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Two years in the past, following the shortage of recognition on the Oscars for horror movies, Hint Thurman and I created “The Hereditaries” (named after Toni Collette’s Hereditary omission), a collection of horror awards to acknowledge all the nice work being accomplished within the style.

The response that we obtained was out of this world and we instantly determined to make the awards an annual occasion.

Enter the third annual Hereditaries, which celebrates the wonderful range of horror movies launched in 2021. Starting from blockbusters like Candyman and The Night time Home to avant-garde indies like The Feast and Titane to “beneath the radar” releases like Shudder’s The Boy Behind The Door and The Medium, we’re shining a light-weight on all the nice horror content material that has come out throughout (yet one more!) unorthodox 12 months.

Right here’s what you’re voting on:

Greatest Extensive Launch
Greatest Indie
Greatest Non-English Horror
Greatest Below The Radar
Greatest Horror TV
Greatest First Function Director
Greatest Director
Greatest Actor
Greatest Actress
Greatest Supporting Actor
Greatest Supporting Actress
Greatest Baby/Teen Actor
Greatest Ensemble
Greatest Creature Design – New for 2021
Greatest Villain
Greatest Sequence
Greatest Ending – New for 2021
Greatest Kill

Context: The 18 classes have been knowledgeable by listener responses after which narrowed down by Hint and I. So as to be eligible, movies needed to be broadly obtainable this 12 months (both large theatrical, VOD or on streaming providers), which sadly means no pageant exclusives.

So as to maintain the voting aggressive, most classes have been capped at 5 nominees and movies have been solely eligible as soon as per class. This inevitably implies that some favourites have been omitted, however that is finest manner to make sure a good race. Kill your darlings, people!

Lastly, we’ve additionally added spoiler warnings for the final 4 classes, simply in case you haven’t seen movies like Violation, Outdated or Silent Night time.

Click on right here to vote. The deadline to enter is Friday, Dec 17 at 11:59pm EST.

Winners shall be introduced on Horror Queers social media accounts (Fb group, Instagram and Twitter), in addition to a particular Patreon minisode in early January 2022.