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. The festival was first founded in 2005 by Ken Daniels and is typically held in July at the

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. The focus of the Fright Night Film Fest focuses on genre films such as horror,

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-made films such as "Dead Moon Rising", "Hell is Full" and "Stash" got distribution by screenings at this film festival with horror convention and now the convention has expanded to include Fandomfest, a showcase of pop culture, gaming and cosplay. Awards such as the Corman award are presented to films, actors, or directors that excel within their respective categories. Many of the filmmakers have garnered distribution and representation as a result of the notable festival among Hollywood horror filmmakers. Fright Night Film Fest launches careers internationally. In 2013, The organizers announced that during the 2012 Fright Night Film Fest packed with over 16,700 people, and it screened more than 120 films within three days. Some of the largest horror online publications have called it the " Sundance of Horror". The horror magazine ''Horror Hound'' has sponsored the festival for many years and called it "the largest genre film festival in the country." Moreover, the Louisville government publicly announced that this film festival is ''the country's largest genre-specific film festival''. After the last film fest in 2017, Fright Night Film Fest 2020 was held on October 3, 2020.

Award winners

2006

* Best Picture - ''The Hazing'' * Best Short - ''Fangs for the memories and Disconnected'' * Best Soundtrack - ''Silence of Isbella'' * Best Cinematography - ''Nightmare Man'' * Best of the Fest Audience Award - ''Katie Bird and Bad Reputation'' * Most Original Film Award - ''Secret Life of Sarah Sheldon'' * Best Zombie Film Award - ''Dead Lands:The Rising'' * Best Special Effects Award - ''Edison Death Machine'' * Honorable Mention - ''Joshua''Thomas M. Sipos ''Horror Film Festivals and Awards''. Mcfarland&Company,Inc., Publishers. 2012. . pp. 162-163.

2007

* Best Feature - ''Scrapbook'' * Best Short - ''Woman's Intuition'' * Best Soundtrack - ''Gimme Skelter'' * Best Special Effects - ''Horrors of War'' * Best Zombie - ''Dead Moon Rising'' * Best Foreign Horror Film - ''Bad Dreams (Sweden)'' * Most Original Idea - ''The Guardian (Dir. Aaron Marshall)'' * Horror Icon of the Year -

Tony Moran (actor) Anthony Moran (born August 14, 1957) is an American actor and producer. He is known for briefly playing the unmasked Michael Myers in the 1978 horror classic ''Halloween''. Since then he has gone on to make guest appearances in television series ...

* Honorable Mention - ''Salvation (J.A. Steel)'' * Honorable Mention - ''9 Lives of Mara (Balaji K. Kumar)'' * Honorable Mention - ''Burial Party (Joseph Dodge)'' * Honorable Mention - ''The Day They Came Back (Scott Goldberg)''

2008

* Best Action - ''Razor Sharp'' * Best Actor - Trent Haaga * Best Actress - Monica Knight (Windcroft) * Best of the Fest - ''Bonnie and Clyde vs. Dracula'' * Best Cinematography - ''Lily (Daniel Boneville)'' * Best Feature - ''Windcroft (Dir. Evan Meszaros)'' * Best Comedy - ''Shh! It's Alive (Dir. Ryan Cadima)'' * Most Original Film - ''Gunther Today's Happy Time Fun Show (Dir. JImmy Humphrey)'' * Best Sci Fi - ''O2'' * Best Director- Evan Meszaros * Best Short - ''Of Darkness (Dir. Gary E. Irwin)'' * Best One Liner - ''Zombie Apocalypse'' * Best Zombie - ''Zombthology (Dir. Elias Dansey, Chris Kiros, Robert Elkins)'' * Best Soundtrack - ''Zombie Love'' * Best Special Effects - ''Curse of the Flesh'' * Kentucky Filmmaker of the Year - George Bonilla * Horror Icon of the Year -

Angus Scrimm Angus Scrimm (born Lawrence Rory Guy; August 19, 1926 – January 9, 2016) was an American actor, author, and journalist, known for his portrayal of the Tall Man in the 1979 horror film '' Phantasm'' and its sequels. Early life Scrimm was born ...

