2025 • List of winners: TBA • List of nominees: • Announced on: July 9, 2025
2024 •
Best Wide Release: Godzilla Minus One •
Best Limited Release: I Saw the TV Glow •
Best Streaming Premiere: V/H/S/85 •
Best Foreign Film: When Evil Lurks •
Best First Feature: Skinamarink •
Best Director: Lee Cronin −
Evil Dead Rise •
Best Lead Performance: David Dastmalchian −
Late Night with the Devil as Jack Delroy •
Best Supporting Performance: Alyssa Sutherland −
Evil Dead Rise as Ellie •
Best Screenplay: Late Night with the Devil −
Colin Cairnes and Cameron Cairnes •
Best Cinematography: Poor Things −
Robbie Ryan •
Best Score: Godzilla Minus One −
Naoki Satō •
Best Makeup FX: Evil Dead Rise − Luke Polti •
Best Creature FX: Evil Dead Rise − Adam Johansen and Damian Martin/Odd Studio •
Best Costume Design: Poor Things −
Holly Waddington •
Best Series: The Last of Us •
Best Documentary Feature: The Legacy of the Texas Chain Saw Massacre •
Best Non-Fiction Series or Miniseries: The Last Drive-in with Joe Bob Briggs •
Best Video Games: The Texas Chain Saw Massacre •
Best Kill (write-in category): The Yoga Kill —
In a Violent Nature • '''Editor's Eyeball on the Future Award:''' •
Dewayne Perkins −
The Blackening • Dusty Gannon, Vision Video • List of winners: • List of nominees: • Announced on: July 8, 2024
2023 •
Best Wide Release: The Black Phone •
Best Limited Release: Terrifier 2 •
Best Streaming Premiere: Prey •
Best Foreign Film: Speak No Evil •
Best First Feature: Watcher •
Best Director: Jordan Peele −
Nope •
Best Lead Performance: Mia Goth −
Pearl as
Pearl •
Best Supporting Performance: Madeleine McGraw −
The Black Phone as Gwen •
Best Screenplay: The Black Phone −
C. Robert Cargill and
Scott Derrickson •
Best Cinematography: Nope −
Hoyte Van Hoytema •
Best Score: Halloween Ends −
John Carpenter, Cody Carpenter and Daniel Davies •
Best Makeup FX: Terrifier 2 −
Damien Leone •
Best Creature FX: Prey −
Alec Gillis and
Tom Woodruff Jr. •
Best Costume Design: Prey − Stephanie Porter •
Best Series: Stranger Things •
Best Documentary: Pennywise: The Story of IT •
Best Non-Fiction Series or Miniseries: 101 Scariest Horror Movie Moments of All Time •
Best Short: Close Your Eyes •
Best Kill (write-in category): Killing Allie —
Terrifier 2 • '''Editor's Eyeball on the Future Award:''' •
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: Malignant •
Best Limited Release: PG: Psycho Goreman •
Best Streaming Premiere: Fear Street Part Three: 1666 •
Best Foreign Film: Titane •
Best First Feature: Saint Maud •
Best Director: Edgar Wright −
Last Night in Soho •
Best Lead Performance: Yahya Abdul-Mateen II −
Candyman as Anthony McCoy •
Best Supporting Performance: Millicent Simmonds −
A Quiet Place Part II as Regan Abbott •
Best Screenplay: The Night House −
Ben Collins and Luke Piotrowski •
Best Score: Halloween Kills −
John Carpenter,
Cody Carpenter, and
Daniel Davies •
Best Makeup FX: Halloween Kills −
Christopher Nelson •
Best Creature FX: PG: Psycho Goreman − Steven Kostanski/MastersFX •
Best Costume Design: Last Night in Soho −
Odile Dicks-Mireaux •
Best Series: Midnight Mass •
Achievement in Non-Fiction: The Last Drive-in with Joe Bob Briggs •
Best Kill (write-in category): The Bread Slicer –
Fear Street Part One: 1994 List of winners:
2021 •
Best Wide Release: The Invisible Man •
Best Limited Release: Color Out of Space •
Best Streaming Premiere: Host •
Best Foreign Film: La Llorona •
Best First Feature: Come to Daddy •
Best Director: Leigh Whannell,
The Invisible Man •
Best Lead Performance: Elisabeth Moss,
