2015 Fright Night Theatre Awards Announced

The competitive portion of the 2015 Fright Night Theatre Film Festival has officially wrapped, and our fans and selection committee have cast their votes. Out of the nine competitive feature films and 38 competitive shorts we screened this season, we are thrilled to announce this year's Fright Night Theatre Award Winners 

AUDIENCE CHOICE AWARDS

As voted by the in-attendance audience

BEST FILM

Wolfcop

(Director - Lowell Dean / Producers - Sean Buckley, Bernie Hernano, J. Joly, Bill Marks, Deborah Marks, Danielle Masters, Hugh Patterson, Brian Wideen)

BEST SHORT

Dead Hearts
(Director - Stephen W. Martin / Producer - Alex Glua)

SELECTION COMMITTEE AWARDS

As voted by the Fright Night Theatre programming team

== FEATURE FILMS ==

SCARIEST FILM

The Babadook (dir. Jennifer Kent)

MOST SHOCKING FILM

Circus of the Dead (dir. Billy Pon)

FUNNIEST FILM

Bloody Knuckles (dir. Matt O'Mahoney)

BEST DIRECTOR

Jennifer Kent (The Babadook)

BEST ACTOR

Nick Damici (Late Phases: Night of the Lone Wolf)

BEST ACTRESS

Essie Davis (The Babadook)

BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR
Conor Sweeney (The Editor)

BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS
TIE - Paz de la Huerta (The Editor) & Amy Matysio (Wolfcop)

BEST SCREENPLAY

The Babadook - Jennifer Kent

BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY

The Babadook- Radek Ladczuk

BEST SPECIAL EFFECTS
Late Phases: Night of the Lone Wolf

BEST MUSICAL SCORE

The Editor - Jeremy Gillespie, Norman Orenstein, Claudio Simonetti, Vercetti Technicolor, Trevor Tuminski, Brian Wiacek

BEST SONG
Killer Rack - "Fun Bags"

BEST VILLAIN
Circus of the Dead -Bill Oberst Jr. as PAPA CORN

ACHIEVEMENT IN MAKEUP FX
Wolfcop - Emersen Ziffle

BEST MONSTER
TIE  - The Babadook and the Killer Rack

 == SHORT FILMS ==

BEST HORROR SHORT

This Neighborhood (dir. Jerry Ochoa)

MOST SHOCKING SHORT

El Gigante (dir. Luke Bramley an Gigi Saul Guerrero)

BEST COMEDY SHORT

Invaders (dir. Jason Kupfer)

BEST SCI-FI SHORT

La Caja de Pandora aka. Pixel Theory: Pandora's Box (dir. Daniel Hernández Torrado)

BEST ANIMATED SHORT

The Waldgeist & Me (dir. Joe Bichard)

BEST FANTASY SHORT

Extreme Pinocchio (dir. Pascal Chind)

SEP 19: SCARY SH*T (Competitive Short Films)

SCARY SH*T
|| competitive short film night ||

Saturday, September 19, 2015

8:00pm - The Staircase Theatre (27 Dundurn St. N.)
Doors and Seating @ 7:00pm
Admission: $10.00

DESCRIPTION

Can you handle some seriously SCARY SH*T? Fright Night Theatre dares you to survive six of our most terrifying, petrifying, and mentally scarifying short films of the season. When the lights go down, you will find out exactly what goes bump in the night.

Due to the terminally frightening nature of this screening, the FNTFF has chosen to offer the following perks to protect you and those you love should you be foolish enough to experience our Scary Sh*t.

- DEATH INSURANCE: $1000 in case of Death By Fright*
- COWARD REFUND at intermission**
- SHOCK BONUS: A special prize... if you survive

SPONSORED BY FANGORIA AND THE HAMILTON FILM FESTIVAL

SHORTS

THE SEAMSTRESS (2015) || WORLD PREMIERE || 5:24 min.
Dir. Tyler Mann

USA

A young woman and her dog encounter something supernatural while she's working in her garage...

THE WHISPERERS (2015) || CANADIAN PREMIERE || 17:10 min.

Dir. Jason Miller

USA

On a quiet night in October 1995, two young brothers, home alone and grounded for fighting, must uncover the source of strange, unintelligible whispers slowly surrounding their family's isolated country home.

THE DOLL (2014) || CANADIAN PREMIERE || 3 min.

Dir. Adam Gambrel

USA

A young girl wraps a doll as a gift, but perhaps the doll has other plans.

THE OUTER DARKNESS (2015) || ONTARIO PREMIERE || 24:51 min.

Dir. Anthony Melton and Ben Franklin

UK

A young, tormented woman in a support group for survivors of the strange and bizarre shares her personal story about a game of chance that sealed the fate of her family…

POSTPARTUM (2015) || ONTARIO PREMIERE || 6:09 min.
Dir. Izzy Lee

USA

"Not everyone is meant to be a mother." Good intentions lead to disastrous results when a woman visits a new mom with a secret.

EL GIGANTE (2014) || 13:42 min.

Dir. Gigi Saul Guerrero and Luke Bramley

CANADA

After attempting to cross the US/Mexico border in search of a better life, Armando finds himself locked in a life-or-death struggle with the most terrifying villain of all: GIGANTE!