* Honorable Mention - ''Paper Dolls'' * Honorable Mention - ''Liar's Pendulum'' * Honorable Mention - ''Alone'' * Honorable Mention - ''Taste of the Flesh'' * Honorable Mention - '' The Conjurer'' * Honorable Mention - ''The Vagrant'' * Honorable Mention - ''Miyuki''

2009

* Best Short - ''Double'' * Best Foreign Short - ''The Gynecologist'' * Best Foreign Feature - ''Family Demons'' * Best Soundtrack/Score - ''Eat Me: The Musical'' * Best SPFX Practical - ''Devil's Grove'' * Best Action - ''The Dogs of Chinatown'' * Best Sci Fi - ''Fun on Earth'' * Best Zombie - ''Deadlands2:Trapped'' * Best Comedy - ''Auburn Hills Breakdown'' * Best Director- Jack Daniel Stanley * Best Fan Film - ''Indiana Jones and the Mummies Skull'' * Best Feature - ''Mantra'' * Best Animated - ''Night of the Invisible Man (Dir. Tyler Meyer)'' * Best Cinematographer - ''Huneman Brown Eagle for Mrs. Brummets Garden'' * Best Actor - Ron Pallio ''Curse of Micha Rood'' * Best Actress - Cassandra Kane ''Family Demons'' * Best of the Year - '' Sea of Dust'' * Honorable Mention - ''Shellter'' * Honorable Mention - ''Alone'' * Honorable Mention - ''The Revenant'' * Honorable Mention - ''I Don't Sleep I Dream'' * Honorable Mention - '' Run! Bitch Run!'' * Honorable Mention - ''The Vagrant'' * Honorable Mention - ''Blood on the Highway'' * Honorable Mention - ''Bikini Girls on Ice'' * Honorable Mention - ''Thirsty'' * Honorable Mention - ''Dead Sucks''

2010

* Best Short - ''Alice Jacobs Is Dead (Dir. Alex Horwitz)'' * Best Feature - ''Shadowland (Dir. Wyatt Weed)'' * Best Soundtrack/Score - ''Danger Zombies Run (Dir. Brian Wimer)'' * Scream Queen of the Year -

Heather Langenkamp Heather Elizabeth Langenkamp (born July 17, 1964) is an American actress. She is considered an influential figure in horror films and in popular culture, noted for her acting in several works of the genre and her behind-the-scenes work coordinat ...

* Best Special FX Practical - ''The Taken (FX. Brian Sipe)'' * Best Screenplay - ''The Ripper (Joe Randazzo)'' * Best Action- ''God of Vampires'' * Best Sci Fi - ''Flying Saucer Exodus (Dir. Jerry Williams)'' * Best Zombie - ''Revelation (Dir. Will Graver)'' * Best Comedy - ''Danger, Zombies, Run'' * Best Director - Morgan Mead (My Bloody Wedding) * Best Fan Film - ''Hell Raiser: Deader Winters Lament (Dir. Jonathan S. Kui)'' * Best Documentary - ''Graphic Sexual Horror (Dir. Barbara Bell)'' * Kentucky Filmmaker of the Year - Jacob Ennis * Best Cinematography - ''The Prometheus Project'' * Best Actor -

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''Old Habits Die Hard'' * Best Actress - Jessica Von ''The Taken'' * Horror Icon of the Year - Tom Atkins * Best of the Fest - ''The Taken (Dir. Richard Valentine)'' * Audience Pick - ''My Bloody Wedding (Dir. Morgan Mead)'' * Honorable Mention - ''Gun Town (Dir. Lee Vervoort)'' * Honorable Mention - ''Get Off My Porch (Dir. Patrick Rea)'' * Honorable Mention - ''The Survivors (Dir. Soham Mehta)'' * Honorable Mention - ''Moon-Lite (Dir. Kenneth Dowell)'' * Honorable Mention - ''Nightmare at Bunnyman Bridge (Dir. Robert Elkins)'' * Lifetime Achievement Award -

Roger Corman Roger William Corman (born April 5, 1926) is an American film director, producer, and actor. He has been called "The Pope of Pop Cinema" and is known as a trailblazer in the world of independent film. Many of Corman's films are based on works t ...

