2009 Scream Awards

Billed as Scream 2009, the 2009 ceremony of the Scream Awards, run by Spike TV, was the fourth annual iteration of these awards. The awards were billed as "commemorating all things sci-fi, fantasy, horror and comic book".^[5] The awards ceremony was held on October 17, 2009 at the Greek Theatre in Los Angeles^[5][4][1][3] and was broadcast by Spike TV on the following Tuesday (October 27 2009^[5][1][2][3]).

4th Scream Awards
Announced on	October 27, 2009 (2009-10-27)[1][2][3]
Presented on	October 17, 2009 (2009-10-17)[4][1][3]
Produced by	executive producers[5][6] Casey Patterson Michael Levitt Cindy Levitt supervising producers[5][6] Greg Stills producers[5][6] Gary Tellalian Austin Reading
Directed by	Hamish Hamilton[5][6]
Official website	www.scream.spike.com[7]
Highlights
Most awards	Star Trek
Most nominations	Star Trek[5]
Television coverage
Network	Spike TV
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The shows original creators,^[8] Casey Patterson, Michael Levitt, and Cindy Levitt, served as executive producers for the event.^[5][6]

Performances

This was the first year that the show did not have any musical performances.

World Premieres

Movie Premiers

Content Premiered	Presenters
Alice in Wonderland	Jessica Alba
Shutter Island	Jackie Earle Haley[5]
V	Elizabeth Mitchell[5]
Star Trek DVD extras	John Cho and Karl Urban[5]
The Twilight Saga: New Moon behind-the-scenes / special effects footage	Taylor Lautner[5]

Competitive categories

The Scream 2009 nominees were selected by the Advisory Board of Hollywood and Genre Leaders.^[1] The advisory board included Wes Craven, Roland Emmerich, Neil Gaiman, Frank Miller, Eli Roth, and Zack Snyder etc.^[1] The winners were chosen by a process of public online voting on the Spike TV website,^[7] which ran up until the day of the ceremony (Saturday, October 17, 2009^[5][1]) where they were announced. The nominees^[4][1][2] and winners^[9] of the 2009 Scream Awards were as follows:

