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2021 AWARD NOMINEES/winners!

BEST FEATURE FILM NOMINEES
BAD CANDY
THE HUNTING
6:45
THE HORRIFIC EVIL MONSTERS **WINNER**
THIS GAME'S CALLED MURDER

BEST DIRECTOR IN FEATURE FILM NOMINEES
JO SHAFFER - HELL IS EMPTY
ADAM SHERMAN - THIS GAME'S CALLED MURDER **WINNER**
STEVEN HEIL - ANOTHER YESTERDAY
ADAM STEIGERT - THE HORRIFIC EVIL MONSTERS
SCOTT HANSEN & DESIREE CONNELL - BAD CANDY

BEST WRITER IN FEATURE FILM NOMINEES
STEVEN HEIL - ANOTHER YESTERDAY **WINNER**
ADAM DESANTES - HELL IS EMPTY
ROBERT DEAN KLEIN - 6:45
ALRIK BURSELL - THE ALTERNATE
DESIREE CONNELL - BAD CANDY

BEST ACTOR IN FEATURE FILM NOMINEES
JAN NEAL HOLDEN - ENTOMBED
RON PERLMAN - THIS GAME'S CALLED MURDER
BISHOP STEVENS - THE HORRIFIC EVIL MONSTERS **WINNER**
PEYTON HILLIS - THE HUNTING
TODD LEIGH - HOUSE OF INEQUITY

BEST ACTRESS IN A FEATURE FILM NOMINEES
JOELLE WESTWOOD - THE HUNTING
AUGIE DUKE - 6:45 ***WINNER***
SPENCER PEPPET - HELL IS EMPTY
BRITTANY BELL - HOUSE OF INEQUITY
LUCÍA RODRIGUEZ-NELSON - ANOTHER YESTERDAY

BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY IN A FEATURE FILM NOMINEES
THE ALTERNATE
BAD CANDY
THE HUNTING ***WINNER***
6:45
THIS GAME'S CALLED MURDER

BEST EDITING IN A FEATURE FILM NOMINEES
THE HUNTING
6:45
THIS GAME'S CALLED MURDER
BAD CANDY ***WINNER***
JOHNNY

BEST SOUND IN A FEATURE FILM NOMINEES
JOHNNY ***WINNER***
BAD CANDY
THIS GAME'S CALLED MURDER
THE HUNTING
HOUSE OF INEQUITY

BEST MUSIC IN A FEATURE FILM NOMINEES
ANOTHER YESTERDAY
6:45
THE HUNTING ***WINNER***
BAD CANDY
THIS GAME'S CALLED MURDER

DIRECTOR'S CHOICE - BEST FEATURE NOMINEES
THE HISTORY OF METAL AND HORROR ***WINNER***
THE HORRIFIC EVIL MONSTERS
BAD CANDY
THIS GAME'S CALLED MURDER
6:45

BEST DOCUMENTARY NOMINEES
VHS MASSACRE TOO ***WINNER***
ROCKY HORROR 45: THE MOVIE
THE HISTORY OF METAL AND HORROR

BEST SHORT FILM NOMINEES
THE RAGE
SEEK
ITCH
STRANGERS IN THE NIGHT
MAKS OF THE EVIL APPARITION ***WINNER***

BEST DIRECTOR IN A SHORT FILM NOMINEES
R.H. STAVIS & THERINE FISHER - POSIES
SUZANNE PHILIPPOT - THE GIRL FROM NOWHERE
STEVEN DEROCK - THE RAGE
KATHERINE CHEDIAK PUTNAM - INFERNO
ALEX PROYAS - MASK OF TH EEVIL APPARITION ***WINNER***

BEST WRITER IN A SHORT FILM NOMINEES
AARON MORGAN - SEEK
ALEX DONA - A GIRL'S BEST FRIEND
MATT COCHRAN - ITCH ***WINNER***
JOSH FUNK - THE FUZZIES
D.J. ARELLANO - GRIFFICA

BEST ACTOR IN A SHORT FILM NOMINEES
ZHEER FARAIDOON - ROOM 217
ADAM HUSS - STRANGERS IN THE NIGHT
CLEO KEAHNA - ITCH
DUSTIN VAUGHT - THE FUZZIES
SAM COTTON - INFERNO ***WINNER***

BEST ACTRESS IN A SHORT FILM NOMINEES
YUMI KIM - $TRIP
TRACY CAMP - INTO THE DARKNESS
ALLISYN SNYDER - SEEK ***WINNER***
BONNIE FERGUSON - MASK OF THE EVIL APPARITION
PAIGE HENDERSON - THE MONSTER OF THE DESERT

BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY IN A SHORT FILM NOMINEES
THE RAGE
SEEK
ROOM 217
STRANGERS IN THE NIGHT
MASK OF THE EVIL APPARITION ***WINNER***

BEST EDITING IN A SHORT FILM NOMINEES
MASK OF THE EVIL APPARITION
POSIES
INFERNO
SEEK ***WINNER***
ITCH

BEST SOUND IN A SHORT FILM NOMINEES
SEEK
HANSEL ***WINNER***
MASK OF THE EVIL APPARITION
$TRIP
ITCH

BEST MUSIC IN A SHORT FILM NOMINEES
THE MOSTER OF THE DESERT ***WINNER***
THE RAGE
SEEK
STRANGERS IN THE NIGHT
HANSEL

DIRECTOR'S CHOICE - BEST SHORT NOMINEES
CROCK POT
STRANGERS IN THE NIGHT
$TRIP
SEEK
THE FUZZIES ***WINNER***

2020 AWARD NOMINEES/winners!

BEST FEATURE NOMINEES

THE FIELD
WOE
FUN.
THE BRAIN THAT WOULDN'T DIE
THE HUNTRESS: RUNE OF THE DEAD

BEST SHORT NOMINEES

NUMERUS DOÚ
BACKWARD CREEP
THE SEAHORSE TRAINER
SOLSTICE
TWO SHERIFFS

BEST DIRECTOR NOMINEES

RICARDO BONISOLI & BABAK BINA - THE SEAHORSE TRAINER
NICK FIORELLA - NUMERUS DOÚ
JORDAN PFELFER - NECROMANTIC
RASMUS TIRZITIS - THE HUNTRESS: RUNE OF THE DEAD
RENAY ABSALYAMOV - TWO SHERIFFS

BEST WRITER NOMINEES

TONIA KEMPLER - LEORA
AARON ROWE - BONDO
CHRISTOPHER G. MOORE - BACKWARD CREEP
QUARXX - A TEMPORARY VOID OF REASON
TATE BUNKER & ANTHONY WOOD - THE FIELD

BEST ACTOR NOMINEES

ANDREAS RYLANDER - THE HUNTRESS: RUNE OF THE DEAD
JOSEPH MILLER - CASSETTE
DYLAN RAY OWN - CHEAP DEVILS
CHARLES GRAHAM - TWO SHERIFFS
SWIRL - HEINOUS SOUND

BEST ACTRESS NOMINEES

AMANDA MARKOWITZ - THE VOICES
OPHELIA LANIGRO - A TEMPORARY VOID OF REASON
DANNY BROWN - ORISHA
ALYSSA TALBOT - WALK AWAY
ASHLYNN YENNIE - THE SPRINGFIELD THREE

BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY NOMINEES

TWO SHERIFFS
SOLSTICE
CHEAP DEVILS
PASTICHE
THE SEAHORSE TRAINER

BEST EDITING NOMINEES

CHEAP DEVILS
TWO SHERIFFS
SOLSTICE
THE SEAHORSE TRAINER
THE FIELD

BEST SOUND NOMINEES

TWO SHERIFFS
SOLSTICE
PASTICHE
THE SPRINGFIELD THREE
CAMP WEDDING

BEST MUSIC NOMINEES

MARK OF THE ROUGAROU
A TEMPORARY VOID OF REASON
TWO SHERIFFS
SOLSTICE
THE SEAHORSE TRAINER

BEST SPECIAL FX NOMINEES

MAERE
FUN.
THE SEAHORSE TRAINER
BACKWARDS CREEP
NUMERUS DUÓ

DIRECTOR'S CHOICE NOMINEES

HEINOUS SOUND
FINALLY, YOU
NUMERUS DOÚ
THE BRAIN THAT WOULDN'T DIE
DEATH DROP GORGEOUS

SHORT SCREENPLAY FINALISTS

THE VISION OF SARA LYLE BY LEONARD VARASANO
NOT A CREATURE WAS STIRRING BY MICHEAL HOGAN
CRIPPLED BY ZAK SEIDMAN
GHOST CHICKEN BY VINCENTE DISANTI
FUN AND GAMES BY WES WORTHING

CONGRATS TO ALL OF OUR AWARD WINNERS & NOMINEES!

