INFORMATION

FESTIVAL DETAILS

Date: October 10th, 2026

Location: Ritz Theater, Tooele, UT.

Times:

  • 4pm- Youth Film Showcase (Free to public) (PG)

  • 5pm- Filmmaker Lectures (Free to public) (PG)

  • 7pm- Dark Cinema Official Selections (PG-13)

  • 9pm- Awards Ceremony

  • 10pm- Late Night Collection (PG-13+)

Tickets: Get tickets here! (Available fall 2026)

Parking: Tooele County Health Department

The image depicts the word "GET LOST" in fiery, distressed lettering against a black background, with red splatters resembling blood or paint around the text.
A woman with dark hair and dark lipstick stands under a wooden structure during dusk, holding a lit candle in a holder. She wears a black off-the-shoulder dress, gold jewelry, and has tattoos on her arms. Tall dry grass surrounds her, and a dark festival logo with a skull and thorns is at the bottom of the image.

2026 MAIN SELECTIONS

All George wants is to stop getting pushed around by the local bullies. So when a pair of weird twins offer to introduce him to their grandma — who can “make him big & strong” — he jumps at the chance.
One problem: she’s 600 years old and keeps herself young the unnatural way… by sucking the youth out of kids. Grandma is Thirsty is a creepy, cautionary tale wrapped in dark fairy-tale charm.

After investigating a bizarre crime scene, a haunting series of events follow the detective.

The story follows a man who after a devastating argument, drives to his wife’s hometown to make things right - only to realize something is deeply wrong with the town and the people in it.

Carter follows his wife Ophelia to her childhood home after yet another mistake drives her out of the city. When he arrives, the house is silent. The lights are off. Her bags remain in her car. No one answers the door. The police offer little help. Convinced something is wrong, Carter stays behind. The house feels preserved in a way that unsettles him—rooms untouched, photographs subtly turned away, long hallways that seem to narrow the longer he stands in them, and the persistent sense that he is not alone. As he searches for signs of Ophelia, small inconsistencies begin to surface. Doors stand open where he remembers closing them. Objects appear where they were not before. The photographs throughout the house suggest a past that does not align with the woman he thought he knew. He begins to question everything.

The longer Carter remains inside the home, the less certain he becomes that he is uncovering the truth rather than slowly being absorbed into it.

After an argument with his wife Courtney, Nick reluctantly starts digitizing his family’s old home videos, only to uncover something that was never meant to be seen.

AROMA-VISION is an eerie short film inspired by "The Twilight Zone," written by Adam Smith and directed by Shun Powell. The story follows Fred Jones, an unassuming Milwaukeean who is pulled into the new interactive cooking show, "Culinary Masters." Similar to "Black Mirror," the short explores the dangers of technology and how easily humans can be swayed. Produced by Liminal Vision Films and created entirely by Milwaukee-based artists, "Aroma-Vision" pays tribute to indie filmmaking and the timeless spirit of classic science fiction.

A cat performs a Satanic ritual.

Two sarcastic medics accidentally unleash a slimy alien creature during a routine autopsy and scramble to contain the chaos before anyone notices.

An unsuspecting college student shares a fateful elevator ride with an ominous stranger.

Joshua, a retired vampire hunter comes home to discover some things from the past can come back to bite you.

Two fugitives hiding in a desolate shrine prey on passing pilgrims, but when a mysterious relic awakens one man's conscience, their brutal pact begins to unravel—forcing a reckoning neither can escape.

A woman meets a clown in the woods…

2026 LATE NIGHT SELECTIONS

A reclusive man becomes consumed by a television that seems to manipulate his reality, trapping him in a cycle of distorted memories and psychological decay. As the line between what’s real and what’s broadcast begins to collapse, a distant voice struggles to reach the last remnants of his humanity before he disappears completely into the screen.

-Directed by: Wes S Smith

On Halloween night, a camera store worker receives a mysterious roll of film that reveals her own death. As she races against time to escape her fate, the question remains: can she outrun death?

-Directed by: Pete Anderson

Marlon, a down-on-his-luck drifter living in his camper, unknowingly attracts the attention of a supernatural stalker that begins to unravel his already fragile life.

- Directed by Aislynn Koehler

A journalist clinging to an obsession with a government coverup is horrified to find that a monster he thought was eradicated by the US Military has hijacked its way inside of his own house…and it’s hungry.

-Directed by: Cary Leavy

A filmmaker asks his chatbot for the scariest horror concept ever- instead, he learns the gruesome legend of the Face Crusher!

-Directed by: Luke St. Germaine