2019 Fangoria Chainsaw Awards

{{Short description|Annual US horror film awards ceremony}} {{Use mdy dates|date=March 2025}} {{Infobox film awards | number = 21 | award = ''Fangoria'' Chainsaw Awards | image = | caption = | awarded_for = | award_org = | presenting_org = ''[[Fangoria]]'' | announced_date = {{Start date|2019|1|22}} | presented_date = {{Start date|2019|2|25}} | date =  | site = | host = | preshow = | producer = | director = | organizer = | magazine_issue = | website = | lifetime_achievement = | best_picture =  | best_film =  | best_direction = | best_direction_film = | best_actor = | best_actor_film = | best_actress = | best_actress_film = | hall_of_fame = | most_awards = ''[[Hereditary (film)|Hereditary]]'' (6) | most_nominations = ''Hereditary'' (7) | channel = | network = | duration = | last = [[2017 Fangoria Chainsaw Awards|2017]] | next = [[2020 Fangoria Chainsaw Awards|2020]] }}

The '''21st [[Fangoria Chainsaw Awards|'''''Fangoria''''' Chainsaw Awards]]''' is an award ceremony presented for [[horror film]]s that were [[List of horror films of 2018|released in 2018]]. The nominees were announced in January 2019. The film ''[[Hereditary (film)|Hereditary]]'' won five of its seven nominations, including Best Wide Release, as well as the write-in poll of Best Kill.<ref>{{cite tweet |user=shudder |author-link=Shudder (streaming service) |number=1100096669134307329 |title=Thanks to everyone for getting in your votes for @FANGORIA's 2019 Chainsaw Awards! So much well-deserved recognition, and we're proud to see MANDY and TERRIFIED bring home wins |date=February 25, 2019 |publisher= |access-date=}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=https://ew.com/movies/2019/01/22/fangoria-chainsaw-awards/ |title=Halloween, Hereditary, and A Quiet Place nominated for Best Movie...at Fangoria Awards |last=Collis |first=Clark |date=January 22, 2019 |work=[[Entertainment Weekly]] |access-date=January 23, 2019 |archive-date=November 8, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201108015012/https://ew.com/movies/2019/01/22/fangoria-chainsaw-awards/ |url-status=dead }}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.avclub.com/screw-the-oscars-lets-see-who-got-nominated-for-a-fang-1831961481 |title=Screw the Oscars, let's see who got nominated for a Fangoria Chainsaw Award |last=Rife |first=Katie |date=January 22, 2019 |work=[[The A.V. Club]] |access-date=January 23, 2019 |archive-date=August 20, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210820124804/https://www.avclub.com/screw-the-oscars-lets-see-who-got-nominated-for-a-fang-1831961481 |url-status=live }}</ref>

==Winners and nominees== {{clear}} {| class=wikitable style="width="100%" |- ! style="background:#EEDD82" | Best Wide Release ! style="background:#EEDD82" | Best Limited Release |- | valign="top" | *'''''[[Hereditary (film)|Hereditary]]''''' – '''Directed by [[Ari Aster]]''' **''[[Halloween (2018 film)|Halloween]]'' – Directed by [[David Gordon Green]] **''[[Overlord (2018 film)|Overlord]]'' – Directed by [[Julius Avery]] **''[[A Quiet Place (film)|A Quiet Place]]'' – Directed