2010 Scream Awards

Billed as Scream 2010, the 2010 ceremony of the Scream Awards, run by Spike TV, was the fifth annual iteration of the awards. The awards ceremony was held on Saturday, 16 October 2010 at the Greek Theatre in Los Angeles^[1] and was broadcast by Spike TV on the following Tuesday (19 October 2010^[1]).

5th Scream Awards
Announced on	October 19, 2010 (2010-10-19)[1]
Presented on	October 16, 2010 (2010-10-16)[1]
Produced by	executive producers[2] Casey Patterson Michael Levitt Cindy Levitt supervising producers[2] Greg Stills producers[2] Gary Tellalian Austin Reading coordinating producers[2] Cheryl Teetzel-Moore talent producers[2] Robin Reinhardt Locke Amanda Ahmad
Directed by	Hamish Hamilton[2]
Organized by	writers[2] David Wild Brent Bradshaw Patrick J. Doody Xaque Gruber Lauren Nolan Sills Gary Tellalain Chris Valenciano executive in charge of production[2] Jim "Mo" Moroney Production Designer[2] Ray Winkler
Official website	www.spike.com[3]
Highlights
Most awards	Inception
Most nominations	Inception[1][4]
Television coverage
Network	Spike TV
Duration	2 hours[2]
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The shows original creators,^[5] Casey Patterson, Michael Levitt and Cindy Levitt, served as executive producers for the event.^[4]

Performance

M.I.A. arrived dressed controversially in a black burqa of her own design with the lyrics from her song XXXO printed for the introductory red carpet.^[6][7] Subsequently, this artist performed Teqkilla, the only musical performance at the event, sporting a yellow sequined blouse, pink sparkly trousers, green shoes and a blue wig.^[6] The performance was introduced by Nikki Reed.^[2]

World Premieres

Movie Premiers

Content Premiered	Presenters
Paranormal Activity 2	Katie Featherston and Micah Sloat[7][4]
Super	Rainn Wilson[2]
The Rite	Sir Anthony Hopkins[7][4]
The Walking Dead	Jon Bernthal, Sarah Wayne Callies and Robert Kirkman[7]
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows – Part 1	none[7]
Avatar	James Cameron and Jon Landau[2]
Scream 4	David Arquette, Neve Campbell, Wes Craven and Emma Roberts[8][4]

Competitive categories

The Scream 2010 nominees were selected by the Advisory Board of Hollywood and Genre Leaders, who also advised on the categories.^[1] The advisory board included Tim Burton, John Carpenter, Wes Craven, Neil Gaiman, Damon Lindelof, Eli Roth, Quentin Tarantino, and Joss Whedon etc.^[1] All films, television shows, and comics books were eligible for a nomination, if they were released between 16 July 2009 to 16 July 2010, and were representative of the sci-fi, fantasy, horror, and comic books genres.^[9][1]

The winners were chosen by a process of public online voting on the Spike TV website,^[3] which closed the day before (Friday, 15 October 2010^[1]) the ceremony where the wiiners were announced (Saturday, 16 October 2010^[1]). The nominees^[1][10] and winners were as follows:-

