The Fangoria Chainsaw Awards is an award ceremony focused on horror and thriller films run by Fangoria, an American horror film fan magazine. Beginning in 1992, the awards were expanded and an annual ceremony was inaugurated to give out the awards.Ken Williams, "Scary Films--and Fans--in Focus", Los Angeles Times, May 14, 1992. As of 2015, Fangoria also delivers awards to television series.
Ceremonies Year Host(s) Best Wide Release Best Limited Release Best International Movie Best Streaming Premiere Ref 1992 Bruce Campbell The Silence of the Lambs Bride of Re-Animator Not awarded Not awarded 1993 Bram Stoker's Dracula The Resurrected 1994 Linnea Quigley Army of Darkness Dead Alive 1995 Rick Overton and Scott LaRose The Crow Phantasm III: Lord of the Dead 1996 Seven Castle Freak 1997 No host Scream Cemetery Man 1998 Scream 2 Lost Highway 1999 Dark City The Night Flier 2000 The Sixth Sense The Day of the Beast 2001 American Psycho Cherry Falls 2002 Jeepers Creepers Ginger Snaps 2003 The Ring Dog Soldiers 2004 28 Days Later Bubba Ho-Tep 2005 Shaun of the Dead Ginger Snaps 2: Unleashed 2006 The Devil's Rejects Toolbox Murders 2007 Cancelled 2008 2009 No host Hellboy II: The Golden Army Let the Right One In Not awarded Not awarded 2010 Drag Me to Hell Trick 'r Treat 2011 Black Swan The Human Centipede (First Sequence) 2012 Insidious Tucker & Dale vs. Evil Trollhunter 2013 The Cabin in the Woods Absentia Juan of the Dead 2014 The Conjuring V/H/S/2 Here Comes the Devil 2015 Oculus The Babadook Big Bad Wolves 2016 It Follows What We Do in the Shadows Goodnight Mommy 2017 The Witch The Autopsy of Jane Doe Train to Busan 2018 Cancelled 2019 No host Hereditary Mandy Terrified Bird Box 2020 Shock Waves Midsommar The Lighthouse Tigers Are Not Afraid The Perfection 2021 David Dastmalchian The Invisible Man Color Out of Space La Llorona Host 2022 Malignant PG: Psycho Goreman Titane Fear Street Part Three: 1666 2023 David Dastmalchian and Peaches Christ The Black Phone Terrifier 2 Speak No Evil Prey 2024 David Dastmalchian and Angel Melanson Godzilla Minus One I Saw the TV Glow When Evil Lurks V/H/S/85 2025 Josh Ruben and Barbara Crampton Sinners Azrael Oddity Mr. Crocket 2026 Devon Sawa TBA TBA TBA TBA
Categories Film Best Wide Release Film - since 1992 Best Limited Release Film - since 1992 Best Streaming Premiere Film - since 2019 Best International Film - since 2019 Best Documentary Film - since 2022 Best First Film - since 2019 Best Director - since 2019 Best Lead Performance - since 2021 Best Supporting Performance - since 2021 Best Screenplay - since 1992 Best Score - since 1992 Best Cinematography - since 2023 Best Makeup FX - since 1992 Best Creature FX - since 2019 Best Costume Design - since 2022 Best Documentary Feature Best Kill - since 2019
Television Best TV Series Best Nonfiction Series or Miniseries
Other Best Video Game Best Public Domain Resurrection Fangoria Horror Hall of Fame Fangoria Lifetime Achievement Award The Editor's Eyeball Award
Discontinued awards Worst Film - 1992 - 2017 Best Actor - 1992 - 2020 Best Actress - 1992 - 2020 Best Supporting Actor - 1992 - 2020 Best Supporting Actress - 1992 - 2020 Best TV Actor Best TV Actress Best TV Supporting Actor Best TV Supporting Actress Best TV SFX
Films with multiple wins Films with 4 and more wins.
Wins Films Bram Stoker’s Dracula Hereditary Midsommar Army of Darkness Black Swan The Babadook Evil Dead Rise The Cabin in the Woods Insidious Let the Right One In Scream Shaun of the Dead The Silence of the LambsSinners The Sixth Sense
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 Seven – 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 CravenThe 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 Aja2007 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 Flanagan2018 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 Bruckner2023The 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 LynchCrash – 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 Balagueró2007 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