2026 Nominations

These are nominations for Best of the Best, some will not appear here, it will be announced during the Award Ceremony.

Best Actor, Feature Film

• Patrick Higgins
  • Incubation
• Rory Gibson
  • Severed Road
• Tony Todd
  • The Pitchfork Retreat
• Eriberto Leão
  • Deep Hallows

Best Actor, Ohio Film

• Cody Steele
  • MEAT the movie
• Niguel Quinn
  • Stalker Jane
• Patrick Johnston
  • Midnight Tales
• Patrick Mona
  • Swiped

Best Actor, Short Film

• Jonathan Cobb
  • Surprise!
• Michael Paul King
  • Bart & Bobbi Kill Each other
• Martin Ewens
  • Scriven
• Michael Beach
  • Evening Class

Best Actress, Feature Film

• Gabriela Dias
  • Deep Hallows
• Danielle Harris
  • The Pitchfork Retreat
• Natalie Otano
  • Severed Road
• Tanya Davis
  • Incubation

Best Actress, Ohio Film

• Jessica Buck
  • Swiped
• Elizabeth Cave
  • Midnight Tales
• Halo Kitsch
  • Stalker Jane
• KateLynn E. Newberry
  • MEAT the movie

Best Actress, Short Film

• Mariangela Pino
  • Evening Class
• Emily Bennett
  • The Safety Games
• London Garcia
  • Bart & Bobbi Kill Each other
• Cydney Moody
  • Murder Cabin

Best Cinematography, Feature Film

• Severed Road
• Incubation
• Pitchfork Retreat
• God Country

Best Cinematography, Ohio Film

• Stalker Jane
• Meat the movie
• Midnight Tales
• Swiped

Best Cinematography, Short Film

• Evening Class
• Scriven
• Bart & Bobbi Kill Each other
• Surprise!

Best Director, Feature Film

• Incubation
• Severed Road
• The Pitchfork Retreat
• Deep Hallows

Best Director, Ohio Film

• MEAT the movie
• Stalker Jane
• Midnight Tales
• Swiped

Best Director, Short Film

• Evening Class
• Scriven
• Bart & Bobbi Kill Each other
• Surprise!

Best Editing, Feature Film

• Incubation
• Severed Road
• The Pitchfork Retreat
• Traction Park Massacre

Best Editing, Ohio Film

• Swiped
• Midnight Tales
• Stalker Jane
• MEAT the movie

Best Editing, Short Film

• Evening Class
• Scriven
• Bart & Bobbi Kill Each other
• Surprise!

Feature Film – Action / Martial Arts

• Shadowdome: Warrior of the Night
• Scavenged

Feature Film – Horror – Suspense / Thriller

• Legado
• Little Pet
• Incubation
• The Pitchfork Retreat

Feature Film – Horror Comedy

• Traction Park Massacre
• Demonetize
• The Haunting of Prince Dom Pedro

Feature Film – Horror-Slasher

• MEAT the Movie
• You Better Watch Out
• Nightmares Unleashed
• Severed Road

Feature Film – LGBTQ +

• Fight Like A Girl
• God Country
• MEAT the Movie

Feature Film – Ohio Film 

• STALKER JANE
• MEAT the Movie

Feature Film – Sci-Fi / Fantasy

• Star Wars: the Rise of Ren
• Deep Hallows – A Brazilian Gothic Fable

Short Film – Action / Martial Arts

• The Scramble

Short Film – Horror – Slasher

• Be Nice
• Everyday Dread: The Final Kill
• The Nightmare Reflection
• SCRIPT
• The Safety Games

Short Film – Horror Suspense/Thriller

• O’ Black Water
• Evening Class
• Scriven
• Murder Cabin
• The Girl in the Street

Short Film – Horror-Comedy

• Go Down, Diller
• The Hammer-Handed Hitchhiker
• The Monkey Claw
• Surprise!
• Bart & Bobbi Kill Each Other

Short Film – Ohio Made 

• Charlotte A Willow Falls Tale
• The Old Ballgame
• Midnight Tales
• It Must Be Done
• 3 Days

Short Film – Sci-Fi / Fantasy

• A.L.I.C.E (39 min)
• Texas Strange
• S.O.S.
• Orchards of a Futile Heaven
• Let There Be Light

Student Horror Short Film

• Pas de Deux!
• There’s a Visitor at the Door
• Ride Pending

Student Ohio Horror Short Film

• Gracious Boy
• Last Meal
• The Columbus Coroner
• Tonight Corporeal

Trailer

• “Apocalypse Death Party” Official Trailer

TV Pilot or Web Episode – Film

• Deathahedron

Micro Film

• Tumor
• Cupcake
• Half a Mind
• Trial of the Concubine
• Migraine

Music Video

• Nightmares Unleashed 2 Music Video
• The Soucouyant
• AIN’T NO GRAVE- AGENT A’s THEME
• Nightmares Unleashed Music Video

Feature Script –  Thriller / Suspense

• The Book of Jennifer
• Where the Monster Lives
• RESIDUE
• Guide Me Home

Feature Script – Horror / Slasher

• CAMP INIPI
• Checking Out
• HIKR_95
• SUNDOWN
• NIGHT GAMES

Feature Script – Horror-Comedy

• Santa Claus is Coming to Hell!
• Love By Lovecraft
• Die Laughing

Feature Script – LGBTQ +

• Grad Nite
• Sanguis Septem
• Fight Like A Girl

Feature Script – Sci-fi / Fantasy

• Vice Times Seven
• Letters to Del (script)
• The Hive

Feature Script- Ohio Film 

• Supplanter
• Frankie

Short Script – Horror Slasher

• Head (less)
• Cob

Short Script – Horror-Comedy

• Apologize!!!
• Eff AARP!
• Not a Creature was Stirring
• Party Hard
• The Evil That Men Do

Short Script – LGBTQ +

• Boo-Haul

Short Script – Ohio Made

• A Huge F*cking Spider!
• Shadowplay

Short Script – Sci-fi / Fantasy

• The Multiplicity

Short Script – Thriller / Suspense

• COUCH POTATO
• The Multiplicity
• Lab Partners
• THE PATCH
• Coriaria

Student Horror Short Script

• Sound of Darkness
• The Multiplicity

TV Pilot or Web Episode – Script

• The Multiplicity
• The Deadlands
• Brodhead Society

This will be announced on Sunday during the Room 237 Screening and Award

Scoring Competition:

• QianYi Zeng (Song Cheese)
• Alice Liu
• ZHAO YANHAN (Song Nhung)
• Adam Rohrer
• Niu Zhan Yuan (leoneo)

Visual FX and Makeup

Screen Queen and King

Monologue Competition

Spooky Sunday Costume Competition