CRIMSON SCREEN HORROR FILM FEST Winners
2024 Winners
Jury Award - Sheryl
Best Feature - Faceless After Dark
Best Short - Goats
Audience Choice - Looky-Loo
Homegrown Horror Award - Final Score
Best Director Short - Heath Benfield (Guide My Slay)
Best Director Feature - Tony Reames (Spookt)
Best Cinematography Short - The Reclaimers
Best Cinematography Feature - Looky-Loo
Best Produced Screenplay Short - Sleep Tight
Best Produced Screenplay Feature - Livescreamers
Best Unproduced Screenplay Short - The Monster Within by Christopher G Moore
Best Unproduced Screenplay Feature - Redder by James Steele Haney
Best Spfx Short - She’s Behind You
Best Spfx Feature - Livescreamers
Best Promo Video - Austin Koch
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2023 Winners
Un-produced Screenplay (short): Reflection by Lisa Ovies
Un-produced Screenplay (feature): The Four of Us are Dying by Jesse Dorian
Best Promo: The Show is about to Begin by Luigi Scarpa
Best Special Effects (short): Black Dragon
Best Special Effects (feature): Johnny Z
Best Produced Screenplay (short): Moonlight Sonata, with Scissors
Best Produced Screenplay (feature): Guys At Parties Like It
Best Cinematography (short): Sphinx
Best Cinematography (feature): Final Summer
Homegrown Horror: Sally’s Lullaby
Best SC Director: John Johnson (The Radcliffes)
Best Director (short): Walter Bender (The Eucharist)
Best Director (feature): Jonathan Straiton (Johnny Z)
Best Short: Hazardous
Best Feature: Barn II
Jury Award: Cryptids
2022 Winners
Jury Award – Malibu Horror Story
Best Feature – The Incel Tapes
Best Short –The Lake Parasite
Best Director (feature) – Scott Slone (Malibu Horror Story)
Best Director (short) – Michael Smallwood (What a Beautiful Wedding)
Best Cinematography (feature) – Alchemy of the Spirit
Best Cinematography (short) – Never Hike in the Snow
Best Ensemble Cast (feature) – Bloody Summer Camp
Best Ensemble Cast (short) - 7 Minutes in Hell
Best Special Effects (feature) – 13 Slays Till X-Mas
Best Special Effects (short) – Aplasia
Best Produced Screenplay (feature) – The Incel Tapes
Best Produced Screenplay (short) – Anniversary
Best Un-Produced Screenplay (feature) – Soon by Anthony Catalano
Best Un-Produced Screenplay (short) - Let's Play A Game - Shane Thompson
Homegrown Horror Award – Fame Fatale
SC Filmmaker Award - Paul Inman
Best Foreign Film -Angst
2021 Winners
Jury Award – Force To Fear
Best Feature – Hawk & Rev: Vampire Slayers
Best Short – Naughty
Best Director (feature) – Zach Wincik, Danny Salemme (Cottonmouth)
Best Director (short) – Bret Lada (The Andy Baker Tape)
Best Cinematography (feature) – Bad Candy
Best Cinematography (short) – Boneyard Racers
Best Ensemble Cast (feature) – The Andy Baker Tape
Best Ensemble Cast (short) - The Dark Room
Best Creature (feature) - Bad Candy
Best Creature (short) – The Relic
Best Special Effects (feature) – Bad Candy
Best Special Effects (short) – Hospital Dumpster Divers
Best Score (feature) - Force To Fear
Best Score (short) - The Monster of the Desert
Best Produced Screenplay (feature) – Roommate Wanted
Best Produced Screenplay (short) – Who Wants Dessert?
