Other movies honoured at Grosvenor House Hotel event included 28 Weeks Later for besthorrorfilm, Hot Fuzz won best comedy and Stardust was named best sci-fi film.
The besthorror films are often those that use atmosphere and suggestion to achieve the horror, and a film of this sort that consists mostly of three people in the woods with a camera mostly improvising yet still manages so much tension and creepiness, is rare and awesome.
Chris Terrio took home the best screenplay prize for his work on Ben Affleck's film Argo, while Tim Burton received the best animation prize for his stop-motion horror fantasy Frankenweenie.