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A film festival and industry summit celebrating disability, genre, and all that’s good in the world.
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Do you want your horror film to be screened at the 2026 Access:Horror Film Festival?

Apply today at accesshorror.com 🩸
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November 14, 2025 at 8:22 PM
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Today’s Monday Movie Must Watch is Prevenge, a horror film that follows a pregnant widow that embarks on a killing spree at the direction of her unborn child to get revenge for the death of her husband.

What other women in horror films are on your watchlist this month? 🤰
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November 10, 2025 at 6:24 PM
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It’s already November, which means the year is winding down, but not here at Access:Horror. Submissions for the 2026 Access:Horror Film Festival are now open and we want to see your horror films!

Join us at accesshorror.com
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November 6, 2025 at 4:26 PM
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This Monday, we’re back with another Monday Movie Must-Watch Recommendation. We’re focusing on women in horror this month, which brings us to our first must-watch: The Lure (2015). 

Have you seen it yet? 🧜‍♀️
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November 3, 2025 at 3:34 PM
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Happy Halloween from all of us here at Access:Horror - we wish you a spooktacular day spent watching your favorite horror films!

#happyhalloween #halloween #horrormovies #horrormovie #horror
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October 31, 2025 at 5:47 PM
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Tomorrow is your last chance to watch our 2025 Shorts Program on @shudder.com!
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October 29, 2025 at 6:46 PM
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This Thursday, Access:Horror and Superfest are coming together from 5:30pm PT - 8:00pm PT to offer you a delightfully macabre Halloween movie night, featuring all disability stories.

Register for free: disabilityculturalcenter.org/event/access...
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October 28, 2025 at 8:11 PM
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A Quiet Place: Day One is our final Movie Must-Watch for October! 

For those of you who have cats, have you tried the quiet challenge yet? 🐈‍⬛

#aquietplace #aquietplacedayone #movierecommendation #horrormovies
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October 27, 2025 at 8:30 PM
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“Given that all of us will experience disability and horror in our lifetimes, I consider the work of this festival to be necessary planning for the future.  But let’s have a goddamn good time while we do it.” – Ariel Baska

Submit to our 2026 film festival: filmfreeway.com/AccessHorror...

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October 23, 2025 at 7:10 PM
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Submissions are now OPEN for our 2026 Access:HORROR Film Festival! If you’re a filmmaker who creates art inspired by horror, fantasy, or the fantastic, we want to see your film. Films must be related to genre and disability – a full list of requirements is available at our submission link.
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October 21, 2025 at 6:53 PM
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The record-breaking Sinners took the horror community by storm this year, so this movie recommendation is likely to be a RE-watch for most of us . . .

What was the most memorable part of the film for you?
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October 20, 2025 at 5:15 PM
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We are already halfway through October, and want to give a heartfelt thanks to everyone who has donated to our project thus far. As we’ve said before, this isn’t just a movie, it’s a movement, and your support means everything to us and this community.
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October 17, 2025 at 5:27 PM
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“We have deliberately kept our program short, dark, and sweet. It costs a lot of money to provide accessibility assets for our programming, and by carefully curating, we hope to provide audiences with a useful frame.”

– Ariel Baska, creator of Access:HORROR

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October 16, 2025 at 5:12 PM
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This week’s movie must-watch is Hellraiser, the 1987 supernatural horror film that introduced the iconic character of Pinhead.

Have you watched all eleven of the related films?
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October 13, 2025 at 5:59 PM
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Monstrous Me is a documentary that harnesses the rich and untold power of horror as a way of reckoning with disability identity through cinematic monsters. We’re asking for a small donation of just $6.66 to help us get the funding we need to bring it to life.

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October 9, 2025 at 8:19 PM
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“At Access:HORROR we have expansive definitions of both disability and horror. Not everything here is likely to scare you, but hopefully taken together as a whole it will help you think differently about both disability and horror.” – Ariel Baska, creator of Access:HORROR

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October 8, 2025 at 7:18 PM
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It’s Halloween time and we’re planning an evening of creepy crawlies, spookiness, chills, and thrills.

See you there!