The Invisible Man as Cecilia Kass •
Best Supporting Performance: Clancy Brown,
The Mortuary Collection as Montgomery Dark •
Best Screenplay: Leigh Whannell,
The Invisible Man •
Best Score: Jim Williams,
Possessor •
Best Makeup FX: Dan Martin,
Possessor •
Best Creature FX: Dan Martin,
Color Out of Space •
Best Series: What We Do in the Shadows •
Achievement in Non-Fiction: The Last Drive-in with Joe Bob Briggs •
Best Kill (write-in category): Emily's Death,
The Invisible Man List of winners:
2020 •
Best Wide Release: Midsommar •
Best Limited Release: The Lighthouse •
Best Streaming Premiere: The Perfection •
Best Foreign Film: Tigers Are Not Afraid •
Best First Feature: Girl on the Third Floor •
Best Director: Ari Aster,
Midsommar •
Best Actor: Robert Pattinson,
The Lighthouse as Ephraim Winslow •
Best Actress: Lupita Nyong’o,
Us as Adelaide Wilson / Red •
Best Supporting Actor: Willem Dafoe,
The Lighthouse as Thomas Wake •
Best Supporting Actress: Rebecca Ferguson,
Doctor Sleep as
Rose the Hat •
Best Screenplay: Ari Aster,
Midsommar •
Best Score: Haxan Cloak,
Midsommar •
Best Makeup FX: Mike Marino, ''
The Dead Don't Die'' •
Best Creature FX: Spectral Motion,
Scary Stories to Tell in the Dark •
Best Series: Stranger Things •
Best Kill (write-in category): "Christian and the Bear Suit on Fire" -
Midsommar List of winners:
2019 •
Best Wide Release: Hereditary •
Best Limited Release: Mandy •
Best Streaming Premiere: Bird Box •
Best Foreign Film: Terrified •
Best First Feature: Ghost Stories •
Best Director: Ari Aster,
Hereditary •
Best Actor: Nicolas Cage,
Mandy as Red Miller •
Best Actress: Toni Collette,
Hereditary •
Best Supporting Actor: Alex Wolff,
Hereditary as Peter Graham •
Best Supporting Actress: Tilda Swinton,
Suspiria as Madame Blanc/Mother Helena Markos/Dr. Josef Klemperer •
Best Screenplay: Ari Aster,
Hereditary •
Best Score: Jóhann Jóhannsson,
Mandy •
Best Makeup FX: Mark Coulier,
Suspiria •
Best Creature FX: Josh Russell and Sierra Russell,
The Ritual •
Best Series: The Haunting of Hill House •
Best Kill (write-in category): "Charlie Meets Telephone Pole" —
Hereditary 2018 The
Fangoria Chainsaw Awards were not held in 2018.
2017 •
Best Film: The Witch •
Best Limited Release Film: The Autopsy of Jane Doe •
Best Foreign Language Film: Train to Busan •
Best Makeup & SFX: Wayne Eaton
Green Room •
Best Actor: John Goodman,
10 Cloverfield Lane as Howard Stambler •
Best Actress: Anya Taylor-Joy,
The Witch as Thomasin •
Best Supporting Actor: Stephen Lang, ''
Don't Breathe'' as Norman Nordstrom •
Best Supporting Actress: Jena Malone,
The Neon Demon as Ruby •
Best Screenplay: Phil Hay and
Matt Manfredi,
The Invitation •
Best Score: Cliff Martinez,
The Neon Demon •
Best TV Series: Stranger Things •
Best TV SFX: Roger Murray,
Ash vs Evil Dead •
Best TV Actor: Bruce Campbell,
Ash vs Evil Dead as Ashley "Ash" Williams •
Best TV Actress: Millie Bobby Brown,
Stranger Things as
Eleven •
Best TV Supporting Actor: Jeffrey Dean Morgan,
The Walking Dead as
Negan •
Best TV Supporting Actress: Winona Ryder,
Stranger Things as
Joyce Byers •
Fangoria Hall of Fame: Barbara Steele •
Fangoria Lifetime Achievement Award: Boris Karloff,
Tony Todd,
Gale Ann Hurd •
Worst Film (write-in category): The Forest List of winners:
2016 List of winners:
2015 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 –
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 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 2002 The 11th Annual
Fangoria Chainsaw Awards:
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) == Films with multiple wins==