Antenna will hold Twisted Signals, a genre film festival, at 4 Los Angeles venues from October 22 to October 25, 2026. Twisted Signals runs 12 programs over 4 days, including 3 Los Angeles premieres with filmmakers in attendance. Antenna describes Twisted Signals as a genre film festival of Antenna and partner titles, past, present and future.
Each day of Twisted Signals has its own venue and its own theme. Tickets cost $15 per screening from Thursday to Saturday and $18 per screening on Sunday.
Twisted Signals 2026 festival details
| Festival info | Twisted Signals 2026 |
|---|---|
| Organizer | Antenna |
| Dates | October 22 to 25, 2026 |
| City | Los Angeles |
| Venues | Killer Fitness, Eastwood Performing Arts Center, Lumiere Music Hall and Brain Dead Studios |
| Programs | 12 |
| Ticket price | $15 per screening (October 22 to 24), $18 per screening (October 25) |
| Festival passes | Very limited number, sold through Humanitix |
| Individual tickets | Antenna Releasing website |
Twisted Signals October 22 lineup at Killer Fitness in Burbank
Twisted Signals opens on Thursday, October 22, 2026, at Killer Fitness, 822 N Hollywood Way, Burbank, CA 91505. The Thursday theme is the Embrace Your Anatomy Double Feature. Antenna bills the Thursday program as in-your-face Japanese genre cinema.
The Thursday schedule at Killer Fitness:
- 7:30 p.m.: Rubber’s Lover, presented by New Wave Video
- 9:30 p.m.: Scissor Penis, presented by Error 4444
Twisted Signals October 23 lineup at Eastwood Performing Arts Center
The Friday, October 23, program runs at the Eastwood Performing Arts Center, 1089 N Oxford Ave, Los Angeles, CA 90029, in Hollywood. The Friday theme is Meta Horror. Physical Media Society is the Friday partner and will run a curated pop-up of physical media and analog goods at the Eastwood Performing Arts Center.
The Friday schedule at the Eastwood Performing Arts Center:
- 7:00 p.m.: Friday the 69th, Los Angeles premiere, with filmmaker Alex Montilla and cast in attendance, screening with the short film Surprise
- 7:30 p.m.: Dead Media, with filmmaker Joseph Scrimshaw in attendance
Twisted Signals October 24 lineup at Lumiere Music Hall
The Saturday, October 24, program runs at Lumiere Music Hall, 9036 Wilshire Blvd, Beverly Hills, CA 90211. The Saturday theme is Movie Mixtape, which Antenna describes as something for everyone. Saturday has the longest schedule of the festival, with 5 programs from noon to 10:00 p.m.
The Saturday schedule at Lumiere Music Hall:
- 12:00 p.m.: The Nail Gun Massacre, presented by Pure Cinema Podcast and hosted by Elric Kane and Brian Saur
- 2:00 p.m.: Screen Drafts Live, presented by the Screen Drafts podcast with guests from the Colors of the Dark podcast
- 5:00 p.m.: The Man Whom the Trees Loved, Los Angeles premiere, with filmmakers Tehben Dean and Woodruff Laputka in attendance, screening with the short film The Projectionist
- 7:30 p.m.: Bluebird, Los Angeles premiere, with filmmaker Jay Arden Black and cast in attendance, screening with the short film Plastic Pastures
- 10:00 p.m.: A Serbian Documentary, presented by Unearthed Films, with director Stephen Biro and filmmaker Srdjan Spasojevic in attendance
Antenna will serve coffee and pastries at the noon screening of The Nail Gun Massacre. Hellbound Hearts, the virtual partner of Twisted Signals, will be on site at Lumiere Music Hall all day on October 24 to show its new retro platform for horror fans.
Twisted Signals October 25 lineup at Brain Dead Studios
Twisted Signals closes on Sunday, October 25, 2026, at Brain Dead Studios, 611 N Fairfax Ave, Los Angeles, CA 90036, on the Westside. The Sunday theme is Stages of Horror, covering creation, exhibition and execution. Sunday tickets cost $18 per screening.
The Sunday schedule at Brain Dead Studios:
- 4:00 p.m.: To All the Books, with filmmaker and musician Josh Malerman (Other Mommy, Bird Box) in attendance
- 6:30 p.m.: American Theater, with filmmakers Dylan Frederick and Nicholas Clark in attendance, screening with the short film Secret Menu Beauty Pageant
- 9:00 p.m.: Jump Scare, with filmmaker Donnie Hobbie in attendance, screening with the short film House Cat
How to buy Twisted Signals festival passes and tickets
Antenna is selling a very limited number of full festival passes for Twisted Signals through the Twisted Signals 2026 festival pass page on Humanitix. Individual screening tickets for every program are linked from the Twisted Signals page on the Antenna Releasing website. Antenna also sells Twisted Signals festival merchandise, including a festival T-shirt.
Twisted Signals runs at 4 Los Angeles venues from October 22 to October 25, 2026, with single screenings priced at $15 from Thursday to Saturday and $18 on Sunday.
