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  • FILMS

    Best Micro Short: F*CKING GHOSTS! - Jason Cook
    Finalist: Red Velvet - Andrew Huggins
    Semi-Finalist: Celebrity Stalker - Roshni “Rush” Bhatia
    Semi-Finalist: Crumble - Andrew Pinon

    Best Short: Night of the Witch - Jesse James Hennessy
    Finalist: Make A Wish - Dinh Thai
    Semi-Finalist: The Flower People - Charles A. Christman III
    Semi-Finalist: Possessions - Zeke Farrow

    Best Extended Short: The Springfield Three - Samuel Gonzalez Jr.
    Finalist: Black April - William Stancik
    Semi-Finalist: Down the Bayou - Jason Harang
    Semi-Finalist: Confessions - Ernest Serrano

    Best Feature: To Your Last Death - Jason Axinn
    Finalist: Re-Elected - Max Radbill
    Semi-Finalist: The Dental Plan - Wayne Diu

    Best Editing: The Flower People - Scott Perloff
    Finalist: Still - Lance J. Reha
    Semi-Finalist: Nightmares - Daria Fedas

    Best Director: The Springfield Three - Samuel Gonzalez Jr.
    Finalist: Night of the Witch - Jesse James Hennessy
    Semi-Finalist: Make A Wish - Dinh Thai

    Best Cinematography: The Springfield Three - Lucas Pitassi
    Finalist: Still - Michael Scoblete
    Semi-Finalist: Miniature Chess - Phil Cheney

    Best Score/Sound Design: Night of the Witch - Tonya Ballman 
    Finalist: Death Bells - Justin Snikkar ( Dr. Snik)
    Semi-Finalist: Unknown - Donny Walker

    Best SFX: Night of the Witch - Amy Calkins
    Finalist: Re-Elected - Max Radbill
    Semi-Finalist: The Sparrow - Matthew Ewald

    Best Photography: Vampire - John Luerding
    Finalist: Gravel Salad - Emma Penaz Eisner
    Semi-Finalist: Almost Flying - Emma Penaz Eisner

    Best Digital Art: Living Dead Guys - Becky Doyon
    Finalist: Time Of Death - Chris Harrison 
    Semi-Finalist:  Degeneration - Chris Harrison

    Best Quarantine Film: Morning Ritual - Gray Creasy
    Finalist: Pretty - Marisa Riley 
    Semi-Finalist - Don’t Go - Jonathan Morris

    Best Horror: Make a Wish - Dinh Thai

    Best Science Fiction: Tempus - Michael Johnston

    Best Comedy: F*CKING GHOSTS! - Jason Cook

    Best Animated: To Your Last Death - Jason Axinn

    Best Gore: Night of the Witch - Jesse James Hennessy

    Best Mystery: The Basement - Naima Chebahi

    Best Thriller: Dodah - Jondaniel Cornett

    Best International: The Stay - Frazer Lee

    SCREENPLAYS

    Best Short Screenplay: After-School Terrors - Darren Hosch
    Finalist: When the Time Comes - Jondaniel Cornett
    Semi-Finalist: Sadako - Jovan Taylor
    Semi-Finalist: Cruel Behavior - Tom Bragg

    Best Feature Screenplay: Cellblock Hell - Claudio Martinez-Valle
    Finalist: Red Mist - Paul Harker
    Semi-Finalist: Mirrors At Night - Dean Harakas
    Semi-Finalist: Haven - Jimmie Rogers, Autumn Rogers

  • FILMS

    Best Micro Short: Backward Creep - Christopher G. Moore
    Finalist: Satan’s Zombies - Jared Tipton
    Semi-Finalist: Branching Out With The Invisible Man - Jim & Nick Zounis
    Semi-Finalist: Melissa is Dead - Matthew Ragsdale

    Best Short: Karmen - Jayleen Perez
    Finalist: Exit Therapy - Natalie Rose Masciale
    Semi-Finalist: 2nd Sight - Frank Lugo
    Semi-Finalist: Bar Crawl - Matthew Hersh

    Best Extended Short: Bliss Burger - Adam K. Wright
    Finalist: CADUCEA - Christophe Mavroudis
    Semi-Finalist: Special - Joshua Nelson
    Semi-Finalist: The Haunted - Charles Schmeltz

    Best Feature: Bad Candy - Scott Hansen & Desiree Connell
    Finalist: Stay Out of the F**king Attic - Jerren Lauder
    Semi-Finalist: Were-Wool - Lucas Birnie
    Semi-Finalist: Freak - Lucky Cerruti

    Best Quarantine Film: What Happened To Claire - Richard Chuang
    Finalist: A Funny Way To Die - Matt Mitchell
    Semi-Finalist: Selva Oscura - Jacob Swafford
    Semi-Finalist: Sleepless - Jordan Horowitz

