While the majors struggled to give us enough fright features worthy of best-of-the-year nominations, 2011 offered a bloody good crop of indie releases—so many that for the first time, we’ve established a Best Foreign-Language Film category to honor them all. (As usual, we’re holding off on citing a few films, like A LONELY PLACE TO DIE, until they receive wider U.S. disc exposure.) And we’ve expanded to six nominees per category to include all the fine work on screen last year. Now it’s time for you to name your favorites.

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, Tom Atkins, Rick Baker, Clive Barker, Mario Bava, Tobin Bell, Rob Bottin, Doug Bradley, Tim Burton, James Cameron, Bruce Campbell, 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, Larry Fessenden, 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, Richard Matheson, 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 25; winners will be announced in Fango #315, on sale in June, and at this site the same month.

BEST WIDE-RELEASE FILM
DON’T BE AFRAID OF THE DARK
DRIVE ANGRY
FINAL DESTINATION 5
FRIGHT NIGHT
INSIDIOUS
PARANORMAL ACTIVITY 3

BEST LIMITED-RELEASE/DIRECT-TO-DVD FILM
ATTACK THE BLOCK
BLACK DEATH
THE HUMAN CENTIPEDE II (FULL SEQUENCE)
RED WHITE & BLUE
STAKE LAND
TUCKER AND DALE VS. EVIL

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

BEST ACTOR
Antonio Banderas, THE SKIN I LIVE IN
Sean Bean, BLACK DEATH
Choi Min-sik, I SAW THE DEVIL
Nick Damici, STAKE LAND
Tyler Labine, TUCKER AND DALE VS. EVIL
Noah Taylor, RED WHITE & BLUE

BEST ACTRESS
Tabrett Bethell, THE CLINIC
Rose Byrne, INSIDIOUS
Amanda Fuller, RED WHITE & BLUE
Josie Ho, DREAM HOME
Bailee Madison, DON’T BE AFRAID OF THE DARK
Pollyanna McIntosh, THE WOMAN

BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR
William Fichtner, DRIVE ANGRY
Michael Parks, RED STATE
Eddie Redmayne, BLACK DEATH
Marc Senter, RED WHITE & BLUE
Alexander Skarsgård, STRAW DOGS
Timothy Spall, WAKE WOOD

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

BEST SCREENPLAY
Joe Cornish, ATTACK THE BLOCK
Dario Poloni, BLACK DEATH
Simon Rumley, RED WHITE & BLUE
Pedro Almodóvar, Agustín Almodóvar, THE SKIN I LIVE IN
Nick Damici, Jim Mickle, STAKE LAND
Eli Craig, Morgen Jurgenson, TUCKER AND DALE VS. EVIL

BEST SCORE
Steven Price, Basement Jaxx, ATTACK THE BLOCK
Christian Henson, BLACK DEATH
Cliff Martinez, CONTAGION
Joseph Bishara, INSIDIOUS
Jeff Grace, STAKE LAND
Michael Convertino, WAKE WOOD

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

WORST FILM

We’ll leave this one up to you (2011 releases only):

My choice for induction into the FANGORIA Hall of Fame:

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