Fangoria Chainsaw Awards

Fangoria Chainsaw Awards
Fangoria Chainsaw Awards
Country	United States
Presented by	Fangoria
First award	1992
Website	www.fangoria.com/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.

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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

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

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

Best Wide Release	Best Limited Release
The Invisible Man, dir. Leigh Whannell Freaky, dir. Christopher Landon Gretel & Hansel, dir. Oz Perkins The Hunt, dir. Craig Zobel Underwater, dir. William Eubank	Color Out of Space, dir. Richard Stanley The Dark and the Wicked, dir. Bryan Bertino Possessor, dir. Brandon Cronenberg Relic, dir. Natalie Erika James The Wolf of Snow Hollow, dir. Jim Cummings
Best Streaming Premiere	Best Foreign Film
Host, dir. Rob Savage Anything for Jackson, dir. Justin G. Dyck The Beach House, dir. Jeffrey A. Brown His House, dir. Remi Weekes The Mortuary Collection, dir. Ryan Spindell Run, dir. Aneesh Chaganty	La Llorona, dir. Jayro Bustamante Bacurau, dir. Kleber Mendonça Filho and Juliano Dornelles Blood Quantum, dir. Jeff Barnaby Impetigore, dir. Joko Anwar Sputnik, dir. Egor Abramenko
Best First Feature	Best Director
Come to Daddy, dir. Ant Timpson Amulet, dir. Romola Garai Dead Dicks, dir. Chris Bavota Extra Ordinary, dir. Mike Ahern and Enda Loughman Sea Fever, dir. Neasa Hardiman	Leigh Whannell, The Invisible Man Bryan Bertino, The Dark and the Wicked Justin G. Dyck, Anything for Jackson Romola Garai, Amulet Natalie Erika James, Relic Remi Weekes, His House
Best Lead Performance	Best Supporting Performance
Elisabeth Moss, The Invisible Man as Cecilia Kass Jim Cummings, The Wolf of Snow Hollow as John Marshall Ṣọpẹ́ Dìrísù, His House as Bol Majur Jeremy Gardner, After Midnight as Hank Heston Horwin, Dead Dicks as Richie Marin Ireland, The Dark and the Wicked as Louise Straker Carla Juri, Amulet as Magda Tamara Lawrance, Kindred as Charlotte Emily Mortimer, Relic as Kay Wunmi Mosaku, His House as Rial Majur Andrea Riseborough, Possessor as Tasya Vos Alec Secăreanu, Amulet as Tomas Vince Vaughn, Freaky as The Butcher/Millie Kessler	Clancy Brown, The Mortuary Collection as Montgomery Dark Xander Berkeley, The Dark and the Wicked as Priest Will Forte, Extra Ordinary as Christian Winter Brea Grant, After Midnight as Abby Udo Kier, Bacurau as Michael Alice Krige, Gretel & Hansel as Witch Stephen McHattie, Come to Daddy as Gordon Robyn Nevin, Relic as Edna Julie Oliver-Touchstone, The Dark and the Wicked as Virginia Straker Misha Osherovich, Freaky as Josh Detmer Vanessa Williams, Bad Hair as Zora
Best Screenplay	Best Score
Leigh Whannell, The Invisible Man Kleber Mendonça Filho and Juliano Dornelles, Bacurau Toby Harvard, Come to Daddy Michael Kennedy and Christopher Landon, Freaky Remi Weekes, His House	Jim Williams, Possessor Roque Baños, His House ROB, Gretel & Hansel Tom Schraeder, The Dark and the Wicked Christopher Young and Lustmord, The Empty Man
Best Makeup FX	Best Creature FX
Dan Martin, Possessor Alterian Studios, Freaky Amalgamated Dynamics, The Mortuary Collection Liz Byrne, Gretel & Hansel Paul Jones, Random Acts of Violence	Dan Martin, Color Out of Space Jim Henson's Creature Shop, Come Play David Martí and Montse Ribé, His House Erik Porn, [[The Wretched (film)\|The Wretched] Cliff Wallace, Amulet
Best Series	Achievement in Non-Fiction
What We Do in the Shadows Dracula The Haunting of Bly Manor Helstrom Lovecraft Country	The Last Drive-in with Joe Bob Briggs Blood & Flesh: The Reel Life and Ghastly Death of Al Adamson The Boulet Brothers' Dragula: Resurrection Cursed Films Leap of Faith: William Friedkin on The Exorcist]] Scream, Queen! My Nightmare on Elm Street
Best Kill (write-in category)
Emily's Death, The Invisible Man

