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Horror fans, it’s time to have your say.
Fangoria has announced its Chainsaw Awards nominees for 2026, which lets fans vote on the best horror works across film, television and gaming of the last year.
Bryan Fuller’s
“Dust Bunny” leads this year’s nominees, earning 10 nods, including best wide release and best director. “28 Years Later: The Bone Temple” follows closely with nine nominations, with “Backrooms” in the third spot with six nominations, followed by Guillermo del Toro’s “Frankenstein” and Damien McCarthy’s “Hokum” with five apiece.
“Obsession,” which quickly solidified itself as a fan-favorite earlier this year, came in with four nominations, tying with “Weapons.”
Voting opens on July 2 and ends on July 15. The Fangoria Chainsaw Awards will be broadcast on Shudder on Oct. 25.
See the full list of nominees below:
Best Wide Release
“28 Years Later: The Bone Temple”
“Backrooms”
“The Bride!”
“Dust Bunny”
“Faces of Death”
“Forbidden Fruits”
“Hokum”
“Obsession”
“Send Help”
“Weapons”
Best Limited Release Movie
“Dead Lover”
“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”
“V/H/S/Halloween”
Best International Movie
“Alpha”
“Exit 8”
“Mārama”
“Reflection in a Dead Diamond”
“The Wailing”
Best First Feature
“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”
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”
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”
Best Director
Curry Barker, “Obsession”
Zach Cregger, “Weapons”
Nia DaCosta, “28 Years Later: The Bone Temple”
Bryan Fuller, “Dust Bunny”
Maggie Gyllenhaal, “The Bride!”
Best Screenplay
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”
Best Cinematography
Sean Bobbitt, “28 Years Later: The Bone Temple”
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”
Kane Parsons and Edo Van Breemen, “Backrooms”
Best Costume Design
Olivier Bériot and Catherine Leterrier, “Dust Bunny”
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!”
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”
Jim Henson’s Creature Shop, “Five Nights at Freddy’s 2”
Best Documentary Feature
“1000 Women in Horror”
“Chain Reactions”
“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”
“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”
“Widow’s Bay”
Best Video Game
“Fatal Frame II: Crimson Butterfly Remake”
“Little Nightmares III”
“No, I’m Not A Human”
“Resident Evil: Requiem”
“Silent Hill f”
