Complete List of Nominees for 2016 Fright Meter Awards

The 2015 Fright Meter Award nominations have been revealed and It Follows, Spring, and We Are Still Here lead the 2015 nominations with seven each, including Best Director and Best Actress.

The Fright Meter Awards have been presented annually since 2007 by the Fright Meter Awards Committee, a registered non profit organization dedicated solely to honoring the best in horror each year.  Nominees and winners are determined by the committee, which consists of horror bloggers, actors, directors, producers, and others involved in the industry. 

Without further ado, the 2015 Fright Meter Award nominations:

Best Horror Movie

The Final Girls

Goodnight Mommy

It Follows

Spring

What We Do In The Shadows   

Best Director

Justin Benson & Aaron Moorhead (Spring)

Guillermo del Toro (Crimson Peak)

Severin Fiala & Veronika Franz (Goodnight Mommy)

Ted Geoghegan (We Are Still Here)

David Robert Mitchell (It Follows)

Best Actor In A Leading Role

Mark Duplass (Creep)

Lou Taylor Pucci (Spring)

Ryan Reynolds (The Voices)

Kurt Russell (Bone Tomahawk)

Taika Waititi (What We Do In The Shadows)

Best Actress In A Leading Role

Barbara Crampton (We Are Still Here)

Taissa Farmiga (The Final Girls)

Nadia Hilker (Spring)

Maika Monroe (It Follows)

Lin Shaye (Insidious: Chapter 3)

Best Actor In A Supporting Role

Larry Fessenden (We Are Still Here)

Matthew Fox (Bone Tomahawk)

Richard Jenkins (Bone Tomahawk)

Leigh Whannell (Cooties)

Rainn Wilson (Cooties)

Best Actress In A Supporting Role

Malin Akerman (The Final Girls)

Jessica Chastain (Crimson Peak)

Deanna Dunagan (The Visit)

Lisa Marie (We Are Still Here)

Sierra McCormick (Some Kind Of Hate)

Best Screenplay

Bone Tomahawk

The Final Girls

It Follows

Spring

What We Do In The Shadows

Best Makeup

Bone Tomahawk

Crimson Peak

Deathgasm

We Are Still Here

WolfCop

Best Special Effects

Crimson Peak

Deathgasm

Headless

Insidious: Chapter 3

Stung

Best Score

Crimson Peak

Deathgasm

The Editor

The Final Girls

It Follows

Best Editing

The Final Girls

It Follows

Spring

Unfriended

We Are Still Here

Best Cinematography

Bone Tomahawk

Crimson Peak

It Follows

Spring

We Are Still Here

Best Short Horror Film

Chomp (Directed by: Lynne Hansen)

The Confession Of Fred Krueger (Directed by: Nathan Thomas Milliner)

The Package (Directed by: Damon Rickard)

Ronald McDonald Playground Slaughter (Nominees to be determined)

Selfie From Hell (Directed by: Erdal Ceylan)

For more information about the Fright Meter Awards, visit www.frightmeterwards.com or find the awards on Facebook:  www.facebook.com/frightmeterawards or Twitter: @Frightmeter.

The Horror Chamber's Top 5 Horror Films of 2015

Yeah, it maybe 11 days late but yours truly here has seen a lot of horror films in 2015. It was tough narrowing down my five favorite films. There were great horror films, "Goodnight Mommy", "Headless", "The Editor" and "Felt" to name a few but these five films really stood out in my mind.

5. What We Do In the Shadows

What happens when you have vampires in a mockumentary film, you get an entertaining and funny film from start to finish. That was the case with “What We Do in the Shadows”. One of things that I like about this film is the ability that it blends the horror and comedy genres into one film. Whether it was the funny dialogue to the entertaining performances, it felt like a fun time. The film has very good performances from Jemaine Clament and Taiki Waititi as they both made their characters engaging and entertaining. Check this film out, if you’re a fan of horror comedies. You will love this film.

4. Crimson Peak

I know there have been some people that don’t like this film, but I thought that this was a very good film from Gulliermo Del Toro. One of things that makes this very good was the film’s dark tone and its special effects. It helped conveyed some of the dark and gothic images that’s needed for the story to succeed. The film also has great performances from its three leads Mia Wasikowska, Tom Hiddleston and Jessica Chastain which really made this very good. Hopefully, this film will find an audience on DVD & Blu-Ray.