2019 AWARD NOMINEES/winners!

BEST FEATURE

  • FANG
  • STAY OUT STAY ALIVE
  • GHOST BOX
  • MY SOUL TO KEEP
  • SKELETONS IN THE CLOSET

BEST SHORT

  • IN HER SHOES
  • LETS BE FRIENDS
  • THE HUNTED
  • TRICK OR TREATMENT - HEALING OLD WOUNDS
  • BEYOND THE DOOR

BEST DIRECTOR

  • DAN O'BRIEN - TRICK OR TREATMENT - HEALING OLD WOUNDS
  • TONY WASH & B.A. LEWANDOWSKI - SKELETONS IN THE CLOSET
  • VIDAR T. AUNE - CREAKER
  • AJMAL ZAHEER AHMAD - MY SOUL TO KEEP
  • GIANCARLO ORELLANA - THE HUNTED

BEST WRITER

  • GIANCARLO ORELLANA - THE HUNTED
  • DAN O'BRIEN & MATTY AUSTIN - TRICK OR TREATMENT - HEALING OLD WOUNDS
  • RAY KERMANI & INES SWINTERS - IN HER SHOES
  • AARAN BIGGERS & JONAH OCUTO - DIAL M FOR MIME
  • DEAN YURKE - STAY OUT STAY ALIVE

BEST ACTOR

  • DUSTIN ARDIN - BIRTH
  • PARKER SMEREK - MY SOUL TO KEEP
  • LEV HANDMAKER - DIAL M FOR MIME
  • DAN O'BRIAN - TRICK OR TREATMENT - HEALING OLD WOUNDS
  • BRANDON WARDLE - STAY OUT STAY ALIVE

BEST ACTRESS

  • ROMY HEERE - IN HER SHOES
  • MAUREEN MIZENER - KEEP LOOKING
  • ISABEL SERRANO - BIRTH
  • WHITNEY MASTERS - BEYOND THE DOOR
  • SARAH NICKLIN - BATH BOMB

BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR

  • ALFREDO ROSE - THE ESCAPE ROOM
  • BRANDON MATTHEW LAYNE - MY SOUL TO KEEP
  • MIKE MARKOFF - BODY IN THE BATH
  • ADAM MICHAEL - SKELETONS IN THE CLOSET
  • ERIC PAPUCCI - GHOST BOX

BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS

  • SHANNA GOLDMAN - STEVE AND THE DEAD GIRL
  • MELANTHA BLACKTHORNE - FANGS
  • BAILY CASTLE - OPEN CASKETS: BAD SLEEP
  • JENNIFER LENIUS - RETURN TO SENDER
  • KRISTEN WALKER - THE BODY FARMER

BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY

  • THE ESCAPE ROOM
  • MY SOUL TO KEEP
  • TRICK OR TREATMENT - HEALING OLD WOUNDS
  • STAY OUT STAY ALIVE
  • SKELETONS IN THE CLOSET

BEST EDITING

  • MY SOULD TO KEEP
  • INVASION
  • STAY OUT STAY ALIVE
  • TREAK OR TREATMENT - HEALING OLD WOUNDS
  • BATH BOMB

BEST SOUND

  • CLOWN COLLEGE
  • THE ESCAPE ROOM
  • TRICK OR TREATMENT - HEALING OLD WOUNDS
  • BIRTH
  • BEYOND THE DOOR

BEST MUSIC

  • IN HER SHOES
  • MY SOUL TO KEEP
  • CLOWN COLLEGE
  • KEEP LOOKING
  • BODY IN THE BATH

BEST FX

  • LET'S BE FRIENDS
  • SKELETONS IN THE CLOSET
  • BIRTH
  • TRICK OR TREATMENT - HEALING OLD WOUNDS
  • NECRO-SEXUAL

DIRECTORS CHOICE

  • FANG
  • LITTLE VOICE
  • IN HER SHOES
  • CREAKER
  • THE HUNTED

SHORT SCREENPLAY CONTEST

  • MISS IDA BY RAIN ZHENG
  • LOVE THY NEIGHBOUR BY CJ BARNES
  • KILLER LAWN GNOMES... FROM OUTER SPACE! BY CAMERON G. BOX
  • THE PERFECT FAMILY BY SARAH JO BRIMS
  • MOURNING MEAL BY JAMAL HODGE

2018 AWARD NOMINEES/winners!

BEST FEATURE

  • HUNTER
  • BLOODLINES
  • KILLER KATE
  • SCARY STORIES
  • NOWHERE MIND

BEST SHORT

  • SAFE
  • BALLOON
  • THE CHAINS
  • THE LIFT
  • DAEMONRUNNER

BEST DIRECTOR

  • BEN NISSEN - NOWHERE MIND
  • ELLIOT FELD - KILLER KATE
  • WILLIAM BUTLER - THE LIFT
  • JOHN BOROWSKI - BLOODLINES
  • TIM EARNHEART - SAFE