Winners and nominees

Award	Recipient	Result
Ultimate Scream	Drag Me to Hell	Nominated
	Let the Right One In	Nominated
	Star Trek	Won
	Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen	Nominated
	Twilight	Nominated
	Up	Nominated
Best Horror Movie	Dead Snow	Nominated
	Drag Me to Hell	Won
	Friday the 13th	Nominated
	Let the Right One In	Nominated
	My Bloody Valentine 3D	Nominated
	Splinter	Nominated
Best Science Fiction Movie	Knowing	Nominated
	Moon	Nominated
	Outlander	Nominated
	Star Trek	Won
	Terminator Salvation	Nominated
	Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen	Nominated
Best Fantasy Movie	Coraline	Nominated
	Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince	Nominated
	Twilight	Won
	Up	Nominated
	Watchmen	Nominated
	X-Men Origins: Wolverine	Nominated
Best TV Show	Battlestar Galactica	Nominated
	Dexter	Nominated
	Fringe	Nominated
	Lost	Nominated
	Terminator: The Sarah Connor Chronicles	Nominated
	True Blood	Won
Best Horror Actress	Jennifer Carpenter as Angela Vidal, Quarantine	Nominated
	Jaime King as Sarah Mercer-Palmer, My Bloody Valentine 3D	Nominated
	Lina Leandersson as Eli, Let the Right One In	Nominated
	Alison Lohman as Christine Brown, Drag Me to Hell	Won
	Monica Potter as Emma Collingwood, The Last House on the Left	Nominated
Best Horror Actor	Bruce Campbell, My Name Is Bruce	Nominated
	Michael C. Hall, Dexter	Nominated
	Kåre Hedebrant, Let the Right One In	Nominated
	Justin Long, Drag Me to Hell	Nominated
	Ryan Kwanten, True Blood	Nominated
	Stephen Moyer, True Blood	Won
Best Fantasy Actress	Anna Friel, Pushing Daisies	Nominated
	Scarlett Johansson, The Spirit	Nominated
	Jaime King, The Spirit	Nominated
	Rhona Mitra, Underworld: Rise of the Lycans	Nominated
	Kristen Stewart, Twilight	Won
	Emma Watson, Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince	Nominated
Best Fantasy Actor	Ed Asner, Up	Nominated
	Hugh Jackman, X-Men Origins: Wolverine	Nominated
	Robert Pattinson, Twilight	Won
	Brad Pitt, The Curious Case of Benjamin Button	Nominated
	Daniel Radcliffe, Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince	Nominated
	Michael Sheen, Underworld: Rise of the Lycans	Nominated
Best Science Fiction Actress	Moon Bloodgood, Terminator Salvation	Nominated
	Eliza Dushku, Dollhouse	Nominated
	Megan Fox, Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen	Won
	Lena Headey, Terminator: The Sarah Connor Chronicles	Nominated
	Katee Sackhoff, Battlestar Galactica	Nominated
	Zoe Saldana, Star Trek	Nominated
Best Science Fiction Actor	Nicolas Cage, Knowing	Nominated
	Josh Holloway, Lost	Nominated
	Shia LaBeouf, Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen	Nominated
	Chris Pine, Star Trek	Won
	Zachary Quinto, Star Trek	Nominated
	Sam Rockwell, Moon	Nominated
Best Supporting Actress	Jennifer Carpenter, Dexter	Won
	Ashley Greene, Twilight	Nominated
	Carla Gugino, Watchmen	Nominated
	Evanna Lynch, Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince	Nominated
	Shirley Manson, Terminator: The Sarah Connor Chronicles	Nominated
	Rutina Wesley, True Blood	Nominated
Best Supporting Actor	Ryan Reynolds, X-Men Origins: Wolverine	Won
	Simon Pegg, Star Trek	Nominated
	Leonard Nimoy, Star Trek	Nominated
	Taylor Kitsch, X-Men Origins: Wolverine	Nominated
	Rupert Grint, Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince	Nominated
	Nelsan Ellis, True Blood	Nominated
Breakout Performance - Female	Anna Torv, Fringe	Nominated
	Zoe Saldana, Star Trek	Nominated
	Lorna Raver, Drag Me to Hell	Nominated
	Isabel Lucas, Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen	Won
	Lina Leandersson, Let the Right One In	Nominated
	Malin Åkerman, Watchmen	Nominated
Breakout Performance - Male	Taylor Kitsch, X-Men Origins: Wolverine	Nominated
	Taylor Lautner, Twilight	Won
	Robert Pattinson, Twilight	Nominated
	Chris Pine, Star Trek	Nominated
	will.i.am, X-Men Origins: Wolverine	Nominated
	Sam Worthington, Terminator Salvation	Nominated
Best Cameo	Kate Beckinsale, Underworld: Rise of the Lycans	Nominated
	Helena Bonham Carter, Terminator Salvation	Nominated
	Winona Ryder, Star Trek	Won
	Arnold Schwarzenegger, Terminator Salvation	Nominated
	Patrick Stewart, X-Men Origins: Wolverine	Nominated
	Rainn Wilson, Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen	Nominated
Best Ensemble	Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince	Won
	Battlestar Galactica	Nominated
	Lost	Nominated
	Star Trek	Nominated
	True Blood	Nominated
	Twilight	Nominated
	Watchmen	Nominated
Best Director	J. J. Abrams, Star Trek	Won
	Tomas Alfredson, Let the Right One In	Nominated
	Michael Bay, Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen	Nominated
	Pete Docter and Bob Peterson, Up	Nominated
