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1974

Best PictureBlack Christmas

Best Director:  Tobe Hooper for The Texas Chainsaw Massacre

Best Actress:  Marilyn Burns as Sally Hardesty in The Texas Chainsaw Massacre

Best Actor: Roberts Blossom as Ezra Cobb in Deranged

Best Supporting Actress: Margot Kidder as Barb in Black Christmas

Best Supporting Actor:  Douglas McGrath as Sgt. Nash in Black Christmas

 

1975

Best Picture: Jaws

Best Director:  Steven Speilberg for Jaws

Best Actress: Karen Black as Julie/Millicent/Therese/Amelia in Trilogy of Terror

Best Actor: Michael Sarrazin as Peter Proud in The Reincarnation of Peter Proud

Best Supporting Actress:  Ida Lupino as Mrs. Preston in The Devil’s Rain

Best Supporting Actor: Robert Shaw as Quint in Jaws

Best Supporting Actor: Robert Shaw as Quint in Jaws

 

 

1976

Best PictureCarrie

Best Director: Richard Donner for The Omen

Best Actress:  Sissy Spacek as Carrie White in Carrie

Best Actor:  Gregory Peck as Robert Thorn in The Omen

Best Supporting Actress:  Piper Laure as Margaret White in Carrie

Best Supporting Actor: Martin Sheen as Frank Hallet in The Little Girl Who Lives Down the Lane

 

 

    1977

Best Picture:  Suspiria

Best Director:  Dario Argento for Suspiria

Best Actress:  Marsha Mason as Janice Templeton in Audrey Rose

Best Actor:  Neville Brand as Judd in Eaten Alive

Best Supporting Actress: Joan Hackett as Louise Gelson in The Possessed

Best Supporting Actor:  Peter Firth as Alan Strang in Equus

1978

Best Picture:  Halloween

Best Director:  George Romero for Dawn of the Dead

Best Actress:  Jamie Lee Curtis as Laurie Strode in Halloween      

Best Actor:  Anthony Hopkins as Corky Withers in Magic

Best Supporting Actress:  Nancy Loomis as Annie Brackett in Halloween      

Best Supporting Actor:  Donald Pleasence as Dr. Sam Loomis is Halloween

 

    

1979

Best Picture:  Alien

Best Director:  Ridley Scott for Alien

Best Actress:  Margot Kidder as Kathy Lutz in The Amityville Horror

Best Actor: Chuck Connors as Mr. Slausen in Tourist Trap

Best Supporting Actress:  Veronica Cartwright as Lambert in Alien

Best Supporting Actor:  Rod Steiger as Father Delaney in The Amityville Horror

1980

Best Picture: The Shining

Best Director:  Stanley Kubrick for The Shining

Best Actress: Jamie Lee Curtis as Alana Maxwell in Terror Train

Best Actor:  Jack Nicholson as Jack Torrance in The Shining

Best Supporting Actress:  Kay Hawtrey as Maude Chalmers in Funeral Homel

Best Supporting Actor:  Melvyn Douglas as Senator Carmichael in The Changeling

 

1981

Best Picture:  The Evil Dead

Best Director:  John Landis for An American Werewolf in London

Best Actress:  Melissa Sue Anderson as Virginia Cartwright in Happy Birthday to Me

Best Actor:  Charles Durning as Otis P. Hazelrigg in Dark Night of the Scarecrow

Best Supporting Actress:  Elizabeth Hoy as Debbie Brody in Bloody Birthday

Best Supporting Actor:  John Houseman as Sears James in Ghost Story

 

 

1982

Best Picture:  Poltergeist

Best Director:  Tobe Hooper for Poltergeist

Best Actress:  JoBeth Williams as Diane Freeling in Poltergeist

Best Actor:  Craig T. Nelson as Steven Freeling in Poltergeist

Best Supporting Actress:  Zelda Rubenstein as Tangina Barrons in Poltergeist

Best Supporting Actor:  Leslie Neilson as Richard Vickers in Creepshow

 

1983

Best Picture:  The Dead Zone

Best Director:  David Cronenberg for The Dead Zone

Best Actress:  Susan Tyrrel as Aunt Cheryl in Night Warning

Best Actor:  Anthony Perkins as Norman Bates in Psycho 2

Best Supporting Actress:  Meg Tilly as Mary Loomis in Psycho 2

Best Supporting Actor:  Danny Pintauro as Tad Trenton in Cujo

 

1984

Best Picture:  A Nightmare on Elm Street

Best Director:  Wes Craven for A Nightmare on Elm Street

Best Actress:  Heather Langenkamp as Nancy in A Nightmare on Elm Street

Best Actor:  David Keith as Andy McGee in Firestarter

Best Supporting Actress:  Lilyan Chauvin as Mother Superior in Silent Night, Deadly Night

Best Supporting Actor:  George C. Scott as John Rainbird in Firestarter

 

   

1985

Best Picture:  The Return of the Living Dead

Best Director:  Tom Holland for Fright Night

Best Actress:  Lori Cardille as Sarah in Day of the Dead

Best Actor:  James Karen as Frank in The Return of the Living Dead

Best Supporting Actress:  Lynn Redgrave as Monica Breedlove in The Bad Seed

Best Supporting Actor:  Roddy McDowall as Peter Vincent in Fright Night

1986

Best Picture:  Aliens

Best Director:  James Cameron for Aliens

Best Actress:  Sigourney Weaver as Ellen Ripley in Aliens

Best Actor:  Jeff Goldblum as Seth Brundle in The Fly

Best Supporting Actress:  Tracy Arnold as Becky in Henry: Portrait of a Serial Killer

Best Supporting Actor:  Rutger Hauer as John Ryder in The Hitcher

 