Winners and nominees

Award	Recipient	Result
Ultimate Scream (presented by Halle Berry)[2]	Alice in Wonderland	Nominated
	Avatar	Nominated
	District 9	Nominated
	Inception	Won
	Iron Man 2	Nominated
	Kick-Ass	Nominated
	Lost	Nominated
	True Blood	Nominated
	The Twilight Saga: Eclipse	Nominated
	Zombieland	Nominated
Best Science Fiction Movie	Avatar	Nominated
	District 9	Nominated
	Inception	Won
	Iron Man 2	Nominated
	Predators	Nominated
	The Road	Nominated
Best Fantasy Movie (presented by Rosario Dawson)[2]	Alice in Wonderland	Nominated
	The Imaginarium of Doctor Parnassus †	Nominated
	Kick-Ass	Nominated
	Toy Story 3	Nominated
	The Twilight Saga: Eclipse	Won
	Where the Wild Things Are †	Nominated
Best Horror Movie (presented by Sarah Silverman)[2]	The Crazies †	Nominated
	A Nightmare on Elm Street	Nominated
	Paranormal Activity	Nominated
	Shutter Island	Nominated
	Thirst †	Nominated
	Zombieland	Won
Best TV Show (presented by Marilyn Manson)[2]	Dexter	Nominated
	Doctor Who †	Nominated
	Lost	Nominated
	True Blood	Won
	V	Nominated
Best Director	Neill Blomkamp, District 9	Nominated
	Tim Burton, Alice in Wonderland	Nominated
	James Cameron, Avatar	Won
	Roland Emmerich, 2012	Nominated
	Christopher Nolan, Inception	Nominated
	Martin Scorsese, Shutter Island	Nominated
Best Scream-Play	District 9, written by Neill Blomkamp and Terri Tatchell	Nominated
	Inception, written by Christopher Nolan	Nominated
	Kick-Ass, written by Matthew Vaughn and Jane Goldman	Nominated
	Shutter Island, written by Laeta Kalogridis	Won
	Toy Story 3, written by Michael Arndt	Nominated
	Zombieland, written by Paul Wernick and Rhett Reese	Nominated
Best Fantasy Actress (presented by Aaron Eckhart)[2]	Cate Blanchett, Robin Hood †	Nominated
	Lily Cole, The Imaginarium of Doctor Parnassus †	Nominated
	Chloë Grace Moretz, Kick-Ass	Nominated
	Saoirse Ronan, The Lovely Bones	Nominated
	Kristen Stewart, The Twilight Saga: Eclipse	Won
	Mia Wasikowska, Alice in Wonderland	Nominated
Best Fantasy Actor	Nicolas Cage, Kick-Ass	Nominated
	Johnny Depp, Alice in Wonderland	Nominated
	Tom Hanks, Toy Story 3	Nominated
	Aaron Johnson, Kick-Ass	Nominated
	Taylor Lautner, The Twilight Saga: Eclipse	Nominated
	Robert Pattinson, The Twilight Saga: Eclipse	Won
Best Science Fiction Actress	Scarlett Johansson - Iron Man 2	Won
	Mila Kunis - The Book of Eli	Nominated
	Evangeline Lilly - Lost	Nominated
	Elliot Page - Inception	Nominated
	Gwyneth Paltrow - Iron Man 2	Nominated
	Zoe Saldana - Avatar	Nominated
Best Science Fiction Actor	Sharlto Copley, District 9	Nominated
	Leonardo DiCaprio, Inception	Won
	Robert Downey Jr., Iron Man 2	Nominated
	Matthew Fox, Lost	Nominated
	Josh Holloway, Lost	Nominated
	Denzel Washington, The Book of Eli	Nominated
Best Horror Actress (presented by Nina Dobrev, Paul Wesley, and Ian Somerhalder)[2]	Julie Benz, Dexter †	Nominated
	Emily Blunt, The Wolfman	Nominated
	Charlotte Gainsbourg, Antichrist †	Nominated
	Milla Jovovich, The Fourth Kind	Nominated
	Anna Paquin, True Blood	Won
	Emma Stone, Zombieland	Nominated
Best Horror Actor (presented by Kelly Osbourne and Michael Stephenson)[2]	Leonardo DiCaprio, Shutter Island	Nominated
	Michael C. Hall, Dexter	Nominated
	Woody Harrelson - Zombieland	Nominated
	Stephen Moyer - True Blood	Nominated
