# 2017 Fangoria Chainsaw Awards

The Fangoria Chainsaw Awards are an award ceremony that goes out to horror films and thriller films. Beginning in 1992 the awards were expanded and an annual ceremony was inaugurated to give out the awards. The nominees were announced in February 2017 and the winners are to be announced in late April. "The winners are followed by the runners-up."

## Motion picture winners and nominees

| Best Film | Best Foreign Film |
| The Witch Green Room 10 Cloverfield Lane Don't Breathe Ouija: Origin of Evil | Train to Busan South Korea Baskin Turkey The Similars Mexico Under the Shadow United Kingdom The Wailing South Korea |
| Best Limited Release Film | Best Screenplay |
| The Autopsy of Jane Doe The Eyes of My Mother Hush I Am Not a Serial Killer The Invitation | Matt Manfredi and Phil Hay - The Invitation Jeremy Slater - Pet Benjamin R. Moody - Last Girl Standing Isaac Ezban - The Similars Richard Bates Jr. - Trash Fire |
| Best Actor | Best Actress |
| John Goodman - 10 Cloverfield Lane as Howard Stambler Anton Yelchin - Green Room as Pat Gong Yoo - Train to Busan as Seok-woo Logan Marshall-Green - The Invitation as Will Max Records - I Am Not a Serial Killer as John Wayne Cleaver | Anya Taylor-Joy - The Witch as Thomasin Kika Magalhaes - The Eyes of My Mother as Francisca Kate Siegel - Hush as Maddie Natasha Lyonne - Antibirth as Lou Samantha Robinson - The Love Witch as Elaine |
| Best Supporting Actor | Best Supporting Actress |
| Stephen Lang - Don't Breathe as Norman Nordstrom Patrick Stewart - Green Room as Darcy Banker John Carroll Lynch - The Invitation as Pruitt Ralph Ineson - The Witch as William Richard Brake - 31 as Doom-Head | Jena Malone - The Neon Demon as Ruby Ella Ballentine - The Monster as Lizzy Angela Trimbur - Trash Fire as Isabel Fiona O’Shaughnessy - Nina Forever as Nina Meg Tilly - Antibirth as Lorna |
| Best Score | Best Makeup & SFX |
| Cliff Martinez - The Neon Demon Steve Moore - The Mind's Eye Danny Bensi and Saunder Jurriaans - The Autopsy of Jane Doe Mark Korven - The Witch Wojciech Golczewski - Beyond the Gates | Wayne Eaton - Green Room Alec Gillis and Tom Woodruff Jr. - The Monster Baran Bayburt - Baskin Brian Spears and Peter Gerner - The Mind's Eye Colby Flinchum - Night of Something Strange |

### Films with multiple nominations

| Nominations | Films |
| 4 | Green Room |
| 4 | The Witch |
| 4 | The Invitation |
| 2 | 10 Cloverfield Lane |
| 2 | Don't Breathe |
| 2 | Baskin |
| 2 | The Similars |
| 2 | Train to Busan |
| 2 | The Autopsy of Jane Doe |
| 2 | The Eyes of My Mother |
| 2 | Hush |
| 2 | I Am Not a Serial Killer |
| 2 | Trash Fire |
| 2 | Antibirth |
| 2 | The Monster |
| 2 | The Neon Demon |
| 2 | The Mind's Eye |

## Television winners and nominees

| Best TV Series | Best TV SFX |
| Stranger Things Ash vs Evil Dead Black Mirror Channel Zero: Candle Cove The Exorcist | Roger Murray - Ash vs Evil Dead Greg Nicotero and Howard Berger - The Walking Dead Eryn Krueger Mekash and David LeRoy Anderson - American Horror Story: Roanoke Doug Morrow - Channel Zero: Candle Cove Matthew Mungle and Clinton Wayne - Salem |
| Best TV Actor | Best TV Actress |
| Bruce Campbell - Ash vs Evil Dead as Ash Williams Freddie Highmore - Bates Motel as Norman Bates Josh Hartnett - Penny Dreadful as Ethan Chandler Patrick Fugit - Outcast as Kyle Barnes Paul Schneider - Channel Zero: Candle Cove as Mike Painter | Millie Bobby Brown - Stranger Things as Eleven Vera Farmiga - Bates Motel as Norma Bates Eva Green - Penny Dreadful as Vanessa Ives Geena Davis - The Exorcist as Angela Rance Lucy Fry - Wolf Creek as Eve Thorogood |
| Best TV Supporting Actor | Best TV Supporting Actress |
| Jeffrey Dean Morgan - The Walking Dead as Negan David Harbour - Stranger Things as Jim Hopper Ben Daniels - The Exorcist as Father Marcus Keane Ray Santiago - Ash vs Evil Dead as Pablo Simon Bolivar Seth Gabel - Salem as Cotton Mather | Winona Ryder - Stranger Things as Joyce Byers Dana DeLorenzo - Ash vs Evil Dead as Kelly Maxwell Fiona Shaw - Channel Zero: Candle Cove as Marla Painter Sarah Paulson - American Horror Story: Roanoke as Audrey Tindall/Shelby Miller Tamzin Merchant - Salem as Anne Hale |

### TV Series with multiple nominations

| Nominations | Films |
| 5 | Ash vs Evil Dead |
| 4 | Channel Zero: Candle Cove |
| 4 | Stranger Things |
| 3 | The Exorcist |
| 3 | Salem |
| 2 | American Horror Story: Roanoke |
| 2 | The Walking Dead |
| 2 | Bates Motel |
| 2 | Penny Dreadful |