Here's hoping you like your gore with glitter, as this June sees 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 which are all viewable from the comfort of your own home. On top of that, for the first time ever, the festival will bring the very best contemporary horror to the big screen via a one-day special event at The Arzner (London’s only LGBTQ+ cinema). 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 the film festival circuit across the world, three stand out films will find their English premieres at the theatrical festival. Sure to cast a spell over the audience is Avalon Fast’s ethereally witchy Camp, a dreampop modernisation of The Craft which plays with grief and the power of sisterhood. Julia Kowalski's Her Will Be Done sees the arts of the occult take an even darker turn, with this slow boil feel-bad within the confines of internal homophobia. 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 battles against his own sentient severed hands!
Homo home invasions are bountiful across three whole days of unique virtual film screenings and events, part of the festival’s tireless efforts to uphold inclusivity and accessibility. Terror comes through the TV static in It Needs Eyes, while 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?, while a special 10 Year Anniversary presentation sees supernatural sapphic haunts in the underseen Brides To Be. Lastly, prepare to have your foundations shaken by Cassie Keet's powerhouse post-cult nightmare Abigail Before Beatrice.
Soho Horror Fest will also bring a host of special live events across the two weekends, including a panel discussing Bisexual Representation in horror, and an academic talk on sexuality & power in the horror genre from Katie Evans. There will also be an anniversary celebration of cult favourite Killer Condom in collaboration with Gore Things Podcast, and the theatrical festival will have a special live in-person presentation of the beloved FriGay The 13TH Podcast. This portion of the festival will also host the International Premiere of Hag (yes, it’s exactly the kind of hag you’re thinking of), a funny and unabashedly queer work from Sam Wineman (Queer For Fear). The always transgressive Alex Phillips delivers polyamorous panic in the sexually charged giallo Anything That Moves, and there will be a cavalcade of international short films that bend both genre and 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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Full Information can be found at WWW.SOHOHORRORFEST.COM
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