Oscar Nominated Horror

As promised in the most recent episode of the podcast (Episode 19: Award Winning Horror) here is a list of every horror related film every nominated in any category at the Academy Awards.


1932
Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde
WON - Best Actor in a Leading Role (Fredric March)
NOMINATED - Best Cinematography
NOMINATED - Best Writing, Adaptation

1939
The Hunchback of Notre Dame
NOMINATED - Best Music, Score
NOMINATED - Best Sound

1940
Dr. Cyclops
NOMINATED - Best Special Effects

The Invisible Man Returns
NOMINATED - Best Special Effects

1941
The Invisible Woman
NOMINATED - Best Special Effects

King of the Zombies
NOMINATED - Best Score for a Dramatic Picture

Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde
NOMINATED - Best Cinematography, Black and White
NOMINATED - Best Film Editing
NOMINATED - Best Score for a Dramatic Picture

1943
Phantom of the Opera
WON - Best Art Direction, Color
WON - Best Cinematography, Color
NOMINATED - Best Musical Score
NOMINATED - Best Sound Recording

1945
The Picture of Dorian Gray
WON - Best Cinematography, Black and White
NOMINATED - Best Supporting Actress (Angela Lansbury)
NOMINATED - Best Art Direction, Black and White

1953
Return to Glennascaul
NOMINATED - Best Live Action Short Film, Two-Reel

The Tell-Tale Heart
NOMINATED - Best Animated Short Film

1954
Them!
NOMINATED - Best Special Effects

1956
The Bad Seed
NOMINATED - Best Actress in a Leading Role (Nancy Kelly)
NOMINATED - Best Supporting Actress (Eileen Heckart)
NOMINATED - Best Supporting Actress (Patty McCormack)
NOMINATED - Best Cinematography, Black and White

1960
Psycho
NOMINATED - Best Supporting Actress (Janet Leigh)
NOMINATED - Best Director (Alfred Hitchcock)
NOMINATED - Best Cinematography, Black and White
NOMINATED - Best Art Direction, Black and White

1962
Whatever Happened to Baby Jane?
WON - Best Costume Design, Black and White
NOMINATED - Best Supporting Actor (Victor Buono)
NOMINATED - Best Supporting Actress (Bette Davis)
NOMINATED - Best Cinematography, Black and White
NOMINATED - Best Sound

1963
The Birds
NOMINATED - Best Visual Effects

1968
Rosemary's Baby
WON - Best Supporting Actress (Ruth Gordon)
NOMINATED - Best Adapted Screenplay

1972
Ben
NOMINATED - Best Music, Original Song ("Ben")

1973
The Exorcist
WON - Best Sound
WON - Best Adapted Screenplay
NOMINATED - Best Picture
NOMINATED - Best Actress (Ellen Burstyn)
NOMINATED - Best Supporting Actor (Jason Miller)
NOMINATED - Best Supporting Actress (Linda Blair)
NOMINATED - Best Director (William Friedkin)
NOMINATED - Best Art Direction
NOMINATED - Best Cinematography
NOMINATED - Best Film Editing

1974
Phantom of the Paradise
NOMINATED - Best Original Song Score and Adaptation

Young Frankenstein
NOMINATED - Best Sound
NOMINATED - Best Adapted Screenplay

1975
Jaws
WON - Best Film Editing
WON - Best Sound
WON - Best Original Score
NOMINATED - Best Picture

1976
King Kong
NOMINATED - Best Cinematography
NOMINATED - Best Sound

The Omen
WON - Best Original Score
NOMINATED - Best Original Song ("Ave Satani")

1978
The Swarm
NOMINATED - Best Costume Design

1979
Alien
WON - Best Visual Effects
NOMINATED - Best Art Direction

The Amityville Horror
NOMINATED - Best Original Score

1980
Altered States
NOMINATED - Best Original Score
NOMINATED - Best Sound

1981
An American Werewolf in London
WON - Best Makeup

1984
Ghostbusters
NOMINATED - Best Visual Effects
NOMINATED - Best Original Song ("Ghostbusters")

1986
Aliens
WON - Best Visual Effects
WON - Best Sound Effects Editing
NOMINATED - Best Actress (Sigourney Weaver)
NOMINATED - Best Art Direction
NOMINATED - Best Film Editing
NOMINATED - Best Original Score
NOMINATED - Best Sound

The Fly
WON - Best Makeup

Little Shop of Horrors
NOMINATED - Best Visual Effects
NOMINATED - Best Original Song ("Mean Green Mother From Outer Space")

