2019 film selections
The Lodge
A Nun’s Curse
Antrum
The Girl on the Third Floor
Nekromantik
To Your Last Death
Z
Reckoning
She Never Died
Swallow
VFW
1BR
Making Monsters
Daniel Isn’t Real
The Obsessed
29 Needles
Lake Michigan Monster
Beyond Horror
Slaughterhouse Slumber Party
Eat, Brains, Love
Ghost Killers vs Bloody Mary
Scare Package
Puppet Killer
Nekromantik
The Contract
Unholy ‘Mole
Diddie Wa Diddie
Daughter of Dismay
I See Through You
A Night Without
Dad
Jackie
Lock and Key
Buffalo & Trout
The Itch
Playtime’s over
Catfight
LIMBO
Headcleaner
Check.
The Orchestra
Tick
Twig
Blow Out
Scary Stories to Tell by the Campfire: Bloody Mary
Sleep Tight
Portraits of Fright
Beyond Horror
Portraits of Fright
Killer Date
Dead Teenager Séance
Bad Fun
OverKill
Exhibit Man
NeckFace
Inflatio
Possessions
Zebra
We Got a Monkey’s Paw
Half-Cocked
We Follow You
Ghost Turd
Reunion
SHHHH
One Last Meal
The Gaze
Psycho Path
D Is for Demon
98.6
Fetus Nation
Toothache
Trapped
The Pickman Model
Peek a Boo
Nocturne
Washed
Re-Home
Neighborlies
Let Me Play
Momma, Don’t Go
Abi
Parrish
Indolence
Fused
Always Listening
Bathwater, Kevin Talley
Demon Inside Me, Brandon Rutherford
Gender Reveal Party, Alison Parker
Hush Little Baby, Ricardo Bravo
Cave of Tits, Stephen Stull
Vuorwro, Ron Riekki
Boogeyman Bait, Kay Phillips
Field Test, Chris Hicks
Love as a Practice for Dying, Shayna Connellly
Mary, Dispossessed, Kristy Walsh
The Garden, Guillermo Ortiz
The Squirrels in the Attic, Rachel Thomas-Medwid
Who Wants Dessert?, Venita Ozols-Graham
Night People, Søren Budge
Mom Died, Michael Klug
The Chamber, Sergio Pinheiro
Timmy Cooke: A Cannibal Love Story, Aaron Barrocas
Persona, Jeffrey Howe
The Mothman, Jackson Murray
No Overnight Parking, Meg Swertlow
Serial Killers Anonymous, Robert Forsberg
Daughters of Virtue, Michael Escobedo
Third Date, Avishai Weinberger
He Brings The Night, Kevin Donner
Monger, David Axe
Girl Trouble, Devi Snively
Forgive Me
Unknown Number
Look Twice
Where The Shadows Fall
Drainage
Winter’s Blood
Madness’ by Black Liquid
Wake Up Mark
Benito’s Brew
The Coffin
Tea Time for Lions
The End of the World: An Update
The Things With The Glowing Green Eyes
Weight
Tethered
Boo
To Enter You Must
Melody
Trust Me
The Tattooist
In Sound, We Live Forever
Atomic Ed
Off Fleek
Steve And The Dead Girl
Creaker
She Must Vanish
Inferno
Piggy
Lippy
A-Symmetry
The Burden
Destroyer of Worlds
Room 106
The Vicious
Water Horse
How To Be Alone
Night Crawl
Plainsong
Z-GOAT: First Bleat
Asian She – Competitive Mourning
I Learned How to Drive at the End of the World
She Fell
Songs My Mother Taught Me
Attention
MJ
Tagged
Ferine
A Doll Distorted
The Third Hand
Feeder
Nineteen Ninety Nine
Cassandra
Lili
Gaslight
The Taste of Blood
A Clown’s Tale
Man in the Corner
Prefigured
It Came Nameless in Spring
Mutiny
We Die Alone
Maggie May
September
The Housesitters
Communication is Key
Broadside
A Noise That Carries
Chickens
One Bad Night
The Automaton
Sick
VR Food
Adams
Hot Dog
Existential Donut
Bennifer
Valerio’s Day Out
Demons
Cured
Together
Malacostraca
The Program
Herman
Mannequins
Changeling
Stucco
The Outsider
Farsight
Five Course Meal
The Animator
Imagine a World
Sasquatch
Breathe
The Guy
