Fright Sprint 2

October 1-10, 2021

Premiered Halloween night 2021

REQUIRED ELEMENTS

Teams had 3 spins to spend across 2 wheels:

The Wheel of Genres or the “Trick or Treat” Wheel.

Required Lines of Dialogue: “You again” and “Those things will kill you”

Official Entrants

Yes, Mistress

1st Place - 484 Total Points ($1,000)

Judge's Choice - Best Film, Best Sound Design, Best Editing

Filmmaker's Choice - Best Film, Best Sound Design, Best Effects, Best Actor (Sharia Pierce)

Audience Choice - Best Effects

Santa Rosa Dream Team • Santa Rosa, CA

Genres: Gothic, Classic/Mythological Monster
Tricks/Treats: Mockumentary

Blood and Lies on Lot 48

2nd place - 483 Total Points ($500)

Judge's Choice - Best Cinematography, Best Original Music

Filmmaker's Choice - Best Directing

Audience Choice - Best Film, Best Editing, Best Sound Design, Best Directing, Best Effects, Scariest Film

THE Graveyard Shift • Los Angeles, CA

Genre: Giallo
Tricks/Treats: Art that Predicts the Future, POV Shot

Veiled

3rd Place - 417 Total Points ($300)

FIlmmaker's Choice - Best Cinematography

Audience Choice - Best Cinematography

The Babies • Rohnert Park, CA

Genre: Torture/Splatter/Extreme
Tricks/Treats: Audio Drop-Out, Prophecy

Don't Kill My Vibe

3rd Place - 417 Total Points ($200)

Judge's Choice - Fun to Watch

Filmmaker's Choice - Best Writing, Fun to Watch

Audience Choice - Fun to Watch, Best Writing, Best Actor (Stuart Hicar)

Jim Carrey’s “The Mask” • Chicago, IL

Genre: Haunted House
Tricks/Treats: Unexpected Dance Scene, “Lights Out!”

Damned

Judge's Choice - Best Effects, Best Directing, Best Jump Scare

Filmmaker's Choice - Best Editing, Scariest Film

Audience Choice - Best Effects

Miquitzli Films • Tuscon, AZ

Genre: Supernatural
Tricks/Treats: Unsuccessful Sacrifice, Double Wake-up Fake-up

Spirit Penetrated

Judge's Choice - Breakout Star, Best Sound Design, Scariest Film

Jhaydavs • Lagos, Nigeria

Genre: Ghost Story
Tricks/Treats: Haunted/Creepy Doll, Selling One’s Soul

Don't Tell Me

Judge's Choice - Best Writing, Best Effects, Best Actor (Xajés Martinez)

Lost Change Productions • Denver, CO

Genre: Adaptation
Tricks/Treats: Horrific Disfigurement, Single Room

The Pill 2

Tacos for Tomorrow • Tualatin, OR

Genre: Body Horror
Tricks/Treats: Spooky Audio Message, Sequence in Black & White

What's For Dinner

OldSoul • Macon, GA

Genres: Man vs Nature, Cannibal
Tricks/Treats: Zoom Pull, Seemingly Dead Villain is Not Dead

Conundrum

Ghost Light Pictures • Camp Hill, PA

Genre: “Based on a True Story”
Tricks/Treats: Unreliable Mirror, Social Commentary

Also Featured

Higanti

Shelter in Lace* • Bullhead City, AZ/New York, NY

Genre: Zombies
Tricks/Treats: Creepy Kids/Animals Sensing the Supernatural, Cat Scare

*Not eligible for awards - finished after the deadline