2011

* Best Actor - John Wells ''Overtime'' * Best Actress - Sebrina Siegel ''Overtime'' * Best Director - Darrin Dickerson (D4) * Best Screenplay - ''The Resurrection of Blake House (Steven C. Gladstone and Joe Randazzo)'' * Best Cinematography - Brian Cunningham ''Overtime'' * Best Soundtrack - Jason Paige ''Overtime'' * Best Action - ''Overtime'' (Dir. Brian Cunningham, Matt Niehoff) * Lifetime Achievement Award -

John Carpenter John Howard Carpenter (born January 16, 1948) is an American filmmaker, actor, and composer. Although he worked in various film genres, he is most commonly associated with horror, action, and science fiction films of the 1970s and 1980s. He ...

* Best of the Fest - ''Overtime'' * Best Feature - ''D4'' * Best One-Liner - ''Overtime'' * Filmmakers of the Year - Brian Cunningham, Matt Niehoff ''Overtime''

2012

* Lifetime Achievement Award-

John Rhys-Davies John Rhys-Davies (born 5 May 1944) is a Welsh actor best known for portraying Sallah in the ''Indiana Jones'' franchise and Gimli in ''The Lord of the Rings'' trilogy. His other roles include Michael Malone in the 1993 series ''The Untoucha ...

* Best Foreign Short-Moxina (Dir. Ryota Nakanishi) * Best Foreign Feature-Muirhouse * Best Short-The Keeper * Best Feature-A Little Bit Zombie * Best Director-Patrick Rea for Nailbiter * Best Of the Fest-Nailbiter * Best "Grindhouse" Film-The Terrifier * Best Zombie Film-A Little Bit Zombie * Best Soundtrack-Below Zero * Best Cinematography-An Evening With My Comatose Mother * Best Screenplay The Man Who Killed Sandra Wallace by Anders Nelson * Best Practical SPFX-Huff * Best CGI-Fallout * Best Action Film-Fallout * Best Sci Fi Film-Ray Bradbury's Kaliedoscope * Best Fan Film-Justice League Auditions * Best Comedy-A Little Bit Zombie * Best Documentary-Beast Wishes * KY Filmmaker of the Year-David Heavener * Horror Icon of the Year-

Sid Haig Sidney Eddie Mosesian (July 14, 1939 – September 21, 2019), known professionally as Sid Haig, was an American actor, film producer, and musician. He was known for his roles in several of Jack Hill's blaxploitation films from the 1970s, as well ...

* Best Animated-(Computer)-Lola * Best Animated-(Practical)-Odokuro * Best Actress Kristin Booth for Below Zero * Best Actor

Lance Henriksen Lance Henriksen (born May 5, 1940) is an American actor. He is known for his works in various science fiction, action and horror films, such as that of Bishop in the ''Alien'' film franchise, and Frank Black in Fox television series ''Millennium ...

for It's in the Blood

2013

* Best Feature (Horror Category) Cannon Fodder * Kentucky Filmmakers of the Year Biting Pig Productions * Best Screenplay (Horror) Sadistic by Michael Gibrall * Best Screenplay (Fantasy) Biofusionoid Wen-Chia Chang * Best Screenplay (SciFi) Bounty Hunter by Amy McCorkle and Melissa Goodman * Best Zombie Film-NI-28 * Best Cinematography Fortune Cookie Prophecies * Best Soundtrack NI-28 * Best Foreign Feature Dunderland * Best Foreign Short REFUGIO 115 * Best Super Short THE RISING * Best Action 95 ECHOERS * Best Short Film In Between * Best Feature (Sci Fi) Space Milkshake * Best Special FX (Practical makeup) Cannon Fodder * Best Special FX (CGI) 95 ECHOERS * Best Comedy Motivational Growth * Best Director Armen Evrensel for Space Milkshake * Best of The Fest Space Milkshake * Honorable Mentions *

