2026 Fangoria Chainsaw Awards

32nd Fangoria Chainsaw Awards
Presented by	Fangoria
Announced on	July 2, 2026 (2026-07-02)
Presented on	October 25, 2026 (2026-10-25)
Hosted by	Devon Sawa
Highlights
Most nominations	28 Years Later: The Bone Temple and Dust Bunny (9)

The 32nd Fangoria Chainsaw Awards honored the best horror films that were released between July 2025 and June 2026. The nominees were announced on July 2, 2026. The ceremony will be livestreamed on Shudder on October 25, 2026.

Among the nominees, 28 Years Later: The Bone Temple and Dust Bunny led with nine nominations each.

Winners and nominees

Best Wide Release	Best Limited Release
28 Years Later: The Bone Temple − Directed by Nia DaCosta Backrooms − Directed by Kane Parsons The Bride! − Directed by Maggie Gyllenhaal Faces of Death − Directed by Daniel Goldhaber Forbidden Fruits − Directed by Meredith Alloway Hokum − Directed by Damian McCarthy Leviticus − Directed by Adrian Chiarella Obsession − Directed by Curry Barker Send Help − Directed by Sam Raimi Weapons − Directed by Zach Cregger	Dust Bunny − Directed by Bryan Fuller Mārama − Directed by Taratoa Stappard Queens of the Dead − Directed by Tina Romero The Serpent's Skin − Directed by Alice Maio Mackay Touch Me − Directed by Addison Heimann
Best International Movie	Best Streaming Premiere
Alpha − Directed by Julia Ducournau Exit 8 − Directed by Genki Kawamura Mārama − Directed by Taratoa Stappard Reflection in a Dead Diamond − Directed by Hélène Cattet and Bruno Forzani The Wailing − Directed by Pedro Martín-Calero	I Am Frankelda − Directed by Arturo and Roy Ambriz Influencers − Directed by Kurtis David Harder Mother of Flies − Directed by John Adams, Toby Poser and Zelda Adams Reflection in a Dead Diamond − Directed by Hélène Cattet and Bruno Forzani V/H/S/Halloween − Directed by Bryan M. Ferguson, Casper Kelly, Micheline Pitt-Norman, R.H. Norman, Alex Ross Perry, Paco Plaza and Anna Zlokovic
Best Director	Best First Feature
Curry Barker − Obsession Zach Cregger − Weapons Nia DaCosta − 28 Years Later: The Bone Temple Bryan Fuller − Dust Bunny Maggie Gyllenhaal − The Bride!	Backrooms − Directed by Kane Parsons Buffet Infinity − Directed by Simon Glassman Dust Bunny − Directed by Bryan Fuller Iron Lung − Directed by Markiplier Queens of the Dead − Directed by Tina Romero
Best Lead Performance	Best Supporting Performance
Zazie Beetz − They Will Kill You as Asia Reaves Jessie Buckley − The Bride! as Ida / The Bride / Mary Shelley Peter Dinklage − The Toxic Avenger as Winston Gooze / the Toxic Avenger / Toxie Chiwetel Ejiofor − Backrooms as Clark Ralph Fiennes − 28 Years Later: The Bone Temple as Dr Ian Kelson Rachel McAdams − Send Help as Linda Liddle Inde Navarrette − Obsession as Nikki Freeman Toby Poser − Mother of Flies as Solveig Adam Scott − Hokum as Ohm Bauman Sophie Sloan − Dust Bunny as Aurora	Stacy Clausen − Leviticus as Ryan Whelan Jacob Elordi − Frankenstein as The Creature Elle Fanning − Predator: Badlands as Thia / Tessa Regina Hall − Scary Movie as Brenda Meeks David Jonsson − The Long Walk as Peter "Pete" McVries (#23) Amy Madigan − Weapons as Aunt Gladys Mads Mikkelsen − Dust Bunny as Resident 5B Dacre Montgomery − Faces of Death as Arthur Spevak Jack O'Connell − 28 Years Later: The Bone Temple as Sir Lord Jimmy Crystal Sigourney Weaver − Dust Bunny as Laverne
Best Screenplay	Best Score
28 Years Later: The Bone Temple − Alex Garland Faces of Death − Isa Mazzei and Daniel Goldhaber Hokum − Damian McCarthy Obsession − Curry Barker Weapons − Zach Cregger	28 Years Later: The Bone Temple − Hildur Guðnadóttir Backrooms − Kane Parsons and Edo Van Breemen Faces of Death − Gavin Brivik Frankenstein − Alexandre Desplat Mother Mary − Daniel Hart
Best Make-Up FX	Best Creature FX
28 Years Later: The Bone Temple − John Nolan Frankenstein − Mike Hill Lee Cronin's The Mummy − Arjen Tuiten The Bride! − Chris Gallaher, Nadia Stacey and Scott Stoddard The Toxic Avenger − Millennium FX	Backrooms − Werner Pretorius and Amazing Ape Productions Dust Bunny − Legacy Effects Five Nights at Freddy's 2 − Jim Henson's Creature Shop Predator: Badlands − Studio Gillis and Wētā Workshop Primate − Millennium FX
Best Costume Design	Best Cinematography
28 Years Later: The Bone Temple − Carson McColl and Gareth Pugh Dust Bunny − Olivier Bériot and Catherine Leterrier Frankenstein − Kate Hawley Queens of the Dead − David Tabbert The Bride! − Sandy Powell	28 Years Later: The Bone Temple − Sean Bobbitt Backrooms − Jeremy Cox Dust Bunny − Nicole Hirsch Whitaker Hokum − Colm Hogan Mother Mary − Andrew Droz Palermo and Rina Yang
Best Documentary Feature	Best Video Game
1000 Women in Horror Chain Reactions In Search of Darkness: 1995-1999 The Last Sacrifice Strange Journey: The Story of Rocky Horror	Fatal Frame II: Crimson Butterfly Remake Little Nightmares III No, I'm Not a Human Resident Evil Requiem Silent Hill f
Best Series	Best Non-Fiction Series or Miniseries
Alien: Earth The Creep Tapes Something Very Bad Is Going to Happen The Vampire Lestat Widow's Bay	The Boulet Brothers' Dragula: Titans Grave Conversations The Last Drive-in with Joe Bob Briggs Monstrum Svengoolie

External links

• Fangoria website