# 2021 Fangoria Chainsaw Awards

The 23rd Fangoria Chainsaw Awards is an award ceremony presented for horror films that were released in 2020. The nominees were announced on January 20, 2021. The film The Invisible Man won five of its five nominations, including Best Wide Release, as well as the write-in poll of Best Kill. Color Out Of Space and Possessor each took two awards. His House did not win any of its seven nominations. The ceremony was exclusively livestreamed for the first time on Shudder.

## Winners and nominees

| Best Wide Release | Best Limited Release |
| The Invisible Man – Directed by Leigh Whannell Freaky – Directed by Christopher Landon Gretel & Hansel – Directed by Oz Perkins The Hunt – Directed by Craig Zobel Underwater – Directed by William Eubank | Color Out of Space – Directed by Richard Stanley The Dark and the Wicked – Directed by Bryan Bertino Possessor – Directed by Brandon Cronenberg Relic – Directed by Natalie Erika James The Wolf of Snow Hollow – Directed by Jim Cummings |
| Best Streaming Premiere | Best Foreign Film |
| Host – Directed by Rob Savage Anything for Jackson – Directed by Justin G. Dyck The Beach House – Directed by Jeffrey A. Brown His House – Directed by Remi Weekes The Mortuary Collection – Directed by Ryan Spindell Run – Directed by Aneesh Chaganty | La Llorona – Directed by Jayro Bustamante Bacurau – Directed by Kleber Mendonça Filho, Juliano Dornelles Blood Quantum – Directed by Jeff Barnaby Impetigore – Directed by Joko Anwar Sputnik – Directed by Egor Abramenko |
| Best First Feature | Best Director |
| Come to Daddy – Directed by Ant Timpson Amulet – Directed by Romola Garai Dead Dicks – Directed by Chris Bavota Extra Ordinary – Directed by Mike Ahern, Enda Loughman Sea Fever – Directed by Neasa Hardiman | The Invisible Man – Directed by Leigh Whannell The Dark and the Wicked – Directed by Bryan Bertino Anything for Jackson – Directed by Justin G. Dyck Amulet – Directed by Romola Garai Relic – Directed by Natalie Erika James His House – Directed by Remi Weekes |
| Best Lead Performance | Best Supporting Performance |
| Elisabeth Moss – The Invisible Man as Cecilia Kass Jim Cummings – The Wolf of Snow Hollow as John Marshall Sopé 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 Secareanu – Amulet as Tomas Vince Vaughn – Freaky as The Butcher | 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 |
| The Invisible Man – Written by Leigh Whannell Bacurau – Written by Kleber Mendonça Filho & Juliano Dornelles Come to Daddy – Written by Toby Harvard Freaky – Written by Michael Kennedy & Christopher Landon His House – Written by Remi Weekes | Possessor – Jim Williams His House – Roque Baños Gretel & Hansel – Rob The Dark and the Wicked – Tom Schraeder The Empty Man – Christopher Young & Lustmord |
| Best Makeup FX | Best Creature FX |
| Possessor – Dan Martin Freaky– Alterian Studios The Mortuary Collection – Amalgamated Dynamics Gretel & Hansel – Liz Byrne Random Acts of Violence – Paul Jones | Color Out of Space – Dan Martin Come Play – Jim Henson Studio His House - David Martí & Montse Ribé The Wretched – Erik Porn Amulet – Cliff Wallace |
| Best Series | Best Kill (write-in category) |
| What We Do in the Shadows Dracula The Haunting of Bly Manor Helstrom Lovecraft Country | "Emily's Death" – The Invisible Man |
| Achievement In Non-Fiction | |
| 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 | |