Mia Goth & ‘Pearl’ Receive Multiple Nominations in the Critics Choice Super Awards

The nominees in the third annual Critics Choice Super Awards were announced on February 22, 2023, with Pearl and Nope leading the way for horror with three nominations each. Even more exciting for fans of Mia Goth’s tremendous year in horror during 2022, she is nominated in two different acting categories: Best Actress in a Horror Movie and Best Villain in a Movie, both for Pearl.

The Critics Choice Super Awards was established in 2020, with its first awards presentation taking place in January of 2021. As part of the Critics Choice Association, the Super Awards honor genre categories often overlooked by other awards shows like the Academy Awards. The focus for the Super Awards in on action, superhero, horror, science fiction, fantasy, and animation in film and television. The following sections of this article list every single horror film and horror TV show nominated by the 2023 Critics Choice Super Awards. Winners will be announced on March 16, 2023.

Horror Movie Nominations

2022 was a fantastic year for horror, and that is reflected in the nominations. Here are the horror movies series nominated, along with their total nominations:

• Nope – 3
• Pearl – 3
• Barbarian – 2
• The Black Phone – 2
• Men – 2
• Prey – 2
• Speak No Evil – 2
• Bones and All – 1
• The Menu – 1
• Nanny – 1
• Resurrection – 1
• Sissy – 1
• Smile – 1
• X – 1

The following is a full rundown of every category for the 2023 Critics Choice Super Awards that includes nominees from horror movies. In the non-horror categories, the horror nominees are underlined:

Best Horror Movie

• Barbarian
• The Black Phone
• Pearl
• Smile
• Speak No Evil
• X

Best Actor in a Horror Movie

• Ethan Hawke as The Grabber in The Black Phone
• Fedja van Huet as Patrick in Speak No Evil
• Ralph Fiennes as Chef Julian Slowik in The Menu
• Rory Kinnear as Geoffrey (and others) in Men
• Justin Long as AJ in Barbarian

Best Actress in a Horror Movie

• Jessie Buckley as Harper Marlowe in Men
• Aisha Dee as Cecilia in Sissy
• Anna Diop as Aisha in Nanny
• Mia Goth as Pearl in Pearl
• Rebecca Hall as Margaret in Resurrection

Best Science Fiction/Fantasy Movie

• Nope
• Prey
• Avatar: The Way of Water
• Everything Everywhere All at Once
• The Northman

Best Actor in a Science Fiction/Fantasy Movie

• Daniel Kaluuya as OJ in Nope
• Colin Farrell as Jake in After Yang
• Ke Huy Quan as Waymond in Everything Everywhere All at Once
• Ryan Reynolds as Adam Reed in The Adam Project
• Alexander Skarsgård as Amleth in The Northman

Best Actress in a Science Fiction/Fantasy Movie

• Amber Midthunder as Naru in Prey
• Keke Palmer as Em in Nope
• Karen Gillan as Sarah in Dual
• Stephanie Hsu as Joy/Jobu Tupaki in Everything Everywhere All at Once
• Michelle Yeoh as Evelyn in Everything Everywhere All at Once
• Zoe Saldana as Neytiri in Avatar: The Way of Water

Best Villain in a Movie

• Mia Goth as Pearl in Pearl
• Mark Rylance as Sully in Bones and All
• Paul Dano as The Riddler in The Batman
• Tenoch Huerta as Namor in Black Panther: Wakanda Forever
• Joey King as Prince in Bullet Train
• Elizabeth Olsen as Wanda/The Scarlet Witch in Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness

Horror TV Series Nominations

There was also some great horror on TV and streaming in 2022. Here is every horror series and made-for TV movie nominated, along with its total nominations:

• Evil – 4
• What We Do in the Shadows – 4
• Anne Rice’s Interview with the Vampire – 3
• Dahmer – Monster: The Jeffrey Dahmer Story – 3
• Wednesday – 3
• Chucky – 2
• Stranger Things – 2
• Werewolf by Night – 2
• The Walking Dead – 1

Now for the full rundown off all the horror TV series nominated in each category. Again, horror series are highlighted in the non-horror categories:

Best Horror Series, Limited Series or Made-for-TV Movie

• Anne Rice’s Interview with the Vampire
• Chucky
• Dahmer – Monster: the Jeffrey Dahmer Story
• Evil
• The Walking Dead
• Wednesday
• What We Do in the Shadows

Best Actor in a Horror Series, Limited Series or Made-for-TV Movie

• Jacob Anderson as Louis de Pointe du Lac in Anne Rice’s Interview with the Vampire
• Sam Reid as Lestat de Lioncourt in Anne Rice’s Interview with the Vampire
• Matt Berry as Laszlo in What We Do in the Shadows
• Harvey Guillén as Guillermo de la Cruz in What We Do in the Shadows
• Mike Colter as David Acosta in Evil
• Evan Peters as Jeffrey Dahmer in Dahmer – Monster: the Jeffrey Dahmer Story

Best Actress in a Horror Series, Limited Series or Made-for-TV Movie

• Jenna Ortega as Wednesday Addams in Wednesday
• Christina Ricci as Marilyn Thornhill in Wednesday
• Niecy Nash-Betts as Glenda Cleveland in Dahmer – Monster: the Jeffrey Dahmer Story
• Jennifer Coolidge as Karen Calhoun in The Watcher
• Natasia Demetriou as Nadja of Antipaxos in What We Do in the Shadows
• Katja Herbers as Dr. Kristen Bouchard in Evil

Best Superhero Series, Limited Series or Made-for-TV Movie

• Werewolf by Night
• The Boys
• Doom Patrol
• Ms. Marvel
• Peacemaker
• She-Hulk: Attorney at Law

Best Science Fiction/Fantasy Series, Limited Series or Made-for-TV Movie

• Stranger Things
• Andor
• For All Mankind
• House of the Dragon
• The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power
• Star Trek: Strange New Worlds

Best Villain in a Series, Limited Series or Made-for-TV Movie

• Brad Dourif as Chucky in Chucky
• Michael Emerson as Dr. Leland Townsend in Evil
• Jamie Campbell Bower as Henry Creel in Stranger Things
• Harriet Sansom Harris as Verussa Bloodstone in Werewolf by Night
• Ethan Hawke as Arthur Harrow in Moon Knight
• Matt Smith as Daemon Targaryen in House of the Dragon
• Hayden Christensen as Anakin Skywalker/Darth Vader in Obi-Wan Kenobi
• Antony Starr as Homelander in The Boys

Further Reading

For a complete listing of all categories and nominations beyond just the horror nominees, check the Critics Choice Super Awards site.

For a look at our favorite horror movies from last year, visit our list ranking nearly forty of 2022’s best horror movies, along with plenty of honorable mentions: Best New Horror Movies of 2022

To keep up with the best horror movies currently coming out in 2023, visit our growing Best New Horror Movies of 2023 ranked list.