Stephen King, Joe Hill, Mike Flanagan, Tananarive Due and others come together for the SCARE UP THE VOTE online event to support Kamala Harris

Scare Up the Vote is a grassroots event within the horror community to raise funds and awareness for the election of Kamala Harris and Tim Walz. The live online event will take place on Tuesday, October 15th and will feature performances by Stephen King, Joe Hill, Mike Flanagan, Tananarive Due, Stephen Graham Jones, Cynthia Pelayo, Paul Tremblay, Gabino Iglesias, Victor LaValle, Alma Katsu and Bryan Fuller, Scott Derrickson, Don Mancini, David Dastmachlian and many more!

From the press release: “These are scary times,” says Tananarive Due, the American Book Award-winning author of THE REFORMATORY and the driving force behind ScareUpTheVote, an effort to bring together the all-stars of horror fiction and film in support of Kamala Harris and Tim Walz . Scare Up the Vote brings together voices from different generations, backgrounds and faiths to unite the horror community of Kamala Harris and Tim Walz.

“In frightening times, people must pull together with strength and hope to fight the darkness,” Due continues. “Horror writers and filmmakers spend a lot of time thinking about monstrosity and thinking about fear. When I realized we needed to speak up as a community and started inviting others to participate, I wasn’t at all surprised by the massive response. We know what is at stake in this election because we imagined the worst possible outcome.”

On October 15th at 8pm Eastern Time, Due and the rest of the Scare Up The Vote committee will host a major online event to increase voter turnout and raise money for the Harris/Walz campaign. Stephen King, Joe Hill, Rachel Harrison, Victor LaValle, Stephen Graham Jones and many other authors are joined by filmmakers including Mike Flanagan (The Haunting of Hill House, Doctor Sleep), Scott Derrickson (Doctor Strange, The Black Phone), Kevin Williamson (Scream), Don Mancini (Chucky) and Bryan Fuller (Hannibal, Star Trek: Discovery) as well as actor David Dastmachlian (Late Night with the Devil).

The two-hour-plus event will feature guests discussing their love of horror stories and reflecting on why the upcoming election is important to them. The event will be broadcast live on October 15th.

Due’s co-hosts and committee members are authors and poets Linda A. Addison, Maxwell I. Gold, Christopher Golden and Cynthia Pelayo. The production is directed by Robb Olson.

For more information about Scare Up the Vote and to register for Scare Up the Vote, visit

Follow their YouTube page for the livestream on October 15th at 8pm ET / 5pm PT: