Send this to your favorite filmmaker – the upcoming deadline to submit to our film festival is March 31st. filmfreeway.com/accesshorror ❤️

“We believe in horror as an agent of change, and seek to elevate discourse that uplifts marginalized creators and gives them space to create new work that images new worlds.” – Ariel Baska, creator of Access:Horror #filmfestival #horrorfilms #horrorfilmfestival #accessibility #independentfilms

The supernatural psychological horror film, The Changeling, is this week’s must-watch recommendation. Originally released in 1980, its horror storytelling is still terrifying audiences today. Does it still scare you when you re-watch it? #thechangeling #psychologicalhorror #supernaturalhorror

“Access:Horror was created as a space to explore and celebrate the history, impact, and future of disability in the horror genre, through conversations, connections, and various artistic forms, including film.” – Ariel Baska, creator of Access:Horror #accesshorror #filmfestival #horrorfilms

Missed the regular deadline to apply to the Access:Horror film festival! That’s okay! The late deadline is March 31st. Apply at filmfreeway.com/accesshorror today, and send to your favorite filmmaker! #accesshorror #filmfestival #horrorfilms #independentfilmmakers #independentfilmmaking

It’s Valentine’s week, and today’s Monday Movie Must-Watch is Lisa Frankenstein, a horror film filled with romance, murder, and humor that is perfect for the holiday. 💗🪡 #valentinesday #lisafrankenstein

Monstrous Mirror is very much alive and well! As we continue on this ambitious and gratifying journey to bring this story to your screens, your support is appreciated more than you know. Whether it’s a follow, share, or donation, we couldn’t do this without this amazing community, so thank you!

Ariel was a guest on the Pigeonhole Podcast with Cheryl Green. You can listen to the interview and/or read along with the transcript at whoamitostopit.com/pigeonhole-5...

The Wolf House (La Casa Lobo) is an adult animated horror film that utilizes stop motion to weave a disturbing and fantastical story that will haunt you when it’s over. #lacasalobo #thewolfhouse #movierecommendations #animatedhorror

Saturday is your last chance to apply to the Access:Horror film festival on the regular deadline of January 31st. Visit filmfreeway.com/AccessHorror for the full list of requirements.

This could be you at our festival this year! The Access:Horror film festival strives to offer accessibility in both the online and in-person space to create a space that welcomes everyone. filmfreeway.com/accesshorror

The next movie that should be on your must-watch list is 28 Years Later: The Bone Temple. The fourth installment of the 28 Days Later film series, it’s even bloodier and more brutal than the preceding films. However, it is the human element woven throughout the story that makes it so striking. 🦴💀

I sat down with John Adams, Toby Poser, and Zelda Adams, aka The Adams Family to talk about their new witchy horror movie reflecting on life, death, and cancer, premiering on @shudder.com today! Tune in for insights on the film, and add it to your watch list tonight. substack.com/@arielbaska

The deadlines for our film festival are coming up quickly. Mark your calendars! Regular Deadline: January 31 Late Deadline: March 31 Extended Deadline: April 30 Last Chance Deadline: May 31 filmfreeway.com/accesshorror

Primate is a brutal horror film filled with graphic kills that will satiate slasher lovers, but its message about the power of a unified community is the true takeaway. 🩸🐒 Have you watched it yet?

Reminiscing on last year’s Access:Horror film festival today – if you’re looking to apply to this year’s event, you still have time! Send this to your favorite indie filmmaker and we’ll see you later this year! 📷: Andee Arches filmfreeway.com/AccessHorror

Topping our must-watch movie list today is THE PLAGUE, a psychological thriller released just last year that is an absolutely brilliant depiction of the horrors of adolescence through a disability lens. THE PLAGUE is in theaters now – do you have tickets yet?

Does your favorite filmmaker know about the 2026 Access:Horror film festival yet? Submissions are open for this year’s event, and we want to bring the best of the best to our audience later this year. Send this to someone who needs to apply!

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?

SUBMIT TO OUR FESTIVAL BY JANUARY 31st. filmfreeway.com/AccessHorror...

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?

Send this to your favorite filmmaker -- applications for the 2026 Access:Horror Film Festival are open! filmfreeway.com/accesshorror

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

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. 🎥

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!

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?

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.

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.

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?

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.

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! tinyurl.com/38p7rp67

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.

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

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...

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

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.

Do you want your horror film to be screened at the 2026 Access:Horror Film Festival? Apply today at accesshorror.com 🩸

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? 🤰

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

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? 🧜‍♀️

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

Free disabilty horror movies this thursday!

TONIGHT.

Tomorrow is your last chance to watch our 2025 Shorts Program on @shudder.com!

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...

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

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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... ❤️🩸

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.

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?