social
for creating a festival that celebrates authentic disability representation in horror. Give the festival page a follow & stay tuned for more events this fall.
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The day is finally here – our festival starts at 4:00pm EST this afternoon, with two unmissable programs stretching into the evening, including a podcast taping and Q&A’s with our featured filmmakers. Let us know which film or segment you’re dying for, and we’ll see you soon!
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