I gotta say that I'm really disappointed such cool and awesome acronym (BOFFCSOPWAACBSFMWTTCDTWABTGLTBOFCAWLOWIMCRMLOPTGCFWTTWTBOTY) is not in the thread title. Bad choice, Gopher.
Excited for this, it'll be my first year, so looking forward to it
My opinion on the questions asked:
1. Five
2. Either is fine, I prefer single vote slightly more though.
3. I'm in favor or a horror category, it's been a good year for the genre.