Phoenix FearCON XII will be LIVE and VIRTUAL for 2024!
The festival is now the foundation for a new streaming channel dedicated to horror, sci-fi, fantasy, mystery, and suspense. Films will be adjudicated by a panel of professionals and viewed by attendees live on FEARCON TERROR-VISION on ROKU. Viewership is worldwide. We will announce the films chosen to screen on September 15th 2024.

Phoenix FearCON XIi Independent Horror Film Festival is a community-driven event focused on independent horror film maker, and the obstacles they face trying to get their film projects noticed. In addition, we aim to make our events interactive, so that there are not just film screenings. We invite local performers and local celebrities for performances and meet/greets with their fans. Our volunteer staff work tirelessly and without compensation to make sure the FearCON is the best event visited by our guests and filmmakers.

Phoenix FearCON originally started out in 2006 as the Phoenix Fear Film Festival, showcasing local and international independent horror films at the now defunct Paper Heart, a small art gallery. We have since grown to a large venue and have been a vanguard event, dedicated to strengthening the general understanding of horror genre film culture by providing audiences with independent, cutting‐edge, original films – and authentic representations of horror from around the world.

Through time the festival has evolved to include a wider variety of genres for audiences to enjoy, all of which portray a different aspect of terror along with an atmosphere dedicated to the horror movie fan, including special musical presentations, special effects demonstrations, panel discussions, Q&A with cast and crew, fashion shows and more.

Phoenix FearCON provides a significant opportunity for audiences to come and see what independent Horror is all about from different perspectives and reflect.

Cinema is a bridge that connects us all. The committee members and our volunteers have a passion and energy dedicated to this event.

FEARCON 2022 FILM AWARDS

Best Feature: A Place Among the Dead
Best Overseas Feature: Killing Time
Best Performance: Kimberly Laferriere, Do Not Disturb
Best Director: John Longenbaugh, Nightmoor Manor
Best SFX: Judy
Best Short: The Order
Best Overseas Short: The Microscope