Get ready for
VHS 2025
October 15 - 19 - downtown Vancouver
This season, VHS is taking over downtown Vancouver! With screenings at Cineplex Cinemas International Village, panels and table reads at Vancouver Film School, parties, networking events and the VHS Golden Tape Awards, VHS is making Vancouver the horror hub of Western Canada.
FESTIVAL PASSES
Includes advanced screening of
shelby oaks
All purchased VHS 2025 Festival Passes will also include a ticket to a special advance screening of SHELBY OAKS on Wednesday, October 22 at The Rio Theatre in partnership with the Rio and Elevation Pictures.
Actress Camille Sullivan will be joining to intro the film.
Directed by Chris Stuckmann.
A woman’s obsessive search for her missing sister leads her into a terrifying mystery at the hands of an unknown evil. With Camille Sullivan, Brendan Sexton III, and Michael Beach.
Camille Sullivan
SINGLE TICKETS and SCHEDULE
Wed, Oct 15th
TALES FROM THE CRYPT:
DEMON KNIGHT
SPECIAL 30TH ANNIVERSARY SCREENING
FOLLOWED BY THE VHS 2025 OPENING NIGHT PARTY
Wed, Oct 15th — 7PM - 9PM
Cineplex International Village
88 W Pender St 3rd floor
VHS is celebrating the 30th Anniversary of 1995’s greatest and goriest horror film, Tales from the Crypt: Demon Knight. With special guests, stars William Sadler & Sherrie Rose, Producers Gil Adler & Alan Katz, and creator of the Demons themselves, Founder of Masters FX, Todd Masters.
Q&A hosted by Gigi Saul Guerrero.
Ex-soldier Frank Brayker (William Sadler) is the guardian of an ancient key that can unlock tremendous evil; the sinister but charming Collector (Billy Zane) is a demon who wants the key so he can initiate the apocalypse
William Sadler
Sherrie Rose
Alan Katz & Gil Adler
Thurs, Oct 16th
The Haunting of Vancouver Film Tour
Ghosts, History & Hollywood
Thurs, Oct 16th — 2:00 PM - 5:30 PM
VHS is partnering with Vancouver Film & TV Tours to bring you the perfect blend of horror cinema and real life ghost stories with the Haunting of Vancouver Film Tour. Only 50 spots available at a special VHS rate of $25/person! Use code VHS25 at checkout (**** under "Add Promo/Discount Code", NOT UNDER GIFT CARD). - GET TICKETS HERE
⏱ Length: 2.5–3 hours | 🚶 Daytime walking tour | 🎭 Led by a local actorDiscover Vancouver’s most haunted and Cinematic sites including the Vancouver Art Gallery, Granville Street’s histoci cinemas, Gastown cobblstones & Steam Clock, Blood Alley’s Scandals & Ghost Stories, and MORE.
VHS Table Read Series
Industry Mixer, and Horror Movie Trivia Night
Thurs, Oct 16th — 6:00 PM - 11:00 PM
TABLE READ: 6 PM - 8 PM — Vancouver Film School, 151 W Cordova St
The 2025 VHS BC Screenwriters Development Program top 3 short finalists are being performed in a live table read. Join us and a panel of experts as we dive into these scripts and work to develop the best and brightest in up-and-coming local screenwriting talent.
Featuring Panelists: Dennis Heaton (The Order, Murder in a Small Town), Karen Lam (Curse of Willow Song, Armageddon Road), and Graeme Manson (Orphan Black, Snowpiercer).
Dennis Heaton
Karen Lam
Graeme Manson
MIXER & TRIVIA: 8 PM - 11 PM — The Pint, 455 Abbott St
After the Table Reads, join us at The Pint for a post-event mixer, and Horror Movia Trivia!
Mother of flies
BC PREMIERE
Thurs, Oct 16th
Doors at 5:45 pm
Screening at 6:30 PM followed by Q&A
Cineplex International Village
88 W Pender St 3rd floor
When a young woman faces a deadly diagnosis, she seeks dark magic from a witch in the woods - but every cure has costs.
Winner of Fantasia Film Festival’s 2025 Cheval Noire Award.
The short film “Pearls” by Alastair Train will screen ahead of the feature.
