Dread Central Announces The Winners Of Shockfest Film Festival 2022 [Exclusive]

Mary Beth McAndrews |

Dec 13, 2022

2022 was Shockfest’s 14th year anniversary and this December, Filmocracy joined the festival to build a one-of-a-kind virtual experience with guests including Juliet Landau, Lloyd Kaufman, Richard Grieco, Debra Lamb, Richard Tyson, Bill Oberst Jr, Julian Richings, and Dave Keuning. The winners of this year’s event are exclusively released via Dread Central!

Shockfest Film Festival: Theater of Mystery was sponsored in part by Filmocracy, Nightmare Toys, Dark Delicacies, and Gorilla Radio.

Check out the full list of Shockfest winners below:

BEST TRAILER

A Town Full of Ghosts
Staycation
The Last Nosferatu
Christmas Slasher
Gale
Stranger

BEST MONSTER

Venganza
Signal Dark
Broken Wing
KindRed
Face Crusher 2
Ghoul Britannia

BEST STUDENT FILM

Devil’s In The Details
Flesh of my Flesh
On The Third Day of an International Manhunt
Valkyrie
Other Half
Tippy Topper

BEST MUSIC VIDEO

Born To Die
Jungle Go Dumb ft. Will I Am
Leaving LA
Speak to Me
SYSTEM SYN – Knives
Time and Fury

BEST SHORT SCREENPLAY

Bell Tower by Jason Sheedy
Cue Applause by Benj Welmond
Ghost Town by Joe Heath
Seven Minutes by Robert Drusetta
The Lost Boys by Craig D. McInnes
The Puppet King by Jonathan P. Dittman

BEST SCREENPLAY

Snow White From Queens by Diana Lee Woody
Junkies, Chicks & Vampires by Anita Gupta, David Munroe, Sam Munroe
Underwater Hazards by Pamela Perry Goulardt
Beneath the Trees by Tracy L Morse, Sophia An Porter
Corporate Monster by Chelsea Arlene Schmidt
Blood Runes by Jonny Bjørkhaug

BEST DANCE/EXPERIMENTAL FILM

A Feast That Never Comes
Deoch Dance
How Many Spiders?
Once There Was III
The Wind Probably
They Dance With Their Heads

BEST LGBTQ+ FILM

Albatross
Retribution
Role Play
The Hunter
UNION
Unity Mosque

MOCKFEST AWARD: BEST COMEDY FILM

A Best Man
Cruise
Make America Bake Again
Cutter
Stick a Fork in Me
Sweat of his Cow

BEST DRAMA

JUNE
Maybe Tomorrow
Outcry
Put Away
Tito
Melancholic Beauty

BEST THRILLER

Four Hour Layover In Juarez
Rock Sugar
Call from Kelly
Some Visitors
The Bottom
The Goldsmith

BEST HAUNTED GARAGE FILM

Innards
The Barbados Project
The Haunting of Lady-Jane
#TrolledSOS
Tyrants of Tomorrow Telethon
Bride of the Killer Pinata

BEST CULT FILM

Innards Trilogy
It Hatched
Night of the Tommyknockers
The Macabre
With Pleasure
Zebra Girl

BEST SCIFI

Distance
Fieldtrip
Maeve in the Dark
Red Gaia
Signal Dark
The Shaman

BEST FANTASY

Black Dragon (Rồng đen)
Heart Of Gold
The Blood Stone
Seeing Diane Arbus
The Rock of Ages
The Man In Room Six

BEST ANIMATED FILM

Dracuvan
Lake Erie
Sprite Fright
The Ratcatcher’s Daughter
The Forbidden Zone
Family of Vurdulak

BEST INTERNATIONAL FILM

Facies (El Semblante)
Giant Cockroach (Scarrafone)
IVI ELV
Toxica
O
Prizes and Balloons

BEST DOCUMENTARY

Digging for Life
Kaotic Drumline: Drumming With a Difference
Mike Mignola: Drawing Monsters
Roger Corman, The Pope of Pop Cinema
Finding Courage
Women of War: Invisible

BEST ACTOR

Alan Mingo, Jr. – The Hunter
Jilon Vanover – Black Creek Trail
Justin Miles – You Promised
Kristoffer McMillan – Shot In The Dark
Richard Grieco – Night of the Tommyknockers
Richard Tyson – The Slayer Chronicles

BEST ACTRESS

Carol Royle – Put Away
Debra Lamb – Blood Covered Chocolate
Diana Romo – Retribution
Gates McFadden – Finger
Kimberly Laferriere – Do Not Disturb
Sarah Schoofs – Cameo

BEST CINEMATOGRAPHER

Haley L. Watson – Getaway
Josu de Pablo – Gaueko
Kenneth Oribe – Stoyan
Taylor Camarot – With Pleasure
Umberto Ottaviani – IVI ELV
Jung Hoon No – Island

BEST DIRECTOR

Giacomo De Bello – Giant Cockroach (Scarrafone)
Hortense Lingjaerde – Miranda’s Marionettes
Bill Whirity – Prey
Radhakrishnan Parthiban – Shadow of the Night
Brad Rego – Cryptid
Iago de Soto – The Light (La Luz)

BEST SHORT

Cruise
Facies (El Semblante)
Old Time Radio: Your Move
Miranda’s Marionettes
Processing
The Bottom

BEST FEATURE

Hall
Regicide
Stoyan
The Lot
Toxica
Curse of Aurore

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