GOSH! Horror Show Paris is an horror film festival taking place in Paris, on Halloween.
Professional, amateur or student, at GOSH! we love all horror movies: Terror, dark, scary, creepy, bloody, funny, grindhouse, haunting, nasty, strange, unusual, macabre, gore, goth, sci-fi, fantasy... We want your film! Animation movie are accepted too.

The 4th edition will take place on October 31th 2026, for a screening edition, with a live audience and a jury in Paris.

Awards & Prizes

Best Horror film receive a trophy award.
All winners receive an original festival certificate (jpg file via e-mail).

- Best Horror Film
- Best Director
- Best Actress
- Best Actor
- Best Screenplay
- Best Original Score
- Best Make-Up
- Best gore FX
- Best Costume
- Best WFF film!
- Best Audience Award

Winning films will receive a text interview, available on our website
French subtitles provided by GOSH! (if an English SRT file available) 


Rules & Terms

Each film is seen and rated by a committee, including GOSH! Horror Show organizers: Magali Souart and Fabio Soares. 
All the movies are seen by the committee, there is no “pass by” accepted. 
Members of the committee can’t be involved in any way, in movies taking part of the official selection.

The jury takes in Paris and decide the final awards, except the audience award, given by the audience. 


- Selections will be notified by email
- Entry fees are non-refundable
- Participants agree that clips and images from their film may be used for any promotional purposes on our social media.

If you are selected, we will need:
- an official poster + 1 still (minimum) 
- An HD or 2k master of the selected movie in the best possible quality, download links
- An .srt file with English subtitles

Not required, but useful for our communication:
- a picture of the filmmaker
- your social media pages
- a press kit is appreciated

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  • Pierre Vassal

    Merci l'équipe! C'était top :)

    November 2025
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  • Jérémy Barlozzo

    Une vraie expérience de projection en public
    et un échange de qualité
    équipe au top

    November 2025
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  • Simon Young

    I have only rave things to say. If this festival maintains its commitment to keeping this festival on the course it's on, I have no doubt that it will become an essential French genre festival.

    November 2025
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  • Box Fish Productions

    A lot of fun, great team, and an overall great Halloween show ! Many thanks to Sergio and Magali

    November 2024
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  • Antonio Rotunno

    A really nice & communicative film festival. We're glad to have the french premiere of "UN TACO" there!

    November 2023
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