2026 WINNERS
1st Place
The 1st place team
"Megatron Studios" is out of Atlanta, Georgia. The team had to make a Romantic horror short. The name of the film was "Mourning Wood"
4th Place
The 4th place team "Arcadia Street Productions" is out of Canal Folton, Ohio. The team had to make a Shot on Video horror short. The name of the film was "Last Crossing"
2nd Place
The 2nd place team
"JOAT Entertainment" is out of Cleveland Heights, Ohio. The team had to make a Slasher horror short. The name of the film was "Slapjack"
3rd Place
The 3rd place team
"21 Flies Productions" is out of Shaker Heights, Ohio. The team had to make a Revenge horror short. The name of the film was "Unsettled"
Most Disturbing film
1. ADHD Films - My Wife, Sally
2. Megatron Studios - Mourning Wood
Best Disembowelment
1. DFATFS - Home Alone, But Zombies
2. Mentally Chill - MurdAAR
Best Villian
1. Brutal Flowers - Squirts the clown
2. Screamworks – Trash
Best Cinematography
1. Megatron Studios - Mourning Wood
2. JOAT entertainment SLAPJACK
Best Directing
1. Industrial Magic - Biting Accusations II
2. Arcadia Street Productions - Last Crossing
Best Original score
1. Tragic Clown Productions - Borrowed Skin
2. JOAT entertainment SLAPJACK
Best Practical FX
1. Screamworks - Trash
2. 21 flies Productions - Unsettled
Best Scream of Terror
1. Screamworks Trash - Tim Hale
2. Steel City Cinema - Cocaine Zombies - Best scream (prior to snorting more coke)
Most Violent Film
1. DFATFS - Home Alone, But Zombies
2. Screamworks - Trash
Best Stabbing
1. 21 Files Productions - Unsettled - Needle
2. Screamworks - Trash - No Blood Knife
Best Blood Splatter
1. DFATFS - Home Alone, But Zombies
2. Megatron Studios - Mourning Wood
Most Disturbing Death
1. Berlin Based - Partum
2. 21 flies Productions - Unsettled
Best Actor
1. Prosper Obasi - SlapJack from JOAT Entertainment
2. Sean manos - mourning wood from Megatron Studios
Best Actress
1. Jazmine-Mariah Rembert - SlapJack from JOAT Entertainment
2. Shilo Lorenz - Mourning Wood from Megatron Studios
Best Ensemble
1. Megatron Studios - Mourning Wood
2. White Midnight - Vessel
Best Writing
1. JOAT entertainment – SLAPJACK
2. Megatron Studios - Mourning Wood
Best Editing
1. Arcadia Street Productions - Last Crossing
2. Megatron Studios - Mourning Wood
Best Use of a Weapon
1. DFATFS - Home Alone, But Zombies pitchfork
2. Brutal Flowers - Squirts the clown fake gun
Best Supporting Actor
1. Sean Manos – Pessimus
2. Ryan Farley – Vessel
Best Supporting Actress
1. Shakayla Rainey - Trash
2. Heather Bayles - Last Crossing
Best Woman led Team
1. Arcadia Street Productions - Last Crossing
2. Steel City Cinema - Cocaine Zombies
Best LGBTQIA+ led film
1. Brutal Flowers - Squirt the clown
2. Colier’s hope - Pearl of Great Price
Best Severed Body Part
1. Screamworks - Trash
2. Steel City Cinema - Cocaine Zombies
Creepiest Film
1. Berlin Based Partum
2. 21 Flies Productions - Unsettled
Best use of the prop
1. Megatron Studios - Mourning Wood
2. Hypermediocrity Films - Pessimus
Audience Choice
Group 1 JOAT entertainment SLAPJACK
Group 2 Shy Moose Pictures - Agaric
Pictures form the 2026 event
May 8th 2026
