2025 Fangoria Chainsaw Awards Nominees Announced: Horror’s Best Blood and Gore Up for Fans’ Vote

The 2025 Fangoria Chainsaw Awards have revealed their nominees, celebrating the grossest, goriest, and most thrilling horror films, series, and games of the past year. Known for honoring achievements in horror cinema and related media, the awards include fan favorites and newcomers across a range of categories.

Leading the pack is Ryan Coogler’s period vampire thriller Sinners, a potential frontrunner with a whopping 10 nominations, including Best Wide Release alongside titles like 28 Years Later, Final Destination: Bloodlines, and The Substance — which also tied for nominations with Sinners.

Fans can vote for winners in key categories including:

• Best Wide Release: Sinners, 28 Years Later, Final Destination: Bloodlines, Longlegs, The Ugly Stepsister, and more.

• Best Limited Release Movie: Azrael, Frankie Freako, Freaky Tales, Get Away, Little Bites.

• Best Streaming Premiere: Best Wishes to All, Cannibal Mukbang, Gazer, Mr. Crocket, There’s a Zombie Outside.

• Best International Movie: Cuckoo, Dangerous Animals, Oddity, Red Rooms, The Ugly Stepsister.

• Best Lead Performance: Lily-Rose Depp (Nosferatu), Michael B. Jordan (Sinners), Sally Hawkins (Bring Her Back), Demi Moore (The Substance), Naomi Scott (Smile 2), and others.

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• Best Supporting Performance: Nicolas Cage (Longlegs), Ralph Fiennes (28 Years Later), Bill Skarsgård (Nosferatu), Jack O’Connell (Sinners), and more.

• Best Director: Danny Boyle (28 Years Later), Ryan Coogler (Sinners), Robert Eggers (Nosferatu), and others.

• Plus awards for screenplay, cinematography, score, makeup FX, creature FX, costume design, documentary features, TV series, video games, and even a fun category for Best Public Domain Resurrection.

The Chainsaw Awards eligibility period runs from July 2024 to June 2025, blending last year’s standouts with fresh horror hits.

Voting is open to the public on the official Fangoria website and closes on July 20, 2025. Horror fans won’t want to miss their chance to support their favorites!