Chainsaw Awards Nominations Announced

Press release
Source: Rogers & Cowan

fuse, the nation’s only viewer-influenced music television network and Fangoria Entertainment, the number one brand in horror for the past 25 years, have announced that the first-ever televised fuse Fangoria Chainsaw Awards will be held Sunday, October 15th at the Orpheum Theater in Los Angeles. An ideal attraction through which viewers can embrace the Halloween spirit, this premiere award show spotlighting the best in horror themed cinema, music and television will premiere on fuse Sunday, October 22nd at 9:30 p.m EST.

The editors of Fangoria and Fangoria.com, the leading horror magazine and online destination, joined forces with the music experts at fuse to develop a host of categories and nominees, from the straight forward to the sublimely offbeat. The awards will honor the best of modern horror themed cinema and television and its growing influence on popular music, from the looks of the stars to the music videos directly inspired by seminal scare flicks.

The leader in film category nominations is Hostel with six, followed by Snakes on a Plane, Underworld: Evolution and The Hills Have Eyes with five nods each, while Final Destination 3, The Descent, Silent Hill, The Devil’s Rejects, Slither and King Kong each earned four nominations. Performers nominated in the music categories include Gnarls Barkley, AFI, 30 Seconds to Mars, My Chemical Romance, Fall Out Boy, Evanescence and Red Hot Chili Peppers. fuse viewers and horror fans alike will have the chance to help determine the winners by voting at www.fuse.tv between September 1st and, naturally, Friday, October 13th.

This year’s fright-fest, the first-ever televised, will feature a “black carpet” pre-show with a critique of the fashions of the arriving star nominees and presenters, live performances by some of the biggest names in pop, rock and hip-hop as well as a “Gala of Gore” post-show, an after-party attended by music and film A-listers. Cyber-savvy music and horror fans can follow the action and get many extras by heading to www.fuse.tv and www.Fangoria.com, before, during and after the telecast. Additional announcements including hosts, performers and presenters will be forthcoming.

“Our viewers are as down with Freddy as the are with Fall Out Boy, so this horror-meets-music summit is the ultimate television kick-off to Halloween week,” said Catherine Mullen, EVP and General Manager of fuse.

“Over the years, the horror genre continues to be a powerful force in music, film, television and entertainment,” said Thomas DeFeo, the President of Fangoria Entertainment. “It made perfect sense to join forces with fuse to create a credible and compelling award show honoring the best in the business, while remaining true to the genre’s loyal fanbase.”

The complete list of nominees is as follows:

KILLER MOVIE (scariest movie)

The Descent: Neil Marshall
Hostel: Eli Roth
Wolf Creek: Greg McLean
The Hills Have Eyes: Alexandre Aja
The Devil’s Rejects: Rob Zombie

MOST THRILLING KILLING (best death scene)

Final Destination 3: Drive thru
Hostel: Train Suicide
The Omen: Decapitation
Snakes on a Plane: Guy attacked in toilet
Saw II: Emmanuelle Vaugier gets arm stuck in box of blades

DUDE YOU DON’T WANNA MESS WITH (hero)

Samuel L. Jackson: Snakes on a Plane
Kong: King Kong
Nathan Fillion: Slither
Jay Hernandez: Hostel
Scott Speedman: Underworld: Evolution

CHICK YOU DON’T WANNA MESS WITH (heroine)

Shauna Macdonald: The Descent
Anna Faris: Scary Movie 4
Radha Mitchell: Silent Hill
Laura Linney: The Exorcism of Emily Rose
Kate Beckinsale: Underworld: Evolution

RELATIONSHIP FROM HELL

Bill Moseley & Sheri Moon Zombie: The Devil’s Rejects
Kate Beckinsale & Scott Speedman: Underworld: Evolution
Ellen Page & Patrick Wilson: Hard Candy
Derek Richardson & Jan Vlasák: Hostel
Michael Rooker & Elizabeth Banks: Slither

BEST BUTCHER (villain)

Tobin Bell: Saw II
Sid Haig: The Devil’s Rejects
Robert Joy: The Hills Have Eyes
Jan Vlasák: Hostel
John Jarratt: Wolf Creek

CREEPIEST KID

Ellen Page: Hard Candy
Jodelle Ferland: Silent Hill
Laura Ortiz: The Hills Have Eyes
Rachel Hurd-Wood: An American Haunting
Seamus Davey-Fitzpatrick: The Omen

HIGHEST BODY COUNT (highest HUMAN death toll)

King Kong
Snakes on a Plane
Final Destination 3
Slither
Doom

LINE THAT KILLED (best one liner)

Snakes on a Plane
Final Destination 3
Wolf Creek
The Devil’s Rejects
Hostel

BLOODIEST BEATDOWN (best fight scene)

