2022 RIR Award Winners

During the 5th annual Rabbit In Red Awards fans made their picks in 7 categories including Scream Queen, Horror Hunk, Film of the Year and more.

Everyone who cast a vote was entered into a prize draw to win a Halloween Action Figure Collection from Plastic Meatball (Michael Myers, Laurie Strode, Lynda Van Der Klok) and two VIGYL 10oz Candles (Iconic and Hell Yes).

The votes have been counted and here are the results…

*Nominees listed alphabetically

Horror Art of the Year

Winner:

You Ready? (@mcmillankid)

Aaron McMillan was one of our featured artists all the way back in 2019, so it’s really cool he swept in for the win this year with his amazing artwork of Sidney and Gale about to kick some ass in Scream (2022). We’re definitely ready for what he has in store for us next!

2nd Place:

Lindsey Wallace (@shawnmansfieldart)

3rd Place:

Scream ‘96 Poster (@marianomattosart)

Nominees:

Halloween ‘78 Poster (@devondraws)

IKWYDLS (@marcianopalacio)

Red+Pink Scream 5 (@domandink)

Scream 5 Poster (@kern.creative.design)

Time 2 Play (@rafanorio)

Scream Queen of the Year

Winner:

Jamie Lee Curtis / Laurie Strode / Halloween Ends

Halloween Ends may have received mixed reviews but there’s no denying Jamie Lee Curtis delivers one of her best performances as the ultimate final girl Laurie Strode in this concluding chapter of the David Gordon Green trilogy.

2nd Place:

Neve Campbell / Sidney Prescott / Scream (2022)

3rd Place:

Mia Goth / Maxine/Pearl / X

Nominees:

Courteney Cox / Gale Weathers / Scream (2022)

Isabelle Fuhrman / Esther/Leena / Orphan: First Kill

Jenna Ortega / Tara Carpenter / Scream (2022)

Keke Palmer / Emerald Haywood / Nope

Melissa Barrera / Sam Carpenter / Scream (2022)

Horror Hunk of the Year

Winner:

Mason Gooding / Chad Meeks-Martin / Scream (2022)

Mason Gooding just merely made it out of the Scream requel alive but lucky for us fans we’ll get to see more of Hobbs and Shaw in Scream 6.

2nd Place:

Brandon Perea / Angel Torres / Nope

3rd Place:

Rohan Campbell / Corey Cunningham / Halloween Ends

Nominees:

Ethan Hawke / The Grabber / The Black Phone

Jack Quaid / Richie Kirsch / Scream (2022)

Martin Henderson / Wayne / X

Moe Dunford / Richter / Texas Chainsaw Massacre

Zac Efron / Andy McGee / Firestarter (2022)

Indie Horror Short Film of the Year

Winner:

Crumbs

This short film from the minds of Jessey Nelson, Cody Nelson and Kyle Siemens was made in just 8 days on a budget of $1,000. We can’t wait to see what’s in store next for Crumbs the clown.

2nd Place:

Halloween Trick or Treat: The Curse

3rd Place:

The Blood of the Dinosaurs

Nominees:

Indie Horror Feature Film of the Year

Winner:

Friday the 13th Rose Blood

Director Peter Anthony brings to life his vision of what took place just 13 months after the events of Friday the 13th Part VII: The New Blood (1988). The fact he managed to get Lar Park Lincoln, Terry Kiser and Kevin Spirtas to reprise their roles in this fan film is impressive!

2nd Place:

3rd Place:

Nominees:

Flashback Film of the Year

Winner:

Scream 4 (2011)

The fourth instalment of the Scream series brings things back to Woodsboro and introduces us to Sidney’s cousin (soon-to-be-killer) Jill Roberts and fan favorite Kirby Reed. It also delivers one of the best one-liners in the franchise – Don’t fuck with the original!

2nd Place:

Halloween 4: The Return of Michael Myers (1988)

3rd Place:

Suspiria (1977)

Nominees:

Dead Silence (2007)

Friday the 13th Part VII: The New Blood (1988)

House of Wax (2005)

The Town that Dreaded Sundown (1976)

Wes Craven’s New Nightmare (1994)

Horror Film of the Year

Winner:

Scream (2022)

Directors Matt Bettinelli-Olpin and Tyler Gillett pay homage to the late Wes Craven and breathe new life into the franchise with this fifth entry that shakes things up for our favorite OGs and a group of fresh faces in Woodsboro. It always goes back to the original!

2nd Place:

Terrifier 2

3rd Place:

Nominees:

Barbarian

The Black Phone

Halloween Ends

Nope

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Prize Winner

Congratulations to our Rabbit in Red Award prize draw winner Jazmine Torrez who has won x1 Iconic 10oz Candle + 1x Hell Yes 10oz Candle from Vigyl and a Halloween Action Figure Collection including Michael Myers, Laurie Strode and Lynda Van Der Klok from Plastic Meatball.

Congratulations to all the winners, runner-ups and nominees. Special thank you to our prize sponsors and everyone who participated and cast votes this year.

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