Nickel Independent Film Festival

2026 Nickel 48-Hour Horror Challenge — 42 films submitted (TEASER)

NOVEMBER 4, 2026

A record-breaking 42 horror shorts were completed as part of this year's Nickel 48-Hour Horror Film Challenge. THE FILM LIST: 12:00am — Michael Lannon 2 Corinthians 11:14 — Jeremy Nolan A Hellthy Breakfast — Eric Elliott ABOVE — Elliott Blackmore An Evening with BrideZilla — EB Reid Aqua-cide — J. S. Elford atrevas ni engañes. {[do not] dare or deceive.} — Charles Dart Bad Apple — Luke Wheaton Charlie Charlie — Perfectly Centered Productions Fever Week — Oliver Quinton Footsteps — Cullam Bruce-Lockhart Forever Missing — Hannah Fowler Frictionary — Ryan Clowe & Alex Pierce Grounders — Logan Jade Mitchell Henderson's — Jake Delaney Ignoriss — Aileen Marcotte Inhabitant — D.S. Burton Inheritance — The Crew Knife Film — Stephen Haring Lost and Found Footage — Jody Rideout Magic Popcorn — Krissy Breen Misongo — Sandra Nekh No one's there — Lily Breen & Oliva Vokey One eye — Lucas Kean and Bruce Peddigrew One Knock! Two Knocks! — Liam O'Rielly Overseer — Marc Lafreniere Paranormal Support — Devon Rodgers Proof of Delivery — Melissa Wong Recipe for Disaster — Claire Dermody Ronnie Smith - HOT GAY VAMPIRE #3 - VAMPZZZ — Jana Gillis ROOMMATES — Mrs. Bones SHH — Dan Gosse Shoe Killer — Mehzabin Chowdhury SLEEP TIGHT — JENNIFER OKORO-IGWE TEEF — Mike Fardy The Bathening — Alexander Pollock THE GAGGLE — shan leigh pomeroy The Ooze — James Newhook and César Espinosa The Ordeal — Chuck Herriott The Scariest Thing That Ever Happened To Me At A Gas Station — Jacinda Sinclair Tourist Trap — The PALs — Clemens & Ricketts Uncle Ralph's House — James B.E. & David Downton

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