Pink Panic. Lavender Menace. Rainbow’s Revenge.

We’re serving up Gothic, slasher, supernatural, body, psychological, and generally toe-curling horror through a queer lens. From Frankenstein to Dr. Frank-N-Furter, and from Catherine Deneuve to The Babadook, the transgression of horror has often skewed a little…queer. We’re flinging open the closet door (don’t mind the masked man hiding behind our dressing gowns) and spotlighting the rainbow end of the horror spectrum. Gays lost in the woods? We’re into it. Lesbian vampires? We want them (seriously, call us). Trans Final Girls? Send them in. Experimental animation that speaks to the asexual experience? We’re here for it.

We set ourselves apart by building a community dedicated to queer creators and queer stories, from the campy to the truly skin-crawling. Horror has always embraced The Other, and queer folx around the world know a thing or two about being Othered. But we’re not alone.

Queer Fear Film Festival is a registered 501(c)(3) nonprofit.

Meet the Team

  • TIFFANY ALBRIGHT

    FOUNDER & FESTIVAL DIRECTOR

    Tiffany Albright is a writer and producer based in Greensboro, NC. Her work centers on women and LGBTQ+ stories, and explores identity, gender, sexuality, and class in genre film. Seeking to make the queer horror community more visible and connected, she started Queer Fear Film Festival in 2021. She is also a founder of Lunar Kitchen Films.

  • ANNA CROSBY

    PROGRAMMING COORDINATOR

    Anna Crosby is a recent graduate of UNC Wilmington with a degree in Film Studies and Sociology. Anna started as an intern at Queer Fear back in January 2022 through a program at UNCW. Anna has a passion for uplifting marginalized filmmakers and uses this as the foundation for all of the work done at Queer Fear Film Festival.

  • ASHLEY BASSETT

    SUSTAINABILITY DIRECTOR

    Ashley Bassett is a recent graduate of UNC Wilmington with a degree in Film Studies and Creative Writing. She started as an intern at Queer Fear in August 2022. Ashley has a passion for writing and creating stories focusing on LGBTQ individuals. She strives to bring queer stories and films to the forefront while working with Queer Fear.

  • SHANNON SILVA

    WEB DESIGNER

    Shannon Silva is a filmmaker and Professor of Film at UNC Wilmington. Her work has been showcased at festivals internationally. She founded and directed Visions Film Festival & Conference and is co-founder of the Expanded Environmentalism initiative. She is currently in production on an experimental animation that looks at climate change and disability.