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The boogeyman appears in only a few horror movies, with varying interpretations and characteristics. The boogeyman is depicted as a demon, a singing villain, a vengeful ghost, a creepy monster, and more. Stephen King's 2023 adaptation provides a more traditional and creepy version of the boogeyman as a feral beast.

While the boogeyman is mostly known for its elusive qualities, a handful of horror movies have attempted to bring the monster to life onscreen. The boogeyman haunts the history of screen horror. In 1978’s classic slasher Halloween, Dr. Loomis calls Michael Myers the boogeyman to contextualize the implacable, unstoppable force of evil. Throughout the Nightmare on Elm Street series, Wes Craven’s inspired creation Freddy Krueger is repeatedly compared to the mythical childhood menace, as viewers are warned not to go to sleep lest they fall victim to Freddy’s machinations. However, the boogeyman himself appears in precious few movies.

Tremors? Nightbreed? Sundown: The Vampire in Retreat? 976-evil? Are all on the list this year. And though there were not huge horror wins in sound editing through screenplays, the Technical Awards never cease to bring out the horror veterans. Notably Tim Drnec who contributed to such VHS classics as Alien Seed, Destroyer, and Prison won for his work on “Spydercam 3D volumetric suspended cable camera technologies.” An award also shared with Ben Britten Smith and Matt Davis who both also worked on Constantine.

But among all the winners, the Academy also honored some great loses in 2010. And though they mentioned some of our heroes, Dennis Hooper (Texas Chainsaw Massacre 2), Kevin McCarthy (Invasion of the Body Snatchers) and Dino de Laurentiis (King Kong), they did not mention Zelda Rubinstein or Corey Haim. But we will in this last section and the others lost to us last year.

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After the Academy’s attempt at honoring genre during the live show, we saw a real tribute to horror by someone who is truly one of our own. Bob Murawski thanked Sam Raimi for giving him his “first cutting job” in Army of Darkness. His Best Editing award for Hurt Locker was shared by his partner Chris Innis, whom he met on the Raimi produced TV show “American Gothic.”

I gotta say, never since Peter Jackson’s (who was nominated this year for District 9) thank you to the crew of Meet the Feebles has there been such an excellent genre shout out.

On top of working with Raimi for over a decade, Murawski also runs Grindhouse Releasing, which distributes and restores cult and horror films with a focus on extreme Italian cinema. Pieces, The Beyond, Cannibal Holocaust, and I Drink Your Blood are just a few names you’ll find in Grindhouse Releasing's catalogue.