The 32nd Fangoria Chainsaw Awards honored the best horror films that were released between July 2025 and June 2026. The nominees were announced on July 2, 2026. The ceremony will be livestreamed on Shudder on October 25, 2026.
Among the nominees, 28 Years Later: The Bone Temple and Dust Bunny led with nine nominations each.
Winners and nominees
Best Wide Release Best Limited Release 28 Years Later: The Bone Temple − Directed by Nia DaCosta Backrooms − Directed by Kane Parsons The Bride! − Directed by Maggie Gyllenhaal Faces of Death − Directed by Daniel Goldhaber Forbidden Fruits − Directed by Meredith Alloway Hokum − Directed by Damian McCarthy Leviticus − Directed by Adrian Chiarella Obsession − Directed by Curry Barker Send Help − Directed by Sam Raimi Weapons − Directed by Zach Cregger Dust Bunny − Directed by Bryan Fuller Mārama − Directed by Taratoa Stappard Queens of the Dead − Directed by Tina Romero The Serpent's Skin − Directed by Alice Maio Mackay Touch Me − Directed by Addison Heimann Best International Movie Best Streaming Premiere Alpha − Directed by Julia Ducournau Exit 8 − Directed by Genki Kawamura Mārama − Directed by Taratoa Stappard Reflection in a Dead Diamond − Directed by Hélène Cattet and Bruno Forzani The Wailing − Directed by Pedro Martín-Calero I Am Frankelda − Directed by Arturo and Roy Ambriz Influencers − Directed by Kurtis David Harder Mother of Flies − Directed by John Adams, Toby Poser and Zelda Adams Reflection in a Dead Diamond − Directed by Hélène Cattet and Bruno Forzani V/H/S/Halloween − Directed by Bryan M. Ferguson, Casper Kelly, Micheline Pitt-Norman, R.H. Norman, Alex Ross Perry, Paco Plaza and Anna Zlokovic Best Director Best First Feature Curry Barker − Obsession Zach Cregger − Weapons Nia DaCosta − 28 Years Later: The Bone Temple Bryan Fuller − Dust Bunny Maggie Gyllenhaal − The Bride! Backrooms − Directed by Kane Parsons Buffet Infinity − Directed by Simon Glassman Dust Bunny − Directed by Bryan Fuller Iron Lung − Directed by Markiplier Queens of the Dead − Directed by Tina Romero Best Lead Performance Best Supporting Performance Zazie Beetz − They Will Kill You as Asia Reaves Jessie Buckley − The Bride! as Ida / The Bride / Mary Shelley Peter Dinklage − The Toxic Avenger as Winston Gooze / the Toxic Avenger / Toxie Chiwetel Ejiofor − Backrooms as Clark Ralph Fiennes − 28 Years Later: The Bone Temple as Dr Ian Kelson Rachel McAdams − Send Help as Linda Liddle Inde Navarrette − Obsession as Nikki Freeman Toby Poser − Mother of Flies as Solveig Adam Scott − Hokum as Ohm Bauman Sophie Sloan − Dust Bunny as Aurora Stacy Clausen − Leviticus as Ryan Whelan Jacob Elordi − Frankenstein as The Creature Elle Fanning − Predator: Badlands as Thia / Tessa Regina Hall − Scary Movie as Brenda Meeks David Jonsson − The Long Walk as Peter "Pete" McVries (#23) Amy Madigan − Weapons as Aunt Gladys Mads Mikkelsen − Dust Bunny as Resident 5B Dacre Montgomery − Faces of Death as Arthur Spevak Jack O'Connell − 28 Years Later: The Bone Temple as Sir Lord Jimmy Crystal Sigourney Weaver − Dust Bunny as Laverne Best Screenplay Best Score 28 Years Later: The Bone Temple − Alex Garland Faces of Death − Isa Mazzei and Daniel Goldhaber Hokum − Damian McCarthy Obsession − Curry Barker Weapons − Zach Cregger 28 Years Later: The Bone Temple − Hildur Guðnadóttir Backrooms − Kane Parsons and Edo Van Breemen Faces of Death − Gavin Brivik Frankenstein − Alexandre Desplat Mother Mary − Daniel Hart Best Make-Up FX Best Creature FX 28 Years Later: The Bone Temple − John Nolan Frankenstein − Mike Hill Lee Cronin's The Mummy − Arjen Tuiten The Bride! − Chris Gallaher, Nadia Stacey and Scott Stoddard The Toxic Avenger − Millennium FX Backrooms − Werner Pretorius and Amazing Ape Productions Dust Bunny − Legacy Effects Five Nights at Freddy's 2 − Jim Henson's Creature Shop Predator: Badlands − Studio Gillis and Wētā Workshop Primate − Millennium FX Best Costume Design Best Cinematography 28 Years Later: The Bone Temple − Carson McColl and Gareth Pugh Dust Bunny − Olivier Bériot and Catherine Leterrier Frankenstein − Kate Hawley Queens of the Dead − David Tabbert The Bride! − Sandy Powell 28 Years Later: The Bone Temple − Sean Bobbitt Backrooms − Jeremy Cox Dust Bunny − Nicole Hirsch Whitaker Hokum − Colm Hogan Mother Mary − Andrew Droz Palermo and Rina Yang Best Documentary Feature Best Video Game 1000 Women in Horror Chain Reactions In Search of Darkness: 1995-1999 The Last Sacrifice Strange Journey: The Story of Rocky Horror Fatal Frame II: Crimson Butterfly Remake Little Nightmares III No, I'm Not a Human Resident Evil Requiem Silent Hill f Best Series Best Non-Fiction Series or Miniseries Alien: Earth The Creep Tapes Something Very Bad Is Going to Happen The Vampire Lestat Widow's Bay The Boulet Brothers' Dragula: Titans Grave Conversations The Last Drive-in with Joe Bob Briggs Monstrum Svengoolie
References
External links Fangoria website