Horror fans, it’s time to have your say.
Fangoria has announced the 2026 Chainsaw Award nominees, where fans can vote for the best horror films, TV, and games of the past year.
Bryan Fuller’s “Dust Bunny” and “28 Years Later: The Bone Temple” led the way with nine nominations each, followed by “The Back Rooms” in third place with six nominations, followed by Guillermo del Toro’s “Frankenstein” and Damian McCarthy’s “Hokum” with five nominations each.
“Obsession,” which quickly solidified its status as a fan favorite earlier this year, was nominated for four categories along with “Weapons.”
Voting begins on July 2nd and ends on July 15th. The Fangoria Chainsaw Awards will air on Shudder on October 25th.
See the full list of candidates below.
Best wide release
“28 Years Later: Temple of Bone”
“Back Room”
“Bride!”
“Face of Death”
“Forbidden Fruit”
“Hokum”
“obsession”
“Send help”
“weapons”
Best Limited Release Movie
“Dead Lover”
“Dust Bunny”
“Marama”
“Queen of the Dead”
“Snake skin”
“Touch Me”
Best Streaming Premiere Award
“I’m Frankelda.”
“Influencer”
“Mother of flies”
“Reflection of a Dead Diamond”
“V/H/S/Halloween”
Best International Film Award
“alpha”
“Exit 8”
“Marama”
“Reflection of a Dead Diamond”
“Voice of lamentation”
Best first work award
“Back Room”
“Buffet Infinity”
“Dust Bunny”
“Iron Lung”
“Queens of the Dead”
best lead performance
Zazie Beetz “They Will Kill You”
Jesse Buckley “The Bride!”
Peter Dinklage “The Toxic Avenger”
Chiwetel Ejiofor “Backroom”
Ralph Fiennes “28 Years Later: The Bone Temple”
Rachel McAdams “Send Help”
Inde Navarette “Obsession”
Toby Poser “Mother of the Flies”
Adam Scott “Hokum”
Sophie Sloan “Dust Bunny”
best support performance
Stacey Clausen “Leviticus”
Jacob Elordi “Frankenstein”
Elle Fanning “Predator: Badlands”
Regina Hall “Scary Movie”
David Johnson “The Long Walk”
Amy Madigan “Weapons”
Mads Mikkelsen “Dust Bunny”
Dacre Montgomery “The Face of Death”
Jack O’Connell “28 Years Later: The Bone Temple”
Sigourney Weaver “Dust Bunny”
Best Director Award
Curry Barker “Obsession”
Zack Creger “Weapons”
Nia DaCosta “28 Years Later: Temple of Bones”
Bryan Fuller “Dust Bunny”
Maggie Gyllenhaal “The Bride!”
Best Screenplay Award
Curry Barker “Obsession”
Zack Creger “Weapons”
Alex Garland, “28 Years Later: The Temple of Bones”
Isa Mazzei and Daniel Goldhaber “The Face of Death”
Damian McCarthy “Hokum”
Best Cinematography Award
Sean Bobbitt “28 Years Later: The Bone Temple”
Jeremy Cox “Backrooms”
Andrew Doros Palermo and Lina Yang “Virgin Mary”
Nicole Hirsch Whitaker “Dust Bunny”
Colm Hogan “Hokum”
best score
Galvin Brivik “The Face of Death”
Alexandre Desplat “Frankenstein”
Hildur Guðnadóttir “28 Years Later: The Temple of Bones”
Daniel Hart “Mother Mary”
Kane Parsons and Ed Van Breemen “Back Room”
Best Costume Design Award
Olivier Beriot and Catherine Letellier “Dust Bunny”
Kate Hawley “Frankenstein”
Carson McCall and Gareth Pugh, 28 Years Later: The Temple of Bones
Sandy Powell “The Bride!”
David Tabbert “Queens of the Dead”
best makeup fx
“The Bride!” by Chris Gallaher, Nadia Stacey, and Scott Stoddard
Mike Hill “Frankenstein”
MillenniumFX “The Toxic Avenger”
John Nolan “28 Years Later: The Bone Temple”
Arjen Tuiten “Lee Cronin’s The Mummy”
Best Creature FX
Legacy effect “Dust Bunny”
Studio Gillis and Wētā Workshop “Predator: Badlands”
Millennium FX “Primate”
Werner Pretorius & Amazing Ape Productions “Backrooms”
Jim Henson’s Creature Shop “Five Nights at Freddy’s 2”
Best Documentary Award
“1000 Women in Horror”
“Chain reaction”
“In Search of Darkness: 1995-1999”
“The final sacrifice”
“Strange Journey: The Rocky Horror Story”
Best Nonfiction TV Series or Miniseries
“Dragula Titans of the Boulet Brothers”
“Tomb Conversation”
“The Last Drive-In with Joe Bob Briggs”
“Monstrum”
“Svengoli”
best series
“Alien: Earth”
“Creep Tape”
“Something really bad is about to happen.”
“Vampire Lestat”
“Widows Bay”
best video game
“Fatal Frame II Benichō Remake”
“Little Nightmares III”
“No, I’m not human.”
“Resident Evil: Requiem”
“Silent Hill F”
