Saturday, October 10, 2026
Los Angeles, CA
The London West Hollywood – Beverly Hills, CA
WHAT:
Talent arrivals for SCARY GIRLS: A Short Film Showcase of Women in Horror and Comedy presented by DesiMo Productions.
Come for the scaries, stay for the party!
Costumes & Halloween-inspired attire are encouraged! 🎃
SCARY GIRLS celebrates horror-comedy genre shorts created by female & gender-expansive filmmakers. Enjoy a screening of curated horror/comedy shorts from a talented line-up of filmmakers, followed by the inaugural SCARY GIRLS Awards including the Trailblazer Award and Visionary Awards to our Guests of Honor.
WHO:
Annapurna Sriram (Fucktoys), Laith Ashley (Strut, Taylor Swift’s Midnights), Naomi Grossman (American Horror Story), Shreya Navile (SKIN) Kate Lavrentios (Six feet Above Podcast), Mackenzie Barmen (Lewis and Clark) Desiree Staples (My Divorce Party, The Blue Diamond), Laganja Estranja (RuPaul’s Drag Race), Brendan Scannell (Bonding), Lizzy McGroder, Sam Fox (The Blue Diamond), Love Bailey, Brittany Glover, Hari Tahov, Jake Hagen (Halloween Baking Championship), Franny Lucania, Kianna Nycole, Matthew B (Welcome Matt Comedy), Onicks, Apoorva Gundeti, Nikki Braendlin, Matt Boman, Jasmine Osean, Alexandra Hayden, Aimee Hoffman, Urvashi Pathania, Callie Bloem and Chris Ewing, Sharmila Ray, and more!
Sponsored by: SHOTDECK, Bivium, Laverne McKinnon, CAKE,
Bakes by Jake, The Murphy Group, DollHaus, and more…
WHEN:
Saturday, October 10, 2026
Press Check-In: 3:00PM
Talent Arrivals: 3:30PM
Event Begins: 4:00PM
Screening and Filmmaker Q&A: 5-7:00PM
Trailblazer and Visionary Awards Presentation: 7-7:30PM
Monster Bash Networking Cocktail Hour: 7-30-8:00PM
Monster Bash Live Concert! 8-10PM
WHERE:
The London West Hollywood
1020 N San Vicente Blvd
West Hollywood, CA 90069
FILM LINE-UP:
WALL UDDER – Directed by Alexandra Hayden
BEDFUCK – Directed by Lizzy McGroder
BOUNCE HOUSE – Directed by Callie + Chris
OPEN WIDE – Directed by Sam Fox
SKIN – Directed by Urvashi Pathania
TRANZ PANIC! – Directed by LOVE Bailey & Matt Boman
KANDIE – Directed by Jasmine Osean
BURNT ORANGE – Directed by Sharmila Ray
DEBBIE WALKS HER DUCK – Directed by Nikki Braendlin
DADDA – Directed by Aimee Hoffman
