Horror was everywhere on the big and small screens last year, and—in the limited/DVD sector, at least—it was hellishly hard to narrow down nominees for our latest Chainsaw Awards to five. (A couple of movies, like I SELL THE DEAD and ANTICHRIST, will wait till next year when they’ve had wider U.S. disc exposure.) Now it’s time for you to choose the winners.

E-mail your choices—one list only per person, please—to This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it . Please be sure to vote in all categories; personal e-mails only, no mass ballots. For the Fango Hall of Fame, be sure not to vote for Forrest J Ackerman, Dario Argento, Rick Baker, Clive Barker, Mario Bava, Rob Bottin, Doug Bradley, Tim Burton, Bruce Campbell, James Cameron, John Carpenter, Jeffrey Combs, Roger Corman, Don Coscarelli, Wes Craven, David Cronenberg, Jamie Lee Curtis, Peter Cushing, Joe Dante, Guillermo del Toro, Brad Dourif, Robert Englund, Lucio Fulci, Stuart Gordon, Sid Haig, Lance Henriksen, Kane Hodder, Tobe Hooper, Anthony Hopkins, Peter Jackson, Doug Jones, Udo Kier, Stephen King, KNB EFX, Heather Langenkamp, Christopher Lee, Dick Miller, Bill Moseley, Paul Naschy, Bill Paxton, Emily Perkins, Ron Perlman, Donald Pleasence, Vincent Price, Linnea Quigley, Sam Raimi, George Romero, Eli Roth, Tom Savini, Angus Scrimm, Dick Smith, Christopher Walken, Sigourney Weaver, Kevin Williamson, Stan Winston, Kevin Yagher or Rob Zombie—they’re already members.

Deadline for ballots is April 26; winners will be announced in Fango #295, on sale in June, and at this site the same month.

BEST WIDE-RELEASE FILM
DRAG ME TO HELL
THE LAST HOUSE ON THE LEFT
PARANORMAL ACTIVITY
THE ROAD
ZOMBIELAND

BEST LIMITED-RELEASE/DIRECT-TO-DVD FILM
THE BURROWERS
THE CHILDREN
MARTYRS
[REC]
TRICK ’R TREAT

BEST ACTOR
Garret Dillahunt, THE LAST HOUSE ON THE LEFT
Jesse Eisenberg, ZOMBIELAND
Stephen McHattie, PONTYPOOL
Viggo Mortensen, THE ROAD
Song Kang-ho, THIRST

BEST ACTRESS
Morjana Alaoui, MARTYRS
Emmanuelle Béart, VINYAN
Jordan Ladd, GRACE
Virginia Madsen, THE HAUNTING IN CONNECTICUT
Manuela Velasco, [REC]

BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR
Dylan Baker, TRICK ’R TREAT
Frank Langella, THE BOX
Tom Noonan, THE HOUSE OF THE DEVIL
Kodi Smit-McPhee, THE ROAD
French Stewart, SURVEILLANCE

BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS
Isabelle Fuhrman, ORPHAN
Mylène Jampanoï, MARTYRS
Kim Ok-vin, THIRST
Lorna Raver, DRAG ME TO HELL
Ryan Simpkins, SURVEILLANCE

BEST SCREENPLAY
J.T. Petty, THE BURROWERS
Tom Shankland, Paul Andrew Williams, THE CHILDREN
Brad Keene, FROM WITHIN
Pascal Laugier, MARTYRS
Jennifer Lynch, Kent Harper, SURVEILLANCE

BEST SCORE
Win Butler, Régine Chassagne, Owen Pallett, THE BOX
Joseph LoDuca, THE BURROWERS
Christopher Young, DRAG ME TO HELL
Austin Wintory, GRACE
Jeff Grace, THE HOUSE OF THE DEVIL

BEST MAKEUP/CREATURE FX
Robert Hall, THE BURROWERS
Adrien Morot, END OF THE LINE
Todd Masters, THE HAUNTING IN CONNECTICUT
Benoit Lestang, MARTYRS
Justin Raleigh, Ozzy Alvarez, SPLINTER

WORST FILM
We’ll leave this one up to you (2009 releases only)

After countless sleepless nights of intense deliberation, I hereby decree that the one individual (no movies) most deserving of induction into the FANGORIA Hall of Fame is:

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