    Best Editing: Under the Surface - Trevor Hagen
    Finalist: Bliss Burger - Adam K. Wright
    Semi-Finalist: Shadows of the Night - Alex Orthwein

    Best Director: Bad Candy - Scott Hansen & Desiree Connell
    Finalist: The Dandelion Cortex - Nico Fulton Lavachek
    Semi-Finalist: Karmen - Jayleen Perez

    Best Cinematography: Scary Story To Tell In The Dark #684 - Carlos Gonzalez-Fernandez
    Finalist: Strayed - Adrian Cacciola
    Semi-Finalist: Family - Iván Molina Jiménez

    Best Score/Sound Design: Ghosted - Michelle Rose
    Finalist: Hungry Home - Alessandro Lecce
    Semi-Finalist: Shadows of the Night - Alex Orthwein

    Best SFX: Freak - Lucky Cerruti
    Finalist: Satan’s Zombies - Jared Tipton
    Semi-Finalist: Melissa is Dead - Matthew Ragsdale

    Best Horror: Nexus of Evil - Brandon Smith

    Best Science: Fiction: The Dandelion Cortex - Nico Fulton Lavachek

    Best Comedy: Kalley’s Last Review - Julia Johnson

    Best Animated: Malakout - Farnoosh Abedi

    Best Gore: Melissa is Dead - Matthew Ragsdale

    Best Mystery: Pigs in a Blanket - Vseant Nath

    Best Thriller: Keep It in the Dark - Herb and Joe Cremer

    Best International: Family - Iván Molina Jiménez

    SCREENPLAYS

    Best Short: The Smiling Strangers - Tom Bragg
    Finalist: The Wolf and the Sparrow - Juliette Gillies
    Semi-Finalist: Howdy, Neighbor! - Sarah Taylor
    Semi-Finalist: Growl and Bark - Davis Clark

    Best Feature: The Man in the Hat - Phyllis Allison
    Finalist: End of the Book - Andrew Cooper
    Semi-Finalist: The Undying - Valhalla Productions
    Semi-Finalist: Demon Water Bitch Eat Your Face Off - Adam Langdon

    Best Horror: Project 38 - Vincent Brando

    Best Comedy: VoiDead - Karina Kalaydzhyan

    Best Gore: Will Kill For Food - Alex Schopp

    Best Mystery: Devil’s Ridge - Geoffrey Gould

    Best Thriller: George Washington Slept Here! - Sam Robotham

    Best International: The Wolf and the Sparrow - Juliette Gillies

    Best Photography: Blinded By The Lies - Victoria Carter

    Best Digital Art: Survival - Becky Doyon

    Best Music Video: Ghosted - Michelle Rose

    Best Film Trailer: Satan’s Zombies - Jared Tipton

  • FILMS

    Best Micro Short: The Beast of Bourbon - Bradford Uyeda
    Finalist: The Surrogate - South Turk
    Semi-Finalist: Bite - Arshad Sayed

    Best Short: The Things With The Glowing Green Eyes - Jeremy Herbert
    Finalist: Crock Pot - Ty Jones
    Semi-Finalist: Echthaar - Dominic Kubisch
    Semi-Finalist: Every 75 Minutes - Borja A. Ortiz

    Best Feature: Obsidian - Erica Summers
    Finalist: The Hauntings in Madhya Pradesh - Abdul Khader
    Semi-Finalist: Charlottes’s Net - James Dobbins Jones

    Best Editing: Obsidian - Erica Summers
    Finalist: Fire on the Mountain - Cody Mikol
    Semi-Finalist: Wild Dreams - DJ White

    Best Director: Echthaar - Dominic Kubisch
    Finalist: Obsidian - Erica Summers
    Semi-Finalist: Crock Pot - Ty Jones

    Best Cinematography: Bloodshed - Christian Bielz
    Finalist: The Things With The Glowing Green Eyes - Sam Pownell
    Semi-Finalist: Echthaar - Dominic Kubisch

    Best Score/Sound Design: Forest of the Dead - Tatiana Mikova
    Finalist: Riven Suite - Tim Janssens
    Semi-Finalist: Obsidian - Eric Koval

    Best SFX: Fire on the Moutian - Santino Ferrese
    Finalist: The Surrogate - Karen Patton
    Semi-Finalist: Every 75 Minutes - Borja A. Ortiz & Juanma Nogales

