Oregon Scream Week Horror Film Festival Winter 2018

Oregon Scream Week Horror Film Festival Winter 2018 Event Recap

The Oregon Scream Week Horror Film Festival 2018 screened 52 films from the Film Festival Circuit in Portland at the 5th Avenue Cinema February 16-17, 2018.

Oregon Scream Week Horror Film Festival Winter 2018 Official Film Selections 

1. "4EVR" Directed by Sergio Pinheiro (Los Angeles, California)
2. "Alina" Directed by Herve Faula (France)
3. "American Zombies" Directed by Joe Bowes (Waukesha, WI) - Watch This Film Now!
4. "Banshee" Directed by Adam O'Brien (Canada)
5. "Bestia" Directed by Gigi Saul Guerrero (Canada)
6. "Biomass" Directed by Larry McKee (Houston, Texas)
7. "Cathy's Closet" Directed by Calvin McCarthy - Watch This Film Now!
8. "Chateau Sauvignon: terroir" Directed by David Maire (Brooklyn, New York)
9. "Dark Iron" (Trailer) Directed by Jerzy Bojanowski (Poland) - Watch This Film Now!
10. "Delivery Boy" Directed by Alex James La-Chiusa (Australia) - Watch This Film Now!
11. "Devil Town" Directed by Nick Barrett (London, UK) - Watch This Film Now!
12. "Ding Dong" Directed by Timothy Troy (Chicago, Illinois) - Watch This Film Now!
13. "Don't Be Afraid of the Light" Directed by Jason Rostovsky (Los Angeles, California)
14. "Don't Click" Directed by G-Hey Kim (Toronto, Canada)
15. "Don't Look Into Their Eyes" Directed by John Rhee (Los Angeles, California)
16. "Double Anguish" Directed by Dani Morell Cortés (Spain)
17. "Eat Jeremy" Directed by Sam South (Bournemouth, UK) - Watch This Film Now!
18. "Eggs, Zombies, and Bacon" Directed by Sherry Y. Shi (Los Angeles, California) - Watch This Film Now!
19. "En Passant" Directed by Barron Hilton (Los Angeles, California) - Watch This Film Now!
20. "Evstronger" Directed by Silvia Conesa (Spain) - Watch This Film Now!
21. "Fearless" Directed by Tommy Souza (Los Angeles, California) - Watch This Film Now!
22. "Fly Away" Directed by Antonio Alonso (Miami, Florida)
23. "Forest Queen" Directed by Don Swanson (Ebensburg, Pennsylvania) - Watch This Film Now!
24. "From Hell She Rises" Directed by Ama Lea (Hollywood, California) - Watch This Film Now!
25. "Fruit Bat II" Directed by Alex J. Murphy (Madison, New Jersey) - Watch This Film Now!
26. "FWD" Directed by Stephen Sawchuk (Vancouver, Canada) - Watch This Film Now!
27. "Goldblooded" Directed by Tom Botchii Skowronksi (Los Angeles, California) - Watch This Film Now!
28. "Hell of a Day" Director Evan Hughes (Australia)
29. "Her Heart" Directed by Chico Lucius (Oregon) - Watch This Film Now!
30. "I'm Gonna Eat Your Brains" Directed by Benjamin Owens (Bellingham, Washington) - Watch This Film Now!
31. "In a Tree Full of Rain" Directed by Zak Seidman (Baltimore, Maryland) - Watch This Film Now!
32. "Jax In Love" Directed by Colin Campbell (Los Angeles, California)
33. "Juliette" Directed by Lora D'Addazio (Belgium) - Watch This Film Now!
34. "Lunch Ladies" written & produced by Clarissa Jacobson (Valley Village, California)
35. "Lure" Directed by Monsieur Sieur
36. "Milk Man" Directed by Jonathan Brooks (United Kingdom)
37. "Mr. Dentonn" Ivan Villamel Sanchez (Spain) - Watch This Film Now!
38. "My First Time" Directed by Asaf Livini (Israel) - Watch This Film Now!
39. "Phobia" Directed by Chris Barron (Denver, Colorado) - Watch This Film Now!
40. "Rearview" Directed by Chase Casanova (Houston, Texas) - Watch This Film Now!
41. "Rotten Love" Directed by Xander Turian (Sweden) - Watch This Film Now!
42. "Save" Directed by Iván Sáinz-Pardo (Spain) - Watch This Film Now!
43. "Screaming At Stars" Directed by Richie Moore (Bangkok, Thailand) - Watch This Film Now!
44. "SockMonster" Directed by Wesley Alley (USA)
45. "Space Trash Bag" Directed by Jose Casas Arevalo (Spain)
46. "Studded Nightmare" Directed by Jean-Claude Leblanc (Quebec, Canada)
47. "Swamp Killer" A Grindhouse Trailer - Directed by Ramiro Hernandez (Miami, Florida) - Watch This Film Now!
48. "The Barber's Cut" Directed by Mark Brocking (United Kingdom) - Watch This Film Now!
49. "The Dark Hunger" Directed by Anthony Williams (Chicago, Illinois)
50. "The Dark Ward" Directed by Madoka Harada (Japan)
51. "The Safe House" Directed by David Castle (Australia)
52. "The Dollmaker" Directed by Alan Lougher (Boca Raton, Florida) - Watch This Film Now!
53. "Vandella Day" Directed by John McCourt (United Kingdom) - Watch This Film Now!
54. "WakeUp" directed by Fan Ka Chun (Hong Kong)
55. "We Summoned A Demon" Directed by Chris McInroy (USA) - Watch This Film Now!

