2025 WINNERS
1st Place
The 1st place team
"Grave Lake Media" is out of Willowick, Ohio. The team had to make a Psychological horror short. The name of the film was "The Other Within"
4th Place
The 4th place team "Rolling Stop Films" is out of Revenna, Ohio. The team had to make a Slasher horror short. The name of the film was "Stone Cabin"
2nd Place
The 2nd place team
"Neglected House Plants" is out of Atlanta, Georgia. The team had to make a Shasher horror short. The name of the film was "Handyman"
3rd Place
The 3rd place team
"Moonlight Forest Productions" is out of Medina Ohio. The team had to make an Alien horror short. The name of the film was "Whispers Beyond The Canopy"
Most Disturbing film
1. Hooliganz Productions - Mind
2. J&A Scares - Baby or sitter must die
Best Disembowelment
1.Hooliganz Productions - Mind
2. Mentally Chill - Wolfman's Big Day
Best Villian
1. Storage Room - You Gave Us Names
2. Rolling Stop Films – Stone Cabin
Best Cinematography
1. Rolling Stop Films – Stone Cabin
2. Plastic Bag Kite Films - The Closet
Best Directing
1. Neglected House Plants - Handyman
2. Rolling Stop Films - Stone Cabin
Best Original score
1. Shifty House - Shhh!
2. Shadowframe Productions - Artsy Fartsy
Best Practical FX
1. Hooliganz Productions - Mind
2. Mentally Chill - Wolfman's Big Day
Best Scream of Terror
1. Ethan Franke from Starless Studios
2. Sophie Spada from Rolling Stop Films
Most Violent Film
1. Hooliganz Productions - Mind
2. Mentally Chill - Wolfman's Big Day
Best Stabbing
1. Neglected House Plants - Handyman
2. Hooliganz Productions - Mind
Best Blood Splatter
1. Neglected House Plants - Handyman
2. White Midnight - Hammer Death Stab
Most Disturbing Death
1. J&A Scares - Baby or Sitter Must Die
2. Plastic Bag Kite Films - The Closet
Best Actor
1. Sean Manos - You Gave Us Names from Storage Room
2. Max Schroeter - Whispers Beyond the Canopy from Moonlight Forest Productions
Best Actress
1. Shilo Lorenz - Handyman from Neglected House Plants
2. Tara O. Horvath - The other within form Grave Lake Media
Best Ensemble
1. Second Wind Picture - Hammer Handed Hitchhiker
2. Neglected House Plants - Handyman
Best Writing
1. Moonlight Forest Productions - Whispers Beyond the Canopy
2. Grave Lake Media - The Other Within
Best Editing
1. Neglected House Plants - Handyman
2. Rolling Stop Films - Stone Cabin
Best Use of a Weapon
1. Second Wind Productions - Hammer Handed Hitchhiker
2. White Midnight - Hammer Death Stab
Best Supporting Actor
1. Ryan RIP Farley – Hammer Stab Death from White Midnight
2. Samuel Connor Wilson - Shhh
Best Supporting Actress
1. Mary Faktor - The Other Within from Grave Lake Media
2. Stacia Paglieri – The Hammer Handed Hitchhiker form second wind productions
Best Woman led Team
1. Second Wind Productions - Hammer Handed Hitchhiker
2. Plastic Bag Kite Films - The Closet
Best LGBTQIA+ led film
1. Starless Studios – with Death Victorious
Best Severed Body Part
1. Hooliganz Productions - Mind
2. Shadowframe Productions - Artsy Fartsy
Creepiest Film
1. Grave Lake Media - The Other Within
2. Plastic Bag Kite Films - The Closet
Audience Choice
Group 1 Shifty House - Shhh!
Group 2 Hooliganz Productions - Mind
Pictures form the 2024 event
May 11th 2024
