1/31/11

The Oscars Spill Some Blood

The nominations for the 83rd Annual Academy Awards were recently announced and surprise surprise, it looks as though our little black sheep genre is getting some love. Four of 2010's horror films were nominated, garnering 13 nods in all. The Oscars are notoriously snot nosed when it comes to the scary stuff (and fantasy in general, dark or otherwise) so this is quite a honor for us. Of course, it will only be a matter of time before all involved with the illustrious films try to distance themselves from the dreaded, lowly "H" classification. Expect to hear statements along the lines of "Well, it's not really a horror film, it's more a psychological thriller" or "No no, it's not a horror movie, it's a dark drama" or some such nonsense tossed to the press like seeds to the wind any day now. Hell, some asshats still try to convince us that the Academy Award winning The Silence of the Lambs isn't a horror film. Sigh. Such is Hollywood and the dipshit people who run it. The October Country would like to congratulate all the nominees. We've seen your work and your admission and recognition is wholly deserved. Good luck!



Black Swan













*Best Picture
*Best Director - Darren Aronofsky
*Best Actress - Natalie Portman
*Achievement in Cinematography
*Achievement in Film Editing

127 Hours













*Best Picture
*Best Actor - James Franco
*Film Editing
*Original Score
*Original Song - If I Rise
*Writing (Adapted Screenplay)

The Wolfman












*Achievement in Makeup - Rick Baker and Dave Elsey

Dogtooth











*Best Foreign Language Film

Want more? Here is a handy little reference guide to horror at the Oscars from days gone by.

1932

















WINNER:
*Best Actor: Fredric March, Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde

NOMINATIONS:
*Writing (Adaptation): Percy Heath, Samuel Hoffenstein, Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde
*Cinematography: Karl Struss, Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde

1935

NOMINATIONS:
*Sound Recording: Gilbert Kurland, The Bride of Frankenstein

1939

NOMINATIONS:
*Best Music Score: Alfred Newman, The Hunchback of Notre Dame
*Best Sound Recording: John Aalberg, The Hunchback of Notre Dame


1940

WINNERS:
*Best Picture: Rebecca
*Cinematography (Black and White): George Barnes, Rebecca

NOMINATIONS:
*Best Director: Alfred Hitchcock, Rebecca
*Best Actor: Laurence Olivier, Rebecca
*Best Actress: Joan Fontaine, Rebecca
*Best Supporting Actress: Judith Anderson, Rebecca
*Best Screenplay: Robert E. Sherwood, Joan Harrison, Rebecca
*Art Direction (Black and White): Lyle Wheeler, Rebecca
*Film Editing: Hal C. Kern, Rebecca
*Original Score: Franz Waxman, Rebecca
*Special Effects: Jack Cosgrove (Photographic Effects), Arthur Johns (Sound Effects), Rebecca


1941

NOMINATIONS:
*Cinematography (Black and White): Joseph Ruttenberg, Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde
*Film Editing: Harold F. Kress, Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde
*Best Music Score: Franz Waxman, Dr Jekyll and Mr. Hyde
*Best Music Score: Edward Kay, King of the Zombies

1943















WINNERS:
*Best Cinematography (Color): Hal Mohr and W. Howard Greene, The Phantom of the Opera
*Best Color Art Direction: Alexander Golitzen, John B. Goodman, Russell A. Gausman and Ira Webb, The Phantom of the Opera

NOMINATIONS:
*Best Sound Recording: Bernard B. Brown, The Phantom of the Opera
*Best Scoring of a Musical: Edward Ward, The Phantom of the Opera


1944

NOMINATION:
*Best Cinematography: Charles Lang, The Uninvited


1945

WINNER:
*Best Cinematography (Black and White): Harry Stradling, The Picture of Dorian Gray

NOMINATIONS:
*Best Supporting Actress: Angela Lansbury, The Picture of Dorian Gray
*Best Art Direction: Cedric Gibbons, Hans Peters, Edwin B. Willis, John Bonar and Hugh Hunt, The Picture of Dorian Gray


1946

NOMINATION:
*Best Supporting Actress: Ethel Barrymore, The Spiral Staircase

1960

















NOMINATIONS:
*Best Director: Alfred Hitchcock, Psycho
*Best Supporting Actress: Janet Leigh, Psycho
*Best Cinematography: John L. Russell, Psycho
*Best Art Direction: Joseph Hurley, Robert Clatworthy and George Milo, Psycho


1962

WINNER:
*Best Black and White Costume Design: Norma Koch, What Ever Happened to Baby Jane?

NOMINATIONS:
*Best Actress: Bette Davis, What Ever Happened to Baby Jane?
*Best Supporting Actor: Victor Buono, What Ever Happened to Baby Jane?
*Best Cinematography: Ernest Haller, What Ever Happened to Baby Jane?
*Best Sound Recording: Glen Glenn Sound Department, What Ever Happened to Baby Jane?


