Fangoria Chainsaw Awards

*Fangoria* Chainsaw Awards
Fangoria Chainsaw Awards
Current: 2025 ''Fangoria'' Chainsaw Awards
Country	United States
Presented by	Fangoria
First award	1992
Website	www.fangoria.com/chainsaw-awards

The Fangoria Chainsaw Awards is an award ceremony focused on horror and thriller films. Beginning in 1992, the awards were expanded and an annual ceremony was inaugurated to give out the awards.^[1] As of 2015, Fangoria also delivers awards to television series.

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Best Film	Best Limited Release/Direct-to-Video Film
It Follows, dir. David Robert Mitchell Crimson Peak, dir. Guillermo Del Toro Krampus, dir. Michael Dougherty The Gift, dir. Joel Edgerton The Visit, dir. M. Night Shyamalan	What We Do in the Shadows, dir. Jemaine Clement and Taika Waititi Anguish, dir. Sonny Mallhi The Final Girls, dir. Todd Strauss-Schulson Some Kind of Hate, dir. Adam Egypt Mortimer We Are Still Here, dir. Ted Geoghegan
Best Foreign Language Film	Best Makeup/Creature FX
Goodnight Mommy, dir. Veronika Franz and Severin Fiala Cub, dir. Jonas Govaerts Der Samurai, dir. Till Kleinert When Animals Dream, dir. Jonas Alexander Arnby Alleluia, dir. Fabrice Du Welz	Weta Workshop, Krampus Marcus Koch, We Are Still Here Roger Murray, Andrew Beattie, Vanessa Hurley, Storm McCracken, and Tim Wells, Deathgasm John Nolan, The Hallow Hugo Villasenor, Bone Tomahawk
Best Actor	Best Actress
*Kurt Russell, Bone Tomahawk* as Sheriff Franklin Hunt** Mark Duplass, Creep as Josef Tom Hiddleston, Crimson Peak as Thomas Sharpe Lou Taylor Pucci, Spring as Evan Russell Henry Rollins, He Never Died as Jack	*Maika Monroe, It Follows* as Jaime "Jay" Height** Abigail Breslin, Maggie as Marguerite “Maggie” Vogel Barbara Crampton, We Are Still Here as Anne Sacchetti Ryan Simpkins, Anguish as Tess Susanne Wuest, Goodnight Mommy as Mother
Best Supporting Actor	Best Supporting Actress
*Joel Edgerton, The Gift* as Gordo** Pit Bukowski, Der Samurai as Der Samurai Larry Fessenden, We Are Still Here as Jacob Lewis Richard Jenkins, Bone Tomahawk as Deputy Chicory Rainn Wilson, The Boy as William Colby	*Jessica Chastain, Crimson Peak* as Lucille Sharpe** Malin Åkerman, The Final Girls as Nancy/Amanda Cartwright Deanna Dunagan, The Visit as Marja Bella "Nana" Jamison Kate Greenhouse, He Never Died as Cara Krista Stadler, Trash Fire as "Omi" Engel
Best Screenplay	Best Score
Jemaine Clement and Taika Waititi, What We Do in the Shadows Joel Edgerton, The Gift M.A. Fortin and Joshua John Miller, The Final Girls Sonny Mallhi, Anguish Sarah Adina Smith, The Midnight Swim	Disasterpeace (Rich Vreeland), It Follows Hauschka (Volker Bertelmann), The Boy Wojciech Golczewski, We Are Still Here Claudio Simonetti, Carpenter Brut, Brian Wiacek, and Jeremy Gillespie, The Editor Fernando Velázquez, Crimson Peak
Best TV Series	Best TV Makeup/Creature FX
Ash vs Evil Dead Hannibal Penny Dreadful Salem The Walking Dead	Greg Nicotero and Howard Berger, The Walking Dead François Dagenais, Hannibal Eryn Krueger Mekash and David LeRoy Anderson, American Horror Story: Hotel Matthew Mungle and Clinton Wayne, Salem Steve Newburn and Sean Samson,The Strain
Best TV Actor	Best TV Actress
*Bruce Campbell, Ash vs Evil Dead* as Ashley "Ash" Williams** Hugh Dancy, Hannibal as Will Graham Josh Hartnett, Penny Dreadful as Ethan Chandler Mads Mikkelsen, Hannibal as Dr. Hannibal Lecter Matt Ryan, Constantine as John Constantine	*Eva Green, Penny Dreadful* as Vanessa Ives** Caroline Dhavernas, Hannibal as Dr. Alana Bloom Vera Farmiga, Bates Motel as Norma Louise Bates Lady Gaga, American Horror Story: Hotel as The Countess Janet Montgomery, Salem as Mary Walcott
Best TV Supporting Actor	Best TV Supporting Actress
*Richard Armitage, Hannibal* as Francis Dolarhyde** Seth Gabel, Salem as Cotton Mather Lennie James, The Walking Dead as Morgan Jones Rory Kinnear, Penny Dreadful as The Creature Evan Peters, American Horror Story: Hotel as James Patrick March	*Gillian Anderson, Hannibal* as Dr. Bedelia Du Maurier** Jamie Lee Curtis, Scream Queens as Dean Cathy Munsch Dana DeLorenzo, Ash vs Evil Dead as Kelly Maxwell Lucy Lawless, Salem as Countess Palatine Ingrid von Marburg Billie Piper, Penny Dreadful as Brona Croft
Fangoria Hall of Fame	Worst Film (write-in category)
Kurt Russell Barbara Crampton	Poltergeist, dir. Gil Kenan Paranormal Activity: The Ghost Dimension, dir. Gregory Plotkin The Human Centipede 3 (Final Sequence), dir. Tom Six The Gallows dir. Chris Lofing and Travis Cluff The Visit, dir. M. Night Shyamalan

