Empire Award for Best Horror

{{Infobox award

| name = Empire Award for Best Horror

| awarded_for = Best horror film of the year

| presenter = Empire magazine

| country = United Kingdom

| year = 2006

| holder = Get Out (2018)

| main = Empire Awards

}}

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=

width="10%" \| Year ! width="50%" \| Film ! width="2%" \| {{Abbr\|Ref.\|Reference}}
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rowspan="4" style="text-align:center" \| 2006 {{Small\|(11th)}} \| style="background:#FAEB86" \| *The Descent* \| rowspan="4" style="text-align:center" \| {{Efn\|name=Y2006}}{{cite web\|url=http://www.empireonline.com/awards2006/winners/horror.asp \|title=Best Horror \|work=Empireonline.com \|publisher=Bauer Consumer Media \|year=2006 \|access-date=October 16, 2011 \|url-status=dead \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130616201905/http://www.empireonline.com/awards2006/winners/horror.asp \|archive-date=June 16, 2013 \|df=mdy }}
Land of the Dead
The Skeleton Key
Wolf Creek
rowspan="5" style="text-align:center" \| 2007 {{Small\|(12th)}} \| style="background:#FAEB86" \| *Hostel* \| rowspan="5" style="text-align:center" \| {{cite web \|url=http://www.empireonline.com/awards/horror.asp \|title=Best Horror \|work=Empireonline.com \|publisher=Bauer Consumer Media \|year=2007 \|access-date=October 16, 2011 }}
Slither
The Hills Have Eyes
The Host
The Texas Chainsaw Massacre: The Beginning
rowspan="5" style="text-align:center" \| 2008 {{Small\|(13th)}} \| style="background:#FAEB86" \| *28 Weeks Later* \| rowspan="5" style="text-align:center" \| {{cite web \|url=http://www.empireonline.com/awards2008/winners/horror.asp \|title=Best Horror \|work=Empireonline.com \|publisher=Bauer Consumer Media \|year=2008 \|access-date=October 16, 2011 }}
30 Days of Night
1408
Death Proof
Saw IV
rowspan="5" style="text-align:center" \| 2009 {{Small\|(14th)}} \| style="background:#FAEB86" \| *Eden Lake* \| rowspan="5" style="text-align:center" \| {{cite web \|url=http://www.empireonline.com/awards2009/winners/horror.asp \|title=Best Horror \|work=Empireonline.com \|publisher=Bauer Consumer Media \|year=2009 \|access-date=October 16, 2011 }}
The Mist
The Orphanage
The Strangers
Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street

