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Golden Scythe Horror Awards

202520242023

Golden Scythe

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Best Actor in a Leading Role

  • Daniel Kaluuya
    Winner
    • Daniel Kaluuya(actor)
    • Nope
  • Rohan Campbell
    • Rohan Campbell(actor)
    • Halloween Ends
  • Rory Kinnear
    • Rory Kinnear(actor)
    • Men
  • David Howard Thornton
    • David Howard Thornton(actor)
    • Terrifier 2
  • Joseph Winter
    • Joseph Winter(actor)
    • Deadstream

Best Actress in a Leading Role

  • Mia Goth
    Winner
    • Mia Goth(actress)
    • Pearl
  • Sosie Bacon
    • Sosie Bacon(actress)
    • Smile
  • Georgina Campbell
    • Georgina Campbell(actress)
    • Barbarian
  • Isabelle Fuhrman at the 77th annual Cannes Film Festival
    • Isabelle Fuhrman(actress)
    • Orphan: First Kill
  • Keke Palmer
    • Keke Palmer(actress)
    • Nope

Best Adapted Screenplay

  • [object Object]
    Winner

    Prey

    7.1 (264K)
  • [object Object]

    Crimes of the Future

    5.8 (46K)
  • [object Object]

    Halloween Ends

    5.0 (81K)
  • [object Object]

    Hellraiser

    5.9 (54K)
  • [object Object]

    Scream

    6.3 (181K)

Best Cinematography

  • [object Object]
    Winner

    Nope

    6.8 (309K)
  • [object Object]

    Barbarian

    7.0 (249K)
  • [object Object]

    Men

    6.0 (76K)
  • [object Object]

    Pearl

    7.0 (153K)
  • [object Object]

    Watcher

    6.3 (60K)

Best Costume Design

  • [object Object]
    Winner

    Hellraiser

    5.9 (54K)
  • [object Object]

    Halloween Ends

    5.0 (81K)
  • [object Object]

    Orphan: First Kill

    5.9 (53K)
  • [object Object]

    Pearl

    7.0 (153K)
  • [object Object]

    Terrifier 2

    6.0 (80K)

Best Director

  • Jordan Peele
    Winner
    • Jordan Peele(director)
    • Nope
  • David Bruckner
    • David Bruckner(director)
    • Hellraiser
  • Mimi Cave
    • Mimi Cave(director)
    • Fresh
  • Zach Cregger
    • Zach Cregger(director)
    • Barbarian
  • Parker Finn
    • Parker Finn(director)
    • Smile
  • Alex Garland in 28 Days Later (2002)
    • Alex Garland(director)
    • Men
  • Luca Guadagnino at an event for I Am Love (2009)
    • Luca Guadagnino(director)
    • Bones and All
  • Damien Leone
    • Damien Leone(director)
    • Terrifier 2
  • Ti West at an event for In a Valley of Violence (2016)
    • Ti West(director)
    • Pearl
  • Ti West at an event for In a Valley of Violence (2016)
    • Ti West(director)
    • X

Best Editing

  • [object Object]
    Winner

    Nope

    6.8 (309K)
  • [object Object]

    Barbarian

    7.0 (249K)
  • [object Object]

    The Black Phone

    6.9 (251K)
  • [object Object]

    Prey

    7.1 (264K)
  • [object Object]

    Smile

    6.5 (231K)

Best Horror Movie Moment

  • [object Object]
    Winner

    Pearl

    7.0 (153K)
    For "The Monologue"
  • [object Object]

    Barbarian

    7.0 (249K)
    For "The Mother Is Revealed"
  • [object Object]

    Halloween Ends

    5.0 (81K)
    For "Laurie vs. Michael"
  • [object Object]

    Men

    6.0 (76K)
    For "Birthing Scene"
  • [object Object]

    Nope

    6.8 (309K)
    For "Gordy's Home Massacre"
  • [object Object]

    Orphan: First Kill

    5.9 (53K)
    For "Esther Escapes"
  • [object Object]