With Special Guest —
Director, Writer, Actor John Adam
DEATHGASM 2: GOREMAGEDDON
CANADIAN PREMIERE
Thurs, Oct 16th
Doors at 8:15 PM
Screening at 9:00 PM
Cineplex International Village
88 W Pender St 3rd floor
The long-awaited sequel to 2015’s DEATHGASM has finally arrived - VHS 2025 proudly presents the Canadian Premiere of DEATHGASM II: GOREMAGEDDON!
When Brodie, a washed-up metalhead, resurrects his dead bandmates for a battle-of-the-bands, the result unleashes riffs, gore, and apocalyptic carnage only DEATHGASM can deliver.
Written and Directed by Jason Howden
Starring Milo Cawthorne, Kimberley Crossman, and James Joshua Blake
Brought to life by the unwavering support of its global fanbase, Deathgasm II exists thanks to a wildly successful crowdfunding campaign – proving once again that true metal never dies, it just gets louder with a little help from its friends.
FrI Oct 17th
The Haunting of Vancouver Film Tour
Ghosts, History & Hollywood
Fri, Oct 17th — 2:00 PM - 5:30 PM
VHS is partnering with Vancouver Film & TV Tours to bring you the perfect blend of horror cinema and real life ghost stories with the Haunting of Vancouver Film Tour. Only 50 spots available at a special VHS rate of $25/person! Use code VHS25 at checkout (**** under "Add Promo/Discount Code", NOT UNDER GIFT CARD). - GET TICKETS HERE
⏱ Length: 2.5–3 hours | 🚶 Daytime walking tour | 🎭 Led by a local actorDiscover Vancouver’s most haunted and Cinematic sites including the Vancouver Art Gallery, Granville Street’s histoci cinemas, Gastown cobblstones & Steam Clock, Blood Alley’s Scandals & Ghost Stories, and MORE.
Student short films
PROGRAM
Fri, Oct 17th — 2:00 PM - 4:00 PM
Vancouver Film School
151 W Cordova St
Dead Time:
VHS SHORts Program I
FRI, Oct 17th — 5:30 PM - 8:00 PM
Cineplex International Village
88 W Pender St 3rd floor
Armageddon RoaD
A SPECIAL ADVANCED SCREENING
FRI, Oct 17th — 8:00 PM - 10:00 PM
Cineplex International Village
88 W Pender St 3rd floor
A hopeless romantic with big dreams, Steve is an ex-con hired to chauffeur a mob boss' girlfriend for a night. He's blissfully unaware that his passenger has died and is now possessed by one of the Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse.
The short film “In Old Ranchos” by Matthew Lucas will screen ahead of the feature.
Featuring Special Guest —
Director & Writer Karen Lam
sAT, Oct 18th
How to make a horror
VHS 2025 PANEL SERIES
SAT, Oct 18th — 10:45 AM - 12:00 PM
Vancouver film school - 151 W. Cordova St
Featuring acclaimed filmmakers: Eli Craig (Tucker & Dale vs Evil, Clown in a Cornfield) and Zach Lipovsky (Final Destination: Bloodlines, Freaks), Sabrina Pitre (Clown in a Cornfield, Final Destination: Bloodlines) and Jordan Waunch (Terror/Forming, Sisters of Sorrow). This panel dives into some of the best moments in horror films and deconstructs them, offering insight to listeners as to how some of the most impactful moments in horror films are achieved.
Zach Lipovsky
Eli Craig
Jordan Waunch
Sabrina Pitre
Moderated by:
Meghan Hemingway
ECHOES FROM THE VOID
VHS Shorts Program II
Sat, Oct 18th — 12:45 PM - 2:45 PM
Cineplex International Village
88 W Pender St 3rd floor
THE EDGE OF SANITY
VHS SHORTs Program III
SAT, Oct 18th — 3:00 PM - 5:00 PM
Cineplex International Village
88 W Pender St 3rd floor
“Monster Medicine”
portal to hell
Sat, oct 18 — 5:15 PM - 7:30 PM
Cineplex International Village
88 W Pender St 3rd floor
Director Scott Hansen, Devour
After a debt-collector finds a portal to hell in a washing machine at his local laundromat, he’s propositioned into feeding it sinners to save his neighbor’s soul, maybe even at the expense of his own.
