The Buried Alive Film Festival is back and ready for your spine-chilling submissions. With over 17 years of horrifyingly good fun, we’re returning to the Plaza Theatre on November 7-10, 2024 – Meaning you will have another weekend of Halloween!
What’s new this year?
We’ve amped up the excitement with more award categories, a fresh award design, the Sinema Challenge, enlightening film panels, a thrilling Festival Premixer, awards after party, and so much more.
FILM PRODUCED BY
MonsterBuster Entertainment, Director/Editor/VFX: Torey Haas, Assistant Camera: Tony Reams, Sound / Music: Hsiang-Ming Wen, Special FX, Props, and Costumes: Lucas Godfrey & Blake Myers, Creature Mask: Jason Hodges (Undead Forest Studios), Production Assistant: Tak Masuda, Storyboards/TV Cultist: Jay Holloway Creature: Billy Curan

Recommendations of horror experiences through out the year.
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Giving Thanks to Horror: 13 Thanksgiving Horror Films to Feast Your Eyes On
Thanksgiving is a time for giving thanks and spending quality moments with loved ones. However, for horror fans looking to add a touch of terror to their holiday season, these 13 Thanksgiving-themed horror films offer an array of gruesome, suspenseful,
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Buried Alive Film Festival 2024 Returns to The Plaza Theatre!
Hello, horror aficionados and film enthusiasts! We've got spine-tingling news that will send shivers down your spine and leave you counting down the days until November 7th, 2024. The Buried Alive Film Festival is back, and it's returning to its
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COVID Delays the Fest, But BAFF Will Not Die!
Sadly, we had to make a decision, along with our venue, to once again delay this year’s festival. However, we refuse to let this year’s festival die. Through careful consideration on projections and post holiday concerns, new dates have been
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You Love It or Hate It, There’s No In Between: THE GOD INSIDE MY EAR at BAFF 2019
These were the words of William Tokarsky, who voiced the role of the toy gnome “Mr. Stuffy Bottoms” in Joe Badon’s surreal head trip The God Inside My Ear.
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Cast and Crew of DUYSTER Talk About Their Unique Found Footage Gem
Forgive the poor sound quality at times and the tilter way he sits and looks at the camera, as Justin is new to recording video interviews after years of exclusively recording audio podcasts. Thankfully, the cast and crew of Duyster
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Celebrating Indie Horror: Georgia State Signal Talks BAFF 2016
If you like to celebrate Halloween year-round, you won’t have to go farther than Little Five Points to get your next horror fix. With plenty of fake blood at the ready, Buried Alive Film Festival will keep you on the
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INTERVIEW: Brian Lonano Has a Collection of Short Films on Arrow Player Out Now
This interview was conducted by our very own Justin Harlan for Cinapse in 2019 to promote Brian Lonano’s shorts collection on Arrow’s streaming service. Brian’s films and Brian himself are always mainstays at our annual festivals, from Sinema Challenge entries
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Julian the Viking Returns, But Now He’s a Foodie Vlogger
Julian didn’t actually go anywhere, but we figured that since he left our humble horror festival a few years back, you may have lost touch with what’s he’s been up to. The answer is… an awful lot. But, before we
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Black Comedy to Grotesque Gorefests: Backstage Calls BAFF a Festival to Attend
While other local horror film festivals help Atlantans get in the Halloween spirit, the Buried Alive Film Fest keeps that spirit alive well into November. For its 11th year, the festival expands from two to four days and moves to 7 Stages