Year	Winners	Nominations
1992 ^[22]	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^[23]	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^[24]	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^[25]	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^[26]	Se7en – David Fincher	N/A
1997^[27]	Scream – Wes Craven	From Dusk till Dawn – Robert Rodriguez The Frighteners – Peter Jackson The Craft – Andrew Fleming
1998^[28]	Scream 2 – Wes Craven	The Devil's Advocate – Taylor Hackford Alien Resurrection – Jean-Pierre Jeunet
1999^[29]	Dark City – Alex Proyas	Halloween H20: 20 Years Later – Steve Miner Apt Pupil – Bryan Singer Bride of Chucky – Ronny Yu Vampires – John Carpenter
2000^[30]	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^[31]	American Psycho – Mary Harron	Pitch Black – David Twohy The Cell – Tarsem Singh Shadow of the Vampire – E. Elias Merhige Final Destination – James Wong
2002^[32]	Jeepers Creepers – Victor Salva	The Others – Alejandro Amenábar Hannibal – Ridley Scott From Hell – Terry Hayes and Rafael Yglesias Joy Ride – John Dahl
2003^[33]	The Ring – Gore Verbinski	Frailty – Bill Paxton Brotherhood of the Wolf – Christophe Gans Blade II – Guillermo del Toro Signs – M. Night Shyamalan
2004^[34]	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^[35]	Shawn of the Dead – Edgar Wright	Dawn of the Dead – Zack Snyder Saw – James Wan Hellboy – Guillermo del Toro Open Water – Chris Kentis
2006^[36]	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 Aja
2007	No Ceremony	No Ceremony
2008	No Ceremony	No Ceremony
2009^[37]	Hellboy 2: The Golden Army – Guillermo del Toro	The Ruins – Carter Smith Quarantine – John Erick Dowdle Cloverfield – Matt Reeves The Strangers – Bryan Bertino
2010^[38]	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^[39]	Black Swan – Darren Aronofsky	Let Me In – Matt Reeves The Crazies – Breck Eisner Splice – Vincenzo Natali The Last Exorcism – Daniel Stamm
2012^[40]	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^[41]	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^[42]	The Conjuring – James Wan	You're Next – Adam Wingard Evil Dead – Fede Álvarez Insidious: Chapter 2 – James Wan Mama – Andy Muschietti
2015^[43]	Oculus – Mike Flanagan	Godzilla – Gareth Edwards As Above, So Below – John Erick Dowdle Dracula Untold – Gary Shore The Quiet Ones – John Pogue
2016^[44]	It Follows – David Robert Mitchell	Crimson Peak – Guillermo del Toro Krampus – Michael Dougherty The Gift – Joel Edgerton The Visit – M. Night Shyamalan
2017^[45]	The Witch – Robert Eggers	Green Room – Jeremy Saulnier 10 Cloverfield Lane – Dan Trachtenberg Don't Breathe – Fede Álvarez Ouija: Origin of Evil – Mike Flanagan
2018	No Ceremony	No Ceremony
2019^[46]	Hereditary – Ari Aster	Halloween – David Gordon Green Overlord – Julius Avery A Quiet Place – John Krasinski Upgrade – Leigh Whannell
2020^[47]	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^[48]	The Invisible Man – Leigh Whannell	Freaky – Christopher Landon Gretel & Hansel – Oz Perkins The Hunt – Craig Zobel Underwater – William Eubank
2022^[49]	Malignant – James Wan	Last Night in Soho – Edgar Wright A Quiet Place Part II – John Krasinski Candyman – Nia DaCosta The Night House – David Bruckner
2023^[50]	The Black Phone – Scott Derrickson	Barbarian – Zach Creggar Nope – Jordan Peele Pearl – Ti West X – Ti West
2024^[51]	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