Oregon Scream Week 2018 Official Screenplay Selections

The twelve (12) judges of the Oregon Scream Week 2018 Horror Film Festival have announced 51 Horror, Science Fiction, and Dark Comedy screenplay official selections. The winners will be announced on Saturday, February 17, 2018 in Portland, Oregon. Please note, this page will soon be updated with more detailed information about these screenplays, award nominations and tickets to the event.

1. "Among Us" written by Arturo Portillo (Chaparral, New Mexico)
2. "Anubis Michael" written by Rick Fisher (Franklin, Tennessee)
3. “Alien Assassin” written by Matthew Sheather
4. "Birth" written by Giancarlo Fusi (Glendale, California)
5. "Blood Knots" written by Gregg Malkoff (Phoenix, Arizona)
6. "Cajun Justice" written by Mike Briock (Valley Village, California)
7. "Callback" written by Mig Windows (Ashland, Oregon)
8. "Cannibal Mother" written by Jacob Schefer (Santa Ana, California)
9. “Dead Reckoning” written by Guillermo Ortiz (Puerto Rico) & Katie Sullivan (Michigan)
10. "Dead Strays" written by Neil Chase (Canada)
11. "Diggum" written by Isaac Thorne (Franklin, Tennessee)
12. "Don't Go Outside" written by David J Keogh (London, England)
13. "dreadangels.com" written by Guillermo Ortiz (Puerto Rico) & Katie Sullivan (Michigan)
14. "Ember Paradise" written by Dene Stark (Australia)
15. "Even Steven" written by Troy Saling
16. "First of April" written by Giancarlo Fusi (Los Angeles, California)
17. "Flipping the Score" written by Mike Rogers (Newport, Rhode Island)
18. "Hands in the Dark" written by Dalepatrick Frost & David Kalinoski
19. "Hell is for Children - Dead-Souls" written by Tom Rico (New York)
20. "Hibernation" written by Mike Briock (Valley Village, California)
21. "High Woods" written by Olivia Armstrong (Brooklyn, New York)
22. "I Live In Your House" written by Matt Lewis (United Kingdom)
23. "I-16" written by Margina Sisson (Torrance, California)
24. "Iris" written by Neil Chase & Erika Knudsen
25. "Kid Arachnid" written by Hogan Short (Vancouver, Canada)
26. "Let's Go Spy" written by Daniel P. Coughlin (Los Angeles, California)
27. "Lilith: Revelations" written by Martino D'Angelo (Italy)
28. "Madness" written by Cory Huizar (Los Angeles, California)
29. "My Brother, the Taxidermist" written by B. Kornblum Katz (Denver, Colorado) - Download the Screenplay
30. "Nightfall" written by Mike Meade (Forest Grove, Oregon)
31. "Only Make Believe" written by Benjamin Owens (Bellingham, Washington)
32. "Pray" written by Maninder Chana (Canada)
33. "Real True Crime" written by Carrie Siggins (Vancouver, Canada)
34. "Sadie Sasquash" written by Frank Vespe
35. "Santa Klawn" written by Jeffrey Lee DuPree
36. "Sorcerer" written by Mike Meade (Forest Grove, Oregon)
37. "Sounds of Silence" written by Lee J Sobier (Downers Grove, Illinois)
38. "Strappado" written by Robert J. Rogers
39. "Strega" Written by Skip Shea (Massachusetts)
40. "The Dark Passenger" written by Jeremy Kirk (Phoenix, Arizona)
41. “The Dark” written by James Hughes
42. “The Dinosaur Four” written by Greg Rhem
43. "The Hermit & The Automatons" Written by Joe Wakefield (Download Screenplay)
44. “The Hitler Paradox” written by James Hughes
45. "The Night of Columbus Day" written by M.W. Aliotti (Del Rey Oaks, California)
46. "The Ruin of Souls" written by Alexander Beale (Richmond, Virginia)
47. "The Vermilion Hotel" written by Mike Dowdrick (Duncannon, Pennsylvannia)
48. "The Warners" written by Emily Koopman (Canada)
49. “Unseen” written by Steve Merlo
50. "Vacation From You" written by Montgomery Haines
51. "Zombie Corp" written by Montgomery Burt (Vancouver, Canada) 

