Forget the Academy Awards. Why? Because they forget about horror movies. Go check out the Chainsaw Awards instead.
On Friday, Fangoria and Fangoria Studios announced their 2023 Chainsaw Award nominations, recognizing outstanding achievements in horror films and television. Starting all the way back in 1992, the institution honors a genre that, quite frankly, is forgotten about by the big award ceremonies. Some past winners include Wes Craven, Lupita Nyong’o, Anthony Hopkins, and Elisabeth Moss.
As for the 2023 nominations, Nope led the pack with 10 nominations, including best wide release movie and best director. Other nominees for other categories include Barbarian, Pearl, Hellraiser, Chucky, and Yellowjackets. They even introduced some new categories this year, like Best Short and Best Cinematography.
You can vote for your favorites on the Fangoria website through February 27th at 11:59 PM PT. Details on the award ceremony and how to watch are coming soon.
The Full List Of Nominations
BEST WIDE RELEASE MOVIE:
“Barbarian”
“The Black Phone”
“Nope”
“Pearl”
“X”
BEST LIMITED-RELEASE MOVIE:
“Orphan: First Kill”
“Resurrection”
“Something in the Dirt”
“Terrifier 2”
“Mad God”
BEST STREAMING PREMIERE MOVIE:
“Fresh”
“Hellbender”
“Hellraiser”
“Prey”
“A Wounded Fawn”
BEST INTERNATIONAL MOVIE:
“Hatching”
“The Innocents”
“Piggy”
“Saloum”
“Speak No Evil”
BEST LEAD PERFORMANCE:
Anna Diop, “Nanny”
Isabelle Fuhrman, “Orphan: First Kill”
Mia Goth, “Pearl”
Rebecca Hall, “Resurrection”
Daniel Kaluuya, “Nope”
Amber Midthunder, “Prey”
Maika Monroe, “Watcher”
Keke Palmer, “Nope”
Josh Ruben, “A Wounded Fawn”
Taylor Russell, “Bones and All”
BEST SUPPORTING PERFORMANCE:
Jamie Clayton, “Hellraiser”
Ethan Hawke, “The Black Phone”
Justin Long, “Barbarian”
Madeleine McGraw, “The Black Phone”
Jenna Ortega, “Scream”
Mark Rylance, “Bones and All”
Rachel Sennott, “Bodies Bodies Bodies”
Brittany Snow, “X”
Kristen Stewart, “Crimes of the Future”
Steven Yeun, “Nope”
BEST DIRECTOR:
Zach Cregger, “Barbarian”
David Cronenberg, “Crimes of the Future”
Chloe Okuno, “Watcher”
Jordan Peele, “Nope”
Ti West, “X”
BEST SCREENPLAY:
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 CINEMATOGRAPHY:
Ksusha Genenfeld, “A Wounded Fawn”
Rob Hardy, “Men”
Eliot Rockett, “Pearl”
Eliot Rockett, “X”
Hoyte Van Hoytema, “Nope”
BEST SCORE:
Michael Abels, “Nope”
Geoff Barrow and Ben Salisbury, “Men”
Tyler Bates and Tim Williams, “Pearl”
John Carpenter, Cody Carpenter and Daniel Davies, “Halloween Ends”
Trent Reznor and Atticus Ross, “Bones and All”
BEST COSTUME DESIGN:
Alex Bovaird, “Nope”
Stephanie Portnoy Porter, “Prey”
András Dániel Tóth and Godena-Juhász Attila, “The Munsters”
Mayou Trikerioti, “Crimes of the Future”
Malgosia Turzanska, “Pearl”
BEST MAKEUP FX:
Alexandra Anger and Monica Pavez/Black Spot FX, “Crimes of the Future”
Lyudmil Ivanov, “Barbarian”
Damien Leone, “Terrifier 2”
Josh & Sierra Russell/RussellFX, “Hellraiser”
Kevin Wasner/WETA, “X”
BEST CREATURE FX:
Alec Gillis and Tom Woodruff, Jr., “Prey”
Gustav Hoegen, “Hatching”
Troy Larson, Patrick Magee, Mark Villalobos, “V/H/S/99”
John Nolan, “Jurassic World Dominion”
Guillaume Rocheron/MPC, “Nope”
BEST DOCUMENTARY FEATURE:
“The Found Footage Phenomenon”
“In Search of Darkness: Part III”
“Life with Chucky”
“Pennywise: The Story of IT”
“This is Gwar”
BEST NON-FICTION SERIES OR MINISERIES:
“101 Scariest Horror Movie Moments of All Time”
“Cursed Films II”
“Dragula: Titans”
“Joe Bob’s Ghoultide Get-Together”
“Queer for Fear”
BEST SERIES:
“Cabinet of Curiosities”
“Chucky”
“Stranger Things”
“What We Do in the Shadows”
“Yellowjackets”
BEST SHORT:
“Blink”
“Close Your Eyes”
“Guts”
“Meat Friend”
“O, Glory!”
Any awards ceremony that reflects the greatness of The Last Drive-In is good enough in my book.
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