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