The Empire Award for Best Horror was an Empire Award presented annually by the British film magazine Empire to honor the best horror film of the previous year. The Empire Award for Best Horror was one of four new Best Film ongoing awards which were first introduced at the 11th Empire Awards ceremony in 2006 (along with Best Comedy, Best Sci-Fi/Fantasy and Best Thriller) with The Descent receiving the award. Get Out was the last winner in this category in 2018 event. Winners are voted by the readers of Empire magazine.
Winners and nominees In the list below, winners are listed first in boldface, followed by the other nominees. The number of the ceremony (1st, 2nd, etc.) appears in parentheses after the awards year, linked to the article (if any) on that ceremony.
2000s Year Film 2006 The Descent Land of the Dead The Skeleton Key Wolf Creek 2007 Hostel Slither The Hills Have Eyes The Host The Texas Chainsaw Massacre: The Beginning 2008 28 Weeks Later 30 Days of Night 1408 Death Proof Saw IV 2009 Eden Lake The Mist The Orphanage The Strangers Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street
2010s Year Film 2010 Let the Right One In Drag Me to Hell Paranormal Activity Thirst Zombieland 2011 The Last Exorcism A Nightmare on Elm Street Let Me In Paranormal Activity 2 The Crazies 2012 Kill List Attack the Block Insidious Paranormal Activity 3 Trollhunter 2013 The Woman in Black Dark Shadows Sightseers Sinister The Cabin in the Woods 2014 The Conjuring A Field in England Evil Dead World War Z You're Next 2015 The Babadook Annabelle Oculus The Guest Under the Skin 2016 The Hallow Jameson Empire Awards 2016: Star Wars and Mad Max lead the nominations Crimson Peak Insidious: Chapter 3 It Follows Krampus 2017 The Witch Three Empire Awards 2017: Rogue One, Tom Hiddleston And Patrick Stewart Win Big Under the Shadow Green Room The Conjuring 2 Don't Breathe 2018 Get Out Star Wars The Last Jedi and Thor Ragnarok Lead Empire Awards 2018 Nominationsmother! The Autopsy of Jane Doe It Split
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