“Obsession” topped the charts at this year’s Fangoria Chainsaw Awards, clinching five awards, including accolades for Best Director, awarded to Curry Barker, and Best Lead Performance, awarded to Inde Navarrette.
The fan-driven ceremony, which recognizes outstanding achievements in horror film, television, and gaming, aired on Shudder this past Sunday and was hosted by actor Devon Sawa (“Final Destination,” “Chucky”). Highlighting the event were standout moments like Lin Shaye, star of “Insidious,” presenting the evening’s final award to “Obsession,” and Dee Wallace, known for her role in “Cujo,” awarding the Goodest Boy trophy to Indy, the Nova Scotia retriever featured in “Good Boy.”
Michael Varrati, who penned and directed the awards ceremony, shared, “Similar to the genre it celebrates, part of the joy of the Chainsaw Awards is our ability to take risks. Horror enthusiasts not only want to honor the films and talents that keep them engaged, but they also desire to do so in a way that reflects their passion for the genre.” Varrati emphasized that this includes recognizing beloved animal performances and sending the host into entertaining phobias, such as navigating a corn maze filled with surprises.
“Backrooms” followed closely behind with three wins, snagging the awards for Best First Feature, Best Cinematography, and Best Score. “Widow’s Bay” was awarded Best Series, while “Resident Evil: Requiem” took the title for Best Video Game.
Among the special recognitions of the night, Joe Bird, known for “Talk to Me” and “Leviticus,” received the Editor’s Eyeball Award, celebrating his rising influence in the horror genre. A second Editor’s Eyeball Award was given to co-presenter James A. Janisse, acknowledging him and Chelsea Rebecca for launching the horror-centric YouTube channel, “Dead Meat.”
The ceremony was executive produced by Armen Aghaeian, Tara Ansley, and Abhi Goel, with Amanda Grace Collins taking the lead as producer, while Phil Nobile Jr. and Varrati served as co-producers.
For the complete list of winners, visit the section below:
Best Wide Release
- “28 Years Later: The Bone Temple”
- “Backrooms”
- “The Bride!”
- “Faces of Death”
- “Forbidden Fruits”
- “Hokum”
- WINNER: “Obsession”
- “Send Help”
- “Weapons”
Best Limited Release Movie
- WINNER: “Dust Bunny”
- “Mārama”
- “Queen of the Dead”
- “The Serpent’s Skin”
- “Touch Me”
Best Streaming Premiere
- “I Am Frankelda”
- “Influencers”
- “Mother of Flies”
- “Reflection in a Dead Diamond”
- WINNER: “V/H/S/Halloween”
Best International Movie
- “Alpha”
- WINNER: “Exit 8”
- “Mārama”
- “Reflection in a Dead Diamond”
- “The Wailing”
Best First Feature
- WINNER: “Backrooms”
- “Buffet Infinity”
- “Dust Bunny”
- “Iron Lung”
- “Queens of the Dead”
Best Lead Performance
- Zazie Beetz, “They Will Kill You”
- Jessie Buckley, “The Bride!”
- Peter Dinklage, “The Toxic Avenger”
- Chiwetel Ejiofor, “Backrooms”
- Ralph Fiennes, “28 Years Later: The Bone Temple”
- Rachel McAdams, “Send Help”
- WINNER: Inde Navarette, “Obsession”
- Toby Poser, “Mother of Flies”
- Adam Scott, “Hokum”
- Sophie Sloan, “Dust Bunny”
Best Supporting Performance
- Stacy Clausen, “Leviticus”
- Jacob Elordi, “Frankenstein”
- Elle Fanning, “Predator: Badlands”
- Regina Hall, “Scary Movie”
- David Jonsson, “The Long Walk”
- WINNER: Amy Madigan, “Weapons”
- Mads Mikkelsen, “Dust Bunny”
- Dacre Montgomery, “Faces of Death”
- Jack O’Connell, “28 Years Later: The Bone Temple”
- Sigourney Weaver, “Dust Bunny”
- WINNER: Curry Barker, “Obsession”
- Zach Cregger, “Weapons”
- Nia DaCosta, “28 Years Later: The Bone Temple”
- Bryan Fuller, “Dust Bunny”
- Maggie Gyllenhaal, “The Bride!”
- WINNER: Curry Barker, “Obsession”
- Zach Cregger, “Weapons”
- Alex Garland, “28 Years Later: The Bone Temple”
- Isa Mazzei and Daniel Goldhaber, “Faces of Death”
- Damian McCarthy, “Hokum”
- Sean Bobbitt, “28 Years Later: The Bone Temple”
- WINNER: Jeremy Cox, “Backrooms”
- Andrew Droz Palermo and Rina Yang, “Mother Mary”
- Nicole Hirsch Whitaker, “Dust Bunny”
- Colm Hogan, “Hokum”
Best Score
- Galvin Brivik, “Faces of Death”
- Alexandre Desplat, “Frankenstein”
- Hildur Guðnadóttir, “28 Years Later: The Bone Temple”
- Daniel Hart, “Mother Mary”
- WINNER: Kane Parsons and Edo Van Breemen, “Backrooms”
- Olivier Bériot and Catherine Leterrier, “Dust Bunny”
- WINNER: Kate Hawley, “Frankenstein”
- Carson McColl and Gareth Pugh, “28 Years Later: The Bone Temple”
- Sandy Powell, “The Bride!”
- David Tabbert, “Queens of the Dead”
Best Makeup FX
- Chris Gallaher, Nadia Stacey and Scott Stoddard, “The Bride!”
- WINNER: Mike Hill, “Frankenstein”
- Millennium FX, “The Toxic Avenger”
- John Nolan, “28 Years Later: The Bone Temple”
- Arjen Tuiten, “Lee Cronin’s The Mummy”
Best Creature FX
- Legacy Effects, “Dust Bunny”
- Studio Gillis and Wētā Workshop, “Predator: Badlands”
- Millenium FX, “Primate”
- Werner Pretorius and Amazing Ape Productions, “Backrooms”
- WINNER: Jim Henson’s Creature Shop, “Five Nights at Freddy’s 2”
- “1000 Women in Horror”
- “Chain Reactions”
- WINNER: “In Search of Darkness: 1995-1999”
- “The Last Sacrifice”
- “Strange Journey: The Story of Rocky Horror”
Best Non-Fiction TV Series or Miniseries
- “The Boulet Brothers’ Dragula: Titans”
- “Grave Conversations”
- WINNER: “The Last Drive-In with Joe Bob Briggs”
- “Monstrum”
- “Svengoolie”
Best Series
- “Alien: Earth”
- “The Creep Tapes”
- “Something Very Bad Is Going to Happen”
- “The Vampire Lestat”
- WINNER: “Widow’s Bay”
Best Video Game
- “Fatal Frame II: Crimson Butterfly Remake”
- “Little Nightmares III”
- “No, I’m Not A Human”
- WINNER: “Resident Evil: Requiem”
- “Silent Hill f”
Best Kill
- “Obsession,” Brick Kill
Editor’s Eyeball Award
- Joe Bird
- James A. Janisse and Chelsea Rebecca, “Dead Meat”
Chainsaw Award for Goodest Boy
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