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THE “CANNES OF HORROR” UNVEILS 2017 AWARD NOMINEES

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Nightmares Film Festival (Oct. 19 to 22 at Columbus’s Gateway Film Center) just announced nominees for its 2017 Night Mares, giving tapped filmmakers a thrill and festival attendees a list of films to watch for among the already stacked “#BetterHorror” lineup, as the festival bills it.

Each year the festival’s jury identifies films it believes are worthy of consideration for a “Night Mare,” the fest’s highly sought-after statuette. The Night Mare, sculpted and hand painted by renowned figure and toy designer Tony Simione (Star Wars, Marvel, The Walking Dead) depicts a fiery, furious hell-horse in exquisite detail.

“For us, the NFF Night Mare represents our commitment to honoring and elevating genre creatives, who sometimes find themselves viewed as the dark horses of filmmaking,” said festival co-founder and programmer Jason Tostevin.

New this year, Nightmares sponsor and horror media outlet iHorror will also bestow its Horror Standout award to one film its representatives identify as exceptional.

“Recognition at Nightmares can make a real difference in the trajectory of a film or screenplay,” said 2016 Night Mare winner for best feature director, Brooklyn Ewing. “But even more valuable is the networking and the community of support you get from the festival. Being a part of it last year directly contributed to making my follow-up feature this year, which I’m world premiering at NFF.”

Winners will be named during the festival’s awards gathering on Saturday, Oct. 21 at 5:15 p.m. The awards gathering is free to the public. Individual tickets to screenings are on sale now at www.GatewayFilmCenter/NFF.

 

Nightmares Film Festival 17 Award Nominees

BEST HORROR FEATURE
3 Dead Trick or Treaters
Capture, Kill, Release
Found Footage 3D
Ruin Me
Unnuyayuk

BEST THRILLER FEATURE
Midnighters
Rock, Paper, Dead
Scars of Xavier
She Was So Pretty 2
2 Pigeons

BEST MIDNIGHT FEATURE
Flesh of the Void
Le Accelerator
House Shark
Torment
I’m Dreaming of a White Doomsday

BEST DIRECTOR – FEATURE
Bong of the Living Dead – Max Groah
Capture, Kill, Release – Nick McAnulty
Unnuyayuk – Kirby Light
Flesh of the Void – James Quinn
Ruin Me – Preston DeFrancis
Torment – Adam Ford

BEST OHIO FEATURE
Bong of the Living Dead
Primordial
Blood Ride
Don’t Fuck in the Woods

BEST HORROR COMEDY FEATURE
Bong of the Living Dead
House Shark
Two Pigeons

BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY FEATURE
Scars of Xavier
Flesh of the Void
Le Accelerator
She Was So Pretty 2
Found Footage 3D

BEST SCREENPLAY FEATURE
Rock, Paper, Dead
Romeo’s Distress
Midnighters
2 Pigeons
Found Footage 3D

BEST ACTOR – FEATURE
Bong of the Living Dead – Dan Kiely
Le Accelerator – David Sakurai
Kirby Light – Unnuyayuk
House Shark – Jonathan Straiton
Torment – Rikky Fiore

BEST ACTRESS – FEATURE
I’m Dreaming of a White Doomsday – Hope Bikle
Hostile – Brittany Ashworth
Blood Ride – Pollyanna McIntosh
Capture, Kill, Release – Jennifer Fraser
Primordial – Marylee Osborne

BEST HORROR SHORT
Admonition
Creswick
The Daughters of Virtue
aMorfe
Husk
Pigskin
Sol
Spotlight
Banshee

BEST THRILLER SHORT
Alice and David
High & Tight
Too Fast, Paris
The Devil’s Gun
Pickup
The Devil’s Due
Night Runners

BEST MIDNIGHT SHORT
Deep Thing
Doll
Machine Baby
I Want Candy
The Cure
The Sunken Convent
Vanita

BEST DIRECTOR – SHORT
A Nearly Perfect Blue Sky – Quarxx
La Sirena – Rosita Muvdi
Creswick – Natalie James
The Sunken Convent – Michael Panduro
The Daughters of Virtue – Michael Escobedo
Cry Wolf – Gabriel Allard
Caravan – Nathan Lacey

BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY – SHORT
Sol
Teddy Bears Picnic
I Like It Better When You Do It
Pigskin
Admonition
Tethered
Used Body Parts
The Cure

BEST SCREENPLAY – SHORT
I Baked Him a Cake
Nasty Robin Goodfellow
The Son, The Father
The Fainting Room
The Dollmaker
Brown Evil
Thump

BEST ACTOR – SHORT
Cry It Out – Timmy Barron
Vexed – Baker Chase Powell
Tethered – Jared Cook
Hush – Luke Bedsole
The Son, The Father – Lukas Hassel
Creeper – Harry Piaggio
Compulsion – Andrew Roy Drury

BEST ACTRESS – SHORT
Jax In Love – Rakefet Abergel
Haematophilia – Lara Dudek
Getting Ready for a Lunch Date – Jessica Pontes
Hush – Rachel Barker
Cry Wolf – Amber Goldfarb
The Sound of Fear – Sandra Mae Frank
Pickup – Mandy Evans

