FEATURE FILMSBest Supporting Performance THE ONCE AND FUTURE SMASH - Bill Weeden -WINNER Fang-Tom White Fang-Jess Paul The Once and Future Smash-Michael St. Michaels Best Gore FANG - WINNER End Zone 2 Best Ensemble THE ONCE AND FUTURE SMASH - WINNER End Zone 2 Fang Best Leading Performance FANG- Lynn Lowry - WINNER End Zone 2 - Percy Wynne Fang - Dylan LaRay The Once and Future Smash - A.J. Cutler Best Director THE ONCE AND FUTURE SMASH - Sophia Cacciola & Michael J. Epstein - WINNER Fang - Richard Burgin I'm Your Host - Alicia Krupsky Best Screenplay FANG - Richard Burgin - WINNER End Zone 2 The Once and Future Smash- Sophia Cacciola & Michael J. Epstein Audience Award - I'm Your Host Jury Award- Fang SHORT FILMSBest Gore GREED AND GORE - WINNER Candor Charlie and the Cancelled Skeleton La Nueva (The Newcomer) Best Villain LA NUEVA (THE NEWCOMER) - WINNER Charlie and the Cancelled Skeleton Greed and Gore Three Baths Best Supporting Actor IN THE SHADOW OF GOD - Adam Lolacher - WINNER A Bad Romance - L.A. Williams Paronomral Drunkivitiy- John Novosad Waka Chicka Waka- Isaac Muir Best Supporting Actress THREE BATHS- Esin Varan- WINNER Greed and Gore- Julie Mainville Maryla- Otilia Royer Best WTF Scene CHARLIE AND THE CANCELED SKELETON- Balls coming out mouth - WINNER 44th Chamber of Shaolin- Getting tazed in the nuts A Bloody Graveyard- Ghost pad Demon for Hire- Creature coming out of Grandma Best Ensemble LA NUEVA (THE NEWCOMER)- WINNER A Bad Romance Greed & Gore In the Shadow of God Best Actor MERCURY- Daniel Horvath-WINNER 44th Chamber of Shaolin Santino "Mario" Marin It's All in Your Head Danny Glenn The R Word Matthew French Best Actress A BAD ROMANCE- Katie Hall - WINNERHuman/Animal- Ana Catarina Afonso In the Shadow of God- Sara Canning Marlya- Christine Lutete Moonlight Sonata, With Scissors- Hailey Swartwout Three Baths- Graciela Elena Best Cinematography THE BALLAD OF MADDOG QUINN - WINNER Greed & Gore Maryla Best Director DEMON FOR HIRE- Tavis Heermann - WINNER Deadline- Idan Gilboa La Nueva (The Newcomer)- Ivan Villamel Three Baths - Rafael De Leon Jr. Best Screenplay IN THE SHADOW OF GOD - Brian Sepanzyk - WINNER A Bad Romance - Bex Bradshaw Crazy These Days - Virginia Reece Moonlight Sonata, with Scissors - Chris Ethridge Best Animated Short DEADLINE - WINNER A Bloody Graveyard Story The Space Between Us The Tell-Tale Heart Audience Award - THE BALLAD OF MADDOG QUINN Jury Award - DEADLINE WISCONSIN SHORTSBest Gore
KILLING TIME - WINNER A Cure for Clownette Don't Lose Faith Best Villain THE BOGADAI - WINNER A Cure for Clownette Apocalypse Then (Part 1) Don't Lose Faith Best Supporting Actor APOCALYPSE THEN (PART 1) - Billy Zastrow - WINNER Go Fish - Joshua M. Hall The Bogadai - Terry King Best Supporting Actress A CURE FOR CLOWNETTE - Carol Robinson - WINNER Don't Lose Faith - Jenna Kornwolf Here, Now - Shannon Nettesheim Klein Hermanita - Jessy Bermudez Best WTF Moment A CURE FOR CLOWNETTE- The whole movie- WINNER Awakening Wanda - Puppet Sex Fine Turkey - That's not a turkey? How to Save a Baby from a Snake Attack - Baby getting hit with a chair Best Ensemble AWAKENING WANDA - WINNER Apocalypse Then (Part 1) Midnight Standoff No Soliciting Best Actor APOCALYPSE THEN (PART 1) - Terry King - WINNER A Cure For Clownette - Spencer Dunlap No Soliciting - David James Slama The Bogadai - Billy Zastrow Best Actress HERMANITA - Lizette Hunter - WINNER Awakening Wanda - Heather Klinke Don't Lose Faith - Maria Diaz Here, Now - Bethany Gordon Best Cinematography DON'T LOSE FAITH - WINNER Here, Now Killing Time Midnight Standoff Best Director KILLING TIME - Tommy Simms - WINNER Apocalypse Then (Part 1) - Sergio Espino Hermanita - Hisonni Mustafa No Soliciting - Michael Viers Best Screenplay HERE, NOW - Pizza Sutra - WINNER Awakening Wanda - Joel P. Sacramento Don't Lose Faith - Brian Klewin Midnight Standoff - T.C. De Witt Audience Award - HERMANITA Jury Award - KILLING TIME
