Behind The Scenes Of The 2025 FANGORIA Chainsaw Awards

Another FANGORIA Chainsaw Awards show is in the books (now streaming on YouTube)! It’s always a strange feeling to spend so much time on a single specific thing, and then finally put it to bed. But alas, the show belongs to all of you now, and we sure hope you enjoyed it. (Actually, it belongs to you so much that you can now watch the full show for free on YouTube!) It’s always exciting to invite the best horror makers of the year in for a celebration of their work, as chosen by you all. Keeping so many secrets and surprises for months until we are bursting at the seams means by awards night we are all about ready to explode, and being able to finally announce all of the winners is a much welcome release and celebration.

We’re taking you behind the scenes for a little on-set action with some of your favorite horror icons. We shot this year’s Chainsaw Awards across three days. Two days in the studio with the whole gang, hosts, presenters, and winners. Plus one more day on a spaceship with a skeleton crew, (yes, we really went to space for this, can you believe it?).

The first two days in the studio always feel like a wonderful reunion. The Fango team is spread out across multiple states, covering the country from coast to coast. When chunks of us get to come together for events like this, it’s always a good time. Add to that the horror icons we are lucky enough to call friends, whom we often only see for special events, and it’s almost like coming back to summer camp.

This year, we also had the Letterboxd team in the studio, grabbing interviews with incoming talent, chatting about favorite underseen horror movies that deserve more love and attention.