Summer 2025 Results


Best Feature
Winner: Calamari
Nominee: Hidden Lives
Nominee: Contamination
Nominee: The R.I.P Man
Nominee: The Watch Killer

Best Short
Winner: Sentient
Winner: Remnants
Winner: De Rodillas
Nominee: Mara
Nominee: Dawn
Nominee: SPUDS
Nominee: BREACH
Nominee: Reunion
Nominee: KINFOLK
Nominee: Dracella
Nominee: The Nest
Nominee: Excisions
Nominee: Guilt Trip
Nominee: Quarantine
Nominee: The Collector
Nominee: The Lost Ones
Nominee: Life Like This
Nominee: REMY & BO: BLOOD DEBT
Nominee: At the Mercy of Faith
Nominee: Paranormal Party Thriller

Best Animated Short
Winner: Snacktime
Winner: Lilly's Curse

Best Web Series
Winner: 90 Seconds of Horror
 Best Director
Winner: Reunion
Winner: The Nest
Winner: De Rodillas
Nominee: Dawn
Nominee: KINFOLK
Nominee: Rebirth
Nominee: Sentient
Nominee: Remnants
Nominee: Snacktime
Nominee: Quarantine
Nominee: Hidden Lives
Nominee: Contamination
Nominee: Life Like This
Nominee: Paranormal Party Thriller

Best Cinematography
Winner: Reunion
Winner: The Nest
Winner: Remnants
Winner: De Rodillas
Nominee: Mara
Nominee: Dawn
Nominee: BREACH
Nominee: KINFOLK
Nominee: Calamari
Nominee: Sentient
Nominee: Guilt Trip
Nominee: Hidden Lives
Nominee: The Lost Ones
Nominee: Bears on a Ship
Nominee: At the Mercy of Faith
 Best Actor
Winner: Mara (Seth Boyer)
Winner: Dawn (Philip Hulford)
Nominee: The Nest (Kyle Scudder)
Nominee: Contamination (Neil Chase)
Nominee: Bears on a Ship (Derek Crowe)
Nominee: In the Silence (G. Paul Salvetti)
Nominee: At the Mercy of Faith
    (David Gamble Jr.)

Best Actress
Winner: Sentient (Elke Hinrichsen)
Winner: Life Like This (Kenzie Phillips)
Nominee: Rebirth (A Wheeler)
Nominee: Calamari (Julia Stier)
Nominee: KINFOLK (Arica Anderson)
Nominee: Quarantine (Bailey Sorrel)
Nominee: Love and choices (Yuri Lai)
Nominee: Hidden Lives (Deborah Shirley)
Nominee: Howl of the Blue Moon
    (Charissa Palmer)
Nominee: Paranormal Party Thriller
    (Daina Lachance)

Best Writing
Winner: SPUDS
Winner: Reunion
Winner: Sentient
Winner: Calamari
Winner: De Rodillas
Nominee: Mara
Nominee: In the Silence
Nominee: Howl of the Blue Moon
Nominee: At the Mercy of Faith
Best Editing
Winner: KINFOLK
Winner: At the Mercy of Faith
Winner: Paranormal Party Thriller
Nominee: SPUDS
Nominee: BREACH
Nominee: Calamari
Nominee: Remnants
Nominee: Excisions
Nominee: The Reprisal
Nominee: The Collector

Best Special Effects
Winner: BREACH
Winner: Remnants
Nominee: SPUDS
Nominee: Dracella
Nominee: Quarantine
Nominee: Contamination
Nominee: The Collector
Nominee: Life Like This
Nominee: At the Mercy of Faith
 Best Atmosphere
Winner: Remnants
Winner: The Nest
Winner: Guilt Trip
Winner: The Watch Killer
Nominee: Dawn
Nominee: KINFOLK
Nominee: Mr. Taps
Nominee: Tucked In
Nominee: Excisions
Nominee: De Rodillas
Nominee: The Whistler
Nominee: The Reprisal
Nominee: The Collector
Nominee: The R.I.P Man
Nominee: 90 Seconds of Horror
Nominee: Don't Look In The Dark
Nominee: Paranormal Party Thriller [Teaser]

Best Original Concept
Winner: SPUDS
Winner: Remnants
Winner: The Whistler
Winner: The Collector
Nominee: Tucked In
Nominee: De Rodillas
Nominee: Lilly's Curse
Nominee: The Lost Ones
Nominee: REMY & BO: BLOOD DEBT
Nominee: Don't Look In The Dark
Nominee: 2025's first 14 crop circles
 Best Sound
Winner: Sentient
Winner: Snacktime
Winner: De Rodillas
Winner: Lilly's Curse
Winner: Bears on a Ship
Nominee: Mara
Nominee: KINFOLK
Nominee: Reunion
Nominee: The Nest
Nominee: Excisions
Nominee: 90 Seconds of Horror
Nominee: Paranormal Party Thriller

Best Music
Winner: Dawn
Winner: Sentient
Winner: Guilt Trip
Winner: Hidden Lives
Winner: The Lost Ones
Winner: REMY & BO: BLOOD DEBT
Nominee: Mara
Nominee: Reunion
Nominee: Dracella
Nominee: Excisions
Nominee: Snacktime
Nominee: De Rodillas
Nominee: The Watch Killer
Best Humor
Winner: SPUDS
Nominee: Bears on a Ship
Nominee: GARAGE SALE MASSACRE

Best Badass
Winner: BREACH (Jessica Bernard)

Best Monster
Winner: The Collector
Nominee: Tucked In

Best Twist
Winner: Mara
Winner: Quarantine
Nominee: Howl of the Blue Moon
 Best Kill
Winner: Calamari
Winner: Excisions
Winner: Hidden Lives
Winner: Contamination
Winner: GARAGE SALE MASSACRE
Nominee: Dawn
Nominee: Sentient
Nominee: Mr. Taps
Nominee: Snacktime
Nominee: The R.I.P Man
Nominee: Life Like This
Nominee: The Watch Killer
Nominee: REMY & BO: BLOOD DEBT
 Best Scare
Winner: KINFOLK
Winner: Remnants
Winner: 90 Seconds of Horror
Nominee: Paranormal Party Thriller

Best Gore
Winner: Reunion
Winner: Calamari
Winner: Excisions
Nominee: Mr. Taps
Nominee: GARAGE SALE MASSACRE
Nominee: REMY & BO: BLOOD DEBT

Best Feature Script
Winner: CRAWLERS
Winner: FEAR EATER
Winner: The Calm Dark
Winner: Girls vs. Hell
Winner: THROUGH THE GATE
Winner: The Devil's Chalice
Nominee: TITCH
Nominee: The Depths
Nominee: Female Rage
Nominee: Zombie love
Nominee: In The Blood.
Nominee: The Whispering
Nominee: Death is My Shadow
Nominee: PERSISTENCE OF VISION
Nominee: Lamb to the Slaughter
 Best Short Script
Winner: Appetite
Winner: They Wait
Winner: Ohio Psycho
Winner: The Delicacy of Sin
Nominee: The Prism
Nominee: DELIVERED.
Nominee: Head (less)
Nominee: Love, Santa
Nominee: The Static Man
Nominee: Terrorific Night
Nominee: Dead of the Dead
Nominee: BINDING COVENANTS
Nominee: The Wedding Dress
Nominee: A Super Friendly Guy