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iHorror Film Festival Announces Official Award Nominations
It’s Friday the 13th and a Full Harvest Moon, and we here at iHorror are celebrating with this spooky combination with a very special announcement for those films chosen to screen in the first ever iHorror Film Festival!
With only 22 days left until the curtain goes up, we are excited to present the nominees in all categories for the iHorror Film Festival Awards which will be presented at 6:30 pm EST on October 5, 2019 at the historic Cuban Club in the Ybor City district of Tampa, Florida.
Tickets are still available for the festival and can be purchased in advance by clicking here!
Take a look at the list below, and lets give all of our nominees a great big round of applause.
iHorror Film Festival Award Nominations!
Best Film
Night Crawl
Exposure
The Desecrated
Bitten
Boo
The Desolation Prize
The Three Crow Boys
Best Director
Gregory Shultz, Night Crawl
J. Zachary Thurman, Finley
Eduard Granadsztejn, Into the Hills (Entre las Sierras)
Randy Gonzalez & Gino Vento, Amigos
John Gray, The Desecrated
Rakefet Abergel, Boo
Marc Cartwright, We Die Alone
Best Actor
Michael Curran, Bitten
Graham Vines, Exposure
Baker Chase Powell, We Die Alone
Chris Jackson, Vessel
Aaron Bradshaw, The Monster
Gino Vento, Amigos
David McMahon, The Itch
Best Actress
Eugenia Mosca, Into the Hills
Michelle Yeager, Treat Street
Rakefet Abergel, Boo
Haley Leary, Playtime’s Over
Abigail Wilson, Psycho Path
Surely Alvelo, Terror Road
Amy Hoerler, Fever
Best Make-Up/Practical Effects
The Itch, Brad Shier/Hillary Warren
Z-Goat: First Bleat, Daphnee Beaulieux/Erwan Simon
SockMonster, Vincent J. Guastini/Melissa Thornton
The Loop, Ian Cromer
Quiet Room Bears, Mark Wotton
Best Cinematography
Cadair Y Fampir, John Fitch
The Desecrated, Ross Berryman
Night Crawl, Frank Mobilio
Eject, Richard Bertenshaw
Starlets, Andrew Scott Baird
Best Production Design
Bitch, Popcorn, & Blood, Elsa Kouchnir
The Monster, Andy Hengl
The Ebbing, Kevin Patrick Murphy
The Desolation Prize, Stacie Stilling
Finley, J. Zachary Thurman
Best Editing
The Itch, Jeff Bloom
Eject, David Yorke
The Soul Collector, Nicholas Peterson
Hada, Fernando Ronchese
The Loop, Jay Gartland
Best Sound Design
SockMonster, David DeAngelis/Robert Reider
Downpour, Tony Ahedo
Amigos, Ernesto Suarez
Don’t Look Into Their Eyes, Sabi Tulok
The Itch, David Suchanek
Most Horrifying Moment
Emetephobia: Final Scare
Quiet Room Bears: Tooth Removal
The Desolation Prize: “Where’s Jake?”
The Itch (Driscoll): Through the arm
Fever: Shadowman Grab
An additional iHorror Film Festival Award will be presented to one Florida-based production as the Best Local Film Award.
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Editorial
7 Great ‘Scream’ Fan Films & Shorts Worth a Watch
The Scream franchise is such an iconic series, that many budding filmmakers take inspiration from it and make their own sequels or, at least, build upon the original universe created by screenwriter Kevin Williamson. YouTube is the perfect medium to showcase these talents (and budgets) with fan-made homages with their own personal twists.
The great thing about Ghostface is that he can appear anywhere, in any town, he just needs the signature mask, knife, and unhinged motive. Thanks to Fair Use laws it’s possible to expand upon Wes Craven’s creation by simply getting a group of young adults together and killing them off one by one. Oh, and don’t forget the twist. You’ll notice that Roger Jackson’s famous Ghostface voice is uncanny valley, but you get the gist.