Best Un-Produced Screenplay (feature) – House Rules by Juston Lucas & Jason Zink
Best Un-Produced Screenplay (short) - The Preserve by Jason Rice
Homegrown Horror Award – The Feast
Audience Choice Award - Book
Best Foreign Film - I'm A Vampire
2020 Winners
The Spirit of Crimson Screen Award – Tracey De Leon
Jury Award – To Your Last Death
Best Feature – Kill Giggles
Best Short – The Springfield Three
Best Promo Video – Scott Johnson
Best Director (feature) – Troy Escamilla (Teacher Shortage)
Best Director (short) – Byron Evans (Inflatio)
Best Cinematography (feature) – Tennessee Gothic
Best Cinematography (short) – Love Bite
Best Actress (feature) – Kirsten Ray (Flesher)
Best Actress (short) - Allisyn Snyder (Seek)
Best Actor (feature) - Craig Sheffer (Widow's Point)
Best Actor (short) – Baker Chase Powell (We Die Alone)
Best Special Effects (feature) – Puppet Killer
Best Special Effects (short) – Backward Creep
Best Produced Screenplay (feature) – Do Not Reply
Best Produced Screenplay (short) – Uncle Otto's Truck
Best Un-Produced Screenplay (feature) – Slaughter Lane by Austin Koch
Best Un-Produced Screenplay (short) Ghost Chicken by Vincente DiSanti
Homegrown Horror Award – Thirst of the Dead
2019 Winners
2019 Horror Icon Award – PJ Soles
The Spirit of Crimson Screen Award – Michael Tolbert
Jury Award – One Must Fall
Best Feature – Black Holler
Best Short – Finley
Best Promo Video – C. Michael Whaley
Best Director (feature) – Dale Fabrigar (D-Railed)
Best Director (short) – Chris Roe (A Tale of Two Sisters)
Best Cinematography (feature) – Straight Edge Kegger
Best Cinematography (short) – Blood Spook
Best Actress (feature) – Lauren Paige Wilson (Cracks)
Best Actress (short) - Natasha Pascetta (Road Trash)
Best Actor (feature) - Barry Piacente (One Must Fall)
Best Actor (short) – Iain McKee (Bad Dreams
Best Special Effects (feature) – Exposure
Best Special Effects (short) – The Conduit
Best Produced Screenplay (feature) – Haven's End
Best Produced Screenplay (short) – Bad Dreams
Best Un-Produced Screenplay (feature) – My Brother, the Taxidermist by B. Kornblum Katz
Best Un-Produced Screenplay (short) That Long Black Train by Travis Heermann
Audience Choice Award – Whistler's Mother
Homegrown Horror Award – Cracks
2018 Winners
2018 Horror Icon Award – Mark Patton
The Spirit of Crimson Screen Award – William Stancil
Jury Award – Livescream
Best Feature – I’m Dreaming of a White Doomsday
Best Short – Lunch Ladies
Best Promo Video – David Christensen
Best Director (feature) – Troy Escamilla (Party Night)
Best Director (short) – Vanessa Ionta Wright (I Baked Him A Cake)
Best Cinematography (feature) – The Theta Girl
Best Cinematography (short) – Under The Bed
Best Actress (feature) – Hope Bikle (I’m Dreaming of a White Doomsday)
Best Actress (short) - Donna Pieroni (Lunch Ladies)
Best Actor (feature) - Gunner Willis (Livescream)
Best Actor (short) – Jonathan Benton (Songbird)
Best Special Effects (feature) – Arte Factum
Best Special Effects (short) – Gut Punched
Best Produced Screenplay (feature) – Don’t Look
Best Produced Screenplay (short) – T is for Tada
Best Un-Produced Screenplay (feature) – Killing Giggles by Jaysen Buterin
1st runner up – Evil Spirit by Glenn Lissner
Best Un-Produced Screenplay (short) Love, Post-Mortem by Nathan Ludwig and Chad Farmer
1st runner up – Dissipate by Katelyn Harbert
Audience Choice Award – What Becomes of Us
1st runner up – Livescream
Homegrown Horror Award – Skin Baby
2017 Winners
2017 Horror Icon Award – Joe Bob Briggs
Jury Award – As I Prey
Best Feature – Edgar Allan Poe’s Lighthouse Keeper
Best Short – Solved
Best Director Feature – Heidi Moore (Dolly Deadly)
Best Director Short – Cameron McCasland (H. P. Lovecraft’s The Beast in the Cave)
Best Produced Screenplay Feature – The Dead Bodies in #223
Best Produced Screenplay Short – Curse of the Fur Beast
Best Un-Produced Screenplay Feature – Town of Samhain (Michael Kelleher)
1st Runner Up – Girl From The Village (Gregory Fishwick)
Best Un-Produced Screenplay Short – Crazy For The Blonde (Tom Bragg)
1st Runner Up – Damned If You Do (Mary Woodcock)
Best Spfx Feature – Party Night
Best Spfx Short – What’s For Dinner?
