The Telluride Horror Show is a 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, dark fantasy films, sci-fi films, and thriller films from around the world and attendees from all over the United States. History Founded in 2010, the Telluride Horror Show is Colorado's first and longest-running genre film festival. Films are shown in three theaters: the Palm, the Nugget Theater, and the historic Sheridan Opera House. 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. Since its inception, the festival's pulp magazine-style posters have been created by cartoonist/illustrator Mark Zingarelli. 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. In 2018, the festival opened a brick and mortar horror merchandise store, Gargoyle's Gift Shop. Special Guests 2019 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 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 Meredith Borders Jon Davison, film producer Jeremy Robert Johnson Tyler MacIntyre, director of Tragedy Girls Greg McLean, film director Patrick Brice, film director 2016 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 References External links Film festivals in Colorado Film festivals established in 2010 2010 establishments in Colorado Telluride, Colorado Fantasy and horror film festivals in the United States Science fiction film festivals