The Rock vs. Karl Urban: Doom
Kate Beckinsale vs. Tony Curran: Underworld: Evolution
Michael Bailey Smith vs. Aaron Stanford: The Hills Have Eyes
Kong vs. the T-Rexes: King Kong
Juno & Sarah vs. The Crawlers: The Descent

BEST WITH LESS (best low-budget, limited release independent)

Zombie Honeymoon
The Dark Hours
Subject Two
Hard Candy
The Roost

SICKEST FX (best special fx)

Final Destination 3
Snakes on a Plane
King Kong
Tim Burton’s Corpse Bride
Silent Hill

LOOKS THAT KILL (best makeup fx)

Slither
The Hills Have Eyes
Silent Hill
Underworld: Evolution
The Descent

MOST DISTURBING IMPORT (best foreign film)

Pulse: Japan
Night Watch: Russia
Romasanta: Spain
Calvaire (The Ordeal): Belgium
Godzilla: Final Wars: Japan

KILLER TELEVISION (scariest tv show, anthology or film)

Masters of Horror
Nightmares & Dreamscapes: From the Stories of Stephen King
Supernatural
Desperation
Invasion

KILLER VIDEO (best music video)

Dani California: Red Hot Chili Peppers
Crazy: Gnarls Barkley
Steady As She Goes (Ver. #2): Raconteurs
Move Along: All American Rejects
Heard ‘Em Say: Kanye West featuring Adam Levine

VIDEO INSPIRED BY FILM

“Snakes on a Plane (Bring It)” inspired by “Snakes on a Plane”: Cobra Starship
“A Little Less Sixteen Candles A Little More Touch Me” inspired by “Lost Boys”: Fall Out Boy
“The Kill” inspired by “The Shining”: 30 Seconds to Mars
“Walk Away” inspired by “Hitchcock”: Franz Ferdinand
“Out Here All Night” inspired by “Evil Dead”: Damone

PRINCE OF DARKNESS (darkest male artist in music video)

Davey Havok: AFI
M.Shadows: Avenged Sevenfold
Jared Leto: 30 Seconds to Mars
Gerard Way: My Chemical Romance
Ville Vallo: HIM

FEMME FATALE (most evil female character in music video)

AFI: “Miss Murder”
Avenged Sevenfold: “Beast & Harlot”
She Wants Revenge: “These Things”
Matchbook Romance: “Monsters”
Evanescence: “Call Me When You’re Sober”

About fuse
fuse is the nation's only viewer-influenced, music television network, featuring music videos, exclusive artist interviews, live concerts, series and specials. fuse reflects the rapidly changing interests and attitudes of its 12-34 year-old audience by uniting the media platforms at the center of their communication and entertainment - TV, Web, mobile technologies and interactive gaming and by incorporating their opinions and suggestions into the network’s on-air and online programming. More information about fuse is available at www.fuse.tv.

About Fangoria:
Fangoria Entertainment owns and operates the renowned monthly horror publication Fangoria Magazine and the horror genre’s #1 online destination Fangoria.com. Fangoria Entertainment also produces the popular weekly 3-hour live radio show FANGORIA RADIO airing Friday nights on Sirius Satellite Radio, hosted by renowned heavy metal frontman for Twisted Sister and horror film producer-actor Dee Snider with celebrated Scream Queen and radio veteran Debbie Rochon serving as Snider’s sidekick. Established in May 1979, Fangoria Magazine and Website rank as America’s #1 source for horror news and entertainment. Both the magazine and the website remain the most sought-after source of movies, videogames, television series, books and toys that comprise the burgeoning world of horror entertainment. Fangoria TV produced acclaimed High Definition broadcasts of the NY Village Halloween Parade in 2004 & 2005. Fangoria Entertainment is also a prime producer of horror conventions held throughout the year in major cities nationwide. In addition, the Fangoria video label is home to a collection of contemporary horror film titles in distribution on DVD and VHS.

About Rainbow Media Holdings LLC
A leader in the entertainment industry, Rainbow Media Holdings LLC is a subsidiary of Cablevision Systems Corporation. Rainbow creates and manages some of the country's most compelling and dynamic programming with linear networks including national networks – AMC, fuse, IFC (The Independent Film Channel) and WE: Women's Entertainment; its regional programming service – Rainbow Sports Networks; on-demand networks including Mag Rack and sportskool; and the largest suite of high definition channels available anywhere – the VOOM HD Networks. Rainbow's other businesses include its film distribution, production and exhibition division – IFC Entertainment; in addition to its advertising sales division – Rainbow Advertising Sales Corporation – and its full service network programming origination and distribution company – Rainbow Network Communications.