There were more nominees than ever before in this year’s Chainsaw Awards race, and Fango readers’ choices for the best horror films and filmmakers of 2011 are listed below, as well as how all the runners-up placed.

Elaborating on our report in FANGORIA #315 (on sale now), here’s a complete rundown of how all of the nominees ranked, in descending order, with write-ins also acknowledged:

BEST WIDE-RELEASE FILM
INSIDIOUS
FRIGHT NIGHT
DON’T BE AFRAID OF THE DARK
DRIVE ANGRY
FINAL DESTINATION 5
PARANORMAL ACTIVITY 3
Write-ins: RISE OF THE PLANET OF THE APES; SCREAM 4; THE THING

BEST LIMITED-RELEASE/DIRECT-TO-VIDEO FILM
TUCKER AND DALE VS. EVIL
STAKE LAND
ATTACK THE BLOCK
RED WHITE & BLUE
BLACK DEATH
THE HUMAN CENTIPDE II (FULL SEQUENCE)
Write-ins: BEREAVEMENT; CHILLERAMA; TAKE SHELTER; THE WARD

BEST FOREIGN-LANGUAGE FILM
THE TROLL HUNTER
I SAW THE DEVIL
THE SKIN I LIVE IN
A SERBIAN FILM
AMER
KIDNAPPED

BEST ACTOR
Antonio Banderas, THE SKIN I LIVE IN
Sean Bean, BLACK DEATH
TIE: Nick Damici, STAKE LAND and Tyler Labine, TUCKER AND DALE VS. EVIL
Noah Taylor, RED WHITE & BLUE
Choi Min-sik, I SAW THE DEVIL
Write-ins: John Boyega, ATTACK THE BLACK; Laurence R. Harvey, THE HUMAN CENTIPEDE II (FULL SEQUENCE); Michael Shannon, TAKE SHELTER

BEST ACTRESS
Rose Byrne, INSIDIOUS
Pollyanna McIntosh, THE WOMAN
Amanda Fuller, RED WHITE & BLUE
Tabrett Bethell, THE CLINIC
Bailee Madison, DON’T BE AFRAID OF THE DARK
Josie Ho, DREAM HOME
Write-ins: Amber Heard, THE WARD; Mary Elizabeth Winstead, THE THING

BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR
Michael Parks, RED STATE
William Fichtner, DRIVE ANGRY
Marc Senter, RED WHITE & BLUE
Alexander Skarsgård, STRAW DOGS
Eddie Redmayne, BLACK DEATH
Timothy Spall, WAKE WOOD
Write-ins: Billy Burke, DRIVE ANGRY; Dillon Casey, CREATURE; Andy Serkis, RISE OF THE PLANET OF THE APES

BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS
Lin Shaye, INSIDIOUS
Danielle Harris, STAKE LAND
Elena Anaya, THE SKIN I LIVE IN
Jodie Whittaker, ATTACK THE BLOCK
Katrina Bowden, TUCKER AND DALE VS. EVIL
Carice van Houten, BLACK DEATH
Write-in: Hayden Panettiere, SCREAM 4

BEST SCREENPLAY
Eli Craig, Morgen Jurgenson, TUCKER AND DALE VS. EVIL
Nick Damici, Jim Mickle, STAKE LAND
TIE: Joe Cornish, ATTACK THE BLOCK and Simon Rumley, RED WHITE & BLUE
Pedro Almodóvar, Agustin Almodóvar, THE SKIN I LIVE IN
Dario Poloni, BLACK DEATH
Write-ins: Leigh Whannell, INSIDIOUS; Kevin Williamson, SCREAM 4; Jeff Nichols, TAKE SHELTER

BEST SCORE
Joseph Bishara, INSIDIOUS
Steven Price, Basement Jaxx, ATTACK THE BLOCK
Jeff Grace, STAKE LAND
Cliff Martinez, CONTAGION
Christian Henson, BLACK DEATH
Michael Convertino, WAKE WOOD
Write-ins: Kevin Haskins, CREATURE; Ramin Djawadi, FRIGHT NIGHT; Sky Wikluh, A SERBIAN FILM; David Wingo, TAKE SHELTER; Sean Spillane, THE WOMAN

BEST MAKEUP/CREATURE FX
Mike Elizalde, Spectral Motion, Paul Hyett, ATTACK THE BLOCK
Brian Spears, Peter Gerner, STAKE LAND
Kristi Boul, Marcus Koch, Mike Oliver, SWEATSHOP
Robert Kurtzman, Anthony Pepe, THE WOMAN
Robert Hall, CHROMESKULL: LAID TO REST 2
Max Van De Banks, Dan Rickard, THE DEAD
Write-ins: Alec Gillis, Tom Woodruff Jr., THE THING

WORST FILM
The top five vote-getters were:
THE HUMAN CENTIPEDE II (FULL SEQUENCE)
TIE: FRIGHT NIGHT and SHARK NIGHT 3D
PARANORMAL ACTIVITY 3
CREATURE

FANGORIA HALL OF FAME
This year, we induct HALLOWEEN heroine turned all-around fright favorite Danielle Harris and original NIGHT OF THE LIVING DEAD zombie Bill Hinzman. Congratulations to them and the rest of the winners!

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