Best Wide Release	Best Limited Release
Midsommar, dir. Ari Aster Crawl, dir. Alexandre Aja Doctor Sleep, dir. Mike Flanagan It Chapter Two, dir. Andy Muschietti Ready or Not, dir. Matt Bettinelli-Olpin and Tyler Gillett Us, dir. Jordan Peele	The Lighthouse, dir. Robert Eggers Bliss, dir. Joe Begos Daniel Isn't Real, dir. Adam Egypt Mortimer In Fabric, dir. Peter Strickland Nightmare Cinema, dir. Alejandro Brugués, Joe Dante, Mick Garris, Ryūhei Kitamura, and David Slade Satanic Panic, dir. Chelsea Stardust
Best Streaming Premiere	Best Foreign Film
The Perfection, dir. Richard Shepard Eli, dir. Ciarán Foy In the Tall Grass, dir. Vincenzo Natali Little Monsters, dir. Abe Forsythe The Nightshifter, dir. Dennison Ramalho Velvet Buzzsaw, dir. Dan Gilroy	Tigers Are Not Afraid, dir. Issa López Hagazussa, dir. Lukas Feigelfeld Knife + Heart, dir. Yann Gonzalez Koko-di Koko-da, dir. Johannes Nyholm Luz, dir. Tilman Singer One Cut of the Dead, dir. Shin'ichirô Ueda
Best First Feature	Best Director
Girl on the Third Floor, dir. Travis Stevens Braid, dir. Mitzi Peirone Darlin', dir. Pollyanna McIntosh The Hole in the Ground, dir. Lee Cronin The Wind, dir. Emma Tammi	Ari Aster,Midsommar Joe Begos, Bliss Robert Eggers, The Lighthouse Mike Flanagan, Doctor Sleep Jordan Peele, Us Shin'ichirô Ueda, One Cut of the Dead
Best Actor	Best Actress
*Robert Pattinson, The Lighthouse* as Ephraim Winslow** Winston Duke, Us as Gabriel "Gabe" Wilson/Abraham Lief Edlund Johansson, Koko-di Koko-da as Tobias Ewan McGregor, Doctor Sleep as Danny Torrance Daniel de Oliveria, The Nightshifter as Stênio	Lupita Nyong’o, Us as Adelaide Wilson/Red Kiersey Clemons, Sweetheart as Jenn Caitlin Gerard, The Wind as Elizabeth ‘Lizzy’ Macklin Florence Pugh, Midsommar as Dani Ardor Samara Weaving, Ready or Not as Grace Le Domas
Best Supporting Actor	Best Supporting Actress
*Willem Dafoe, The Lighthouse* as Thomas Wake** Alex Breaux, Depraved as Adam Bill Hader, It Chapter Two as Richie Tozier John Lithgow, Pet Sematary as Jud Crandall Jackson Robert Scott, The Prodigy as Miles Blume	*Rebecca Ferguson, Doctor Sleep* as Rose the Hat** Kyliegh Curran, Doctor Sleep as Abra Stone Zoey Deutch, Zombieland: Double Tap as Madison Marianne Jean-Baptiste, In Fabric as Sheila Ruby Modine, Satanic Panic as Judi Ross
Best Screenplay	Best Score
Ari Aster, Midsommar Guy Busick and R. Christopher Murphy, Ready or Not Mike Flanagan, Doctor Sleep Grady Hendrix (story by Hendrix and Ted Geoghegan), Satanic Panic Jordan Peele, Us Shin'ichirô Ueda, One Cut of the Dead	The Haxan Cloak, Midsommar Cavern of Anti-Matter, In Fabric Mark Korven, The Lighthouse The Newton Brothers, Doctor Sleep Simon Waskow, Luz
Best Makeup FX	Best Creature FX
Mike Marino, The Dead Don't Die – Britney Federline and Marcelo A.M.P., The Nightshifter Dan Martin , Girl on the Third Floor Josh and Sierra Russell, Bliss Brian Spears and Peter Gerner, Depraved	Spectral Motion, Scary Stories to Tell in the Dark Steve Boyle, Boar Todd Masters, Child’s Play Adrien Morot, The Lighthouse Neville Page, Sweetheart Dan Rebert, Itsy Bitsy
Best Series	Best Kill (write-in category)
Stranger Things Are You Afraid of the Dark? Castle Rock Creepshow Into the Dark Marianne	"Christian and the Bear Suit on Fire" - Midsommar

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

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

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

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

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