Poltergeist II: The Other Side
NOMINATED - Best Visual Effects

1987
Predator
NOMINATED - Best Visual Effects

The Witches of Eastwick
NOMINATED - Best Original Score
NOMINATED - Best Sound

1988
Beetlejuice
WON - Best Makeup

1990
Flatliners
NOMINATED - Best Sound Effects Editing

1991
The Silence of the Lambs
WON - Best Picture
WON - Best Actor (Anthony Hopkins)
WON - Best Actress (Jodie Foster)
WON - Best Director (Jonathan Demme)
WON - Best Adapted Screenplay
NOMINATED - Best Film Editing
NOMINATED - Best Sound

1992
Alien 3
NOMINATED - Best Visual Effects

Bram Stoker's Dracula
WON - Best Costume Design
WON - Best Sound Effects Editing
WON - Best Makeup
NOMINATED - Best Art Direction

Death Becomes Her
NOMINATED - Best Visual Effects

1993
Addams Family Values
NOMINATED - Best Art Direction

Jurassic Park
WON - Best Sound Effects Editing
WON - Best Visual Effects
WON - Best Sound

The Nightmare  Before Christmas
NOMINATED - Best Visual Effects

1994
Ed Wood
WON - Best Supporting Actor (Martin Landau)
WON - Best Makeup

Interview with the Vampire
NOMINATED - Best Original Score
NOMINATED - Best Art Direction

1995
Se7en
NOMINATED - Best Film Editing

1997
The Lost World: Jurassic Park
NOMINATED - Best Visual Effects

1998
Gods and Monsters
WON - Best Adapted Screenplay
NOMINATED - Best Actor (Ian McKellen)
NOMINATED - Best Supporting Actress (Lynn Redgrave)

1999
The Mummy
NOMINATED - Best Sound

The Sixth Sense
NOMINATED - Best Picture
NOMINATED - Best Supporting Actor (Haley Joel Osment)
NOMINATED - Best Supporting Actress (Toni Collette)
NOMINATED - Best Director (M. Night Shyamalan)
NOMINATED - Best Original Screenplay
NOMINATED - Best Film Editing

Sleepy Hollow
WON - Best Art Direction
NOMINATED - Best Cinematography
NOMINATED - Best Costume Design

2000
The Cell
NOMINATED - Best Makeup

Hollow Man
NOMINATED - Best Visual Effects

Shadow of the Vampire
NOMINATED - Best Supporting Actor (Willem Dafoe)
NOMINATED - Best Makeup

2004
The Phantom of the Opera
NOMINATED - Best Cinematography
NOMINATED - Best Art Direction
NOMINATED - Best Original Song ("Learn to Be Lonely")

2005
Corpse Bride
NOMINATED - Best Animated Feature

King Kong
WON - Best Visual Effects
WON - Best Sound Mixing
WON - Best Sound Editing
NOMINATED - Best Art Direction

Wallace & Gromit: Curse of the Were-Rabbit
WON - Best Animated Feature

War of the Worlds
NOMINATED - Best Visual Effects
NOMINATED - Best Sound Mixing
NOMINATED - Best Sound Editing

2006
Monster House
NOMINATED - Best Animated Feature

Pan's Labyrinth
WON - Best Cinematography
WON - Best Art Direction
WON - Best Makeup
NOMINATED - Best Original Screenplay
NOMINATED - Best Foreign Language Film
NOMINATED - Best Original Score

2007
Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street 
WON - Best Art Direction
NOMINATED - Best Actor (Johnny Depp)
NOMINATED - Best Costume Design

2009
Coraline
NOMINATED - Best Animated Feature

2010
Black Swan
WON - Best Actress (Natalie Portman)
NOMINATED - Best Picture
NOMINATED - Best Director (Darren Aronofsky)
NOMINATED - Best Cinematography
NOMINATED - Best Film Editing

The Wolfman
WON - Best Makeup

2012
Frankenweenie
NOMINATED - Best Animated Feature

ParaNorman
NOMINATED - Best Animated Feature

Prometheus
NOMINATED - Best Visual Effects



In total, 70 horror or horror-related films have been nominated for Oscars. Of those seventy, 25 have won one or more statuettes. 

In terms of performances, Oscar seems to be kinder to women than men. 14 women and 9 men have been nominated in the leading and supporting acting categories for roles in horror films. From those 23 performers, six have won; three men (Fredric March and Anthony Hopkins for Lead Actor, Martin Landau for Supporting) and three women (Jodie Foster and Natalie Portman for Lead Actress, Ruth Gordon for Supporting).

Five directors have been nominated for their direction of horror films. Alfred Hitchcock for Psycho (1960), William Friedkin for The Exorcist (1973), Jonathan Demme for The Silence of the Lambs (1991), M. Night Shyamalan for The Sixth Sense (1999), and Darren Aronofsky for Black Swan (2010). Only Demme won the award.

Five horror films have been nominated for the top prize (Best Picture) in Academy history, those being The Exorcist (1973), Jaws (1975), The Silence of the Lambs (1991), The Sixth Sense (1999), and Black Swan (2010). Of course, only Silence of the Lambs claimed ultimate victory.