Fangoria Chainsaw Awards

The Fangoria Chainsaw Awards is an award ceremony focused on horror and thriller films. Beginning in 1992, the awards were expanded and an annual ceremony was inaugurated to give out the awards.^[1] As of 2015, Fangoria also delivers awards to television series.

Fangoria Chainsaw Awards
Country	United States
Presented by	Fangoria
First awarded	1992
Website	www.fangoria.com/chainsaw-awards

Categories

Film

• Best Wide Release Film
• Best Limited Release Film
• Best Streaming Premiere Film
• Best International Film
• Best Documentary Film
• Best First Film
• Best Director
• Best Lead Performance
• Best Supporting Performance
• Best Screenplay
• Best Score
• Best Cinematography
• Best Makeup FX
• Best Creature FX
• Best Costume Design
• Best Short
• Best Kill

Television

• Best TV Series
• Best Nonfiction Series or Miniseries

Special Awards

• Fangoria Horror Hall of Fame
• Fangoria Lifetime Achievement Award
• The Editor's Eyeball Award

Discontinued Awards

• Worst Film
• Best Actor
• Best Actress
• Best Supporting Actor
• Best Supporting Actress
• Best TV Actor
• Best TV Actress
• Best TV Supporting Actor
• Best TV Supporting Actress
• Best TV SFX

Ceremonies

• 1992 Fangoria Chainsaw Awards
• 1993 Fangoria Chainsaw Awards
• 1994 Fangoria Chainsaw Awards
• 1995 Fangoria Chainsaw Awards
• 1996 Fangoria Chainsaw Awards
• 1997 Fangoria Chainsaw Awards
• 1998 Fangoria Chainsaw Awards
• 1999 Fangoria Chainsaw Awards
• 2001 Fangoria Chainsaw Awards
• 2002 Fangoria Chainsaw Awards
• 2017 Fangoria Chainsaw Awards
• 2018 Fangoria Chainsaw Awards
• 2019 Fangoria Chainsaw Awards
• 2020 Fangoria Chainsaw Awards
• 2021 Fangoria Chainsaw Awards
• 2022 Fangoria Chainsaw Awards
• 2023 Fangoria Chainsaw Awards
• 2024 Fangoria Chainsaw Awards

Winners and Nominees

2024

Best Wide Release	Best Limited Release
Godzilla Minus One, dir. Takashi Yamazaki Abigail, dir. Matt Bettinelli-Olpin and Tyler Gillett Evil Dead Rise, dir. Lee Cronin The First Omen, dir. Arkasha Stevenson Infinity Pool, dir. Brandon Cronenberg Late Night with the Devil, dir. Colin Cairnes and Cameron Cairnes M3GAN, dir. Gerard Johnstone Satanic Hispanics, dir. Mike Mendez, Demián Rugna, Eduardo Sánchez, Gigi Saul Guerrero, and Alejandro Brugués Talk to Me, dir. Danny Philippou and Michael Philippou When Evil Lurks, dir. Demián Rugna	I Saw the TV Glow, dir. Jane Schoenbrun Cobweb, dir. Samuel Bodin Enys Men, dir. Mark Jenkin The Outwaters, dir. Robbie Banfitch Suitable Flesh, dir. Joe Lynch
Best First Feature	Best Streaming Premiere
Skinamarink, dir. Kyle Edward Ball The Angry Black Girl and Her Monster, dir. Bomani J. Story Birth/Rebirth, dir. Laura Moss It Lives Inside, dir. Bishal Dutta Stopmotion, dir. Robert Morgan	V/H/S/85, dir. Mike P. Nelson, Gigi Saul Guerrero, Natasha Kermani, Scott Derrickson, and David Bruckner No One Will Save You, dir. Brian Duffield Sick, dir. John Hyams Totally Killer, dir. Nahnatchka Khan Where the Devil Roams, dir. John Adams, Zelda Adams, and Toby Poser
Best International Movie	Best Series
When Evil Lurks, dir. Demián Rugna The Coffee Table, dir. Caye Casas Exhuma, dir. Jang Jae-hyun Infested, dir. Sébastien Vaniček Huesera: The Bone Woman, dir. Michelle Garza Cervera	The Last of Us Chucky The Fall of the House of Usher Interview with the Vampire Yellowjackets
Best Lead Performance	Best Supporting Performance
David Dastmalchian, Late Night with the Devil as Jack Delroy Tobin Bell, Saw X as John Kramer Kaitlyn Dever, No One Will Save You as Brynn Nell Tiger Free, The First Omen as Margaret Kathryn Newton, Lisa Frankenstein as Lisa Swallows Lupita Nyong'o, A Quiet Place: Day One as Samira "Sam" Emma Stone, Poor Things as Bella Baxter Lily Sullivan, Evil Dead Rise as Beth Sydney Sweeney, Immaculate as Sister Cecilia Sophie Wilde, Talk to Me as Mia	Alyssa Sutherland, Evil Dead Rise as Ellie Dave Bautista, Knock at the Cabin as Leonard Joe Bird, Talk to Me as Riley Nicolas Cage, Renfield as Dracula Mia Goth, Infinity Pool as Gabi Bauer Kathryn Newton, Abigail as Sammy Brigette Lundy-Paine, I Saw the TV Glow as Maddy Wilson Dewayne Perkins, The Blackening as Dewayne Dan Stevens, Abigail as Frank Alisha Weir, Abigail as Abigail
Best Director	Best Documentary Feature
Lee Cronin, Evil Dead Rise Brandon Cronenberg, Infinity Pool Danny Philippou and Michael Philippou, Talk to Me Demián Rugna, When Evil Lurks Arkasha Stevenson, The First Omen	The Legacy of the Texas Chain Saw Massacre Dario Argento: Panico Satan Wants You Sharksploitation We Kill for Love
Best Cinematography	Best Screenplay
Robbie Ryan, Poor Things Aaron Morton, The First Omen Eric K. Yue, I Saw the TV Glow Pierce Derks, In a Violent Nature Karim Hussain, Infinity Pool	Colin Cairnes and Cameron Cairnes, Late Night with the Devil Arkasha Stevenson, Tim Smith, and Keith Thomas, The First Omen Brandon Cronenberg, Infinity Pool Akela Cooper; story by Akela Cooper and James Wan, M3GAN Danny and Michael Philippou, Talk to Me
Best Score	Best Make-Up FX
Naoki Satō, Godzilla Minus One Stephen McKeon, Evil Dead Rise Mark Korven, The First Omen Alex G, I Saw the TV Glow Tim Hecker, Infinity Pool	Luke Polti, Evil Dead Rise Liz Byrne, Paul Byrne, and Matthew Smith, Abigail Steven Kostanski, In a Violent Nature Bec Buratto, Paul Katte, and Nick Nicolaou Talk to Me Marcos Berta, When Evil Lurks
Best Costume Design	Best Creature FX
Holly Waddington, Poor Things Paco Delgado, The First Omen Lisa Crescioli, Immaculate Steph Hooke, Late Night with the Devil Meagan McLaughlin, Lisa Frankenstein	Adam Johansen and Damian Martin/Odd Studio, Evil Dead Rise Jim Henson's Creature Shop, Five Nights at Freddy's Thierry Onillon and Léo Ewald, Infested Göran Lundström, The Last Voyage of the Demeter Adrien Morot and Kathy Tse/Morot FX Studios, M3GAN
Best Non-Fiction Series or Miniseries	Best Video Game
The Last Drive-in with Joe Bob Briggs Amityville: An Origin Story The Boulet Brothers' Dragula: Season 5 The Enfield Poltergeist Svengoolie	The Texas Chain Saw Massacre Alan Wake 2 Dead Space Remake Killer Klowns from Outer Space: The Game Resident Evil 4 Remake
Best Felissa Rose Movie	Best Kill (write-in category)
Craving as Les The Forest Hills as Dr. Gonzalez Go Away as Aunt Mary The New Hands as Dr. Pretorius The Omicron Killer as Edie Schaefer/Necromancer	The Yoga Kill — In a Violent Nature

Editorial Eye on the Future Award
Winners were selected by the Fangoria editorial team in the spirit of looking ahead in horror. This award recognizes emerging talent in the horror space who made a significant impact in the horror industry in the last year.
WINNERS Dewayne Perkins, The Blackening Dusty Gannon, Vision Video

