The Conjuring leads the 2013 Fright Meter Award nominations with thirteen. The official nominations were announced today and were selected by the Fright Meter Awards committee, a diverse group of horror fans, which include bloggers, directors, actors, etc. You can log on to www.frightmeterawards.com for more details.

BEST HORROR MOVIE

American Mary

The Conjuring

Evil Dead

Maniac

You’re Next

BEST DIRECTOR

Fede Alvarez (Evil Dead)

Chan-wook Park (Stoker)

Jen Soska & Sylvia Soska (American Mary)

James Wan (The Conjuring)

James Wan (Insidious: Chapter 2)

BEST ACTOR IN A LEADING ROLE

Jeffrey Combs (Would You Rather)

Matthew Goode (Stoker)

Patrick Wilson (The Conjuring)

Patrick Wilson (Insidious: Chapter 2)

Elijah Wood (Maniac)

BEST ACTRESS IN A LEADING ROLE

Vera Farmiga (The Conjuring)

Katharine Isabelle (American Mary)

Jane Levy (Evil Dead)

Sharni Vinson (You’re Next)

Mia Wasikowska (Stoker)

BEST ACTOR IN A SUPPORTING ROLE

Rob Corddy (Warm Bodies)

Epy Kusnandar (V/H/S/2)

Ron Livingston (The Conjuring)

Lou Taylor Pucci (Evil Dead)

Rhys Wakefield (The Purge)

BEST ACTRESS IN A SUPPORTING ROLE

Nicole Kidman (Stoker)

Julianne Moore (Carrie)

Isabelle Nelisse (Mama)

Tristan Risk (American Mary)

Lili Taylor (The Conjuring)

BEST ENSEMBLE CAST PERFORMANCE

American Mary

The Conjuring

Evil Dead

Insidious Chapter 2

Stoker

BEST SCREENPLAY

American Mary

The Conjuring

Insidious Chapter 2

John Dies At The End

Stoker

BEST MAKEUP

American Mary

The Conjuring

Evil Dead

Frankenstein’s Army

V/H/S/2

BEST SPECIAL EFFECTS

Carrie

The Conjuring

Evil Dead

Insidious Chapter 2

World War Z

BEST SCORE

The Conjuring

Evil Dead

Insidious Chapter 2

The Lords Of Salem

Maniac

BEST EDITING

The Conjuring

Evil Dead

Maniac

Stoker

V/H/S/2

BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY

The Conjuring

Insidious Chapter 2

The Lords Of Salem

Maniac

Stoker

BEST HORROR SHORT FILM

Baby-Sitting

The Captured Bird

Familiar

Girl At The Door

Seance

 Lionsgate recently announced that the one of the best horror films of the year "You're Next" will be hitting DVD and Blu-Ray this January. The film stars Sharni Vinson (Step Up 3D), Nicholas Tucci (Choose), AJ Bowen (The House of the Devil) and Ti West (Drinking Buddies), with Rob Moran (Dumb & Dumber) and horror icon Barbara Crampton (Re-Animator).

Special Features on the DVD and Blu-Ray include Audio commentary with Director Adam Wingard, Writer Simon Barrett and Actors Sharni Vinson and Barbara Crampton, Audio commentary with Director Adam Wingard and Writer Simon Barrett and “No Ordinary Home Invasion: The Making Of You’re Next” featurette. "You're Next is slated to hit stores on January 14th.

Press Release:

The hunt is on when “the most downright entertaining horror film of the year,” (IGN) You’re Next arrives on Blu-ray Combo Pack (plus DVD and Digital HD Ultraviolet) and DVD (plus Digital Ultraviolet) on January 14, 2014 from Lionsgate Home Entertainment. The film will also be available on early Digital HD, Video on Demand and Pay-Per-View on December 27, 2013. Winner of the Best Film award at the Austin Fantastic Fest and runner up for the Audience Award at the Toronto International Film Festival, the “intense and inventive” (GQ) film has delighted critics and audiences alike with its “fresh, unpredictable and terrifying” (Ain’t It Cool News) take on the home invasion/slasher genre. You’re Next features a terrific ensemble cast including Sharni Vinson (Step Up 3D), Nicholas Tucci (Choose), AJ Bowen (The House of the Devil) and Ti West (Drinking Buddies), with Rob Moran (Dumb & Dumber) and horror icon Barbara Crampton (Re-Animator).

Aubrey and Paul Davison decide to celebrate their wedding anniversary by inviting their four children and their significant others to a family reunion at their remote weekend estate. But the family reunion goes awry when their home comes under siege by a mask-wearing team of crossbow-bearing assailants. The family has no idea who’s attacking them, why they’re under attack or if the attackers are inside or outside the cavernous, creaking house. All they know for certain is that nobody is safe.

The You’re Next Blu-ray Disc and DVD include a “making of” featurette and two audio commentaries and will be available for the suggested retail price of $24.99 and $19.98, respectively.

