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Texas Frightmare Weekend

Texas Frightmare Weekend is an annual horror fan convention in the Dallas–Fort Worth area with a film program. Alongside celebrity appearances, autograph signings, parties and memorabilia vendors, it hosts screenings of horror films old and new, and its FilmFreeway listing says it has featured work by Texas filmmakers in screenings, panels and Q&As. It began in 2006 at the Grapevine Convention Center and has been held at the Irving Convention Center at Las Colinas since 2023. The 2026 edition ran May 22–24. Film submissions are taken through FilmFreeway, which lists no awards.

Convention · Irving · Since 2006 · Active

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Usually late May
Irving Convention Center at Las Colinas
Texas Frightmare Weekend (event director Loyd Cryer)
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Prizes
The FilmFreeway listing says the event offers no awards or prizes.

Notable

2026 edition: May 22–24, 2026; listed as running 16 years on FilmFreeway ↗︎
Past guests include Brad Dourif, Danny Trejo and George A. Romero ↗︎
Sources
  1. Texas Frightmare Weekend FilmFreeway

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