2016 Reaper Awards Nominees Announced; Fan Vote Now Open!
Debi Moore
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With Labor Day Weekend traditionally considered the “end of summer,” that means fall and the Halloween season are officially on their way. Which also means it’s time to kick off the voting for the 2016 Reaper Awards!
If you’re a regular Dread Central reader, you know that each year we co-sponsor the Reaper Awards with Home Media Magazine, and 2016 brings us some very worthy nominees. So read on for the details, and then be sure to vote for your favorites!
You’ll find the Best Packaging nominees below; click HERE to see images of your Best Box Art choices.
2016 Reaper Awards – Nominees and Voting Details:
The Reaper Awards, honoring the best horror and thriller titles of the past year on DVD and Blu-ray Disc, are presented by Home Media Magazine and DreadCentral.com. Eligible titles were released between August 1, 2015, and July 31, 2016.
Fans can select their favorites from the past year in several categories. Titles were submitted by participating studios. You can also write-in your votes and at the end answer this question: What do you think is the best Horror/Thriller title of the past year (released between August 1, 2015 to July 31, 2016)?
Results of the consumer vote will be combined with the selections of a judging panel of horror experts and home entertainment reviewers. The panel of judges will also select a Title of the Year.
Voting ends October 14, 2016, and winners will be announced October 31st. Access the ballot via HomeMediaMagazine.com/ReaperVote, HomeMediaAwards.com, or ReaperAwards.com.
Choice Theatrical Cut
The Witch (Lionsgate)
Insidious Chapter 3 (Sony Pictures)
Paranormal Activity: The Ghost Dimension (Paramount)
Scouts Guide to the Zombie Apocalypse (Paramount)
Goodnight Mommy (Anchor Bay)
Best Limited Release/Direct-to-Video Title
Martyrs (Anchor Bay)
The Exorcism of Molly Hartley (Fox)
The Final Girls (Sony Pictures)
The Editor (Shout! Factory)
Best Title From the Vault (Re-release or Catalog Title)
Suture — Special Edition (Arrow)
The Texas Chainsaw Massacre Part 2 — Collector’s Edition (Shout! Factory)
Tales From the Crypt: Demon Knight — Collector’s Edition (Shout! Factory)
Army of Darkness — Collector’s Edition (Shout! Factory)
The People Under the Stairs — Collector’s Edition (Shout! Factory)
The Return of the Living Dead — Collector’s Edition (Shout! Factory)
Dillinger — Special Edition (Arrow)
William Castle Double Feature: 13 Ghosts & 13 Frightened Girls (Mill Creek)
The 5,000 Fingers of Dr. T — Blu-ray (Mill Creek)
Best Collection
Hannibal: Season 3 (Lionsgate)
The Walking Dead: Season 5 (Anchor Bay)
American Horror Project Vol. 1 (Arrow)
The 10th Kingdom — 15th Anniversary Blu-ray (Mill Creek)
The Vincent Price Collection III (Shout! Factory)
The X-Files Collector’s Set (Fox)
Best Indie or Foreign Disc
Monsters Among Us (Mill Creek)
Into the Grizzly Maze (Sony Pictures)
Best Extras
Blood Rage — Special Edition (Arrow)
The Texas Chainsaw Massacre Part 2 — Collector’s Edition (Shout! Factory)
Tales From the Crypt: Demon Knight — Collector’s Edition (Shout! Factory)
Fear the Walking Dead: Season 1 Special Edition (Anchor Bay)
The People Under the Stairs — Collector’s Edition (Shout! Factory)
The Walking Dead: Season 5 (Anchor Bay)
The X-Files Collector’s Set (Fox)
The Mutilator — Special Edition (Arrow)
Army of Darkness — Collector’s Edition (Shout! Factory)
The Return of the Living Dead — Collector’s Edition (Shout! Factory)
Best Box Art
The Exorcism of Molly Hartley (Fox)
Tales From the Crypt: Demon Knight — Collector’s Edition (Shout! Factory)
Fear the Walking Dead: Season 1 Special Edition (Anchor Bay)
The People Under the Stairs — Collector’s Edition (Shout! Factory)
The Return of the Living Dead — Collector’s Edition (Shout! Factory)
The Texas Chainsaw Massacre Part 2 — Collector’s Edition (Shout! Factory)
Blood Bath — Special Edition (Arrow)
Banshee: Season 3 (HBO)
The Stuff — Special Edition (Arrow)
Poltergeist 2015 (Fox)
Army of Darkness — Collector’s Edition (Shout! Factory)
Best Packaging
Bride of Re-Animator — Limited Edition (Arrow)
The Walking Dead: Season 5 Limited Edition — Crawling Walker (Anchor Bay)
Blood and Black Lace — Steelbook (Arrow)
Spookiest Kidvid
Bump in the Night: The Complete Series (Mill Creek)
Goosebumps (Anchor Bay)
Lego Scooby-Doo! Haunted Hollywood (Warner)
Best Big Bad
Darcy — Green Room (Lionsgate)
Billy Murphy — The Final Girls (Sony Pictures)
Black Phillip the Goat — The Witch (Lionsgate)
Twisty the Clown — “American Horror Story: Freak Show” (Fox)
Dandy — “American Horror Story: Freak Show” (Fox)
Gordon — Victor Frankenstein (Fox)
Best Kill
Burton vs. Nola — “Banshee: Season 3” (HBO) — Episode 3, Time Index 0:08:30 to 0:13:45
Amber hides in a sofa, then kills a Neo-Nazi — Green Room (Lionsgate) — Time Index 1:12:30 to 1:13:10
Ballroom Zombie Slaying — Pride and Prejudice and Zombies (Sony Pictures) — Time Index 0:18:00 to 0:19:10
Ma Petite — “American Horror Story: Freak Show” (Fox) — Episode 6, Time Index 0:23:50 to 0:24:35; Episode 7, Time Index 0:42:50 to 0:43:30
Jon Snow — “Game of Thrones: Season 5” (HBO) — Episode 10, Time Index 0:56:20 to 0:58:45
Bonzo Zombie — Dead Rising: Watchtower (Sony Pictures) — Time Index 0:56:35 to 0:57:20
Best Line of Dialogue
The Witch: “Did ye make some unholy bond with that goat?” — The Witch (Lionsgate)
Missy: “You ate someone just to go to prom with me?” — My Boyfriend’s Back (Mill Creek)
Angela: “Just the tip, Sweetie.” — I Spit on Your Grave III (Anchor Bay)
Ryan: “Don’t say his name? Charlie! Charlie! Charlie!” — The Gallows (Warner)
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