BLU-RAY/DVD SPECIAL FEATURES*
• “No Ordinary Home Invasion: The Making Of You’re Next” featurette
• Audio commentary with Director Adam Wingard, Writer Simon Barrett and Actors Sharni Vinson and Barbara Crampton
• Audio commentary with Director Adam Wingard and Writer Simon Barrett

Lionsgate recently released the official trailer to one of the most anticipated horror film's of the year, "You're Next". The film is the latest film from director Adam Wingard (V/H/S, The ABC's of Death) and stars Sharni Vinson, Joe Swanberg (V/H/S), Nicholas Tucci (Choose) with genre favorites Barbara Crampton (Re-Animator, The Lords of Salem) and A.J. Bowen (House of the Devil, Hatchet II). "You're Next" hits theaters on August 23rd.

For more information on this film, you can visit and "Like" the film's official Facebook page at:  www.facebook.com/yourenextthemovie

Plot Synopsis:

One of the smartest and most terrifying films in years, YOU'RE NEXT reinvents the genre by putting a fresh twist on home-invasion horror. When a gang of masked, ax-wielding murderers descend upon the Davison family reunion, the hapless victims seem trapped...until an unlikely guest of the family proves to be the most talented killer of all.

A Lionsgate and Snoot Films presentation in association with Hanway Films.

"You're Next": Official Trailer

Lionsgate recently released the teaser posters for Adam Wingard's (A Horrible Way to Die, The ABC's of Death) upcoming film "You're Next". The film stars Sharni Vinson, Joe Swanberg (V/H/S), Nicholas Tucci (Choose) with genre favorites Barbara Crampton (Re-Animator, From Beyond) and A.J. Bowen (House of the Devil). "You're Next" hits theaters on August 23rd.

Plot Synopsis:

One of the smartest and most terrifying films in years, YOU'RE NEXT reinvents the genre by putting a fresh twist on home-invasion horror. When a gang of masked, ax-wielding murderers descend upon the Davison family reunion, the hapless victims seem trapped...until an unlikely guest of the family proves to be the most talented killer of all.

A Lionsgate and Snoot Films presentation in association with Hanway Films.

Fantastic Fest recently announced the winners of this year's festival. "Your Next" was the big winner at the festival. The film won Best Feature, Best Director, Best Screenplay and Best Actress in the horror categories. Here's the complete list of winners and press release.

Press Release:

Fantastic Fest is excited to announce this year's Fantastic Fest Award winners. Fantastic Fest 2011 brought us a time travelling samurai, a supernatural hallway in the woods, a deadly family reunion, and rampaging Cuban zombies. Picking favorites from this year's line up was a formidable task to say the least, but our esteemed team of jurors have done the nearly impossible and chosen the best and most visionary films of the festival.

The juries were comprised of some of the most esteemed filmmakers, critics, festival directors and show biz people in the industry. Their thoughtful deliberations provided the following acknowledgments of cinematic excellence in all things Fantastic:

The audience awards are presented by accounting firm Maxwell Locke & Ritter (www.mlrpc.com), who provided the certified tabulation of ballots this year and are the exclusive accounting sponsor of Fantastic Fest. AMD and Dell are the presenters of prestigious "Next Wave" Awards, which honor emerging filmmakers. The winner of the "Next Wave" feature award is presented with $1,000 and a Dell (www.alienware.com) multimedia laptop provided by AMD (www.amd.com). The Fantastic Fest Awards ceremony is also presented by the Texas Motion Picture Alliance (www.txmpa.org), who advocate for film, video, commercial, interactive, and digital media production inside the state of Texas.

AUDIENCE AWARD (Presented by Maxwell Locke & Ritter)
A Boy And His Samurai (Yoshihiro Nakamura)
Runners Up: You're Next, Juan Of The Dead

AMD & DELL "NEXT WAVE" SPOTLIGHT COMPETITION
Best Picture - Bullhead
Best Director - Michael R. Roskam (Bullhead)
Best Screenplay - Josh MacDonald (The Corridor)
Best Actor - Matthias Schoenaerts (Bullhead)
Best Actress - Jessica Cole (Aardvark)
Special Jury Award for Boldness Of Vision: Beyond The Black Rainbow

HORROR FEATURES
Best Picture - You're Next
Best Director - Adam Wingard (You're Next)
Best Screenplay - Simon Barrett (You're Next)
Best Actor - Sean Harris (A Lonely Place To Die)
Best Actress - Sharni Vinson (You're Next)

FANTASTIC FEATURES
Best Picture - Milocrorze: A Love Story
Best Director - Noboru Iguchi (Karate Robo Zaborgar)
Best Screenplay - Olafur Egilsson, Grimur Haonarson (Summerland)
Best Actor - Julian Villagran (Extraterrestrial)
Best Actress - Sawa Masaki (Underwater Love)

