Screams by the sea

08/09/2026

👻CALLING HORROR FILMMAKERS👻

We want to see: horror, thriller, comedy-horror, fantasy, sci-fi, & documentaries. Our international film festival is going to program:
🔪6 Feature films;
🔪3 hours of short films;
🔪Screen writing competition - feature films ready for production.

📽It's time to submit your films and screenplays for Screams By The Sea 2027.

📼Full rules and conditions are on our Filmfreeway page. (link in bio)

02/09/2026

Time to get groovy and gruesome with horror master Bob Clark’s Children Shouldn’t Play With Dead Things (1972). Join us at Wednesday 8pm over on our Discord server! https://discord.gg/u2PxNcFKPU

THE SCREAMING HOUR❓ Twice a month our horror community gets together on Discord to watch a film picked by YOU, from the Shudder library. Presented by BROKE N’ HEARTLESS VIDEO CRIT! Cyber Party Massacre

29/07/2026

After a slight disruption of our usual programming we’re BACK with 2025’s Touch Me. It’s going to be a WILD one so don’t miss it.
Join us at 8pm over on our Discord server! https://discord.gg/u2PxNcFKPU

THE SCREAMING HOUR❓ Twice a month our horror community gets together on Discord to watch a film picked by YOU, from the library. Presented by BROKE N’ HEARTLESS VIDEO .

17/06/2026

The indie film that brought you laughs, and “Stink-O-Vision” 👀

Dead Lover, the offbeat horror-comedy that turned heads on the international festival circuit and introduced cinema audiences to

15/06/2026

👻SUBMISSIONS ARE NOW OPEN👻

Do you have a brand new horror feature?
Or a chilling short film?
Have you finished an awesome feature screenplay?

👀Our programmers and teams are ready to see your films.

📽It's time to submit your films and screenplays for Screams By The Sea 2027.

📼Full rules and conditions: https://filmfreeway.com/SCREAMSBYTHESEA

08/06/2026

Hey Screamers.

We had to make a small change to our Discord. All of your current access won't be effected after this verification.

For those joining us this Wednesday for the SCREAMING HOUR on Discord - this is now moved to WED, 17 of June.

19/05/2026

The best place to stay informed with Screams By The Sea is our mailing list.

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👻Future events
👻Submission deadlines
👻Festival opportunities
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👻Secret parties & events

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14/05/2026

👻SUMMER SCREAMS IS HERE👻

For the first time ever our festival extends its tentacles in the warmth of summer with a one off special event - 😱SUMMER SCREAMS. 😱

On June 5th from 7pm this mini festival will see brand new movies screened at a new location in Bournemouth. Our partners over at OuijaBournemouth.com are turning their escape room into a creepy cinema room for the night.

Last week our mailing list subscribers were the first ones to hear the amazing line up that we have prepared for the night. The evening will open with dir. and produced by
📹Synopsis: Loner follows aspiring vlogger, Angus, as he embarks on a wilderness retreat to make videos about nature and disconnecting from city life. But an ancient Celtic presence protects the forest, and Angus' sanity and life is held at the mercy of a higher natural power.

From there the tension intensifies with , produced by
📹Synopsis: A modern Turkish family unravels under the weight of emotional tension and hidden desires, as their domestic life becomes a reflection of fragility and suppressed truth.

😈 Be there

13/05/2026

😈THE FIGHT IS ON 😈

For tonight's SCREAMING HOUR our audience didn't reach consensus. The vote was open for 7 days and at the end - A TIE!

So our host Wyn Wallace will prepare a quiz to pick the movie we see tonight. Join us at 19:30 tonight (13/5) on the festival discord server. We're picking between "HOST" 2020 dir. Rob Savage and "DOLLY" dir. Both of those are found right now on Shudder

Join us for a community watch on our discord (link in bio)

😱THE SCREAMING HOUR😱 runs twice monthly where we get together on Discord and watch a film together from the library. Hosted by

27/04/2026

Hello Screamers!
In a change from our normal scheduling we will be diving into Kill Your Lover (2023) TONIGHT at 19:30 over on our Discord server! https://discord.gg/u2PxNcFKPU

THE SCREAMING HOUR❓ Twice a month our horror community gets together on Discord to watch a film picked by YOU, from the library. Presented by BROKE N’ HEARTLESS VIDEO .