Small Doll Productions

The Mercury Theater is offering Small Doll followers discounted tickets to their stage adaptation of the folk horror classic, The Blood on Satan’s Claw! When a strange skull is unearthed in a small English village and the teenagers of the village begin to behave bizarrely, the townspeople begin to suspect that a Satanic cult might be among them.

Shows will be on Thursdays, Fridays, and Saturdays from April 2nd through April 18th. Enter code SMALLDOLL at checkout for 20% off. Valid for online sales only. See link in bio on the Mercury Theater page or scan the QR code for tickets.

x present to you a new series starting this November:

"Scholars & Screens"
Great films paired with the amazing people who study them. Learn more about stop-motion, puppetry, film techniques and more!

We are starting the series with several Godzilla films:

November 1st: "Gojira" (1954)
With live/digital Q&A with Professor Bill Tsutsui!

About Bill:

William M. Tsutsui currently serves as Chancellor and Professor of History at Ottawa University, after more than 30 years teaching modern Japanese history and holding a variety of administrative positions at the University of Kansas, Southern Methodist University, Hendrix College, and Harvard University. Among the nine books he has written or edited are Godzilla on My Mind: Fifty Years of the King of Monsters (called a “cult classic” by the New York Times), In Godzilla’s Footsteps: Japanese Pop Icons on the Global Stage (co-edited with Michiko Ito), and Japanese Popular Culture and Globalization. He continues to speak, write, and teach on the Godzilla movies, monster culture in Japan, and the environmental history of Japan and the Pacific Ocean.

FAQ:

This event is FREE but we kindly ask that you purchase a beverage or food item to get your ticket to attend upstairs! Support local!

When you arrive at Old Major make sure to ring the doorbell outside to be buzzed in. Sometimes the buzzer is a bit hard to hear, but knock/gently open the door.

We hope you come prepared with all your Godzilla questions! Our talkback will be led by Small Doll's Shannon Ziegler. All questions can be emailed to us at [email protected]

We hope to see you there. Godzilla fan? Bring any art, clothing, or whatever you'd like to show your love of this iconic creature!

Calling all horror art makers, filmmakers, and fans 🩸
October 24th

Our 7th annual
Doors: 6:00
Screening: 7:00

FREE EVENT!!!!

Join and for the premiere of our 7th annual We watched over 500 films this year, come see the 17 that made us shriek while you shop the creepy works of local Baltimorean vendors!

🩸 17 Indie Horror Films

🩸 14 Local Vendors

🩸 Popcorn, Candy, and Soda!!!

🩸 Hauntingly Beautiful Hosting by

To RSVP for this free event click the link in our bio! Want to submit next year? Come join us to find out more! For questions, email us at [email protected]

Poster by:

Calling all horror art makers, filmmakers, and fans 🩸
October 23rd 6-9 pm

FREE EVENT!!!!

Join and for our “Filmmaker Meet & Greet” for the 7th annual

🩸 Meet fellow artists/filmmakers

🩸 Meet local production companies

🩸 Find out about our festivals and Sound of Horror and how to get involved!

🩸 Grab a free horror/film/DIY art zine!

Meet some of the artists from this years sound of horror and listen to some creepy haunting sounds from and Poison Pixy Stix .of.death

To RSVP for this free event click the link in our bio! For questions, email us at [email protected]

Poster by:

SAVE THE DATES! in collaboration with presents the 7th annual ! This year with 3 FREE amazing events! RSVP with the link in our bio! (Walk ups day of will be accepted, but registration is strongly encouraged)

October 23rd 6pm
Filmmaker Mixer - Kick off our event with your friends! Meet local filmmakers, musicians, and artists! Find out how to get involved with the Bmore Horror Film Fest and Sound of Horror Festival. Grab a drink and some free stickers and swag, followed by a special performance by

October 24th 6pm
Film Festival & Horror Market - This year we received over 500 submissions to our festival and have selected 16 terrifying shorts. Come watch the work of these incredible filmmakers and animators, grab some popcorn and snacks, and shop all of our local ghouls incredible work! (Filmmaker and Market Lineup coming soon!)

October 25th 6pm - Honourable Mentions Screening - Join us at Peabody Heights Pennant Room in watching the films from all of our honourable mentions this year! We will also have resources, zines, and more for aspiring filmmakers who want to sink their teeth into DIY filmmaking!

All of our events are free and donation based! Our events on the 24th and 25th are wheelchair accessible! Masks are strongly encouraged but not required. We are keeping track of COVID surges and will inform all if anything changes.

If you have any questions about our festival please send us a dm or email us [email protected].

Our “save the date” poster was designed by the incredible our friend and one of our favorite collaborators. Please make sure to give him some love and appreciation!

Stay tuned for more exciting announcements! Keep it Creepy Baltimore!

TOMORROW Friday, June 13th JOIN US for Small Doll Production’s inaugural “Gagged & Gutted: Friday the 13th Edition Horror Market & Drag Show!)