The short film “We Live In the Dark” by Aaron Dawson will screen ahead of the feature.
DEVOUR
CANADIAN PREMIERE
Sat, oct 18 — 8:00 PM - 10:30 PM
Cineplex International Village
88 W Pender St 3rd floor
Get ready to turn up the terror when Devour makes its VHS appearance – a wild, blood‑soaked horror ride from Scott B. Hansen (Bad Candy) that pits raw metal, vampirism, and cannibal cults against each other in one night of horror.
An all‑female death‑metal band called “The Virginia Bitches” is stranded in a remote town ruled by a Warlock and crawling with cannibals. What starts as a search for help becomes a desperate struggle for survival, with brutal creature effects (led by Wayne Anderson), supernatural horrors, and heavy‑metal intensity. Devour delivers visceral thrills and macabre fun you won’t see coming. Director Scott Hansen and writer Desiree Connell will be in attendance for an exclusive Q&A to follow the screening.
The short film “Monster Medicine” by Veronica Felicity Johnson will screen ahead of the feature.
Veronica Felicity Johnson
SUN, Oct 19th
Horror…so hot right now:
Positioning Your Film in the Market
VHS 2025 PANEL SERIES
sun, oct 19th — 10:45 aM - 12:00 PM
Vancouver film school - 151 w. cordova st
A must-attend for emerging filmmakers, this panel brings together industry pros from Raven Banner, The Coven, and Pink Buffalo Films to demystify the road from production to global release and everything in between. Let’s talk about the business side of this creative profession.
Shawn Angelski
Kirk Cooper
Moderated by
Dennis Heaton
Anelle Dehghani
WHAT GOES AROUND
VHS SHORTS PROGRAM IV
Sun, Oct 19th — 12:45 PM - 2:45 PM
Cineplex International Village
88 W Pender St 3rd floor
foreigner
Sun, Oct 19th — 3:30 PM - 5:30 PM
Cineplex International Village
88 W Pender St 3rd floor
We can’t tell you what it is because that would spoil all the fun!
After the VHS Golden Tape Awards the festival will be screening a special advanced showing of a fresh, new, terrifying horror film.
Don’t miss out!
Foreigner tells the story of Yasamin Karimi, a Persian teen desperate to fit in at her new high school in 2004. When she dyes her hair blonde to blend in, she unknowingly unleashes a demon tied to the parts of herself she’s trying to erase.
Blending horror with heart, Foreigner explores the terrifying cost of assimilation and the haunting power of identity denied.
The short film “Leave Me Alone” by Shehroze Khan will screen ahead of the feature.
Director Ava Marie Safai
vhs 2025
GOLDEN TAPES AWARD CEREMONY
SuN, Oct 19th — 6:30 PM - 8 PM
Cineplex International Village
88 W Pender St 3rd floor
Join us as we present awards for the best of the fest across over 20 categories.
DETAILS AND NOMINEES COMING SOON
vhs 2025
SECRET SCREENING
SuN, Oct 19th — 8:30 PM - 10:30 PM
Cineplex International Village
88 W Pender St 3rd floor
Mon, Oct 22nd
Special advanced screening of
shelby oaks
All purchased VHS 2025 Festival Passes will also include a ticket to a special advance screening of SHELBY OAKS on Wednesday, October 22 at The Rio Theatre in partnership with the Rio and Elevation Pictures.
Actress Camille Sullivan will be joining to intro the film.
Directed by Chris Stuckmann.
A woman’s obsessive search for her missing sister leads her into a terrifying mystery at the hands of an unknown evil. With Camille Sullivan, Brendan Sexton III, and Michael Beach.
Included with purchase of any VHS Festival Pass, or with purchase of tickets to PORTAL TO HELL, or DEVOUR (while supplies last!)
Camille Sullivan
VHS 2025 Supporters
(John) Carpenter Supporters
(wes) Craven Supporters
The Alan and Gwendoline
Pyatt Foundation
(Guillermo) del toro Supporters
The Lohn
Foundation
(jordan) peele Supporters
Community Partners
