Friday Night Frights
Night Frights LA
2025
Active Since 2023
Night Frights LA Horror Film Festival brings indie horror to life, showcasing bold, chilling films and celebrating creators.
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About

From 2100films comes "Night Frights LA," a brother-owned, production-driven event based in Los Angeles. We pride ourselves as one of the scariest horror showcases in LA; screening short and feature length horror films. The festival will feature a diverse array of horror movies to keep you on your toes.


Mission & Objective:
At Night Frights LA, we're all about celebrating amazing work. This festival is created by filmmakers, for filmmakers. Our goal is to highlight exceptional storytelling, great camera work, delicious lighting, smooth editing, vibrant sound and lots of scares.


We're here to help your project succeed. We'll shout about it on our social media pages, making sure more people see and love your work.


This will be an event you won't forget, or want to miss. Submit your film now to become a part of the growing community of Night Frights LA. Don't forget to follow @nightfrightsla & @2100films on Instagram to keep up with our short films, festival updates, and feature films.

Benefits

NIGHT FRIGHTS LA CATEGORY AWARDS:
Best Horror Feature
Best Horror Short
Best Horror Micro-Short
Best Horror International
Best Psychological Horror
Best Found Footage Horror
Best Horror Gore/Splatter
Best Horror Comedy
Best Sci-Fi/Fantasy Horror
More Information regarding  Night Frights LA Awards:
Award Winners will be announced prior to the festival. Winners will be invited to attend Night Frights LA and the ones in attendance will be presented a customized certificate. Those not in attendance can obtain a digital certificate to print via the official website within 48 hours after the close of the festival.
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2025 Winners on Coverfly

Top 17%
Feature  · Horror  · 90 Pages
Already feeling trapped by their dead end jobs managing the local Escape Room, Seline and Kyle’s nights go from bad to worse when they get locked in one of their games alongside four on-the run thieves. Escaping this deadly game will require more than solving a few puzzles.
Horror novelist and short story writer, Michael Sexton has spent the past decade cutting his teeth and telling spooky stories through his penname William Sterling. He has sold works to Crystal Lake Entertainment, Dark Lit Press, and Cosmic Horror Monthly (among others), and is now excited to bring his brand of hacks, slashes, and chainsaws to the wo...
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Top 8%
Feature  · Horror  · 90 Pages
After escaping a toxic relationship, a #VanLife YouTuber delves into investigating the haunting of the demonically possessed camper van she just bought, determined to uncover the mysterious events that led to its supernatural affliction.
Delta, BC, CA
After finding out a little too late that I wasn't going to make the NHL, I decided to turn down a semi-professional hockey opportunity in Sweden to focus on college and screenwriting closer to full time. I am looking to infuse my own wit and energy on fun, tense, and original stories with inventive and emotional pathways that can have you laugh one ...
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Top 4%
Feature  · Horror  · 131 Pages
When Drew’s bachelorette celebration spirals from one comedic disaster to another and ultimately is doomed, Drew uncovers the ugly truth: her best friends are horrible people. Fueled by rage and revenge, the weekend descends into a bloody nightmare where survival is everything, people are murdered, and penis goggles are left behind …and nothing is ...
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Born and raised in Houston, Texas, Randi Krasny honed her comedic timing dodging zombie bites on Hollywood sets before flipping the script. Now a screenwriter, she blends humor and horror to bring her wild stories to life. When she’s not writing, she’s probably rethinking her life choices, but at least now, the dialogue is better.
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Rules

The Festival is open to any film that might be considered a horror film, or anything of a disturbing nature, dark art and/or frightening. Horror Sci-Fi, Horror Thriller, Animated Horror, Found-Footage Horror, Fan-Film Horror...

We are only accepting submissions here on filmfreeway.com and coverfly.com

Rules for Submissions:

I, the undersigned, acknowledge and agree:

I have read, understated and fully comply with all submission eligibility information, Submission Guidelines, Terms and Conditions of Entry and Entry Eligibility requirements.

To the best of my knowledge, all of the statements in this submission are true.