Oregon Scream Week 2018 Award Nominations And Winners

The award nominations and winners for Oregon Scream Week 2018 have been announced by the judges. There were 156 different people that attended 3 different two-hour sessions of short horror films and the Filmmaker Awards Mixer on February 16-17, 2018. Filmmakers and screenwriters made the trip from Tokyo, Japan, South Korea, Los Angeles, New York, Colorado, Arizona, Canada and much more. In the conversations that I had, the most talked about films were Lunch Ladies, Phobia and The Dollmaker. Several attendees that were not connected to the films, raved about how exciting the line-up of films were and asked about when the next event would be announced. Many of the attendees were surprised by the diversity of the films screened, some of which were subtitled in English that were in Spanish, French, Japanese, Chinese and Portuguese.

Best Action Sequence Award

1. "Delivery Boy" Directed by Alex James La-Chiusa (Australia)
2. "Goldblooded" Directed by Tom Botchii Skowronksi (Los Angeles, California)
3. "Studded Nightmare" Directed by Jean-Claude Leblanc (Quebec, Canada)
4. "The Dark Hunger" Directed by Anthony Williams (Chicago, Illinois)
5. "The Dark Ward" Directed by Madoka Harada (Japan) - Winner!

"The Dark Ward" Directed by Madoka Harada (Japan)

"Best Actress" Award

1. Alexandra Octavia in "Hell of a Day"
2. Donna Pieroni in "Lunch Ladies"
3. Irene Aguilar in "Mr. Dentonn"
4. Libby Jennings in "Screaming At Stars"
5. Rakefet Abergel in "Jax In Love" - Winner!
6. Sarah Giercksky in "Rotten Love"

Rakefet Abergel in "Jax In Love"

Libby Jennings in "Screaming At Stars"

"Best Actor" Award

1. Chris Smith in "Fearless"
2. Lane Garrison in "Goldblooded" (Los Angeles, California)
3. Michael Lorz in "Chateau Sauvignon: terroir"
4. Johnny Vivash in "Devil Town"
5. Torran Kitts in "Don't Be Afraid of the Light" - Winner!

"Best Cinematography" Award

1. "4EVR" DP Chris Saul (Los Angeles, California) - Winner!
2. "Chateau Sauvignon: terroir" DP Oliver Lucian Anderson
3. "Don't Be Afraid of the Light" DP Danielle Nowitz
4. "Rotten Love"
5. "Screaming At Stars" DP Richie Moore (Bangkok, Thailand)

"Best Dark Comedy Film" Award

1. "American Zombies" Directed by Joe Bowes (Waukesha, WI)
2. "From Hell She Rises" Directed by Ama Lea (Hollywood, California) - Winner!
3. "Fruit Bat II" Directed by Alex J. Murphy (Scott Plains, New Jersey)
4. "Lunch Ladies" Directed by J.M. Logan (Valley Village, California)
5. "We Summoned A Demon" Directed by Chris McInroy (Austin, Texas)

"Best Director" Award

1. "En Passant" Directed by Barron Hilton (Los Angeles, California)
2. "Fly Away" Directed by Antonio Alonso (Miami, Florida)
3. "Lunch Ladies" Directed by J.M. Logan (Valley Village, California) - Winner!
4. "The Barber's Cut" Directed by Mark Brocking (United Kingdom)
5. "The Dark Hunger" Directed by Anthony Williams (Chicago, Illinois)

"Best Ensemble Cast" Award

1. "4EVR" Directed by Sergio Pinheiro (Los Angeles, California)
2. "FWD" Directed by Stephen Sawchuk (Vancouver, Canada) - Winner!
3. "En Passant" Directed by Barron Hilton (Los Angeles, California)
4. "Jax In Love" Directed by Colin Campbell (Los Angeles, California)
5. "Lunch Ladies" Directed by J.M. Logan (Valley Village, California)

