Buffalo Screams Horror Film Festival Announces Its 2012 Award Nominations

Oct. 10, 2012 - PRLog -- Buffalo Screams Horror Film Festival, now in its third year, has announced the nominees for its Screamer awards, which will be handed out during a ceremony at the Screening Room Cinema Café in Amherst, New York on Sunday evening, October 21st. The festival runs for five days beginning October 17th at the Dipson Theaters Market Arcade Film and Arts Center in downtown Buffalo.

“This year’s nominations reflect the diversity that Buffalo Screams is becoming known for,” says festival chairman Gregory Lamberson. “Our selections run the gamut from art house fare to slasher films to science fiction. We try to spotlight as much variety as possible, and we give as many awards to short films as to features.”

Buffalo Screams will screen 47 films, including such non-competition “showcase” films as SnowShark: Ancient Snow Beast and Crimson:The Motion Picture, two local films which have been acquired for distribution by POP Cinema.  Guests include Honorary Chairperson Debbie Rochon, distribution executive Paige K.Davis, Lockport, New York filmmaker Sam Qualiana, and Rochester filmmaker Chris Seaver, who will receive the Genre Spirit Award.

“There will be additional awards in addition to those listed below,” says Lamberson.  “We like to surprise people.”  A list of the nominees follows.  For additional information, visit www.buffaloscreams.com.

Best Feature

Billy’s Cult
Exhumed
Rat Scratch Fever
Revenant
Turnpike Killer
Zombie eXs

Best International Feature

The Caretaker
The Casebook of Eddie Brewer
Zero Killed
                             
Best Medium Length Film

Blood for Irina
Community Service: The Movie
The Outlaw

Best Horror Short

Blue Hole
Exit 7A
Midnight Daisy
Stella Buio
What Comes from Within
Whom God Helps

Best International Horror Short

Employee of the Month(Switzerland)
Historia Muerta (Spain)
Prodigal Son (Ireland)
Shadow of the Unnamable (Germany)            
                     
Best Horror Comedy Short

De-Fanged: Decline of the Vampire
Employee of the Month (Switzerland)
Hell’s Belles
Kitchen Kombat
Monophobia

Best More than Horror Short

Killing Me Softly (Finland)
A Private Place

Best WNY Genre Film (any length)
         
Before You
The Camper
De-Fanged: Decline of the Vampire
Kitchen Kombat
Life’s a Bitch, Then You Die
Mean Motherfucker
The Outlaw
A Private Place
Sexquatch
What Comes From Within
Wormchild      

Best Director, Feature

Derek Cole, Revenant
Tom Conyers, The Caretaker
Jeff Leroy, Rat Scratch Fever
Michael P. Lucas, Billy’s Cult
Richard Mar-Griffin, Exhumed
           

Best Director, Short or Medium Length Film

Chris Alexander, Blood for Irina
Erik Gardner, Blue Hole
Louis Mansfield, Whom God Helps
William Peters, Exit7A
Asa Shumskas, Midnight Daisy

           
Best Screenplay, Feature

Guy Benoit, Exhumed
Jean Cohen and George Smith, Zombie eXs
Tom Conyers, The Caretaker
Jeff Leroy, Rat Scratch Fever
Michael P. Lucas and Scott R. Weston, Billy’s Cult
Stephen Twardokus, Revenant

Best Screenplay, Short or Medium Length

Rod Durick and Arick Szymecki, De-Fanged: Decline of the Vampire Film
Louis Mansfield, Whom God Helps
Fran Mateu, Historia Muerta
CJ Scuffins, Prodigal Son
Jesse Vigil, Midnight Daisy

         
Best Actor, Feature

Ford Austin,Rat Scratch Fever
Ian Brooker, The Casebook of Eddie Brewer
Michael Thurber, Exhumed
Stephen Twardokus, Revenant
Mark White, The Caretaker    

Best Actress, Feature

Anna Burgess, The Caretaker            
Evalina Marie, Exhume
Sarah Nicklin, Exhumed
Debbie Rochon, Exhumed
Tasha Tacosa, Rat Scratch Fever
           
Best Actor, Short or Medium Length

Ryan Andrews, Prodigal Son
Paul McGinnis, The Camper
Scott Speiser, Blue Hole
Ray Stefanneli, Midnight Daisy
Ben Watts, Exit 7A    

Best Actress, Short or Medium Length

Justine Llanes, Birthday Boys
Linnea Quigley, Stella Buio
Mayra Rodriguez, Hell’s Belles
Ariel Teal Toombs, Hell’s Belles        

Best Cinematography, Feature

Derek Cole, Revenant
Ken Willinger, Exhumed
Matt Wood, The Caretaker

Best Cinematography, Short

Maximillian Gutierrez, Midnight Daisy
Yong Jin Kim, Blue Hole    
Javier Lorente, Historia Muerta
William Peters, Exit7A                                  

Best Editing

Derek Cole & Stephen Twardokus, Revenant
Tom Conyers, The Caretaker
Florian Eisner & Sasha Renninger, Shadow of the Unnamable

Best Special Make-Up Effects

Tammie Castagna, Kaitlin Kennedy, Ruby Muro, Lauren Palmer,Steve Saturn Whom God Helps
Ron Chamberlin, Demon Messenger
Mercedes Marinucci, The Awakening
Dan Crowley, Hell’s Belles
The Caretaker
           

Best Special Visual Effects

Richard Calderon, Rat Scratch Fever
Psychic Bunny,Midnight Daisy
The Caretaker
Shadow of the Unnamable

Faux Grindhouse Trailer Award ($500 prize)


The Camper
The Fumigator
Life’s a Bitch, Then You Die
Mean Motherfucker
Motherfucking Zombie Killers

Best Student Film

The Awakening
Kitchen Kombat
Wormchild

Genre Spirit Award

Chris Seaver