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We are the UK & Ireland Horror Critics Group. We support Horror Film Critics in the UK and Ireland, and run the annual Golden Claw horror cinema awards! Visit our site: horrorcritics.group Signup form on the front page!
Emilie Blichfeldt's feature debut THE UGLY STEPSISTER flips Cinderella upside down and makes The Substance look like a fairy tale.
A lacerating body-horror take-down of Disney princess niceties, it’s in cinema from April 18 (US) or 25 (UK). Full review below! #TheUglyStepsister
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Pretty much the #Oscars of the UK and Ireland horror scene. 😝 📽️ 👻 #horrorsky #filmsky
A couple of hours to go!
Last night was the most prestigious night in the Awards’ calendar… the Golden Claws, celebrating the best horror films of the last 12 months! It was once again an honour to serve on the committee - watch the winner announcements below! 👇
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The @horrorcriticsgroup.bsky.social Golden Claws have been announced.
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Sammy, those are fucking onions.
Congratulations to all our lovely winners!
02.03.2025 21:14 — 👍 4 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0Going live in 5! Click now! 📽️ 👻
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Forget about the Oscars (WHO?). We have the only awards worth caring about. The UK & Ireland Horror Critics Group presents the winners of its 2025 Golden Claw Awards TONIGHT at 8pm GMT / 3pm ET / 12noon PT.
Click to celebrate the best in horror cinema from the last year… 📽️👻
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The Moor
Just an amazing movie
(I also loved Oddity but The Moor stayed in my head after watching it)
Our final ballots have now gone out to our members! Are you a British or Irish film critic who didn’t get one? Message us! On here, or via our website at horrorcritics.group - we’d love to have you vote! #GoldenClaws
16.02.2025 21:51 — 👍 3 🔁 2 💬 0 📌 0Dan Stevens brought so much fun to these gnarly genre movies. He can do anything, and we’re so lucky he chooses these colourful, over-the-top, fantastical gigs.
12.02.2025 16:15 — 👍 2 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 0David Jonsson FTW
12.02.2025 15:22 — 👍 1 🔁 1 💬 1 📌 0Strong lineup!!
Naomi or Juliette would get my vote.
Honoured to be hosting such an important award for 5 incredible films of stark visibility and allyship.
12.02.2025 12:21 — 👍 12 🔁 4 💬 0 📌 1(The nominee announcements are below ❤️🔥)
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Announcing our GOLDEN CLAW AWARDS nominees!
We are here to celebrate cinematic horror excellence through 2024. Here’s who our members have nominated… winners will be announced on March 1st!
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This king….
11.02.2025 17:41 — 👍 2 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 0Which one of these 3 did the most to push the genre forward in 2024? Coralie, who got body-horror all the way to the Oscars, Chris who took a classic 80s slasher format and (literally) turned it inside out, or Jane who used TV nostalgia as a dreamlike lens to explore the pain of repressed identity?
11.02.2025 14:37 — 👍 10 🔁 4 💬 1 📌 0
We couldn't be happier to sponsor the 2025 Golden Claw Awards presented by @horrorcriticsgroup.bsky.social! It's gonna be a banger! From breaking barriers to cracking skulls - this year's nominees have really shown us something special.
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Loves, #NightTide couldn't be happier to sponsor the 2025 Golden Claw Awards presented by @horrorcriticsgroup.bsky.social! From breaking barriers to cracking skulls - this year's nominees have really shown us something special.
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Shout out to @dreadcentral.bsky.social with the skinny on the #GoldenClaws!
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The @horrorcriticsgroup.bsky.social #GoldenClaws nominees have been announced - and The Substance has taken a lead, just ahead of Longlegs and I Saw The TV Glow. Winners announced on March 1st! 📽️ 👻
11.02.2025 13:31 — 👍 10 🔁 3 💬 1 📌 0
Final voting for @horrorcriticsgroup.bsky.social opens soon. Here are the nominations
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Yes we listed the Best Director nominees twice. They were just that stacked.
11.02.2025 13:07 — 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
Those are the nominees for this year’s Golden Claw Awards, sponsored by @nighttidemag.bsky.social and @thncom.bsky.social! Be sure to follow both of those excellent publications, and tune in on March 1st to find out who’ll win our coveted trophies 🏆.
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Best Horror Film I Saw The TV Glow Longlegs Oddity Strange Darling The Substance
Best Horror Film
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Best Director Coralie Fargeat (The Substance) Damian Mc Carthy (Oddity) Jane Schoenbrun (I Saw The TV Glow) JT Mollner (Strange Darling) Osgood Perkins (Longlegs)
Best Director
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Best lead performance David Dastmalchian (Late Night With The Devil) Demi Moore (The Substance) Hugh Grant (Heretic) Juliette Gariépy (Red Rooms) Justice Smith (I Saw The TV Glow) Lupita Nyong’o (A Quiet Place: Day One) Maika Monroe (Longlegs) Naomi Scott (Smile 2) Nell Tiger Free (The First Omen) Sydney Sweeney (Immaculate)
Best Lead Performance
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Technical Excellence Chime (Sound Design) Longlegs (Score) MadS (Cinematography) Strange Darling (Cinematography) The Substance (Production Design, Makeup & Costuming)
Technical Excellence
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Best Kill Acid Blood Kill (Alien Romulus) Baby Meets Table (The Coffee Table) Chainsaw in the Shower (Terrifier 3) Rock Meets Baby (Immaculate) Yoga Kill (In a Violent Nature)
Best Kill
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Best feature debut Arkasha Stevenson (Director, The First Omen) Chris Nash (Director, In a Violent Nature) Sebastian Vanicek (Director, Infested) Zelda Williams (Writer, Lisa Frankenstein) Zoe Kravitz (Director, Blink Twice)
Best Feature Debut
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