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 PassesNightmare Pass- $95 Access to every screening all weekend Saturday Pass - $50 Access to every screening on Saturday Sunday Pass - $30 Access to every screening on Sunday https://omniwebticketing6.com/theatre2/?schdate=2023-10-20&perfix=6689 Friday October 20th  6:00 pm - The Crazies 50th Anniversary Screening W/ live Q&A with Lynn Lowry - A military plane crashes near a small town, infecting the water supply with a deadly virus that causes insanity then death. The army moves in to control the situation, only for the civilians to treat them as invaders and then infect them as well. Directed by George Romero. Runtime: 103 minutes Tickets - https://omniwebticketing6.com/theatre2/?schdate=2023-10-20&perfix=6663  8:30 pm - I’m Your Host (Work in Progress Screening) W/ Live Q&A - Preceded by performance by Grindhouse Tease Burlesque I’m Your Host follows the laughter and spooky fun as well as the difficult human moments of this unique group of people. I’m Your Host is directed by Milwaukee artist and filmmaker Alicia Krupsky (BFA). Tea Krulos and Christopher Kai House are producers. A performance by horror burlesque group Grindhouse Tease takes place directly before the screening. Directed by Alicia Krupsky Runtime: 120 minues Tickets- https://omniwebticketing6.com/theatre2/?schdate=2023-10-20&perfix=6664Opening Night After Party at Bay View Bowl Saturday October 21st 11:00 am - Panel Discussion - Film Criticism in Horror with host Michael Viers This event is FREE for everyone! This year for the Twisted Dreams Film Festival we would like to do a panel called “Why So Critical? A Discussion on Film Criticism and the Horror Genre”. The panel will be led by Michael Viers, a local filmmaker & podcaster, who has spent years of his life championing not only local film but the horror genre. This panel came to be from an idea that Michael had as he had noticed that the art of film criticism is often misunderstood especially within the horror genre. Many horror fans believe that critics “hate horror”. While that may be the case with some, we believe that if horror fans and festival goers had a better understanding of how a critic goes about evaluating a film they might have a better understanding. Michael has found himself growing increasingly more interested in the art of film criticism because of his podcast, the Shame List Picture Show, where they set out to analyze the merits of a different film on each episode. Can you enjoy something but still be critical of it? Are you critical because you hope for more from the genre? Let’s unpack these feelings and set the record straight.  12:00 pm - The Nursery - Check out the first film by The Three Tortured Minds, this year's of Wisconsin Horror award. When college freshman Ranae agrees to babysit for a family with a tragic past, her run-of-the-mill Saturday night quickly turns into a confrontation with unspeakable horror. Stalked by a sinister presence and haunted by ghosts from her own past, Ranae and her friends must confront an angry, evil spirit determined to hunt them down one-by-one on a deliberate march toward its ultimate prey in THE NURSERY. Directed by Chris Micklos and Jay Sapiro. Runtime: 82 minutes Tickets- https://omniwebticketing6.com/theatre2/?schdate=2023-10-21&perfix=6666  2:30 pm - Twisted Thrills Short Films - Short films from around the world. Runtime: 103 minutes GREED & GORE - Dir. Adam Kirkey Human / Animal - Dir. Gustavo Martins La Nueva (The Newcomer) - Dir. Ivan Villamel Maryla - Dir. Guillaume Heulard MK Ultra Violence - Dir. Jay Curtis Miller Moonlight Sonata, with Scissors - Dir. Chris