• List of winners:^[2]
• List of nominees:^[3]
• Announced on: July 8, 2024^[3]
• Presented on: October 13, 2024^[4]

2023

Best Wide Release	Best Limited Release
The Black Phone, dir. Scott Derrickson Barbarian, dir. Zach Cregger Nope, dir. Jordan Peele Pearl, dir. Ti West X, dir. Ti West	Terrifier 2, dir. Damien Leone Orphan: First Kill, dir. William Brent Bell Resurrection, dir. Andrew Semans Something in the Dirt, dir. Justin Benson and Aaron Moorhead Mad God, dir. Phil Tippett
Best First Feature	Best Streaming Premiere
Watcher, dir. Chloe Okuno Blood Relatives, dir. Noah Segan Deadstream, dir. Vanessa Winter and Joseph Winter The Sadness, dir. Rob Jabbaz We're All Going to the World's Fair, dir. Jane Schoenbrun	Prey, dir. Dan Trachtenberg Fresh, dir. Mimi Cave Hellbender, dir. John Adams, Zelda Adams, and Toby Poser Hellraiser, dir. David Bruckner A Wounded Fawn, dir. Travis Stevens
Best International Movie	Best Series
Speak No Evil, dir. Christian Tafdrup Hatching, dir. Hanna Bergholm The Innocents, Eskil Vogt Piggy, dir. Carlota Pereda Saloum, dir. Jean Luc Herbulot	Stranger Things Cabinet of Curiosities Chucky What We Do in the Shadows Yellowjackets
Best Lead Performance	Best Supporting Performance
Mia Goth, Pearl as Pearl Anna Diop, Nanny as Aisha Isabelle Fuhrman, Orphan: First Kill as Esther Albright Rebecca Hall, Resurrection as Margaret Daniel Kaluuya, Nope as Otis "OJ" Haywood Jr. Amber Midthunder, Prey as Naru Maika Monroe, Watcher as Julia Keke Palmer, Nope as Emerald "Em" Haywood Josh Ruben, A Wounded Fawn as Bruce Ernst Taylor Russell, Bones and All as Maren Yearly	Madeleine McGraw, The Black Phone as Gwen Jamie Clayton, Hellraiser as The Priest Ethan Hawke, The Black Phone The Grabber Justin Long, Barbarian as AJ Jenna Ortega, Scream as Tara Carpenter Mark Rylance, Bones and All as Sully Rachel Sennott, Bodies Bodies Bodies as Alice Brittany Snow, X as Bobby-Lynne Parker Kristen Stewart, Crimes of the Future as Timlin Steven Yeun, Nope as Ricky "Jupe" Park
Best Director	Best Documentary Feature
Jordan Peele, Nope Zach Cregger, Barbarian David Cronenberg, Crimes of the Future Chloe Okuno, Watcher Ti West, X	Pennywise: The Story of IT The Found Footage Phenomenon In Search of Darkness: Part III Living with Chucky This is Gwar
Best Cinematography	Best Screenplay
Hoyte Van Hoytema, Nope Ksusha Genenfeld, A Wounded Fawn Rob Hardy, Men Eliot Rockett, Pearl Eliot Rockett, X	C. Robert Cargill and Scott Derrickson, The Black Phone Zach Cregger, Barbarian Mia Goth and Ti West, Pearl Jordan Peele, Nope Seth Reiss and Will Tracy, The Menu
Best Score	Best Make-Up FX
John Carpenter, Cody Carpenter and Daniel Davies, Halloween Ends Michael Abels, Nope Geoff Barrow and Ben Salisbury, Men Tyler Bates and Tim Williams, Pearl Trent Reznor and Atticus Ross, Bones and All	Damien Leone, Terrifier 2 Alexandra Anger and Monica Pavez/Black Spot FX, Crimes of the Future Lyudmil Ivanov, Barbarian Josh & Sierra Russell/RussellFX, Hellraiser Sarah Rubano & Kevin Wasner/WETA, X
Best Costume Design	Best Creature FX
Stephanie Porter, Prey Alex Bovaird, Nope András Dániel Tóth and Godena-Juhász Attila, The Munsters Mayou Trikerioti, Crimes of the Future Malgosia Turzanska, Pearl	Alec Gillis and Tom Woodruff Jr., Prey Gustav Hoegen, Hatching Troy Larson, Patrick Magee, and Mark Villalobos, V/H/S/99 John Nolan, Jurassic World Dominion Guillaume Rocheron/MPC, Nope
Best Non-Fiction Series or Miniseries	Best Short
101 Scariest Horror Movie Moments of All Time Cursed Films II The Boulet Brothers’ Dragula: Titans Joe Bob's Ghoultide Get-Together Queer for Fear	Close Your Eyes Blink Guts Meat Friend O, Glory
Best Amityville	Best Kill (write-in category)
Amityville Christmas Vacation Amityville In Space Amityville Karen Amityville Scarecrow II Amityville Uprising	Killing Allie — Terrifier 2

Editor's Eyeball on the Future Award
Awarded new in 2023, winners were selected by the Fangoria editorial team in the spirit of looking ahead in horror. This award recognizes emerging talent in the horror space who made a significant impact in the horror industry in the last year.
INAUGURAL WINNERS Lauren Lavera as Sienna, Terrifier 2 Emily Bennett and Justin Brooks, Alone with You Mason Thames as Finney, The Black Phone

• List of winners:^[5]
• List of nominees:^[6][7]
• Announced on: January 27, 2023^[8]
• Presented on: May 21, 2023^[9]

2022

Best Wide Release	Best Limited Release
Malignant, dir. James Wan Candyman, dir. Nia DaCosta Last Night in Soho, dir. Edgar Wright The Night House, dir. David Bruckner A Quiet Place Part II, dir. John Krasinski	PG: Psycho Goreman, dir. Steven Kostanski Come True, dir. Anthony Scott Burns Hurt, dir. Sonny Mallhi In the Earth, dir. Ben Wheatley Werewolves Within, dir. Josh Ruben
Best Streaming Premiere	Best Foreign Film
Fear Street Part Three: 1666, dir. Leigh Janiak The Boy Behind the Door, dir. Justin Powell and David Charbonier Lucky, dir. Natasha Kermani The Power, dir. Corinna Faith Violation, dir. Dusty Mancinelli and Madeleine Sims-Fewer	Titane, dir. Julia Ducournau Detention, dir. John Hsu Lamb, dir. Valdimar Jóhannsson The Queen of Black Magic, dir. Kimo Stamboel The Feast, dir. Lee Haven Jones
Best First Feature	Best Director
Saint Maud, dir. Rose Glass Censor, dir. Prano Bailey-Bond My Heart Can't Beat Unless You Tell It To, dir. Jonathan Cuartas The Stylist, dir. Jill Gevargizian The Vigil, dir. Keith Thomas	Edgar Wright, Last Night in Soho Prano Bailey-Bond, Censor David Bruckner, The Night House Anthony Scott Burns, Come True Julia Ducournau, Titane Rose Glass, Saint Maud
Best Lead Performance	Best Supporting Performance
Yahya Abdul-Mateen II, Candyman as Anthony McCoy Niamh Algar, Censor as Enid Baines Morfydd Clark, Saint Maud as Katie/Maud Barbara Crampton, Jakob's Wife as Anne Fedder Rebecca Hall, The Night House as Beth Parchin Thomasin McKenzie, Last Night in Soho as Eloise "Ellie" Turner Agathe Rousselle, Titane as Alexia/Adrien Madeleine Sims-Fewer, Violation as Miriam Julia Sarah Stone, Come True as Sarah Anya Taylor-Joy, Last Night in Soho as Alexandra "Sandie" Collins	Millicent Simmonds, A Quiet Place Part II as Regan Abbott Luke David Blumm, Son as David Jennifer Ehle, Saint Maud as Amanda Köhl Larry Fessenden, Jakob's Wife as Pastor Jakob Fedder Vincent Lindon, Titane as Vincent Diana Rigg, Last Night in Soho as Ms. Collins Bill Sage, Wrong Turn as Venable/Ram Skull Jeremy T. Thomas, Antlers as Lucas Weaver Suzanne Voss, Dementia Part II as Suzanne Goldblum
Best Screenplay	Best Score
Ben Collins and Luke Piotrowski, The Night House Prano Bailey-Bond and Anthony Fletcher, Censor John Hsu, Fu Kai-ling, and Chien Shih-keng – Detention Rose Glass, Saint Maud Madeleine Sims-Fewer and Dusty Mancinelli, Violation	John Carpenter, Cody Carpenter, and Daniel Davies, Halloween Kills Electric Youth and Pilotpriest, Come True Ben Lovett, The Night House Clint Mansell, In the Earth Tom Schraeder and CJ Johnson – Hurt
Best Makeup FX	Best Creature FX
Christopher Nelson, Halloween Kills Tara Brawley, Hurt Mark Coulier, Blood Red Sky Francois Dagenais, Spiral: From the Book of Saw Oriane de Neve/CLSFX Atelier 69, Kandisha	Steven Kostanski/MastersFX, PG: Psycho Goreman Barrie Gower, The Green Knight Robert Kurtzman, Black Friday Shane Mahan/Legacy Effects, Antlers Magee FX/Gaslight Studio, V/H/S/94
Achievement In Non-Fiction	Best Documentary
The Last Drive-in with Joe Bob Briggs Elvira's 40th Anniversary, Very Scary, Very Special, Special The Boulet Brothers' Dragula	Woodlands Dark and Days Bewitched Mail Order Murder Dark Shadows and Beyond: The Jonathan Frid Story
Best Costume Design	Best Series
Odile Dicks-Mireaux, Last Night in Soho Lizzie Cook, Candyman Eulyn Colette Hufkie, Bingo Hell Chieko Matsumoto, Prisoners of the Ghostland Neil McClean, Slumber Party Massacre	Midnight Mass Brand New Cherry Flavor Chucky Creepshow I Know What You Did Last Summer
Best Kill (write-in category)
The Bread Slicer – Fear Street Part One: 1994

