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". The awards ceremony was held on October 17, 2009, at the Greek Theatre in Los Angeles and was broadcast by Spike TV on the following Tuesday (October 27, 2009).
The shows original creators, Casey Patterson, Michael Levitt, and Cindy Levitt, served as executive producers for the event.
Performances
This was the first year that the show did not have any musical performances.
World Premieres
+ Content Premiered Presenters Alice in Wonderland Jessica Alba Shutter Island Jackie Earle Haley V Elizabeth Mitchell Star Trek DVD extras John Cho and Karl Urban The Twilight Saga: New Moon behind-the-scenes / visual effects footage Taylor Lautner
Competitive categories
The Scream 2009 nominees were selected by the Advisory Board of Hollywood and Genre Leaders. The advisory board included Wes Craven, Roland Emmerich, Neil Gaiman, Frank Miller, Eli Roth, and Zack Snyder etc. The winners were chosen by a process of public online voting on the Spike TV website, which ran up until the day of the ceremony (Saturday, October 17, 2009) where they were announced. The nominees and winners of the 2009 Scream Awards were as follows:
+ Award RecipientResult Ultimate Scream Drag Me to Hell Let the Right One In Star Trek Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen Twilight Up Best Horror Movie Dead Snow Drag Me to Hell Friday the 13th Let the Right One In My Bloody Valentine 3D Splinter Best Science Fiction Movie Knowing Moon Outlander Star Trek Terminator Salvation Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen Best Fantasy Movie Coraline Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince Twilight Up Watchmen X-Men Origins: Wolverine Best TV Show Battlestar Galactica Dexter Fringe Lost Terminator: The Sarah Connor Chronicles True Blood Best Horror Actress as , Quarantine as , My Bloody Valentine 3D as Eli, Let the Right One In as , Drag Me to Hell as , Best Horror Actor Bruce Campbell, My Name Is Bruce Michael C. Hall, Dexter Kåre Hedebrant, Let the Right One In Justin Long, Drag Me to Hell Ryan Kwanten, True Blood Stephen Moyer, True Blood Best Fantasy Actress Anna Friel, Pushing Daisies Scarlett Johansson, The Spirit Jaime King, The Spirit Rhona Mitra, Underworld: Rise of the Lycans Kristen Stewart, Twilight Emma Watson, Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince Best Fantasy Actor Ed Asner, Up Hugh Jackman, X-Men Origins: Wolverine Robert Pattinson, Twilight Brad Pitt, The Curious Case of Benjamin Button Daniel Radcliffe, Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince Michael Sheen, Underworld: Rise of the Lycans Best Science Fiction Actress Moon Bloodgood, Terminator Salvation Eliza Dushku, Dollhouse Megan Fox, Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen Lena Headey, Terminator: The Sarah Connor Chronicles Katee Sackhoff, Battlestar Galactica Zoe Saldaña, Star Trek Best Science Fiction Actor Nicolas Cage, Knowing Josh Holloway, Lost Shia LaBeouf, Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen Chris Pine, Star Trek Zachary Quinto, Star Trek Sam Rockwell, Moon Best Supporting Actress Jennifer Carpenter, Dexter Ashley Greene, Twilight Carla Gugino, Watchmen Evanna Lynch, Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince Shirley Manson, Terminator: The Sarah Connor Chronicles Rutina Wesley, True Blood Best Supporting Actor Ryan Reynolds, X-Men Origins: Wolverine Simon Pegg, Star Trek Leonard Nimoy, Star Trek Taylor Kitsch, X-Men Origins: Wolverine Rupert Grint, Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince Nelsan Ellis, True Blood Breakout Performance - Female Anna Torv, Fringe Zoe Saldaña, Star Trek Lorna Raver, Drag Me to Hell Isabel Lucas, Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen Lina Leandersson, Let the Right One In Malin Åkerman, Watchmen Breakout Performance - Male Taylor Kitsch, X-Men Origins: Wolverine Taylor Lautner, Twilight Robert Pattinson, Twilight Chris Pine, Star Trek will.i.am, X-Men Origins: Wolverine Sam Worthington, Terminator Salvation