Featuring Performances By:
Glitter Macabre
Filthy Bite
Gnarly Charlie
Temptress Eva
Mama Od Endo
Mad Maxxi
Exquisite Co**se
Milky Hazard

Vendors:
pup.444
emimora.arts
Dirt vulture Apothecary
evangeline gallagher
glitter macabre
true.blsr
damianishaunted
hedgehogforhands
shadow self 666

Music By the amazing .mp3

Advance ticket price $10 // At the door $13
Doors/Market: 6 PM
Show: 8 PM
We will have a raffle, costume contest, and more! We hope to see you there! Check out this killer lineup 🩸 🔪 and remember to tip your performers!!!!!

The “Wretched Reads” Horror Book Club is thrilled to collaborate with the an offshoot of the this June with:

“Exquisite Co**se” by Billy Martin

Exquisite Co**se opens with infamous serial killer Andrew Compton, the gruesome murderer of twenty-three young boys between the years of 1977 and 1988. Stuck in prison and tortured by his inability to sate his desires, he fakes his own death to escape from prison, making his way across the nation to the United States. There, he’ll join forces with Jay Byrne, a new money New Orleanian who knows the ins and outs of the city, and the boys he photographs.

Date: June 26
Doors: 6:00 PM
Discussion: 7:00 PM
Address: 900 S. Carey Street

Free WITH the purchase of food or beverage item

💀 Discussion 💀

As always we have a curated Google drive for every book we read that is full of supplemental reading material, art, and films.

Discussions happen at the end of each month at our friends

You can join or sit out a book at any time! If you’d like to join us this June and access all the cool horror articles, books, and more:

📍 make sure to email [email protected] to get drive access!

Hope to see you next month!

🩸 oli

This May 29th at 6:00 pm Please join us for this very special book club discussion, Q&A with a beloved local horror author

This event is free WITH the purchase of a food item or beverage! You must purchase something to attend the talkback upstairs to keep our favorite haunt up and running ♥️

“How to K*** Friends & Eviscerate People.”
Tim Paggi

With special interviewer and editor of 🔪 🩸

If you have not yet read the book but would like to come support a local horror writer and artist please join! We will meet downstairs for some delicious drinks and food followed by a discussion upstairs with Tim about horror writing, his book, Baltimore and beyond!

Next time you hit up your local book store a reminder to ask them to order local! Supporting our horror community can be as easy as requesting a book at the counter!

About Tim:

Tim Paggi is a playwright, poet and writer of office horror. His work uses dark humor and cosmic horror to explore issues of identity and free will in American workplaces. He is the author of the novella, “How to Kill Friends and Eviscerate People,” and the forthcoming “The Other Side of the Hallway” from Akinoga Press in 2025. His poetry chapbook “Workforced” won the 2015 Plork “Play/Work” Award for Creative Writing and Publication Arts.

Currently, he seeks representation for his novel, “Welcome to the Team.” He holds an MFA from the University of Baltimore, and lives with his wife in Johnston Square.

Poster Graphic by Artist DGIM Studio!

Join us Friday, June 13th for Small Doll Production’s inaugural Gagged & Gutted: Friday the 13th Edition Horror Market & Drag Show!
Advance ticket price $10 // At the door $13
LINK IN BIO
Doors/Market: 6 PM
Show: 8 PM

We will have a raffle, costume contest, and more! We hope to see you there!

This is an 18+ event, please be prepared to show ID!

Music by:
DJ tombgirl .mp3

Featuring Performances By:
Glitter Macabre
Filthy Bite .bite
Gnarly Charlie
Temptress Eva
Mama Od Endo
Mad Maxxi
Exquisite Co**se .quisite.corpze
Milky Hazard

Vendors:

pup.444 .444
emimora.arts
Dirt vulture Apothecary
evangeline gallagher
glitter macabre
true.blsr .blsr
damianishaunted
hedgehogforhands
Shadowself 666 .self.666

CALLING ALL BALTIMOREANS/FILMMAKERS/RENTABLE SPACES! We are seeking two locations for an upcoming horror music video shoot:

1.) A small bedroom in Baltimore!

2.) A office-style (retro preferred) cubicle!

Do you know of a place like this or have any leads? Please send us a dm!

is looking for vendors for our film festival on October 24th and 25th!

Are you a local vendor? Do you love horror and local filmmaking? Then this is the event for you! Entry and reservations are completely free! We hope to see you there!

Link in bio!

Coming this July

“Sound of Horror” is an experimental horror film festival honoring the importance of music (or lack thereof) in horror filmmaking.

Back in December we paired 6 bands with 6 filmmakers. The bands created an original song for the filmmakers to direct a music video for inspired by the horror genre.

On Thursday, July 31st join us for a face melting concert with performances by:






(our MC for the night!)

And the premiere of music videos by:
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A huge thanks to for supporting our local music & horror filmmakers always.

Another huge thanks to local artist & slug legend for designing this poster!

We hope to see you there!