List of winners:^[10][11]

2021

For 2021 winners and nominees, see 2021 Fangoria Chainsaw Awards.

2020

For 2020 winners and nominees, see 2020 Fangoria Chainsaw Awards.

2019

Best Wide Release	Best Limited Release
Hereditary, dir. Ari Aster Overlord, dir. Julius Avery Halloween, dir. David Gordon Green A Quiet Place, dir. John Krasinski Upgrade, dir. Leigh Whannell	Mandy, dir. Panos Cosmatos Revenge, dir. Coralie Fargeat Suspiria, dir. Luca Guadagnino Terrifier, dir. Damien Leone Anna and the Apocalypse, dir. John McPhail
Best Streaming Premiere	Best Foreign Film
Bird Box, dir. Susanne Bier Apostle, dir. Gareth Evans Cam, dir. Daniel Goldhaber Verónica, dir. Paco Plaza Black Mirror: Bandersnatch, dir. David Slade	Terrified, dir. Demián Rugna Blue My Mind, dir. Lisa Brühlmann The Housemaid, dir. Derek Nguyen The Night Eats the World, dir. Dominique Rocher Cold Hell, dir. Stefan Ruzowitzky
Best First Feature	Best Director
Ghost Stories, dir. Andy Nyman and Jeremy Dyson Cargo, dir. Ben Howling and Yolanda Ramke The Dark, dir. Justin P. Lange The Cleanse, dir. Bobby Miller The Ranger, dir. Jenn Wexler	Ari Aster, Hereditary Panos Cosmatos, Mandy Coralie Fargeat, Revenge John Krasinski, A Quiet Place Demián Rugna, Terrified
Best Actor	Best Actress
Nicolas Cage, Mandy as Red Miller James Jude Courtney and Nick Castle, Halloween as Michael Myers/The Shape Matt Dillon, The House That Jack Built as Jack Anders Danielsen Lie, The Night Eats the World as Sam Logan Marshall-Green, Upgrade as Grey Trace	Toni Collette, Hereditary as Annie Graham Nadia Alexander, The Dark as Mina Emily Blunt, A Quiet Place as Evelyn Abbott Jamie Lee Curtis, Halloween as Laurie Strode Violetta Schurawlow, Cold Hell as Özge Dogruol
Best Supporting Actor	Best Supporting Actress
Alex Wolff, Hereditary as Peter Graham Chance Bennett, Slice as Dax Lycander Joshua Leonard, Unsane as David Strine Linus Roache, Mandy as Jeremiah Sand David Howard Thornton, Terrifier as Art the Clown	Tilda Swinton, Suspiria as Madame Blanc/Mother Helena Markos/Dr. Josef Klemperer Simone Landers, Cargo as Thoomi Milly Shapiro, Hereditary as Charlie Graham Millicent Simmonds, A Quiet Place as Regan Abbott Marli Siu, Anna and the Apocalypse as Lisa
Best Screenplay	Best Score
Ari Aster, Hereditary Scott Beck, Bryan Woods, and John Krasinski; story by Scott Beck and Bryan Woods, A Quiet Place David Freyne, The Cured Isa Mazzei, Cam Bobby Miller, The Cleanse	Jóhann Jóhannsson, Mandy Fabio Frizzi, Puppet Master: The Littlest Reich Frank Ilfman, Ghost Stories Colin Stetson, Hereditary Thom Yorke, Suspiria
Best Makeup FX	Best Creature FX
Mark Coulier, Suspiria Marcos Berta, Terrified Zane Knisely and Marissa Clemence, The Dark Damien Leone, Terrifier Christopher Nelson, Halloween Oriane de Neve, Mandy	Josh Russell and Sierra Russell, The Ritual Arturo Belseirom Cold Skin Adam Johansen, Possum Nicholas Podbrey and Werner Pretorius, The Cleanse Tate Steinsiek, Puppet Master: The Littlest Reich
Best Series	Best Kill (write-in category)
The Haunting of Hill House American Horror Story: Apocalypse Castle Rock Channel Zero Chilling Adventures of Sabrina	"Charlie Meets Telephone Pole" — Hereditary

For more details, see 2019 Fangoria Chainsaw Awards.