Best Cameo Kate Beckinsale, Underworld: Rise of the Lycans Helena Bonham Carter, Terminator Salvation Winona Ryder, Star Trek Arnold Schwarzenegger, Terminator Salvation Patrick Stewart, X-Men Origins: Wolverine Rainn Wilson, Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen Best Ensemble Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince Battlestar Galactica Lost Star Trek True Blood Twilight Watchmen Best Director J. J. Abrams, Star Trek Tomas Alfredson, Let the Right One In Michael Bay, Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen Pete Docter and Bob Peterson, Up Duncan Jones, Moon Sam Raimi, Drag Me to Hell Best Foreign Movie Dead Snow Eden Lake Let the Right One In Martyrs Pontypool Los Cronocrímenes Best Sequel Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince Punisher: War Zone Terminator Salvation Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen Underworld: Rise of the Lycans X-Men Origins: Wolverine Best F/X Drag Me to Hell Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince Star Trek Terminator Salvation Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen Watchmen Scream Song of the Year "War Zone" by Rob Zombie, Punisher: War Zone New Divide by Linkin Park, Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen "Other Father Song" by They Might Be Giants, Coraline "Desolation Row" by My Chemical Romance, Watchmen "Decode" by Paramore, Twilight "Bad Things" by Jace Everett, True Blood Best Comic Book Artist Tony Harris and Jim Clark, "Ex Machina" Steve McNiven, Wolverine: Old Man Logan Eric Powell, "The Goon" Frank Quitely, "All-Star Superman" and "Batman and Robin" Ivan Reis, "Green Lantern" John Romita Jr., "The Amazing Spider-Man Volume 1" Best Villain Eric Bana, Star Trek Helena Bonham Carter, Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince Cam Gigandet, Twilight Lorna Raver, Drag Me to Hell Liev Schreiber, X-Men Origins: Wolverine Alexander Skarsgård, True Blood Best Superhero Ray Stevenson as The Punisher, Punisher: War Zone Taylor Kitsch as Gambit, X-Men Origins: Wolverine Hugh Jackman as Wolverine, X-Men Origins: Wolverine Jackie Earle Haley as Rorschach, Watchmen Billy Crudup as Doctor Manhattan, Watchmen Malin Åkerman as Silk Spectre, Watchmen Best Scream-Play Coraline Drag Me to Hell Let the Right One In Moon Star Trek Up Most Memorable Mutilation Arms Cut off by Rotary Saw, Watchmen Arm Removal Surgery, Splinter The Eyeball Cake, Drag Me to Hell Head Ripped Apart by Nazi Zombies, Dead Snow The Pendulum Trap, Saw V The Swimming Pool Scene, Let the Right One In Fight Scene of the Year The Car Fight, Drag Me to Hell Martin and Roy v. The Nazi Zombies, Dead Snow Logan and Victor v. Weapon XI, X-Men Origins: Wolverine Optimus Prime v. The Fallen, Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen Kirk v. Spock, Star Trek Ozymandias v. The Comedian, Watchmen Holy Sh!t! Scene of the Year The Swimming Pool Scene, Let the Right One In The Subway Crash, Knowing The Séance, Drag Me to Hell Space Dive into Orbital Drill, Star Trek The Destruction of Manhattan, Watchmen The Death Eaters Attack London, Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince Best Comic Book Green Lantern Hack/Slash Kick-Ass Thor The Walking Dead Wolverine: Old Man Logan Best Comic Book Writer Brian Michael Bendis Joe Hill Grant Morrison Geoff Johns Mark Millar Brian K. Vaughan Best Comic Book Movie Dragonball Evolution Punisher: War Zone The Spirit Watchmen X-Men Origins: Wolverine Breakout Movie of the Year Zombieland Most Anticipated Fantasy Film Alice in Wonderland Most Anticipated Science Fiction Film Iron Man 2
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 of the 2009 Scream Awards were as follows:-
+ Award Recipient Comic-Con Icon(presented by Tobey Maguire) Stan Lee Scream Rock Immortal (presented by Johnny Depp) Keith Richards Scream Mastermind(presented by Quentin Tarantino) George A. Romero
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.
See also Saturn Award
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