By MICHAEL GINGOLD
Horror managed to make an impression on the Academy this past year.
The nominees for the 97th annual Academy Awards were just announced, and a pair of celebrated 2024 genre features landed multiple nominations. Coralie Fargeat’s much-acclaimed body-horror epic THE SUBSTANCE became one of the handful of fright films in history to land a nom for Best Picture, with Fargeat in the running for both Best Director and Best Original Screenplay. Star Demi Moore’s comeback turn in the lead role earned her a Best Actress nom, and the movie is also up for Best Makeup and Hairstyling (Pierre-Oliver Persin, Stéphanie Guillon and Marilyne Scarselli). Robert Eggers’ hit reimagining of NOSFERATU also got a Best Makeup and Hairstyling nom for David White, Traci Loader and Suzanne Stokes-Munton, and is additionally in the running for Best Cinematography (Jarin Blaschke–his second nom for a Robert Eggers film after THE LIGHTHOUSE), Best Production Design (Craig Lathrop; Set Decoration: Beatrice Brentnerova) and Best Costume Design (Linda Muir). In addition, ALIEN: ROMULUS is up for Best Visual Effects (Eric Barba, Nelson Sepulveda-Fauser, Daniel Macarin and Shane Mahan). We’ll be rooting for all of ’em when the Oscars are handed out on Sunday, March 2!