    Best Extended Short: A Dark and Stormy Night - Chris Schwab

    Best Quarantine Film: Open Up - JD Gonzales

    Best Film Trailer: Can You Breathe - James Newman & Tim Rubio

    Best Horror: Crock Pot - Ty Jones

    Best Science Fiction: Wild Dreams - Ryann Jet

    Best Comedy: Pumkin Fever - Destiny Kelly

    Best Animated: The Beast of Bourbon - Bradford Uyeda

    Best Gore: Obsidian - Erica Summers

    Best Mystery: The Surrogate - South Turk

    Best Thriller: MAGDA - Dimitris Galatas, Fragkiskos Arapai

    Best International Film: MAGDA - Dimitris Galatas, Fragkiskos Arapai

    SCREENPLAYS

    Best Short Screenplay: The Thing in Room 11 - Gemma Paul
    Finalist: Red Bud - Kay Phillips
    Semi-Finalist: Underpassers - Robin Johnston
    Semi-Finalist: The Familiar - Carrie Specht

    Best Feature Screenplay: Local - Brandon Howell
    Finalist: Meddle Like Hell - Michael Mantsourani
    Semi-Finalist: Death With Dice - Dean Harakas
    Semi-Finalist: Bump in the Night - Dale Zawada

    Best Horror: Summoning Demons - Larry Dwyer

    Best Comedy: Meddle Like Hell - Michael Mantsourani

    Best Gore: Bump in the Night - Dale Zawada

    Best Mystery: Death With Dice - Dean Harakas

    Best Thriller: Drained - Max Seiler

    Best International: Frighten Me - Martin Richmond

  • FILMS

    Best Micro Short: Meeting a PS5 Scalper - Caleb Kurowski
    Finalist: Sleep Debt - Robb Jayne
    Semi-Finalist: PiTTED - Andrew Enriquez
    Semi-Finalist: The Orange Virus - Jim Hall

    Best Short: Photalgia - Michael McCallum
    Finalist: …And Then the Darkness - Andrew Huggins
    Semi-Finalist: Black Ice - Chris Goodman
    Semi-Finalist: Bruises - Anthony Martino

    Best Editing: Katabasis - Nicolò Grasso
    Finalist: Malarkey - Justin Edwards

    Best Director: Dwellers - Drew Fortier
    Finalist: …And Then the Darkness - Andrew Huggins
    Semi-Finalist: Clamps - Zachary Scott

    Best Cinematography: Photalgia - Michael McCallum
    Finalist: Black Ice - Daniel Morgan
    Semi-Finalist: Vulpes - Bence Szabò

    Best Score/Sound Design: VAAAL - David Martensson
    Finalist: Katabasis - Nicolò Grasso
    Semi-Finalist: … And Then the Darkness - Alexander Arntzen & Paul Duncan

    Best Extended Short: One for the Road - Joseph Horning
    Finalist: St. Patrick’s Day - Jared Campbell

    Best Music Video: Masochist - Matthew Ragsdale

    Best Film Trailer: RABBITSNAKE - Jonny Stranger

    Best Feature: The Hike - David Fugett
    Finalist: Dwellers - Drew Fortier
    Semi-Finalist: The Fishnet Hypothesis - Elizabeth Fields

    Best Quarantine Film: Malarkey - Justin Edwards
    Finalist: What Next? - Suman Hanif
    Semi-Finalist: The Fishnet Hypothesis - Elizabeth Fields
    Semi-Finalist: Third Wave - Derek Silver

    Best Horror: MONSTER - Mena Guy

    Best Science Fiction: Choices - Michael McCallum

    Best Comedy: Clamps - Zachary Scott

    Best Gore: St. Patrick’s Day - Jared Campbell

    Best Mystery: Photalgia - Michael McCallum

    Best Thriller: …And Then the Darkness - Andrew Huggins

    Best International Film: Viola - Paul Franklin

    SCREENPLAYS

    Best Short Screenplay: Dummy - David-Matthew Barnes
    Finalist: Death Grip - Brian Moody
    Semi-Finalist: Better Get Kraken - Chris Warner

    Best Feature Screenplay: Cold Blue Hearts - Dean H.
    Finalist: A Woman’s Touch - Daniel Guyton & Marilisa Walker
    Semi-Finalist: A Devil On the River - Dusty Gibson
    Semi-Finalist: Irina - Saul Berenbaum

    Best Horror: Lockridge - Mikeal Burgin

    Best Comedy: A Woman’s Touch - Daniel Guyton & Marilisa Walker

    Best Gore: A Devil On the River- Dusty Gibson

    Best Science Fiction: Vermin - Chris Warner

    Best Mystery: Better Get Kraken - Chris Warner

    Best Thriller: Bad Trip - Anthony Ford

    Best International: The Morrigan - Billy Bison

  • FILMS

    Best Micro Short: Imposter Syndrome - Emmanuel Baker
    Finalist: The Visitor - Joey Agbayani
    Semi-Finalist: Timber - Jared Tipton
    Semi-Finalist: Someone Tell the Music Director She Can Go Home- Heidi Appe

    Best Short: HELLO? - Tim Shechmeister
    Finalist: Chatty - Kit Garchow
    Semi-Finalist: The Self-Seers - Matthew David Ridley
    Semi-Finalist: Ash - Philip Johnson