2016

Best Wide Release Film	Best Limited Release/Direct-to-Video Film
It Follows, dir. David Robert Mitchell Crimson Peak, Guillermo del Toro The Gift, Joel Edgerton Krampus, dir. Michael Dougherty The Visit, dir. M. Night Shyamalan	What We Do in the Shadows, dir. Jemaine Clement and Taika Waititi Anguish, dir. Sonny Mallhi The Final Girls, dir. Todd Strauss-Schulson Some Kind of Hate, dir. Adam Egypt Mortimer We Are Still Here, dir. Ted Geoghegan
Best Foreign Language Film	Best Makeup/Creature FX
Goodnight Mommy, dir. Veronika Franz and Severin Fiala Alleluia, dir. Fabrice Du Welz Cub, dir. Jonas Govaerts The Samurai, dir. Till Kleinert When Animals Dream, dir. Jonas Alexander Arnby	Weta Workshop, Krampus Marcus Koch, We Are Still Here Roger Murray, Andrew Beattie, Vanessa Hurley, Storm McCracken, and Tim Wells, Deathgasm John Nolan, The Hallow Hugo Villasenor, Bone Tomahawk
Best Actor	Best Actress
Kurt Russell, Bone Tomahawk as Sheriff Franklin Hunt Mark Duplass, Creep as Josef Tom Hiddleston, Crimson Peak as Thomas Sharpe Lou Taylor Pucci, Spring as Evan Russell Henry Rollins, He Never Died as Jack	Maika Monroe, It Follows as Jaime "Jay" Height Abigail Breslin, Maggie as Marguerite "Maggie" Vogel Barbara Crampton, We Are Still Here as Anne Sacchetti Ryan Simpkins, Anguish as Tess Susanne Wuest, Goodnight Mommy as Mother
Best Supporting Actor	Best Supporting Actress
Joel Edgerton, The Gift as Gordo Pit Bukowski, The Samurai as Der Samurai Larry Fessenden, We Are Still Here as Jacob Lewis Richard Jenkins, Bone Tomahawk as Deputy Chicory Rainn Wilson, The Boy as William Colby	Jessica Chastain, Crimson Peak as Lucille Sharpe Malin Åkerman, The Final Girls as Nancy/Amanda Cartwright Deanna Dunagan, The Visit as Marja Bella "Nana" Jamison Kate Greenhouse, He Never Died as Cara Krista Stadler, Krampus as "Omi" Engel
Best Screenplay	Best Score
Jemaine Clement and Taika Waititi, What We Do in the Shadows Joel Edgerton, The Gift M.A. Fortin and Joshua John Miller, The Final Girls Sonny Mallhi, Anguish Sarah Adina Smith, The Midnight Swim	Disasterpeace (Rich Vreeland), It Follows Hauschka (Volker Bertelmann), The Boy Wojciech Golczewski, We Are Still Here Claudio Simonetti, Carpenter Brut, Brian Wiacek, and Jeremy Gillespie, The Editor Fernando Velázquez, Crimson Peak
Best TV Series	Best TV Makeup/Creature FX
Ash vs Evil Dead Hannibal Penny Dreadful Salem The Walking Dead	Greg Nicotero and Howard Berger, The Walking Dead François Dagenais, Hannibal Eryn Krueger Mekash and David LeRoy Anderson, American Horror Story: Hotel Matthew Mungle and Clinton Wayne, Salem Steve Newburn and Sean Samson,The Strain
Best TV Actor	Best TV Actress
Bruce Campbell, Ash vs Evil Dead as Ashley "Ash" Williams Hugh Dancy, Hannibal as Will Graham Josh Hartnett, Penny Dreadful as Ethan Chandler Mads Mikkelsen, Hannibal as Dr. Hannibal Lecter Matt Ryan, Constantine as John Constantine	Eva Green, Penny Dreadful as Vanessa Ives Caroline Dhavernas, Hannibal as Dr. Alana Bloom Vera Farmiga, Bates Motel as Norma Louise Bates Lady Gaga, American Horror Story: Hotel as The Countess Janet Montgomery, Salem as Mary Walcott
Best TV Supporting Actor	Best TV Supporting Actress
Richard Armitage, Hannibal as Francis Dolarhyde Seth Gabel, Salem as Cotton Mather Lennie James, The Walking Dead as Morgan Jones Rory Kinnear, Penny Dreadful as The Creature Evan Peters, American Horror Story: Hotel as James Patrick March	Gillian Anderson, Hannibal as Dr. Bedelia Du Maurier Jamie Lee Curtis, Scream Queens as Dean Cathy Munsch Dana DeLorenzo, Ash vs Evil Dead as Kelly Maxwell Lucy Lawless, Salem as Countess Palatine Ingrid von Marburg Billie Piper, Penny Dreadful as Brona Croft
Fangoria Hall of Fame	Worst Film (write-in category)
Kurt Russell Barbara Crampton	Poltergeist, dir. Gil Kenan Paranormal Activity: The Ghost Dimension, dir. Gregory Plotkin The Human Centipede 3 (Final Sequence), dir. Tom Six The Gallows dir. Chris Lofing and Travis Cluff The Visit, dir. M. Night Shyamalan

List of winners:^[12]

2015

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Best Wide-Release Film Oculus – Mike Flanagan As Above, So Below – John Erick Dowdle Dracula Untold – Gary Shore Godzilla – Gareth Edwards The Quiet Ones – John Pogue Best Limited-Release/Direct-to-Video Film The Babadook – Jennifer Kent The Battery – Jeremy Gardner Housebound – Gerard Johnstone The Sacrament – Ti West Under the Skin – Jonathan Glazer Best Foreign-Language Film Big Bad Wolves – Aharon Keshales and Navot Papushado A Girl Walks Home Alone at Night – Ana Lily Amirpour The House at the End of Time – Alejandro Hidalgo The Strange Colour of Your Body's Tears – Hélène Cattet and Bruno Forzani Witching & Bitching – Álex de la Iglesia Best Actor Daniel Radcliffe – Horns Lior Ashkenazi – Big Bad Wolves Nick Damici – Late Phases Jake Gyllenhaal – Enemy Jared Harris – The Quiet Ones Best Actress Essie Davis – The Babadook Alexandra Essoe – Starry Eyes Scarlett Johansson – Under the Skin Marta Milans – Devoured Tilda Swinton – Only Lovers Left Alive Best Supporting Actor Noah Wiseman – The Babadook David Asavanond – Countdown Tzahi Grad [he] – Big Bad Wolves Gene Jones – The Sacrament Michael Parks – Tusk Best Supporting Actress Katee Sackhoff – Oculus Olivia Cooke – The Quiet Ones Anne Ramsay – The Taking of Deborah Logan Rima Te Wiata – Housebound Mia Wasikowska – Only Lovers Left Alive Best Screenplay The Babadook – Jennifer Kent Housebound – Gerard Johnstone Life After Beth – Jeff Baena Oculus – Mike Flanagan and Jeff Howard Proxy – Zack Parker and Kevin Donner Best Score Under the Skin – Mica Levi Big Bad Wolves – Frank Ilfman Oculus – The Newton Brothers Only Lovers Left Alive – Jozef van Wissem and SQÜRL Starry Eyes – Jonathan Snipes Best Makeup/Creature FX Horns – Greg Nicotero and Howard Berger Afflicted – Tamar Ouziel Dead Snow 2 – Steinaar Karstein and Mike Elizalde Late Phases – Robert Kurtzman and Brian Spears Starry Eyes – Hugo Villasenor, SOTA FX Worst Film Ouija – Stiles White Annabelle – John R. Leonetti Leprechaun: Origins – Zach Lipovsky Oculus – Mike Flanagan Tusk – Kevin Smith

Best TV Series The Walking Dead American Horror Story: Freak Show Hannibal Penny Dreadful True Detective Best TV Actor Matthew McConaughey – True Detective Hugh Dancy – Hannibal Josh Hartnett – Penny Dreadful Andrew Lincoln – The Walking Dead Mads Mikkelsen – Hannibal Best TV Actress Sarah Paulson – American Horror Story: Freak Show Nicole Beharie – Sleepy Hollow Eva Green – Penny Dreadful Janet Montgomery – Salem Anna Paquin – True Blood Best TV Supporting Actor Norman Reedus – The Walking Dead David Bradley – The Strain Zane Holtz – From Dusk till Dawn: The Series Rory Kinnear – Penny Dreadful Finn Wittrock – American Horror Story: Freak Show Best TV Supporting Actress Gillian Anderson – Hannibal Madeleine Martin – Hemlock Grove Melissa McBride – The Walking Dead Billie Piper – Penny Dreadful Deborah Ann Woll – True Blood Best TV Makeup/Creature FX The Walking Dead – Greg Nicotero and Howard Berger Hannibal – François Dagenais Penny Dreadful – Nick Dudman The Strain – Steve Newburn, Sean Samson True Blood – Todd Masters and Dan Rebert

2014

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Best Wide-Release Film Evil Dead – Fede Álvarez You're Next – Adam Wingard Mama – Andrés Muschietti Insidious: Chapter 2 – James Wan Best Limited-Release/Direct-to-Video Film V/H/S/2 – Simon Barrett, Adam Wingard, Eduardo Sánchez, Gregg Hale, Gareth Huw Evans and Jason Eisener Stoker – Park Chan-wook We Are What We Are – Jim Mickle Byzantium – Neil Jordan Berberian Sound Studio – Peter Strickland Best Foreign-Language Film Here Comes the Devil – Adrián García Bogliano The Condemned – Roberto Busó-García Tormented (2011 film) – Takashi Shimizu Wither – Sonny Laguna and Tommy Wiklund Horror Stories – Min Kyu-dong, Im Dae-woong, Jung Bum-sik, Hong Ji-young, Kim Gok, Kim Sun Best Actor Elijah Wood – Maniac Patrick Wilson – Insidious: Chapter 2 Toby Jones – Berberian Sound Studio Francisco Barreiro – Here Comes the Devil Bill Sage – We Are What We Are Best Actress Katharine Isabelle – American Mary Sharni Vinson – You're Next Mia Wasikowska – Stoker Saoirse Ronan – Byzantium Juno Temple – Magic Magic Best Supporting Actor Matthew Goode – Stoker Lou Taylor Pucci – Evil Dead Joe Swanberg – You're Next Michael Parks – We Are What We Are Stephen McHattie – Haunter Best Supporting Actress Lili Taylor – The Conjuring Tristan Risk – American Mary Julianne Moore – Carrie Julia Garner – We Are What We Are Ambyr Childers – We Are What We Are Best Screenplay You're Next – Simon Barrett Stoker – Wentworth Miller We Are What We Are – Nick Damici and Jim Mickle Grabbers – Kevin Lehane Haunter – Brian King Best Score Maniac – Rob You're Next – Jasper Justice Lee, Kyle Mckinnon, Mads Heldtberg and Adam Wingard Berberian Sound Studio – Broadcast Byzantium – Javier Navarrete We Are What We Are – Philip Mossman, Darren Morris and Jeff Grace Best Makeup/Creature FX Evil Dead – Roger Murray and Jane O’Kane Frankenstein's Army – Rogier Samuels Bad Milo! – Justin Raleigh Hansel & Gretel: Witch Hunters – Mike Elizalde, Tamar Aviv and Jörn Seifert Grabbers – Paddy Eason and Shaune Harrison