1987

Best Picture:  Deliria (aka Stagefright)

Best Director:  Sam Raimi for The Evil Dead II

Best Actress:  Glenn Close as Alex Forest in Fatal Attraction

Best Actor:  Terry O’Quinn as Jerry Blake in The Stepfather

Best Supporting Actress:  Louise Fletcher as Grandmother in Flowers in the Attic

Best Supporting Actor:  Bill Paxton as Severen in Near Dark

 

1988

Best Picture:  Scarecrows

Best Director:  Wes Craven for The Serpent and the Rainbow

Best Actress:  Danielle Harris as Jamie Lloyd in Halloween 4: The Return of Michael Myers

Best Actor:  James Spader as John/Rick Westford in Jack’s Back

Best Supporting Actress:  Bunky Jones as Bonnie in Hide and Go Shriek

Best Supporting Actor:  Angus Scrimm as The Tall Man in Phantasm II

 

1989

Best Picture:  Intruder

Best Director: Mary Lambert for Pet Sematary

Best Actress:  Danielle Harris as Jamie Lloyd in Halloween 5: The Revenge of Michael Myers

Best Actor:  Randy Quaid as Nick Laemle in Parents

Best Supporting Actress:  Marg Helgenberger as Alex in After Midnight

Best Supporting Actor:  Fred Gwynne as Jud Crandall in Pet Sematary

 

1990

Best Picture:  It

Best Director: William Peter Blatty for The Exorcist III

Best Actress:  Kathy Bates as Annie Wilkes in Misery

Best Actor:  Tim Robbins as Jacob Singer in Jacob’s Ladder

Best Supporting Actress:  Olivia Hussey as Norma Bates in Psycho IV: The Beginning

Best Supporting Actor:  Brad Dourif as The Gemini Killer in The Exorcist III

 

1991

Best Picture:  The Silence of the Lambs

Best Director: Jonathon Demme for The Silence of the Lambs

Best Actress:  Jodie Foster as Clarice Starling in The Silence of the Lambs

Best Actor:  Anthony Hopkins as Hannibal Lecter in The Silence of the Lambs

Best Supporting Actress:  Juliette Lewis as Danielle Bowden in Cape Fear

Best Supporting Actor:  Nicholas Sadler as Vinnie Vincent in Sometimes They Come Back

 

1992

Best Picture:  Dead Alive

Best Director: Peter Jackson for Dead Alive

Best Actress:  Virginia Madsen as Helen Lyle in Candyman

Best Actor:  Gary Oldman as Dracula in Dracula

Best Supporting Actress:  Frances Sternhagen as Dr. Lynn Waldheim in Raising Cain

Best Supporting Actor:  Ray Wise as Leland Palmer in Twin Peaks: Fire Walk With Me

 

1993

Best Picture:  The Untold Story

Best Director: Dario Argento for Trauma

Best Actress:  Sara Smuts-Kennedy as Dora in Jack Be Nimble

Best Actor:  Max Von Sydow as Leland Gaunt in Needful Things

Best Supporting Actress:  Julie Harris as Reggie Delesseps in The Dark Half

Best Supporting Actor:  J.T Walsh as Danforth Keeton III in Needful Things

 

1994

Best Picture:  New Nightmare

Best Director: Michael Soavi for Cemetery Man

Best Actress:   Marina Zudina as Billy Hughes in Mute Witness

Best Actor:  Gary Sinise as Stu Redman in The Stand

Best Supporting Actress:  Kirsten Dunst as Claudia in Interview with the Vampire

Best Supporting Actor:  Kim Bodnia as Jens in Nighwatch

 

 

1995

Best Picture:  The Prophecy

Best Director: Clive Barker for Lord of Illusions

Best Actress:  Lili Taylor as Kathleen Conklin in The Addiction

Best Actor:  Billy Zane as The Collector in Tales From the Crypt: Demon Knight

Best Supporting Actress:  Jada Pinkett-Smith as Jeryline in Tales from the Crypt: Demon Knight

Best Supporting Actor:  Christopher Walker as Gabriel in The Prophecy

 

 

1996

Best Picture:  Scream

Best Director: Wes Craven for Scream

Best Actress:  Ana Torent as Angela in Thesis

Best Actor:  George Clooney as Seth Gecko in From Dusk Til Dawn

Best Supporting Actress:  Drew Barrymore as Casey Becker in Scream

Best Supporting Actor:  Mathew Lillard as Stu in Scream

 

1997

Best Picture:  Scream 2

Best Director: Wes Craven for Scream 2

Best Actress:  Courteney Cox-Arquette as Gale Weathers in Scream 2

Best Actor:  John C. McGinley as Edgler Foreman Vess in Intensity

Best Supporting Actress:  Jada Pinkett-Smith as Maureen Evans in Scream 2

Best Supporting Actor:  Josh Brolin as James Gallman in Nightwatch

 

1998

Best Picture:  Ringu

Best Director: Hideo Nakata for Ringu

Best Actress:  Jamie Lee Curtis as Kerry Tate/Laurue Strode in Halloween: H20

Best Actor:  Ray Barrett as Maurice Stubbs in In the Winter Dark

Best Supporting Actress:  Tatyani Ali as Monica in The Clown at Midnight

Best Supporting Actor:  Ian McKellan as Kurt Dussander in Apt Pupil

 

1999

Best Picture:  The Blair Witch Project

Best Director: Tim Burton for Sleepy Hollow

Best Actress:  Heather Donahue as Heather in The Blair Witch Project

Best Actor:  Johnny Depp as Ichabod Crane in Sleepy Hollow

Best Supporting Actress:  Anna Faris as Janelle in Lover's Lane

Best Supporting Actor:  Christopher Walker as Hessian Horseman in Sleepy Hollow

 

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