    Best Extended Short: Reclamation - Trevor H
    Finalist: Oh Jeff! - Chris Rourke

    Best Director: The Lake Parasite - Joe Reilly
    Finalist: Chateau Sauvignon: terroir - David M. Night Maire
    Semi-Finalist: HELLO? - Tim Shechmeister

    Best Cinematography: Chatty - Tanner Field
    Finalist: SĪBĬLUM - Francesco Carini
    Semi-Finalist: Ash - Eric Struck

    Best Music Video: Disembodied - Jake Alejo
    Finalist: Big Fat Spider Lady - Tom Pressano

    Best Feature: Bloomfield - Brianna Young
    Finalist: Canvas - Ryan Guiterman
    Semi-Finalist: To Freddy - Viljar Bøe

    Best Quarantine Film: Witches Midnight - Lisa Ovies
    Finalist: Oh Jeff ! - Chris Rourke
    Semi-Finalist: The Gaze - Carmen Hau

    Best Horror: Koreatown Ghost Story - Minsun Park & Teddy Tenenbaum

    Best Science Fiction: Mad Machine - Sergio Guerra

    Best Comedy: Oh Jeff ! - Chris Rourke

    Best Gore: Chateau Sauvignon: terroir - David M. Night Maire

    Best Thriller: Chatty - Kit Garchow

    Best International: SĪBĬLUM - Luigi Scarpa

    Best Performance: Koreatown Ghost Story - Lyrica Okano & Margaret Cho

    Best Score/Sound Design: The Lake Parasite - Joe Reilly

    Best Editing: Do You See It? - Alison Pringle

    Best Film Trailer: A Grave Mistake - Jared Tipton

    SCREENPLAYS

    Best Short Screenplay: Forgive me - Joe LeBlanc
    Finalist: Zadok: An Innsmouth Story - Clemente Esparza II
    Semi-Finalist: Something in the Basement - Carlos Perez

    Best Feature Screenplay: The Caregivers - Mikeal Burgin
    Finalist: BFFs Never Say Die - K. Jennifer Ilagen
    Semi-Finalist: The Music Video Murders - Jeff Edmond

    Best Horror: Something in the Basement - Carlos Perez

    Best Gore: The Music Video Murders - Jeff Edmond

    Best Mystery: BFFs Never Say Die - K. Jennifer Ilagen

    Best Thriller: Revengeance - Billy Bison

    Best International: Rat - Paul Harker

    ARTISTRY

    Best Art: Bat Bunnies - Chris Flynn

    Best Photography: Silent Feeling - Natalie Mahoney
    Finalist: Vamp - Nikhail Asnani

  • FILMS

    Best Micro Short: The Applicant - Benjamin L. Brown
    Finalist: Welcome Back, Mr. Buzzcock - Liz Anderson
    Semi-Finalist: The Witch - Andrew Gibbs
    Semi-Finalist: Mariposas - Adrian Carey

    Best Short: The Hobbyist - George Vatistas
    Finalist: Let’s All Go To The Lobby! - Nolan Barth
    Semi-Finalist: Izzy - Andrew Huggins
    Semi-Finalist: Cutter - Dan Repp & Lindsay Young
    Semi-Finalist: The Apparition - Trevor Hagen

    Best Extended Short: My Dinner with Chuck - Joe Parente
    Finalist: The Witch’s Bargain - Corey J. Trahan
    Semi-Finalist: Coffee With Friends - Jimmie Rogers & Autumn Rogers
    Semi-Finalist: The Tell Tale Heart - McClain Lindquist

    Best Feature: ReSet - David Sumner
    Finalist: Menopause - Joshua Nelson
    Semi-Finalist: Killer Christmas Elves - Joshua Hall
    Semi-Finalist: For Roger - Aaron Bartuska

    Best Editing: Devils - Davis Nixon
    Finalist: Doctor Doctor - Rion Smith
    Semi-Finalist: ReSet - David Sumner

    Best Cinematography: The Witch’s Bargain - Donavon Cavanaugh
    Finalist: The Fuzzies - Josh Funk
    Semi-Finalist: The Hobbyist - Ryan De Franco

    Best SFX: Cutter - Anna Fugate-Downs & Sylvia Ramos
    Finalist: Devils - Ally Bishop
    Semi-Finalist: Momma, Don’t Go - Anthony DiFolco

    Best Score/Sound Design: Devils - Sam Redfern, Andrew Elya, & Mike Regan
    Finalist: The Witch - Andrew Gibbs
    Semi-Finalist: Doctor Doctor - Emmanuel Cavallo

    Best Music Video: Monsters Walk Among Us - Thomas Crane

    Best Film Trailer: Wrong Side - Craig Quinn

    Best Quarantine Film: Bee-El - CJ Vecchio
    Finalist: The Fuzzies - Josh Funk
    Semi-Finalist: Interference - Paul Anthony Nelson
    Semi-Finalist: Intrusion - Nicholas Carrodo