1963

WINNER:
*Best Short Subject, Live Action Subjects: La Riviere du Hibou (An Occurrence at Owl Creek Bridge)


1964

NOMINATIONS:
*Best Supporting Actress: Agnes Moorhead, Hush... Hush, Sweet Charlotte
*Best Cinematography: Ernest Biroc, Hush... Hush, Sweet Charlotte
*Best Art Direction: William Glasgow and Raphael Bretton, Hush... Hush, Sweet Charlotte
*Best Black and White Costume Design: Norma Koch, Hush... Hush, Sweet Charlotte
*Best Editing: Michael Lucian, Hush... Hush, Sweet Charlotte
*Best Music Score: Frank de Vol, Hush... Hush, Sweet Charlotte
*Best Song: Frank de Vol and Mack David, Hush... Hush, Sweet Charlotte
*Best Foreign Language Film: Kwaidan


1968

WINNER:
*Best Supporting Actress: Ruth Gordon, Rosemary's Baby

NOMINATION:
*Best Screenplay: Roman Polanski, Rosemary's Baby

1972

NOMINATION:
*Best Song: Walter Scharf and Don Black, Ben

1973
















WINNERS:
*Best Screenplay: William Peter Blatty, The Exorcist
*Best Sound Recording: Robert Knudson and Christopher Newman, The Exorcist

NOMINATIONS:
*Best Picture: The Exorcist
*Best Director: William Friedkin, The Exorcist
*Best Actress: Ellen Burstyn, The Exorcist
*Best Supporting Actor: Jason Miller, The Exorcist
*Best Supporting Actress: Linda Blair, The Exorcist
*Best Art Direction: Bill Malley, The Exorcist
*Best Cinematography: Owen Roizman, The Exorcist
*Best Editing: Jordan Leon Dopoulous and Bud Smith, The Exorcist


1974

NOMINATIONS:
*Best Screenplay: Gene Wilder and Mel Brooks, Young Frankenstein
*Best Sound: Richard Portman and Gene Catairessa, Young Frankenstein
*Best Musical Adaptation: Paul Williams, Phantom of the Paradise


1975

WINNERS:
*Best Sound: Robert L. Hoyt, Roger Heman, Earl Madery and John Carter, Jaws
*Best Editing: Verna Fields, Jaws
*Best Original Score: John Williams, Jaws

1976

WINNER:
*Best Original Score: Jerry Goldsmith, The Omen

NOMINATIONS:
*Best Actress: Sissy Spacek, Carrie
*Best Supporting Actress: Piper Laurie, Carrie


1979

WINNER:
*Best Visual Effects: H.R. Giger, Carlo Rambaldi, Brian Johnson, Nick Allder, Denys Ayling, Alien

NOMINATIONS:
*Best Art Direction: Michael Seymour, Les Diller, Roger Christian, Ian Whittaker, Alien
*Best Original Score: Lalo Schifrin, The Amityville Horror


1981













WINNER:
*Best Makeup: Rick Baker, An American Werewolf in London


1982
NOMINATIONS:
*Best Original Score: Jerry Goldsmith, Poltergeist
*Best Sound Editing: Stephen Hunter and Richard L. Anderson, Poltergeist
*Best Visual Effects: Richard Edlund, Michael Wood and Bruce Nicholson, Poltergeist


1984

NOMINATIONS:
*Best Original Song: Ray Parker Jr., Ghostbusters
*Best Visual Effects: Richard Edlund, John Bruno, Mark Vargo, Chuck Gaspar, Ghostbusters


1986

WINNERS:
*Best Makeup, Chris Walas and Stephen Dupuis, The Fly
*Best Visual Effects: Robert Skotak, Stan Winston, John Richardson and Suzanne Benson, Aliens
*Best Sound Effects Editing: Don Sharpe, Aliens

NOMINATIONS:
*Best Actress: Sigourney Weaver, Aliens
*Best Art Direction: Peter Lamont, Crispian Sallis, Aliens
*Best Sound Design: Graham V. Hartstone, Nicolas Le Messurier, Michael A. Carter and Roy Charman, Aliens
*Best Song: Alan Menken, Howard Ashmun, Little Shop of Horrors
*Best Original Score: James Horner, Aliens
*Best Visual Effects: Richard Edlund, John Bruno, Garry Waller and William Neil, Poltergeist II: The Other Side


1987

NOMINATIONS:
*Best Sound Design: Wayne Artman, Tom Beckert, Tom Dahl and Art Rochester, The Witches of Eastwick
*Best Original Score: John Williams, The Witches of Eastwick
*Best Visual Effects: Joel Hynek, Robert M. Greenberg, Richard Greenberg and Stan Winston, Predator


