2008 SCREAMFEST HORROR FILM FESTIVAL AWARDS ANNOUNCED
“SPLINTER” & “El rey de la montaña” Among Top Winners

HOLLYWOOD, Calif. – Oct. 19, 2008 – America’s largest and longest running horror movie festival, Screamfest, awarded this year’s top movies, filmmakers and actors Thursday during the fest’s closing night. Screamfest, which ran from Oct. 10 – 19, 2008 at the TLC Chinese 6 Theatres in Hollywood, has launched careers – providing a platform for filmmakers and actors to showcase their latest work to horror film enthusiasts and general audiences.

Best Picture: Splinter

Best Directing: Toby Wilkins

Best Short: Detour

Best Student Short: Citizen

Best Editing: Splinter

Best Special Effects: Splinter

Best Cinematography: El rey de la montaña

Best Makeup: Splinter

Audience Choice Best Documentary: Spine Tingler!! The William Castle Story

Best Musical Score: Splinter

Best Actor: Leonardo Sbaraglia (El rey de la montaña)

Best Actress: María Valverde (El rey de la montaña)

Best Screenplay: Haunted High

Audience Choice Award: Trick 'r Treat

Honorable Mention: Dance of the Dead

Boost Mobile's Best of the Next in Horror: Clown

BEST SCREENPLAY

Haunted High by MV Gerhard & Matt Verboy

TOP FIVE SCREENPLAYS

Haunted by Ryan Gilmore
Haunted High by MV Gerhard & Matt Verboy
The Monastery by Simon Birrell
Red Agenda by William Prystauk
The Unnameables by Patrick Shiffrar & Eric Miller

SCREENPLAY TOP SEMI FINALIST

Deep Woods by Jason Carreiro
Fubar by Adam Wolfe
Grimm Valley by Dennis Shutty
Haunted by Ryan Gilmore
Haunted High by MV Gerhard & Matt Verboy
The Monastery by Simon Birrell
The Mornngstar by Timothy Cairo
The Plantation by Ryan Harris & Brian Lubocki
Red Agenda by William Prystauk
Red Rover by Phil Landa
Remake by Jason Contino
Shed by Kevin Kolsch & Dennis Widmyer
Soldiers Of The Dead by Paul Fusco
The Temple by Alex Greenfield & Mike Eitelman
The Thirteenth Mary by Michael Strode
The Unnameables by Patrick Shiffrar & Eric Miller
Zombie Cruise by Josh Burnell