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20th Fangoria Chainsaw Awards | |
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Presented by | Fangoria |
Announced on | February 7, 2017 |
Highlights | |
Most nominations | Green Room , The Witch , The Invitation (film, 4); Ash vs Evil Dead (television, 5) |
The Fangoria Chainsaw Awards are an award ceremony that goes out to horror films and thriller films. Beginning in 1992 the awards were expanded and an annual ceremony was inaugurated to give out the awards. The nominees were announced in February 2017 [1] and the winners are to be announced in late April. [2] "The winners are followed by the runners-up." [3]
Nominations | Films |
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5 | Ash vs Evil Dead |
4 | Channel Zero: Candle Cove |
Stranger Things | |
3 | The Exorcist |
Salem | |
2 | American Horror Story: Roanoke |
The Walking Dead | |
Bates Motel | |
Penny Dreadful |
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