After weeks of debate and downloading, the balloting for the 2008 Cyber Horror Awards, the very first horror film accolades bestowed by online horror bloggers/writers, is complete. I'd like to thank the wide spectrum of talented and discerning participants who took part in voting on the nominees.The results are in, and as many foresaw, the story of these awards' first year is the story of an unlikely foreign film that took the online genre community by storm in 2008. Let the Right One In captured seven of 12 CHAs, including every category in which it was nominated.
For a more detailed look at the winners, head over to the official page of the CHAs, but if you want to cut right to the chase here at the good ol' Vault, here you go:
Ray Harryhausen Award for Best Visual Effects
The Ruins
Albert S. D'Agostino Award for Best Production Design
David Hackl, Repo! The Genetic Opera
Tom Savini Award for Best Makeup
Greg Nicotero, Diary of the Dead and Mirrors
Bernard Herrmann Award for Best Score
Johan Soderqvist, Let the Right One In
Karl Freund Award for Best Cinematography
Hoyte Van Hoytema, Let the Right One In
Curt Siodmak Award for Best Screenplay
John Ajvide Lindqvist, Let the Right One In
Linnea Quigley Award for Best Supporting Actress
Lizzy Caplan, Cloverfield
Dwight Frye Award for Best Supporting Actor
Vinnie Jones, The Midnight Meat Train
Vincent Price Award for Best Actor
Kare Hedebrant, Let the Right One In
Jamie Lee Curtis Award for Best Actress
Lina Leandersson, Let the Right One In
David Cronenberg Award for Best Director
Tomas Alfredson, Let the Right One in
Val Lewton Award fort Best Film
Let the Right One In, EFTI
There you have it, dear readers, the horror blogosphere's take on the very best of 2008. I'd like to specifically thank the excellent writers who joined me in this exciting experiment:
- Iloc Zoc of Zombos' Closet of Horror, 2008 Rondo nominee for Best Horror Blog
- Wes Fierce of Horror Film Magazine
- Vince Liaguno of Slasher Speak, horror novelist
- Max Cheney of The Drunken Severed Head, 2008 Rondo nominee for Best Horror Blog
- Casey Criswell of Cinema Fromage and Bloody Good Horror
- John W. Morehead of Theofantastique
- The Lightning Bug of The Lightning Bug's Lair
- Jeff Allard of Dinner with Max Jenke and Shock Till You Drop
- Justin of Send More Cops
- Gary D. Macabre of Blogue Macabre and The Many Faces of the Frankenstein Monster, 2008 Rondo nominee for Best Website
- BC of Horror-Movie-a-Day
- Peter Hall of Horror's Not Dead
- Unkle Lancifer of Kindertrauma
- John Kenneth Muir, horror critic (Booklist Editor's Choice)
- Pax Romano of Billy Loves Stu
- Scott Weinberg of FEARnet, Cinematical, Horror.com and Rotten Tomatoes
- Brian Matus of FangoriaOnline
- Corey of Evil on Two Legs