2006

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2002

The 11th Annual Fangoria Chainsaw Awards:^[17]

Best Wide-Release Film Jeepers Creepers The Others Best Limited-Release Film/Direct-to-Video Film Ginger Snaps The Convent Best Actor Anthony Hopkins - Hannibal Johnny Depp - From Hell Best Actress Nicole Kidman - The Others Emily Perkins - Ginger Snaps Best Supporting Actor Jonathan Breck - Jeepers Creepers Ian Holm - From Hell Best Supporting Actress Adrienne Barbeau - The Convent Mimi Rogers - Ginger Snaps

Best Screenplay Karen Walton - Ginger Snaps Steven Zaillian and David Mamet - Hannibal Best Score Hans Zimmer - Hannibal Trevor Jones - From Hell Best Makeup/Creature FX KNB EFX - Thirteen Ghosts Brian Penikas - Jeepers Creepers Worst Film Valentine (tie) Hannibal, The Mummy Returns, Thirteen Ghosts Fangoria Hall of Fame Mario Bava (inducted) Guillermo del Toro (inducted)

Best Wide Release Film

Winners and nominees

Fangoria Chainsaw Award for Best Wide Release Film

Year	Winners	Nominations
1992 [18]	The Silence of the Lambs – Jonathan Demme	Freddy's Dead: The Final Nightmare – Rachel Talalay Terminator 2: Judgment Day – James Cameron The People Under the Stairs – Wes Craven The Addams Family – Barry Sonnenfield
1993[19]	Bram Stoker's Dracula – Francis Ford Coppola	Alien 3 – David Fincher Candyman – Bernard Rose Hellraiser III: Hell on Earth – Anthony Hickox Innocent Blood – John Landis
1994[20]	Army of Darkness – Sam Raimi	The Nightmare Before Christmas – Tim Burton Jason Goes to Hell: The Final Friday – Adam Marcus The Dark Half – George A. Romero Jurassic Park – Steven Spielberg
1995[21]	The Crow – Alex Proyas	Wes Craven's New Nightmare – Wes Craven Mary Shelley's Frankenstein – Kenneth Branagh Interview with the Vampire – Neil Jordan Wolf – Mike Nichols
1996[22]	Se7en – David Fincher	N/A
1997[23]	Scream – Wes Craven	From Dusk till Dawn – Robert Rodriguez The Frighteners – Peter Jackson The Craft – Andrew Fleming
1998[24]	Scream 2 – Wes Craven	The Devil's Advocate – Taylor Hackford Alien Resurrection – Jean-Pierre Jeunet
1999[25]	Dark City – Alex Proyas	Halloween H20: 20 Years Later – Steve Miner Apt Pupil – Bryan Singer Bride of Chucky – Ronny Yu Vampires – John Carpenter
2000[26]	The Sixth Sense – M. Night Shyamalan	Stir of Echoes – David Koepp Sleepy Hollow – Tim Burton The Blair Witch Project – Eduardo Sánchez and Daniel Myrick eXistenZ – David Cronenberg
2001[27]	American Psycho – Mary Harron	Pitch Black – David Twohy The Cell – Tarsem Singh Shadow of the Vampire – E. Elias Merhige Final Destination – James Wong
2002[28]	Jeepers Creepers – Victor Salva	The Others – Alejandro Amenábar Hannibal – Ridley Scott From Hell – Terry Hayes and Rafael Yglesias Joy Ride – John Dahl
2003[29]	The Ring – Gore Verbinski	Frailty – Bill Paxton Brotherhood of the Wolf – Christophe Gans Blade II – Guillermo del Toro Signs – M. Night Shyamalan
2004[30]	28 Days Later – Danny Boyle	House of 1000 Corpses – Rob Zombie The Texas Chainsaw Massacre – Marcus Nispel Cabin Fever – Eli Roth Wrong Turn – Rob Schmidt
2005[31]	Shawn of the Dead – Edgar Wright	Dawn of the Dead – Zack Snyder Saw – James Wan Hellboy – Guillermo del Toro Open Water – Chris Kentis
2006[32]	The Devil's Rejects – Rob Zombie	The Exorcism of Emily Rose – Scott Derrickson Land of the Dead – George A. Romero Wolf Creek – Greg McLean High Tension – Alexandre Aja
2007	No Ceremony	No Ceremony
2008	No Ceremony	No Ceremony
2009[33]	Hellboy 2: The Golden Army – Guillermo del Toro	The Ruins – Carter Smith Quarantine – John Erick Dowdle Cloverfield – Matt Reeves The Strangers – Bryan Bertino
2010[34]	Drag Me to Hell – Sam Raimi	Paranormal Activity – Oren Peli The Last House on the Left – Dennis Iliadis The Road – John Hillcoat Zombieland – Ruben Fleischer
2011[35]	Black Swan – Darren Aronofsky	Let Me In – Matt Reeves The Crazies – Breck Eisner Splice – Vincenzo Natali The Last Exorcism – Daniel Stamm
2012[36]	Insidious – James Wan	Fright Night – Craig Gillespie Paranormal Activity 3 – Ariel Schulman and Henry Joost Don't Be Afraid of the Dark – Troy Nixey Drive Angry – Patrick Lussier Final Destination 5 – Steven Quale
2013[37]	The Cabin in the Woods – Drew Goddard	Sinister – Scott Derrickson The Grey – Joe Carnahan ParaNorman – Chris Butler and Sam Fell The Woman in Black – James Watkins
2014[38]	The Conjuring – James Wan	You're Next – Adam Wingard Evil Dead – Fede Álvarez Insidious: Chapter 2 – James Wan Mama – Andy Muschietti
2015[39]	Oculus – Mike Flanagan	Godzilla – Gareth Edwards As Above, So Below – John Erick Dowdle Dracula Untold – Gary Shore The Quiet Ones – John Pogue
2016[40]	It Follows – David Robert Mitchell	Crimson Peak – Guillermo del Toro Krampus – Michael Dougherty The Gift – Joel Edgerton The Visit – M. Night Shyamalan
2017[41]	The Witch – Robert Eggers	Green Room – Jeremy Saulnier 10 Cloverfield Lane – Dan Trachtenberg Don't Breathe – Fede Álvarez Ouija: Origin of Evil – Mike Flanagan
2018	No Ceremony	No Ceremony
2019[42]	Hereditary – Ari Aster	Halloween – David Gordon Green Overlord – Julius Avery A Quiet Place – John Krasinski Upgrade – Leigh Whannell
2020[43]	Midsommar – Ari Aster	Crawl – Alexandre Aja Doctor Sleep – Mike Flanagan It Chapter Two – Andy Muschietti Us – Jordan Peele Ready or Not – Matt Bettinelli-Olpin and Tyler Gillett
2021[44]	The Invisible Man – Leigh Whannell	Freaky – Christopher Landon Gretel & Hansel – Oz Perkins The Hunt – Craig Zobel Underwater – William Eubank
2022[45]	Malignant – James Wan	Last Night in Soho – Edgar Wright A Quiet Place Part II – John Krasinski Candyman – Nia DaCosta The Night House – David Bruckner
2023[46]	The Black Phone – Scott Derrickson	Barbarian – Zach Creggar Nope – Jordan Peele Pearl – Ti West X – Ti West
2024[47]	Godzilla Minus One – Takashi Yamazaki	Abigail – Matt Bettinelli-Olpin and Tyler Gillett Evil Dead Rise – Lee Cronin The First Omen – Arkasha Stevenson Infinity Pool – Brandon Cronenberg Late Night with the Devil – Colin Cairnes and Cameron Cairnes Satanic Hispanics – Mike Mendez, Demián Rugna, Eduardo Sánchez, Gigi Saul Guerrero and Alejandro Brugués M3GAN – Gerard Johnstone Talk to Me – Danny and Michael Philippou When Evil Lurks – Demián Rugna

