Shriekfest Winners

Best Horror Feature Film
Bane
directed by James Eaves

Best Thriller Feature Film
Alien Raiders
directed by Ben Rock

Best Short Film
Kirksdale
directed by Ryan Spindell

Best Super Short Film
Eel Girl
directed by Paul Campion

Best Horror Feature Screenplay
The Great American Nightmare
written by Tom Manning

Best Sci-Fi Feature Screenplay
Scavengers
written by Diana Kemp-Jones

Best Fantasy Feature Screenplay
The Hercynian Orchid
written by Melisa Ford

Best Short Screenplay
Making the List
written by Jesse Kyle Reisman

The Pretty/Scary Award
Side Effect
directed by Liz Adams

Best Acting Performance
Rhoda Jordan
in “Rule of Three”

Audience Choice Award
The Open Door
directed by Doc Duhame

Best Under 18 Film
The Perfect Victim
directed by Eric Badger

Best Under 18 Screenplay
Big Kids Play Manslaughter
written by Kelsey Bollig

Best Feature Film
The Chair
Directed by Brett Sullivan

Best Super Short Film
No Sanctuary
Directed by Dan Lovallo

Best Short Film
A.W.O.L.
Directed by Jack Swanstrom

Best Feature Screenplay
The Lost Girl
by Michael Mongillo

2nd Place Feature Screenplay
Horror World
by Rolfe Kanefsky

Best Short Screenplay
Safe Passage
by Michael Raymond

The Pretty/Scary Award
The Cellar Door
Directed by Matt Zettell

Best Cinematography
Death’s Requiem
Cinematography by Carl Robertson, Directed by Marc Furmie

Audience Choice Award
The Cellar Door
Directed by Matt Zettell

Best Acting Performance
James DuMont
in The Cellar Door

Best Special Effects in a Feature Film
Atom Nine Adventures
Directed by Christopher Farley

Best Special Effects in a Short Film
Postcards from the Future
Directed by Alan Chan

Best Key Art Award
Zombie Love

2nd Place Key Art Award
House of Fears

Best Under 18 Film
Vanilla County
Directed by Nick Diramio

Best Under 18 Screenplay
Empire of Wonders
written by David Siudzinski

Best Horror Feature Film
The Other Side
directed by Gregg Bishop

2nd Place Horror Feature Film
Unrest
directed by Jason Todd Ipson

Best Super Short Film
Itsy Bitsy
directed by David May

2nd Place Super Short Film
The Boarder
directed by Susan Bell

Best Horror Short Film
Penny Dreadful
directed by Bryan Norton

2nd Place Horror Short Film
Avatar
directed by Lluís Quílez

Best Cinematography
Penny Dreadful (the feature)
directed by Richard Brandes

Best Special Effects
Itsy Bitsy
directed by David May

Best Makeup Effects
Night of the Leben Tod
directed by Eric Forsberg

Best Acting Performance
Amy Beth Sherman
in Desperation

Audience Choice Award
Bad Reputation
directed by Jimmy Hemphill

Best Under 18 Film
Reposessed
directed by Dustin Murphy

Best Feature Screenplay
The Next Plane
written by Christopher Moro

2nd Place Feature Screenplay
Reincarnate
written by Carl Melchior

3rd Place Feature Screenplay
I, Detective
written by Dean Alioto

Best Short Screenplay
Adrian of Death
written by Terence Brody

2nd Place Short Screenplay
The Last Request
written by Joe Randazzo