Queens of the Dead with Tina Romero.
Buried Alive’s Filmmaker of The Year
Join us for a special screening of Queens of the Dead, directed and co-written by Tina Romero, BAFF’s 2025 Filmmaker of the Year, followed by a live Q&A and poster signing. Buried Alive is honoring Tina for her bold contributions to genre cinema, her commitment to community empowerment, and her work with the George A. Romero Foundation, where she helps preserve her father’s legacy while uplifting the next generation of horror creators. With her vibrant, satirical debut feature about a queer Brooklyn found family battling a zombie outbreak, Tina is forging a legacy all her own, fearlessly innovative, inclusive, and barrier-breaking. This will be a night to remember.
Join us for a free event (RSVP REQUIRED) at the Buried Alive Film Festival, a powerhouse writers panel featuring Tina Romero (co-writer and director of Queens of the Dead), Dayna Noffke, Melanie Crew, Andrew Burn, and Anissa Matlock. Five writers from all walks of life sit down to tackle the questions every storyteller wrestles with but rarely voices aloud: What makes a slow burn work instead of feeling dull? Do you write toward your fears or the audience’s? How do you pitch a story that can’t be summed up in one line? This candid, no-fluff discussion dives deep into craft, creativity, and chaos, revealing the real horror behind the page and inspiring you to write your own monsters.
The Buried Alive Film Festival (BAFF) celebrates underground filmmaking and independent horror, championing bold creative voices, fostering connections between filmmakers and audiences, and providing an inclusive platform for diverse storytellers in the Horror and Sci-Fi genres. As we approach our 20th anniversary, BAFF remains rooted in its DIY spirit and community-driven energy, what began as an underground gathering has grown into Georgia’s biggest horror film festival, while staying true to its mission of uniting artists, fans, and genre lovers who thrive on the strange, the terrifying, and the unexpected. In 2024, nearly 800 guests filled The Plaza Theatre, proving that horror isn’t just entertainment, it’s a movement, and as we honor the legacy of founders Blake Myers and Luke Godfrey, we remain committed to cultivating lasting relationships, strengthening our community, and keeping the underground flame of horror alive.
Bad Prank
Writer Martin Berthiaume
BLACKOUT
Writer Scott Akers
Bleep
Writer Casey Leary
Blood Feathers
Writer Melanie Crew
Coercion
Writer Liam Mathison Farmer
Dead Air
Writer Eric Gorodetsky
Dysphoria
Writer Anissa Matlock
Flicker
Writer Caulin Morrison
Grace
Writer Anissa Matlock
Grave Affair
Writer Seymour Zeynalli
Imminent Night
Writer Joseph William Slocombe
Our Hearts Will Go On
Writer Chris Warner
Quentia in the Midst of Nothing Land
Writer Amir Hossein Ansari
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A Feast on Fear Begins: The Buried Alive 2025 Festival Bumper
This year, Buried Alive invites you to the table for A Feast on Fear, a grotesque banquet where every film is a course of terror. From spine-tingling thrills to blood-soaked nightmares, we serve horror in its richest, most decadent form.
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A Night to Dismember: Sinema Challenge 2025 Launches with Chills, Cheers, and Community
From the moment the doors opened, filmmakers, creatives, and horror lovers were immersed in a night designed to spark collaboration and summon inspiration. The Sinema Challenge networking event brought together registered teams and fresh talent, actors, FX artists, editors, DPs,
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Buried Alive Film Festival and Seed & Spark Join Forces for Free 2025 Webinar Series Empowering Indie Filmmakers
Georgia’s premier horror and underground film festival, Buried Alive Film Festival (BAFF), is thrilled to announce a powerful new partnership with acclaimed filmmaker platform Seed&Spark to launch a free, four-part educational webinar series aimed at empowering independent filmmakers. The series
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Buried Alive Expands from Screams to Scripts: Celebrating Horror Films—and Now, Horror Screenplays
The Buried Alive Film Festival (BAFF), Georgia’s longest-running horror film festival, is set to return for its 18th annual celebration of genre-defying, spine-tingling cinema. Taking place November 6–9, 2025 at Atlanta’s iconic Plaza Theatre, this year’s event promises more thrills
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Buried Alive Film Festival Returns for Its 18th Year with a Killer Twist
The scream-worthy wait is almost over. Georgia’s longest-running horror film event, the Buried Alive Film Festival (BAFF), returns for its 18th annual celebration of the macabre, the monstrous, and the mind-blowing. Taking place November 6–9, 2025, at the iconic Plaza
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The Buried Alive 2025 Bumper is Underway
and we’re thrilled to give you a sneak peek into the twisted brilliance of our wildly talented cast and crew. The Buried Alive Film Festival team returned to set, for a blood-soaked, behind-the-scenes shoot of this year’s anticipated BAFF Bumper. Festival
With a terrifyingly large amount of content on the festival schedule, how does a horror fan make sense of Buried Alive’s madness? It doesn’t take a scientist like Dr. Frankenstein to dissect.