Best overall feature
Puppet Killer
Best horror feature
Antrum: The Deadliest Film Ever Made
To Your Last Death
Winner: Z
Best thriller feature
Winner: Reckoning
She Never Died
1BR
Making Monsters
Best midnight feature
Winner: The Obsessed
29 Needles
Lake Michigan Monster
Best director feature
Domiziano Cristopharo – The Obsessed
Michael Laicini and David Amito – Antrum: The Deadliest Film Ever Made
Brandon Christensen – Z
Winner: Jessie Seitz and Marcus Koch – Beyond Horror
Lisa Ovies – Puppet Killer
Best horror comedy feature
Eat, Brains, Love
Winner: Scare Package
Puppet Killer
Slaughterhouse Slumber Party
Best cinematography feature
Reckoning
She Never Died
Winner: To Your Last Death
Antrum: The Deadliest Film Ever Made
Puppet Killer
Best writing in a feature
Winner: A Nun’s Curse
1BR
Making Monsters
Scare Package
Esprit de Gore
Rachael Barbash
Best actor feature
Ray Wise – To Your Last Death
Winner: Tim Loden – Making Monsters
Jacopo Tomassini – The Obsessed
Brooke Berry – 29 Needles
Ryland Tews – Lake Michigan Monster
Best actress feature
Olunike Adeliyi – She Never Died
Winner: Nicole Brydon Bloom – 1BR
Danielle Deadwyler – Reckoning
Angelique Rivera – Eat, Brains, Love
Best horror short
Winner: Tick
Limbo
MJ
Plain Song
The Burden
Off Fleek
Ferine
To Enter You Must
Best thriller short
Maggie May
The Automaton
Feeder
Buffalo & Trout
We Die Alone
Communication is Key
Lock & Key
Best midnight short
Malacostraca
Bennifer
Together
Hot Dog
Unholy ‘Mole
Winner: VR Food
Valerio’s Day Out
Best Recurring Nightmare
Always Listening
Winner: Let Me Play
Abi
Momma, Don’t Go
Parrish
Tagged
Trapped
Best director short
Whitney St. Ours – The Housesitters
Gabriel Villanueva – Cured
Sean Temple – Water Horse
Nate Ruegger – Trust Me
Winner: Joanna Tsanis – Imagine a World
Zeshaan Younus – Prefigured
Janina Gavankar – Stucco
Kelli Breslen – Man In the Corner
Best cinematography short
The Guy
Exhibit Man
Winner: Daughter of Dismay
Herman
The Third Hand
Asian She – Competitive Mourning
The Orchestra
Best writing in a short
Wylie Rush- Jackie
Winner: Rakefet Abergel – Boo
Katlyn Aviles – Steve and the Dead Girl
Zeshaan Younus – Prefigured
Brittany Brock – Broadside
Alanah Rafferty – Mutiny
Todd Jacobs – Playtime’s Over
Alec Gibbons – One Bad Night
Best actor short
Matt Pascua – Man in the Corner
Nicholas Thurkettle – Prefigured
Joey Beni – Killer Date
Brock Morgan – Songs My Mother Taught Me
Mark Field – Sleep Tight
Jeff Payne – September
Winner: Baker Chase Powell – We Die Alone
Best actress short
Chelsea Jordan – The Itch
Ruby Dalton – Cassandra
Winner: Synead Nichols – Sasquatch
Jackie Quinones – Sick
Jamie Morrow – Check.
Laura Galan – Piggy
Magen Mattox – It Came Nameless in Spring
Best horror comedy short
We Follow You
Winner: Inflatio
Half-Cocked
Blow Out
We Got a Monkey’s Paw
Sleep Tight
Possessions
Zebra
Best short screenplay
Winner: Love as Practice for Dying
1RU: Gender Reveal Party
2RU: Mary, Dispossessed
Best feature screenplay
Winner: Third Date
1RU: He Brings the Night
2RU: No Overnight Parking
Best Ohio film
Where the Shadows Fall
Slaughterhouse Slumber Party
The Thing With the Glowing Green Eyes
Weight
1RU:Madness
Winner: Look Twice
Winter’s Blood
Forgive Me
