Singapore is getting its first festival devoted to horror, urban folklore and the unexplained. The Something Strange Festival 2026 turns Cineleisure on Orchard Road into a festival village from Friday the 13th, 13 November, to Sunday, 15 November, with free general admission.
What is Something Strange Festival?
Created by Eugene Tay and co-organised by Supernatural Confessions, KillerMud Films and the Singapore Film Society, the festival spreads across Basement 1, Levels 1 to 3, and Levels 5 and 6 of Cineleisure. Golden Village is the official festival cinema. The organisers’ pitch: come for one thing, stay for what you discover.
Free entry covers the Festival Village, Main Stage sessions, The Curiosity Market and the food and social zones. Specific experiences are ticketed.
Something Strange Festival 2026 programme
- Main Stage (Basement 1): talks, panels, paranormal demonstrations and guest appearances, free to the public.
- SSF Horror-thon (GV Cineleisure Hall 2): 10 horror films across three days, including opening movie Marama from New Zealand, the Singapore premiere of The Curse and the classic Shutter. Tickets are S$22, or S$15 with a Festival Pass.
- Haunted Backrooms: a Haunted House Experience with live scare actors at S$18 (S$10 with a pass), or a photo-friendly walkthrough without scares at S$10 (S$5 with a pass).
- Haunting Heritage Tours: 90-minute walking tours of Orchard Road’s darker history, about 2.5 km, on Friday and Saturday evenings with departures from 6pm to 10pm, at S$48.
- Live Podcast Shows: paranormal, investigative and true-crime episodes recorded in front of a seated audience.
- 48-Hour Horror Short Film Challenge: teams make an original six-minute horror short, starting at 12pm on 13 November.
- The Curiosity Market: independent creators, illustrators, zine makers and sellers of oddities.
- Social Night: an after-dark gathering with music and drinks.
Passes and tickets
The Festival Pass costs S$128 and is limited to 1,000. It includes one movie screening, one Haunted House entry, one Haunting Heritage Tour, entry to the filmmaker challenge, reserved Main Stage seating, priority queues, 10% off food and market purchases and a collectible pass. The All-Access Pass costs S$488 and is limited to 50, covering all ticketed experiences and a backstage programme. Passes and full details are at somethingstrange.sg.
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