2026 Film Basement Horror Film Awards Winners!
Feature Film
Best of the Fest Award - The Photographer
Best Premise Award - Tokio The Beginning
The Spooky Award - Helloween
Best Jump Scare Award - Perdition
Scariest Monster Award - Wolf Moon Rising
Gore Award - MAN-O-WOLF: The Axe Wielding Werewolf From Hell!
The Subtlety Award - Grave Diggers
Psychological Distress Award - Haunters Of Silence
Best Chase Scene Award - Blood, Guts, and Idiots
Campy Award - Blood, Guts, and Idiots
Best Horror Comedy Award - The Haunting of Prince Dom Pedro
Best Actress Award - Beyond Mamushi
Best Actor Award - The Evangelist
Best Child Actor Award - H. Pippi Lovecraft
Best Cinematography Award - Bambi: The Reckoning
Best Score Award - Mr. Whispers
Best Editing Award - The Evangelist
Best Makeup Award - The Killer Within
The Action Award - The Book of Hades
Best Production Design Award - Chameleon
Best Practical Effects Award - The Dream Ledger
Best Directing Award - Andrew Neighill's Death Wheel
Feature Film Runner Up
Feature Screenplays
Best Directing - Steve Merlo's Unseen
Psychological Distress Award - Staycation
Best Horror Comedy - Daylight to Dark
The Subtlety Award - Vignettes
Gore Award - Piercing Screams
Best Score - Glutton
Best Practical Effects - The Last Job
Best of the Fest Award - LOHUSA: ÜMMÜ SÜBYAN
The Bloody Award - Sanguis Septem
Scariest Story Award - Wallpaper
The Scream On Screen Award - You Picked The Wrong House
Short Screenplays
Best of the Fest Award - Serious Applicants Only
The Bloody Award - Love, Santa
The Scariest Story Award - Father's Day
The Scream On Screen Award - A Super Friendly Guy
Feature Screenplays Runner Up
The Bloody Award - The Cure
Scariest Story Award - The Dip
The Scream On Screen Award - Caging La Llorona
Short Screenplays Runner Up
The Bloody Award - Prank
The Scariest Story Award - I See You
The Scream On Screen Award - Trial Of Terror "Do You Know Who I am?"
Short Film
Best of the Fest Award - (DMT)
Best Premise Award - The Wrong Road
The Spooky Award - Behind The Closed Door
Best Jump Scare Award - The Last Hunt
Scariest Monster Award - Delivery Fee
Gore Award - Tender
The Subtlety Award - Forgive
Psychological Distress Award - Calliope
Best Chase Scene Award - The Dead River
Campy Award - Say Bye Bye to Blood Sausage
Best Horror Comedy Award - Zombie Kid
Best Actress Award - Terms and Conditions
Best Actor Award - To Have
Best Child Actor Award - Zombie Kid
Best Cinematography Award - Conquistadors
Best Score Award - Wake
Best Editing Award - Deadly Still
Best Sound Design Award - Bunnyman
Best Makeup Award - Sunday Bloom
The Action Award - Scapegoats
Best Production Design Award - Sunday Bloom
Best Practical Effects Award - Abhorrent
Best Directing Award - Gratuitous Violence
Short Film Runner Up
Best Makeup - Dinner Date Night, Tastes Just Right
The Campy Award - Don't Be Late Part II
Psychological Distress Award - Out Of Her Head
Best Editing - L.I.S.A.
Best Horror Comedy - Garage Sale Massacre
Best Actress - Murder Cabin
Gore Award - Inside Chopped
Best Score - Glutton
Best Jump Scare - L.I.S.A.
Best Cinematography - 2042
The Action Award - Mary Reborn
Best Production Design - (DMT)
The Spooky Award - A Dracula Story
Best Actor - Narcolept
1 Minute Horror
Best of the Fest Award - Skinny Dip
1 Minute Horror Runner Up
Best of the Fest Award - Cherub