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Curry Barker’s Breakout Dominates a Fan-Voted Night of Horror Honors That Premiered on Shudder
Fans have spoken, and they picked Curry Barker’s Obsession as the year’s top horror title, handing it five trophies at the 2026 FANGORIA Chainsaw Awards, including Best Wide Release Movie, Best Director and Best Screenplay, according to FANGORIA’s reporting. Devon Sawa hosted the ceremony, which premiered Sunday, October 25, on Shudder.
Inde Navarrette added Best Lead Performance to the Obsession haul, and the film also claimed the write-in Best Kill category for its brick scene. Kane Parsons’ Backrooms landed in second place overall with three awards: Best First Feature, Best Cinematography for Jeremy Cox, and Best Score for Parsons and Edo Van Breemen.
The rest of the winners spread across film, TV and games. Amy Madigan won Best Supporting Performance for Weapons, Dust Bunny took Best Limited Release Movie, V/H/S/Halloween was named Best Streaming Premiere, and Exit 8 earned Best International Movie. Guillermo del Toro’s Frankenstein picked up Best Costume Design for Kate Hawley and Best Makeup FX for Mike Hill, while Jim Henson’s Creature Shop won Best Creature FX for Five Nights at Freddy’s 2. On the small screen, “Widow’s Bay” was voted Best Series and The Last Drive-In with Joe Bob Briggs won Best Non-Fiction TV Series, In Search of Darkness: 1995-1999 took Best Documentary Feature, and Resident Evil Requiem was crowned Best Video Game.
The show also handed out Editor’s Eyeball Awards to rising genre actor Joe Bird (Talk to Me) and to James A. Janisse and Chelsea Rebecca, the duo behind the Dead Meat YouTube channel. Lin Shaye presented the final award of the night, and Dee Wallace gave the Goodest Boy prize to Indy, the retriever star of Good Boy. Michael Varrati, who wrote and directed the ceremony, said horror fans want to celebrate their favorites “in a manner befitting the thing they love.”
Event: 2026 FANGORIA Chainsaw Awards
Host: Devon Sawa
Writer/Director: Michael Varrati
Executive Producers: Armen Aghaeian, Tara Ansley, Abhi Goel
Producers: Amanda Grace Collins (lead producer), Phil Nobile Jr., Michael Varrati
Top Winners: Obsession (5), Backrooms (3)
Where to Watch: Shudder and FANGORIA’s YouTube channel
Source: Reporting and confirmation via FANGORIA.