Todd Nunes

American film director

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Todd Nunes is an American screenwriter, a director of horror films, and novelist. His movies include the holiday horror film All Through the House and his book series called The Slasher Universe.[1]

## Career

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Todd Nunes wrote and directed his first horror full-length film Scary Larry in 2014,[2] which starred his sister Ashley Mary Nunes.[3] In 2015 he wrote and directed the award-winning[4] holiday horror film All Through The House, produced by The Readmond Company, which again starred Ashley Mary Nunes[5] in the lead role and also featured Canadian horror actress Jessica Cameron.[6][7]

Todd Nunes has published two novels in his Slasher Universe Book Series:[8] Death Ward 13[9] and Catholic Schoolgirls vs. Inbreeds.[10] Both novels have received positive early reviews.[11] Additionally, Nunes won the Best Screenplay award for Catholic Schoolgirls vs. Inbreeds[12] at the Hollywood Blood Horror Festival[13] on August 5, 2024 and won Best Action Horror Feature Script at the Hollywood[14] Horrorfest on Oct 6 2024.

Nunes' next project was to be Death Ward 13 (2017),[15] a remake of the 1973 low budget horror film The Forgotten. In 2017 it was in pre-production[16] in Los Angeles and was to star former Misfits guitarist Doyle Wolfgang Von Frankenstein[17][18][19][20] as the film's terrifying antagonist, The Duke. The film has yet to be made.

## Awards

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* All Through The House, Official Nomination, "Top Ten", Online, The Golden Rake Award for Indie Horror (2016)[21]
* All Through The House, Best Director at the Hardcore Horror Fest, Chicago, IL (2016, won – Todd Nunes)[21]
* All Through The House, Best Actress at the Hardcore Horror Fest, Chicago, IL (2016, won – Jessica Cameron)[22]
* All Through The House, Best Slasher Award at the RIP Horror Film Festival, Hollywood, CA (2015)[23]
* All Through The House, Audience Choice Award at the RIP Horror Film Festival, Hollywood, CA (2015)[23]
* All Through The House, Best Editing Award at the RIP Horror Film Festival, Hollywood, CA (2015)[23]
* All Through The House, Best Local Feature Award at SFindie's "Another Hole in the Head" Phenomenal Film Festival, San Francisco, CA (2015)[24]

## Personal life

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Nunes is the brother of horror actress Ashley Mary Nunes.

## References

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1. ^ https://slasheruniverse.com/
2. ^ Nunes, Ashley Mary; Carlstedt, Kelsey; Brown, Tosha; Suggs, Glenda (2000-01-01), Scary Larry, retrieved 2017-03-25
3. ^ "Scream Queen Ashley Mary Nunes Talks Horror, Cosplay, & More - HorrornChill.com". HorrornChill.com. 2016-10-30. Retrieved 2017-03-25.
4. ^ Nunes, Ashley Mary; Cameron, Jessica; Kiring, Melynda; Montera, Natalie (2015-10-31), All Through the House, retrieved 2017-03-25
5. ^ "PopHorror Interviews Ashley Mary Nunes, Star of All Through The House - PopHorror". PopHorror. 2016-12-20. Retrieved 2017-03-25.
6. ^ "All Through The House (2016) - Movie Review - PopHorror". PopHorror. 2016-10-13. Retrieved 2017-03-25.
7. ^ "Jessica Cameron Runs All Through the House; Exclusive Image Unveiled - Dread Central". Dread Central. 2016-11-26. Retrieved 2017-03-25.
8. ^ https://slasheruniverse.com/. `{{cite web}}`: Missing or empty `|title=` (help)
9. ^ "The Slasher Universe".
10. ^ "The Slasher Universe".
11. ^ "The Slasher Universe".
12. ^ https://www.imdb.com/title/tt33072041/?ref_=nv_sr_srsg_0_tt_8_nm_0_in_0_q_catholic%20schoolgirls
13. ^ "Catholic Schoolgirls VS Inbreeds - Awards - IMDb". IMDB.
14. ^ https://blog.hollywoodhorrorfest.com/2024-winners/
15. ^ "Doyle Wolfgang Von Frankenstein To Star In Death Ward 13". Yell! Magazine. 2017-03-14. Retrieved 2017-03-25.
16. ^ "'Death Ward 13' now in pre-production | More Horror". www.morehorror.com. Retrieved 2017-03-25.
17. ^ "Misfits' Doyle to Play Killer in Horror Film 'Death Ward 13'". Loudwire. 14 March 2017. Retrieved 2017-03-25.
18. ^ "Misfits' Doyle Wolfgang Von Frankenstein Starring in 'Don't Look in the Basement' Remake, 'Death Ward 13' - Bloody Disgusting!". Bloody Disgusting!. 2017-03-14. Retrieved 2017-03-25.
19. ^ Burkart, Gregory (2017-03-22). "MISFITS Guitarist Starring in Remake of Cult Fave DON'T LOOK IN THE BASEMENT". Blumhouse.com. Retrieved 2017-03-25.
20. ^ "Misfits Guitarist Doyle Wolfgang Von Frankenstein Checks In to Death Ward 13 - Dread Central". Dread Central. 2017-03-13. Retrieved 2017-03-25.
21. ^ a b "The Golden Rake Wall of Fame". www.theblood-shed.com. Retrieved 2017-03-25.
22. ^ Uncut, Horror Movies (2016-12-24). "Todd Nunes & Jessica Cameron's "Top 10 Christmas Slashers"". HORROR MOVIES UNCUT. Retrieved 2017-03-25.
23. ^ a b c "RIP Horror Film Festival (2015)". IMDb. Retrieved 2017-03-25.
24. ^ "Another Hole in the Head Genre Film Festival (2015)". IMDb. Retrieved 2017-03-25.

## External links

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* Todd Nunes at IMDb