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The Reaper Awards Coming This October
Home entertainment industry leader Home Media Magazine and the horror insiders at DreadCentral.com have partnered to present Reaper Awards 2009 – the first awards campaign dedicated entirely to horror on home video. Read on for details.
On October 13, 2009, at the hauntingly historic Hollywood Roosevelt Hotel, “The Grimmys” will be awarded to the best DVDs and Blu-ray Discs of the year.
“Reaper Awards is the first event of its kind to honor horror films as they are meant to be seen – raw and uncensored,” says Kyra Kudick, executive producer of the Reaper Awards. “Horror filmmakers often say they enjoy the uncensored freedom of home video. It’s time we celebrate the important role it has had, and continues to have, on the success of the genre.”
A panel of esteemed judges from the horror community will choose nominees from 13 categories, based on the quality of the films and how they are presented on home video.
Horror experts participating as judges include: Home Media Magazine’s Thomas K. Arnold, Steve “Uncle Creepy” Barton from DreadCentral.com, filmmaker Mick Garris, Brad “Mr. Disgusting” Miska of Bloody-Disgusting.com, Fangoria magazine’s Anthony Timpone, ShockTillYouDrop.com’s Ryan Turek aka “Ryan Rotten”, Jovanka Vuckovic of Rue Morgue magazine, Staci Wilson from Horror.com and a special mystery judge to be announced.
Horror fans will have the opportunity to choose “Grimmy” winners in an online consumer vote held Sept. 1 through Oct. 1 at www.ReaperAwards.com.
“Grimmy” winners will be celebrated in the famed Blossom Room with a pre-show cocktail party and dinner for sponsors and invited guests, followed by an awards show featuring celebrity presenters.
After scaring up a strong theatrical run, Oddity director Damian McCarthy’s Hokum heads home to Digital this week.
Settle in for a spooky supernatural chiller as Hokum arrives on all Digital platforms to rent or own beginning June 2, followed by a Blu-ray/4K Ultra HD Combo and DVD release on August 11, 2026.
Adam Scott (“Severance”) stars in Hokum as reclusive novelist Ohm Bauman. When he retreats to a remote Irish inn to scatter his parents’ ashes, the staff’s tales of an ancient witch haunting the honeymoon suite take hold of his mind. Disturbing visions and a shocking disappearance draw Ohm into a nightmarish confrontation with the darkest corners of his past.
Peter Coonan (“The Alienist: Angel of Darkness”), David Wilmot (“Station Eleven”), Florence Ordesh (“Departure”), Michael Patric (“Frontier”), Will O’Connell (“Game of Thrones”), Brendan Conroy (“Bodkin”), and Austin Amelio (“The Walking Dead”) also star.
Get a peek at the upcoming physical media release below, including a few special features.
Spooky Pictures’ Roy Lee (Weapons) & Steven Schneider (Insidious) produce alongside Image Nation’s Derek Dauchy (Late Night with the Devil), Tailored Film’s Ruth Treacy, Julianne Forde, & Mairtín de Barra, and Cweature Features’ Ken Kao & Josh Rosenbaum.
I wrote in my review for Bloody Disgusting, “A quaint Irish hotel with a deeply haunted history awaits an American writer in McCarthy’s third outing, continuing his streak for folkloric tales of supernatural karma and spine-tingling terror with a dark sense of humor.”
What’s next from Damian McCarthy? He’s currently writing a haunted house movie, but recent comments suggest he may be moving into other genres beyond that upcoming project.
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