BEST WIDE RELEASE MOVIE:

  • Barbarian
  • The Black Phone
  • Nope
  • Pearl
  • X

BEST LIMITED-RELEASE MOVIE:

  • Orphan: First Kill
  • Resurrection
  • Something in the Dirt
  • Terrifier 2
  • Mad God

BEST STREAMING PREMIERE MOVIE:

  • Fresh
  • Hellbender
  • Hellraiser
  • Prey
  • A Wounded Fawn

BEST INTERNATIONAL MOVIE:

  • Hatching
  • The Innocents
  • Piggy
  • Saloum
  • Speak No Evil

BEST FIRST FEATURE:

  • Blood Relatives
  • Deadstream
  • The Sadness
  • Watcher
  • We’re All Going to the World’s Fair

BEST DIRECTOR:

  • Zach Cregger, Barbarian
  • David Cronenberg, Crimes of the Future
  • Chloe Okuno, Watcher
  • Jordan Peele, Nope
  • Ti West, X

BEST SCREENPLAY:

  • C. Robert Cargill and Scott Derrickson, The Black Phone
  • Zach Cregger, Barbarian
  • Mia Goth and Ti West, Pearl
  • Jordan Peele, Nope
  • Seth Reiss and Will Tracy, The Menu

BEST LEAD PERFORMANCE:

  • Anna Diop, Nanny
  • Isabelle Fuhrman, Orphan: First Kill
  • Mia Goth, Pearl
  • Rebecca Hall, Resurrection
  • Daniel Kaluuya, Nope
  • Amber Midthunder, Prey
  • Maika Monroe, Watcher
  • Keke Palmer, Nope
  • Josh Ruben, A Wounded Fawn
  • Taylor Russell, Bones and All

BEST SUPPORTING PERFORMANCE:

  • Jamie Clayton, Hellraiser
  • Ethan Hawke, The Black Phone
  • Justin Long, Barbarian
  • Madeleine McGraw, The Black Phone
  • Jenna Ortega, Scream
  • Mark Rylance, Bones and All
  • Rachel Sennott, Bodies Bodies Bodies
  • Brittany Snow, X
  • Kristen Stewart, Crimes of the Future
  • Steven Yeun, Nope

BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY:

  • Ksusha Genenfeld, A Wounded Fawn
  • Rob Hardy, Men
  • Eliot Rockett, Pearl
  • Eliot Rockett, X
  • Hoyte Van Hoytema, Nope

BEST SCORE:

  • Michael Abels, Nope
  • Geoff Barrow and Ben Salisbury, Men
  • Tyler Bates and Tim Williams, Pearl
  • John Carpenter, Cody Carpenter and Daniel Davies, Halloween Ends
  • Trent Reznor and Atticus Ross, Bones and All

BEST COSTUME DESIGN:

  • Alex Bovaird, Nope
  • Stephanie Portnoy Porter, Prey
  • András Dániel Tóth and Godena-Juhász Attila, The Munsters
  • Mayou Trikerioti, Crimes of the Future
  • Malgosia Turzanska, Pearl

BEST MAKEUP FX:

  • Alexandra Anger and Monica Pavez/Black Spot FX, Crimes of the Future
  • Lyudmil Ivanov, Barbarian
  • Damien Leone, Terrifier 2
  • Josh & Sierra Russell/RussellFX, Hellraiser
  • Sarah Rubano & Kevin Wasner / WETA, X

BEST CREATURE FX:

  • Alec Gillis and Tom Woodruff, Jr., Prey
  • Gustav Hoegen, Hatching
  • Troy Larson, Patrick Magee, Mark Villalobos, V/H/S/99
  • John Nolan, Jurassic World Dominion
  • Guillaume Rocheron/MPC, Nope

BEST DOCUMENTARY FEATURE:

  • The Found Footage Phenomenon
  • In Search of Darknesss: Part III
  • Living with Chucky
  • Pennywise: The Story of IT
  • This is Gwar

BEST NON-FICTION SERIES OR MINISERIES:

  • 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

BEST SERIES:

  • Cabinet of Curiosities
  • Chucky
  • Stranger Things
  • What We Do in the Shadows
  • Yellowjackets

BEST SHORT:

  • Blink
  • Close Your Eyes
  • Guts
  • Meat Friend
  • O, Glory!

BEST AMITYVILLE:

  • Amityville Christmas Vacation
  • Amityville In Space
  • Amityville Karen
  • Amityville Scarecrow II
  • Amityville Uprising

The Official 2023 Chainsaw Awards Ballot:

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