Multiple Wins

• James Wan-3
• Wes Craven-2
• Ari Aster-2
• Sam Raimi-2
• Alex Proyas-2

Best Limited Release Film

Winners and nominees

Fangoria Chainsaw Award for Best Limited Release Film

Year	Winners	Nominations
1992 [18]	Bride of Re-Animator – Brian Yuzna	Maniac Cop 2 – William Lustig The Pit and the Pendulum – Stuart Gordon The Unborn – Rodman Flender Warlock – Steve Miner
1993[19]	The Resurrected – Dan O'Bannon	Basket Case 3 – Frank Henenlotter Highway to Hell – Ate de Jong The Refrigerator – Nicholas Jacobs Scanners III – Christian Duguay
1994[20]	Dead Alive – Peter Jackson	Ticks – Tony Randel Dust Devil – Richard Stanley Freaked – Tom Stern and Alex Winter Return of the Living Dead 3 – Brian Yuzna
1995[21]	Phantasm III – Brian Yuzna	Body Snatchers – Abel Ferrara Cronos – Guillermo del Toro Jack Be Nimble – Garth Maxwell Trauma – Dario Argento
1996[22]	Castle Freak – Stuart Gordon	N/A
1997[23]	Cemetery Man – Michele Soavi	Tremors 2: Aftershocks – S. S. Wilson The Cold Light of Day – Rudolf van den Berg The Dentist – Brian Yuzna Necronomicon – Brian Yuzna, Shusuke Kaneko and Christophe Gans
1998[24]	Lost Highway – David Lynch	Crash – David Cronenberg
1999[25]	The Night Flier – Mark Pavia	Cube – Vincenzo Natali Funny Games – Michael Haneke Shadow Builder – Jamie Dixon The Ugly – Scott Reynolds
2000[26]	The Day of the Beast – Álex de la Iglesia	The Stendhal Syndrome – Dario Argento Open Your Eyes – Alejandro Amenábar Perfect Blue – Satoshi Kon The Eternal – Michael Almereyda
2001[27]	Cherry Falls – Geoffrey Wright	Requiem for a Dream – Darren Aronofsky The Wisdom of Crocodiles – Po-Chih Leong Lighthouse – Simon Hunter The Phantom Lover – Ronny Yu
2002[28]	Ginger Snaps – John Fawcett	The Convent – Mike Mendez Audition – Takashi Miike Session 9 – Brad Anderson The Devil's Backbone – Guillermo del Toro
2003[29]	Dog Soldiers – Neil Marshall	Dagon – Stuart Gordon Wendigo – Larry Fessenden Mermaid Chronicles Part 1: She Creature – Sebastian Gutierrez Wolf Girl – Thom Fitzgerald
2004[30]	Bubba Ho-Tep – Don Coscarelli	May – Lucky McKee Beyond Re-Animator – Brian Yuzna Nightstalker – Chris Fisher Spider – David Cronenberg
2005[31]	Ginger Snaps: Unleashed – Brett Sullivan	Dead End – Fabrice Canepa and Jean-Baptiste Andrea My Little Eye – Marc Evans Lucky – Steve Cuden The Machinist – Brad Anderson
2006[32]	Toolbox Murders – Tobe Hooper	Dead Birds – Alex Turner Satan's Little Helper – Jeff Lieberman Shallow Ground – Sheldon Wilson The Nameless – Jaume Balagueró
2007	No Ceremony	No Ceremony
2008	No Ceremony	No Ceremony
2009[33]	Let the Right One In – Tomas Alfredson	Jack Brooks: Monster Slayer – Jon Knautz Rogue – Greg McLean Stuck – Stuart Gordon The Living and the Dead – Simon Rumley
2010[34]	Trick 'r Treat – Michael Dougherty	Deadgirl – Gadi Harel and Marcel Sarmiento Martyrs – Pascal Laugier The Burrowers – J. T. Petty Rec – Paco Plaza and Jaume Balagueró
2011[35]	The Human Centipede (First Sequence) – Tom Six	Antichrist – Lars von Trier Buried – Rodrigo Cortés Monsters – Gareth Edwards Rec 2 – Paco Plaza and Jaume Balagueró
2012[36]	Tucker & Dale vs. Evil – Eli Craig	Stake Land – Jim Mickle Attack the Block – Joe Cornish Black Death – Christopher Smith Red White & Blue – Simon Rumley The Human Centipede 2 (Full Sequence) – Tom Six
2013[37]	Absentia – Mike Flanagan	Kill List – Ben Wheatley Compliance – Craig Zobel A Lonely Place to Die – Julian Gilbey The Revenant – D. Kerry Prior
2014[38]	V/H/S/2 – Jason Eisener, Gareth Evans, Timo Tjahjanto, Eduardo Sánchez, Gregg Hale, Simon Barrett and Adam Wingard	Stoker – Park Chan-wook We Are What We Are – Jim Mickle Berberian Sound Studio – Peter Strickland Byzantium – Neil Jordan
2015[39]	The Babadook – Jennifer Kent	Under the Skin – Jonathan Glazer Housebound – Gerard Johnstone The Sacrament – Ti West The Battery – Jeremy Gardner
2016[40]	What We Do in the Shadows – Taika Waititi and Jemaine Clement	We Are Still Here – Ted Geoghegan The Final Girls – Todd Strauss-Schulson Anguish – Sonny Mallhi Some Kind of Hate – Adam Egypt Mortimer
2017[41]	The Autopsy of Jane Doe – André Øvredal	The Eyes of My Mother – Nicolas Pesce Hush – Mike Flanagan I Am Not a Serial Killer – Billy O'Brien The Invitation – Karyn Kusama
2018	No Ceremony	No Ceremony
2019[42]	Mandy – Panos Cosmatos	Anna and the Apocalypse – John McPhail Revenge – Coralie Fargeat Suspiria – Luca Guadagnino Terrifier – Damien Leone
2020[43]	The Lighthouse – Robert Eggers	Bliss – Joe Begos Daniel Isn't Real – Adam Egypt Mortimer In Fabric – Peter Strickland Nightmare Cinema – Alejandro Brugués, Joe Dante, Mick Garris, Ryūhei Kitamura, and David Slade Satanic Panic – Chelsea Stardust
2021[44]	Color Out of Space – Richard Stanley	Possessor – Brandon Cronenberg Relic – Natalie Erika James The Dark and the Wicked – Bryan Bertino The Wolf of Snow Hollow – Jim Cummings
2022[45]	PG: Psycho Goreman – Steven Kostanski	Come True – Anthony Scott Burns Hurt – Sonny Mallhi In the Earth – Ben Wheatley Werewolves Within – Josh Ruben
2023[48]	Terrifier 2 – Damien Leone	Resurrection – Andrew Semans Orphan: First Kill – William Brent Bell Something in the Dirt – Justin Benson and Aaron Moorhead Mad God – Phil Tippett
2024	I Saw the TV Glow – Jane Schoenbrun	Cobweb – Chris Thomas Devlin The Outwaters – Robbie Banfitch Skinamarink – Kyle Edward Ball Enys Men – Mark Jenkin

