
I'm returning to the the Critics Choice Super Awards nominations once again, this time to examine the nominees for Best Horror Movie. The most nominated horror film is Sinners with four nominations, one each in all the categories in which it's eligible, followed by Heretic and Nosferatu with three each and Bring Her Back, Longlegs, and The Substance with two nominations apiece. I think this award is among Sinners, Nosferatu, and The Substance with Sinners as the nominal favorite by a nose, although I admit being influenced by Jim Hunter, critic at WEHT-ABC and WTVW-CW in Evansville, Indiana, who picked Sinners over The Substance.
Hunter's choice is Michael B. Jordan for his double role in Sinners. That's not a gimme, as Jordan is contending against heavy hitters Nicolas Cage in Longlegs, Hugh Grant in Heretic and Bill Skarsgård in Nosferatu and up-and-comers David Dastmalchian in Late Night With the Devil and Justice Smith in I Saw the TV Glow. I'll go with Hunter's pick after noting that Nicolas Cage won Best Actor in a Film at the Saturn Awards. I doubt the Critics Choice Association will go along with that; electorates matter.
While Demi Moore won Best Actress in a Film at the Saturn Awards, she also won Best Actress at the main Critics Choice Awards. Electorates matter, which is why I had her picked to win even before I heard Hunter.
Now for a category I've examined twice before.

I'm going along with Hunter and picking Grant over Washington. Why not?Emma Corrin really chewed the scenery in Deadpool & Wolverine, making for a good villain one loves to hate, but I'm not going to pick a winner yet. I have until August 7th to do that, so I'll hold off until I look at the rest of the categories.As I wrote above, Austin Butler has a better chance to win Best Villain in a Movie and might do so as part of a Dune: Part Two sweep. Still, I think there are better villains, or at least villains played by more well-known actors, like Hugh Grant and Denzel Washington, so I'm not getting out the broom just yet.
Unlike Superhero Film, where the best nominees have yet to premiere, and Science Fiction Film, where the best nominees have already been honored at the last Saturn Awards, these nominations yield a rich field of possible nominees for Best Horror Film at the next Saturn Awards, including Bring Her Back, Heretic, Nosferatu, and Sinners.* Box Office Mojo's top movies of 2025 adds Clown in a Cornfield, Final Destination: Bloodlines, Heart Eyes, Until Dawn, and Wolf Man, along with several more than I care to name. Box Office Mojo's Calendar lists Skillhouse, Abraham's Boys, I Know What You Did Last Summer, Bambi: The Reckoning, House on Eden, Ick, and Weapons between now and August 8th. There is no shortage of horror films!
I have one more movie genre, action, to cover before I move on to the television nominees. I expect to get to that Thursday or Friday. Stay tuned.
*For what it's worth, I've been looking forward to this category since April, when I wrote, "Nosferatu [is] my co-favorite so far with Sinners for Best Horror Film at the next Saturn Awards." Still is.
Previous entries about the 5th Critics Choice Super Awards
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