    Scream

    6.3 (181K)
    For "Sidney & Gale vs. the two Ghostfaces"
  • [object Object]

    Smile

    6.5 (231K)
    For "The Monster Is Revealed"
  • [object Object]

    Terrifier 2

    6.0 (80K)
    For "First Kill"
  • [object Object]

    X

    6.5 (219K)
    For "RJ Death Scene"

Best International Film

  • [object Object]
    Winner

    Speak No Evil

    6.6 (62K)
  • [object Object]

    Hatching

    6.2 (18K)
  • [object Object]

    Piggy

    6.2 (16K)
  • [object Object]

    Sick of Myself

    7.1 (22K)
  • [object Object]

    The Innocents

    7.0 (29K)

Best Kill

  • [object Object]
    Winner

    Terrifier 2

    6.0 (80K)
    For "Allie's Death Scene"
  • [object Object]

    Halloween Ends

    5.0 (81K)
    For "Willy the Kid Death"
  • [object Object]

    Nope

    6.8 (309K)
    For "Star Lasso Abduction"
  • [object Object]

    Scream

    6.3 (181K)
    For "Dewey's Death Scene"
  • [object Object]

    X

    6.5 (219K)
    For "Pearl's Death Scene"

Best Makeup & Hairstyling

  • [object Object]
    Winner

    Terrifier 2

    6.0 (80K)
  • [object Object]

    Barbarian

    7.0 (249K)
  • [object Object]

    Men

    6.0 (76K)
  • [object Object]

    Orphan: First Kill

    5.9 (53K)
  • [object Object]

    Smile

    6.5 (231K)

Best Original Score

  • [object Object]
    Winner

    Nope

    6.8 (309K)
  • [object Object]

    Firestarter

    4.6 (25K)
  • [object Object]

    Halloween Ends

    5.0 (81K)
  • [object Object]

    Men

    6.0 (76K)
  • [object Object]

    Smile

    6.5 (231K)

Best Original Screenplay

  • [object Object]
    Winner

    Nope

    6.8 (309K)
  • [object Object]

    Barbarian

    7.0 (249K)
  • [object Object]

    Deadstream

    6.4 (23K)
  • [object Object]

    Men

    6.0 (76K)
  • [object Object]

    Smile

    6.5 (231K)

Best Picture

  • [object Object]
    Winner

    Barbarian

    7.0 (249K)
    Regency Enterprises
    Almost Never Films Inc.
    Hammerstone Studios
    BoulderLight Pictures
    Vertigo Entertainment
    20th Century Studios
  • [object Object]

    Halloween Ends

    5.0 (81K)
  • [object Object]

    Men

    6.0 (76K)
  • [object Object]

    Nope

    6.8 (309K)
  • [object Object]

    Orphan: First Kill

    5.9 (53K)
  • [object Object]

    Pearl

    7.0 (153K)
  • [object Object]

    Scream

    6.3 (181K)
  • [object Object]

    Smile

    6.5 (231K)
  • [object Object]

    Terrifier 2

    6.0 (80K)
  • [object Object]

    X

    6.5 (219K)

Best Poster

  • [object Object]
    Winner

    The Black Phone

    6.9 (251K)
  • [object Object]

    Barbarian

    7.0 (249K)
  • [object Object]

    Bodies Bodies Bodies

    6.2 (88K)
  • [object Object]

    Fresh

    6.7 (90K)
  • [object Object]

    Halloween Ends

    5.0 (81K)
  • [object Object]

    Men

    6.0 (76K)
  • [object Object]

    Nope

    6.8 (309K)
  • [object Object]

    Pearl

    7.0 (153K)
  • [object Object]

    Scream

    6.3 (181K)
  • [object Object]

    X

    6.5 (219K)

Best Production Design

  • [object Object]
    Winner

    Pearl

    7.0 (153K)
  • [object Object]

    Hellraiser

    5.9 (54K)
  • [object Object]

    Men

    6.0 (76K)
  • [object Object]

    Nope

    6.8 (309K)
  • [object Object]

    Orphan: First Kill

    5.9 (53K)

