# 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. As of 2015, Fangoria also delivers awards to television series.

## 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:
* List of nominees:
* Announced on: July 8, 2024
* Presented on: October 13, 2024

### 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:
* List of nominees:
* Announced on: January 27, 2023
* Presented on: May 21, 2023

### 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:

### 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 |

### 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:

### 2002

The 11th Annual Fangoria Chainsaw Awards:

## Best Wide Release Film
### Winners and nominees

Fangoria Chainsaw Award for Best Wide Release Film :
| Year | Winners | Nominations |
| 1992 | 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 | 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 | 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 | 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 | Se7en – David Fincher | N/A |
| 1997 | Scream – Wes Craven | From Dusk till Dawn – Robert Rodriguez The Frighteners – Peter Jackson The Craft – Andrew Fleming |
| 1998 | Scream 2 – Wes Craven | The Devil's Advocate – Taylor Hackford Alien Resurrection – Jean-Pierre Jeunet |
| 1999 | Dark City – Alex Proyas | Halloween H20: 20 Years Later – Steve Miner Apt Pupil – Bryan Singer Bride of Chucky – Ronny Yu Vampires – John Carpenter |
| 2000 | 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 | American Psycho – Mary Harron | Pitch Black – David Twohy The Cell – Tarsem Singh Shadow of the Vampire – E. Elias Merhige Final Destination – James Wong |
| 2002 | Jeepers Creepers – Victor Salva | The Others – Alejandro Amenábar Hannibal – Ridley Scott From Hell – Terry Hayes and Rafael Yglesias Joy Ride – John Dahl |
| 2003 | The Ring – Gore Verbinski | Frailty – Bill Paxton Brotherhood of the Wolf – Christophe Gans Blade II – Guillermo del Toro Signs – M. Night Shyamalan |
| 2004 | 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 | Shawn of the Dead – Edgar Wright | Dawn of the Dead – Zack Snyder Saw – James Wan Hellboy – Guillermo del Toro Open Water – Chris Kentis |
| 2006 | 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 | Hellboy 2: The Golden Army – Guillermo del Toro | The Ruins – Carter Smith Quarantine – John Erick Dowdle Cloverfield – Matt Reeves The Strangers – Bryan Bertino |
| 2010 | 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 | Black Swan – Darren Aronofsky | Let Me In – Matt Reeves The Crazies – Breck Eisner Splice – Vincenzo Natali The Last Exorcism – Daniel Stamm |
| 2012 | 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 | 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 | The Conjuring – James Wan | You're Next – Adam Wingard Evil Dead – Fede Álvarez Insidious: Chapter 2 – James Wan Mama – Andy Muschietti |
| 2015 | Oculus – Mike Flanagan | Godzilla – Gareth Edwards As Above, So Below – John Erick Dowdle Dracula Untold – Gary Shore The Quiet Ones – John Pogue |
| 2016 | It Follows – David Robert Mitchell | Crimson Peak – Guillermo del Toro Krampus – Michael Dougherty The Gift – Joel Edgerton The Visit – M. Night Shyamalan |
| 2017 | 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 | Hereditary – Ari Aster | Halloween – David Gordon Green Overlord – Julius Avery A Quiet Place – John Krasinski Upgrade – Leigh Whannell |
| 2020 | 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 | The Invisible Man – Leigh Whannell | Freaky – Christopher Landon Gretel & Hansel – Oz Perkins The Hunt – Craig Zobel Underwater – William Eubank |
| 2022 | 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 | The Black Phone – Scott Derrickson | Barbarian – Zach Creggar Nope – Jordan Peele Pearl – Ti West X – Ti West |
| 2024 | 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 | 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 | 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 | 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 | Phantasm III – Brian Yuzna | Body Snatchers – Abel Ferrara Cronos – Guillermo del Toro Jack Be Nimble – Garth Maxwell Trauma – Dario Argento |
| 1996 | Castle Freak – Stuart Gordon | N/A |
| 1997 | 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 | Lost Highway – David Lynch | Crash – David Cronenberg |
| 1999 | The Night Flier – Mark Pavia | Cube – Vincenzo Natali Funny Games – Michael Haneke Shadow Builder – Jamie Dixon The Ugly – Scott Reynolds |
| 2000 | 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 | 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 | Ginger Snaps – John Fawcett | The Convent – Mike Mendez Audition – Takashi Miike Session 9 – Brad Anderson The Devil's Backbone – Guillermo del Toro |
| 2003 | Dog Soldiers – Neil Marshall | Dagon – Stuart Gordon Wendigo – Larry Fessenden Mermaid Chronicles Part 1: She Creature – Sebastian Gutierrez Wolf Girl – Thom Fitzgerald |
| 2004 | Bubba Ho-Tep – Don Coscarelli | May – Lucky McKee Beyond Re-Animator – Brian Yuzna Nightstalker – Chris Fisher Spider – David Cronenberg |
| 2005 | 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 | 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 | 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 | 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 | 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 | 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 | Absentia – Mike Flanagan | Kill List – Ben Wheatley Compliance – Craig Zobel A Lonely Place to Die – Julian Gilbey The Revenant – D. Kerry Prior |
| 2014 | 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 | The Babadook – Jennifer Kent | Under the Skin – Jonathan Glazer Housebound – Gerard Johnstone The Sacrament – Ti West The Battery – Jeremy Gardner |
| 2016 | 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 | 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 | Mandy – Panos Cosmatos | Anna and the Apocalypse – John McPhail Revenge – Coralie Fargeat Suspiria – Luca Guadagnino Terrifier – Damien Leone |