BEST OHIO SHORT
Bride of Frankie
The Childish Thing
Mother’s Milk
The Creature of Stark Hills
The Dark of the Night
Tales from the Blood Fairies

BEST HORROR COMEDY SHORT
Blood Shed
Girl #2
Lunch Ladies
We Summoned a Demon
Meow
What’s for Dinner?
The Naughty List

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Trailer for ‘The Exorcism’ Has Russell Crowe Possessed

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The latest exorcism movie is about to drop this summer. It’s aptly titled The Exorcism and it stars Academy Award winner turned B-movie savant Russell Crowe. The trailer dropped today and by the looks of it, we are getting a possession movie that takes place on a movie set.

Just like this year’s recent demon-in-media-space film Late Night With the Devil, The Exorcism happens during a production. Although the former takes place on a live network talk show, the latter is on an active sound stage. Hopefully, it won’t be entirely serious and we’ll get some meta chuckles out of it.

The film will open in theaters on June 7, but since Shudder also acquired it, it probably won’t be long after that until it finds a home on the streaming service.

Crowe plays, “Anthony Miller, a troubled actor who begins to unravel while shooting a supernatural horror film. His estranged daughter, Lee (Ryan Simpkins), wonders if he’s slipping back into his past addictions or if there’s something more sinister at play. The film also stars Sam Worthington, Chloe Bailey, Adam Goldberg and David Hyde Pierce.”

Crowe did see some success in last year’s The Pope’s Exorcist mostly because his character was so over-the-top and infused with such comical hubris it bordered on parody. We will see if that is the route actor-turned-director Joshua John Miller takes with The Exorcism.

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Win a Stay at The Lizzie Borden House From Spirit Halloween

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Spirit Halloween has declared that this week marks the start of spooky season and to celebrate they are offering fans a chance to stay at the Lizzie Borden House with so many perks Lizzie herself would approve.

The Lizzie Borden House in Fall River, MA is claimed to be one of the most haunted houses in America. Of course one lucky winner and up to 12 of their friends will find out if the rumors are true if they win the grand prize: A private stay in the notorious house.

“We are delighted to work with Spirit Halloween to roll out the red carpet and offer the public a chance to win a one-of-a-kind experience at the infamous Lizzie Borden House, which also includes additional haunted experiences and merchandise,” said Lance Zaal, President & Founder of US Ghost Adventures.

Fans can enter to win by following Spirit Halloween‘s Instagram and leaving a comment on the contest post from now through April 28.

Inside the Lizzie Borden House

The prize also includes:

An exclusive guided house tour, including insider insight around the murder, the trial, and commonly reported hauntings

A late-night ghost tour, complete with professional ghost-hunting gear

A private breakfast in the Borden family dining room

A ghost hunting starter kit with two pieces of Ghost Daddy Ghost Hunting Gear and a lesson for two at US Ghost Adventures Ghost Hunting Course

The ultimate Lizzie Borden gift package, featuring an official hatchet, the Lizzie Borden board game, Lily the Haunted Doll, and America’s Most Haunted Volume II

Winner’s choice of a Ghost Tour experience in Salem or a True Crime experience in Boston for two

“Our Halfway to Halloween celebration provides fans an exhilarating taste of what’s to come this fall and empowers them to start planning for their favorite season as early as they please,” said Steven Silverstein, CEO of Spirit Halloween. “We have cultivated an incredible following of enthusiasts who embody the Halloween lifestyle, and we’re thrilled to bring the fun back to life.”

Spirit Halloween is also preparing for their retail haunted houses. On Thursday, August 1 their flagship store in Egg Harbor Township, NJ. will officially open to start off the season. That event usually draws in hordes of people eager to see what new merch, animatronics, and exclusive IP goods will be trending this year.

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’28 Years Later’ Trilogy Taking Shape With Serious Star Power

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Danny Boyle is revisiting his 28 Days Later universe with three new films. He will direct the first, 28 Years Later, with two more to follow. Deadline is reporting that sources say Jodie Comer, Aaron Taylor-Johnson, and Ralph Fiennes have been cast for the first entry, a sequel to the original. Details are being kept under wraps so we don’t know how or if the first original sequel 28 Weeks Later fits into the project.

Jodie Comer, Aaron Taylor-Johnson and Ralph Fiennes

Boyle will direct the first movie but it’s unclear which role he will take on in the subsequent films. What is known is Candyman (2021) director Nia DaCosta is scheduled to direct the second film in this trilogy and that the third will be filmed immediately afterward. Whether DaCosta will direct both is still unclear.

Alex Garland is writing the scripts. Garland is having a successful time at the box office right now. He wrote and directed the current action/thriller Civil War which was just knocked out of the theatrical top spot by Radio Silence’s Abigail.

There is no word yet on when, or where, 28 Years Later will start production.

28 Days Later

The original film followed Jim (Cillian Murphy) who wakes from a coma to find that London is currently dealing with a zombie outbreak.

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