SXSW 2026 Horror Preview with Senior Programmer Peter Hall
Nightmare on Film Street - A Horror Movie Podcast
Kimberley Elizabeth & Jonathan Dehaan
4.5 • 1.1K Ratings
🗓️ 19 February 2026
⏱️ 46 minutes
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Summary
Nightmare on Film Street returns March 5th!
And in the meantime, we're bringing you a fun preview of all the gory horror awaiting you at the 2026 SXSW Film Festival. Joining us on the show today is senior programmer Peter Hall, who watched 600+ movies in the lead-up to this year's festival. He shares his thoughts and first impressions of the entire Midnighter slate of films, and his favorite major studio Horror world premiering at the fest next month.
On the docket: Ready or Not 2, They Will Kill You, Hokum, Buddy, Over Your Dead Body, Impostors, Never After Dark, and a ton more blood-splattered flicks that are sure to knock your socks off. Join usssss
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| 0:50.5 | from here to the afterlife, but it's hell outside. So, let's give a grave welcome to our hosts, |
| 1:01.0 | John and Kim. Hello again, Fiends. Nightmare on Film Street returns March 5th for a brand new season of the show. |
| 1:13.7 | But in the lead-up, we've got a couple fun episodes for you. This week, we're bringing you an interview |
| 1:18.1 | that I did with the senior programmer Peter Hall, who is responsible for bringing all the cool |
| 1:25.0 | movies to South by Southwest. We're talking about the Midnight Program this year and the other genre films that he helped program, |
| 1:33.1 | including, you know, all the horror movies that you're looking forward to this year. |
| 1:36.5 | We talk a little bit about Ready or Not Too, about They Will Kill You, Hokeem. |
| 1:41.6 | We even talk about, you know, silly crazy movies like I Love Boosters. If you guys |
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| 1:51.3 | movie's about. This is a great little preview of everything that you can expect at South |
| 1:56.9 | by Southwest this year. The festival kicks off March 12th, and this year's program is loaded with some kick-ass movies. |
| 2:04.1 | Movies that are on our watch list already, like Hocum. |
| 2:07.3 | God, I can't wait to see Hocom. |
| 2:08.9 | And it sounds so fucking good. |
| 2:11.3 | But yeah, we talked to Peter about what it's like programming, a monster of of a festival like South by Southwest. |
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