Actor David Dastmalchian to Host the 2021 Fangoria Chainsaw Awards!

The only awards show we care about is just around the corner...

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...If you're a horror fan, you've probably already reached a point in your life where you don't expect much recognition for the genre from typical award shows, which is why we're so glad that the Fangoria Chainsaw Awards exists, and Fangoria has just announced that actor David Dastmalchian (The Dark Knight, Ant-Man, The Suicide Squad) will be hosting the 2021 FANGORIA Chainsaw Awards!

The Fangoria Chainsaw Awards recognizes the best in the horror genre, and gives horror fans a chance to make their screams heard. If you haven’t voted yet, now’s the time to cast your vote in such categories as Best Lead Performance, Best Creature FX, and Best Kill! Our full list of nominees is below. Voting ends on Feb 15th 1t 11:59PM ET. Vote today, and check out the full list of nominees below!

BEST WIDE RELEASE MOVIE

Freaky
Gretel & Hansel
The Hunt
The Invisible Man
Underwater

BEST LIMITED RELEASE MOVIE

Color Out of Space
The Dark and the Wicked
Possessor
Relic 
The Wolf of Snow Hollow

BEST FIRST FEATURE

Amulet
Come to Daddy
Dead Dicks
Extra Ordinary
Sea Fever

BEST STREAMING PREMIERE MOVIE

Anything For Jackson
The Beach House
His House
Host
The Mortuary Collection
Run

BEST INTERNATIONAL MOVIE

Bacurau
Blood Quantum
Impetigore
La Llorona
Sputnik

BEST SERIES

Dracula
The Haunting of Bly Manor
Helstrom
Lovecraft Country
What We Do in the Shadows

BEST LEAD PERFORMANCE

Jim Cummings, The Wolf of Snow Hollow
Sopé Dìrísù, His House
Jeremy Gardner, After Midnight
Heston Horwin, Dead Dicks
Marin Ireland, The Dark and the Wicked
Carla Juri, Amulet
Tamara Lawrance, Kindred
Emily Mortimer, Relic
Wunmi Mosaku, His House
Elisabeth Moss, The Invisible Man
Andrea Riseborough, Possessor
Alec Secareanu, Amulet
Vince Vaughn, Freaky

BEST SUPPORTING PERFORMANCE

Xander Berkeley, The Dark and the Wicked
Clancy Brown, The Mortuary Collection
Will Forte, Extra Ordinary
Brea Grant, After Midnight
Udo Kier, Bacurau
Alice Krige, Gretel & Hansel
Stephen McHattie, Come to Daddy
Robyn Nevin, Relic
Julie Oliver-Touchstone, The Dark and the Wicked
Misha Osherovich, Freaky
Vanessa Williams, Bad Hair

BEST DIRECTOR

Bryan Bertino, The Dark and the Wicked
Justin G. Dyck, Anything for Jackson
Romola Garai, Amulet
Natalie Erika James, Relic
Remi Weekes, His House
Leigh Whannell, The Invisible Man

BEST SCREENPLAY

Kleber Mendonça Filho, Juliano Dornelles, Bacurau
Toby Harvard, Come to Daddy
Michael Kennedy, Christopher Landon, Freaky
Remi Weekes, His House
Leigh Whannell, The Invisible Man

BEST SCORE

Roque Baños, His House
Rob, Gretel & Hansel
Tom Schraeder, The Dark and the Wicked
Jim Williams, Possessor
Christopher Young, Lustmord, The Empty Man

BEST MAKEUP FX

Alterian Studios, Freaky
Amalgamated Dynamics, The Mortuary Collection
Liz Byrne, Gretel & Hansel
Paul Jones, Random Acts of Violence
Dan Martin, Possessor

BEST CREATURE FX

Jim Henson Studio, Come Play
David Martí, Montse Ribé, His House
Dan Martin, Color Out of Space
Erik Porn, The Wretched
Cliff Wallace, Amulet

ACHIEVEMENT IN NON-FICTION

Blood & Flesh: The Reel Life and Ghastly Death of Al Adamson
The Boulet Brothers' Dragula: Resurrection
Cursed Films
The Last Drive-in With Joe Bob Briggs
Leap of Faith: William Friedkin on The Exorcist
Scream, Queen! My Nightmare on Elm Street

BEST KILL

You tell us! 

By Matt Konopka