The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences has introduced shortlists in ten main classes for the 97th Academy Awards this week, and also you is perhaps shocked to be taught {that a} small handful of horror motion pictures made the minimize. The horror style has an extended historical past of being ignored by the Academy, however subsequent yr’s ceremony could show to be an exception to the rule.
For the sake of full readability earlier than we start, a film making the Oscars shortlist implies that it’s on the listing for *probably* receiving an official nomination for an Academy Award, with these shortlist alternatives quickly being whittled right down to the ultimate listing of precise nominees. Nominations voting begins on January 8, 2025, and concludes on Sunday, January 12, 2025.
With that out of the best way, it’s nonetheless a giant deal for any horror film to make the Oscars shortlist, and 5 of this yr’s greatest and brightest have certainly acquired recognition this yr.
Here are the horror highlights from this wave of Oscars shortlist classes…
MAKEUP AND HAIRSTYLING
“The Apprentice”
“Beetlejuice Beetlejuice”
“A Different Man”
“Dune: Part Two”
“Emilia Pérez”
“Maria”
“Nosferatu”
“The Substance”
“Waltzing with Brando”
“Wicked”
MUSIC (ORIGINAL SCORE)
“Alien: Romulus”
“Babygirl”
“Beetlejuice Beetlejuice”
“Blink Twice”
“Blitz”
“The Brutalist”
“Challengers”
“Conclave”
“Emilia Pérez”
“The Fire Inside”
“Gladiator II”
“Horizon: An American Saga Chapter 1”
“Inside Out 2”
“Nosferatu”
“The Room Next Door”
“Sing Sing”
“The Six Triple Eight”
“Wicked”
“The Wild Robot”
“Young Woman and the Sea”
SOUND
“Alien: Romulus”
“Blitz”
“A Complete Unknown”
“Deadpool & Wolverine”
“Dune: Part Two”
“Emilia Pérez”
“Gladiator II”
“Joker: Folie à Deux”
“Wicked”
“The Wild Robot”
VISUAL EFFECTS
“Alien: Romulus”
“Better Man”
“Civil War”
“Deadpool & Wolverine”
“Dune: Part Two”
“Gladiator II”
“Kingdom of the Planet of the Apes”
“Mufasa: The Lion King”
“Twisters”
“Wicked”
Nominations for the 97th Academy Awards might be introduced on Friday, January 17, 2025, and the present might be held on Sunday, March 2, 2025, televised on ABC and streamed on Hulu.
You can be taught extra in regards to the shortlist over on The Academy’s official web site.
‘Nosferatu’
