Film 4 FrightFest has wrapped for another year and the winners of a multitude of awards were announced yesterday (Tuesday August 26). Everything starts off okay with The Babadook winning Best Film from the films shown on the Main Screen and Coherence winning Best Film on the Discovery Screen.
Then the list begins to degrade, little by little, until it is downright silly. The list of awards eventually involve the male genitalia.
Twice.
I kid you not. Do you dare read the complete list knowing that somewhere on it is the category Best Penis Trauma? Congrats to all the winners!
Best Film (Main screens)NominationsAlleluiaThe BabadookFaultsThe GuestHouseboundLate PhasesLife After BethThe SamuraiThe SignalStarry EyesAnd the winner is...The BabadookBest Film (Discovery screens)NominationsAltergeistAnotherThe CanalCoherenceCreepDead WithinThe DenHoneymoonJuliaR100And the winner is...CoherenceBest ActorDan Stevens (The Guest)Daniel Henshall (The Babadook)Laurent Lucas (Alleluia)Leland Orser (Faults)Nick Damici (Late Phases)And the winner is...Laurent Lucas (Alleluia)Best ActressEssie Davis (The Babadook)Lola Duenas (Alleluia)Mary Elizabeth Winstead (Faults)Rose Leslie (Honeymoon)Aubrey Plaza (Life After Beth)And the winner is...Essie Davis (The Babadook)Best DirectorAdam Wingard (The Guest)Fabrice du Welz (Alleluia)Jennifer Kent (The Babadook)Till Kleinert (The Samurai)William Eubank (The Signal)And the winner is...Jennifer Kent (The Babadook)Scariest MovieAmong The LivingThe BabadookCreepThe MirrorWhite SettlersAnd the winner is...CreepBest Horror-ComedyAll Cheerleaders DieBad Milo!Life After BethR100WolfcopAnd the winner is...R100Best Found-Footage HorrorCreepExistsThe MirrorAnd the winner is...CreepBest DeathUpside-down slicing n dicing of homophobic locals (The Samurai)Foot in mouth (Among The Living)Quintuple decapitation (Sin City: A Dame To Kill For)Tongue, arms, leg, head (The Green Inferno)Vagina eats face (V/H/S: Viral)And the winner is...Tongue, arms, legs, head (The Green Inferno)Best MonsterKlarence (Among The Living)Milo (Bad Milo!)Kooky looking female werewolf (Late Phases)Cock monsters (V/H/S: Viral)Bigfoot (Exists)And the winner is...Milo (Bad Milo!)Ickiest SceneBea birthing something slimy (Honeymoon)Nails, teeth, maggots (Starry Eyes)Diarrhoea (The Green Inferno)Carving letters in stomach (Deadly Virtues)Pinching a testicle (Truth Or Dare)Best ScareBigfoot bursting from firework smoke (Exists)"Billy, can you just move the laptop so I can see the rest of the room..." (The Canal)Dolores' demise (Late Phases)The Babadook spreads his arms (The Babadook)Creeping about in a wolf mask (Creep)And the winner is...Dolores' demise (Late Phases)Best Exploding/Imploding skullCop shot in car (Wolf Creek 2)Electric current (Housebound)Home invader pummelled in barn (White Settlers)Head caved in with dumbbell (Starry Eyes)Exploding bondage ninjas (R100)And the winner is...Head caved in with dumbbell (Starry Eyes)Most Memorable Dialogue"It works. My crazy Wicca bullshit. It works!" (All Cheerleaders Die)"What the fuck are you?" "The fuzz." (Wolfcop)"What do you want from me, Zach? I'm a fucking zombie." (Life After Beth)"Listen, we can NOT turn against each other right now. That's exactly what the beavers would want." (Zombeavers)"Hello, Mr. Sasquatch? I just want to be friends..." (Exists)And the winner is..."What do you want from me, Zach? I'm a fucking zombie." (Life After Beth)Funniest SceneBeth, oven, hillside, smooth jazz (Life After Beth)Headless iron lung (Late Phases)Milo climbing up leg to return from whence he came (Bad Milo!)Queen of Saliva (R100)Cheese grater on face (Housebound)And the winner is...Beth, oven, hillside, smooth jazz (Life After Beth)Best Penis TraumaTransformation from cock to wolfcock (Wolfcop)Shaft slice (Julia)Were-beaver goes for nuts (Zombeaver)And the winner is...Transformation from cock to wolfcock (Wolfcop)Best Erect Penis To Redress The Balance Of All The T&A Displayed In So Many FilmsAnd the winner is...The SamuraiWorst FilmDeadly VirtuesShockwave Darkside 3DZombeaversAnd the winner is...Shockwave Darkside 3DBest FrightFest GuestNacho Vigalondo (Director of Open Windows and V/H/S: Viral): a beaming presence who threw himself into the festivities and made everyone smile.