2025 Friday Night Kickoff

We’re excited to be kicking off our 5th year anniversary of the Sawdust City Fright Fest, on Friday, October 10th, 2025, with a very special 50th Anniversary showing of Wisconsin’s very own, The Giant Spider Invasion! This is especially exciting because director, Bill Rebane, is currently working on filming new scenes, with new characters for this cult classic. This is reimagining is scheduled for a 2026 release! We are also fortunate enough to be expecting a couple folks working on that reimagining at this amazing event to watch it with us and participate in a Q&A after the film.

There will be official merchandise available on Friday at the theater, but if you just can’t wait and want some Giant Spider Invasion SWAG so you can wear it to the fest, check out the OFFICIAL Giant Spider Invasion Merch Store.

Be sure to check out the entire line-up for more exciting independent horror films, from WI and around the world.

Admission at the Box Office Friday/Saturday (Cash Only) at The TIME Community Theater:
$15 for a full Weekend Pass (both Friday and Saturday)
$6 for the Friday Night Sneak Peak Short and The Giant Spider Invasion

Advance Ticket Sales via Well Attended (the service does add a $1 fee) :
Full Weekend or Friday Only

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Reflecting on 5 Years of the SCFF

What’s the Sawdust City Fright Fest All About?

Sawdust City Fright Fest is a thrilling indie horror film festival held at the Time Community Theater in downtown Oshkosh, WI—an intimate, volunteer-run venue that champions both local and wider indie horror filmmakers.

The fest began in 2021 as a curated one-day event and has since grown into a vibrant two-day celebration as well as occasional special presentations and mini-fests throughout the year. It places a special emphasis on Wisconsin-made films, while also welcoming works from around the globe. Local indie horror enthusiasts and filmmakers alike love the community-centered spirit and creative freedom the festival nurtures

Why This Festival Stands Out:

With a grassroots & local focus, our foundational commitment to Wisconsin filmmakers keeps the fest rooted in community and creative authenticity.

Because of the cozy theater experience at an historic, volunteer-run venue, our fest fosters a friendly, immersive film culture. The personal touches of live Q&As, custom giveaways, and a dedication to indie horror foster a personal connection between filmmakers and audiences.

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2025 SCFF Admission & Advance Tickets!

As promised, here’s the info for Admission prices and Advance Ticket Sales:

Admission at the Box Office Friday/Saturday at The TIME Community Theater:
$15 for a full Weekend Pass (both Friday and Saturday)
$6 for the Friday Night Sneak Peak Short and The Giant Spider Invasion
$12 for All Day Saturday
$6 for only the Saturday Night feature, The Lost Episode

Advance Ticket Sales via Well Attended (the service does add a $1 fee) :
Weekend Pass
Friday Night Sneak Peak Short and The Giant Spider Invasion
All Day Saturday
Saturday Night feature, The Lost Episode

For our 5th Anniversary we’re “sweetening the pot” and doing something frightfully fun for those of our audience who prefer to get Advance Tickets! We’ll be drawing 10 random names from the pool of those who purchase advance tickets and those lucky 10 folks will win a goodie bag! BUT! Not just any goodie bag! A custom, string backpack, with our 5th Anniversary logo! The bags will be given to the drawing winners as they check in at the box office to claim their pre-ordered tickets.

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2025 SCFF Save the Date

Mark your calendars! The 2025 Sawdust City Fright Fest will be October 10th & 11th, 2025, as always, at The TIME Community Theater in Oshkosh, WI! And we’ve got some exciting fun lined up for our 5th Anniversary!

Soon, we’ll begin our Advance Ticket sales. This year, everyone who purchases Advance Tickets will be entered into a drawing to win a special gift. Details on that gift when that sale starts.

We’re working on finalizing a very special Friday night feature presentation that we believe every Wisconsin horror fan will love.

We look forward to seeing everyone soon!

Friday Oct, 10th: Doors open at 6:30pm, fun begins at 7 pm.
Saturday Oct, 11th: Doors open at Noon, fun begins at 12:30 pm

The TIME Community Theater
445 N Main St
Oshkosh, WI 54901

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Selection Notifications Sent

All of the filmmakers should have received their selection notifications by now. We should have the line-up posted on the website and start posting about the absolutely amazing films we have in store for you soon.

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SCFF Submissions Closed

Submissions have closed for the 2025 season of the Sawdust City Fright Fest! The committee is hard at work judging the submissions and official selections will be notified on August 1st!

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SCFF 2025 – Submissions Open

Just dropping a quick note to announce that submissions are now open for the 2025 season of the Sawdust City Fright Fest. Our 5th season! Mark your calendars for October 10-11, 2025 and make your plans early to head to beautiful Oshkosh, WI for a weekend of films made by folks who love making indie horror as much as the audience who loves watching it.

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SCFF Presents: A Sawdust City Frightmas

Here’s a little Halloween trick and treat for the horror-loving fans of the SCFF. We put together a holiday-themed mini fest for you featuring a couple of our favorite Christmas movies!

The Sawdust City Fright Fest Presents: A Sawdust City Frightmas

To kick off the night is style is a saucy little creature-feature, the horror-short, Scary Little F***ers. Followed by, what we thing should be considered a modern classic, A Cadaver Christmas!

Saturday, November 23rd, 2024

The TIME Community Theater
445 N Main St, Oshkosh, WI 54901
7 pm Doors open at 6:30 pm
$6 admission

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Thank You, Filmmakers, Friends, and Fans!

Thank you so much to everyone who came out to the 2024 Sawdust City Fright Fest! Our committee dedicates a lot of time to putting together a fun and frightening film festival, and we have been so fortunate to have such amazing films to share with you all. Without you, our audience, we wouldn’t exist.

This year was full of outstanding films, 19 shorts and 3 feature length films over 2 days, and even more outstanding filmmakers. Although over 75% of this year’s line up was homegrown Wisconsin made, there were also fantastic selections from all over the country and around the world. We want to give a great big thank you to all the filmmakers who came out and participated in some Q&A with our own Mark the Movieman and our audience.

As always, we thank The TIME Community Theater for hosting the Sawdust City Fright Fest, and indeed the other mini-fests we do throughout the year. The TIME is a non-profit, entirely volunteer run community theater in beautiful downtown Oshkosh, WI. Not only do they host our fright fest, they show many independent films, screen 2nd run films, as well as host many great live events. all of which are reasonably priced.

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The Fabulous Features of 2024

Welcome lovers of Indie Horror to the website of the Sawdust City Fright Fest! With just a week until this year’s SCFF, our very own Mark the Movieman has, once again, done what he does best and provided us all with some insight into each of the 3 fabulous features that will be screening on Friday, Oct 11th and Saturday, Oct 12th 2024 at The TIME Community Theater. We hope you enjoy these interviews as much as we did!

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