This is the horror calendar's home fixture in Los Angeles: a program of world premieres and new genre features screening on Hollywood Boulevard, in the six-screen theatre complex beside the Chinese Theatre forecourt. Filmmakers and cast turn up for Q&As, and the crowd is the one that has been coming back to this festival for 26 years. It is the one October film event in the city where nearly everything on screen is new rather than a repertory Halloween title.
What to expect
Six screens running features and shorts blocks across the day and evening, with black-carpet arrivals and filmmaker Q&As attached to the bigger titles. Badge holders get priority; single tickets are sold per screening once the schedule posts.
Good to know
- The festival venue is the TCL Chinese 6 Theatres at 6801 Hollywood Boulevard.
- Festival badges come in Full Access, All Movie, Weekend, Saturday and Sunday tiers.
- The festival posts its full schedule, film guide and calendar on screamfestla.com; check it for the Friday and Saturday titles.
- Screamfest points attendees to the Ovation Hollywood (Hollywood & Highland) garage for parking.
- Metro B Line to Hollywood/Highland puts you at the door.
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Common questions
How long does the festival run?
October 6 through 15, 2026 — ten days, so this weekend falls in the middle of the run.
Where does it screen?
The TCL Chinese 6 Theatres, 6801 Hollywood Boulevard in Hollywood.