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)

THE BABADOOK SELLS OUT

Fright Night Theatre's Hamilton Premiere of THE BABADOOK has now officially SOLD-OUT. 

Due to overwhelming demand, all tickets to the Hamilton Premiere of The Babadook and the World Premiere of The Shutterbug Man, all have been purchased or claimed as of this posting.

In the event that any tickets are returned or not picked up, they will be made available at the door on the night of February 7th, 2014, but Fright Night Theatre can not guarantee the availability of any door tickets at this time. Thanks to everyone for supporting Horror In The Hammer and Fright Night Theatre in our efforts to bring this amazing horror film to Hamilton.

Stay tuned to this site or the official Horror in the Hammer Facebook page for any future announcements about potential door tickets and rush lines.

THE BABADOOK AND THE SHUTTERBUG MAN TO LAUNCH 2015 FRIGHT NIGHT THEATRE SEASON

Fright Night Theatre is thrilled to announce the launch of its 2015 competitive screening with the Hamilton Premiere of THE BABADOOK and the World Premiere of THE SHUTTERBUG MAN.

Fright Night Theatre returns to the beautiful Staircase Cafe Theatre for its seventh sin-sational season of horror movie and genre film screenings, beginning with one of the hottest supernatural horror thrillers of the year: THE BABADOOK.

Fans, audiences, filmmakers, and critics around the world are all raving about THE BABADOOK, the acclaimed debut horror feature from Australian filmmaker Jennifer Kent. Following a phenomenal festival run including two sold-out screenings at the 2014 Toronto After Dark Film Festival, THE BABADOOK is our first official selection of 2015. THE BABADOOK comes to the big screen on Saturday, February 7th, 2015. Advance tickets are now available for purchase online. Order early to avoid disappointment. BUY TICKETS

We've paired up this highly anticipated Australian hit with the World Premiere of THE SHUTTERBUG MAN, the new short from Canadian animator Chris Walsh narrated by Barbara Steele (Black Sunday).

For a night of thrilling terror tales, spine-chilling cinematic specters, and good-old-fashioned horror movie scares, look no further than FRIGHT NIGHT THEATRE!

THE BABADOOK - TRAILER




THE SHUTTERBUG MAN - TEASER



THE BABADOOK 

|| Hamilton Premiere! ||

Saturday, February 07, 2015

8:00pm - The Staircase Theatre (27 Dundurn St. N.)

ONE SCREENING ONLY!

Directed by Jennifer Kent
(AUSTRALIA) 2014, 93 mins
Principal Cast: Essie Davis, Noah Wiseman, Daniel Henshall, Tim Purcell

Screens With Short Film: THE SHUTTERBUG MAN || World Premiere ||  (dir. Chris Walsh)

$11 (advance) / $13 (at the door - cash only)

Advance Tickets: BUY ONLINE

Door Tickets from: 7:00pm. Seating from 7:15pm
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FEATURE: DESCRIPTION

Amelia, a single mother haunted by the death of her husband, struggles to discipline her ‘out of control' 6-year-old son who is plagued by dreams of sinister monsters. When a disturbing storybook called Mister Babadook mysteriously appears in their home, his hallucinations spiral out of control and as he becomes more unpredictable and violent. But when Amelia begins to see glimpses of a sinister presence all around her, it slowly dawns on her that the thing her son has been warning her about may be real. Praised by critics and filmmakers around the world, The Babadook is a beautifully spooky, richly metaphorical, and intensely terrifying achievement in cinematic terror. Without a doubt, an unforgettable film experience not to be missed!

SHORT: DESCRIPTION

Horror movie legend Barbara Steele (Black Sunday) narrates this dark and creepy stop-motion horror film about a twisted photographer whose passion for taking morbid photos transforms him into a disfigured child-like nightmare. Featuring horrifying hand-crafted stop-motion animation and a spooky score by Fangoria's Chris Alexander.

YOU GOTTA SEE THIS! Praise for THE BABADOOK

"I've never seen a more terrifying film than THE BABADOOK." - William Friedkin (director of The Exorcist)
"A flat-out masterpeice" - Indiewire
"One of the strongest, most effective, horror films of recent years" - Empire
"Truly frightening" - Total Film
"An intensely emotional white-knuckle shocker" - Radio Times
"There goes your peaceful night's sleep" - Time Out NY
"Intelligent, unsettling, classic" - Stylist
"Horror at its very best" - The Sunday Mirror
"Beautiful and petrifying" - Daily Telegraph

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 IMAGES

The Babadook

The Shutterbug Man