Panic Fest 2026 Horror Preview with Co-Founder Adam Roberts
Nightmare on Film Street - A Horror Movie Podcast
Kimberley Elizabeth & Jonathan Dehaan
4.5 • 1.1K Ratings
🗓️ 26 March 2026
⏱️ 57 minutes
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Summary
Friend of the show Adam Roberts RETURNS to tell us all about Panic Fest 2026, and everything he and team are cooking up for the 14th edition of the festival. Panic Fest is one of our absolute favourite film festivals and this year's line-up includes a 15th anniversary screening of You're Next (on 35mm!), special presentations of Curry Baker's Obsession & Damian McCarthy's Hokum, as well as Spider One's Big Baby, the new horror-comedy anthology Grind from Brea Grant & Chelsea Stardust, and Scout Taylor-Compton & Danielle Harris' Last Chance Motel which stars A Nightmare on Elm Street's Heather Langenkamp in a bitchin' villain role!
It's another killer year for horror fans and Adam is here to share the must-see movies of the fest, spill his guts about which movies are his personal favorites and peel back the curtain a little bit on everything that goes into putting together a monster-sized festival for fans to celebrate film, make new friends, and have the best time week of their lives. Join usssss
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| 0:00.0 | You're listening to Nightmare on Film Street. |
| 0:05.0 | The current time is 666. |
| 0:10.0 | Traffic is clear ahead from here to the afterlife, but it's hell outside. |
| 0:17.0 | So, let's give a grave welcome to our hosts, John and Kim. |
| 0:26.6 | Hello again, fiends, and welcome back to Nightmare on Film Street, the horror movie podcast for the casually obsessed. |
| 0:33.6 | I'm John, and this week me and Kim are having Adam Roberts on the podcast, co-founder and lead programmer at Panic Fest, which is happening very soon in Kansas City, Missouri. |
| 0:44.7 | You know, we recently had Peter Hall on to talk about South by Southwest and that colossal film festival that just takes over all of Austin. |
| 0:56.6 | Panic Fest is one of our absolute favorite film festivals because it only takes place in one movie theater. So it's a lot like |
| 1:02.3 | going to a summer camp with all of the horror nerds in the surrounding cities. You bump into |
| 1:08.7 | the exact same people over the course of a week, and you all just |
| 1:12.2 | nerd out on films, get your mind blown out in the movie theater, and discover, you know, |
| 1:17.0 | some of the best films that have yet to come out. It is always one of our absolute highlights of |
| 1:22.1 | the year every time we go, and we are very bummed that we won't be there this year. But Panic Fest starts April 9th, runs to the 15th, |
| 1:30.0 | and we've got Adam here to talk to us about some of his favorite movies |
| 1:33.6 | that are going to be playing at the festival this year. |
| 1:36.6 | Some major studio movies that are going to be coming to theaters near you soon, |
| 1:39.9 | but a lot of hidden gems, movies that you've maybe never heard of, |
| 1:43.1 | so a lot of really good discoveries here. If you've maybe never heard of, so a lot of really good discoveries |
| 1:44.8 | here. If you're trying to make a watch list of movies that you absolutely have to check out |
| 1:51.0 | in 2026, this is a great place to start. If you are in any way close or in driving distance |
| 1:58.3 | to Kansas City, Missouri, we absolutely encourage you to make the track out. |
| 2:02.6 | But if it's too far or you just can't book out the time, PanicFest also has a virtual component, which is really cool. |
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