| 2020 | 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 | 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 | PG: Psycho Goreman – Steven Kostanski | Come True – Anthony Scott Burns Hurt – Sonny Mallhi In the Earth – Ben Wheatley Werewolves Within – Josh Ruben |
| 2023 | 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 | 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 | 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 | 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 | 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 | 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 | 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 | Terrified – Demián Rugna | Blue My Mind – Lisa Brühlmann Cold Hell – Stefan Ruzowitzky The Housemaid – Derek Nguyen The Night Eats the World – Dominique Rocher |
| 2020 | 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 | La Llorona – Jayro Bustamante | Bacurau – Kleber Mendonça Filho and Juliano Dornelles Blood Quantum – Jeff Barnaby Impetigore – Joko Anwar Sputnik – Egor Abramenko |
| 2022 | Titane – Julia Ducournau | Detention – John Hsu Lamb – Valdimar Jóhannsson The Queen of Black Magic – Kimo Stamboel The Feast – Lee Haven Jones |
| 2023 | 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 | Bird Box – Susanne Bier | Apostle – Gareth Evans Black Mirror: Bandersnatch – David Slade Cam – Daniel Goldhaber Verónica – Paco Plaza |
| 2020 | The Perfection – Richard Shepard | Eli – Ciarán Foy Little Monsters – Abe Forsythe Velvet Buzzsaw – Dan Gilroy The Nightshifter – Dennison Ramalho |
| 2021 | Host – Rob Savage | Anything for Jackson – Justin G. Dyck The Beach House – Jeffrey A. Brown The Mortuary Collection – Ryan Spindell Run – Aneesh Chaganty |
| 2022 | 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 | 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 | 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 | 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 | Come to Daddy – Ant Timpson | Amulet – Romola Garai Extra Ordinary – Mike Ahern and Enda Loughman Impetigore – Joko Anwar Sea Fever – Neasa Hardiman |
| 2022 | 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 | 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 | 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 | 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 | 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 | 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 | Ari Aster – Hereditary | Panos Cosmatos – Mandy John Krasinski – A Quiet Place Coralie Fargeat – Revenge Demián Rugna – Terrified |
| 2020 | 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 | 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 | Edgar Wright – Last Night in Soho | David Bruckner – The Night House Anthony Scott Burns – Come True Julia Ducournau – Titane Rose Glass – Saint Maud |
| 2023 | 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 | 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 | 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 | 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 | 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 | Se7en – Andrew Kevin Walker | N/A |
| 1997 | 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 | Scream 2 – Kevin Williamson | Lost Highway – David Lynch and Barry Gifford |
| 1999 | 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 | 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 | 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 | 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 | Frailty – Brent Hanley | Blade II – David S. Goyer Wendigo – Larry Fessenden Dagon – Dennis Paoli Wolf Girl – Lori Lansens |
| 2004 | 28 Days Later – Alex Garland | Bubba Ho-Tep – Don Coscarelli May – Lucky McKee Cabin Fever – Eli Roth and Randy Pearlstein Spider – Patrick McGrath |
| 2005 | 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 | 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 | 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 | 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 | 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 | 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 | Freddy's Dead: The Final Nightmare – Rachel Talalay | N/A |
| 1993 | Dr. Giggles – Manny Coto | N/A |
| 1994 | Leprechaun – Mark Jones | N/A |
| 1995 | Leprechaun 2 – Rodman Flender | N/A |
| 1996 | Halloween: The Curse of Michael Myers – Joe Chappelle | N/A |
| 1997 | The Crow: City of Angels – Tim Pope | N/A |
| 1998 | Spawn – Mark A.Z. Dippé | Anaconda – Luis Llosa |
| 1999 | I Still Know What You Did Last Summer – Danny Cannon | Godzilla – Roland Emmerich |
| 2000 | The Haunting – Jan de Bont | The Blair Witch Project – Eduardo Sánchez and Daniel Myrick |
| 2001 | Book of Shadows: Blair Witch 2 – Joe Berlinger | Hellraiser: Inferno – Scott Derrickson Urban Legends: Final Cut – John Ottman |
| 2002 | Valentine – Jamie Blanks | Hannibal – Ridley Scott The Mummy Returns – Stephen Sommers Thir13en Ghosts – Steve Beck |
| 2003 | FeardotCom – William Malone | Halloween: Resurrection – Rick Rosenthal Ghost Ship – Steve Beck The Ring – Gore Verbinski Signs – M. Night Shyamalan |
| 2004 | 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 | 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 | The Fog – Rupert Wainwright | N/A |
| 2007 | No Ceremony | No Ceremony |
| 2008 | No Ceremony | No Ceremony |
| 2009 | Prom Night – Nelson McCormick | The Happening – M. Night Shyamalan Twilight – Catherine Hardwicke Cloverfield – Matt Reeves Saw V – David Hackl |
| 2010 | 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 | 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 | 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 | 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 | 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 | Ouija – Stiles White | Tusk – Kevin Smith Leprechaun: Origins – Zach Lipovsky Annabelle – John R. Leonetti Oculus – Mike Flanagan |
| 2016 | 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 | 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 |