The film that won the most trophies at the 2026 Fangoria Chainsaw Awards wasn’t one of the two nomination leaders.

Curry Barker’s Obsession won five awards at the 32nd Fangoria Chainsaw Awards, which streamed on Shudder on October 25, 2026, with Devon Sawa as host. The film won Best Wide Release, and Barker won Best Director and Best Screenplay. Inde Navarrette won Best Lead Performance for playing Nikki Freeman. The film also won Best Kill, a write-in category, for its brick scene.

Backrooms was next with three wins. Kane Parsons’s feature took Best First Feature, Jeremy Cox won Best Cinematography, and Parsons and Edo Van Breemen won Best Score.

28 Years Later: The Bone Temple and Bryan Fuller’s Dust Bunny led the nominations with nine each. Dust Bunny won Best Limited Release.

In the other film categories, Amy Madigan won Best Supporting Performance for playing Aunt Gladys in Weapons. Exit 8 won Best International Movie, and V/H/S/Halloween won Best Streaming Premiere. Guillermo del Toro’s Frankenstein won two craft awards, Best Make-Up FX for Mike Hill and Best Costume Design for Kate Hawley. Jim Henson’s Creature Shop won Best Creature FX for Five Nights at Freddy’s 2, and In Search of Darkness: 1995-1999 won Best Documentary Feature.

On the TV and gaming side, Widow’s Bay won Best Series, The Last Drive-in With Joe Bob Briggs won Best Non-Fiction Series or Miniseries, and Resident Evil Requiem won Best Video Game. Indy from Good Boy won the Chainsaw Award for Goodest Boy.

Fans voted on the awards, which covered horror films released between July 2025 and June 2026. Michael Varrati wrote and directed the ceremony.

The 2026 Fangoria Chainsaw Awards can be watched on Shudder and YouTube.