Soho Horror Pride 2026 Lineup Announcement
We hope you like your gore with glitter, as this June see’s the return of Soho Horror Pride, the world’s biggest LGBTQ+ genre film festival. Returning to the airwaves for it’s 7th edition, the event will play host to a celebration of queer frights and delights all viewable from the comfort of your own home; and for the first time ever the festival will also host a one-day special event at The Arzner (London’s only LGBTQ+ cinema) bringing the very best contemporary horror to the big screen. And with Pride month just around the corner, they’ve revealed the full lineup of the 50+ films that make up to these fiendish festivities.
Fresh from tearing up the film festival circuit worldwide, three stand out films will find their English premiere’s at the theatrical festival. Avalon Fast’s ethereally witchy CAMP, a dreampop modernisation of The Craft that masterfully plays with grief and the power of sisterhood, is sure to cast its spell over the audience. The arts of the occult take an even darker turn in the slow boil feel bad confines of internal homophobia with HER WILL BE DONE from Julia Kowalski. And taking the title camp more as a proud descriptive, the Chris Colfer starring THE RESTORATION AT GRAYSON MANOR brings sassy soap-opera slaughter to aristocratic heights when a young man finds himself in a battle against his own sentient severed hands!
Homo home invasions are bountiful as the festival’s tireless efforts to uphold inclusivity and accessibility will bring three whole days of unique virtual film screenings and events to streaming. Terror comes through the TV static in IT NEEDS EYES, and a modern queer classic gets a true dolls’ reimagining with the utterly unique and experiential WE MAKE THE TV GLOW. Slaying slasher tropes in the way only gays can will be the UK Premieres of Troy Escamilla’s gloriously gory HOLLOW LAKE, steamy serial killer hypnotics in the urban fairytale LABYRINTH OF LOST BOYS, tropical-gothic horror from Brazil with BIRTHRIGHT, and bringing a new meaning to the term stud, is Roger Conner’s MEAT.
Girl horror will never not be having her moment, and bringing femme fury to the virtual festival is a trio of terrors: teeth meets neck and stake meets heart in Bears Rebecca Font’s HOW FAR DOES THE DARK GO?, supernatural sapphic haunts in a special 10 Year Anniversary presentation of an underseen delight BRIDES TO BE, and prepare to have your foundations shaken by the powerhouse post-cult nightmare ABIGAIL BEFORE BEATRICE from Cassie Keet.
Soho Horror Fest will also bring a host of special live events across the two weekends, including a panel discussing Bisexual Representation in horror, an academic talk on sexuality and power in the horror genre from Katie Evans, an anniversary celebration of cult favourite KILLER CONDOM in collaboration with Gore Things Podcast, and a special live in person presentation of the beloved FriGay The 13TH Podcast as part of the theatrical festival. This portion of the festival will also host the International Premiere of Sam Wineman’s (Queer For Fear) side splittingly funny and unabashedly queer HAG (and yes, it’s exactly the kind of hag you’re thinking of), polyamorous panic in the sexually charged giallo ANYTHING THAT MOVES from the always transgressive Alex Phillips, alongside an absolute cavalcade of international short films that bend genre and much as they bend gender.
Festival director Mitch Harrod had to say: “It can sometimes feel like endtimes with rights being revoked, books being banned and narratives being erased, but let the horror history books set the record straight: queer is here- always has and always will be. It is an honour always to get to stand with the forefront of the genre and platform so many incredible filmmakers and voices from our LGBTQ+ creatives, as well as providing a safe space for our queer community. The festival will never not stand proud with that at it’s dark heart”.
Soho Horror Pride 2026 is a hybrid festival, with unique lineups for it’s virtual and theatrical portions. From 19th-21st June, the festival will run online and be available to stream across the UK (with select films accessible worldwide). For accessibility and inclusivity, the festival is run on a Pay-What-You-Like price basis, with a recommended donation of £50 to help cover the value costs of the festival.
The theatrical portion of the festival will run on Saturday 27th June and take place at The Arzner Cinema in London. Please see the website for full details on what is screening where.
In addition, a proportion of all donations will be given to Not A Phase, a charity that provides support for Trans, Non Binary & Gender diverse adults across the UK.
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