2025 Scare Value Award Nominees
Here are the nominees for the fourth annual Scare Value Awards. Celebrating the very best in horror for 2025.
Ten categories…some traditional, some less so. Every movie that became available in the United States in the last calendar year is eligible. If a movie has been seen at a festival or overseas prior to 2025 but wasn’t available via a theatrical, streaming or on demand release until 2025…it’s eligible. If it made a festival run in 2025 but did not become widely available during the year…it is not.
We will also reveal two new entries into the Scare Value Hall of Fame later this week within our awards article. The Hall of Fame will consist of the greatest and/or most important horror films ever made. Each Hall of Fame class will have two inductees. One will be unveiled in each part of our awards articles.
Beware of inevitable spoilers within the nominations.
The 2025 Scare Value Award Nominees
Best Actor
Jai Courney – Dangerous Animals
Dave Franco – Together
Oscar Isaac – Frankenstein
Michael B. Jordan – Sinners
John Malkovich – Opus
Best Actress
Landry Bender – Self-Help
Sally Hawkins – Bring Her Back
Blu Hunt – The Dead Thing
Amy Madigan – Weapons
Sophie Thatcher – Companion
Best Screenplay
Alex Garland – 28 Years Later
Drew Hancock – Companion
Ryan Coogler – Sinners
Chris Stuckmann – Shelby Oaks
Zach Cregger – Weapons
Best Director
Guillermo del Toro – Frankenstein
Ben Leonberg – Good Boy
Steven Soderbergh – Presence
Ryan Coogler – Sinners
Zach Cregger – Weapons
Best Gore Effects
Bring Her Back
Best Final Girl
Piper – Bring Her Back
Quinn – Clown in a Cornfield
Iris – Companion
Zephyr – Dangerous Animals
Olivia – Self-Help
Best Killer
Tucker – Dangerous Animals
Ray – I Know What You Did Last Summer
The Monkey – The Monkey
Remmick – Sinners
Gladys – Weapons
Best Kill
Head in a bear trap…eaten by rabbits – Bambi: The Reckoning
Fed to a shark – Dangerous Animals
The MRI machine – Final Destination: Bloodlines
Swimming pool explosion – The Monkey
Gladys ripped apart – Weapons
Best Twist
There are multiple clowns – Clown in a Cornfield
Patrick is a robot – Companion
Erik is adopted – Final Destination: Bloodlines
The kids aren’t what they seem – Marshmallow
The ghost’s identity – Presence
Best Picture
Companion
Dangerous Animals
Frankenstein
Sinners
Weapons
Check back the next couple of days for part 1 and 2 of the 2025 Scare Value Awards
