Long Beach Film Festival to Screen “Nightmares on 4th Street” Horror Shorts Block

The Long Beach Film Festival is reserving a late-night slot for genre fans with Nightmares on 4th Street, a curated block of horror and dark-comedy short films.

Program details

Nightmares on 4th Street runs 90 minutes and will screen on Saturday, August 29 at the Art Theatre of Long Beach. The program begins at 9 p.m. and gathers eight short films that span a range of tones and approaches within the macabre and the comic.

What to expect

• Eight short films presented together as a single 90-minute block.
• A mix of horror and dark comedy, with stories that include monsters and cult themes among other unsettling subjects.
• An evening screening at the Art Theatre of Long Beach, positioned as part of the inaugural Long Beach Film Festival’s lineup.

The program offers a concise, genre-focused late-night option for festival attendees and local horror fans seeking short-form scares and offbeat humor. With its blend of monstrous material and creepy cult narratives, Nightmares on 4th Street aims to deliver variety across the short-film format while keeping the tone squarely within horror-adjacent territory.

As part of the festival’s inaugural edition, the screening presents an opportunity to catch emerging short filmmakers and compact genre storytelling in a communal theater setting. The Art Theatre of Long Beach will host the event, providing a traditional cinema environment for the late-night program.

For full festival schedules, ticketing and additional program information, consult the Long Beach Film Festival’s official listings.

Source: HorrorBuzz — Long Beach Film Festival Brings Horror After Dark with “Nightmares on 4th Street”