FANGORIA Chainsaw Awards, The Horror Oscars, Announce Nominees

One immediate new change fans will notice to this year’s FANGORIA Chainsaw Awards is that there is a new category on the list: Best Video Game. This is a logical inclusion as many horror fans are also gamers, and there are usually plenty of popular horror games every year.

This year’s nominees in the category include the likes of the Dead Space Remake, the Resident Evil 4 Remake, and the game of The Texas Chain Saw Massacre.

Another change to this year’s FANGORIA Chainsaw Awards is an extended range of what movies are eligible, going this year from January of 2023 to June of 2024. That provides quite a lot of selection, making this year packed with some very popular horror films.

Of course the big category that everyone is keeping their eye on is the Best Wide Release Movie, essentially the FANGORIA Chainsaw Awards equivalent of Best Picture from the Oscars.

There are 10 nominees in total, but some of the major contenders include M3GAN, Godzilla Minus One, The First Omen, and Evil Dead Rise. With so many popular options on the list, it is hard to predict which film might come out on top this year.

For those unfamiliar, another detail that makes the FANGORIA Chainsaw Awards unique is that everyday fans decide the winners by voting in a poll that everyone has access to.

While some critics might worry that this system could be susceptible to trolling from fans intentionally orchestrating to make a joke pick win, the Oscars system has not been without criticism either. Some on the Oscars committee have admitted to not even watching all of the nominees every year.

Other major categories in the FANGORIA Chainsaw Awards include Best Television Series, which has some stiff competition this year from a variety of highly praised shows.

This year that includes The Last of Us, Chucky, Yellowjackets, Interview with the Vampire, and The Fall of the House of Usher.

Since the FANGORIA Chainsaw Awards are a horror award show, that also elevates the importance of awards focusing on costuming since monsters are such a big part of the genre.

In the Best Creature FX category, movies like Five Nights at Freddy’s, and The Last Voyage of the Demeter are some of the major nominees this year.

Lastly, the FANGORIA Chainsaw Awards also has a unique system for its Best Kill category. Since people dying happens so frequently in horror movies, it would not be practical to list all the iconic deaths that have happened in movies over the last year.

So for that category, fans have to write in their choice. But if you are going to cast your vote for this year’s nominations, do so quickly, as the polls close on July 20.

Source: Fangoria