{{short description|Horror film festival}} {{Infobox film festival | name = Telluride Horror Show | location = Telluride, Colorado, USA | founded = 2010 | language = International | website = [https://www.telluridehorrorshow.com/ telluridehorrorshow.com] }}
'''The Telluride Horror Show''' is a genre [[film festival]] that takes place in the mountain resort town of [[Telluride, Colorado]].
Over a three day weekend each mid-October, the festival exhibits [[Horror films|horror]], [[dark fantasy]] films, [[sci-fi films]], and [[Thriller films|thriller]] films from around the world and attendees from all over the [[United States]].<ref>{{cite web | url=http://www.fangotv.com/qa-telluride-horror-show-festival-director-ted-wilson/| title=Q&A: Telluride Horror Show Festival Director Ted Wilson}}</ref>
[[The New York Times]] named it one of the "5 Halloween Festivals Worth Traveling For", [[Moviemaker magazine|Moviemaker Magazine]] included it in the "World's 50 Best Genre Festivals" in 2021, and [[Dread Central]] named it one of "The Best Horror Festivals in the World" in 2022.<ref>{{Cite news |last=Piepenburg |first=Erik |date=2024-10-01 |title=5 Halloween Film Festivals Worth Traveling For |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2024/10/01/travel/horror-film-festivals-halloween.html |access-date=2025-03-06 |work=The New York Times |language=en-US |issn=0362-4331}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |date=2020-10-27 |title=World's 50 Best Genre Film Festivals 2021 — MovieMaker |url=https://www.moviemaker.com/best-genre-festivals-2021/7/ |access-date=2025-03-06 |website=www.moviemaker.com |language=en-US}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Weinstein |first=Max |date=2022-03-23 |title=The Best Horror Festivals in the World 2022 |url=https://www.dreadcentral.com/news/424491/the-best-horror-festivals-in-the-world-2022/ |access-date=2025-03-06 |website=Dread Central |language=en-US}}</ref>
==History== Founded in 2010, the Telluride Horror Show is Colorado's first and longest-running genre film festival.<ref>{{cite web | url=https://303magazine.com/2017/09/telluride-horror-show-2017-initial-lineup-film/ | title=Telluride Horror Show Announced its Initial Lineup of Films| date=2017-09-07}}</ref>
Films are shown in three theaters: the Palm, the Nugget Theater, and the historic Sheridan Opera House.<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.telluridehorrorshow.com/venues | title=Venues | Telluride Horror Show}}</ref>
Additional events include the Creepy Campfire Tales and book signing with an established author from the [[horror genre]], the Pig Roast, the I Scream Social, the Killer Karaoke Party, and the [[Dread Central]] Horror Trivia competition.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://303magazine.com/2018/09/telluride-horror-show-2018-1/|title = Telluride Horror Show Adds More Films and a Scary Virtual Reality Experience|date = 3 October 2018}}</ref>
Since its inception, the festival's [[pulp magazine]]-style posters have been created by cartoonist/illustrator Mark Zingarelli.<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.dreadcentral.com/news/243390/telluride-horror-show-releases-fantastic-official-poster-eighth-year/ | title=Telluride Horror Show Releases Fantastic Official Poster for its Eighth Year| date=2017-07-26}}</ref>
At the 2015 festival, writer/director producer [[Henry Selick]] settled the long-running debate that his 1993 classic [[The Nightmare Before Christmas]] is a Halloween movie, not a Christmas movie.<ref>{{cite web | url=https://ew.com/article/2015/10/19/nightmare-before-christmas-halloween-or-christmas/ | title='Nightmare Before Christmas' director reveals whether it's a Halloween or Christmas movie| website=[[Entertainment Weekly]]}}</ref>
In 2018, the festival opened a [[brick and mortar]] horror merchandise store, Gargoyle's Gift Shop.<ref>{{cite web | url=https://gargoylesgiftshop.com/ | title=Gargoyle's Gift Shop | Unique Collectibles, Toys, & Merchandise}}</ref>
==Special Guests== '''2019'''<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.telluridenews.com/arts_and_entertainment/article_d985b13e-ea21-11e9-8e8d-c3c8521ee326.html | title=Telluride Horror Show has something for everyone}}</ref>
[[Kelly Link]], Pulitzer Prize finalist and MacArthur genius grant winner
[[Joe Bob Briggs]], film critic and performer
[[Eli Craig]], director of ''[[Tucker & Dale vs. Evil]]''
Joshua Hoffine, horror photographer
Meredith Borders, managing editor of ''[[Fangoria]]''
Jeremy Robert Johnson, horror author
'''2018'''<ref>{{cite web | url=https://ew.com/movies/2018/09/19/telluride-horror-show-festival-lineup/ | title=Telluride Horror Show lineup includes 'Killer Klowns,' 'Anna and the Apocalypse,' and Paul Tremblay| website=[[Entertainment Weekly]]}}</ref>
Meredith Borders, managing editor of ''[[Fangoria]]''
Stephen Chiodo, writer/director of ''[[Killer Klowns from Outer Space]]''
Jeremy Robert Johnson, horror author
[[Paul G. Tremblay]], horror author and editor
'''2017'''<ref>{{cite web | url=https://303magazine.com/2017/09/telluride-horror-show-just-announced-films-already-terrified/ | title=Telluride Horror Show Just Announced More Films and We're Already Terrified| date=2017-09-29}}</ref>
Meredith Borders
[[Jon Davison]], film producer
Jeremy Robert Johnson
Tyler MacIntyre, director of ''[[Tragedy Girls]]''
[[Greg McLean (filmmaker)|Greg McLean]], film director
[[Patrick Brice]], film director
'''2016'''<ref>{{cite web | url=https://bloody-disgusting.com/movie/3408963/telluride-horror-show-announces-second-wave-films/ | title=Telluride Horror Show Announces Second Wave of Films| date=2016-10-05}}</ref>
[[Joe R. Lansdale]], horror author
Sam Suchmann and Mattie Zufelt, writers/stars of ''[[Spring Break Zombie Massacre]]''
'''2015'''
Henry Selick, writer/producer/director
[[John Carroll Lynch]], actor/director
Stephen Cognetti, writer/director of [[Hell House LLC]]
== See also ==
* [[List of fantastic and horror film festivals]]
==References== {{Reflist}}
== External links == *{{official website|https://www.telluridehorrorshow.com/}}
[[Category:Film festivals in Colorado]] [[Category:Film festivals established in 2010]] [[Category:2010 establishments in Colorado]] [[Category:Telluride, Colorado]] [[Category:Fantasy and horror film festivals in the United States]] [[Category:Science fiction film festivals]]