// Workers AI · dad joke modeWhy was the 2000 Fangoria Chainsaw Awards dull? It had a cutting remark shortage.

9th Fangoria Chainsaw Awards
Presented by	Fangoria
Presented on	2000
Site	Los Angeles, California
Highlights
Most awards	The Sixth Sense (4)
Most nominations	Existenz, Sleepy Hollow and The Sixth Sense (5)

The 2000 Fangoria Chainsaw Awards, presented by Fangoria magazine and Creation Entertainment, honored the best horror films of 1999.

Winners and nominees

Best Wide Release	Best Limited Release
The Sixth Sense − Directed by M. Night Shyamalan Existenz − Directed by David Cronenberg Sleepy Hollow − Directed by Tim Burton Stir of Echoes − Directed by David Koepp The Blair Witch Project − Directed by Daniel Myrick and Eduardo Sánchez	The Day of the Beast − Directed by Álex de la Iglesia Open Your Eyes − Directed by Alejandro Amenábar Perfect Blue − Directed by Satoshi Kon The Eternal − Directed by Michael Almereyda The Stendhal Syndrome − Directed by Dario Argento
Best Actor	Best Actress
Johnny Depp − Sleepy Hollow as Ichabod Crane Álex Angulo − The Day of the Beast as Father Ángel Berriartúa Bruce Willis − The Sixth Sense as Malcolm Crowe Kevin Bacon − Stir of Echoes as Tom Witzky Robert Carlyle − Ravenous as F.W. Colqhoun / Colonel Ives	Heather Donahue − The Blair Witch Project as Heather Asia Argento − The Stendhal Syndrome as Anna Manni Emily Bergl − The Rage: Carrie 2 as Rachel Lang Jennifer Jason Leigh − Existenz as Allegra Geller Jillian McWhirter − Progeny as Sherry Burton
Best Supporting Actor	Best Supporting Actress
Haley Joel Osment − The Sixth Sense as Cole Sear Arnold Vosloo − The Mummy as Imhotep Joshua Leonard− The Blair Witch Project as Joshua Santiago Segura − The Day of the Beast as José María Seth Green − Idle Hands as Mick	Toni Collette − The Sixth Sense as Lynn Sear Famke Janssen − House on Haunted Hill as Evelyn Stockard-Price Illeana Douglas − Stir of Echoes as Lisa Miranda Richardson − Sleepy Hollow as Lady Mary Van Tassel Penélope Cruz − Open Your Eyes as Sofía
Best Screenplay	Best Score
The Sixth Sense − M. Night Shyamalan Existenz − David Cronenberg Open Your Eyes − Alejandro Amenábar and Mateo Gil Stir of Echoes − David Koepp The Day of the Beast − Jorge Guerricaechevarría and Álex de la Iglesia	Sleepy Hollow − Danny Elfman Existenz − Howard Shore Ravenous − Michael Nyman and Damon Albarn The Mummy − Jerry Goldsmith The Stendhal Syndrome − Ennio Morricone
Best Make-Up/Creature FX	Worst Film
Sleepy Hollow − Kevin Yagher Existenz − James Isaac and Stephan Dupuis Idle Hands − Greg Cannom Progeny − Screaming Mad George The Mummy − Nick Dudman and John Berton	The Haunting − Directed by Jan de Bont The Blair Witch Project − Directed by Daniel Myrick and Eduardo Sánchez

Fangoria Horror Hall of Fame

• Tim Burton
• Paul Naschy