Year	Winners	Nominations
1992 ^[22]	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^[23]	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^[24]	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^[25]	Phantasm III – Brian Yuzna	Body Snatchers – Abel Ferrara Cronos – Guillermo del Toro Jack Be Nimble – Garth Maxwell Trauma – Dario Argento
1996^[26]	Castle Freak – Stuart Gordon	N/A
1997^[27]	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^[28]	Lost Highway – David Lynch	Crash – David Cronenberg
1999^[29]	The Night Flier – Mark Pavia	Cube – Vincenzo Natali Funny Games – Michael Haneke Shadow Builder – Jamie Dixon The Ugly – Scott Reynolds
2000^[30]	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^[31]	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^[32]	Ginger Snaps – John Fawcett	The Convent – Mike Mendez Audition – Takashi Miike Session 9 – Brad Anderson The Devil's Backbone – Guillermo del Toro
2003^[33]	Dog Soldiers – Neil Marshall	Dagon – Stuart Gordon Wendigo – Larry Fessenden Mermaid Chronicles Part 1: She Creature – Sebastian Gutierrez Wolf Girl – Thom Fitzgerald
2004^[34]	Bubba Ho-Tep – Don Coscarelli	May – Lucky McKee Beyond Re-Animator – Brian Yuzna Nightstalker – Chris Fisher Spider – David Cronenberg
2005^[35]	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^[36]	Toolbox Murders – Tobe Hooper	Dead Birds – Alex Turner Satan's Little Helper – Jeff Lieberman Shallow Ground – Sheldon Wilson The Nameless – Jaume Balagueró
2007	No Ceremony	No Ceremony
2008	No Ceremony	No Ceremony
2009^[37]	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^[38]	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^[39]	The Human Centipede (First Sequence) – Tom Six	Antichrist – Lars von Trier Buried – Rodrigo Cortés Monsters – Gareth Edwards Rec 2 – Paco Plaza and Jaume Balagueró
2012^[40]	Tucker & Dale vs. Evil – Eli Craig	Stake Land – Jim Mickle Attack the Block – Joe Cornish Black Death – Christopher Smith Red White & Blue – Simon Rumley The Human Centipede 2 (Full Sequence) – Tom Six
2013^[41]	Absentia – Mike Flanagan	Kill List – Ben Wheatley Compliance – Craig Zobel A Lonely Place to Die – Julian Gilbey The Revenant – D. Kerry Prior
2014^[42]	V/H/S/2 – Jason Eisener, Gareth Evans, Timo Tjahjanto, Eduardo Sánchez, Gregg Hale, Simon Barrett and Adam Wingard	Stoker – Park Chan-wook We Are What We Are – Jim Mickle Berberian Sound Studio – Peter Strickland Byzantium – Neil Jordan
2015^[43]	The Babadook – Jennifer Kent	Under the Skin – Jonathan Glazer Housebound – Gerard Johnstone The Sacrament – Ti West The Battery – Jeremy Gardner
2016^[44]	What We Do in the Shadows – Taika Waititi and Jemaine Clement	We Are Still Here – Ted Geoghegan The Final Girls – Todd Strauss-Schulson Anguish – Sonny Mallhi Some Kind of Hate – Adam Egypt Mortimer
2017^[45]	The Autopsy of Jane Doe – André Øvredal	The Eyes of My Mother – Nicolas Pesce Hush – Mike Flanagan I Am Not a Serial Killer – Billy O'Brien The Invitation – Karyn Kusama
2018	No Ceremony	No Ceremony
2019^[46]	Mandy – Panos Cosmatos	Anna and the Apocalypse – John McPhail Revenge – Coralie Fargeat Suspiria – Luca Guadagnino Terrifier – Damien Leone
2020^[47]	The Lighthouse – Robert Eggers	Bliss – Joe Begos Daniel Isn't Real – Adam Egypt Mortimer In Fabric – Peter Strickland Nightmare Cinema – Alejandro Brugués, Joe Dante, Mick Garris, Ryūhei Kitamura, and David Slade Satanic Panic – Chelsea Stardust
2021^[48]	Color Out of Space – Richard Stanley	Possessor – Brandon Cronenberg Relic – Natalie Erika James The Dark and the Wicked – Bryan Bertino The Wolf of Snow Hollow – Jim Cummings
2022^[49]	PG: Psycho Goreman – Steven Kostanski	Come True – Anthony Scott Burns Hurt – Sonny Mallhi In the Earth – Ben Wheatley Werewolves Within – Josh Ruben
2023^[52]	Terrifier 2 – Damien Leone	Resurrection – Andrew Semans Orphan: First Kill – William Brent Bell Something in the Dirt – Justin Benson and Aaron Moorhead Mad God – Phil Tippett
2024	I Saw the TV Glow – Jane Schoenbrun	Cobweb – Chris Thomas Devlin The Outwaters – Robbie Banfitch Skinamarink – Kyle Edward Ball Enys Men – Mark Jenkin

