2024 SCHEDULE
Schedule is subject to change or adjustment. Make sure to leave extra time to avoid missing anything.
TICKET INFO: Tickets may be purchased in advance at Eventbrite or with cash at the door. Tickets for individual features or shorts programs are $15 each, or you can buy day passes for $25 each or full festival passes for $55. Tickets for B.A. Johnston are $10.
CONTENT WARNING: Most films are independently created and as a result are not rated. Films may include scares, spookiness, shock, violence, gore, coarse language, smoking, drug use, nudity, themes of a sexual nature, or other mature themes. Viewer discretion is advised.
— FRIDAY —
4:00pm – Doors Open
4:30pm – Welcoming Remarks & 2024 BOBI Awards
5:00pm – DARKNESS PREVAILS International Shorts Program
ENTER the Dark Woods (UK) // Stendhal (Turkey) // Visiting (Italy) // The D Word (USA) // Sincopat (Spain) // Three (Mexico) // Wheeze (Spain) // Sounds of Them (Japan) // Beneath the Surface (USA) // Thalia’s Nightmare (Germany)
6:30pm – Dinner Break
7:30pm – FRIDAY FEATURE PROGRAM
Shorts: The Ghost And His Unfortunate But Phenomenal Tale (Austrailia) // Turno de Noche (Spain)
Feature: From Darkness (Sweden)
10:00pm – Bay of Blood Presents B.A. JOHNSTON
— SATURDAY —
2:00pm – MATINEE MANIA
Shorts: *OC Horror Spoiler (USA) // **The Castle of Baron Finch (USA)
Feature: Massacre at Femur Creek (Canada)
4:00pm – Festival Mixer
5:00pm – ALL THINGS DIE Canadian Shorts Program
#BOSSBABE // Beware: The Manhunter // The Woman Who Wears Black // A Long Bite Goodnight // Skin // The Hangman’s Daughter // Northern Escape // The Skin She’s In
6:30pm – Dinner Break
7:30pm – SATURDAY FEATURE PROGRAM
Shorts: Birthday Girl (Canada) // Have a Good Day (Canada)
Feature: Purgatory Jack (Canada)
10:00pm – MIDNIGHT CULT CLUB
Shorts: Tunnel (Australia) // Zero Coordinates (Iran)
Feature: Voices Carry (Canada)
— SUNDAY —
12:00pm – BLOODY BRUNCH Animated Shorts Program
No. 8 Reporting (Canada) // *Fermento (Mexico) // LORD (Canada) // The Skin (Spain) // In the Heat (Canada) // *La Soglia (Italy) // Bubbleman Superstar Mission El Cobra (France) // Deadline (Israel)
2:00pm – Lunch Break
4:00pm – Festival Mixer
5:00pm – HORROR BEGINS Student, Emerging, and Local Filmmaker Shorts Program
*Nexus Infection (Canada) // *Scrubby Don't (Canada) // *Moving Images (Canada) // The Devil (Canada) // *Sherwood Book (Canada) // *Andrew Nettle and the O.W.L.S Exam (Canada) // *Here Lies the Truth (Canada) // *The Executioner (Canada) // *FOWL (USA) // *Stay With Me (Canada) // *Mine (Canada) // *Xylo (Canada) // *Are You Ever Alone…? (Canada) // *ghost fish (Japan) // *Bloodstained Secrets (Canada) // *Nyxhemera (Canada) // *Danny: Volume III (Canada)
7:30pm – SUNDAY FEATURE PROGRAM
Short: The Old Man in the Rocking Chair (USA)
Feature: The Activated Man (USA)
10:00pm – MIDNIGHT CULT CLUB
Short: Holiday Feast (USA)
Feature: Bakemono (Japan)
*Student/Emerging Filmmaker
**World Premiere