‘Dead Meat’ Horror Awards Set Ticketed Live-Stream Event in Addition to YouTube Broadcast for 2026 Show (EXCLUSIVE)

For the first time ever, YouTube‘s “Dead Meat” team is adding a ticketed live-stream event to their annual horror awards show.

Created by James Janisse and Chelsea Rebecca, the husband-and-wife duo behind the popular YouTuber channel “Dead Meat,” the pre-taped 5th Annual Dead Meat Horror Awards will debut on YouTube on July 18 and simultaneously screen at the Pacific Electric in Los Angeles.

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In attendance at the in-person event, which will also include a red carpet, will be the “Dead Meat” team and the awards’ presenters. Additionally, some winners will be there to accept in person alongside the live-stream.

“Dead Meat” describes its Horror Awards as “an annual celebration of the past year’s best horror films, created as a response to the way mainstream award shows tend to overlook the genre,” noting “awards are given in traditional categories such as Best Director and Best Leading Performance, as well as horror-specific categories such as Best Villain and Best Kill, and presented by notable creatives in the horror space.

The decision to create a live-stream event for this year’s “Dead Meat” awards comes as new hit horror movies including “Obsession” and “Backrooms” are creating immense buzz about the horror creator community on YouTube, where filmmakers like Curry Barker and Kane Parsons originated.

Presenters at this year’s show will include Charlotte Creaghan, David Dastmalchian, Kane Hodder, David Howard Thorton, Radio Silence and Hana Mae Lee.

Information on when and where tickets can be bought for the 2026 Dead Meat Horror Awards screening will be announced soon.

See below for the previously announced nominees across categories for the 5th Annual Dead Meat Horror Awards.

Best Standalone Horror Film

Bring Her Back

Companion

The Long Walk

Sinners

The Ugly Stepsister

Weapons

Best Director

Emilie Blichfeldt (The Ugly Stepsister)

Danny Boyle (28 Years Later)

Ryan Coogler (Sinners)

Zach Cregger (Weapons)

Guillermo del Toro (Frankenstein)

Francis Lawrence (The Long Walk)

Best Supporting Actor

Jacob Elordi (The Creature in Frankenstein)

Ralph Fiennes (Dr. Ian Kelson in 28 Years Later)

Sally Hawkins (Laura in Bring Her Back)

David Jonsson (Pete McVries in The Long Walk)

Amy Madigan (Aunt Gladys in Weapons)

Wunmi Mosaku (Annie in Sinners)

Best Kill

Final Destination: Bloodlines (Erik Campbell)

Heart Eyes (Detective Shaw)

The Monkey (Aunt Ida)

The Toxic Avenger (Bob Garbinger)

Until Dawn (The Main Cast)

Weapons (Aunt Gladys)

Best Stunts OR Choreography

Black Phone 2

Dangerous Animals

Final Destination: Bloodlines

Sinners

Weapons

Wolfman

Best Franchise Horror Film

28 Years Later

Black Phone 2

Final Destination: Bloodlines

Frankenstein

The Toxic Avenger

V/H/S/Halloween

Best Lead Actor

Miles Caton (Sammie in Sinners)

Cooper Hoffman (Ray Garraty in The Long Walk)

Michael B. Jordan (Smoke and Stack in Sinners)

Lea Myren (Elvira in The Ugly Stepsister)

Sophie Thatcher (Iris in Companion)

Alfie Williams (Spike in 28 Years Later)

Best Villain

Bring Her Back (Laura)

Dangerous Animals (Tucker)

Five Nights at Freddy’s 2 (The Animatronics)

Heart Eyes (The Heart Eyes Killer)

Sinners (Remmick)

Weapons (Aunt Gladys)

Best Production Design

28 Years Later

Final Destination: Bloodlines

Five Nights at Freddy’s 2

Frankenstein

Him

Sinners

Best Practical Effects

Final Destination: Bloodlines

Five Nights at Freddy’s 2

Frankenstein

Sinners

The Ugly Stepsister

Until Dawn

Best Digital Effects

The Conjuring: Last Rights

Final Destination: Bloodlines

Jurassic World: Rebirth

Ick

Sinners

Together