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Horror went big in 1994, with major stars delivering new takes on classic movie monsters. Yet it was fan favorites in somewhat smaller films who largely triumphed the following year at the fourth annual FANGORIA Chainsaw Awards, which took place May 6, 1995 at the Los Angeles
Weekend of Horrors convention.
Mary Shelley’s Frankenstein and
Wolf all received multiple nominations, but only one scored significantly when the victors were revealed.
Hosting this year were actor/comedians Rick Overton and Scott LaRose, who had the audience roaring with sometimes raunchy jokes and a number of impressions, including comedic variations on favorite horror characters. These included Dustin Hoffman as Rain Monster, Fred Sanford Krueger (“Keep it up and you’re gonna get four o’ these, you big dummy!”) and, inspired by Robert De Niro’s turn in the new