THE 19TH ANNUAL VIDEO VACUUM AWARDS: AND THE WINNERS ARE…

Well, the world may be going to shit, but there’s always one thing you can count on, and that’s The Video Vacuum Awards.  Now in our 19th year, The Video Vacuum Awards are a celebration of the best (and worst) that Hollywood (and elsewhere) has to offer.  Most award shows spend way too much time on unnecessary crap, but not this one.  We get right down to business.  So with that, we present to you The 19th Annual Video Vacuum Awards already in progress…

BEST STRAIGHT TO VIDEO/STREAMING MOVIE

and the nominees are…

Devo

Frankenstein

The Hand That Rocks the Cradle

Havoc 

The Women Eaters!

and the winner is… DEVO!

BEST SEQUEL

and the nominees are…

Ballerina

Black Phone 2

Nobody 2

Predator:  Badlands

Tron:  Ares

and the winner is… PREDATOR:  BADLANDS!

BEST SCI-FI MOVIE

and the nominees are…

The Long Walk

Mickey 17 

Predator:  Badlands

The Running Man

Tron:  Ares

and the winner is… PREDATOR:  BADLANDS!

BEST REMAKE/REBOOT

and the nominees are…

Anaconda

Bugonia

The Fantastic Four:  First Steps 

The Naked Gun

Superman 

and the winner is… BUGONIA!

WORST HORROR MOVIE

and the nominees are…

Opus

Peter Pan’s Neverland Nightmare

Presence

The Toxic Avenger

Wolf Man

and the LOSER is… PETER PAN’S NEVERLAND NIGHTMARE!

BEST HORROR MOVIE

and the nominees are…

Black Phone 2

Companion

Heart Eyes

The Monkey

The Ugly Stepsister

and the winner is… COMPANION!

BEST COMEDY

and the nominees are…

Anaconda

Bugonia

Happy Gilmore 2

The Naked Gun

Spinal Tap 2:  The End Continues 

and the winner is… BUGONIA!

BEST ACTION MOVIE

and the nominees are…

Ballerina

Fight or Flight

Nobody 2

Novocaine

A Working Man

and the winner is… NOVOCAINE!

BEST ACTRESS

and the nominees are…

Elle Fanning in Predator:  Badlands

Madeliene McGraw in Black Phone 2

Lea Myren in The Ugly Stepsister

Emma Stone in Bugonia

Sophie Thatcher in Companion

and the winner is… EMMA STONE IN BUGONIA!

BEST ACTOR

and the nominees are…

Leonardo DiCaprio in One Battle After Another

Jesse Plemons in Bugonia

Jack Quaid in Companion

Jack Quaid in Novocaine

The Tapeworm in The Ugly Stepsister

and the winner is… JESSE PLEMONS IN BUGONIA!

BEST DIRECTOR

and the nominees are…

Dan Berk and Robert Olsen for Novocaine

Drew Hancock for Companion

Yorgos Lanthimos for Bugonia

Joachim Ronning for Tron:  Ares

Dan Tractenberg for Predator:  Badlands

and the winner is… YORGOS LANTHIMOS FOR BUGONIA!

WORST MOVIE

and the nominees are…

Peter Pan’s Neverland Nightmare

Star Trek:  Section 31

The Toxic Avenger

War of the Worlds

Wolf Man

and the LOSER is… WAR OF THE WORLDS!

BEST MOVIE

and the nominees are…

Bugonia

Companion

Novocaine

Predator:  Badlands

Tron:  Ares

and the winner is… BUGONIA!

It looks like Bugonia is this year’s big winner, taking home six awards.  Thanks to all the winners, losers, nominees, and constant readers of the Vacuum.  Till next year!