Best Remake or Sequel

  • [object Object]
    Winner

    Scream

    6.3 (181K)
  • [object Object]

    Halloween Ends

    5.0 (81K)
  • [object Object]

    Hellraiser

    5.9 (54K)
  • [object Object]

    Pearl

    7.0 (153K)
  • [object Object]

    Terrifier 2

    6.0 (80K)

Best Slasher

  • [object Object]
    Winner

    Scream

    6.3 (181K)
  • [object Object]

    Halloween Ends

    5.0 (81K)
  • [object Object]

    Orphan: First Kill

    5.9 (53K)
  • [object Object]

    Terrifier 2

    6.0 (80K)
  • [object Object]

    X

    6.5 (219K)

Best Sound Design

  • [object Object]
    Winner

    The Black Phone

    6.9 (251K)
  • [object Object]

    Barbarian

    7.0 (249K)
  • [object Object]

    Hellraiser

    5.9 (54K)
  • [object Object]

    Nope

    6.8 (309K)
  • [object Object]

    Prey

    7.1 (264K)

Best Supporting Actor

  • Ethan Hawke at an event for One Last Thing... (2005)
    Winner
    • Ethan Hawke(actor)
    • The Black Phone
  • Mason Gooding
    • Mason Gooding(actor)
    • Scream
  • Mark Rylance
    • Mark Rylance(actor)
    • Bones and All
  • Bill Skarsgård at an event for Nine Days (2020)
    • Bill Skarsgård(actor)
    • Barbarian
  • Steven Yeun
    • Steven Yeun(actor)
    • Nope

Best Supporting Actress

  • Jenna Ortega at an event for Beetlejuice Beetlejuice (2024)
    Winner
    • Jenna Ortega(actress)
    • Scream
  • Andi Matichak
    • Andi Matichak(actress)
    • Halloween Ends
  • Brittany Snow
    • Brittany Snow(actress)
    • X
  • Caitlin Stasey
    • Caitlin Stasey(actress)
    • Smile
  • Kristen Stewart
    • Kristen Stewart(actress)
    • Crimes of the Future

Best Title Sequence

  • [object Object]
    Winner

    Halloween Ends

    5.0 (81K)
  • [object Object]

    Nope

    6.8 (309K)
  • [object Object]

    Pearl

    7.0 (153K)
  • [object Object]

    Scream

    6.3 (181K)
  • [object Object]

    X

    6.5 (219K)

Best Trailer

  • [object Object]
    Winner

    Nope

    6.8 (309K)
    For "Trailer #1"
  • [object Object]

    Barbarian

    7.0 (249K)
    For "Trailer #1"
  • [object Object]

    The Black Phone

    6.9 (251K)
    For "Trailer #1"
  • [object Object]

    Halloween Ends

    5.0 (81K)
    For "Trailer #2"
  • [object Object]

    Men

    6.0 (76K)
    For "Trailer #1"
  • [object Object]

    Orphan: First Kill

    5.9 (53K)
    For "Trailer #1"
  • [object Object]

    Pearl

    7.0 (153K)
    For "Trailer #1"
  • [object Object]

    Scream

    6.3 (181K)
    For "Trailer #2"
  • [object Object]

    Smile

    6.5 (231K)
    For "Trailer #1"
  • [object Object]

    X

    6.5 (219K)
    For "Trailer #1"

Best Use of Practical Effects

  • [object Object]
    Winner

    X

    6.5 (219K)
  • [object Object]

    Deadstream

    6.4 (23K)
  • [object Object]

    Men

    6.0 (76K)
  • [object Object]

    Orphan: First Kill

    5.9 (53K)
  • [object Object]

    Pearl

    7.0 (153K)

Best Use of Visual Effects

  • [object Object]
    Winner

    Nope

    6.8 (309K)
  • [object Object]

    Barbarian

    7.0 (249K)
  • [object Object]

    Firestarter

    4.6 (25K)
  • [object Object]

    Halloween Ends

    5.0 (81K)
  • [object Object]

    Smile

    6.5 (231K)

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