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Brooklyn Horror Film Festival 2026

Name: Brooklyn Horror Film Festival 2026
Start: 2026-10-15
End: 2026-10-22
Location: Nitehawk Cinema

One of the city's best genre festivals: bold new horror, a real filmmaking community, and a crowd that shows up. A strong room for anyone making genre work or looking to.

When: Runs Oct 15 – Oct 22, 2026
See site for daily schedule
Where: Nitehawk Cinema
136 Metropolitan Avenue, Brooklyn, NY 11249
Price: Ticketed

Getting there

Lto Bedford Av

B62

Full lineup & tickets →

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The Brooklyn Horror Film Festival is one of the city's leading genre festivals — a week of new horror features and shorts from around the world, anchored at Nitehawk Cinema in Williamsburg (with an opening night near Prospect Park). October 15–22, 2026. Full lineup and tickets are on the festival site.

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