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ALL IT A GLOBAL EPIDEMIC – THE BEST STUFF IN THE GENRE LAST YEAR CAME
FROM ALL OVER THE WORLD. Spain’s [REC] 2 scared the hell out of us, had some gnarly special effects and turned the zombie infection story inside out. Australian filmmak- ers similarly reworked the ever-popular vam- pire mythos; Britain brought us an amazingly accomplished first feature; some upstart Serbs tested the limits of festival audiences; The Netherlands did the same by introducing us to the mad science of The Human Cen- tipede; and a French director (making an american film) set the bar for cheesy creature feature T&A bloodbaths. Of course, there were plenty of thrills from
American masters too. The resilient Roger Cor- man and his crew put “sharktopus” in the pop- ular lexicon; American Vampire – helped along by Stephen King – showed yet another solid re- tooling of bloodsucker fiction; Joel Schumacher quietly dropped an original yet underappreci- ated Nazi-horror-in-the-heartland straight to DVD; the I Spit on Your Grave remake pushed even more gore buttons, and a certain former Misfits singer gave the finger to everyone who thought all of his best work was behind him. And then there was a little cable show that made us fall in love with Robert Kirkman’s zombies all over again. There were few clear winners this year
(meaning long meetings, plenty of arguments and a majority-wins vote around the office), a few obvious losers and, in the end, a lot of fun was had sifting through the contenders. R.I.P. 2010 – so long and thanks for all the trauma.
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BEST FEATURE FILM
[REC] 2 Directed by Jaume Balagueró
and Paco Plaza Filmax
BEST SHORT FILM
UNITED MONSTER TALENT AGENCY Directed by Greg Nicotero AMC
FESTIVAL FAVOURITE A SERBIAN FILM
Directed by Srdjan Spasojevic Contra Film
BEST FIRST FEATURE RARE EXPORTS:
A CHRISTMAS TALE Directed by Jalmari Helander Oscilloscope Laboratories
BEST INDIE FEATURE
MONSTERS Directed by Gareth Edwards Vertigo Films
MOST ORIGINAL CONCEPT DAYBREAKERS
(for reinventing the vampire story) Directed by Michael Spierig
and Peter Spierig Lionsgate
BEST GUILTY PLEASURE PIRANHA 3D
Directed by Alexandre Aja Dimension
BEST FILM YOU DIDN’T SEE TIE:
BLOOD CREEK
Directed by Joel Schumacher Gold Circle Films
THE NEW DAUGHTER Directed by Luis Berdejo Gold Circle Films
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