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For the first time ever, YouTube’s “Dead Meat” team is adding a ticketed live-stream event to their annual horror awards show.
Created by James A. Janisse and Chelsea Rebecca, the husband-and-wife duo behind the popular
YouTuber channel “Dead Meat,” the pre-taped 5th Annual Dead Meat Horror Awards will debut on YouTube on July 18 and simultaneously screen at the Pacific Electric in Los Angeles.
In attendance at the in-person event, which will also include a red carpet, will be the “Dead Meat” team and the awards’ presenters. Additionally, some winners will be there to accept in person alongside the live-stream.
“Dead Meat” describes its Horror Awards as “an annual celebration of the past year’s best horror films, created as a response to the way mainstream award shows tend to overlook the genre,” noting “awards are given in traditional categories such as Best Director and Best Leading Performance, as well as horror-specific categories such as Best Villain and Best Kill, and presented by notable creatives in the horror space.
The decision to create a live-stream event for this year’s “Dead Meat” awards comes as new hit horror movies including “Obsession” and “Backrooms” are creating immense buzz about the horror creator community on YouTube, where filmmakers like Curry Barker and Kane Parsons originated.
Presenters at this year’s show will include Charlotte Creaghan, David Dastmalchian, Kane Hodder, David Howard Thorton, Radio Silence and Hana Mae Lee.
Information on when and where tickets can be bought for the 2026 Dead Meat Horror Awards screening will be announced soon.
See below for the previously announced nominees across categories for the 5th Annual Dead Meat Horror Awards.
Best Standalone Horror Film
Bring Her Back
Companion
The Long Walk
Sinners
The Ugly Stepsister
Weapons
Best Director
Emilie Blichfeldt (The Ugly Stepsister)
Danny Boyle (28 Years Later)
Ryan Coogler (Sinners)
Zach Cregger (Weapons)
Guillermo del Toro (Frankenstein)
Francis Lawrence (The Long Walk)
Best Supporting Actor
Jacob Elordi (The Creature in Frankenstein)
Ralph Fiennes (Dr. Ian Kelson in 28 Years Later)
Sally Hawkins (Laura in Bring Her Back)
David Jonsson (Pete McVries in The Long Walk)
Amy Madigan (Aunt Gladys in Weapons)
Wunmi Mosaku (Annie in Sinners)
Best Kill
Final Destination: Bloodlines (Erik Campbell)
Heart Eyes (Detective Shaw)
The Monkey (Aunt Ida)
The Toxic Avenger (Bob Garbinger)
Until Dawn (The Main Cast)
Weapons (Aunt Gladys)
Best Stunts OR Choreography
Black Phone 2
Dangerous Animals
Final Destination: Bloodlines
Sinners
Weapons
Wolfman
Best Franchise Horror Film
28 Years Later
Black Phone 2
Final Destination: Bloodlines
Frankenstein
The Toxic Avenger
V/H/S/Halloween
Best Lead Actor
Miles Caton (Sammie in Sinners)
Cooper Hoffman (Ray Garraty in The Long Walk)
Michael B. Jordan (Smoke and Stack in Sinners)
Lea Myren (Elvira in The Ugly Stepsister)
Sophie Thatcher (Iris in Companion)
Alfie Williams (Spike in 28 Years Later)
Best Villain
Bring Her Back (Laura)
Dangerous Animals (Tucker)
Five Nights at Freddy’s 2 (The Animatronics)
Heart Eyes (The Heart Eyes Killer)
Sinners (Remmick)
Weapons (Aunt Gladys)
Best Production Design
28 Years Later
Final Destination: Bloodlines
Five Nights at Freddy’s 2
Frankenstein
Him
Sinners
Best Practical Effects
Final Destination: Bloodlines
Five Nights at Freddy’s 2
Frankenstein
Sinners
The Ugly Stepsister
Until Dawn
Best Digital Effects
The Conjuring: Last Rights
Final Destination: Bloodlines
Jurassic World: Rebirth
Ick
Sinners
Together
