MTV Movie & TV Awards 2023 – Horror Projects Are Nominated in Every Single Scripted Category!

In the wake of the Academy Awards, the MTV Movie & TV Awards 2023 are set to return this coming May, and Drew Barrymore has been announced as the host of the show.

The awards ceremony will air live on Sunday, May 7 at 8 p.m. ET/5 p.m. PT.

The full list of nominees has been announced this morning, and various horror films including Scream VI, Smile, Nope, and M3GAN are up for awards, alongside genre shows including “Stranger Things,” “Wednesday,” “The Last of Us” and “Yellowjackets.” In fact, horror projects are nominated in every single category that they could’ve appeared in this year!

Here are all the categories that feature horror nominations this year…

BEST MOVIE

“Avatar: The Way of Water”
“Black Panther: Wakanda Forever”
“Elvis”
“Nope”
“Scream VI”
“Smile”
“Top Gun: Maverick”

BEST SHOW

“Stranger Things” (Netflix)
“The Last of Us” (HBO)
“The White Lotus” (HBO)
“Wednesday” (Netflix)
“Wolf Pack” (Paramount+)
“Yellowstone” (Paramount Network)
“Yellowjackets” (Showtime)

BEST PERFORMANCE IN A MOVIE

Austin Butler — “Elvis”
Florence Pugh — “Don’t Worry Darling”
KeKe Palmer — “Nope”
Michael B. Jordan — “Creed III”
Tom Cruise — “Top Gun: Maverick”

BEST PERFORMANCE IN A SHOW

Aubrey Plaza — “The White Lotus”
Christina Ricci — “Yellowjackets”
Jenna Ortega — “Wednesday”
Riley Keough — “Daisy Jones & The Six”
Sadie Sink — “Stranger Things”
Selena Gomez — “Only Murders in the Building”

BEST HERO

Diego Luna — “Andor”
Jenna Ortega — “Wednesday”
Paul Rudd — “Ant-Man & The Wasp: Quantumania”
Pedro Pascal — “The Last Of Us”
Tom Cruise — “Top Gun: Maverick”

BEST VILLAIN

Elizabeth Olsen — “Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness”
Harry Styles – “Don’t Worry Darling”
Jamie Campbell Bower — “Stranger Things”
M3GAN – “M3GAN”
The Bear — “Cocaine Bear”

BEST KISS

Anna Torv + Philip Prajoux – “The Last Of Us”
Harry Styles + David Dawson – “My Policeman”
Madison Bailey + Rudy Pankow – “Outer Banks”
Riley Keough + Sam Claflin – “Daisy Jones & The Six”
Selena Gomez + Cara Delevingne – “Only Murders in the Building”’

BEST COMEDIC PERFORMANCE

Adam Sandler – “Murder Mystery 2”
Dylan O’Brien – “Not Okay”
Jennifer Coolidge – “Shotgun Wedding”
KeKe Palmer – “Nope”
Quinta Brunson – “Abbott Elementary”

BREAKTHROUGH PERFORMANCE

Bad Bunny – “Bullet Train”
Bella Ramsey – “The Last Of Us”
Emma D’Arcy – “House of the Dragon”
Joseph Quinn – “Stranger Things”
Rachel Sennott – “Bodies Bodies Bodies”

BEST FIGHT

Brad Pitt (Ladybug) vs. Bad Bunny (The Wolf) – “Bullet Train”
Courteney Cox (Gale Weathers) vs. Ghostface – “Scream VI”
Jamie Campbell Bower (Vecna) vs. Millie Bobby Brown (Eleven) – “Stranger Things”
Keanu Reeves (John Wick) vs. Everyone – “John Wick 4”
Escape from Narkina 5- “Andor”

MOST FRIGHTENED PERFORMANCE

Jennifer Coolidge – “The White Lotus”
Jesse Tyler Ferguson – “Cocaine Bear”
Justin Long – “Barbarian”
Rachel Sennott – “Bodies Bodies Bodies”
Sosie Bacon – “Smile”

BEST DUO

Camila Mendes + Maya Hawke – “Do Revenge”
Jenna Ortega + Thing – “Wednesday”
Pedro Pascal + Bella Ramsey – “The Last Of Us”
Simona Tabasco + Beatrice Grannò – “The White Lotus”
Tom Cruise + Miles Teller – “Top Gun: Maverick”

BEST KICK-ASS CAST

“Ant-Man & The Wasp: Quantumania”
“Black Panther: Wakanda Forever”
“Outer Banks”
“Stranger Things”
“Teen Wolf: The Movie”

BEST SONG

Demi Lovato – “Still Alive” (“Scream VI”)
Doja Cat – “Vegas” (“Elvis”)
Lady Gaga – “Hold My Hand” (“Top Gun: Maverick”)
OneRepublic – “I Ain’t Worried” (“Top Gun: Maverick”)
Rihanna – “Lift Me Up” (“Black Panther: Wakanda Forever”)
Taylor Swift – “Carolina” (“Where The Crawdads Sing”)

You can vote for the MTV Movie & TV Awards 2023 through April 17.