REGISTER: disabilityculturalcenter.org/event/access...
A muted orange and beige flyer for Access:Horror Screening: Halloween Edition event. Thursday, October 30, 2025 5:30pm-8:00pm PST. 165 Grove Street in San Francisco + Zoom. Adults only, ASL, Captions, Hybrid, Masks Required, Open Audio Descriptions. Register online for free today.
October 7, 2025 at 8:02 PM
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A Nightmare on Elm Street is one of the classics that informs and inspires us here at Access:Horror, so of course it had to be the first must-watch recommendation as we jump into October. ❤️📺

#anightmareonelmstreet
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October 6, 2025 at 8:25 PM
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Scary season is officially here! As we kick off October, we’re asking for something small but powerful. Would you consider donating just $6.66 to help bring Monstrous Me, to life?

Thank you for supporting independent horror, accessibility, and equity in film. ❤️
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October 3, 2025 at 6:03 PM
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Ariel Baska, filmmaker and founder of the Access:Horror Film Festival sat down with Akima A. Brown of Reel Talk with Reel Families for Change to share their journey toward creating more equitable, accessible storytelling in the entertainment industry, their 4-2-4 production model and more.
August 26, 2025 at 5:50 PM
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It’s only been a few weeks, but we’re already missing all things Access:Horror. Take a stroll down memory lane with us and enjoy these snapshots from this year’s festival . . . if you dare.

📸: Ana Andrea Arches

#accesshorror #disability #filmfestival #filmmaking #indiefilm #indiefilms #horror
A center image of Ariel Baska grinning in front of the Access:Horror logo as it’s projected on the film screen behind them. A woman with curly gray hair is hugging their shoulders from behind. The image is outlined in a white border that intersects with the above and below background images showing a pile of Access:Horror spiky logo magnets in red, black, and white. A center image of Ariel Baska speaking into a microphone alongside five other people lined up in front of a film projector screen. One of the men in line is limbless and in a wheelchair, with a live captioning screen behind him showing a transcript of what is being talked about. The image is outlined in a white border that intersects with the above and below background images showing the Access:Horror spiky logo onscreen with Ariel talking to a woman with curly gray hair and wearing a mask in front of it. A center image of the live Blerdy Massacre podcast recording shows Sharai the Slayer, Xero Gravity, and Karama Horne and Chuck Collins talking and laughing into microphones. The image is outlined in a white border that intersects with the above and below background images showing Access:Horror logo save the date cards with August 1st, 2025 printed on them. A center image shows six people sitting in a line in front of the Access:Horror film screen, which reads “Program No. 2 Short Films: Flesh of my Flesh & Live Auction & 2025 Awards.” A TV screen off to the side shows live captions. The image is outlined in a white border that intersects with the above and below background images showing audience members engaged with the event.
August 22, 2025 at 5:30 PM
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Thank you to everyone who joined us for this year’s Access:Horror Film Festival — this event is the success that it is because of the hard work and support shown by our volunteers and the incredible community we’ve found at the intersection of disability and horror. ❤️
Ariel Baska & Phil Nobile Jr. stand in front of the DCTV Firehouse Cinema step and repeat. Ariel is wearing sunglasses, a black shirt, and a black and white striped skirt with red roses. Phil is wearing a black suit. Their picture is framed by an off-kilter black rectangle and the Access:Horror 2025 spiky black logo is in front. Written red text up top reads "Thank you!" and all images are on a gritty gray and white background. Xero Gravity sits mid-podcast interview in front of the movie screen at DCTV Firehouse Cinema wearing a gray t-shirt with a long necklace. They have a green fade hairstyle. Their picture is framed by an off-kilter black rectangle and the Access:Horror 2025 spiky black logo is in front. Written red text up top reads "Thank you!" and all images are on a gritty gray and white background. Sharai Bohannon, Xero Gravity, Karama Horne aka @theblerdgurl and Chuck Collins sit mid podcast interview in front of the DCTV Firehouse Cinema movie screen. Their picture is framed by an off-kilter black rectangle and the Access:Horror 2025 spiky black logo is in front. Written red text up top reads "Thank you!" and all images are on a gritty gray and white background.
August 6, 2025 at 8:12 PM
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The day is finally here – our festival starts at 4:00pm EST this afternoon, with two unmissable programs stretching into the evening, including a podcast taping and Q&A’s with our featured filmmakers.

Let us know which film or segment you’re dying for, and we’ll see you soon!
August 1, 2025 at 5:25 PM
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The 2025 Access:Horror Film Festival is on FRIDAY.