by [[John Krasinski]] **''[[Upgrade (film)|Upgrade]]'' – Directed by [[Leigh Whannell]] | valign="top" | *'''''[[Mandy (2018 film)|Mandy]]''''' – '''Directed by [[Panos Cosmatos]]''' **''[[Anna and the Apocalypse]]'' – Directed by [[John McPhail (director)|John McPhail]] **''[[Revenge (2017 film)|Revenge]]'' – Directed by [[Coralie Fargeat]] **''[[Suspiria (2018 film)|Suspiria]]'' – Directed by [[Luca Guadagnino]] **''[[Terrifier]]'' – Directed by [[Damien Leone]] |- ! style="background:#EEDD82" | Best Streaming Premiere ! style="background:#EEDD82" | Best Foreign Film |- | valign="top" | *'''''[[Bird Box (film)|Bird Box]]''''' – '''Directed by [[Susanne Bier]]''' **''[[Apostle (film)|Apostle]]'' – Directed by [[Gareth Evans (director)|Gareth Evans]] **''[[Black Mirror: Bandersnatch]]'' – Directed by [[David Slade]] **''[[Cam (film)|Cam]]'' – Directed by Daniel Goldhaber **''[[Verónica (2017 Spanish film)|Verónica]]'' – Directed by [[Paco Plaza]] | valign="top" | *'''''Terrified''''' – '''Directed by [[Demián Rugna]]''' **''Blue My Mind'' – Directed by Lisa Brühlmann **''[[Cold Hell]]'' – Directed by [[Stefan Ruzowitzky]] **''[[The Housemaid (2016 film)|The Housemaid]]'' – Directed by [[Derek Nguyen]] **''[[The Night Eats the World]]'' – Directed by Dominique Rocher |- ! style="background:#EEDD82" | Best First Feature ! style="background:#EEDD82" | Best Director |- | valign="top" | *'''''[[Ghost Stories (2017 film)|Ghost Stories]]''''' – '''Directed by [[Andy Nyman]] and [[Jeremy Dyson]]''' **''[[Cargo (2017 film)|Cargo]]'' – Directed by Ben Howling and Yolanda Ramke **''[[The Cleanse]]'' – Directed by [[Bobby Miller (filmmaker)|Bobby Miller]] **''The Dark'' – Directed by Justin P. Lange **''The Ranger'' – Directed by Jenn Wexler | valign="top" | *'''[[Ari Aster]]''' – '''''[[Hereditary (film)|Hereditary]]''''' **[[Panos Cosmatos]] – ''[[Mandy (2018 film)|Mandy]]'' **[[Coralie Fargeat]] – ''[[Revenge (2017 film)|Revenge]]'' **[[John Krasinski]] – ''[[A Quiet Place (film)|A Quiet Place]]'' **[[Demián Rugna]] – ''Terrified'' |- ! style="background:#EEDD82" | [[Fangoria Chainsaw Award for Best Actor|Best Actor]] ! style="background:#EEDD82" | [[Fangoria Chainsaw Award for Best Actress|Best Actress]] |- | valign="top" | *'''[[Nicolas Cage]] – ''[[Mandy (2018 film)|Mandy]]'' as Red Miller''' **[[James Jude Courtney]] / [[Nick Castle]] – ''[[Halloween (2018 film)|Halloween]]'' as [[Michael Myers (Halloween)|Michael Myers / The Shape]] **[[Anders Danielsen Lie]] – ''[[The Night Eats the World]]'' as Sam **[[Matt Dillon]] – ''[[The House That Jack Built (2018 film)|The House That Jack Built]]'' as Jack **[[Logan Marshall-Green]] – ''[[Upgrade (film)|Upgrade]]'' as Grey Trace | valign="top" | *'''[[Toni Collette]] – ''[[Hereditary (film)|Hereditary]]'' as Annie Graham''' **[[Nadia Alexander]] – ''The Dark'' as Mina **[[Emily Blunt]] – ''[[A Quiet Place (film)|A Quiet Place]]'' as Evelyn Abbott **[[Jamie Lee Curtis]] – ''[[Halloween (2018 film)|Halloween]]'' as [[Laurie Strode]] **[[Violetta Schurawlow]] – ''[[Cold Hell]]'' as Özge Dogruol |- ! style="background:#EEDD82" | Best