BEST WRITER

  • JON LECOURIS - THUNDER BAY
  • BEN NISSEN - NOWHERE MIND
  • MICHAEL MIDDLEKOOP - NETFLIX & CHILL
  • THE LIFT - WILLIAM BUTLER
  • TIM EARNHEART - SAFE

BEST ACTOR

  • TOM FITZPATRICK - THE LIFT
  • NEIL STEVENS - SPECTROPHOBIA
  • WILLIAM MCCARTHY - BAD HOMBRES, BEST MEN
  • PATRIAC COAKLEY - NOWHERE MIND
  • WULF HOGAN - FOREWORD

BEST ACTRESS

  • GABRIELA ORTEGA - UNINVITED
  • COLLEEN MILLER - ONE ARMED RABBIT
  • ASHLEY PEREIRA - ALL LIGHT WILL END
  • AIMEE CARRERO - DYLAN
  • DANICA O'NEILL - BREAKING WHEEL

BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY

  • THE CHAINS
  • FEAR NO EVIL
  • ALL LIGHT WILL END
  • BIRTHDAY
  • INSIDE THE HOUSE

BEST EDITING

  • SHADOW OF MINE
  • PARALYSIS
  • THE FOURTH WALL
  • SPECTROPHOBIA
  • SAFE

BEST SOUND

  • BALLOON
  • THE CHAINS
  • THE LIFT
  • FEAR NO EVIL
  • BAD HOMBRES, BEST MEN

BEST MUSIC

  • ALL LIGHT WILL END
  • SAFE
  • INSIDE THE HOUSE
  • FEAR NO EVIL
  • BELOW DECKS

BEST FX

  • SENSES
  • DAEMONRUNNER
  • THE LIFT
  • THE CHAINS
  • FEAR NO EVIL

DIRECTORS CHOICE

  • RED WHITE & BOO
  • BALLOON
  • DISSOLVED: A GAME OF TRUTH
  • THE LIFT
  • SPECTROPHOBIA

SHORT SCREENPLAY CONTEST

  • MY KIND OF TOWN BY LAWRENCE WHITENER
  • BABY CINDY BY DECLAN MAYFAIR
  • THE HERMIT & THE AUTOMATONS BY JOE WAKEFIELD
  • THE DRIVE-BY VENTRILOQUIST BY MANINDER CHANA
  • WHEN IT'S DARK OUT BY ERIC LAROCCA

2017 AWARD NOMINEES/winners!

BEST FEATURE

  • MAIN STREET MEATS **WINNER**
  • PSYCHO MAGNET
  • GHOST WALK: THE FARM
  • SHOCKWAVE

BEST SHORT

  • MEOW
  • THE WITCHING HOUR
  • GASLIGHT GRAIL **WINNER**
  • HUMBUG

BEST DIRECTOR

  • CHRIS JOPP - MEOW
  • DANIEL AHRENS - SHELL
  • KAREN BACELLAR - GASLIGHT GRAIL
  • RILEY GEIS - THE WITCHING HOUR **WINNER**

BEST WRITER

  • MILLY SANDERS - HUMBUG
  • ERIC STAFFORD - MAX AND THE BOX
  • CHRIS JOPP - MEOW **WINNER**
  • DAMIAN K. LAHEY - DISTRICT QUARANTINE

BEST ACTOR

  • TYLER WINSTEAD - BEDSIDE VISITORS
  • JACK MCLAUGHLIN-GRAY - LANE (THE DARK WOOD)
  • SHANNON BROWN - THREE YEAR WAIT **WINNER**
  • ERIK SEARLE - WICKED CONCLUSIONS

BEST ACTRESS

  • ASHLEY CAMPUZANO - THE UNSPEAKABLE
  • BEL DELIA - SCRATCH
  • MILLY SANDERS - HUMBUG **WINNER**
  • YVONNE SZUMSKI - THREE YEAR WAIT

BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR

  • MADIS MAEORG - WHEN DEMONS DIE
  • DAMIAN MAFFEI - WHITE DRIFT
  • CHARLES HUBBELL - MEOW
  • BILL FINKBINER - THE BRINGER OF THINGS **WINNER**

BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS

  • NANCY MARVY - MEOW
  • JESSEE FOUDRAY - HUMBUG **WINNER**
  • IONE SKYE - MONSTERS
  • EMMA VAN OMMEREN - THE ADVENTURES OF KITTY ZOMBIE

BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY

  • SCRATCH **WINNER**
  • THE JITTERMAN
  • GASLIGHT GRAIL
  • SANTAPOCALYPSE

BEST EDITING

  • THE WITCHING HOUR
  • DYSCRASIA **WINNER**
  • VESSEL
  • SKINNY DAYS

BEST SOUND

  • DING DONG
  • THE DARK HUNGER **WINNER**
  • MONSTERS
  • FIELD OF SCREAMS

BEST MUSIC

  • SIDESHOW
  • WHEN DEMONS DIE
  • FIELD OF SCREAMS
  • SKINNY DAYS **WINNER**

BEST FX

  • THE DARK HUNGER
  • DAUGHTER OF THE LAKE
  • DING DONG
  • PUPPY LOVE **WINNER**

DIRECTORS CHOICE

  • THE ADVENTURES OF KITTY ZOMBIE
  • HUMBUG
  • SHELL **WINNER**
  • THE WITCHING HOUR

2016  AWARD NOMINEES/winners!

BEST FEATURE

  • AND THE DEVIL MAKES THREE
  • TALES OF POE
  • PEELERS
  • CARMILLA
  • THE PERFECT LETTER

BEST SHORT

  • THOSE AMONG US
  • SHIBARI
  • THE BATHROOM
  • BURLAP
  • KITCHEN

BEST DIRECTOR

  • JUSTIN DENTON - BURLAP
  • STEVE DUCHESNE - KITCHEN
  • ALAN ROWE KELLY & BART MASTRONARDI - TALES OF POE
  • SEVE SCHELENZ -  PEELERS
  • SAMANTHA FRIEND & DOUG MURMAN - AND THE DEVIL MAKES THREE

BEST WRITER

  • ALEJANDRA VALERA - LAUNDROMAT
  • NATHAN WATERS - WRITERS BLOCK
  • CHRIS RUSSELL - BE STILL MY HEART
  • STEVE NEWMAN - THUMP
  • BRANDON CIARLO & JARRED PETTIT - LOVE AND ZOMBIES

BEST ACTOR

  • JOSH KANAN - SHIBARI
  • MICAH FITZGERALD - CUCKOLD PICASSO
  • ZACHARY RAY SHERMAN - HIT AND RUN
  • DAVID ATRAKCHI - KITCHEN
  • SHANNON BROWN - WRITERS BLOCK

BEST ACTRESS

  • MAUREEN MIZENER - LOVE AND ZOMBIES
  • KATHRYN LEEMAN - DO NOT DISTURB
  • HOLLY BITTINGER - BETWEEN
  • APRIL ERIKSSON - SHIBARI
  • VI FLATEN - BE STILL MY HEART

BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR

  • BILLY GRADY - THOSE AMONG US
  • ALAIN WASHNEVSKY - SANCTUARY
  • RICHARD SHELTON - DO NOT DISTURB
  • CAMERON DENT - PEELERS
  • OWEN GRESSWELL - AND THE DEVIL MAKES THREE

BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS

  • ROSIE DIAZ - AND THE DEVIL MAKES THREE
  • ANITA NICOLE BROWN - THE PERFECT LETTER
  • SANDY GULLIVER - IN THE DARK
  • CASSANDRA KRAMER - BETWEEN
  • KALEIGH THARPE - HOME SWEET HOME

BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY

  • BURLAP
  • THE STYLIST
  • KITCHEN
  • CUCKOLD PICASSO
  • PEELERS

BEST EDITING

  • SHIBARI
  • THE BATHROOM
  • LET’S PLAY DEAD GIRL
  • KITCHEN
  • CUCKOLD PICASSO

BEST SOUND

  • THE BATHROOM
  • WRITERS BLOCK
  • BURLAP
  • CUCKOLD PICASSO
  • WHAT GOES UP

BEST MUSIC

  • LOVE AND ZOMBIES
  • TALES OF POE
  • LAUNDROMAT
  • THE BATHROOM
  • PEELERS

BEST FX

  • THOSE AMONG US
  • PEELERS
  • THE BATHROOM
  • EVELESS
  • TALES OF POE

BEST HORROR COMEDY

  • LOVE AND ZOMBIES
  • SMALL TALK
  • SOCCER MOMS IN PERIL
  • BE STILL MY HEART
  • KILLER PINATA

DIRECTORS CHOICE

  • BURLAP
  • TALES OF POE
  • 2X4
  • BE STILL MY HEART
  • THE TEASE

2015  AWARD NOMINEES/winners!

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