The Oscars are upon us once again, and there’s little surprise that there’s little surprises. As always any surprises come in the form of omissions. But at Deadly Movies HQ we like to avoid the self indulgence of Oscar porn and have our very own alternative Oscar nominations list. Now this is only an exercise in personal indulgence with a pinch of facetiousness so please don’t bang on at me about what is and isn’t a horror movie or what is and what isn’t a pile of dog crap. Of course feel free to pick your winners and losers from the nominations below.
NOTE: These are films whose wider release in theatres or on DVD occurred in 2011.
Best Picture (The Academy chose 9 movies for this -random! – so I’ll do the same)
Troll Hunter
Insidious
Rubber
I Saw The Devil
The Girl With The Dragon Tattoo
Super8
Attack The Block
The Thing
Stake Land
Best Director
David Fincher – The Girl With The Dragon Tattoo
Joe Cornish – Attack the Block
Jim Mickle – Stake Land
André Øvredal - Troll Hunter
Jee-woon Kim - I Saw The Devil
Best Actress
Rooney Mara – The Girl With The Dragon Tattoo
Elle Fanning – Super8
Neve Campbell – Scream 4
Kate Bosworth – Straw Dogs
Amber Heard – The Ward
Best Actor
Min-sik Choi – I Saw The Devil
Laurence R Harvey – The Human Centipede II: Full Sequence
John Boyega – Attack The Block
Otto Jespersen – The Troll Hunter
Colin Farrell – Fright Night
Best Supporting Actress
Courtney Cox – Scream 4
Johanna Mørck – Troll Hunter
Danielle Harris – Stake Land
Vivien Bridson – The Human Centipede II: Full Sequence
Rebecca De Mornay – Mother’s Day
Best Supporting Actor
Alex Esmail – Attack The Block
Christopher Plummer – The Girl With The Dragon Tattoo
Stephen Spinella – Rubber
Andy Serkis – Rise of the Apes
William Fichtner - Drive Angry
Best Foreign Film
I Saw The Devil (Korea)
Troll Hunter (Norway)
The Skin I Live In (Spain)
Cold Fish (Japan)
Best Cinematography
The Girl With The Dragon Tattoo – Jeff Cronenweth
Rubber – Quentin Dupieux
I Saw The Devil – Mogae Lee
Stake Land– Ryan Samul
The Thing - Michel Abramowicz
Best Visual Effects
Troll Hunter
Rise of the Apes
Super 8
Stake Land
Mother’s Day
Best Make-up
Scream 4
Attack The Block
Final Destination 5
Apollo 18
Stake Land
I vote Super 8 for everything, and then Scream 4 for everything else. Because it’s Scream.
Here are my picks…
Best Picture (The Academy chose 9 movies for this -random! – so I’ll do the same)
Attack the Block
Best Director
David Fincher – The Girl With The Dragon Tattoo
Best Actress
Rooney Mara – The Girl With The Dragon Tattoo
Best Actor
Colin Farrell – Fright Night (I found this performance incredilly enjoyable)
Best Supporting Actress
Johanna Mørck – Troll Hunter (it’s the only one I’ve seen!)
Best Supporting Actor
Andy Serkis – Rise of the Apes
Best Foreign Film
I Saw The Devil (Korea). I love my Korean revenge movies, but I found this one so harrowing I’m not sure if I’ll ever give it a second viewing. Similar to ‘Requiem for a Dream’ in the way it left me with a sick feeling in my gut and the want to just curl up into the foetul position.
Best Cinematography
I Saw The Devil – Mogae Lee. The shot where Min-sik Choi goes stab happy in the taxi was absoloutely phenomenal.
Best Visual Effects
Rise of the Apes
Best Make-up
Attack The Block (again, only one I’d seen).
Much love New-Man x