    Best Horror: Air B & D - Jayleen S Perez

    Best Science Fiction: The Snail - David Bird

    Best Comedy: My Friends The Plants - Christine Celozzi

    Best Gore: Let’s all go to the Lobby! - Nolan Barth

    Best Mystery: The Tell Tale Heart - McClain Lindquist

    Best Thriller: Pastiche - Shivaan Makker

    Best International Film: For Sale - Francesco Gabriele

    Best Director (Female): Air B & D - Jayleen S Perez

    Best Director (Male): Doctor Doctor - Rion Smith

    Best Actor Performance (Short Film): Air B & D - Dan Gregory

    Best Actor Performance (Feature Film): Killer Christmas Elves - Travis Hunter

    Best Actress Performance (Short Film): Momma, Don’t Go - Julia Tolchin

    Best Actress Performance (Feature Film): ReSet - Alyssa Corella

    Best Animation: Bloodlines - Victoria Kodai

    Best Suspense: Sleep Tight - Michael Seabolt

    Best Drama: Coffee With Friends - Jimmie Rogers & Autumn Rogers

    Best Jump Scare: Devils - Bret Miller

    SCREENPLAYS

    Best Short Screenplay: Graven - Michael Clifton
    Finalist: Dolores - Michael Seabolt & Greg Schroeder
    Semi-Finalist: You Hurt Sissy - Joan Philo
    Semi-Finalist: Dad’s Home - Harry McDonough

    Best Feature Screenplay: At The Mercy Of Faith - Samuel Taylor
    Finalist: Legends - Danny Alex
    Semi-Finalist: Melinoe - Penny Brommersma
    Semi-Finalist: The Palazzo - Tony Schweikle

    Best Horror: Sunrise Trail - Glenn Maneval

    Best Comedy: Improper Dosage - Adam McDaniel

    Best Gore: Campground Host - Karyn Singer

    Best Science Fiction: I Wouldn’t Touch That - Meik V. Fischer

    Best Mystery: Gate Bait - Paul Grammatico

    Best Thriller: A Night in Fog - Jeffrey Harmon

    Best International: Session - Meik V. Fischer

    ARTISTRY

    Best Art: Graven - Dillon Samuelson

    Best Photography: The Farm Colony - Lance J. Reha
    Finalist: Time Warp - Andrea Gluckman
    Semi-Finalist: A Psycho: Chromatic - Chaz Parvez

  • FILMS

    Best Micro Short: Everly - Sherri Lynn Urann-Bylenga
    Finalist: Bye Dummy - Aniruddh K
    Semi-Finalist: The Sandman - Brooke deRosa
    Semi-Finalist: blunts & death - Beau Forbes

    Best Short: The Curse of Stone Hill - Dale Fabrigar
    Finalist: Whistle to the Maples - Tom Robenolt
    Semi-Finalist: Final Girl - Edward M. Soto
    Semi-Finalist: You’re It - Herb & Joe Cremer

    Best Extended Short: Ghost Trippers - J. William Boothman II
    Finalist: A Night at the Shack - Addison Van Winkle

    Best Feature: Valentine Crush - Jamie Wede
    Finalist: Weredeer - Andrew Dyson
    Semi-Finalist: Reed’s Point - Dale Fabrigar
    Semi-Finalist: Seeds - Skip Shea

    Best Horror: Evil’s Revenge - CJ Vecchio

    Best Comedy: Weredeer - Andrew Dyson

    Best Gore: Weredeer - Andrew Dyson

    Best Thriller: Ostinato - Julie Fergus

    Best International Film: Woodland Cemetery - Niels Bourgonje

    Best Director: You’re It - Herb & Joe Cremer

    Best Actor Performance: No Way Out - Josh Altenburg

    Best Actress Performance: Reed’s Point - Sasha Anne

    Best Animation: Entropic - Brad Uyeda

    Best Suspense: Bye Dummy - Aniruddh K

    Best Cinematography: Valentine Crush - Anthony Begley

    Best SFX: Escalation - Christian Bachini

    Best Score/Sound Design: Seeds - Shootie HG

    Best Quarantine Film: Escalation - Christian Bachini

    SCREENPLAYS

    Best Short Screenplay: The Safety Games - Jerry Sampson
    Finalist: Behind the Reel - Novella Box
    Semi-Finalist: The Devil’s Tooth - Alessandro Villamira
    Semi-Finalist: Grenouille Pond - Henry P. Gravelle

    Best Feature Screenplay: Demonicon - Sean & Shane Whitley
    Finalist: Screeners - Greg Kovacs
    Semi-Finalist: Burial - Brooke deRosa
    Semi-Finalist: Scream Night - Elizabeth Stevens & James Bruner

