The Birth of the Puerto Rico Horror Film Fest

In 2006, the Puerto Rico Horror Film Fest (PRHFF) was founded as the first genre film festival in the Caribbean, creating a vital platform to showcase horror, fantasy, and science fiction films that were rarely accessible in Puerto Rico. With a mission to expand the reach of genre cinema, the inaugural festival embraced J-Horror as its main theme, introducing audiences to the eerie, atmospheric style of Japanese horror and setting the tone for a bold new movement in the island’s cinematic landscape.