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
- LeavingLA
- 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