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* Thirteen *

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* Blood Sucka Jones * Sader Ridge

Guest celebrities

2013

William Shatner William Shatner (born March 22, 1931) is a Canadian actor. In a career spanning seven decades, he is best known for his portrayal of James T. Kirk in the ''Star Trek'' franchise, from his 1965 debut as the captain of the starship USS Enterpri ...

Stan Lee Stan Lee (born Stanley Martin Lieber ; December 28, 1922 – November 12, 2018) was an American comic book writer, editor, publisher, and producer. He rose through the ranks of a family-run business called Timely Publications which ...

Gillian Anderson Gillian Leigh Anderson ( ; born August 9, 1968) is an American actress. Her credits include the roles of FBI Special Agent Dana Scully in the series ''The X-Files'', ill-fated socialite Lily Bart in Terence Davies's film ''The House of Mirth'' ...

Gene Simmons Gene Simmons (born Chaim Witz; he, חיים ויץ, ; born August 25, 1949) is an Israeli-American musician. Also known by his stage persona The Demon, he is the bassist and co-lead singer of Kiss, the hard rock band he co-founded with Paul ...

Norman Reedus Norman Mark Reedus (born January 6, 1969) is an American actor best known for starring as Daryl Dixon in the AMC (TV channel), AMC horror drama series ''The Walking Dead (TV series), The Walking Dead'' (2010–2022). He also starred as Murphy Mac ...

Michael Rooker Michael Rooker (born April 6, 1955) is an American actor known for his roles as Henry in '' Henry: Portrait of a Serial Killer'' (1986), Chick Gandil in ''Eight Men Out'' (1988), Frank Baily in ''Mississippi Burning'' (1988), Terry Cruger in ''S ...

Lew Temple Lew Temple (born October 2, 1967) is an American actor, known for his roles as Locus Fender in the action film, ''Domino'', Cal, the diner manager in the comedy-drama ''Waitress'', and Axel in the third season of '' The Walking Dead''. Early li ...

Adrian Paul Adrian Paul Hewett (born 29 May 1959) is an English actor best known for the titular role of Duncan MacLeod on the television series '' Highlander: The Series''. In 1997, he founded the Peace Fund charitable organisation. Early life Paul was b ...

Adam Baldwin Adam Baldwin (born February 27, 1962) is an American actor. He starred in '' Full Metal Jacket'' (1987) as Animal Mother, as well as in the television series ''Firefly The Lampyridae are a family of elateroid beetles with more than 2,000 ...

Jewel Staite Jewel Belair Staite (born June 2, 1982) is a Canadian actress. She is known for her roles as Kaylee Frye in the Fox television series ''Firefly'' (2002–2003) and its spin-off theatrical film '' Serenity'' (2005), and as Jennifer Keller on Sc ...

Alan Tudyk Alan Wray Tudyk ( ;; born March 16, 1971) is an American actor. His film work includes roles in '' 28 Days'' with Sandra Bullock (2000), ''A Knight's Tale'' with Heath Ledger (2001), '' Dodgeball: A True Underdog Story'' with Vince Vaughn (2004) ...

Saul Rubinek Saul Hersh Rubinek (born July 2, 1948) is a German-born Canadian actor, director, producer, and playwright. He is widely known for his television roles, notably Artie Nielsen on '' Warehouse 13,'' Donny Douglas on ''Frasier'', Lon Cohen on ''A N ...

Grant Wilson Grant Steven Wilson (born July 3, 1974) is an art director and developer for Rather Dashing Games (now a division of Kalmbach Publishing), a game company he founded with Michael Richie, and is the co-founder of The Atlantic Paranormal Society ( ...