Ethridge Three Baths - Dir. Rafael De Leon Jr. Tickets - https://omniwebticketing6.com/theatre2/?schdate=2023-10-21&perfix=6667  4:45 pm - Fang (Wisconsin Premiere) - Catch the Wisconsin premiere of Richard Burgin's Fang with star Lynn Lowry in person! It's winter in Chicago and Billy Cochran (Dylan LaRay) can't stop alienating the people around him. His mother Gina (Lynn Lowry) is in and out of the hospital and her mind is breaking down, caught between her glory days as a Southern belle and her current state of decay. One night, Billy gets an unexpected visitor: a rat that springs out of his bathroom and bites him. At first, everything seems okay. Billy comes home, drowsy from the tetanus shot, and bonds with Gina's lovely new caregiver Myra (Jess Paul). Then the rat fur appears. It grows out of Billy's skin, then goes away like it was never there. The more Billy looks in the mirror and scratches, the more he's forced to face the unthinkable: he might be turning into a rat. Billy is plunged into a waking nightmare where he slowly discovers the truth about himself as he unleashes the ferocious depths of the human and rodent soul. Dir. Richard Burgin Runtime: 98 minutes Tickets- https://omniwebticketing6.com/theatre2/?schdate=2023-10-21&perfix=6668  7:30 pm - Twisted Wisconsin Shorts and presentation of the Backbone of Wisconsin Horror Award Runtime: 89 minutes Apocalypse Then (Part 1) - Dir. Sergio Espino Awakening Wanda - Dir. Joel P. Sacramento Don't Lose Faith - Dir. Brian Klewin Fine Turkey - Dir. Vincent Maslowski Go Fish - Dir. Anthony Montoya Hermanita - Dir. Hisonni Mustafa Here, Now. - Dir. Sergio Espino How to Save a Baby from a Snake Attack - Christopher Bennett Killing Time - Dirs. Tommy Simms, Joe Ludwig Midnight Standoff - Dir. Ryan Manda No Soliciting - Dir. Michael Viers The Bogadai - Dir. Craig Kaczmarek Tickets - https://omniwebticketing6.com/theatre2/?schdate=2023-10-21&perfix=6669  10:15 pm - Spook Show W/ Kyle Basset - A throwback to the old time spook shows. The most disturbing short films with a live dark magic show by Kyle Basset. This is one you don’t want to miss. Runtime: 85 minutes A Cure For Clownette -Dir. Joel Sacramento Charlie the Cancelled Skeleton - Dir. Joe Reilly Demon for Hire - Dir. Travis Heermann Revelation to the Disembodied- Dir. André Silva The Tell-Tale Heart - Dir. Max Hendrickson Waka Chicka Waka - Dir. Ryan Clausen Tickets- https://omniwebticketing6.com/theatre2/?schdate=2023-10-21&perfix=6670 Sunday October 22nd 12:00 pm- Twisted Comedy Short Films - When mixing genres nothing mixes better than horror and comedy. If you want to know why you need to see these films. Runtime: 87 minutes The 44th Chamber of Shaolin - Dir. Jon Truei A Bad Romance - Dir. Bex Bradshaw A Bloody Graveyard Story - Dir. Vanessa Stachel Candor - Dir. Timothy Troy Deadline - Dir. Idan Giboa Girl Talk! - Dir. Andrew Huggins Hollywood Post 43's Last Stand - Dir. John Mendoza IT'S ALL IN YOUR HEAD! - Dir. Danny Glenn Paranormal Drunktivity - Dirs. Preston Tompkins, Zach Reinert The Space Between Us -Dir. Julianne Martin Tickets - https://omniwebticketing6.com/theatre2/?schdate=2023-10-22&perfix=6671  2:30 pm - Twisted Reality Short Films - Some films take you into the future or a different land. But sometimes those places are dark and not someplace you want to see. Runtime: 77 minutes Anya - Dir. Chris Davies The Ballad of Maddog Quinn -Dir. Matt Inns Crazy These Days - Dir. Tara Karsian Good Riddance - Dir. Jake Roth In The Shadow Of God - Dir. Brian Sepanzyk MERCURY - Dir. Clara Dubau The R Word - Dir. Michael Riley Tickets- https://omniwebticketing6.com/theatre2/?schdate=2023-10-22&perfix=6672  4:45 pm - The Once and Future Smash/End Zone 2 (Double Feature) - In 1970, Mikey & William both portrayed football cannibal