Our second program, aptly titled Flesh of My Flesh, will take you on a blood-soaked journey that is full of visceral short films probing beauty, fear, and transformation beneath the skin. It will be airing in Program 2 from 7:30pm-9:45pm EST.
Six movie posters are scattered and outlined in a white border. Handwritten red text at the top reads SHORTS BLOCK 2: and white text below it reads FLESH OF MY FLESH. Left to right, the movie posters are #eatpretty, Flesh Ballet, Scarred, The Monster Inside My Head, Slashr, and Possum. The top three movie posters are: #eatpretty's central image shows a photograph of a shirtless man’s torso from neck to waist with a heart-shaped sugar cookie with red jam filling positioned over his heart. To the right, the next movie poster. A woman in a pink dress stands on a grotesque mound of human limbs. A man with deer antlers is among the bodies. The title “Flesh Ballet” appears at the bottom. The next poster shows A woman lies on a bed with syringes and pill bottles tangled in her hair. A gloved hand places a red pill on her tongue. The bold title “Scarred” appears at the top. Three movie posters are outlined in a white border stacked on top of one another with loglines beside them. Handwritten red text at the top reads SHORTS BLOCK 2: and white text reads FLESH OF MY FLESH. The three movie posters are #eatpretty, the synopsis reads "Anna, a successful product photographer obsessed with curated perfection, is overtaken by a literal hunger driven by social media-induced insanity, leading her to “consume” everything—including her dates. A critique on digital dopamine addiction and capitalist perfectionism." Flesh Ballet below it reads "A quadruple amputee and a seamstress metamorphose into a giant mound of writhing flesh—an unsettling commentary on disability and societal stigma." The bottom movie titled Scarred reads "Medical trauma is torture—this experimental short challenges the medical gaze and the disabled body as a freak. Brutal and haunting." Three posters with loglines. "The Monster Inside My Head" shows an eerie blue hand with glowing green nails holding puppet strings attached to the bright green title. The logline reads "A woman is tormented by a menacing creature that tries to take control of her body." The next is a dark background with a mutilated, blood-covered torso spotlighted at the center. The bold red title “Slashr” appears near the bottom with a slash through the letters. The logline reads "In a remote mountain cabin, a young man escaping heartbreak is stalked by a ruthless killer he met via dating app—modern isolation meets classic slasher fear." The last poster is a bright pink background with fragmented collage of diverse faces and hands arranged abstractly. The bold pink title “POSSUM” appears at the top, surrounded by festival laurels. The logline reads "When the leader of an artist residency kills a possum that’s been eating their cauliflower, the residents reach a shocking consensus."
July 30, 2025 at 8:46 PM
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The Access:Horror Film Festival is this FRIDAY, and we’re giving you a sneak peek of the films you’ll be experiencing this year. Up first is our Womb to Tomb block, which will be part of Program 1 airing from 4:00pm-6:15pm EST and whose films explore bodies, birth, identity, and the human lifecycle.
Four movie posters are outlined in a white border. Handwritten red text at the top reads SHORTS BLOCK 1: and white text below it reads WOMB TO TOMB. The four movie posters left to right, top to bottom are Lady Parts, a magenta poster with dark pink liquid dripping onto a stylized anatomical illustration of a vulva/vagina inside the word LADY PARTS. The next poster is The Shadow Wrangler, which features the title in vintage yellow over a painted scene resembling a paperback romance novel. A cowboy pulls a woman close in front of a valley and wildflowers. She wears a red dress. The Golden Hour poster is a close-up of a young blonde girl with blue eyes against a warm, golden background. Her expression is thoughtful. The title “Golden Hour” appears at the bottom. The Tight movie poster is a still of a woman in white lies curled on a blanket in the middle of a bright green lawn, holding a baby. The image is shot from above, creating a sense of distance and isolation. Four movie posters are outlined in a white border stacked on top of one another with loglines beside them. Handwritten red text at the top reads SHORTS BLOCK 1: and white text reads WOMB TO TOMB. The four movie posters are Lady Parts, a magenta poster with dark pink liquid dripping onto a stylized anatomical illustration of a vulva/vagina inside the word LADY PARTS. The next poster is The Shadow Wrangler, which features the title in vintage yellow over a painted scene resembling a paperback romance novel. A cowboy pulls a woman close in front of a valley and wildflowers. She wears a red dress. The Golden Hour poster is a close-up of a young blonde girl with blue eyes against a warm, golden background. Her expression is thoughtful. The title “Golden Hour” appears at the bottom. The Tight movie poster is a still of a woman in white lies curled on a blanket in the middle of a bright green lawn, holding a baby. The image is shot from above, creating a sense of distance and isolation.
July 29, 2025 at 11:51 PM