Jason David Frank Jason David Frank (September 4, 1973 – November 19, 2022) was an American actor and martial artist. He was known for his role as Tommy Oliver in ''Mighty Morphin Power Rangers'' and other ''Power Rangers'' series. Early life Frank was born in ...

Garry Chalk Garry Chalk is a British-born Canadian actor. He has provided the voices for Optimus Primal of '' Beast Wars: Transformers'' and '' Beast Machines'', as well as Optimus Prime in the anime English dubs of '' Transformers: Armada'', '' Transform ...

Kevin Smith Kevin Patrick Smith (born August 2, 1970) is an American filmmaker, actor, comedian, comic book writer, author, YouTuber, and podcaster. He came to prominence with the low-budget comedy buddy film ''Clerks'' (1994), which he wrote, directed, co ...

Jason Mewes Jason Edward Mewes (born June 12, 1974) is an American actor, comedian, film producer, and podcaster. He is best known for playing Jay, the vocal half of the duo Jay and Silent Bob, in longtime friend Kevin Smith's films. Early life Mewes was ...

Jon Bernthal Jonathan Edward Bernthal (; born September 20, 1976) is an American actor. Beginning his career in the early 2000s, he came to prominence for portraying Shane Walsh (The Walking Dead), Shane Walsh on the AMC (TV channel), AMC horror series ' ...

Fred Dekker Fred Dekker (born April 9, 1959) is an American screenwriter and film director best known for his cult classic horror comedy films ''Night of the Creeps'' and ''The Monster Squad'' (written with Shane Black). He contributed the story ideas for ...

2014

Doug Bradley Douglas William Bradley (born 7 September 1954) is an English actor and author, best known for his role as the lead Cenobite "Pinhead" in the ''Hellraiser'' film series and for narration on various Cradle of Filth albums. He is also starri ...

Ken Foree Ken or KEN may refer to: Entertainment * ''Ken'' (album), a 2017 album by Canadian indie rock band Destroyer. * ''Ken'' (film), 1964 Japanese film. * ''Ken'' (magazine), a large-format political magazine. * Ken Masters, a main character in t ...

John Kassir John Kassir (born October 24, 1957) is an American actor and comedian. He is known for his work as the voice of the Cryptkeeper in HBO's ''Tales from the Crypt'' franchise. He is also known for his role as Ralph in the off-Broadway show ''Reef ...

* Jeff Reddick * Don Shanks *

Tamara Glynn Tamara Glynn (born December 6, 1968) is an American actress. She began her career as a teenager in the late 1980s, appearing in television shows such as ''Miami Vice'' and ''Growing Pains'' before becoming known for her horror roles as Samanth ...

* Matthew Walker * Erik Preston *

Leslie Hoffman Leslie Hoffman (born 21 January) is a former American stunt performer, stunt coordinator, and actress. Career Hoffman's early education and training included gymnastics, ballet camps, the American Academy of Dramatic Arts and Herbert Berkoff ...

Ira Heiden Ira Heiden (born September 22, 1966) is an American television and film actor. He played Will Stanton in the 1987 horror film '' A Nightmare on Elm Street 3: Dream Warriors''. Ira's other film roles include the 1988 film '' Elvira: Mistress of ...

Bradley Gregg Bradley Gregg (born November 8, 1966) is an American actor. Life and career Gregg has appeared in Hollywood films since the 1980s and is perhaps best known for his supporting roles in '' Stand by Me'' (1986), '' A Nightmare on Elm Street 3: Dre ...

* Jennifer Rubin

References

External links

* {{Official website, http://frightnightfilmfest.com Film festivals established in 2005 Festivals in Louisville, Kentucky Fantasy and horror film festivals in the United States 2005 establishments in Kentucky July events

Award winners

2006

2007

2008

2009

2010

2011

2012

2013

Guest celebrities

2013

2014

See also

References

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