THE INVISIBLE MAN Kills at the Chainsaw Awards

The Invisible Man swept the 2021 Chainsaw Awards on Shudder last night, with Colour Out of Space and Possessor also winning multiple awards.

The Chainsaw Awards, presented by Fangoria Magazine, recognize excellence in horror and thriller films. Beginning in 1992, the event expanded to include television categories in 2015. This year’s ceremony was hosted by David Dastmalchian (interviewed by our own Jason Hunt at Planet Comicon in 2017), who has appeared in Gotham, The Flash, and the Ant-Man movies, with upcoming appearances in The Suicide Squad and Dune.

All categories and nominees are listed below, with winners noted in red.

 

Best Wide Release

• Freaky
• Gretel & Hansel
• The Hunt
• The Invisible Man
• Underwater

Best Limited Release

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

Best International Film

• Bacurau
• Blood Quantum
• Impetigore
• La Llorona
• Sputnik

Best First Feature

• Amulet
• Come to Daddy
• Dead Dicks
• Extra Ordinary
• Sea Fever

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 Series

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

Best Streaming Premiere Movie

• Anything for Jackson
• The Beach House
• His House
• Host
• The Mortuary Collection
• Run

Best Screenplay

• Kleber Mendonca Filho & Juliano Dorneles – Bacurau
• Toby Harvard – Come to Daddy
• Michael Kennedy & Christopher Landon – Freaky
• Remi Weekes – His House
• Leigh Whannell – The Invisible Man

Best Creature FX

• Jim Henson Studio – Come Play
• David Marti & Montse Ribe – His House
• Dan Martin – Color Out of Space
• Erik Porn – The Wretched
• Cliff Wallace – Amulet

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 Score

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

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 – Hair

Best Lead Performance

• Jim Cummings – The Wolf of Snow Hollow
• Sope Dirisu – 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
• Kathryn Newton – Freaky
• Andrea Riseborough – Possessor
• Alex Secareanu – Amulet
• Vince Vaughn – Freaky

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 of Elm Street