Year	Winners	Nominations
2012^[40]	Trollhunter – André Øvredal	I Saw the Devil – Kim Jee-woon The Skin I Live In – Pedro Almodóvar A Serbian Film – Srdjan Spasojevic Amer – Hélène Cattet and Bruno Forzani Kidnapped – Miguel Ángel Vivas
2013^[41]	Juan of the Dead – Alejandro Brugués	Rabies – Aharon Keshales and Navot Papushado Bedevilled – Jang Cheol-soo Sleep Tight – Jaume Balagueró Cold Sweat – Adrián García Bogliano
2014^[42]	Here Comes the Devil – Adrián García Bogliano	The Condemned – Scott Wiper Tormented – Jon Wright Horror Stories – Im Dae-woon, Jung Bum-sik, Hong Ji-young, Kim Gok, Kim Sun and Min Kyu-dong Wither – Tommy Wiklund and Sonny Laguna
2015^[43]	Big Bad Wolves – Aharon Keshales and Navot Papushado	A Girl Walks Home Alone at Night – Ana Lily Amirpour Witching & Bitching – Álex de la Iglesia The House at the End of Time – Alejandro Hidalgo The Strange Colour of Your Body's Tears – Hélène Cattet and Bruno Forzani
2016^[44]	Goodnight Mommy – Veronika Franz and Severin Fiala	When Animals Dream – Jonas Alexander Arnby Der Samurai – Till Kleinert Alleluia – Fabrice Du Welz Cub – Jonas Govaerts
2017^[45]	Train to Busan – Yeon Sang-ho	Baskin – Can Evrenol The Wailing – Na Hong-jin Under the Shadow – Babak Anvari The Similars – Isaac Ezban
2018	No Ceremony	No Ceremony
2019^[46]	Terrified – Demián Rugna	Blue My Mind – Lisa Brühlmann Cold Hell – Stefan Ruzowitzky The Housemaid – Derek Nguyen The Night Eats the World – Dominique Rocher
2020^[47]	Tigers Are Not Afraid – Issa López	Hagazussa – Lukas Feigelfeld Knife+Heart – Yann Gonzalez Koko-di Koko-da – Johannes Nyholm Luz – Tilman Singer One Cut of the Dead – Shin'ichirô Ueda
2021^[48]	La Llorona – Jayro Bustamante	Bacurau – Kleber Mendonça Filho and Juliano Dornelles Blood Quantum – Jeff Barnaby Impetigore – Joko Anwar Sputnik – Egor Abramenko
2022^[49]	Titane – Julia Ducournau	Detention – John Hsu Lamb – Valdimar Jóhannsson The Queen of Black Magic – Kimo Stamboel The Feast – Lee Haven Jones
2023^[50]	Speak No Evil – Christian Tafdrup	Hatching – Hanna Bergholm Piggy – Carlota Pereda Saloum – Jean Luc Herbulot The Innocents – Eskil Vogt
2024	When Evil Lurks – Demián Rugna	Exhuma – Jang Jae-hyun The Coffee Table – Caye Casas Infested – Sébastien Vaniček Huesera: The Bone Woman – Michelle Garza Cervera

