2025 Fangoria Chainsaw Awards

The 27th Fangoria Chainsaw Awards honored the best horror films that were released between July 2024 and June 2025. The nominees were announced on July 9, 2025. The ceremony was livestreamed on Shudder on October 19, 2025.
Among the nominees, Sinners and The Substance led with ten nominations each. The latter received four wins, including Best Wide Release.

Winners and nominees

Winners are listed first and highlighted in bold.

Best Wide Release	Best Limited Release
Sinners − Directed by Ryan Coogler * 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 * 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
The Ugly Stepsister − Directed by Emilie Blichfeldt * 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	Mr. Crocket − Directed by Brandon Espy * Best Wishes to All − Directed by Yûta Shimotsu * Cannibal Mukbang − Directed by Aimee Kuge * Gazer − Directed by Ryan J. Sloan * There's A Zombie Outside − Directed by Michael Varrati
Best International Movie	Best Director
Oddity − Directed by Damian McCarthy * Cuckoo − Directed by Tilman Singer * Dangerous Animals − Directed by Sean Byrne * Red Rooms − Directed by Pascal Plante * The Ugly Stepsister − Directed by Emilie Blichfeldt	Ryan Coogler − Sinners * Danny Boyle − 28 Years Later * Robert Eggers − Nosferatu * Coralie Fargeat − The Substance * Osgood Perkins − Longlegs
Best Lead Performance	Best Supporting Performance
*Demi Moore − The Substance* as Elisabeth Sparkle** * 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 * 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
Sinners − Ryan Coogler * Bring Her Back − Bill Hinzman and Danny Philippou * Heretic − Scott Beck and Bryan Woods * Strange Darling − JT Mollner * The Substance − Coralie Fargeat	Nosferatu − Jarin Blaschke * 28 Years Later − Anthony Dod Mantle * Longlegs − Andrés Arochi Tinajero * Sinners − Autumn Durald Arkapaw * The Substance − Benjamin Kračun
Best Score	Best Costume Design
Sinners − Ludwig Göransson * 28 Years Later − Young Fathers * Longlegs − Zilgi * Nosferatu − Robin Carolan * The Substance − Raffertie	Nosferatu − Linda Muir * MaXXXine − Mari-An Ceo * Sinners − Ruth E. Carter * The Substance − Emmanuelle Youchnovski * The Ugly Stepsister − Manon Rasmussen
Best Make-Up FX	Best Creature FX
The Substance − Pierre-Olivier Persin and Stéphanie Guillon * 28 Years Later − John Nolan * Longlegs − Felix Fox, Harlow MacFarlane, and Werner Pretorius * Nosferatu − David White and Traci Loader * Terrifier 3 − Damien Leone	The Substance − Pierre-Olivier Persin * Alien: Romulus − Legacy Effects, Studio Gillis, Wētā Workshop * Oddity − Paul McDonnell * Smile 2 − Millennium FX, Morphology, Jeremy Selenfriend, and Studio Gillis * Werewolves − Studio Gillis
Best Documentary Feature	Best Video Game
George A. Romero's Resident Evil * Doc of Chucky * In Search of Darkness: 1990-1994 * The J-Horror Virus * Suzzanna: The Queen of Black Magic	Silent Hill 2 Remake * Death Stranding 2: On the Beach * Mouthwashing * Slitterhead * Sorry We're Closed
Best Series	Best Non-Fiction Series or Miniseries
The Last of Us * The Creep Tapes * From * Squid Game * Yellowjackets	The Last Drive-in with Joe Bob Briggs * The Boulet Brothers' Dragula * Horror's Greatest * Svengoolie
Best Public Domain Resurrection	Best Kill
Screamboat − Directed by Steven LaMorte * Popeye's Revenge − Directed by William Stead * The Mouse Trap − Directed by Jamie Bailey * Popeye the Slayer Man − Directed by Robert Michael Ryan * Shiver Me Timbers − Directed by Paul Stephen Mann * Peter Pan's Neverland Nightmare − Directed by Scott Chambers	The Shower Kill — Terrifier 3

Films with multiple nominations and awards

Nominations	Film
10	Sinners
10	The Substance
8	Nosferatu
7	Longlegs
6	28 Years Later
5	The Ugly Stepsister
3	Bring Her Back
3	Cuckoo
3	Heretic
3	Strange Darling
2	Alien: Romulus
2	Best Wishes to All
2	Cannibal Mukbang
2	Mr. Crocket
2	Oddity
2	Smile 2

Awards	Film
4	Sinners
3	The Substance
2	Nosferatu