The 91st Academy Awards ceremony has officially come and gone, and with it a whole new slew of upsets, disappointments, and of course, the usual exclusion of the horror genre.
Well, except for that unexpected bright moment in the 2019 In Memoriam segment, in which a chosen clip for actor James Karen was pulled from The Return of the Living Dead!
When the Oscar nominations dropped, we thought it’d be fun to rewrite them with an all horror edition of nominees. Clearly, you all felt the same, as our comment section was filled with your votes and thoughts. We read them all and tallied the results. If there were an all-horror edition of the Oscars, these would be your 2019 winners…
Best Picture:
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“Hereditary”
“Mandy”
“Annihilation”
“A Quiet Place”
“The Endless”
“Revenge”
“Halloween”
“Upgrade”
Winner: “Hereditary”
Lead Actor:
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Nicolas Cage, “Mandy”
Logan Marshall-Green, “Upgrade”
Dan Stevens, “Apostle”
Matt Dillon, “The House That Jack Built”
Alex Wolff, “Hereditary”
Winner: Nicolas Cage, “Mandy”
Lead Actress:
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Toni Collette, “Hereditary”
Madeline Brewer, “Cam”
Jamie Lee Curtis, “Halloween”
Tilda Swinton, “Suspiria”
Mathilda Lutz, “Revenge”
Winner: Toni Collette, “Hereditary”
Supporting Actor:
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Linus Roache, “Mandy”
Wyatt Russell, “Overlord”
Vincent Colombe, “Revenge”
Oscar Isaac, “Annihilation”
Dylan McDermott, “The Clovehitch Killer”
Winner: Linus Roache, “Mandy”
Supporting Actress:
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Jennifer Jason Leigh, “Annihilation”
Milly Shapiro, “Hereditary”
Millicent Simmonds, “A Quiet Place”
Andrea Riseborough, “Mandy”
Judy Greer, “Halloween”
Winner: Milly Shapiro, “Hereditary”
Very close runner-up: Millicent Simmonds, “A Quiet Place”
Director:
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Ari Aster, “Hereditary”
Panos Cosmatos, “Mandy”
Coralie Fargeat, “Revenge”
Demian Rugna, “Terrified”
Justin Benson and Aaron Moorheard, “The Endless”
Winner: Ari Aster, “Hereditary”
Best Screenplay:
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“Hereditary,” Ari Aster
“A Quiet Place,” Bryan Woods & Scott Beck and John Krasinski
“Mandy,” Panos Cosmatos & Aaron Stewart-Ahn
Cam,” Isa Mazzei
“Anna and the Apocalypse,” Alan McDonald, Ryan McHenry
Winner: “Hereditary,” Ari Aster
Cinematography:
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“Annihilation,” Rob Hardy
“Revenge,” Robrecht Heyvaert
“The Nun,” Maxime Alexandre
“Overlord,” Laurie Rose, Fabian Wagner
“Tumbbad,” Pankaj Kumar
Winner: “Annihilation,” Rob Hardy
Production Design:
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“The Nun,” Jennifer Spence
“Hell Fest,” Michael Perry
“Apostle,” Tom Pearce
“Overlord,” Jon Henson
“The Strangers: Prey at Night,” Freddy Waff
Winner: “Overlord,” Jon Henson
Best Score:
“Mandy,” Jóhann Jóhannsson
“Halloween,” John Carpenter, Cody Carpenter, and Daniel Davies
“Puppet Master: The Littlest Reich,” Fabio Frizzi
“Suspiria,” Thom Yorke
“Hereditary,” Colin Stetson
Winner: “Halloween,” John Carpenter, Cody Carpenter, and Daniel Davies
Makeup FX:
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“Suspiria”
“Terrified”
“Halloween”
“The Nun”
Winner: “Suspiria”
Creature FX:
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“The Ritual”
“Annihilation”
“The Predator”
“Puppet Master: The Littlest Reich”
“Primal Rage”
Winner: “The Ritual”
Visual Effects:
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“Annihilation”
“A Quiet Place”
“Overlord”
“The Predator”
“The House with a Clock in Its Walls”
Winner: “Annihilation”
Which categories would you like to have seen in the All-Horror edition of the Oscars? Are you satisfied with the results? Hereditary swept up a lot of awards this season; do you agree or disagree? Competition was stiff, and 2019 is on track to make the award season even tougher next year!