    Best Horror: Tramps Like Us - Julian Hoxter

    Best Comedy: Ghosted - Charles Price

    Best Gore: A Devil in the Forest - Dusty Gibson

    Best Mystery: Snowy Strangeways - Melissa Zobel

    Best Drama: Casket Girl - John Darbonne

  • FILMS

    Audience Choice Best of the Fest - Friday the 13th Vengeance 2 - Jason Brooks, Real Fiction Studios

    Best Micro Short: Jack Shit - Jesse James Hennessy
    Finalist: Interstellar Gunslingers - Nate CarrollSemi-Finalist: Caregiver - Rafael De Loen 
    Semi-Finalist: Compelled - Julien Marte & Estelle Marte

    Best Short: IVI ELV - Luigi Scarpa
    Finalist: Remme - Ty Jones
    Semi-Finalist: You Promised - Matthew Hersh
    Semi-Finalist: Flakkus - J. Lee Vertz

    Best Extended Short: Judy - Rene Rivas
    Finalist:  The Other Woman - Debra René Harder
    Semi-Finalist: The Mages of Rage and The Desecration of The House of Mimicry - Jason Sheddy

    Best Feature: Friday the 13th Vengeance 2: Bloodlines - Jason Brooks
    Finalist: Friday The 13th Rose Blood - Peter Anthony 
    Semi-Finalist: Unverified - Scott Herriott
    Semi-Finalist: The Things We Cannot Change - Joshua Nelson

    Best Horror: Friday The 13th Rose Blood - Peter Anthony

    Best Comedy: Bride of the Killer Piñata - Stephen Tramontana

    Best Gore: Friday the 13th Vengeance 2 - Jason Brooks

    Best Thriller: The Burned Over District - James Thomas Coleman & Vincent John Coleman

    Best International Film: Bliss of Evil - Joshua Morris 

    Best Director: The South Road - Grace Madland

    Best Performance: Dan Gregory “Jeremy” - Tales From the Narrow Bridge The Wormwood Devil

    Best Animation: Agatha - Roland Becerra & Kelly Bigelow Becerra

    Best Cinematography: The South Road - Jason Glenn 

    Best SFX: Friday the 13th Vengeance 2 - Jason Brooks, Naomi Mechum-Miller, & Michelle Munoz

    Best Score/Sound Design: Jack Shit - Tonya Ballman

    Best Sci-Fi: Interstellar Gunslingers - Nate Carroll

    Best Mystery: Death in a Box - Simeon Gregory 

    Best Trailer: Werewolf Babysitter - Patrick Meimari

    Best Music Video: Hair - The Lucid - Hannah Fierman

    SCREENPLAYS

    Best Short Screenplay: Stalkers - Ben Alexander Erwin
    Finalist: Bah Humbug - Mike Ede
    Semi-Finalist: Tick, Tick, Tick - Danielle Rollins
    Semi-Finalist: The Collectors - Mark Higgins

    Best Feature Screenplay: CornStalkers -Michael Bayouth
    Finalist: BOYSandGIRLS - James Ferda
    Semi-Finalist: Wicked Grin - Arran Crawley
    Semi-Finalist: Virulence - Christopher Pennington

    Best Horror: Abaddon: The King of the Locusts - Aric Garcia

    Best Action: Virulence - Christopher Pennington

    Best Gore: The New Girlfriend - Pierre Langenegger

    Best Mystery: Pendant - Paul Grammatico

    Best Drama: Wicked Grin - Arran Crawley

    Best Thriller: Exolatry - Michael Kureth 

    ARTISTRY

    Best Photography: Moroccan Art - Saâdouni Salahe

  • FILMS

    Audience Choice Best of the Fest: Winter Island - Tony Doupé & Chris Taylor

    Best Micro Short: Your Face - Daphne Zelle
    Finalist: Cart Return - Matt Webb
    Semi-Finalist: Lucy - Jayleen S. Perez
    Semi-Finalist: Father - Adrian Al Jazzar

    Best Short: The Overkill - Joanna Tsanis
    Finalist: Charlie the Cancelled Skeleton - Joe Reilly
    Semi-Finalist: Pests - Sean Cruser
    Semi-Finalist: Amphibia - Ian Odermatt

    Best Extended Short: The Nightmare Paradox - Benjamin Kadaffi
    Finalist: The Wolf - M.r. Fitzgerald
    Semi-Finalist: The Detachment - Lee Daehan 
    Semi-Finalist: Conspiracy Cases: The Wasp Woman 

    Best Feature: Forever Home - Sean Oliver
    Finalist: Winter Island - Tony Doupé
    Semi-Finalist: Brain Tumor - Glen Coburn
    Semi-Finalist: Occupants - Russ Emanuel