We have gathered five fan films/shorts related to Scream that we thought were pretty good. Although they can’t possibly match the beats of a $33 million blockbuster, they get by on what they have. But who needs money? If you’re talented and motivated anything is possible as proven by these filmmakers who are well on their way to the big leagues.
Take a look at the below films and let us know what you think. And while you’re at it, leave these young filmmakers a thumbs up, or leave them a comment to encourage them to create more films. Besides, where else are you going to see Ghostface vs. a Katana all set to a hip-hop soundtrack?
Scream Live (2023)
Ghostface (2021)
Ghost Face (2023)
Don’t Scream (2022)
Scream: A Fan Film (2023)
The Scream (2023)
A Scream Fan Film (2023)
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Movies
Another Creepy Spider Movie Hits Shudder This Month
Good spider films are a theme this year. First, we had Sting and then there was Infested. The former is still in theaters and the latter is coming to Shudder starting April 26.
Infested has been getting some good reviews. People are saying that it’s not only a great creature feature but also a social commentary on racism in France.
According to IMDb: Writer/director Sébastien Vanicek was looking for ideas around the discrimination faced by black and Arab-looking people in France, and that led him to spiders, which are rarely welcome in homes; whenever they’re spotted, they’re swatted. As everyone in the story (people and spiders) is treated like vermin by society, the title came to him naturally.
Shudder has become the gold standard for streaming horror content. Since 2016, the service has been offering fans an expansive library of genre movies. in 2017, they began to stream exclusive content.
Since then Shudder has become a powerhouse in the film festival circuit, buying distribution rights to movies, or just producing some of their own. Just like Netflix, they give a film a short theatrical run before adding it to their library exclusively for subscribers.
Late Night With the Devil is a great example. It was released theatrically on March 22 and will begin streaming on the platform starting April 19.
While not getting the same buzz as Late Night, Infested is a festival favorite and many have said if you suffer from arachnophobia, you might want to take heed before watching it.
According to the synopsis, our main character, Kalib is turning 30 and dealing with some family issues. “He’s fighting with his sister over an inheritance and has cut ties with his best friend. Fascinated by exotic animals, he finds a venomous spider in a shop and brings it back to his apartment. It only takes a moment for the spider to escape and reproduce, turning the whole building into a dreadful web trap. The only option for Kaleb and his friends is to find a way out and survive.”
The film will be available to watch on Shudder starting April 26.
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Part Concert, Part Horror Movie M. Night Shyamalan’s ‘Trap’ Trailer Released
In true Shyamalan form, he sets his film Trap inside a social situation where we aren’t sure what is going on. Hopefully, there is a twist at the end. Furthermore, we hope it’s better than the one in his divisive 2021 movie Old.
The trailer seemingly gives away a lot, but, as in the past, you can’t rely on his trailers because they are often red herrings and you are being gaslit to think a certain way. For instance, his movie Knock at the Cabin was completely different than what the trailer implied and if you hadn’t read the book on which the film is based it was still like going in blind.
The plot for Trap is being dubbed an “experience” and we aren’t quite sure what that means. If we were to guess based on the trailer, it’s a concert movie wrapped around a horror mystery. There are original songs performed by Saleka, who plays Lady Raven, a kind of Taylor Swift/Lady Gaga hybrid. They have even set up a Lady Raven website to further the illusion.
Here is the fresh trailer:
According to the synopsis, a father takes his daughter to one of Lady Raven’s jam-packed concerts, “where they realize they’re at the center of a dark and sinister event.”
Written and directed by M. Night Shyamalan, Trap stars Josh Hartnett, Ariel Donoghue, Saleka Shyamalan, Hayley Mills and Allison Pill. The film is produced by Ashwin Rajan, Marc Bienstock and M. Night Shyamalan. The executive producer is Steven Schneider.
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