Results of the 1997 Dementia Horror Movie Awards   BEST HORROR FILM OF 1997 - Scream 2

Scream 2 ran away with this award, nabbing a huge 35% of the votes. Event Horizon and Mimic, the next runners-up, each pulled in only 10% of the votes apiece. A special note: the only film receiving NO Best Picture votes was The Lost World: Jurassic Park. Here are the results: Scream 2 - 35% Event Horizon - 10% Mimic - 10% Alien Resurrection - 6% The Devil's Advocate - 6% I Know What You Did Last Summer - 6% The Relic - 6% Texas Chainsaw Massacre - The Next Generation - 6% An American Werewolf in Paris - 3% Anaconda - 3% Office Killer - 3% Wes Craven presents The Wishmaster - 3%  

WORST HORROR FILM OF 1997 - Anaconda
 

Anaconda takes the dubious honor of being voted Worst Horror Film of 1997. It grabbed 23% of the votes. The next two runners-up, The Lost World: Jurassic Park and Texas Chainsaw Massacre - The Next Generation, each received 16% of the votes. Three lucky films received no Worst Picture votes: Alien Resurrection, Event Horizon, and Mimic. Here are the results: Anaconda - 23% The Lost World: Jurassic Park - 16% Texas Chainsaw Massacre - The Next Generation - 16% The Relic - 13% An American Werewolf in Paris - 6% The Devil's Advocate - 6% Office Killer - 6% Scream 2 - 6% I Know What You Did Last Summer - 3% Wes Craven presents The Wishmaster - 3%  

BEST ACTOR IN A HORROR FILM - David Arquette, Scream 2
 

Dewey gets the nod in this category as David Arquette gets 32% of the votes.  Al Pacino placed second with 26% of the votes in the closest category. Here are the results: David Arquette, Scream 2 - 32% Al Pacino, The Devil's Advocate - 26% Sam Neill, Event Horizon - 16% Jon Voight, Anaconda - 16% Ron Perlman, Alien Resurrection - 10%  

BEST ACTRESS IN A HORROR FILM - Sigourney Weaver, Alien Resurrection
 

Ripley gets her due as Sigourney Weaver's character's  return from the dead impresses voters enough to award her Best Actress in a Horror Film. In a battle of the Scream queens, Neve Campbell edged both Courteney Cox and Sarah Michelle Gellar. Here are the results: Sigourney Weaver, Alien Resurrection - 35% Neve Campbell, Scream 2 - 26% Courteney Cox, Scream 2 - 16% Sarah Michelle Gellar, I Know What You Did Last Summer & Scream 2 - 10% Mira Sorvino, Mimic - 10% Jennifer Love Hewitt, I Know What You Did Last Summer - 3%  

BEST SPECIAL EFFECTS - Alien Resurrection
 

Receiving more votes than any other nominee in any other category, Alien Resurrection smoked the competition with 42% of the votes. (With its thrilling underwater scene it's really no surprise.) Here are the results: Alien Resurrection - 42% Event Horizon - 19% An American Werewolf in Paris - 16% The Relic - 16% Mimic - 6% A special thanks to everyone who voted. Look out for another poll in the very near future. In the meanwhile, you can now give ratings to some of the films in the reviews section (currently only Deep Rising and Sphere) so be sure to voice your opinions.