The Eerie Horror Film Festival, sponsored by Fear Zone, today announced the nominations for its awards ceremony. The four-day event runs from October 9th - 12th at the Warner Theater in Erie, Pa.

BEST ACTOR:

Harry Treadaway - The Disappeared
Jai Koutrae - Death's Requiem
Jon Monastero - The Procedure
Junio Valverde - Eskalofrio

BEST ACTRESS:

Angela & Jordana Berliner - Strange Girls
Jessica Amariles - Cargo
Marsha Hunt - The Grand Inquisitor
Sylvia Seymour - Don't Lose Heart
Tessa Ferrer - Excision

BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY:

Death's Requiem - cinematography by Carl Robertson
The Disappeared - cinematography by Diego Rodriguez
Eskalofrio (Shiver) - cinematography by Josep Civit
Excision - cinematography by Hamilton Longyear

BEST DOCUMENTARY:

Lovecraft: Fear of the Unknown - directed by Frank Woodward
Snuff: A Documentary About Killing on Camera - directed by Paul von Stoetzel
Spine Tinger! The William Castle Story - directed by Jeffrey Schwarz

BEST FEATURE:

Dark Reel - written by Aaron Pope; directed by Josh Eisenstadt
The Disappeared - written by Johnny Kevorkian and Neil Murphy; directed by Johnny Kevorkian
Eskalofrio (Shiver) - written by Hernan Migoya, Jose Gamo, Alejandro
Hernandez and Isidro Ortiz; directed by Isidro Ortiz
Strange Girls - written & directed by Rona Mark

BEST FX:

Eel Girl
Kirksdale
Snip
The Procedure

BEST SHORT:

Cargo - written & directed by Jennifer Harrington
Death's Requiem - written by Marc Furmie and Ji Hao Lou; directed by Marc Furmie
Excision - written & directed by Richard Bates
The Room - written & directed by Andres Meza-Valdes and Diego Meza-Valdes

BEST STUDENT FILM:

Masks
Monster in the Closet
A Stranger at the Window
Under

VIDEO GAME-BEST CHARACTER DEVELOPMENT:

Cadence Rise
Ngozi
Red Tide

VIDEO GAME-BEST ENVIRONMENT DESIGN:

Cadence Rise
Ngozi
Red Tide

VIDEO GAME-BEST GAME CONCEPT:

Cadence Rise
Ngozi

VIDEO GAME-BEST GAME IN DEVELOPMENT:

Crayon Drawn Cthulhu
Red Tide


SHORT LENGTH SCREENPLAY FINALISTS:

"Dead Eyes" by Dennis M.
Jones

"Ghost Train" by Patrick Sweeney & Chad Underkoffler

"Love and Decadence" by Joseph Kamiya

"The Urban Creepers" by Dreama Elmore

"World of Wildlife" by Jeremy T.
Nicholson


FEATURE LENGTH SCREENPLAY FINALISTS:

"2gether 4ever" by W.
Boyd Ford

"Black Damp" by Carla Robinson

"The Nest" by Ben Lokey

"Zombie Love" by Kenneth Morris

"Zombie Park" by Richard Keel


2008 STUDENT SCREENPLAY AWARD WINNER! (This award was already announced due to a limited amount of entries received this season. This category is for young screenwriters ages 10 - 17).


"Deadly Love" by Clarence Williams IV

GUEST APPEARANCES SCHEDULE:

Sid Haig (EVERYDAY of the Fest: Thursday - Sunday)

Kane Hodder (EVERYDAY of the Fest: Thursday - Sunday)

Tony Moran (Thursday - Saturday)

Kenny Miller (EVERYDAY of the Fest: Thursday - Sunday)

Gunnar Hansen (EVERYDAY of the Fest: Thursday - Sunday)

Ed Neal (Wed - Sunday)

Marilyn Burns (Thursday - Saturday)

John Dugan (Friday - Sunday)

Allen Danziger (Friday/Saturday)

Bill Vail (EVERYDAY of the Fest: Thursday - Sunday)

Teri McMinn (EVERYDAY of the Fest: Thursday - Sunday)

J.D. Feigelson (Friday/Saturday)

Jimmy & April Buril (Thursday - Sunday)

Rodrigo Guidino (Thursday - Sunday)

Rudy Scalese (Thursday - Sunday)