2025 Fangoria Chainsaw Awards

27th Fangoria Chainsaw Awards
Presented by	Fangoria
Announced on	July 9, 2025 (2025-07-09)
Presented on	October 19, 2025 (2025-10-19)
Highlights
Most nominations	Sinners and The Substance (10)
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The 27th Fangoria Chainsaw Awards will honor the best horror films that were released between July 2024 and June 2025. The nominees were announced on July 9, 2025. The ceremony will be livestreamed on Shudder on October 19, 2025. ^{[1] [2] [3]}

Among the nominees, Sinners and The Substance led with ten nominations each.

Winners and nominees

Best Wide Release	Best Limited Release
28 Years Later − Directed by Danny Boyle Bring Her Back − Directed by Danny and Michael Philippou Final Destination Bloodlines − Directed by Zach Lipovsky and Adam Stein Heretic − Directed by Scott Beck and Bryan Woods Longlegs − Directed by Osgood Perkins Nosferatu − Directed by Robert Eggers Sinners − Directed by Ryan Coogler Strange Darling − Directed by JT Mollner The Substance − Directed by Coralie Fargeat The Ugly Stepsister − Directed by Emilie Blichfeldt	Azrael − Directed by E. L. Katz Frankie Freako − Directed by Steven Kostanski Freaky Tales − Directed by Anna Boden and Ryan Fleck Get Away − Directed by Steffen Haars Little Bites − Directed by Spider One
Best First Feature	Best Streaming Premiere
Best Wishes to All − Directed by Yûta Shimotsu Blink Twice − Directed by Zoë Kravitz Cannibal Mukbang − Directed by Aimee Kuge Mr. Crocket − Directed by Brandon Espy The Ugly Stepsister − Directed by Emilie Blichfeldt	Best Wishes to All − Directed by Yûta Shimotsu Cannibal Mukbang − Directed by Aimee Kuge Gazer − Directed by Ryan J. Sloan Mr. Crocket − Directed by Brandon Espy There's A Zombie Outside − Directed by Michael Varrati
Best International Movie	Best Director
Cuckoo − Directed by Tilman Singer Dangerous Animals − Directed by Sean Byrne Oddity − Directed by Damian McCarthy Red Rooms − Directed by Pascal Plante The Ugly Stepsister − Directed by Emilie Blichfeldt	Danny Boyle − 28 Years Later Ryan Coogler − Sinners Robert Eggers − Nosferatu Coralie Fargeat − The Substance Osgood Perkins − Longlegs
Best Lead Performance	Best Supporting Performance
Lily-Rose Depp − Nosferatu as Ellen Hutter Willa Fitzgerald − Strange Darling as The Lady Sally Hawkins − Bring Her Back as Laura Michael B. Jordan − Sinners as Elijah "Smoke" Moore / Elias "Stack" Moore Maika Monroe − Longlegs as Lee Harker Demi Moore − The Substance as Elisabeth Sparkle Lea Myren − The Ugly Stepsister as Elvira Hunter Schafer − Cuckoo as Gretchen Naomi Scott − Smile 2 as Skye Riley Sophie Thatcher − Companion as Iris	Nicolas Cage − Longlegs as Longlegs Miles Caton − Sinners as Samuel "Sammie" Moore Ralph Fiennes − 28 Years Later as Dr. Ian Kelson Hugh Grant − Heretic as Mr. Reed David Jonsson − Alien: Romulus as Andy Wunmi Mosaku − Sinners as Annie Jack O'Connell − Sinners as Remmick Margaret Qualley − The Substance as Sue Bill Skarsgård − Nosferatu as Count Orlok Dan Stevens − Cuckoo as Herr König
Best Screenplay	Best Cinematography
Heretic − Scott Beck and Bryan Woods Sinners − Ryan Coogler Strange Darling − JT Mollner The Substance − Coralie Fargeat When Evil Lurks − Bill Hinzman and Danny Philippou	28 Years Later − Anthony Dod Mantle Longlegs − Andrés Arochi Tinajero Nosferatu − Jarin Blaschke Sinners − Autumn Durald Arkapaw The Substance − Benjamin Kračun
Best Score	Best Costume Design
28 Years Later − Young Fathers Longlegs − Zilgi Nosferatu − Robin Carolan Sinners − Ludwig Göransson The Substance − Raffertie	MaXXXine − Mari-An Ceo Nosferatu − Linda Muir Sinners − Ruth E. Carter The Substance − Emmanuelle Youchnovski The Ugly Stepsister − Manon Rasmussen
Best Make-Up FX	Best Creature FX
28 Years Later − John Nolan Longlegs − Felix Fox, Harlow MacFarlane, and Werner Pretorius Nosferatu − David White and Traci Loader The Substance − Pierre-Olivier Persin and Stéphanie Guillon Terrifier 3 − Damien Leone	Alien: Romulus − Legacy Effects, Studio Gillis, Wētā Workshop Oddity − Paul McDonnell Smile 2 − Millennium FX, Morphology, Jeremy Selenfriend, and Studio Gillis The Substance − Pierre-Olivier Persin Werewolves − Studio Gillis
Best Documentary Feature	Best Video Game
Doc of Chucky George A. Romero's Resident Evil In Search of Darkness: 1990-1994 The J-Horror Virus Suzzanna: The Queen of Black Magic	Death Stranding 2: On the Beach Mouthwashing Silent Hill 2 Remake Slitterhead Sorry We're Closed
Best Series	Best Non-Fiction Series or Miniseries
The Creep Tapes From The Last of Us Squid Game Yellowjackets	The Boulet Brothers' Dragula Horror's Greatest The Last Drive-in with Joe Bob Briggs Svengoolie
Best Public Domain Resurrection	Best Kill (write-in category)
Popeye's Revenge − Directed by William Stead The Mouse Trap − Directed by Jamie Bailey Popeye the Slayer Man − Directed by Robert Michael Ryan Screamboat − Directed by Steven LaMorte Shiver Me Timbers − Directed by Paul Stephen Mann Peter Pan's Neverland Nightmare − Directed by Scott Chambers	TBA

Editorial Eye on the Future Award
Winners are selected by the Fangoria editorial team in the spirit of looking ahead in horror. This award recognizes emerging talent in the horror space who made a significant impact in the horror industry in the last year.
WINNERS TBA

• List of winners: TBA
• List of nominees: ^[4]
• Announced on: July 9, 2025 ^[4]
• Presented on: October 19, 2025 ^[3]

References

1. Sullivan, Kevin P. (July 9, 2025). "The horror! 'Sinners' and 'The Substance' lead Fangoria Chainsaw Awards nominations of year's scariest offerings". GoldDerby . Retrieved July 9, 2025.
2. Levy, Giana (July 9, 2025). "Ryan Coogler's 'Sinners' and Coralie Fargeat's 'The Substance' Lead Fangoria's 2025 Chainsaw Awards Nominations". Variety . Archived from the original on July 9, 2025.
3. Zee, Michaela (September 16, 2025). "Fangoria Chainsaw Awards 2025 Sets October Premiere Date on Shudder (EXCLUSIVE)". Variety . Retrieved September 16, 2025.
4. Melanson, Angel (July 9, 2025). "Here Are The 2025 FANGORIA CHAINSAW AWARDS Nominees". Fangoria . Retrieved July 10, 2025.

External links

• Fangoria website