Supporting Actor ! style="background:#EEDD82" | Best Supporting Actress |- | valign="top" | *'''[[Alex Wolff]] – ''[[Hereditary (film)|Hereditary]]'' as Peter Graham''' **[[Chance the Rapper|Chance Bennett]] – ''[[Slice (2018 film)|Slice]]'' as Dax Lycander **[[Joshua Leonard]] – ''[[Unsane (film)|Unsane]]'' as David Strine **[[Linus Roache]] – ''[[Mandy (2018 film)|Mandy]]'' as Jeremiah Sand **[[David Howard Thornton]] – ''[[Terrifier]]'' as [[Art the Clown]] | valign="top" | *'''[[Tilda Swinton]] – ''[[Suspiria (2018 film)|Suspiria]]'' as Madame Blanc / Mother Helena Markos / Dr. Josef Klemperer''' **Simone Landers – ''[[Cargo (2017 film)|Cargo]]'' as Thoomi **[[Milly Shapiro]] – ''[[Hereditary (film)|Hereditary]]'' as Charlie Graham **[[Millicent Simmonds]] – ''[[A Quiet Place (film)|A Quiet Place]]'' as Regan Abbott **[[Marli Siu]] – ''[[Anna and the Apocalypse]]'' as Lisa |- ! style="background:#EEDD82" | Best Screenplay ! style="background:#EEDD82" | Best Score |- | valign="top" | *'''''[[Hereditary (film)|Hereditary]]''''' – '''Written by [[Ari Aster]]''' **''[[Cam (film)|Cam]]'' – Written by Isa Mazzei **''[[The Cleanse]]'' – Written by [[Bobby Miller (filmmaker)|Bobby Miller]] **''[[The Cured]]'' – Written by David Freyne **''[[A Quiet Place (film)|A Quiet Place]]'' – Screenplay by [[Scott Beck]], [[Bryan Woods]], and [[John Krasinski]]; Story by Scott Beck and Bryan Woods | valign="top" | *'''''[[Mandy (2018 film)|Mandy]]''''' – '''[[Jóhann Jóhannsson]]''' **''[[Ghost Stories (2017 film)|Ghost Stories]]'' – [[Frank Ilfman]] **''[[Hereditary (film)|Hereditary]]'' – [[Colin Stetson]] **''[[Puppet Master: The Littlest Reich]]'' – [[Fabio Frizzi]] **''[[Suspiria (2018 film)|Suspiria]]'' – [[Thom Yorke]] |- ! style="background:#EEDD82" | Best Makeup FX ! style="background:#EEDD82" | Best Creature FX |- | valign="top" | *'''''[[Suspiria (2018 film)|Suspiria]]''''' – '''[[Mark Coulier]]''' **''The Dark'' – Zane Knisely and Marissa Clemence **''[[Halloween (2018 film)|Halloween]]'' – [[Christopher Nelson (make-up artist)|Christopher Nelson]] **''[[Mandy (2018 film)|Mandy]]'' – Oriane de Neve **''Terrified'' – Marcos Berta **''[[Terrifier]]'' – [[Damien Leone]] | valign="top" | *'''''[[The Ritual (2017 film)|The Ritual]]''''' – '''Josh Russell and Sierra Russell''' **''[[The Cleanse]]'' – Nicholas Podbrey and Werner Pretorius **''[[Cold Skin (film)|Cold Skin]]'' – Arturo Belseiro **''[[Possum (2018 film)|Possum]]'' – Adam Johansen **''[[Puppet Master: The Littlest Reich]]'' – Tate Steinsiek |- ! style="background:#EEDD82" | Best Series ! style="background:#EEDD82" | Best Kill (write-in category) |- | valign="top" | *'''''[[The Haunting of Hill House (TV series)|The Haunting of Hill House]]''''' **''[[American Horror Story: Apocalypse]]'' **''[[Castle Rock (TV series)|Castle Rock]]'' **''[[Channel Zero (TV series)|Channel Zero]]'' **''[[Chilling Adventures of Sabrina (TV series)|Chilling Adventures of Sabrina]]'' | valign="top" | *'''"Charlie Meets Telephone Pole"''' from '''''[[Hereditary (film)|Hereditary]]''''' |}

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