SAN
DIEGO, CA November 4, 2014 -The FANtastic Horror Film Festival held
their first annual Awards Ceremony at the Whiskey Girl Bar in city’s
the Gaslamp District of San Diego.
The
event was MC’d by actress Katy Foley, whose combination of
stand-up wit and humor kept the ceremonies light and lively. After an
entertaining performance by Mo “Mesmerizing Mo” Kelly, Foley began the
proceedings.
Highlights
of the awards ceremony included the award for Best Short Film (AWESOME OUIJA
BOARD - Tonjia Atomic, Writer/Director), and Best Feature Film (KRAMPUS:
the CHRISTMAS DEVIL - Jason Hull, Co-Writer/Director). Also
featured were Most Memorable Line (“I want a divorce!” – Bloody Wedding,Robert
Hoover, Director), Goriest Film (The Wretched Prologue – Richard
Greenwood, Jr., Director), and Best Comedy/Horror (Zombie Casserole
- SanjSurati and John Iwasz, Directors). The Best of the
Fest Award, voted on by the Festival audiences was awarded to local
director Dean Whitney for his supernatural
horror Ghostline. But the most emotional highlight of the
evening was the presentation of the Lon Chaney Award for Excellence in
Independent Horror to Horror
Icon Bill Oberst, Jr., personally presented by Ron Chaney, the Great
Grandson of Lon Chaney accompanied by his daughters, Jaclynn &Jennifer, Lon Chaney's
Great-Great Granddaughters.
The
event was attended by representative stars, producers and director of their
nominated films, as well personalities from Los Angeles and Hollywood.
Below
is the complete listing of the winners:
Most
Memorable Line
Bloody
Wedding--Kate Murdoch, “I want a divorce!”
Goriest
Film
The
Wretched Prologue
Sci-Fi/Fantasy
Film
Phoenix Song
Comedy
Film
Zombie Casserole
Zombie
Film
Dead
Kansas
Scariest
Death Scene
Bloody
Wedding
Original
Story/Script
Conjoined
Original
Score
KRAMPUS: the Christmas
Devil - Aaron Forsyth
Special
Effects Short Film
No
Pets Allowed
Cinematography
Short Film
Phoenix
Song
Supporting
Actress Short Film
Melanie
Robel - Lamb Feed
Supporting
Actor Short Film
Michael
Wainwright - Lamb Feed
Actress
Short Film
Lynn
Lowry - Night of the Sea Monkey
Actor
Short Film
Marv
Blauvelt - Snake With a Human Tail
Director
Short Film
Michael
S. Rodriguez - Lamb Feed
Short
Film
Awesome
Ouija Board
Special
Effects Feature Film
Conjoined
Cinematography
Feature Film
The
Cabining
Supporting
Actress Feature Film
Melissa
Mars - The Cabining
Supporting
Actor Feature Film
Rich Goteri - KRAMPUS: the Christmas
Devil
Actor
Feature Film
Bill
Oberst, Jr - Deadly Revisions
Director
Feature
Jason
Hull - Krampus: the Christmas Devil
Actress
Feature Film
Cindy
Merrill - Deadly Revisions
Feature
Film
Krampus: the Christmas
Devil
Screenplay
Competition Winner
Gym Ratz:
A Tail of Terror by Kevin M. Glover & Shant Yegparian
#1
Horror FAN
Felix Boroguez
Best of the Fest
GHOSTLINE
The Lon
Chaney Award for Excellence in Independent Horror
Bill
Oberst, Jr.
About
the FANtastic Horror Film Festival
The
FANtastic Horror Film Festival is dedicated to providing an outlet for
Independent Horror Films with a focus on movie viewers and the filmmakers.
For three days, San Diego will be the Horror Capital of the United
States, and plans to own Halloween.
A
couple dozen films and as many shorts will be presented to the fans of Horror
in San Diego. Film Distributors are invited to review the best in
Independent Horror, and more important, Horror Fans will have a Party!
FANtastic
Horror Film Festival
Just wanted to add to this press release that I'm happy for all the winners, especially for those we have promoted. We've promoted "Dead Kansas," "No Pets Allowed," "Lamb Feed," "Deadly Revisions," and "Ghostline."
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