=2010s=

width="10%" \| Year ! width="50%" \| Film ! width="2%" \| {{Abbr\|Ref.\|Reference}}
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rowspan="5" style="text-align:center" \| 2010 {{Small\|(15th)}} \| style="background:#FAEB86" \| *Let the Right One In* \| rowspan="5" style="text-align:center" \| {{cite web \|url=http://www.empireonline.com/awards2010/winners/best-horror/ \|title=Best Horror \|work=Empireonline.com \|publisher=Bauer Consumer Media \|year=2010 \|access-date=October 16, 2011 }}{{cite web \|url=https://www.digitalspy.co.uk/movies/news/a205232/in-full-empire-awards-2010-nominees.html \|title=In Full: Empire Awards 2010 nominees \|author=Reynolds, Simon \|date=February 25, 2010 \|work=digitalspy.co.uk \|publisher=Digital Spy \|access-date=October 21, 2011 }}
Drag Me to Hell
Paranormal Activity
Thirst
Zombieland
rowspan="5" style="text-align:center" \| 2011 {{Small\|(16th)}} \| style="background:#FAEB86" \| *The Last Exorcism* \| rowspan="5" style="text-align:center" \| {{cite web\|url=http://www.empireonline.com/awards2011/winners/best-horror/ \|title=Best Horror \|work=Empireonline.com \|publisher=Bauer Consumer Media \|year=2011 \|access-date=October 16, 2011 \|url-status=dead \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130614211814/http://www.empireonline.com/awards2011/winners/best-horror/ \|archive-date=June 14, 2013 \|df=mdy }}
A Nightmare on Elm Street
Let Me In
Paranormal Activity 2
The Crazies
rowspan="5" style="text-align:center" \| 2012 {{Small\|(17th)}} \| style="background:#FAEB86" \| *Kill List* \| rowspan="5" style="text-align:center" \| {{cite web \|url=http://www.empireonline.com/awards2012/winners/horror.asp \|title=Best Horror \|work=Empireonline.com \|publisher=Bauer Consumer Media \|date=2012 \|access-date=2014-08-18}}
Attack the Block
Insidious
Paranormal Activity 3
Trollhunter
rowspan="5" style="text-align:center" \| 2013 {{Small\|(18th)}} \| style="background:#FAEB86" \| *The Woman in Black* \| rowspan="5" style="text-align:center" \| {{cite web \|url=http://www.empireonline.com/awards2013/winners/besthorror.asp \|title=Best Horror \|work=Empireonline.com \|publisher=Bauer Consumer Media \|date=2013 \|access-date=2014-08-18}}
Dark Shadows
Sightseers
Sinister
The Cabin in the Woods
rowspan="5" style="text-align:center" \| 2014 {{Small\|(19th)}} \| style="background:#FAEB86" \| *The Conjuring* \| rowspan="5" style="text-align:center" \| {{cite web \|url=http://www.empireonline.com/awards2014/winners/best-horror.asp \|title=Best Horror \|work=Empireonline.com \|publisher=Bauer Consumer Media \|date=2014 \|access-date=2014-08-18}}
A Field in England
Evil Dead
World War Z
You're Next
rowspan="5" style="text-align:center" \| 2015 {{Small\|(20th)}} \| style="background:#FAEB86" \| *The Babadook* \| rowspan="5" style="text-align:center" \| {{cite web \|url=http://www.empireonline.com/awards2015/winners/best-horror.asp \|title=Best Horror \|work=Empireonline.com \|publisher=Bauer Consumer Media \|date=2015 \|access-date=April 1, 2015 }}{{cite news \|last=Barraclough \|first=Leo \|title='Interstellar' wins Film, Director at Empire Awards \|url=https://variety.com/2015/film/global/interstellar-wins-film-director-at-empire-awards-1201462423/ \|work=Variety.com \|publisher=Penske Business Media \|date=March 30, 2015 \|access-date=March 30, 2015 }}
Annabelle
Oculus
The Guest
Under the Skin
rowspan="5" style="text-align:center" \| 2016 {{Small\|(21st)}} \| style="background:#FAEB86" \| *The Hallow* \| rowspan="5" style="text-align:center" \| [https://www.empireonline.com/movies/news/star-wars-mad-max-empire-awards-2016-nominations-2/ Jameson Empire Awards 2016: Star Wars and Mad Max lead the nominations]
Crimson Peak
Insidious: Chapter 3
It Follows
Krampus
rowspan="5" style="text-align:center" \| 2017 {{Small\|(22nd)}} \| style="background:#FAEB86" \| *The Witch* \| rowspan="5" style="text-align:center" \| [https://www.empireonline.com/movies/news/three-empire-awards-2017-rogue-one-tom-hiddleston-patrick-stewart-win-big/ Three Empire Awards 2017: Rogue One, Tom Hiddleston And Patrick Stewart Win Big]
Under the Shadow
Green Room
The Conjuring 2
Don't Breathe
rowspan="5" style="text-align:center" \| 2018 {{Small\|(23rd)}} \| style="background:#FAEB86" \| *Get Out* \| rowspan="5" style="text-align:center" \| [https://www.empireonline.com/movies/news/star-wars-last-jedi-thor-ragnarok-lead-empire-awards-2018-nominations/ Star Wars The Last Jedi and Thor Ragnarok Lead Empire Awards 2018 Nominations]
mother!
The Autopsy of Jane Doe
It
Split

=Notes=

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{{Efn|name=Y2006|The 11th Empire Awards in 2006 had four nominees (instead of the usual five) for Best Horror.}}

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References

External links

Horror

Category:Awards for best film