GASP! Horror Film Festival
Friday, 26 June 2026 until Sunday, 28 June 2026
Born out of a love for horror and film festivals, but frustrated with the lack of diversity within them, GASP! is a brand new film festival dedicated entirely to new horror, sci-fi, fantasy, and thriller films by filmmakers within marginalised communities.
GASP! is here to celebrate the diversity we all know is present within genre cinema, therefore we will be bringing you a range of the latest short and feature length films from people of colour, women, people with disabilities, people within the LGBTQ+ community, together with foreign language filmmakers.
Be sure to look out for mystery classics and anniversary screenings thrown in too!
GASP! is not a competitive festival.
2026 films...
Friday 26th June 2026
Don’t Let The Cat Out - 7:00pm
Short Film Showcase - 9:15pm
Don’t Look In The Dark - 11:15pm
Saturday 27th June 2026
Fox and the Tiny Demon - 11:00am
World Cinema Short Film Showcase - 1:00pm
LGBTQIA+ Short Film Showcase - 3:30pm
GASP! are so proud to bring back this popular yearly showcase that highlights some of the greatest new filmmakers within the LGBTQIA+ community. Starting with a biting satire with a bimbo cannibal as our main character, and ending with a romantic sci-fi epic, and featuring vampires, zombies, body horror and animation (to name a few!) along the way, this showcase once again delves into the weird, the wonderful and in your face camp value, as it boasts a mix of films that delve into the experiences of being a queer person as well as films that manage to show off some very impressive and exciting filmmaking by a wide range of queer people.
Ashley Bones: The Bimbo Cannibal
Directed by Lee Dubin, Written by Julia Rome and Bradley Ralph – Starring Julia Rome, Will Smart, Timanii Meeks, Austin O'Reilly – USA, 2026, 15 minutes
Ashley Justine Bones is just your regular, pink-loving, bimbo-core girly girl, with a questionable hunger for men.
The Reflection
Written and Directed by Philip Brocklehurst – Starring Philip Brocklehurst – UK, 2026, 2 minutes
A young man looks into his mirror and sees more than just his reflection.
Mirror, Mirror
European Premiere
Written and Directed by David E. Teixeira – Starring Catarina Carvalho – Portugal, 2026, 5 minutes
Reality doesn't always live in the mirror.
Just Me and the Graves
Written and Directed by Ellison Winterstein – Starring Jason Dernay, Bill Vincent, Ashley Patti – USA, 2025, 12 minutes
The last man left after a vampire apocalypse contemplates life after the end.
Kiss Me Thru the Phone
Written and Directed by Scarlett J. Stribley – Starring Laëticia Sevin, Lilia Josh – UK, 2025, 7 minutes
A lonely woman finds love in an unlikely place: a phone box haunted by a decades-old caller.
Undying Love
Written and Directed by Anca Vaida – Starring Carmine Tiberi, Susan Hoffman – UK, 2025, 1 minute
Adam is about to meet Eve, his Tinder date. But while Eve might not be the "lively" girl he thought she was, can love truly conquer all?
Alice, My Alice
Written and Directed by Léo Bernard – Starring Melissa Collace, Tommy Chevret, Fanny Schoeffter – France, 2026, 20 minutes
Alice and Vincent seemingly have nothing in common. She's outgoing, radiant and adventurous, while he's morose, grumpy and withdrawn. From their strange encounter spawns a passionate, intense, almost visceral chemistry... A few years later, Alice ends their romance. Unable to come to terms with the end of the relationship, Vincent gradually begins to transform...
Pas de Deux!
Written and Directed by Nathan Koranda – UK, USA, 2025, 4 minutes
The chaos of a flashback is transformed into a visceral performance as two bodies struggle for control in this grotesque dance for two.
In the Valley
Written and Directed by Adam Van Dyke – Starring Jorgie Goico, Arden Lassalle, Jack Lerner, Aiden Zhane – USA, 2025, 27 minutes
Lost in the vast Southern California desert, Josh wakes alone after a night with a mysterious Cowboy. As the landscape twists into a waking nightmare, Josh must uncover the truth about the Cowboy, the cloaked figures watching him, and his own forgotten past—before the desert claims him forever.