"En Passant" Directed by Barron Hilton (Los Angeles, California)

"Best Experimental Film" Award

1. "Evstronger" Directed by Silvia Conesa (Spain)
2. "Fly Away" Directed by Antonio Alonso (Miami, Florida)
3. "Forest Queen" Directed by Don Swanson (Ebensburg, Pennsylvania)
4. "In a Tree Full of Rain" Directed by Zak Seidman (Baltimore, Maryland) - Winner!
5. "Space Trash Bag" Directed by Jose Casas Arevalo (Spain)

"Forest Queen" Directed by Don Swanson

"Best Film Editing" Award

1. "Banshee" Directed by Adam O'Brien (Canada) - Winner!
2. "Goldblooded" Directed by Tom Botchii Skowronksi (Los Angeles, California)
3. "Lunch Ladies" Directed by J.M. Logan (Valley Village, California)
4. "Lure" Directed by Monsieur Sieur
5. "Studded Nightmare" Directed by Jean-Claude Leblanc (Quebec, Canada)

"Best Horror Film" Award

1. "En Passant" Directed by Barron Hilton (Los Angeles, California) -  Winner!
2. "FWD" Directed by Stephen Sawchuk (Vancouver, Canada)
3. "Jax In Love" Directed by Colin Campbell (Los Angeles, California)
4. "The Dark Hunger" Directed by Anthony Williams (Chicago, Illinois)
5. "The Dollmaker" Directed by Alan Lougher (Boca Raton, Florida)

"Best Horror Film" Trailer

1. "Dark Iron" (Trailer) Directed by Jerzy Bojanowski (Poland)
2. "Swamp Killer" A Grindhouse Trailer Directed by Ramiro Hernandez (Miami, Florida) - Winner!

"Best International Director" Award

1. "Bestia" Directed by Gigi Saul Guerrero (Canada)
2. "Devil Town" Directed by Nick Barrett (London, UK)
3. "Hell of a Day" Director Evan Hughes (Australia)
4. "My First Time" Directed by Asaf Livini (Israel) 
5. "Space Trash Bag" Directed by Jose Casas Arevalo (Spain) - Winner!

"Best International Film" Award

1. "Delivery Boy" Directed by Alex James La-Chiusa (Australia)
2. "Hell of a Day" Director Evan Hughes (Australia)
3. "Rotten Love" Directed by Xander Turian (Sweden)
4. "The Dark Ward" Directed by Madoka Harada (Japan) - Winner!
5. "WakeUp" directed by Fan Ka Chun (Hong Kong)

"Best Micro Short Horror Film" Award

1. "Cathy's Closet" Directed by Calvin McCarthy - Winner!
2. "Double Anguish" Directed by Dani Morell Cortés (Spain)
3. "Don't Click" Directed by G-Hey Kim (Toronto, Canada)
4. "Ding Dong" Directed by Timothy Troy (Chicago, Illinois)
5. "Phobia" Directed by Chris Barron (Denver, Colorado)

"Best Northwest Film" Award

1. "Cathy's Closet" Directed by Calvin McCarthy - Winner!
2. "I'm Gonna Eat Your Brains" Directed by Benjamin Owens (Washington)
3. "Her Heart" Directed by Chico Lucius (Portland, Oregon)

"Best Original Music" Award

1. "Don't Be Afraid of the Light" Composer Erik Lutz
2. "En Passant" Composers Rollin Hunt and Doni Schroader - Winner!
3. "Lure"
4. "We Summoned A Demon" Composer Bird Peterson (Austin, Texas)
5. "The Dollmaker" Composer Zaalen Tallis

"Best Sound Design" Award

1. "Bestia" Directed by Gigi Saul Guerrero (Canada)
2. "Banshee" Directed by Adam O'Brien (Canada)
3. "Don't Be Afraid of the Light" Directed by Jason Rostovsky (Los Angeles, California)
4. "Don't Look Into Their Eyes" Directed by John Rhee (Los Angeles, California) - Winner!
5. "Space Trash Bag" Directed by Jose Casas Arevalo (Spain)

"Best Supporting Actor" Award

1. Anthony del Negro "Chateau Sauvignon: terroir"
2. Cameron Hilts in "FWD" - Winner!
3. Jake Jacobson in "Goldblooded"
4. Kayne Doughty "Delivery Boy"
5. Nick Holland in "Fearless"

