For seven years, Haunted Pamlico has presented thrills, scares, and screams from hundreds of sci-fi, horror, and suspense filmmakers the world over through our Carnival of Darkness: The Haunted Pamlico Film Festival. 

 

From the beginning, we've incorporated vendors, special guests, entertainers, film premieres, variety shows, costume contests, and more into the festival. 

 

In 2024, our first-ever Halloween Festival ran alongside Carnival of Darkness during the Smoke on the Water barbecue festival, one of the largest events in Washington, N.C.

 

This year, the Halloween Festival and Carnival of Darkness return with a vengeance, Oct. 17-18 at the historic Turnage Theater and elsewhere in downtown Washington. 

 

Scheduled events within our festivals include live music, scare actors, candy-giving, Creepy Karaoke, children's programs, a horror-film panel, elaborate decorations, the "Horror Show V" variety show, concessions by the Turnage, our brand-new Haunted History Tour, screenings of films from around the globe, and a great deal more.

 

Tickets to our indoor events cost $10 per person or $20 for a pass to both days of the festivals. Advance tickets go on sale Aug. 25 through the Beaufort County Arts Council/Turnage Theater. To find tickets online, please follow the ticket link below and/or visit artsofthepamlico.org. Tickets will be on sale at the door, also. Our outdoor events will be free. 

 

Please check our social-media accounts for more frequent updates or feel free to email us at hauntedpamlico1@gmail.com. 

 

On Oct. 17-18, the hopes, dreams, and nightmares of the world converge on downtown Washington. 

 

We'll be there, fright fans. Will you?