Nominated for Best Comedy at the 2013 Yorkton Film Festival, for Best Actor (for Craig Gunn) at the 2013 We Love Em Short Film Festival, and for Best Horror Comedy at the 2013 Sacramento Horror Film Festival.
Won 8 awards: "Best Horror Comedy" and "Best Actor - Craig Gunn" at the 2013 Mascara and Popcorn Film Festival (Montreal), "Best North American Short Film" Award at the 2013 Nevermore Film Festival, "Best Horror-comedy Short" Award at the 2012 Buried Alive! Atlanta Film Festival, "Best Director" and "Best Film" at the 2013 AVSFF in Wolfville, NS, "Best Micro Short Comedy Horror Film" at the 2013 Fear Fete Horror Film Festival in Mississippi, and the "Best Comedic Horror Short" at the 2013 Tabloid Witch Awards - based in Santa Monica, California.
Was selected for the Raven Banner Sinister Cinema Series, screening in 28 Cineplex theatres across Canada on May 29, 2014 preceding the feature film Cabin Fever Patient Zero. Torturous can be viewed in full on the websites Youtube and Vimeo.
Nominated for Best Comedy Special or Short at the 15th annual Canadian Comedy Awards in 2014.