1988

WINNER:
*Best Makeup: Ve Neill, Steve La Porte and Robert Short, Beetlejuice


1990

WINNERS:
*Best Actress: Kathy Bates, Misery
*Best Actress in a Supporting Role: Whoopi Goldberg, Ghost
*Best Screenplay Written Directly for the Screen: Bruce Joel Rubin, Ghost

NOMINATIONS:
*Best Picture: Ghost
*Best Original Score: Maurice Jarre, Ghost
*Best Film Editing: Walter Murch, Ghost

1991












WINNERS:
*Best Picture: The Silence of the Lambs
*Best Director: Jonathan Demme, The Silence of the Lambs
*Best Actor: Anthony Hopkins, The Silence of the Lambs
*Best Actress: Jodie Foster, The Silence of the Lambs
*Best Screenplay Based on Material Previously Produced or Published: Ted Tally, The Silence of the Lambs

NOMINEES:
*Best Actor: Robert De Niro, Cape Fear
*Best Actress in a Supporting Role: Juliette Lewis, Cape Fear
*Best Sound: Tom Fleischman and Christopher Newman, The Silence of the Lambs
*Best Film Editing: Craig McKay, The Silence of the Lambs
*Best Costume Design: Ruth Myers, The Addams Family


1992

WINNERS:
*Best Costume Design: Eiko Ishioka, Bram Stoker's Dracula
*Best Sound Effects Editing: Tom C. McCarthy and David E. Stone, Bram Stoker's Dracula
*Best Makeup: Greg Cannom, Michele Burke and Matthew W. Mungle, Bram Stoker's Dracula
*Best Visual Effects: Ken Ralston, Doug Chiang, Doug Smythe and Tom Woodruff Jr., Death Becomes Her

NOMINEES:
*Best Art Direction: Thomas Sanders, Garrett Lewis, Bram Stoker's Dracula
*Best Visual Effects: Richard Edlund, Alec Gillis, Tom Woodruff Jr. and George Gibbs, Alien 3


1994

WINNERS:
*Best Actor in a Supporting Role: Martin Landau, Ed Wood
*Best Makeup: Rick Baker, Ve Neill and Yolanda Toussieng, Ed Wood

NOMINEES:
*Best Art Direction: Dante Ferretti, Francesca Lo Schiavo, Interview With the Vampire
*Best Original Score: Elliot Goldenthal, Interview with the Vampire
*Best Makeup: Daniel Parker, Paul Engelen and Carol Hemming, Mary Shelley's Frankenstein


1995

NOMINEES:
*Best Film Editing: Richard Francis-Bruce, Seven


1999

WINNER:
*Best Art Direction: Rick Heinrichs, Sleepy Hollow

NOMINEES:
*Best Picture: The Sixth Sense
*Best Director: M. Night Shyamalan, The Sixth Sense
*Best Actor in a Supporting Role: Haley Joel Osment, The Sixth Sense
*Best Actress in a Supporting Role: Toni Collette, The Sixth Sense
*Best Screenplay Written Directly for the Screen: M. Night Shyamalan, The Sixth Sense
*Best Film Editing: Andrew Mondshein, The Sixth Sense
*Best Sound Design: Leslie Shatz, Chris Carpenter, Rick Kline, Chris Munro, The Mummy
*Best Costume Design: Colleen Atwood, Sleepy Hollow

2000

















NOMINEES:
*Best Actor in a Supporting Role: Willem Dafoe, Shadow of the Vampire
*Best Makeup: Ann Buchanan and Amber Sibley, Shadow of the Vampire
*Best Makeup: Michele Burke, Edouard Henriques, The Cell
*Best Visual Effects: Scott E. Anderson, Craig Hayes, Scott Stokdyk, and Stan Parks, Hollow Man


2004

NOMINEES:
*Best Cinematography: Caleb Deschanel, The Phantom of the Opera
*Best Art Direction: Anthony Pratt, Celia Bobak, The Phantom of the Opera
*Best Song: Andrew Lloyd Webber and Charles Hart, The Phantom of the Opera
*Best Original Score: James Newton Howard, The Village


2005

NOMINEES:
*Best Animated Feature: The Corpse Bride


2006

WINNERS:
*Best Cinematography: Guillermo Navarro, Pan's Labyrinth
*Best Makeup: David Marti and Montse Ribe, Pan's Labyrinth

NOMINEES:
*Best Animated Feature: Monster House
*Best Foreign Language Film: Pan's Labyrinth
*Best Screenplay Written Directly for the Screen: Guillermo Del Toro, Pan's Labyrinth


2007

WINNER:
*Best Art Direction: Dante Ferretti, Francesca Lo Sciavo, Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street

NOMINEES:
*Best Actor: Johnny Depp, Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street
*Best Costume Design: Colleen Atwood, Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street


2008













NOMINEE:
*Best Makeup: Mike Elizalde, Thomas Floutz, Hellboy 2: The Golden Army

And there you have it dear readers. See you on Oscar night!


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