2017 Fangoria Chainsaw Awards


The Fangoria Chainsaw Awards are an award ceremony that goes out to horror films and thriller films. Beginning in 1992 the awards were expanded and an annual ceremony was inaugurated to give out the awards. The nominees were announced in February 2017 and the winners are to be announced in late April. "The winners are followed by the runners-up."

Motion picture winners and nominees

Best FilmBest Foreign Film

  • The Witch
  • * Green Room
  • * 10 Cloverfield Lane
  • * Don't Breathe
  • * '
  • Train to Busan
  • * Baskin
  • * The Similars
  • * Under the Shadow
  • * The Wailing
    • Best Limited Release FilmBest Screenplay
  • The Autopsy of Jane Doe
  • * The Eyes of My Mother
  • * Hush
  • * I Am Not a Serial Killer
  • * The Invitation
  • Matt Manfredi and Phil Hay - The Invitation
  • * Jeremy Slater - Pet
  • * Benjamin R. Moody - Last Girl Standing
  • * Isaac Ezban - The Similars
  • * Richard Bates Jr. - Trash Fire
    • Best ActorBest Actress
  • John Goodman - 10 Cloverfield Lane as Howard Stambler
  • * Anton Yelchin - Green Room as Pat
  • * Gong Yoo - Train to Busan as Seok-woo
  • * Logan Marshall-Green - The Invitation as Will
  • * Max Records - I Am Not a Serial Killer as John Wayne Cleaver
  • Anya Taylor-Joy - The Witch as Thomasin
  • * Kika Magalhaes - The Eyes of My Mother as Francisca
  • * Kate Siegel - Hush as Maddie
  • * Natasha Lyonne - Antibirth as Lou
  • * Samantha Robinson - The Love Witch as Elaine
    • Best Supporting ActorBest Supporting Actress
  • Stephen Lang - Don't Breathe as Norman Nordstrom
  • * Patrick Stewart - Green Room as Darcy Banker
  • * John Carroll Lynch - The Invitation as Pruitt
  • * Ralph Ineson - The Witch as William
  • * Richard Brake - 31 as Doom-Head
  • Jena Malone - The Neon Demon as Ruby
  • * Ella Ballentine - The Monster as Lizzy
  • * Angela Trimbur - Trash Fire as Isabel
  • * Fiona O’Shaughnessy - Nina Forever as Nina
  • * Meg Tilly - Antibirth as Lorna
    • Best ScoreBest Makeup & SFX
  • Cliff Martinez - The Neon Demon
  • * Steve Moore - The Mind's Eye
  • * Danny Bensi and Saunder Jurriaans - The Autopsy of Jane Doe
  • * Mark Korven - The Witch
  • * Wojciech Golczewski - Beyond the Gates
  • Wayne Eaton - Green Room'
  • * Alec Gillis and Tom Woodruff Jr. - The Monster
  • * Baran Bayburt - Baskin
  • * Brian Spears and Peter Gerner - The Mind's Eye
  • * Colby Flinchum - Night of Something Strange''

    • Films with multiple nominations

    Television winners and nominees

    Best TV SeriesBest TV SFX

    • Stranger Things
    • * Ash vs Evil Dead
    • * Black Mirror
    • * Channel Zero: Candle Cove
    • * The Exorcist
  • Roger Murray - Ash vs Evil Dead
  • * Greg Nicotero and Howard Berger - The Walking Dead
  • * Eryn Krueger Mekash and David LeRoy Anderson - '
  • * Doug Morrow - Channel Zero: Candle Cove
  • * Matthew Mungle and Clinton Wayne - Salem
    • Best TV ActorBest TV Actress
  • Bruce Campbell - Ash vs Evil Dead as Ash Williams
  • * Freddie Highmore - Bates Motel as Norman Bates
  • * Josh Hartnett - Penny Dreadful as Ethan Chandler
  • * Patrick Fugit - Outcast as Kyle Barnes
  • * Paul Schneider - Channel Zero: Candle Cove as Mike Painter
  • Millie Bobby Brown - Stranger Things as Eleven
  • * Vera Farmiga - Bates Motel as Norma Bates
  • * Eva Green - Penny Dreadful as Vanessa Ives
  • * Geena Davis - The Exorcist as Angela Rance
  • * Lucy Fry - Wolf Creek as Eve Thorogood
    • Best TV Supporting ActorBest TV Supporting Actress
  • Jeffrey Dean Morgan - The Walking Dead as Negan
  • * David Harbour - Stranger Things as Jim Hopper
  • * Ben Daniels - The Exorcist as Father Marcus Keane
  • * Ray Santiago - Ash vs Evil Dead as Pablo Simon Bolivar
  • * Seth Gabel - Salem as Cotton Mather
  • Winona Ryder - Stranger Things as Joyce Byers
  • * Dana DeLorenzo - Ash vs Evil Dead as Kelly Maxwell
  • * Fiona Shaw - Channel Zero: Candle Cove as Marla Painter
  • * Sarah Paulson - ' as Audrey Tindall/Shelby Miller
  • * Tamzin Merchant - Salem as Anne Hale

    • TV Series with multiple nominations