The horror! ‘Sinners’ and ‘The Substance’ lead Fangoria Chainsaw Awards nominations of year’s scariest offerings

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The grossest, goriest, and most gratuitous of the year are set to be feted at the 2025 Fangoria Chainsaw Awards.

The horror magazine has unveiled the nominees for its signature awards, which includes the big categories you'd expect — like Best Wide Release and Best Lead Performance — and some you mind not—like Best Video Game and Best Public Domain Resurrection.

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The Chainsaw Awards are also among the first opportunities for this year's potential awards frontrunner, Sinners, to flex its muscles. (Metaphorical muscles. Michael B. Jordan's are currently streaming on HBO Max.) Ryan Coogler's period vampire thriller is in contention for Best Wide Release — where it will compete with 28 Years Later — and boasts a total of ten nominations in all.

With an eligibility window that ran from July 2024 to June 2025, the Chainsaw Awards also include some of last year's awards contenders, including The Substance, which tied Sinners for nominations.

Check out the complete nominations list for the 2025 Fangoria Chainsaw Awards, which are decided by a public vote over at the magazine's official site. Voting closes on July 20.

BEST WIDE RELEASE28 Years LaterBring Her BackFinal Destination: BloodlinesHereticLonglegsNosferatuSinnersStrange DarlingThe SubstanceThe Ugly Stepsister

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BEST LIMITED RELEASE MOVIEAzraelFrankie FreakoFreaky TalesGet AwayLittle Bites

BEST STREAMING PREMIEREBest Wishes to AllCannibal MukbangGazerMr. CrocketThere’s a Zombie Outside

BEST INTERNATIONAL MOVIECuckooDangerous AnimalsOddityRed RoomsThe Ugly Stepsister

BEST FIRST FEATUREBest Wishes to AllBlink TwiceCannibal MukbangMr. CrocketThe Ugly Stepsister

BEST LEAD PERFORMANCELily-Rose Depp, NosferatuWilla Fitzgerald, Strange DarlingSally Hawkins, Bring Her BackMichael B. Jordan, SinnersMaika Monroe, LonglegsDemi Moore, The SubstanceLea Myren, The Ugly StepsisterHunter Schafer, CuckooNaomi Scott, Smile 2Sophie Thatcher, Companion

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BEST SUPPORTING PERFORMANCENicolas Cage, LonglegsMiles Caton, SinnersRalph Fiennes, 28 Years LaterHugh Grant, HereticDavid Jonsson, Alien: RomulusWunmi Mosaku, SinnersJack O'Connell, SinnersMargaret Qualley, The SubstanceBill Skarsgård, NosferatuDan Stevens, Cuckoo

BEST DIRECTORDanny Boyle, 28 Years LaterRyan Coogler, SinnersRobert Eggers, NosferatuCoralie Fargeat, The SubstanceOsgood Perkins, Longlegs

BEST SCREENPLAYScott Beck & Bryan Woods, HereticRyan Coogler, SinnersCoralie Fargeat, The SubstanceBill Hinzman & Danny Philippou, Bring Her BackJ.T. Mollner, Strange Darling

BEST CINEMATOGRAPHYAutumn Durald Arkapaw, SinnersAndres Arochi, LonglegsJarin Blaschke, NosferatuBenjamin Kracun, The SubstanceAnthony Dod Mantle, 28 Years Later

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BEST SCORERobin Carolan, NosferatuLudwig Göransson, SinnersRaffertie, The SubstanceYoung Fathers, 28 Years LaterZilgi, Longlegs

BEST COSTUME DESIGNRuth E. Carter, SinnersLinda Muir, NosferatuManon Rasmussen, The Ugly StepsisterMari-An Ceo, MaXXXineEmmanuelle Youchnovski, The Substance

BEST MAKEUP FXFelix Fox, Harlow MacFarlane, Werner Pretorius, LonglegsDamien Leone, Terrifier 3John Nolan, 28 Years LaterPierre Olivier Persin, Stéphanie Guillon, The SubstanceDavid White, Traci Loader, Nosferatu

BEST CREATURE FXPaul McDonnell, OddityJeremy Selenfriend / Millennium FX / Morphology / Studio Gillis, Smile 2Pierre Olivier Persin, The SubstanceStudio Gillis, WerewolvesLegacy Effects / Studio Gillis / Wētā Workshop, Alien: Romulus

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BEST DOCUMENTARY FEATUREDoc of ChuckyGeorge A. Romero’s Resident EvilIn Search of Darkness: 1990 – 1994Suzzanna: The Queen of Black MagicThe J-Horror Virus

BEST NON-FICTION TV SERIES OR MINISERIESThe Boulet Brothers’ DragulaHorror’s GreatestThe Last Drive-InSvengoolie

BEST SERIESThe Creep TapesFromThe Last of UsSquid GameYellowjackets

BEST VIDEO GAMEDeath Stranding 2MouthwashingSilent Hill 2 RemakeSlitterheadSorry We're Closed

BEST PUBLIC DOMAIN RESURRECTIONPopeye’s RevengeMousetrapPopeye the Slayer ManScreamboatShiver Me TimbersPeter Pan’s Neverland Nightmare

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