New York City Horror Film Festival
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The New York City Horror Film Festival was established by Michael J. Hein in 2001. It takes place each year in New York City for a week in October and specializes in the horror film genre.
The festival is a competitive one, showing 60 films in 2005. Awards are as follows:
- Best Feature Film
- Best Short Film
- Best Cinematography
- Best Special Effects
- Best Actor
- Best Actress
- Best Screenplay
- Audience Choice
[edit] Lifetime Achievement Award
Since 2002, The New York City Horror Film Festival has given the Lifetime Achievement Award to one legendary horror filmmaker each year.
Recipients are as follows:
- 2007 - Herschell Gordon Lewis
- 2006 - Mick Garris
- 2005 - Roger Corman
- 2004 - Tobe Hooper
- 2003 - Tom Savini
- 2002 - George A. Romero
[edit] 2007 Awards
- Best Feature - Botched
- Best Short - Criticized
- Best Cinematography - Nobody
- Best Screenplay - Death of a Ghost Hunter
- Best Special Effects - Seed
- Best Actor - Stephen Dorff - Botched
- Best Actress - Masha Wattanapanich - Alone
- Audience Choice Award - DARA
[edit] 2007 Special Guests
[edit] 2007 Non-Competition Screenings
[edit] 2006 Awards
- Best Feature - Fingerprints
- Best Short - Happy Birthday To U
- Best Screenplay - Last Rites of the Dead
- Best Cinematography - The Marsh
- Best Special Effects - The Marsh
- Best Actor - Robert "Opal" Oppel - Rapturious
- Best Actress - Gina Ramsden - Last Rites of the Dead
- Audience Choice Award - Eddie Loves You
[edit] 2006 Special Guests
- Tony Todd was presented with a special award for "Excellence In Acting" in horror films
- Mick Garris was presented the Lifetime Achievement Award
- Ken Foree
- Betsy Palmer
- Michael Gingold
- Joe Kane
- William Lustig
- Jack Ketchum
[edit] 2006 Non-Competition Screenings
- The Devil's Rejects
- Masters of Horror episode Valerie on the Stairs
- Masters of Horror episode The Damned Thing
- Zombi 2
[edit] 2005 Awards
- Best Feature - The Dark Hours
- Best Short - Zombie Movie
- Best Screenplay - Headspace
- Best Cinematography - Headspace
- Best Special Effects - Neighborhood Watch
- Best Actor - Jason Campbell - Nightmare
- Best Actress - Nicole Roderick - Nightmare
- Audience Choice Award - Roadkill
[edit] 2005 Special Guests
- Roger Corman, who received the Lifetime Achievement Award
- Don Coscarelli
- Angus Scrimm
- Michael Gingold
- Armand Mastroianni
- William Lustig
[edit] 2005 Non-Competition Screenings
- Jaws
- Masters of Horror episode Incident On and Off a Mountain Road
- Mortuary
- The Rocky Horror Picture Show
- Tamara
- The Masque of the Red Death
- Three...Extremes
- Tim Burton's The Nightmare Before Christmas
[edit] 2004 Awards
- Best Feature - The Last Horror Movie
- Best Short - Herbie
- Best Screenplay - The Ghouls
- Best Cinematography - London Voodoo
- Best Special Effects - Cube Zero
- Best Actor - Kevin Howarth - The Last Horror Movie
- Audience Choice Award - Unwelcome
[edit] 2004 Special Guests
- Tobe Hooper received the Lifetime Achievement Award
- Amanda Plummer
[edit] 2004 Non-Competition Screenings
[edit] 2003 Special Guests
- Tom Savini received the Lifetime Achievement Award
- Lloyd Kaufman
- Joe Bob Briggs
- Michael Ruggerio
[edit] 2002 Special Guests
- George A. Romero to receive the Lifetime Achievement Award
- Felissa Rose
- Lloyd Kaufman
[edit] External links
[edit] See also
[edit] Genre film festivals
- European Fantastic Film Festivals Federation
- Festival de Cine de Sitges
- Fantasia Festival
- Toronto After Dark Film Festival
- Fantastic Fest
- Dead by Dawn
- TromaDance
- Eerie Horror Film Festival
- Shriekfest International Horror Film Festival