    Best Horror: Devils Are We - Jon Turner

    Best Comedy: Eldritch, USA - Ryan Smith

    Best Gore: Lucy - Jayleen S. Perez

    Best Thriller: The Elsewhere - Kerry Fleming

    Best International Film: Red Scare - Tahlia Barr 

    Best Director: Wendigo - Rion Smith

    Best Performance: Charlie the Cancelled Skeleton - Joe Reilly - Dick Weid

    Best Animation: Fed - Michael Bartolomeo

    Best Cinematography: A Shot of Noir - Jason Glenn

    Best SFX: Winter Island - Naomi Mechem-Miller 

    Best Score/Sound Design: Leave No Trace - Bennett Mains

    Best Sci-Fi: Outer Reaches - Karl Redgen 

    Best Mystery: Once Passed On - Ethan Emmertt 

    Best Trailer: Staycation - Russell Emanuel

    Best Music Video: Dirty Freaken Joe - Sci-Fi Sam - Timothy A Bennett

    SCREENPLAYS

    Best Short Screenplay: Scratch, Scratch - Pierre Langenegger
    Finalist: All the Rage - Maryellen DeVivo
    Semi-Finalist: Black-Eyed Kid - Thomas Scott Adams
    Semi-Finalist: Scared To Death - Stephen Kayfish

    Best Feature Screenplay: Pancake - Kipp Howard
    Finalist: Canevil - Anthony Cross
    Semi-Finalist: The Menace - Stephen Kayfish
    Semi-Finalist: Revival - Abby Selden

    Best Horror: Devil in the Dark - Michelle Dowlan

    Best Science Fiction: Robot Asteroid - Paul May

    Best Comedy: The Litterbug - Jesse Womack

    Best Mystery: Motion Alert - Melanie Ortiz

    Best Thriller: The Boneyard - M.r. Fitzgerald

    Best Character: Hey, Stranger - Mike Ede

  • FILMS

    Best of the Fest Audience Choice: The Evil Three - CJ Vecchio

    Best Micro Short: Exposed - Nicholas Molinari
    Finalist: Nocturnal Masquerade - Romy Ferguson 
    Semi-Finalist: Barbershop of the Damned - Tate Cozza
    Semi-Finalist: The Connoisseur - Eric Morgret 

    Best Short: You’re On Your Own, Kid - Michael Matsui
    Finalist: The Devil on Derby Street - Luke St Germaine
    Semi-Finalist: A Friendly Referral - Edward Mizner 
    Semi-Finalist: Dahlia's Monsters - Abigail Salmon

    Best Extended Short: The Evil Three - CJ Vecchio
    Finalist: The Black Quarry - Corey Jason Trahan
    Semi-Finalist: Joker: The Last Laugh - David Bispham & Jonathan Davenport
    Semi-Finalist: Deceased - Ashley Wilson

    Best Feature: Britney Lost Her Phone - Vito Trabucco
    Finalist: Happy Halloween - Brittney Greer
    Semi-Finalist: Children of the Pines - Joshua Morgan
    Semi-Finalist: Hippo - Mark H. Rapaport

    Best Horror: The Black Quarry - Corey Jason Trahan

    Best Comedy: Day of the Cyclops - Justin Edwards

    Best Gore: MEAT - Christopher Outridge

    Best Thriller: The Need - Michael Rognlie & EE Tallent

    Best International Film: Will You Come Up? - Ho-seung Son

    Best Director: CJ Vecchio - The Evil Three

    Best Female Performance: Llenelle Gibson - No Slasher Here

    Best Male Performance:  Jesse Pringle - #Trucker

    Best Animation: Les Bêtes - Michael Granberry

    Best Cinematography: EZ Money - Katherine Dudley

    Best SFX: The Evil Three - Rob Cobasky, Hilario Rodriguez, Heather Harlow

    Best Score/Sound Design: Three Weeks - Kenneth Skoglund 

    Best Sci-Fi: Epicenter - Braden Callis & Jon Robinson

    Best Mystery: No Slasher Here - Robert Tiemstra

    Best Trailer: Jolly Cold Soul - Robert Cunniff

    Best Music Video: CYA - Alice The G00n

    Best First-time Filmmaker: Ghost in the Graveyard - R.S. Powell

    Best Fan Film: Joker: The Last Laugh - David Bispham & Jonathan Davenport

    SCREENPLAYS

    Best Short Screenplay: Team Bonding - Mike Ede
    Finalist: Last Supper - Maryellen DeVivo
    Semi-Finalist: GASP - Steph France
    Semi-Finalist: Willow Says - Geoffrey Gould

    Best Feature Screenplay: Misfortune Cookies - Don Stroud
    Finalist: Straight Edge - Joe Amero
    Semi-Finalist: ReddeR -  James Steele Haney
    Semi-Finalist: Your Privilege is Showing - Daniel Guyton