Smash-Mouth in the influential cult hit, End Zone 2. Now, 50 years later, only one can wear the mask. Then see the iconic End Zone 2. The Once and Future Smash Dirs. Sophia Cacciola and Micael J. Epstein End Zone 2- Dir. August Kane Total Runtime - 144 minutes Tickets- https://omniwebticketing6.com/theatre2/?schdate=2023-10-22&perfix=6673 8:00 pm - Award Ceremony  Here are the winners of the 2022 Milwaukee Twisted Dreams Film Festival. After 2 years of being virtual it was great to be in person again. With so many great films picking winners was a difficult task. We wanted to give an award to everyone but had to narrow it down to the Best of the Best. Feature FilmsJury Award Best Feature - Living with Chucky Audience Awards Best Feature - The Headmistress Best Director Feature - African Kung Fu Nazis Best Screenplay Feature - The Headmistress Best Actress Feature - Natalie Terrazzino- Night Shift Best Actor Feature - Xander Berkeley- Alchemy of the Spirit Best Supporting Actor Feature- Lloyd Kaufman- #ShakespearesShitstorm Best Supporting Actress Feature - Sarah Clarke - Alchemy of the Spirit Best Ensemble Feature - Malibu Horror Story Best Cinematography Feature- Alchemy of the Spirit Best Gore Feature -#ShakespearesShitstorm Best Villain Feature - Hitler - African Kung Fu Nazis Best Fights Feature - (tie) Night Shift and African Kung Fu Nazis Short FilmsJury Award Best Short - Cutter Audience Award Best Short- Pre-Existing Best Director Short - Cutter Best Screenplay Short- Cook with the Heart Best Actress Short- Nadia Alexander -Cutter Best Actor Short - Christian Bachini - Escalation Best Supporting Actor Short- Caleb Harris - Papa Voodoo Best Supporting Actress Short- Stacy Leland - Meatball Soup Best Ensemble Short - Pre-Existing Best Cinematography Short- Ryoko's Qubit Summer Best Gore Short - (tie) Escalation and Cutter Best Fights Short - Daggers Drawn Wisconsin Short FilmsJury Awards Best Wisconsin Short - One Foot In
Audience Award Best Wisconsin Short - A Key for Death Best Director Wisconsin Short- A Key for Death Best Screenplay Wisconsin Short- Blossom and the Decrepit Man Best Actress Wisconsin Short -Abby Marten - Snacks Best Actor Wisconsin Short- Seymour Muchmore - A Key for Death Best Ensemble Wisconsin Short - Severance Payback Best Cinematography Wisconsin Short - One Foot In Best Gore Wisconsin Short - The Cure Best Villain Wisconsin Short -Peter - Severance Payback Best Fights Wisconsin Short- The Cure   Passes on sale now at FilmFreeway. Tickets on sale soon. Passes on sale now at FilmFreeway. Individual tickets on sale at AvalonMke.Com .
 Thanks to everyone that tuned in for this years Virtual Festival. Our amazing jury picked the winners for Feature Film, Short Film, and Wisconsin Short Film. We also awarded Best Director, Screenplay, Actor, Actress, supporting role, gore, and cinematography. These were difficult decisions and congratulations are in order for everyone who submitted this year for all the truly great films. Without further ado here are the winners.
 We are excited to announce the selections for the 6th Annual Milwaukee Twisted Dreams Film Festival and it is our largest selection of films yet. This year we have more features, more shorts, and more short blocks. No matter what your genre interests are you will find them at this year's festival. And if you want to watch everything we got a great deal. The Nightmare Pass is only $60 and you get access to every movie. tdff2021.eventive.org/passes/buy
 Want to know the best way to see the films. Here is how we recommend you do it. Of course the best way to do it is get a pass and have access to everything. https://tdff2020.eventive.org/passes/buy/nightmare_pass. and then follow the schedule below.
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