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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