It's that time of year again for Fangoria's anticipated Chainsaw Award nominations for horror movies and terrifying television, and we have a look at the full list of nominations, including Ti West's Pearl, Jordan Peele's Nope (leading with 10 nominations), and the second season of Don Mancini's Chucky TV series:
Press Release: FANGORIA and FANGORIA Studios have released their 2023 Chainsaw Award nominations, which recognizes outstanding achievements in horror film and television. Since 1992, the Chainsaw Awards have honored top achievements in the horror genre, with past recipients including Wes Craven, George A. Romero, Lupita Nyong’o, Anthony Hopkins, and Elisabeth Moss.
“Nope,” written and directed by Jordan Peele, leads the pack with ten nominations including Best Wide Release Movie and Best Director. Other nominees include “Barbarian,” “Pearl,” “Hellraiser,” “Chucky” and “Yellowjackets.” FANGORIA has also introduced two new categories this year: Best Short and Best Cinematography.
Editor-in-chief of FANGORIA Phil Nobile Jr. states, “We shouldn’t be surprised at the lack of love horror received from mainstream awards this year, but 2022 was an embarrassment of riches for the horror fan, and to see none of it nominated by the bigger institutions was a bit of a shock. As ever, FANGORIA is happy to pick up the slack.
“The genre excellence on display in 2022 encompasses veterans and new voices, productions of all sizes, and every color of the dark. The competition this year is going to be a bloodbath.”
To vote for your favorite nominees, visit here. Details on the award ceremony and where you can watch will be announced at a later date.
VOTE NOW: https://fangoria.com/vote
Full list of nominees:
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 Darknesss: 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!”
About FANGORIA:
Since 1979, FANGORIA has lived up to its moniker as “First In Fright,” growing across the decades to become one of the most influential horror brands in the genre. At one point the only place on newsstands where fans could read about the world of contemporary horror, today FANGORIA has adapted to a world it helped create – into a multimedia platform company, spanning across print, digital, studio (film and television), podcasts, merchandise and more. Under publishers Tara Ansley and Abhi Goel, the brand is expanding from the page into the digital space as an iconic genre media destination, with the website and magazine headed by Editor-in-Chief Phil Nobile Jr., Digital Editor Angel Melanson, and Creative Director Jason Kauzlarich.
FANGORIA’s current mission is to honor its legacy through expansion into original film and television under the brand’s newly launched production arm, FANGORIA Studios, led by SVP of Film and Television Armen Aghaeian. FANGORIA Studios will develop and produce film, television and podcasts using the iconic FANGORIA, STARLOG and GOREZONE brands.
Now in its fourth decade, Fango celebrates a massive and diverse community of creators and fans, and is at the forefront of the current moment of celebrating genre as a legitimate entertainment space – one where all are welcome. When it comes to horror, everyone screams in the same language.
Raised on a steady diet of R.L. Stine’s Goosebumps books and Are You Afraid of the Dark?, Derek has been fascinated with fear since he first saw ForeverWare being used on an episode of Eerie, Indiana.
When he’s not writing about horror as the Senior News Reporter for Daily Dead, Derek can be found daydreaming about the Santa Carla Boardwalk from The Lost Boys or reading Stephen King and Brian Keene novels.
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