2023 Fangoria Chainsaw Awards


The 25th Fangoria Chainsaw Awards is an award ceremony presented for horror films that were released in 2022. The nominees were announced on January 27, 2023. The ceremony took place on May 23, 2023.

Winners and nominees

Best Wide ReleaseBest Limited Release
The Black Phone − Directed by Scott Derrickson
Terrifier 2 − Directed by Damien Leone
  • * Orphan: First Kill − Directed by William Brent Bell
  • * Resurrection − Directed by Andrew Semans
  • * Something in the Dirt − Directed by Justin Benson and Aaron Moorhead
  • * Mad God − Directed by Phil Tippett
    • Best First FeatureBest Streaming Premiere
    Watcher − Directed by Chloe Okuno
  • * Blood Relatives − Directed by Noah Segan
  • * Deadstream − Directed by Vanessa Winter and Joseph Winter
  • * The Sadness − Directed by Rob Jabbaz
  • * We're All Going to the World's Fair − Directed by Jane Schoenbrun
    		• Prey − Directed by Dan Trachtenberg
  • * Fresh − Directed by Mimi Cave
  • * Hellbender − Directed by John Adams, Zelda Adams, and Toby Poser
  • * Hellraiser − Directed by David Bruckner
  • * A Wounded Fawn − Directed by Travis Stevens
    • Best International MovieBest Series
    Speak No Evil − Directed by Christian Tafdrup
  • * Hatching − Directed by Hanna Bergholm
  • * The Innocents − Directed by Eskil Vogt
  • * Piggy − Directed by Carlota Pereda
  • * Saloum − Directed by Jean Luc Herbulot
    		• Stranger Things
  • * Cabinet of Curiosities
  • * Chucky
  • * What We Do in the Shadows
  • * Yellowjackets
    • Best Lead PerformanceBest Supporting Performance
    Mia Goth − Pearl as Pearl
  • * Anna Diop − Nanny as Aisha
  • * Isabelle Fuhrman − Orphan: First Kill as Esther Albright
  • * Rebecca Hall − Resurrection as Margaret
  • * Daniel Kaluuya − Nope as Otis "OJ" Haywood Jr.
  • * Amber Midthunder − Prey as Naru
  • * Maika Monroe − Watcher as Julia
  • * Keke Palmer − Nope as Emerald "Em" Haywood
  • * Josh Ruben − A Wounded Fawn as Bruce Ernst
  • * Taylor Russell − Bones and All as Maren Yearly
    		• Madeleine McGraw − The Black Phone as Gwen
  • * Jamie Clayton − Hellraiser as The Priest
  • * Ethan Hawke − The Black Phone The Grabber
  • * Justin Long − Barbarian as AJ
  • * Jenna Ortega − Scream as Tara Carpenter
  • * Mark Rylance − Bones and All as Sully
  • * Rachel Sennott − Bodies Bodies Bodies as Alice
  • * Brittany Snow − X as Bobby-Lynne Parker
  • * Kristen Stewart − Crimes of the Future as Timlin
  • * Steven Yeun − Nope as Ricky "Jupe" Park
    • Best DirectorBest Documentary Feature
    Jordan Peele − Nope
  • * Zach Cregger − Barbarian
  • * David Cronenberg − Crimes of the Future
  • * Chloe Okuno − Watcher
  • * Ti West − X
    		• Pennywise: The Story of IT
  • * The Found Footage Phenomenon
  • * In Search of Darkness: Part III
  • * Living with Chucky
  • * This is Gwar
    • Best CinematographyBest Screenplay
  • Nope − Hoyte Van Hoytema
  • *Men − Rob Hardy
  • *Pearl − Eliot Rockett
  • *X − Eliot Rockett
  • *A Wounded Fawn − Ksusha Genenfeld
    		• The Black Phone − C. Robert Cargill and Scott Derrickson
  • * Barbarian − Zach Cregger
  • * The Menu − Seth Reiss and Will Tracy
  • * Nope − Jordan Peele
  • * Pearl − Mia Goth and Ti West
    • Best ScoreBest Make-Up FX
    Halloween Ends − John Carpenter, Cody Carpenter and Daniel Davies
  • * Bones and All − Trent Reznor and Atticus Ross
  • * Men − Geoff Barrow and Ben Salisbury
  • * Nope − Michael Abels
  • * Pearl − Tyler Bates and Tim Williams
    		• Terrifier 2 − Damien Leone
  • * Barbarian − Lyudmil Ivanov
  • * Crimes of the Future − Alexandra Anger and Monica Pavez/Black Spot FX
  • * Hellraiser − Josh & Sierra Russell/RussellFX
  • * X − Sarah Rubano & Kevin Wasner/WETA
    • Best Costume DesignBest Creature FX
    Prey − Stephanie Porter
  • * Crimes of the Future − Mayou Trikerioti
  • * The Munsters − András Dániel Tóth and Godena-Juhász Attila
  • * Nope − Alex Bovaird
  • * Pearl −
    		• Prey − Alec Gillis and Tom Woodruff Jr.
  • * Hatching − Gustav Hoegen
  • * Jurassic World Dominion − John Nolan
  • * Nope − Guillaume Rocheron/MPC
  • * V/H/S/99 − Troy Larson, Patrick Magee, and Mark Villalobos
    • Best Non-Fiction Series or MiniseriesBest Short
    101 Scariest Horror Movie Moments of All Time
  • * Cursed Films II
  • * The Boulet Brothers’ Dragula: Titans
  • * Joe Bob's Ghoultide Get-Together
  • * Queer for Fear
    		• Close Your Eyes
  • * Blink
  • * Guts
  • * Meat Friend
  • * O, Glory
    • Best AmityvilleBest Kill
    Amityville Christmas Vacation
  • * Amityville In Space
  • * Amityville Karen
  • * Amityville Scarecrow II
  • * Amityville Uprising
    		• Killing Allie — Terrifier 2