2021 Award Nominees!

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

BEST DIRECTOR IN FEATURE FILM NOMINEES
JO SHAFFER - HELL IS EMPTY
ADAM SHERMAN - THIS GAME'S CALLED MURDER
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
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
PEYTON HILLIS - THE HUNTING
TODD LEIGH - HOUSE OF INEQUITY

BEST ACTRESS IN A FEATURE FILM NOMINEES
JOELLE WESTWOOD - THE HUNTING
AUGIE DUKE - 6:45
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
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
JOHNNY

BEST SOUND IN A FEATURE FILM NOMINEES
JOHNNY
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
BAD CANDY
THIS GAME'S CALLED MURDER

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

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

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

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

BEST WRITER IN A SHORT FILM NOMINEES
AARON MORGAN - SEEK
ALEX DONA - A GIRL'S BEST FRIEND
MATT COCHRAN - ITCH
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

BEST ACTRESS IN A SHORT FILM NOMINEES
YUMI KIM - $TRIP
TRACY CAMP - INTO THE DARKNESS
ALLISYN SNYDER - SEEK
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

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

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

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

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

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