	Timothy Olyphant - The Crazies †	Nominated
	Alexander Skarsgård, True Blood	Won
Best Villain (presented by Megan Fox)[2]	Jackie Earle Haley as Freddy Krueger, A Nightmare on Elm Street	Nominated
	Stephen Lang as Col. Miles Quatrich, Avatar	Nominated
	Dieter Laser as Dr. Joseph Hieter, The Human Centipede	Nominated
	John Lithgow as The Trinity Killer, Dexter†	Nominated
	Terry O'Quinn as John Locke, Smoke MonsterLost	Nominated
	Mickey Rourke as Ivan Vanko, Iron Man 2	Won
Best Superhero	Iron Man 2 - Robert Downey Jr. as Iron Man	Won
	Kick-Ass - Nicolas Cage as Big Daddy	Nominated
	Kick-Ass - Aaron Johnson as Kick-Ass	Nominated
	Kick-Ass - Chloë Grace Moretz as Hit-Girl	Nominated
	Heroes - Zachary Quinto as Sylar	Nominated
	Smallville - Tom Welling as Clark Kent	Nominated
Best Supporting Actor	Don Cheadle, Iron Man 2	Nominated
	Sir Ben Kingsley, Shutter Island	Nominated
	Joseph Gordon-Levitt, Inception	Won
	Christopher Mintz-Plasse, Kick-Ass	Nominated
	Mark Ruffalo, Shutter Island	Nominated
	Sam Trammell, True Blood	Nominated
Best Supporting Actress	Abigail Breslin - Zombieland	Nominated
	Jennifer Carpenter - Dexter	Nominated
	Marion Cotillard - Inception	Nominated
	Anne Hathaway - Alice in Wonderland	Won
	Yunjin Kim - Lost	Nominated
	Sigourney Weaver - Avatar	Nominated
Breakout Performance - Female	Deborah Ann Woll, True Blood	Nominated
	Gemma Arterton, Prince of Persia: The Sands of Time	Nominated
	Morena Baccarin, V	Nominated
	Lyndsy Fonseca, Kick-Ass	Nominated
	Chloë Grace Moretz, Kick-Ass	Won
	Mia Wasikowska, Alice in Wonderland	Nominated
Breakout Performance - Male	Sharlto Copley, District 9	Nominated
	Andrew Garfield, The Imaginarium of Doctor Parnassus	Nominated
	Tom Hardy, Inception	Won
	Aaron Johnson, Kick-Ass	Nominated
	Xavier Samuel, The Twilight Saga: Eclipse	Nominated
	Kodi Smit-McPhee, The Road	Nominated
Best Cameo (presented by Sarah Silverman)[2]	Bubo - The Mechanical Owl, Clash of the Titans	Nominated
	Michael Caine, Inception	Nominated
	Rosario Dawson, Percy Jackson & the Olympians: The Lightning Thief	Nominated
	Stan Lee, Iron Man 2	Nominated
	Bill Murray, Zombieland	Won
Best Ensemble	Inception	Nominated
	Iron Man 2	Nominated
	Kick-Ass	Nominated
	Lost	Nominated
	True Blood	Nominated
	Zombieland	Won
Fight Scene of the Year	Aisha vs Clay, The Losers	Nominated
	Anti-Gravity Hotel Fight, Inception	Won
	Hit-Girl vs The Drug Dealers, Kick-Ass	Nominated
	Final Battle: Iron Man and War Machine vs Whiplash and the Drones, Iron Man 2	Nominated
	Final Battle: Na'vi vs Military, Avatar	Nominated
	Perseus and the Heroes vs Medusa, Clash of the Titans	Nominated
Holy Sh*t Scene of the Year (presented by Rainn Wilson)[2]	Damon McCready shoots little daughter Mindy in chest, Kick-Ass	Nominated
	The Destruction of Los Angeles, 2012	Nominated
	Dren mates with Clive, Splice †	Nominated
	Freight train drives through city street, Inception	Nominated
	Head twisted 180 degrees during sex, True Blood	Won
	Paris street folds over onto itself, Inception	Nominated
Most Memorable Mutilation (presented by Eli Roth)[2]	Body dissolved by Hydrofluoric Acid (The Needle Trap), Saw VI	Nominated
	Forced to cut off own flesh and arm (The Pound of flesh Trap), Saw VI	Nominated