GUTBUSTER COMEDY FEATURES
Best Picture – Clown
Best Director - Steffen Haars, Flip Van Der Kuil (New Kids Turbo)
Best Screenplay - Casper Christensen, Frank Hvam (Clown)

SHORT FUSE: HORROR SHORTS
Winner: How To Rid Your Lover Of A Negative Emotion Caused By You (Nadia Litz)
Runner-up: The Unliving (Hugo Lilj)
Special Jury Award for Outstanding Achievement in Special Effects and General Badassery: Brutal Relax (David Munoz, Rafa Dengra, Adrian Cardona)

FANTASTIC SHORTS
Best Fantastic Short: Decapoda Shock (Javier Chillon)
Runner-up: All Men Are Called Robert (Marc-Henri Boulier)
Special Jury Mention for Acting: Robert Picardo (The Candidate)

DRAWN AND QUARTERED: ANIMATED SHORTS
Best Animated Short: Last Norwegian Troll (Pjotr Sapegin)
Runner-up: Lazarov (NIETOV)

Lionsgate announced yesterday that they've acquired one of the most sought after films of this year's Toronto International Film Festival. The slasher film "You're Next", which sparked a bidding war at the festival. The film is the latest film from director Adam Wingard, who has directed such films as "A Horrible Way to Die" and "Pop Skull". The film stars Sharni Vinson (Step Up 3D), Joe Swanberg (A Horrible Way to Die), A.J. Bowen (Hatchet 2), Nicholas Tucci (Choose) and Barbara Crampton (Re-Animator). If your in the Texas area, the film plays next at Fantastic Fest in Austin, TX on Saturday Night.

Press Release:

LIONSGATE® (NYSE: LGF), a leading global entertainment company, today announced that it has acquired U.S. and Canadian distribution rights to YOU'RE NEXT, following its screenings at the Toronto International Film Festival. The announcement was made jointly by Joe Drake, Lionsgate's co-COO and Motion Picture Group President, and Jason Constantine, President of Acquisitions and Co-Productions.

Directed by Adam Wingard from a script penned by Simon Barrett, YOU'RE NEXT is a petrifying horror story starring Sharni Vinson, Joe Swanberg, A.J. Bowen, Nicholas Tucci and Barbara Crampton. Snoot Entertainment's Keith Calder and Jessica Wu produced the project with Simon Barrett and Kim Sherman. The film reunites the principal cast from Wingard and Barrett's shocking serial-killer thriller A HORRIBLE WAY TO DIE, which screened at the 2010 Toronto International Film Festival.

In YOU'RE NEXT, during a family reunion getaway, the Davison family comes under a sadistic attack. When Crispian Davison (Bowen) brings his new girlfriend (Vinson) along to celebrate the wedding anniversary of his parents (Moran and Crampton), the family's evening together is shattered when a gang of mysterious killers begin to hunt the family down with brutal precision. Unfortunately for the killers however, one of the victims harbors a secret talent for fighting back.

Jason Constantine negotiated the deal on behalf of Lionsgate with Eda Kowan, SVP of Acquisitions and Co-Productions, and Wendy Jaffe, the Acquisitions and Co-Production team's EVP of Business & Legal Affairs. Snoot Entertainment is represented by CAA, who negotiated the sale on their behalf with Erik Hyman of Loeb & Loeb.

"This project represents everything that we look for in a horror film," explains Constantine of the company's decision to acquire the film. "It is a celebration of its genre, featuring top notch performances from a sophisticated script, brilliantly directed, that will leave audiences on the edge of their seats – when they're not jumping out of them." Added Drake, "Lionsgate has had much success in the horror space, particularly with truly creative, daring genre films such as this one that we are uniquely suited to market equally boldly. This film is a perfect example of Lionsgate sticking to our roots and continuing to speak to an audience of horror fans that we know and love."

"We are blown away by the passion the Lionsgate team has for our film, and are honored to be working with the finest horror franchise marketers and distributors in the world," added producer Keith Calder.

One of the films that have been gathering alot of buzz at this year's Toronto International Film Festival is Adam Wingard's latest film "You're Next". It has rummored to have sparked a bidding between studios like Summit Entertainment, Lionsgate, The Weinstein Company, CBS Films, which was first started on the Dread Central website.

Hanway Films has recently released a couple of stills from that film.

Plot Synopsis:

A lively reunion is abruptly brought to an end when a gang of mysterious killers, disguised in animal masks, wage an all-out assault on the Davison’s secluded home.

Using a series of sophisticated traps, axes, crossbows and machetes, the family are slaughtered one by one until nowhere is safe. But neither the attackers, nor their victims, have counted on Erin; an innocent girlfriend who has the killer instinct to fight back…

Upcoming Screenings:


Friday September 16
TIFF Bell Lightbox 2
4:00pm
Toronto, Canada