The Vancouver Horror Show Film Festival completed its 7th edition in October 2024, welcoming over 2,000 horror fans, filmmakers, and members of BC’s film and television industry to screenings, parties, and industry panels held at Cineplex International Village in Vancouver, and Cineplex Metrotown in Burnaby.
VHS 2024 included 8 feature films, 46 shorts films, 4 industry panel discussions, 2 parties, and the VHS Golden Tapes Awards across 21 categories. VHS 2024 also saw the return of the Table Read Script Competition with Jason Tostevin winning for his script “Eat Me”.
Feature Film Canadian Premiers included Hulu’s “Carved” featuring Director Justin Harding, “The Dæmon” featuring Director David Yohe, “Strange Harvest” featuring Producer Alex Yesilcimen, “Never Hike Alone 2” featuring Director Vincente Disanti, as well as the West Coast Premiers of “All The Lost Ones” featuring director Mackenzie Donaldson, and “Scared Shitless” starring “The Walking Dead”‘s Steve Ogg.
In 2025, VHS will be introducing the VHS BC Writer’s Incubator Program which will build off of the festival’s screenplay competition. In this program, the three finalists from the screenplay competition will have their scripts performed as a Table Read live and in-person to an audience of industry members, and a panel of experts to hear their works read aloud, and to be provided feedback and notes for their next draft.
VHS has become an internationally recognized festival, known for incredibly curated programs, inclusive and welcoming environment, and promotion of the films and scripts that are selected as part of its programming. The VHS is known for celebrating independent films in the horror and horror-adjacent genres — highlighting excellence in storytelling that spans the full breadth and depth of the genre. From side-splitting hilarity, to dark and psychological to sci-fi and fantasy films and everything in between — if there’s a hint of horror, It’s eligible for the Vancouver Horror Show.
The Vancouver Horror Show Film Festival is unmatched in its hands-on management and promotion. The festival works hard to get press, not only for the festival itself, but for the films and filmmakers that are selected to be a part of their lineup. The festivals ethos is one of supporting and bolstering the filmmakers who work so hard to make great films. VHS wants the world to know just how great these films are, and just how phenomenal the folks who work on them are.
