Horror Critics Group
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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!
Chuffed to have had our SISTER MIDNIGHT nominated by @horrorcriticsgroup.bsky.social (Only just found out.)
Horror Critics Group@horrorcriticsgroup.bsky.social · 8mo agoWe are the UK & Ireland Horror Critics Group, and our members have awarded the title of BEST BRITISH OR IRISH HORROR FILM to… 28 YEARS LATER Congratulations to all the infected, and everyone holed up on Holy Island thinking of times past. 🥰
And another just-discovered nomination too! Thanks, @horrorcriticsgroup.bsky.social
Horror Critics Group@horrorcriticsgroup.bsky.social · 8mo agoThis year’s BEST HORROR FILM NOT IN THE ENGLISH LANGUAGE is… THE UGLY STEPSISTER! Congratulations to Emilie Blichfeldt for her curdled fairy tale! (We recommend you check out all of the nominees!)
Congratulations to SINNERS, which handily routed the competition in this year’s Golden Claw Awards - seven wins, including a clean sweep of all the craft categories, a Lead Actor award for Michael B. Jordan, Best Director and Best Film.
Sinners Dominates the 2026 Golden Claw Awards, Taking Seven Wins
The UK & Ireland Horror Critics Group has announced the winners of the 2026 Golden Claw Awards, with Ryan Coogler’s Sinners emerging as the year’s decisive genre success. Winning seven awards f…
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It’s time for the 2026 GOLDEN CLAW AWARDS! We award these every year for horror film excellence. (Adele shown for illustrative purposes only.)
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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 📽️🔪🎟️
The Ugly Stepsister – Review
Emilie Blichfeldt’s directorial debut makes The Substance look like a fairy tale. The Ugly Stepsister reimagines Cinderella through the lens of the anguished stepsister, Elvira. Set in a deca…
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Pretty much the #Oscars of the UK and Ireland horror scene. 😝 📽️ 👻 #horrorsky #filmsky A couple of hours to go!
Horror Critics Group@horrorcriticsgroup.bsky.social · 2y agoForget 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… 📽️👻 youtu.be/2EP4E1tKBxo
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! 👇
Horror Critics Group@horrorcriticsgroup.bsky.social · 2y agoForget 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… 📽️👻 youtu.be/2EP4E1tKBxo
Going live in 5! Click now! 📽️ 👻
Horror Critics Group@horrorcriticsgroup.bsky.social · 2y agoForget 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… 📽️👻 youtu.be/2EP4E1tKBxo
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… 📽️👻 youtu.be/2EP4E1tKBxo
Golden Claw Awards 2025
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The Moor Just an amazing movie (I also loved Oddity but The Moor stayed in my head after watching it)
Horror Critics Group@horrorcriticsgroup.bsky.social · 2y agoBest British or Irish Horror Co-sponsored by the @indiehorrorsoc.bsky.social 📽️👻
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
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Dan 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.
Horror Critics Group@horrorcriticsgroup.bsky.social · 2y agoBest Supporting Performance #GoldenClaws 📽️👻
Honoured to be hosting such an important award for 5 incredible films of stark visibility and allyship.
Horror Critics Group@horrorcriticsgroup.bsky.social · 2y agoRepresentation Award - Sponsored by @sohohorrorfest.bsky.social #GoldenClaws 📽️👻
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! #GoldenClaws 📽️ 👻
Which 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?
Horror Critics Group@horrorcriticsgroup.bsky.social · 2y agoTrailblazer of 2024 #GoldenClaws 📽️👻
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. nighttidemag.com/2025/02/11/h... #GoldenClaw #horrorsky 📽️👻
HORROR CRITICS GROUP GOLDEN CLAW AWARDS HONOR THE HORROR THAT SHOOK US
Horror has always been a genre of innovation, but it’s also one that mainstream awards tend to ignore. That’s why the Golden Claw Awards was created: to shine a spotlight on the filmmakers and crea…
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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. nighttidemag.com/2025/02/11/h... #GoldenClaw #horrorsky 📽️👻
HORROR CRITICS GROUP GOLDEN CLAW AWARDS HONOR THE HORROR THAT SHOOK US
Horror has always been a genre of innovation, but it’s also one that mainstream awards tend to ignore. That’s why the Golden Claw Awards was created: to shine a spotlight on the filmmakers and crea…
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Shout out to @dreadcentral.bsky.social with the skinny on the #GoldenClaws! 📽️ 👻 ❤️🔥
UK & Ireland Horror Critics Group Announces 2025 Golden Claw Award Nominees
The UK & Ireland Horror Critics Group has announced the nominees for their 2025 Golden Claw Awards! Check out the full list on Dread Central.
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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! 📽️ 👻
UK & Ireland Horror Critics Group reveals the 2025 Golden Claw nominees
The UK & Ireland Horror Critics Group have announced the nominations for this year’s annual Golden Claw awards. Founded in 2022 as the first Horror Critics association in the UK or Ireland, the…
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Final voting for @horrorcriticsgroup.bsky.social opens soon. Here are the nominations thehollywoodnews.com/2025/02/11/t...
The nominations for this years UK & Ireland Horror Critics Group Golden Claw awards have been revealed
The UK and Ireland Horror Critics Group has announced the nominees for the 2025 Golden Claw awards.
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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! #GoldenClaws 📽️ 👻
The rumours are true. UK & Ireland Horror Critics Group. 2025 Golden Claw Awards. Nominees announced: 12 noon GMT / 7am ET TOMORROW ❤️🔥📽️👻
It’s TRUE! Round 1 voting forms for the Golden Claw Awards have been sent out. If you didn’t get one, let us know! Any UK or Ireland horror critics can vote. This determines the nominees: we vote again in Feb to pick the winners. Message us for a form, and celebrate the best horror films of 2025!
Kat Hughes@kathughes.bsky.social · 2y agoWe sent out voting forms for @horrorcriticsgroup.bsky.social Golden Claws this afternoon. Time for members to get voting.
Thank you to everyone who came out to the Horror Critics Group Christmas drinks last month! Pictured: everyone (who wasn’t up at the bar) that we could gather at 9pm 🥰
You can vote for us daily! We are working to change the landscape for Black and Brown creatives and critics by addressing inequities in the horror industry. Representation matters and we’d love your support!
NightTide Magazine@nighttidemag.bsky.social · 2y agoVoting is live! THE COLOURIZATION OF FILM CRITIQUE & CREATION could be a shining & necessary panel at #SXSWLondon Black & Brown voices are missing in horror—as creators & critics due to systemic barriers & we demand real change. See our research below! sxswlondon.awardsplatform.com/entry/vote/l...
#SXSW is coming to London - and Horror Critics Group committee member Mo Moshaty is proposing a panel on racial diversity in horror cinema filmmaking and criticism. If you’d like that panel to be selected, be sure to click on the link below and give it a vote! 📽️ 👻 #SXSWLondon
Mo Moshaty@momoshaty.bsky.social · 2y agoVoting is live! THE COLOURIZATION OF FILM CRITIQUE & CREATION could be a shining & necessary panel at #SXSWLondon Black & Brown voices are missing in horror—as creators & critics due to systemic barriers & we demand real change. See our research below! sxswlondon.awardsplatform.com/entry/vote/l...