Multiple Wins

• Brian Yuzna — 2

Best International Film

Winners and nominees

Fangoria Chainsaw Award for Best International Film

Year	Winners	Nominations
2012[36]	Trollhunter – André Øvredal	I Saw the Devil – Kim Jee-woon The Skin I Live In – Pedro Almodóvar A Serbian Film – Srdjan Spasojevic Amer – Hélène Cattet and Bruno Forzani Kidnapped – Miguel Ángel Vivas
2013[37]	Juan of the Dead – Alejandro Brugués	Rabies – Aharon Keshales and Navot Papushado Bedevilled – Jang Cheol-soo Sleep Tight – Jaume Balagueró Cold Sweat – Adrián García Bogliano
2014[38]	Here Comes the Devil – Adrián García Bogliano	The Condemned – Scott Wiper Tormented – Jon Wright Horror Stories – Im Dae-woon, Jung Bum-sik, Hong Ji-young, Kim Gok, Kim Sun and Min Kyu-dong Wither – Tommy Wiklund and Sonny Laguna
2015[39]	Big Bad Wolves – Aharon Keshales and Navot Papushado	A Girl Walks Home Alone at Night – Ana Lily Amirpour Witching & Bitching – Álex de la Iglesia The House at the End of Time – Alejandro Hidalgo The Strange Colour of Your Body's Tears – Hélène Cattet and Bruno Forzani
2016[40]	Goodnight Mommy – Veronika Franz and Severin Fiala	When Animals Dream – Jonas Alexander Arnby Der Samurai – Till Kleinert Alleluia – Fabrice Du Welz Cub – Jonas Govaerts
2017[41]	Train to Busan – Yeon Sang-ho	Baskin – Can Evrenol The Wailing – Na Hong-jin Under the Shadow – Babak Anvari The Similars – Isaac Ezban
2018	No Ceremony	No Ceremony
2019[42]	Terrified – Demián Rugna	Blue My Mind – Lisa Brühlmann Cold Hell – Stefan Ruzowitzky The Housemaid – Derek Nguyen The Night Eats the World – Dominique Rocher
2020[43]	Tigers Are Not Afraid – Issa López	Hagazussa – Lukas Feigelfeld Knife+Heart – Yann Gonzalez Koko-di Koko-da – Johannes Nyholm Luz – Tilman Singer One Cut of the Dead – Shin'ichirô Ueda
2021[44]	La Llorona – Jayro Bustamante	Bacurau – Kleber Mendonça Filho and Juliano Dornelles Blood Quantum – Jeff Barnaby Impetigore – Joko Anwar Sputnik – Egor Abramenko
2022[45]	Titane – Julia Ducournau	Detention – John Hsu Lamb – Valdimar Jóhannsson The Queen of Black Magic – Kimo Stamboel The Feast – Lee Haven Jones
2023[46]	Speak No Evil – Christian Tafdrup	Hatching – Hanna Bergholm Piggy – Carlota Pereda Saloum – Jean Luc Herbulot The Innocents – Eskil Vogt
2024	When Evil Lurks – Demián Rugna	Exhuma – Jang Jae-hyun The Coffee Table – Caye Casas Infested – Sébastien Vaniček Huesera: The Bone Woman – Michelle Garza Cervera

Best Streaming Premier Film

Winners and nominees

Fangoria Chainsaw Award for Best Streaming Premier Film

Year	Winners	Nominations
2019[42]	Bird Box – Susanne Bier	Apostle – Gareth Evans Black Mirror: Bandersnatch – David Slade Cam – Daniel Goldhaber Verónica – Paco Plaza
2020[43]	The Perfection – Richard Shepard	Eli – Ciarán Foy Little Monsters – Abe Forsythe Velvet Buzzsaw – Dan Gilroy The Nightshifter – Dennison Ramalho
2021[44]	Host – Rob Savage	Anything for Jackson – Justin G. Dyck The Beach House – Jeffrey A. Brown The Mortuary Collection – Ryan Spindell Run – Aneesh Chaganty
2022[45]	Fear Street Part Three: 1666 – Leigh Janiak	The Boy Behind the Door – Justin Powell and David Charbonier Lucky – Natasha Kermani The Power – Corinna Faith Violation – Dusty Mancinelli and Madeleine Sims-Fewer
2023[48]	Prey – Dan Trachtenberg	Fresh – Mimi Cave Hellbender – John Adams, Zelda Adams and Toby Poser Hellraiser – Ben Collins and Luke Piotrowski A Wounded Fawn – Travis Stevens
2024	V/H/S/85 – David Bruckner, Scott Derrickson, Gigi Saul Guerrero, Natasha Kermani and Mike P. Nelson	No One Will Save You – Brian Duffield Where the Devil Roams – John Adams, Zelda Adams and Toby Poser Sick – John Hyams Totally Killer – Nahnatchka Khan

Best First Film

Winners and nominees

Fangoria Chainsaw Award for Best First Film

Year	Winners	Nominations
2019[42]	Ghost Stories – Andy Nyman and Jeremy Dyson	Cargo – Ben Howling and Yolanda Ramke The Cleanse – Bobby Miller The Dark – Justin P. Lange The Ranger – Jenn Wexler
2020[43]	Girl on the Third Floor – Travis Stevens	Braid – Mitzi Peirone Darlin' – Pollyanna McIntosh The Hole in the Ground – Lee Cronin The Wind – Emma Tammi
2021[44]	Come to Daddy – Ant Timpson	Amulet – Romola Garai Extra Ordinary – Mike Ahern and Enda Loughman Impetigore – Joko Anwar Sea Fever – Neasa Hardiman
2022[45]	Saint Maud – Rose Glass	Censor – Prano Bailey-Bond My Heart Can't Beat Unless You Tell It To – Jonathan Cuartas The Stylist – Jill Gevargizian The Vigil – Keith Thomas
2023[48]	Watcher – Chloe Okuno	We're All Going to the World's Fair – Jane Schoenbrun The Sadness – Rob Jabbaz Deadstream – Vanessa Winter and Joseph Winter Blood Relatives – Noah Segan
2024[48]	Skinamarink – Kyle Edward Ball	Stopmotion – Robert Morgan Birth/Rebirth – Laura Moss The Angry Black Girl and Her Monster – Bomani J. Story It Lives Inside – Megan Suri

Best Documentary Film

Winners and nominees

Fangoria Chainsaw Award for Best Documentary Film

Year	Winners	Nominations
2022[45]	Woodlands Dark and Days Bewitched – Kier-La Janisse	Mail Order Murder– Ross Snyder and William Hellfire Dark Shadows and Beyond: The Jonathan Frid Story – Mary O'Leary
2023[48]	Pennywise: The Story of IT – John Campopiano and Chris Griffiths	The Found Footage Phenomenon– Sarah Appleton and Philip Escott This is GWAR – Scott Barber In Search of Darkness: Part III – David A. Weiner Living with Chucky – Kyra Gardner
2024[48]	The Legacy of the Texas Chain Saw Massacre – Philip Escott	Dario Argento Panico – Simone Scafidi Satan Wants You – Sean Horlor and Steve J. Adams Sharksploitation – Stephen Scarlata We Kill For Love – Anthony Penta

Best Director

Winners and nominees

Fangoria Chainsaw Award for Best Director

Year	Winners	Nominations
2019[42]	Ari Aster – Hereditary	Panos Cosmatos – Mandy John Krasinski – A Quiet Place Coralie Fargeat – Revenge Demián Rugna – Terrified
2020[43]	Ari Aster – Midsommar	Robert Eggers – The Lighthouse Jordan Peele – Us Mike Flanagan – Doctor Sleep Joe Begos – Bliss Shin'ichirô Ueda – One Cut of the Dead
2021[44]	Leigh Whannell – The Invisible Man	Bryan Bertino – The Dark and the Wicked Romola Garai – Amulet Natalie Erika James – Relic Remi Weekes – His House Justin G. Dyck – Anything for Jackson
2022[45]	Edgar Wright – Last Night in Soho	David Bruckner – The Night House Anthony Scott Burns – Come True Julia Ducournau – Titane Rose Glass – Saint Maud
2023[48]	Jordan Peele – Nope	Zach Cregger – Barbarian David Cronenberg – Crimes of the Future Ti West – X Chloe Okuno – Watcher
2024	Lee Cronin – Evil Dead Rise	Brandon Cronenberg – Infinity Pool Danny and Michael Philippou – Talk To Me Demián Rugna – When Evil Lurks Arkasha Stevenson – The First Omen

