Congratulations to all of the 2012 Shriekfest horror film festival winners and thank you to everyone who came out to support Shriekfest!
Best Horror Feature Film: Nailbiter directed by Patrick Rea
Best SciFi Feature Film: Found in Time directed by Arthur Vincie
Best Thriller Feature Film: It's in the Blood directed by Scooter Downey
Best Super Short Film: The Sleepover directed by Chris Cullari
Best Horror Short Film: Blackout directed by James Bushe
Best SciFi Short Film: A Light in the Darkness directed by Fed Wetherbee
Best Horror Feature Screenplay: Nevermore written by David Beran
Best SciFi Feature Screenplay: When the Sleeper Wakes written by James Van Fleet
Best Short Screenplay: The Last Rung written by Matt Mintz
Best Original Song: Push 'em Down by Matt Mintz and The Ghosts of Electricity
Winner of the Bechdel Test award: With Child written by Jeff Kacmarynski
*Screenplay with great scenes between 2 female characters where they don't talk about a man.
The Blood List is the top unproduced dark genre screenplays of the year voted on by industry insiders. 2012's list found 4 past Shriekfest horror film festival winners on it!
Gregg Bishop
Mike Flanagan
T.J. Cimfel
David White
Praise for Denise Gossett
"My first guest on the radio show and one of the most memorable and delightful women on the planet. Ms. Gossett was amazing! Besides being incredibly talented and informative, Ms. Gossett is just so cool and charming! The conversation we had on The Horror Happens Radio Show was a must listen for anyone who is in the business of film and who loves to hear a woman who is smart and interesting." -- JK from The Horror Happens Radio Show on HGRNJ.org
Denise Gossett, Founder and Director of the Shriekfest Film Festival, delves into the dos and don'ts of film submissions, and also lends some perspective on the horror industry itself in this Altered Realities Radio podcast.
Festival Director Denise Gossett has been voted number 5 out of 13 MOST IMPORTANT WOMEN IN HORROR!~Thank you everyone, I am honored!" 13 Most Influential Women In Horror
Shriekfest is an international festival and screenplay competition that receives submissions from all over the world. We are a festival dedicated to getting horror/thriller/sci-fi/fantasy filmmakers and screenwriters the recognition they deserve.