Best Cinematography Feature – Edgar Allan Poe’s Lighthouse Keeper
Best Cinematography Short – White Drift
Best Actress Feature – Laurel Toupal (Party Night)
Best Actress Short – Brandi Alyssa Young (Evil Rising)
Best Actor Feature – Jesse Parr (Altar)
Best Actor Short – Eric E. Poe (Incubation Period)
Homegrown Horror Award – Through The Night
Audience Choice Award – Lake Moultrie Massacre
1st Runner Up- Puppy
2016 Winners
Horror Icon Award: Felissa Rose
Jury Award - Night of Something Strange
Best Feature - The Barn
Best Short - Knob Goblins
Best Feature Director - KILDTV – William Collins
Best Director Short - Don’t Let The Light In – Jaysen Buterin
Best Produced Screenplay Feature - The Campground – The Requel
Best Produced Screenplay Short - Flag Day
Best Actress Feature - Killer Rack – Debbie Rochon
Best Actress Short - PMS: Pre-teen Monster Syndrome – Emily Rose Fuller
Best Actor Feature - Night of Something Strange – Trey Harrison
Best Actor Short - Swing Low – Phil Elam
Best Cinematography Feature - The Barn
Best Cinematography Short - A Way Out
Best Special Efx Feature - Night of Something Strange
Best Special Efx Short - Used Body Parts
Homegrown Horror Award - Midnight Macabre
Audience Choice Runner Up - Debbie Lynn
Audience Choice Award - The Group
Best Un-produced Short Screenplay - "Rainy Season" by Vanessa Wright
Best Un-produced Short Screenplay 1st runner up: "Scratching the Surface" by Samantha Kolesnik
Best Un-produced Feature Screenplay - "Children of the Dead" by Jeff Bassetti
Best Un-produced Feature Screenplay 1st runner up: "Venor" by Matt Nye
2015 Winners
Jury Award - Model Hunger
Best Feature - Hell Town
Best Short - Tickle
Best Feature Director - James Christopher (Quad X: The Porn Movie Massacre)
Best Director Short - Mike McNeese (I Owe You)
Best Produced Screenplay Feature - Quax X: The Porn Movie Massacre
Best Produced Screenplay Short - Disengaged
Best Actress Feature - Amanda Deibert (Hell Town)
Best Actress Short - Hannah Fierman (American Hell)
Best Actor Feature - Jason Vail (Valley of the Sasquatch)
Best Actor Short - Brian Spangler (I Owe You)
Best Cinematography Feature - Valley of the Sasquatch
Best Cinematography Short - Shi
Best Poster - Headless
Best Special Efx Feature - Headless
Best Special Efx Short - The Stomach
Homegrown Horror Award - What Happened To Sarah Silver
Audience Choice Runner Up - Hell Town
Audience Choice Award - What Happened To Sarah Silver
Best Un-produced Short Screenplay - At Your Disposal
Best Un-produced Feature Screenplay - The Apocalypse Chronicles
2014 Winners
Best Feature - Abram's Hand
Best Short - I See Monsters
Best Feature Director - Ryan Bellgardt (Army Of Frankensteins)
Best Director Short - Jason Tostevin ('Til Death)
Best Produced Screenplay Feature - Abram's Hand
Best Produced Screenplay Short - Foodie
Best Actress Feature - Stephanie Leigh Rose (Don't Go To The Reunion)
Best Actress Short - Stefanie Von Poser (Job Interview)
Best Actor Feature - Robert Pralgo (The Morningside Monster)
Best Actor Short - Robert Haulbrook (The Destruction Artist)
Best Cinematography - I See Monsters
Best Poster - La Llorona
Best Special Efx Feature - Army Of Frankensteins
Best Special Efx Short - Killer Kart
Homegrown Horror Award - 80s Monster Claymation (Trent Shy)
Audience Choice Award - 'Til Death
Audience Choice Runner Up - Lincolnville