Fear Potion #9: Buried Alive Film Festival UnEarth’s World’s Best Horror to Atlanta. Nov 19th, 2014 “With a host of filmmakers in attendance, this year promises to be a glorious celebration of horror, further sealing Atlanta’s place as the horror capitol of the nation!”
The Fifth Annual Buried Alive Film Festival invaded Atlanta’s historic Plaza Theater, showcasing the best in international short and feature length independent horror films. Hosted by author and horror evangelist Phil Nutman, the festival boasted the southeastern premiere of Frank Hennenlotter’s “Herschell Gordon Lewis, The Godfather of Gore” documentary, as well as screenings of Terry Gilliam’s short, “The Legend of Hallowdega,” and Greg Nicotero’s “United Monster Talent Agency.”
Their mission is to promote true underground filmmaking in the Southeast and beyond, while providing the Atlanta area with the best independent horror has to offer.
A lot of film festivals though tend to show the same old thing despite their venue and location differences. However, in Atlanta, GA, there is a truly inspired festival called The Buried Alive Film Festival which is scheduled for November 12 & 13 at the historic Plaza Theater.
Friday Nov. 7th at 1:15 PM
Block 04 – A Bite Outta You (Runtime: 115 mins)
Screen: LeFont
Insane 8-Week Keto Transformation (Short 18:20 mins)
Creature Fear (Feature 81:37 mins)
Q&A (15:00 mins)
Friday Nov. 7th at 2:00 PM
Block 05 – Dead and Decaying (Runtime: 86 mins)
Screen: Rej
The Girl in The Street (17:04 mins)
What’s the Deal with Jerry? (11:32 mins)
Shutter Sound (12:52 mins)
The Immortalz: Spooky Shit (4:55 mins)
Dont.4get2smile(10:00 mins)
Yathoom(14:37 mins)
Q&A (15:00 mins)
Friday, Nov. 7th at 3:40 PM
Block 06 – Slashers (Runtime: 106 mins)
Screen: LeFont
Bishop’s Day (11:01 mins)
Blossom Needs A Ride Home (09:19 mins)
djuna + lilith (9:41 mins)
Gaslighter (7:53 mins)
Prom Party Massacre (18:38 mins)
Scissor Sleepover (7:41 mins)
Macabre (16:55 mins)
Static (10:02 mins)
Q&A (15:00 mins)
Friday, Nov. 7th at 4:00 PM
Block 07 – Sweet and Naughty (Runtime: 108 mins)
Screen: Rej
Spanked by a Ghost (11:50 mins)
Sugar Rot (Feature 80 mins)
Q&A (15:00 mins)
Friday, Nov. 7th at 5:30 PM
Block 08 – Student Block (Runtime: 60 mins)
Screen: Mike
Q&A (15:00 mins)
Friday, Nov. 7th at 6:30 PM
Block 09 – Sci-Fi (Runtime: 108 mins)
Screen: LeFont
AMIRA (15:00 mins)
Betty (8:50 mins)
Cosmic Crash (1:40 mins)
K.O. – MALCRIADA (7:00 mins)
IMPOSTOR SYNDROME (12:31 mins)
Love and Hatred in Megawave City (10:40 mins)
Knifeman (0:15:27 mins)
Q&A (15:00 mins)
Friday, Nov. 7th at 7:00 PM
Block 10 – Intravenus (Runtime: 138 mins)
Screen: LeFont
Tempo Rubato (25:00 mins)
Intravenus (98 mins)
Q&A (15:00 mins)