Year	Winners	Nominations
2019^[46]	Bird Box – Susanne Bier	Apostle – Gareth Evans Black Mirror: Bandersnatch – David Slade Cam – Daniel Goldhaber Verónica – Paco Plaza
2020^[47]	The Perfection – Richard Shepard	Eli – Ciarán Foy Little Monsters – Abe Forsythe Velvet Buzzsaw – Dan Gilroy The Nightshifter – Dennison Ramalho
2021^[48]	Host – Rob Savage	Anything for Jackson – Justin G. Dyck The Beach House – Jeffrey A. Brown The Mortuary Collection – Ryan Spindell Run – Aneesh Chaganty
2022^[49]	Fear Street Part Three: 1666 – Leigh Janiak	The Boy Behind the Door – Justin Powell and David Charbonier Lucky – Natasha Kermani The Power – Corinna Faith Violation – Dusty Mancinelli and Madeleine Sims-Fewer
2023^[52]	Prey – Dan Trachtenberg	Fresh – Mimi Cave Hellbender – John Adams, Zelda Adams and Toby Poser Hellraiser – Ben Collins and Luke Piotrowski A Wounded Fawn – Travis Stevens
2024	V/H/S/85 – David Bruckner, Scott Derrickson, Gigi Saul Guerrero, Natasha Kermani and Mike P. Nelson	No One Will Save You – Brian Duffield Where the Devil Roams – John Adams, Zelda Adams and Toby Poser Sick – John Hyams Totally Killer – Nahnatchka Khan

Fangoria Chainsaw Award for Best First Film
Year	Winners	Nominations
2019^[46]	Ghost Stories – Andy Nyman and Jeremy Dyson	Cargo – Ben Howling and Yolanda Ramke The Cleanse – Bobby Miller The Dark – Justin P. Lange The Ranger – Jenn Wexler
2020^[47]	Girl on the Third Floor – Travis Stevens	Braid – Mitzi Peirone Darlin' – Pollyanna McIntosh The Hole in the Ground – Lee Cronin The Wind – Emma Tammi
2021^[48]	Come to Daddy – Ant Timpson	Amulet – Romola Garai Extra Ordinary – Mike Ahern and Enda Loughman Impetigore – Joko Anwar Sea Fever – Neasa Hardiman
2022^[49]	Saint Maud – Rose Glass	Censor – Prano Bailey-Bond My Heart Can't Beat Unless You Tell It To – Jonathan Cuartas The Stylist – Jill Gevargizian The Vigil – Keith Thomas
2023^[52]	Watcher – Chloe Okuno	We're All Going to the World's Fair – Jane Schoenbrun The Sadness – Rob Jabbaz Deadstream – Vanessa Winter and Joseph Winter Blood Relatives – Noah Segan
2024^[52]	Skinamarink – Kyle Edward Ball	Stopmotion – Robert Morgan Birth/Rebirth – Laura Moss The Angry Black Girl and Her Monster – Bomani J. Story It Lives Inside – Megan Suri

Fangoria Chainsaw Award for Best Documentary Film
Year	Winners	Nominations
2022^[49]	Woodlands Dark and Days Bewitched – Kier-La Janisse	Mail Order Murder– Ross Snyder and William Hellfire Dark Shadows and Beyond: The Jonathan Frid Story – Mary O'Leary
2023^[52]	Pennywise: The Story of IT – John Campopiano and Chris Griffiths	The Found Footage Phenomenon– Sarah Appleton and Philip Escott This is GWAR – Scott Barber In Search of Darkness: Part III – David A. Weiner Living with Chucky – Kyra Gardner
2024^[52]	The Legacy of the Texas Chain Saw Massacre – Philip Escott	Dario Argento Panico – Simone Scafidi Satan Wants You – Sean Horlor and Steve J. Adams Sharksploitation – Stephen Scarlata We Kill For Love – Anthony Penta

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