 The film had a major impact on the horror film audience , earning the Saturn Award for Best Horror Film in 2000 . Sawa won the Saturn Award for Best Performance by a Younger Actor the same year , and Larter won the Young Hollywood Award for a Breakthrough Performance by a Female . At the 2001 Blockbuster Entertainment Awards , both Sawa and Larter were nominated for Favorite Actor in Horror ( Internet Only ) and Favorite Actress in Horror ( Internet Only ) , respectively . Both actors lost the awards to Scream 3 actors David Arquette and Neve Campbell . Additionally , cinematographer Robert McLachlan was nominated for Best Cinematography in a Theatrical Feature at the Canadian Society of Cinematographers Awards in 2001 , but lost to Pierre Gill for his work on The Art of War . 
