Spring 2025 Results


Best Feature
Winner: Video Dreams: A VHS
    Massacre Story
Nominee: Bye, Son
Nominee: ApoKalypse
Nominee: Nightmares Unleashed

Best Short
Winner: Mother Mary
Winner: The Beanstalk
Nominee: CUPID
Nominee: Frenzy
Nominee: Killfeed
Nominee: Run Over
Nominee: Scratches
Nominee: Nonfiction
Nominee: After Hours
Nominee: Bishop's Day
Nominee: Toxic Pixels
Nominee: Perfect Wall
Nominee: Harlowe's Well
Nominee: Go Down, Diller
Nominee: The Night Nanny
Nominee: In A Place Like This
Nominee: Il Colore della Notte
Nominee: Bowling Alley of Death
Nominee: A Place to Sleep
    Music Video
Nominee: Walk With Me Through The
    Fire - The Curse of KK Hammond
 Best Documentary Short
Winner: Camera of Death
Winner: Jeanie's Face Exploded

Best Director
Winner: Perfect Wall
Winner: Harlowe's Well
Winner: Il Colore della Notte
Nominee: Shucks
Nominee: Bye, Son
Nominee: Killfeed
Nominee: Nonfiction
Nominee: Mother Mary
Nominee: The Beanstalk
Nominee: Camera of Death
Nominee: Nightmares Unleashed
Nominee: In A Place Like This

Best Cinematography
Winner: Mother Mary
Winner: The Beanstalk
Winner: In A Place Like This
Nominee: Shucks
Nominee: -TRANSIENCE-
Nominee: Toxic Pixels
Nominee: Bishop's Day
 Best Actor
Winner: Scratches (Daniel Lama)
Winner: Go Down, Diller (Ryon Thomas)
Nominee: Run Over (Harry Lu)
Nominee: The Beanstalk (Lucas Tranch)
Nominee: In A Place Like This
    (Shane Emmett)

Best Actress
Winner: Bye, Son (Sid Noelle)
Winner: Frenzy (Lauren Tillbrook)
Winner: Bishop's Day (Jessica Farmer)
Nominee: After Hours (CJ Morrison)
Nominee: Killfeed (Stevie Lynn Jones)
Nominee: Dreams of Desire (Maria Sousa)
Nominee: Red Tiles (Micheline Chartier)
Nominee: Mother Mary (Saffron Spearman)
Nominee: Nightmares Unleashed (Alynn Rixo)
Nominee: In the Dark Light
    (Lauren Wargin)

Best Writing
Winner: Mother Mary
Winner: Harlowe's Well
Winner: Go Down, Diller
Nominee: CUPID
Nominee: Frenzy
Nominee: Nonfiction
Nominee: ApoKalypse
Nominee: The Beanstalk
Nominee: Il Colore della Notte
Best Editing
Winner: In A Place Like This
Winner: Jeanie's Face Exploded
Winner: A Place to Sleep Music Video
Nominee: CUPID
Nominee: Shucks
Nominee: Bye, Son
Nominee: Killfeed
Nominee: Scapegoat
Nominee: Perfect Wall
Nominee: Camera of Death
Nominee: Go Down, Diller
Nominee: How to Be Lucky
Nominee: Bowling Alley of Death
Nominee: If You Go Into the Woods
Nominee: Video Dreams: A VHS
    Massacre Story

Best Special Effects
Winner: Killfeed
Winner: Bishop's Day
Winner: The Beanstalk
Nominee: After Hours
Nominee: Harlowe's Well
Nominee: Go Down, Diller
Nominee: Nightmares Unleashed
Nominee: A Place to Sleep Music Video
Nominee: Walk With Me Through The
    Fire - The Curse of KK Hammond
 Best Atmosphere
Winner: Nonfiction
Winner: After Hours
Winner: Harlowe's Well
Winner: Il Colore della Notte
Nominee: Shucks
Nominee: Run Over
Nominee: Reproduce
Nominee: Scratches
Nominee: Scapegoat
Nominee: Mother Mary
Nominee: -TRANSIENCE-
Nominee: Toxic Pixels
Nominee: Bishop's Day
Nominee: The Beanstalk
Nominee: VICIOUS CIRCLE
Nominee: The Night Nanny
Nominee: Dead Hands Land
Nominee: The Trouser Thief
Nominee: Whispers from the Abyss

Best Original Concept
Winner: CUPID
Winner: Shucks
Winner: Toxic Pixels
Winner: Perfect Wall
Winner: The Night Nanny
Winner: Nightmares Unleashed
Nominee: Reproduce
Nominee: Scratches
Nominee: Red Tiles
Nominee: Nonfiction
Nominee: Mother Mary
Nominee: -TRANSIENCE-
Nominee: The Beanstalk
Nominee: Harlowe's Well
Nominee: VICIOUS CIRCLE
Nominee: How to Be Lucky
Nominee: Go Down, Diller
Nominee: In the Dark Light
Nominee: The Trouser Thief
Nominee: Macabre Music of the Mummy
 Best Sound
Winner: CUPID
Winner: Reproduce
Winner: ApoKalypse
Winner: The Beanstalk
Nominee: Killfeed
Nominee: Mother Mary
Nominee: Perfect Wall
Nominee: Go Down, Diller
Nominee: Jeanie's Face Exploded
Nominee: If You Go Into the Woods

Best Music
Winner: Killfeed
Winner: Mother Mary
Winner: Harlowe's Well
Winner: Walk With Me Through The
    Fire - The Curse of KK Hammond
Nominee: Shucks
Nominee: Reproduce
Nominee: Red Tiles
Nominee: After Hours
Nominee: The Beanstalk
Nominee: In A Place Like This
Nominee: Il Colore della Notte
Nominee: Macabre Music of the Mummy
Nominee: Video Dreams: A VHS
    Massacre Story
Best Humor
Winner: ApoKalypse
Winner: Go Down, Diller

Best Nudity
Winner: Red Tiles
Winner: Nightmares Unleashed

Best Twist
Winner: Frenzy
Winner: Run Over
Winner: Mother Mary
 Best Kill
Winner: Killfeed
Winner: Bowling Alley of Death
Nominee: CUPID
Nominee: Run Over
Nominee: ApoKalypse
Nominee: The Night Nanny
Nominee: Nightmares Unleashed
Nominee: In A Place Like This
Nominee: Il Colore della Notte
Nominee: A Place to Sleep Music Video
 Best Scare
Winner: Reproduce
Winner: Mother Mary
Nominee: Shucks
Nominee: Scratches
Nominee: The Night Nanny
Nominee: Whispers from the Abyss

Best Gore
Winner: Bowling Alley of Death
Nominee: CUPID
Nominee: Bishop's Day
Nominee: Nightmares Unleashed

Best Feature Script
Winner: Bow House
Winner: The Bachelor Party
Winner: AT THE MERCY OF FAITH - Terror Version
Nominee: NATALIA
Nominee: Platform 7
Nominee: Lake House
Nominee: GRANDIOSITY
Nominee: At the Mercy of Faith
 Best Short Script
Winner: MSG
Winner: Taref
Winner: Crossroads
Winner: The Woodcutter
Nominee: ATRAX
Nominee: Pari Leto
Nominee: Pearavator
Nominee: Metal Show
Nominee: DOG EAT MAN
Nominee: A Sunday Drive
Nominee: One for the Box
Nominee: Digging Up the Past
Nominee: The Yucatan (Pilot)
Nominee: COCODRIL a.k.a. SEE YOU LATER
Nominee: The People from Maxey Creek: The Purple Sword