The First Official HDC Oscar Awards

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The nominations for The Best Horror Actor are...


Boris Karloff
Bruce Campbell
Christopher Lee
Donald Pleasance
Lon Chaney Snr.
Peter Lorre
Samuel L Jackson
Vincent Price


And the winner of this high-esteemed and respected HDC Horror Oscar is...


LON CHANEY SR.

Originally Posted by stygianwitch

This award goes to a man who sacrificed everything for his art, his groundbreaking makeup and versatility brought horror to the masses, he was a master of his craft, his ability to transform himself using self invented makeup techniques earned him the nickname ‘The Man of a Thousand Faces’. His early death meant the loss of a great man in the movie industry

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The disgraceful nominations for The Worst Horror Film Ever Made are...


BloodRayne
BoogeyMan
Captivity
Day of the Dead
Dead Alive aka BrainDead
House of the Dead
Mulva: Zombie Ass-Kicker
$lasher$
Slaughter High
The Horror Star
The Village
Troll
Zombie Nation


And...the winner of the HDC Horror Razzie for being the absolute worst set of 90 minutes to have ever run on a cinema screen is...


HOUSE OF THE DEAD

Originally Posted by tic

I think you already know this one, or do you?

Let me put you out of your misery : Mr Boll is at it again!

This time however, not content with messing up one game-based movie, but he has the the cheek, insolence, contemptness and above all disrespect to cause one of our own to change her name, because of what Boll done to this character.

But this is NOT the worst horror film, as pointed out earlier a badly written screen play does not bode well with a good movie.

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And so we are to the Big One...

The Final Oscar Award of the ceremony, and it is The Best Horror Film Ever Made. The nominees for this much-valued and hugely respected Award are...


Alien
Behind The Mask - The Rise Of Leslie Veron
Dawn of the Dead
Halloween (original)
Night of the Living Dead
The Exorcist
The Raven


And the winner...is a movie which has been hailed often as being THE milestone in horror. A goal set so highly that any other movie hasnt crossed it yet. Many have come close to its greatness, but NONE go beyond it.

Ladies And Gentlemen...The Best In Horror There is...


NIGHT OF THE LIVING DEAD

Originally Posted by stygianwitch

I’m going to be totally shameless and quote __V__ here, he sums up beautifully why

Night of the Living Dead wins this award

1 - Re-invention of the low budget horror movie genre by George Romero. (Halloween was low-budget too, but came MUCH later)

2 - Casting unknowns. (which is actually a strong point of the movie, because each unknown had brilliant acting skills, which went into creating the overall effect of this groundbreaking milestone...you dont find a single recognisable face in the movie, which only adds to the sheer terror...just watch the verbal skirmishes between Duane Jones and Karl Hardman, and Judith O'Dea as Barbara...prissy, egoistic, frail and fragile...all in 30 minutes...brilliant indeed!)

3 - Each moment of the movie is dipped in reality. (never done before, and seemed chillingly real...if you thought it was bad seeing monsters and killers go after people, just think of what would happen if PEOPLE went after PEOPLE...it could be your neighbor, your best friend, your relative...what would YOU feel THEN?)

4 - The opening scene in b/w when the car unwinds through the long path into the cemetery. (The most creepiest beginning ever seen in a horror movie till then...admit it, YOU squirmed in your seat watching that too)

5 - Racial undertones perfectly depicted as a prejudice. (Remember the black man fighting off the zombies AND his fellow survivors? Master touch of Romero...especially when he is the only one surviving the night, but doesn't survive the morning after...because he's shot by a WHITE vigilante group...a very subtle nuance by Romero upon the societal feelings in those times)

6 - The breathtaking cinematography. (Shot in near-dark conditions, with very average lighting...Romero manages to capture the essence of NotLD perfectly...its the story of one night, and one night only...yet THAT one night is an experience in jaw-dropping horror...the shadowing, the darkness suddenly expelled by fires, the beams...marvellous!)

7 - The unbelievable ending. (Just when everything is about to get right...when the lone survivor has survived through the night, and knows help has come for him...and he will leave this place alive and kicking...he is shot...and that ONE shot brings the audiences back to reality with a WHIPLASH! Racist angle spread again in all its glory!)

I think all of this should be sufficient to convince the critics of NotLD. It is GROUND-BREAKING, in more ways than one. Hence it has been hailed as a MILESTONE in horror, not only by me, but by MANY before me and after me.

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Many thanks to Tic for giving me this opportunity to present the Awards. And thanks to Stygianwitch and Jenna for supporting me throughout this project.

A final word - Tic was the mastermind AND the most hard-working of us lot. I would like each one of you to heartily congratulate him for doing a job so very efficiently. I am really proud of him and his leadership throughout this project. Way to go, Tic!!

Thanks for enduring my LONG post. The thread is yours now, folks...to read back and comment. Discuss and debate.

Ciao for now from me...