Thursday, February 12, 2026

THE 19TH ANNUAL VIDEO VACUUM AWARDS: AND THE NOMINEES ARE…

Well folks, it’s that time of year again.  Awards season.  Time to see who fed it and who ate it in the world of cinema.  So, without further ado, here are the nominees for The 19th Annual Video Vacuum Awards!

BEST MOVIE
Bugonia
Companion
Novocaine
Predator:  Badlands
Tron:  Ares

WORST MOVIE
Peter Pan’s Neverland Nightmare
Star Trek:  Section 31
The Toxic Avenger
War of the Worlds
Wolf Man

BEST DIRECTOR
Dan Berk and Robert Olsen for Novocaine
Drew Hancock for Companion
Yorgos Lanthimos for Bugonia
Joachim Ronning for Tron:  Ares
Dan Tractenberg for Predator:  Badlands

BEST ACTOR
Leonardo DiCaprio in One Battle After Another
Jesse Plemons for Bugonia
Jack Quaid in Companion
Jack Quaid in Novocaine
The Tapeworm in The Ugly Stepsister

BEST ACTRESS
Elle Fanning in Predator:  Badlands
Madeliene McGraw in Black Phone 2
Lea Myren in The Ugly Stepsister
Emma Stone in Bugonia
Sophie Thatcher in Companion

BEST ACTION MOVIE
Ballerina
Fight or Flight
Nobody 2
Novocaine
A Working Man

BEST COMEDY
Anaconda
Bugonia
Happy Gilmore 2
The Naked Gun
Spinal Tap 2:  The End Continues 

BEST HORROR MOVIE
Black Phone 2
Companion
Heart Eyes
The Monkey
The Ugly Stepsister

WORST HORROR MOVIE
Opus
Peter Pan’s Neverland Nightmare
Presence
The Toxic Avenger
Wolf Man

BEST REMAKE/REBOOT
Anaconda
Bugonia
The Fantastic Four:  First Steps 
The Naked Gun
Superman

BEST SCI-FI MOVIE
The Long Walk
Mickey 17 
Predator:  Badlands
The Running Man
Tron:  Ares

BEST SEQUEL
Ballerina
Black Phone 2
Nobody 2
Predator:  Badlands
Tron:  Ares

BEST STRAIGHT TO VIDEO/STREAMING MOVIE
Devo
Frankenstein
The Hand That Rocks the Cradle
Havoc
The Women Eaters!

As is the custom, I’ll give it a week or two before I pick the winners.  Remember, it’s a thrill to be nominated!

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