Best Screenplay

Winners and nominees

Fangoria Chainsaw Award for Best Screenplay

Year	Winners	Nominations
1992[18]	The Silence of the Lambs – Ted Tally	Maniac Cop 2 – Larry Cohen The People Under the Stairs – Wes Craven Terminator 2: Judgment Day – James Cameron and William Wisher Warlock – David Twohy
1993[19]	Bram Stoker's Dracula – James V. Hart	Naked Lunch – David Cronenberg Candyman – Bernard Rose Hellraiser III: Hell on Earth – Peter Atkins The Resurrected – Brent V. Friedman
1994[20]	The Dark Half – George A. Romero	The Ambulance – Larry Cohen Jason Goes to Hell: The Final Friday – Dean Lorey and Jay Huguely Freaked – Tom Stern, Alex Winter, and Tim Burns Dead Alive – Stephen Sinclair, Frances Walsh, and Peter Jackson
1995[21]	Wes Craven's New Nightmare – Wes Craven	Cronos – Guillermo del Toro Mary Shelley's Frankenstein – Steph Lady and Frank Darabont Interview with the Vampire – Anne Rice Jack Be Nimble – Garth Maxwell
1996[22]	Se7en – Andrew Kevin Walker	N/A
1997[23]	Scream – Kevin Williamson	From Dusk till Dawn – Quentin Tarantino The Frighteners – Peter Jackson and Fran Walsh The Craft – Peter Filardi and Andrew Fleming Cemetery Man – Gianni Romali
1998[24]	Scream 2 – Kevin Williamson	Lost Highway – David Lynch and Barry Gifford
1999[25]	Dark City – Alex Proyas, Lem Dobbs and David S. Goyer	Funny Games – Michael Haneke Apt Pupil – Brandon Boyce Bride of Chucky – Don Mancini Vampires – Don Jakoby
2000[26]	The Sixth Sense – M. Night Shyamalan	Stir of Echoes – David Koepp Open Your Eyes– Alejandro Amenábar and Mateo Gil The Day of the Beast – Jorge Guerricaechevarría and Álex de la Iglesia eXistenZ – David Cronenberg
2001[27]	Shadow of the Vampire – Steven Katz	American Psycho – Mary Harron and Guinevere Turner Pitch Black – David Twohy, Jim Wheat and Ken Wheat The Cell – Mark Protosevich Requiem for a Dream – Darren Aronofsky and Hubert Selby Jr.
2002[28]	Ginger Snaps – Karen Walton	Audition – Daisuke Tengan Hannibal – Steven Zaillian and David Mamet The Convent – Chaton Anderson The Devil's Backbone – Guillermo del Toro, Antonio Trashorras and David Muñoz
2003[29]	Frailty – Brent Hanley	Blade II – David S. Goyer Wendigo – Larry Fessenden Dagon – Dennis Paoli Wolf Girl – Lori Lansens
2004[30]	28 Days Later – Alex Garland	Bubba Ho-Tep – Don Coscarelli May – Lucky McKee Cabin Fever – Eli Roth and Randy Pearlstein Spider – Patrick McGrath
2005[31]	Shaun of the Dead – Edgar Wright and Simon Pegg	Ginger Snaps 2: Unleashed – Megan Martin My Little Eye – David Hilton and James Watkins Hellboy – Guillermo del Toro The Machinist – Scott Kosar
2006[32]	The Devil's Rejects – Rob Zombie	Dark Water – Rafael Yglesias Land of the Dead – George A. Romero Wolf Creek – Greg McLean Satan's Little Helper – Jeff Lieberman
2007	No Ceremony	No Ceremony
2008	No Ceremony	No Ceremony
2009[33]	Let the Right One In – John Ajvide Lindqvist	Teeth – Mitchell Lichtenstein Jack Brooks: Monster Slayer – John Ainslie and Jon Knautz Cloverfield – Matt Reeves Stuck – John Strysik
2010[34]	Martyrs – Pascal Laugier	Deadgirl – Trent Haaga From Within – Brad Keene Surveillance – Jennifer Lynch and Kent Harper The Burrowers – J.T. Petty The Children – Tom Shankland and Paul Andrew Williams
2011[34]	Black Swan – Andres Heinz, Mark Heyman, John J. McLaughlin	Buried – Chris Sparling I Sell the Dead – Glenn McQuaid Triangle – Christopher Smith Rec 2 – Jaume Balagueró, Manu Díaz and Paco Plaza
2012[34]	Tucker and Dale vs Evil – Eli Craig and Morgan Jurgenson	Stake Land – Nick Damici and Jim Mickle Attack the Block – Joe Cornish Red White & Blue – Simon Rumley Black Death – Dario Poloni The Skin I Live In – Pedro Almodóvar and Agustín Almodóvar

Worst Film

Winners and nominees

Fangoria Chainsaw Award for Worst Film

Year	Winners	Nominations
1992 [18]	Freddy's Dead: The Final Nightmare – Rachel Talalay	N/A
1993[19]	Dr. Giggles – Manny Coto	N/A
1994[20]	Leprechaun – Mark Jones	N/A
1995[21]	Leprechaun 2 – Rodman Flender	N/A
1996[22]	Halloween: The Curse of Michael Myers – Joe Chappelle	N/A
1997[23]	The Crow: City of Angels – Tim Pope	N/A
1998[24]	Spawn – Mark A.Z. Dippé	Anaconda – Luis Llosa
1999[25]	I Still Know What You Did Last Summer – Danny Cannon	Godzilla – Roland Emmerich
2000[26]	The Haunting – Jan de Bont	The Blair Witch Project – Eduardo Sánchez and Daniel Myrick
2001[27]	Book of Shadows: Blair Witch 2 – Joe Berlinger	Hellraiser: Inferno – Scott Derrickson Urban Legends: Final Cut – John Ottman
2002[28]	Valentine – Jamie Blanks	Hannibal – Ridley Scott The Mummy Returns – Stephen Sommers Thir13en Ghosts – Steve Beck
2003[29]	FeardotCom – William Malone	Halloween: Resurrection – Rick Rosenthal Ghost Ship – Steve Beck The Ring – Gore Verbinski Signs – M. Night Shyamalan
2004[30]	House of the Dead – Uwe Boll	House of 1000 Corpses – Rob Zombie The Texas Chainsaw Massacre – Marcus Nispel Cabin Fever – Eli Roth 28 Days Later – Danny Boyle Dreamcatcher – Lawrence Kasdan Jeepers Creepers 2 – Victor Salva
2005[31]	The Village – M. Night Shyamalan	Van Helsing – Stephen Sommers The Grudge – Takashi Shimizu AVP: Alien vs. Predator – Paul W. S. Anderson Open Water – Chris Kentis
2006[32]	The Fog – Rupert Wainwright	N/A
2007	No Ceremony	No Ceremony
2008	No Ceremony	No Ceremony
2009[33]	Prom Night – Nelson McCormick	The Happening – M. Night Shyamalan Twilight – Catherine Hardwicke Cloverfield – Matt Reeves Saw V – David Hackl
2010[34]	Friday the 13th – Marcus Nispel	Paranormal Activity – Oren Peli Halloween II – Rob Zombie The Box – Richard Kelly The Final Destination – David R. Ellis The Twilight Saga: New Moon – Chris Weitz
2011[35]	A Nightmare on Elm Street – Samuel Bayer	My Soul to Take – Wes Craven The Human Centipede (First Sequence) – Tom Six Splice – Vincenzo Natali Vampires Suck – Jason Friedberg and Aaron Seltzer
2012[36]	The Human Centipede 2 (Full Sequence) – Tom Six	Fright Night – Craig Gillespie Paranormal Activity 3 – Ariel Schulman and Henry Joost Shark Night – Troy Nixey Creature – Fred M. Andrews
2013[37]	Paranormal Activity 4 – Ariel Schulman and Henry Joost	Piranha 3DD – John Gulager The Apparition – Todd Lincoln The Devil Inside – William Brent Bell Smiley – Michael J. Gallagher
2014[38]	Texas Chainsaw 3D – John Luessenhop	The Last Exorcism Part II – Ed Gass-Donnelly Evil Dead – Fede Álvarez The Lords of Salem – Rob Zombie Dracula 3D – Dario Argento The Purge – James DeMonaco
2015[39]	Ouija – Stiles White	Tusk – Kevin Smith Leprechaun: Origins – Zach Lipovsky Annabelle – John R. Leonetti Oculus – Mike Flanagan
2016[40]	Poltergeist – Gil Kenan	The Human Centipede 3 (Final Sequence) – Tom Six Paranormal Activity: The Ghost Dimension – Gregory Plotkin The Gallows – Chris Lofing and Travis Cluff The Visit – M. Night Shyamalan
2017[41]	The Forest – Jason Zada	Blair Witch – Adam Wingard 31 – Rob Zombie Boo! A Madea Halloween – Tyler Perry Resident Evil: The Final Chapter – Paul W. S. Anderson

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