2025 Festival

The 2025 festival was planned over the course of a full year, and it was a whirlwind of excitement, energy and enthusiasm. This page will be updated over the next few days.

2025 Films

Here are all the films that played at DOW 2025

The First Dead of Winter Horror Festival was Outstanding story, planned in 74 days, it had over 500 attendees, sold out the vendor spaces and finally brought some fear to the stunning venue of Mechanic's Hall.

This event has led to a large scale indie horror movement in New England, and is just getting started. Check out the 2024 recap video.