1997 Fangoria Chainsaw Awards

Annual US horror film awards ceremony January 2018 March 2025 6 Fangoria Chainsaw Awards Fangoria 1997 Los Angeles, California Scream (4) The Frighteners (8) 1996 1998 The 1997 Fangoria Chainsaw Awards, presented by Fangoria magazine and Creation Entertainment, honored the best horror films of 1996. Ceremony There was no ceremony to commemorate the occasion, as the annual Los Angeles Weekend of Horrors event was cancelled (originally scheduled for May 31, 1997 at the LAX Wyndham). Winners and nominees Best Wide Release Best Limited Release Scream − Directed by Wes Craven From Dusk till Dawn − Directed by Robert Rodriguez The Frighteners − Directed by Peter Jackson The Craft − Directed by Andrew Fleming ''Cemetery Man − Directed by Michele Soavi Tremors 2: Aftershocks − Directed by S. S. Wilson The Cold Light of Day − Directed by Rudolf van den Berg The Dentist − Directed by Brian Yuzna Necronomicon − Directed by Brian Yuzna, Christophe Gans, and Shusuke Kaneko |- ! style="width:50%; background:#EEDD82;" | Best Actor ! style="width:50%; background:#EEDD82;" | Best Actress |- | valign="top" | George Clooney − From Dusk till Dawn as Seth Gecko Corbin Benson − The Dentist as Dr. Alan Feinstone Rupert Everett − Cemetery Man as Francesco Dellamorte Michael J. Fox − The Frighteners as Frank Bannister | valign="top" | Neve Campbell − Scream as Sidney Prescott Fairuza Balk − The Craft as Nancy Downs Trini Alvarado − The Frighteners as Lucy Lynskey Lynsey Baxter − The Cold Light of Day as Milena Tatour Robin Tunney − The Craft as Sarah Bailey |- ! style="width:50%; background:#EEDD82;" | Best Supporting Actor ! style="width:50%; background:#EEDD82;" | Best Supporting Actress |- | valign="top" | Jeffrey Combs − The Frighteners as Milton Dammers Skeet Ulrich − Scream as Billy Loomis Tom Savini − From Dusk till Dawn as Sex Machine Francois Hadji-Lazaro − Cemetery Man as Gnaghi Simon Cadell − The Cold Light of Day as Vladimir Kozant | valign="top" | Drew Barrymore − Scream as Casey Becker Dee Wallace − The Frighteners as Patricia Bradley Anna Falchi − Cemetery Man as She Kate Beckinsale − Haunted as Christina Mariell Rachel True − The Craft as Rochelle Zimmerman |- ! style="width:50%; background:#EEDD82;" | Best Screenplay ! style="width:50%; background:#EEDD82;" | Best Score |- | valign="top" | Scream − Kevin Williamson From Dusk till Dawn − Quentin Tarantino Cemetery Man − Gianni Romali The Frighteners − Peter Jackson and Fran Walsh The Craft − Peter Filardi and Andrew Fleming | valign="top" | The Frighteners − Danny Elfman From Dusk till Dawn − Graeme Revell Thinner − Daniel Licht The Island of Dr. Moreau − Gary Chang Cemetery Man − Manuel de Sica |- ! style="width:50%; background:#EEDD82;" | Best Make-Up/Creature FX ! style="width:50%; background:#EEDD82;" | Worst Film |- | valign="top" | From Dusk till Dawn − KNB EFX Group (Robert Kurtzman, Greg Nicotero, and Howard Berger) The Frighteners − Rick Baker and Richard Taylor Night of the Scarecrow − David Miller Cemetery Man − Sergio Stivalenti Hellraiser: Bloodline − Gary J. Tunnicliffe and Kevin Yagher | valign="top" | The Crow: City of Angels'' − Directed by Tim Pope Fangoria Horror Hall of Fame Jamie Lee Curtis Stuart Gordon External links 1997 Fangoria Chainsaw Award Winners Category:Fangoria Chainsaw Awards Fangoria Chainsaw Awards Fangoria Chainsaw Awards Category:1997 in Los Angeles Category:1997 in American cinema