[Editorial] Announcing the Golden Claw Awards Nominees

We think it’s safe to say that last year was an gore-drenched, scare-fest of horror films and we were certainly treated with an abundance. That’s why the Golden Claw Awards were created, as a way to celebrate some of the best horror from 2022 and onwards.

From an idea by Andrew Pope comes the Golden Claw Awards, and we are very excited to be sponsoring the awards. Andrew dropped a message to me and Tim Coleman (Moving Pics Film Club) and asked our thoughts on a UK & Ireland based horror awards and we both immediately responded with a lot of excitement. From there the creation of the UK & Ireland Horror Critics Group was born, who will be voting for the final nominees within the Golden Claw Awards.

All horror critics based in the UK or Ireland are welcome to participate, with links to the poll available now via horror.critics.group@gmail.com or by DMing the Group’s Twitter account.

This is the first year of the Golden Claw Awards, and the final categories and nominees for each have now been finalised by the Group. You can see the list of nominees down below. Over the next two weeks the group will be voting on the final winners and we’ll be livestreaming an awards ceremony – so keep your eyes peeled for more details. 

Andrew says: “"As the Group started recommending and debating the shortlists, their passion really started to shine through. So many arguments! This is an exciting time for horror movies, and that showed in all the films that almost but didn't quite get nominated. But when the smoke cleared, we could see the actual nominees were all superb. I can't wait to see which of them takes home a coveted Golden Claw. The UK & Ireland Horror Critics Group is committed to celebrating the UK and Irish horror scene, so I'm particularly excited to see who wins out in the UK or Irish Horror Film category. It's so important that we nurture our local talent! I'm also very excited for the DIE DIE DIE award for championing Diversity, Inclusivity and Equity in horror - this is the one award not voted on, but is instead a special award bestowed by the UK & Ireland Horror Critics Group committee. We look forward to announcing the winner!"

Tim says: “"It's such an honour to be involved in the Golden Claw Awards. Right now we're living through an incredible time for horror cinema, so it's wonderful being able to celebrate  the incredible films being made in a genre which means so much to us all"”

And what do I say? Well I’m incredibly excited about the Golden Claw Awards because there is just so much phenomenal horror out there right now. 

The winners will be announced across social media at a later date! Voting is now live so if you are a horror critic based in the UK or Ireland and would like to get involved, please email horror.critics.group@gmail.com and follow the Group on Twitter.

Categories and nominees in the Golden Claw Awards 2022

• Best Film (UK or Ireland Cinema Release)

• Barbarian

• Bodies Bodies Bodies

• Bones and All

• Nope

• X

• Best Film (Streaming Release)

• Dashcam

• Deadstream

• Mad God

• Sissy

• The Leech

• We’re All Going To The World’s Fair

• Best Film (On the Festival Circuit)

• Huesera: The Bone Woman

• Hypochondriac

• New Religion

• Next Exit

• The Harbinger

• Best Film (Not in the English Language)

• Huesera: The Bone Woman

• Incantation

• New Religion

• Piggy

• The Innocents

• Best UK or Irish Horror Film

• A Banquet

• All My Friends Hate Me

• Lola

• Men

• You Are Not My Mother

• Best Documentary

• A Life on The Farm

• Living with Chucky

• Orchestrator of Storms

• Queer for Fear

• The Found Footage Phenomenon

• Best TV Show

• All of Us Are Dead

• Archive 81

• Guillermo Del Toro’s Cabinet of Curiosities

• Stranger Things

• What We Do In The Shadows

• Yellowjackets

• Best Lead Performance

• Amber Midthunder - Prey

• Anna Cobb - We’re All Going To The World’s Fair

• Georgina Campbell - Barbarian

• Graham Skipper - The Leech

• Keke Palmer - Nope

• Laura Gálan - Piggy

• Mia Goth - X

• Rahul Kohli - Next Exit

• Taylor Russell - Bones and All

• Zack Villa - Hypochondriac

• Best Supporting Performance

• Nicholas Hoult - The Menu

• Rory Kinnear - Men

• Justin Long - Barbarian

• Rachel Sennott - Bodies Bodies Bodies

• Bill Skarsgard - Barbarian

• Brittany Snow - X

• Kristen Stewart - Crimes of the Future

• Melanie Stone - Deadstream & V/H/S/99

• Mark Rylance - Bones and All

• Steven Yeun - Nope

• Best Direction

• Zach Cregger - Barbarian

• Kate Dolan - You Are Not My Mother

• Keishi Kondo - New Religion

• Jordan Peele - Nope

• Ti West - X

• Best Screenplay

• Travis Stevens & Nathan Faudree - A Wounded Fawn

• Zach Cregger - Barbarian

• Kristen Roupenian & Sarah DeLappe - Bodies Bodies Bodies

• Addison Heimann - Hypochondriac

• Jordan Peele - Nope

• Best Looking Film (Cinematography, production design, costumes, hair & makeup, lighting, etc.)

• Bones and All

• Mad God

• Nope

• Prey

• X

• Best Visual Effects

• Deadstream

• Fall

• Nope

• V/H/S/99

• X

• Best Score or Soundtrack

• Michael Abels - Nope

• Sebastain Gainsborough & Robin Carolan - The Northman

• Trent Reznor & Atticus Ross - Bones and All

• VAAAL - A Wounded Fawn

• Rich Vreeland - Bodies Bodies Bodies

• Most Atmospheric Horror Film

• Barbarian

• Crimes of the Future

• Nope

• The Harbinger

• X

• Scariest Film

• Barbarian

• Dashcam

• Fall

• The Harbinger

• You Are Not My Mother

• Best Kill (exact details on the poll, but left off here due to potential SPOILERS!) 

• Barbarian

• Bodies Bodies Bodies

• Nope

• Speak No Evil

• Violent Night
  

• Breakthrough Star

• Amber Midthunder

• Jenna Ortega

• Eric Pennycoff

• Taylor Russell

• Joseph & Vanessa Winter

• Best UK & Ireland Horror Festival

• Celluloid Screams

• Frightfest

• Grimmfest

• Mayhem

• Soho Horror Festival

• Best Media Outlet

• Fishnets and Philosophy

• Ghouls Magazine

• The Evolution of Horror

• The Final Girls

• What a Scream

• DIE DIE DIE award - for Championing Diversity, Inclusivity and Equity in Horror.

• By decision of the UK & Ireland Horror Critics Group committee

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