	Duncan Jones, Moon	Nominated
	Sam Raimi, Drag Me to Hell	Nominated
Best Foreign Movie	Dead Snow	Nominated
	Eden Lake	Nominated
	Let the Right One In	Won
	Martyrs	Nominated
	Pontypool	Nominated
	Los Cronocrímenes	Nominated
Best Sequel	Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince	Nominated
	Punisher: War Zone	Nominated
	Terminator Salvation	Nominated
	Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen	Won
	Underworld: Rise of the Lycans	Nominated
	X-Men Origins: Wolverine	Nominated
Best F/X	Drag Me to Hell	Nominated
	Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince	Nominated
	Star Trek	Nominated
	Terminator Salvation	Nominated
	Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen	Won
	Watchmen	Nominated
Scream Song of the Year	"War Zone" by Rob Zombie, Punisher: War Zone	Nominated
	New Divide by Linkin Park, Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen	Won
	"Other Father Song" by They Might Be Giants, Coraline	Nominated
	"Desolation Row" by My Chemical Romance, Watchmen	Nominated
	"Decode" by Paramore, Twilight	Nominated
	"Bad Things" by Jace Everett, True Blood	Nominated
Best Comic Book Artist	Tony Harris and Jim Clark, "Ex Machina"	Nominated
	Steve McNiven, Wolverine: Old Man Logan	Won
	Eric Powell, "The Goon"	Nominated
	Frank Quitely, "All-Star Superman" and "Batman and Robin"	Nominated
	Ivan Reis, "Green Lantern"	Nominated
	John Romita Jr., "The Amazing Spider-Man Volume 1"	Nominated
Best Villain	Eric Bana, Star Trek	Nominated
	Helena Bonham Carter, Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince	Nominated
	Cam Gigandet, Twilight	Nominated
	Lorna Raver, Drag Me to Hell	Nominated
	Liev Schreiber, X-Men Origins: Wolverine	Nominated
	Alexander Skarsgård, True Blood	Won
Best Superhero	Ray Stevenson as The Punisher, Punisher: War Zone	Nominated
	Taylor Kitsch as Gambit, X-Men Origins: Wolverine	Nominated
	Hugh Jackman as Wolverine, X-Men Origins: Wolverine	Won
	Jackie Earle Haley as Rorschach, Watchmen	Nominated
	Billy Crudup as Doctor Manhattan, Watchmen	Nominated
	Malin Åkerman as Silk Spectre, Watchmen	Nominated
Best Scream-Play	Coraline	Nominated
	Drag Me to Hell	Won
	Let the Right One In	Nominated
	Moon	Nominated
	Star Trek	Nominated
	Up	Nominated
Most Memorable Mutilation	Arms Cut off by Rotary Saw, Watchmen	Nominated
	Arm Removal Surgery, Splinter	Nominated
	The Eyeball Cake, Drag Me to Hell	Nominated
	Head Ripped Apart by Nazi Zombies, Dead Snow	Nominated
	The Pendulum Trap, Saw V	Won
	The Swimming Pool Scene, Let the Right One In	Nominated
Fight Scene of the Year	The Car Fight, Drag Me to Hell	Nominated
	Martin and Roy v. The Nazi Zombies, Dead Snow	Nominated
	Logan and Victor v. Weapon XI, X-Men Origins: Wolverine	Nominated
	Optimus Prime v. The Fallen, Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen	Nominated
	Kirk v. Spock, Star Trek	Won
	Ozymandias v. The Comedian, Watchmen	Nominated
Holy Sh!t! Scene of the Year	The Swimming Pool Scene, Let the Right One In	Nominated
	The Subway Crash, Knowing	Nominated
	The Séance, Drag Me to Hell	Nominated
	Space Dive into Orbital Drill, Star Trek	Nominated
	The Destruction of Manhattan, Watchmen	Nominated
	The Death Eaters Attack London, Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince	Won
Best Comic Book	Green Lantern	Won
	Hack/Slash	Nominated
	Kick-Ass	Nominated
	Thor	Nominated
	The Walking Dead	Nominated
	Wolverine: Old Man Logan	Nominated
Best Comic Book Writer	Brian Michael Bendis	Nominated
	Joe Hill	Nominated
	Grant Morrison	Nominated
	Geoff Johns	Won
	Mark Millar	Nominated
	Brian K. Vaughan	Nominated
Best Comic Book Movie	Dragonball Evolution	Nominated
	Punisher: War Zone	Nominated
	The Spirit	Nominated
	Watchmen	Won
	X-Men Origins: Wolverine	Nominated
Breakout Movie of the Year	Zombieland	Won
Most Anticipated Fantasy Film	Alice in Wonderland	Won
Most Anticipated Science Fiction Film	Iron Man 2	Won

Notable appearances included William Shatner accepting the Ultimate Scream award for J. J. Abrams' reboot of the Star Trek franchise.

Special awards

The special achievement award recipients^[10] of the 2009 Scream Awards were as follows:-

Winners and nominees

Award	Recipient
Comic-Con Icon (presented by Tobey Maguire)	Stan Lee[11][12]
Scream Rock Immortal (presented by Johnny Depp)	Keith Richards[3][13]
Scream Mastermind (presented by Quentin Tarantino)	George A. Romero[5][13][14]

Farewell Tribute

A farewell tribute was given for the conclusion of Battlestar Galactica, which a number of the show's cast attended including The Big Bang Theory cast members Johnny Galecki, Jim Parsons, Kaley Cuoco, Simon Helberg and Kunal Nayyar.^[5]

See also

• Saturn Award