"FWD" Directed by Stephen Sawchuk (Vancouver, Canada)

"Best Supporting Actress" Award

1. G-hey Kim in "Don't Click"
2. Elina Alminas "Devil Town"
3. Elle Evans "En Passant"
4. Niki Nowak in "Fearless" - Winner!
5. Sienna Mazzone in "Banshee"

"Best Visual Effects" Award

1. "Banshee" Directed by Adam O'Brien (Canada)
2. "Lure" Directed by Monsieur Sieur
3. "Studded Nightmare" Directed by Jean-Claude Leblanc (Quebec, Canada)
4. "The Barber's Cut" Directed by Mark Brocking (United Kingdom) - Winner!
5. "The Dark Ward" Directed by Madoka Harada (Japan)

"Single Scariest Moment" Award

1. "Cathy's Closet" Directed by Calvin McCarthy
2. "Don't Click" Directed by G-Hey Kim (Toronto, Canada) - Winner
3. "Don't Look Into Their Eyes" Directed by John Rhee
4. "Rearview" Directed by Chase Casanova (Houston, Texas)
5. "Studded Nightmare" Directed by Jean-Claude Leblanc (Quebec, Canada)

"Best Special Effects" Award

1. "Rotten Love" Directed by Xander Turian (Sweden)
2. "Space Trash Bag" Directed by Jose Casas Arevalo (Spain)
3. "Studded Nightmare" Directed by Jean-Claude Leblanc (Quebec, Canada) - Winner!
4. "The Dark Hunger" Directed by Anthony Williams (Chicago, Illinois)
5. "We Summoned A Demon" Special Effects Supervisor Eric Zapata (Austin, Texas)

"Don't Look Into Their Eyes" Directed by John Rhee

Science Fiction Screenplay Winners!

• Feature Length: "The Dinosaur Four" Written by Greg Rhem - Winner!
• Short Screenplay: "The Hitler Paradox" written by James Hughes - Winner!

"Best Horror Film Feature Screenplay Nominations

1. "Blood Knots" written by Gregg Malkoff (Phoenix, Arizona) - Winner!
2. "Hell is for Children - Dead-Souls" written by Tom Rico (New York) - Finalist
3. "High Woods" written by Olivia Armstrong (Brooklyn, New York)
4. "Kid Arachnid" written by Hogan Short
5. "Let's Go Spy" written by Daniel P. Coughlin (Los Angeles, California)
6. "My Brother, the Taxidermist" written by B. Kornblum Katz (Denver, Colorado) - Runner Up
7. "Nightfall" written by Mike Meade (Forest Grove, Oregon)
8. "Dead Strays" written by Neil Chase (Canada)
9. "Unseen” written by Steve Merlo (Kelowna B.C. Canada)
10. "Real True Crime" written by Carrie Siggins (Vancouver, Canada)
11. "The Night of Columbus Day" written by M.W. Aliotti (Del Rey Oaks, California)
12. "The Ruin of Souls" written by Alexander Beale (Richmond, Virginia)

Dark Comedy Short Screenplay Nominations

• "Cannibal Mother" written by Jacob Schefer (Santa Ana, California)
• "First of April" written by Giancarlo Fusi (Los Angeles, California) - Winner!

"Best Horror Film Short Screenplay" Nominations

1. "Callback" written by Mig Windows (Ashland, Oregon)
2. "Diggum" written by Isaac Thorne (Franklin, Tennessee)
3. "Ember Paradise" written by Dene Stark (Australia)
4. "Dead Reckoning” written by Guillermo Ortiz (Puerto Rico) & Katie Sullivan (Michigan)
5. "I-16" written by Margina Sisson (Torrance, California)
6. "Sorcerer" written by Mike Meade (Forest Grove, Oregon) - Winner!
7. "The Hermit & The Automatons" Written by Joe Wakefield
8. "The Vermilion Hotel" written by Mike Dowdrick (Duncannon, Pennsylvania)
9. "Zombie Corp" written by Montgomery Burt (Vancouver, Canada)
10. "dreadangels.com" written by Guillermo Ortiz (Puerto Rico) & Katie Sullivan (Michigan)

Take pictures with your awards in front of the backdrop at the HobNob Grille

Stephen Sawchuk and Elysia Rotaru at HobNob Grille Oregon Scream Week Awards & Filmmakers Mixer

Avalon Theatre Screen #2 - Oregon Short Film Festival 2018

Avalon Theatre Screen #2 - Oregon Scream Week 2018