The Saturn Awards for Best Horror Film is an award presented to the best film in the horror genre by the Academy of Science Fiction, Fantasy and Horror Films.

It was introduced in 1973 for the 1972 film year. For the 2010, 2011 and 2012 film years, it was renamed Best Horror or Thriller Film (with the Best Action, Adventure or Thriller Film category becoming Best Action or Adventure Film). In 2013 the award came back to its original form, with a new Best Thriller Film award being created.

2021/22 – The Black Phone
2020/21 – The Invisible Man
2018/19 – A Quiet Place
2017 – Get Out
2016 – Don’t Breathe
2015 – Crimson Peak
2014 – Dracula Untold
2013 – The Conjuring
2012 – The Cabin in the Woods
2011 – The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo
2010 – Let Me In
2009 – Drag Me To Hell
2008 – Hellboy II: The Golden Army
2007 – Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street
2006 – The Descent
2005 – The Exorcism of Emily Rose
2004 – Shaun of the Dead
2003 – 28 Days Later
2002 – The Ring
2001 – The Others
2000 – Final Destination
1999 – Sixth Sense
1998 – Apt Pupil
1997 – The Devils Advocate
1996 – Scream
1995 – From Dusk till Dawn
1994 – Interview with the Vampire
1993 – Army of Darkness
1992 – Bram Stoker’s Dracula
1991 – The Silence of the Lambs
1989/90 – Arachnophobia
1988 – Beetlejuice
1987 – Lost Boys
1986 – The Fly
1985 – Fright Night
1984 – Gremlins
1983 – The Dead Zone
1982 – Poltergeist
1981 – An American Werewolf in London
1980 – The Howling
1979 – Dracula
1978 – The Wicker Man
1977 – The Little Girl Who Lives Down the Lane
1976 – Burnt Offerings
1974/75 – Young Frankenstein
1973 – The Exorcist
1972 – Blacula