    Best Horror: Teddy Cuddles - Christopher Outridge

    Best Science Fiction: I Really Hate Spiders - Jamila Jackson

    Best Gore: Straight Edge - Joe Amero

    Best Mystery: Your Privilege is Showing - Daniel Guyton

    Best Thriller: ReddeR - James Steele Haney

    Best Character: Father Gabriel - The Exorcism of Father Gabriel - Pierre Langenegger

    Best Comedy: All Cats Go to Hell - Jesse Womack

  • FILMS

    Best of the Fest Audience Choice: From the Depths - Justin Robert Vinall

    Best Micro Short: Frankenstein So White - Cal Post
    Finalist: Blastic - Adam Wademan & Karola Sanchez
    Semi-Finalist: One Last Drink - Derek Schneider
    Semi-Finalist: Nonlinear - Matthias Klein

    Best Short: Format - Darik Maurice
    Finalist: The Red Market - Christopher Matthew Spencer
    Semi-Finalist: Closed Circuit - Karl Redgen 
    Semi-Finalist: Clothes Made With Tears - Dmitri Pimenov

    Best Extended Short: In The Flesh - Connor Doyle
    Finalist: Burn Through The Dark - Jakob Burnham
    Semi-Finalist: House Rules - Jeffrey Harvey & Melanie Rosedale
    Semi-Finalist: Three AM - Jeff Wolverton

    Best Feature: Stalkers - Paul Thompson
    Finalist: Sheryl - Justin Best
    Semi-Finalist: Serial - James Thomas Coleman & Vincent Coleman
    Semi-Finalist: Grimmwood - Matt Kiser

    Best Horror: HIMEI - Daniel B. Carrion

    Best Comedy: The Parcel - Jared Tipton

    Best Thriller: Crack - Claire Johnstone

    Best International Film: Closed Circuit - Karl Redgen 

    Best Director: When The Hunters Come - Chase Ogden

    Best Performance: In The Flesh “Jeremy” - Chad Malen

    Best Animation: Howl If You Love Me - John R. Dilworth

    Best Cinematography: Poached - Jason Glenn

    Best SFX: Clocked Out - Jordan Schudie

    Best Score/Sound Design: Dormant - Jesper Ankerfeldt 

    Best Sci-Fi: The Red Market - Christopher Matthew Spencer

    Best Mystery: Looking For - Hagen Rohling

    Best Music Video: Where Angels Fear To Tread - Grant Varner

    SCREENPLAYS

    Best Short Screenplay: Bits and Pieces - Maryellen DeVivo
    Finalist: The Playhouse - Wren Valentino
    Semi-Finalist: Lab Partners - Tommy Britt
    Semi-Finalist: No Faces - Michael Pisaturo

    Best Feature Screenplay: Those Things - Mike Ede
    Finalist: The Revenger - Bill J Ochs & Mark C Bowen
    Semi-Finalist: Warning Signs - Kerry Fleming
    Semi-Finalist:  I Feel Pretty - Cole Hediger 

    Best Horror: Hunger - Christopher Brian Dorsey

    Best Thriller: The Revenger - Bill J Ochs & Mark C Bowen

    Best Drama: Warning Signs - Kerry Fleming

    Best Comedy: Bits and Pieces - Maryellen DeVivo

    Best Sci-Fi: Agatha - Lee Sobier

  • FILMS

    Audience Choice Best of the Fest Co-Winner: Litterbug - Jesse Womack
    Audience Choice Best of the Fest Co-Winner: Werewolf in Seattle - Ian Landon

    Best Short: Sicko - Aman Johnson

    Best Extended Short: Horror Spell - Daniel Ziegler

    Best Feature: Devour - Scott Hansen
    Finalist: Wrecked - S.D. Barrett

    Best Comedy: The Litterbug - Jesse Womack

    Best Thriller: In Silence, Demons Knock - Shaun M Springer
    Finalist: Firecrow - Markham Samuels

    Best Performance: It’s Watching - Michael Davis

    Best Animation: The God of Grand Central - Katie McLean

    Best Cinematography: Bad Chemistry - Michael Rognlie

    Best Editing: DON’T DRINK THE WATER - Kaitlin N. Larson

    Best Sci-Fi: STARGAZER- Justin Robert Vinall

    Best Gore: Inside Chopped - Kevin Wayne

    SCREENPLAYS

    Best Comedy: Santa Claus is Coming to Hell! - Michael Klug & Ben Alpi

    Best Sci-Fi: The Damned Next Door - Paul Grammatico

    Best Short Screenplay: Gaunt - Mike Ede
    Finalist: VOID - Carter Lowe

    Best Feature Screenplay: Hunger - Brian Dorsey
    Finalist: Spirit of Darkness- Richard D Gann

  • Coming October 17th and 18th 2026!