Horror Film Awards
Horror is the genre the establishment loves to overlook — so we keep the receipts. From the Academy Awards to the Fangoria Chainsaw Awards and the world’s great genre festivals, here is every major prize horror cinema has earned, tracked film by film.
Horror Awards
Prizes given specifically to horror cinema — by the genre, for the genre.
Saturn Award
Best Horror Film
304 films · 1973–2024
Most recent winner: Alien: Romulus (2024)
Bram Stoker Award
Best Screenplay
66 films · 1999–2025
Most recent winner: The Substance (2025)
Fangoria Chainsaw Award
Best Documentary Film
18 films · 2022–2025
Most recent winner: George A. Romero's Resident Evil (2025)
Fangoria Chainsaw Award
Best First Film
35 films · 2019–2025
Most recent winner: The Ugly Stepsister (2025)
Fangoria Chainsaw Award
Best International Film
67 films · 2012–2025
Most recent winner: Oddity (2025)
Fangoria Chainsaw Award
Best Limited Release Film
150 films · 1992–2025
Most recent winner: Azrael (2025)
Fangoria Chainsaw Award
Best Streaming Premiere
35 films · 2019–2025
Most recent winner: Mr. Crocket (2025)
Fangoria Chainsaw Award
Best Wide Release Film
160 films · 1992–2025
Most recent winner: Sinners (2025)
Genre Festival Prizes
Top awards from the world's major fantasy and horror film festivals.
Sitges Film Festival
Best Film
46 films · 1972–2025
Most recent winner: The Ugly Stepsister (2025)
Gérardmer Film Festival
Grand Prize
32 films · 1994–2025
Most recent winner: In a Violent Nature (2025)
Brussels International Fantastic Film Festival
Golden Raven
42 films · 1983–2025
Most recent winner: Twilight of the Warriors: Walled In (2025)
Industry Awards
Mainstream film awards, filtered to the horror films that earned a nomination or a win.
Academy Award
Best Adapted Screenplay
27 films · 1941–2016
Most recent winner: Argo (2013)
Academy Award
Best Cinematography
39 films · 1929–2026
Most recent winner: Sinners (2026)
Academy Award
Best Director
38 films · 1941–2020
Most recent winner: Parasite (2020)
Academy Award
Best Makeup and Hairstyling
22 films · 1982–2025
Most recent winner: Mad Max: Fury Road (2016)
Academy Award
Best Original Score
33 films · 1939–2026
Most recent winner: Sinners (2026)
Academy Award
Best Original Screenplay
19 films · 1951–2026
Most recent winner: Sinners (2026)
Academy Award
Best Picture
45 films · 1940–2025
Most recent winner: Parasite (2020)
Academy Award
Best Visual Effects
42 films · 1964–2024
Most recent winner: Godzilla Minus One (2024)
BAFTA Award
Best Adapted Screenplay
1 film · 1989
Most recent winner: The Unbearable Lightness of Being (1989)
BAFTA Award
Best Director
3 films · 1975–2020
BAFTA Award
Best Film
5 films · 1969–2020
Most recent winner: The Revenant (2015)
BAFTA Award
Best Original Screenplay
1 film · 2020
Most recent winner: Parasite (2020)
Golden Globe
Best Director
4 films · 1974–2020
Most recent winner: The Exorcist (1974)
Golden Globe
Best Motion Picture – Drama
6 films · 1974–2026
Most recent winner: E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial (1983)
Golden Globe
Best Screenplay
4 films · 1974–2020
Most recent winner: The Exorcist (1974)
Critics' Choice Award
Best Director
1 film · 2020
Most recent winner: Parasite (2020)
1,245 award nominations and wins across 27 awards.