3. Spring

This is a film that should’ve gotten more eyeballs from horror fans during the year than it did. “Spring” felt like a cross between a monster film and a Richard Linklater / Alejandro González Iñárritu film. What makes this great was the way that directors Justin Benson and Aaron Moorehead did a great job directing their two main actors (Lou Taylor Pucci and Nadia Hilker) as both of the actor develop a very good job chemistry with each other. It helped make this dark love story work so well. It also has some very good effects and great cinematography from Moorehead.

2. We Are Still Here

If there was a film that shocked me to my core this this year, it would be this film. Whether it’s the writing and directing of Ted Geoghegan or the great lead (Barabra Crampton, Andrew Sensenig) and supporting performances (Larry Fessenden, Lisa Marie, and Monte Markham), it was a shocking gorefest from start to finish. It’s easily the best ensemble cast of the year. If “It Follows” wasn’t the best horror film of the year, this would’ve been easily it. This is a film that you check if you’re a horror fan as I can’t wait for Geoghegan’s next film.

1. It Follows

This is one of those films that you feel like you’ve walked out of theater and knew that this might be a classic film ten or fifteen years down the line. From everything from the screenplay to the directing, to the actor and to the score everything had that certain ingredient that makes for a perfect horror film. Director David Robert Mitchell does a great job making the screenplay and the direction feel very dark and suspenseful. It made some of the film’s intense moments keep you on the edge of your seat. This film is also helped with very good performance from Maika Monroe and Keir Gilchrist. This is a must for horror fans who haven’t seen this film yet, as it’s a great film.

Critically Acclaimed "It Follows" Moves Its Way to DVD & Blu-Ray

Radius-Dimension Films recently release information for the upcoming DVD and Blu-Ray release of "It Follows". The film is directed by  avid Robert Mitchell (The Myth of the American Sleepover), and stars Maika Monroe (upcoming Independence Day 2, The Guest), Keir Gilchrist (It’s Kind of a Funny Story, “United States of Tara”), Daniel Zovatto (Beneath, Innocence, Laggies) and Jake Weary (Altitude, Fred).

Special features on the DVD and Blu-Ray include  a critics’ commentary hosted by Nerdist’s Scott Weinberg and featuring Eric D. Snider (MovieBS), Britt Hayes (Screencrush), Samuel D. Zimmerman (Shock Till You Drop), Alison Nastasi (Flavorwire) and Eric Vespe (Ain't It Cool News); the featurette “A Conversation with Film Composer Disasterpeace” and a Poster Art Gallery.

"It Follows" hit retail on July 14th.

Press Release:

The critically acclaimed breakout movie of the year, It Follows arrives on Blu-ray™ and DVD July 14th from Anchor Bay Entertainment, RADiUS and DIMENSION. Dubbed “the best horror film in over a decade”*, It Follows is directed by David Robert Mitchell (The Myth of the American Sleepover), and stars Maika Monroe (upcoming Independence Day 2, The Guest), Keir Gilchrist (It’s Kind of a Funny Story, “United States of Tara”), Daniel Zovatto (Beneath, Innocence, Laggies) and Jake Weary (Altitude, Fred).

One of the highest grossing independent films of the year so far, It Follows is credited with ushering in a new era of indie film success, appealing to horror genre fans, art house cinema aficionados and the general movie-going audience. With spectacular cinematography and a powerful score, the film is destined to become a cult classic.

For 19-year-old Jay, fall should be about school, boys and weekends out at the lake. But after a seemingly innocent sexual encounter, she finds herself plagued by strange visions and the inescapable sense that someone, or something, is following her. Jay and her teenage friends must now find a way to escape the horrors that seem to be only a few steps behind in this chiller that Bloody Disgusting calls “the scariest movie of 2015.”

The many special features on the Blu-ray™ and DVD include a critics’ commentary hosted by Nerdist’s Scott Weinberg and featuring Eric D. Snider (MovieBS), Britt Hayes (Screencrush), Samuel D. Zimmerman (Shock Till You Drop), Alison Nastasi (Flavorwire) and Eric Vespe (Ain't It Cool News); the featurette “A Conversation with Film Composer Disasterpeace” and a Poster Art Gallery.

It Follows is available and on Blu-ray™ and DVD from Anchor Bay Entertainment on July 14 for the suggested retail price of $29.99 and $26.98, respectively, and also available On Demand. The title will be available early in Digital HD on July 3 from Starz Digital.