2022 Fangoria Chainsaw Awards Preview (with Nathan Stamper)

Hello. In this episode Nathan and I briefly break down the nominees for the 2022 Fangoria Chainsaw Awards and make a few predictions along the way. This is not a deep dive, as we were pressed for time but still wanted to get this out in time for Friday the 13th. 

Take a look at all of the nominees below and don't forget to tune into the Shudder presentation of the Chainsaw Awards on Sunday, May 15th.

BEST WIDE-RELEASE MOVIE

• Malignant (w)
• Candyman
• Last Night in Soho
• The Night House
• A Quiet Place Part II

BEST LIMITED-RELEASE MOVIE

• Come True
• Hurt
• In the Earth
• PG: Psycho Goreman (w)
• Werewolves Within

BEST FIRST FEATURE

• Censor
• My Heart Can’t Beat Unless You Tell It To
• Saint Maud (w)
• The Stylist
• The Vigil

BEST STREAMING-PREMIERE MOVIE

• The Boy Behind the Door
• Fear Street: 1666
• Lucky
• The Power
• Violation

BEST FOREIGN-LANGUAGE MOVIE

• Detention
• The Feast
• Lamb
• The Queen of Black Magic
• Titane (w)

BEST SERIES

• Brand New Cherry Flavor
• Chucky
• Creepshow
• I Know What You Did Last Summer
• Midnight Mass (w)

BEST LEAD PERFORMANCE

• Yahya Abdul-Mateen II, Candyman (w)
• Niamh Algar, Censor
• Morfydd Clark, Saint Maud
• Barbara Crampton, Jakob’s Wife
• Rebecca Hall, The Night House
• Thomasin McKenzie, Last Night in Soho
• Agathe Rousselle, Titane
• Madeleine Sims-Fewer, Violation
• Julia Sarah Stone, Come True
• Anya Taylor-Joy, Last Night in Soho

BEST SUPPORTING PERFORMANCE

• Luke David Blumm, Son
• Jennifer Ehle, Saint Maud
• Larry Fessenden, Jakob’s Wife
• Vincent Lindon, Titane
• Diana Rigg, Last Night in Soho
• Bill Sage, Wrong Turn
• Millicent Simmonds, A Quiet Place Part II (w)
• Jeremy T. Thomas, Antlers
• Suzanne Voss, Dementia Part II

BEST DIRECTOR

• Prano Bailey-Bond, Censor
• David Bruckner, The Night House
• Anthony Scott Burns, Come True
• Julia Ducournau, Titane
• Rose Glass, Saint Maud
• Edgar Wright, Last Night in Soho (w)

BEST SCREENPLAY

• Prano Bailey-Bond & Anthony Fletcher, Censor
• John Hsu, Fu Kai-ling, Chien Shih-keng, Detention
• Ben Collins, Luke Piotrowski, The Night House (w)
• Rose Glass, Saint Maud
• Madeleine Sims-Fewer, Dusty Mancinelli, Violation

BEST SCORE

• John Carpenter, Cody Carpenter, Daniel Davies, Halloween Kills (w)
• Electric Youth, Pilotpriest, Come True
• Ben Lovett, The Night House
• Clint Mansell, In The Earth
• Tom Schraeder, CJ Johnson, Hurt

BEST MAKEUP FX

• Tara Brawley, Hurt
• Mark Coulier, Blood Red Sky
• Francois Dagenais, Spiral: From the Book of Saw
• Christopher Nelson, Halloween Kills (w)
• Oriane de Neve, CLSFX Atelier 69, Kandisha

BEST CREATURE FX

• Barrie Gower, The Green Knight
• Robert Kurtzman, Black Friday
• Legacy Effects, Shane Mahan, Antlers
• Magee FX, Gaslight Studio, V/H/S/94
• MastersFX, Steven Kostanski, PG: Psycho Goreman (w)

BEST COSTUME DESIGN

• Lizzie Cook, Candyman 
• Odile Dicks-Mireaux, Last Night in Soho (w)
• Eulyn Colette Hufkie, Bingo Hell 
• Chieko Matsumoto, Prisoners of the Ghostland
• Neil McClean, Slumber Party Massacre 

ACHIEVEMENT IN NON-FICTION

• The Last Drive-In with Joe Bob Briggs (w)
• Elvira's 40th Anniversary, Very Scary, Very Special, Special
• The Boulet Brothers’ Dragula 

BEST DOCUMENTARY

• Woodlands Dark and Days Bewitched (w)
• Mail Order Murder
• Dark Shadows and Beyond: The Jonathan Frid Story

BEST KILL

Chosen by write-in votes. - Bread Slicer Kill - Fear Street