Former annual British film award
Empire Award for Best Horror Awarded for Best horror film of the year Country United Kingdom Presented by Empire magazineFirst award 2006 Currently held by Get Out (2018 )
TheEmpire Award for Best Horror was anEmpire Award presented annually by the Britishfilm magazine Empire to honor the besthorror 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 the11th Empire Awards ceremony in 2006 (along withBest Comedy ,Best Sci-Fi/Fantasy andBest Thriller ) withThe Descent receiving the award.Get Out was the last winner in this category in2018 event . Winners are voted by the readers ofEmpire magazine.
Winners and nominees [ edit ] In the list below, winners are listed first inboldface , 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.
^ The 11th Empire Awards in 2006 had four nominees (instead of the usual five) for Best Horror. ^ "Best Horror" .Empireonline.com .Bauer Consumer Media . 2006. Archived fromthe original on June 16, 2013. RetrievedOctober 16, 2011 .^ "Best Horror" .Empireonline.com .Bauer Consumer Media . 2007. RetrievedOctober 16, 2011 .^ "Best Horror" .Empireonline.com .Bauer Consumer Media . 2008. RetrievedOctober 16, 2011 .^ "Best Horror" .Empireonline.com .Bauer Consumer Media . 2009. RetrievedOctober 16, 2011 .^ "Best Horror" .Empireonline.com .Bauer Consumer Media . 2010. RetrievedOctober 16, 2011 .^ Reynolds, Simon (February 25, 2010)."In Full: Empire Awards 2010 nominees" .digitalspy.co.uk .Digital Spy . RetrievedOctober 21, 2011 . ^ "Best Horror" .Empireonline.com .Bauer Consumer Media . 2011. Archived fromthe original on June 14, 2013. RetrievedOctober 16, 2011 .^ "Best Horror" .Empireonline.com .Bauer Consumer Media . 2012. RetrievedAugust 18, 2014 .^ "Best Horror" .Empireonline.com .Bauer Consumer Media . 2013. RetrievedAugust 18, 2014 .^ "Best Horror" .Empireonline.com .Bauer Consumer Media . 2014. RetrievedAugust 18, 2014 .^ "Best Horror" .Empireonline.com .Bauer Consumer Media . 2015. RetrievedApril 1, 2015 .^ Barraclough, Leo (March 30, 2015)." 'Interstellar' wins Film, Director at Empire Awards" .Variety.com .Penske Business Media . RetrievedMarch 30, 2015 . ^ Jameson Empire Awards 2016: Star Wars and Mad Max lead the nominations ^ Three Empire Awards 2017: Rogue One, Tom Hiddleston And Patrick Stewart Win Big ^ Star Wars The Last Jedi and Thor Ragnarok Lead Empire Awards 2018 Nominations
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