	Heart cut out of chest, cut up into souffle and fed to people (Heart Souffle), True Blood	Nominated
	Scalping with a Hunting knife, Inglourious Basterds	Nominated
	Surgically transformed into a human centipede, The Human Centipede (First Sequence)	Won
	Zombie shot by flare gun, and flaming head used as cigarette lighter, Survival of the Dead †	Nominated
3-D Top Three (presented by Don Cheadle)[2]	Alice in Wonderland	Nominated
	Avatar	Won
	Toy Story 3	Nominated
Best F/X	2012	Nominated
	Avatar	Won
	District 9	Nominated
	Inception	Nominated
	Iron Man 2	Nominated
	Zombieland	Nominated
Best Television Performance	Matthew Fox - Lost	Won
	Michael C. Hall - Dexter	Nominated
	Zachary Quinto - Heroes	Nominated
	Alexander Skarsgård - True Blood	Nominated
	Anna Torv - Fringe	Nominated
Best Comic Book or Graphic Novel (presented by Jon Bernthal and Sarah Wayne Callies)[2]	Asterios Polyp †	Nominated
	Blackest Night	Nominated
	The Boys	Nominated
	Chew	Nominated
	Parker: The Hunter	Nominated
	Scalped	Nominated
	The Walking Dead	Won
Best Comic Book Writer (presented by Chris Hemsworth)[2]	Jason Aaron, Scalped (comics), Wolverine: Weapon X	Nominated
	Darwyn Cooke, Parker: The Hunter	Nominated
	Garth Ennis, The Boys (comics), Battlefields (comics), Crossed (comics)	Nominated
	Geoff Johns, Blackest Night, Brightest Day, The Flash, Green Lantern	Won
	Robert Kirkman, The Walking Dead, Invincible (comics), The Astounding Wolf-Man	Nominated
	Mike Mignola, BPRD: 1947, Hellboy In Mexico, Witchfinder: In the Service of Angels	Nominated
Best Comic Book Artist	Charlie Adlard - The Walking Dead	Nominated
	Darwyn Cooke - Parker: The Hunter	Nominated
	Fábio Moon - BPRD: 1947, Sugarshock!	Nominated
	Frank Quitely - Batman and Robin: Batman	Won
	Jill Thompson - Beasts of Burden	Nominated
	J.H. Williams III - Detective Comics: Batwoman: Elegy	Nominated
Best Comic Book Movie	Iron Man 2	Nominated
	Kick-Ass	Won
	The Losers	Nominated
Best Worst Movie (presented by George Hardy and Michael Stephenson)[2] ‡	Piranha 3-D	Won
Best Independent Movie ‡	Dread	Won
Most Anticipated Movie (presented by Blake Lively)[2][7] ‡	Breaking Dawn	Nominated
	Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows	Nominated
	Tron Legacy	Nominated
	Cowboys & Aliens	Nominated
	Green Lantern	Won

† - Award categories in the broadcast, but not listed in the aired list of nominations for those award.
‡ - "Online Write-In" award.

Special awards

The special achievement award recipients^[10] were as follows:-

Winners and nominees

Award	Recipient
Comic-Con Icon Award (presented by Aaron Eckhart)[2]	Ray Bradbury[7][11]
Heroine Award (presented by James Cameron)[2]	Sigourney Weaver[7]
25th Anniversary Award (presented by David Spade)[2]	Back to the Future[7][12]

To celebrate the 25th Anniversary of Back to the Future, Michael J. Fox and Christopher Lloyd reunited on stage with a DeLorean Car (a reference to the movie's fictional time machine, made from a DeLorean)^[7][12]

Farewell Tribute

A farewell tribute was given for the concluding series of Lost, which a number of the show's cast and producers attended, i.e. Malcolm David Kelley, Henry Ian Cusick, Carlton Cuse, Jorge Garcia, Damon Lindelof, Harold Perrineau, François Chau, and Ian Somerhalder^[8][2]

See also

• Saturn Award