# 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 and was broadcast by Spike TV on the following Tuesday (19 October 2010).
The shows original creators, Casey Patterson, Michael Levitt and Cindy Levitt, served as executive producers for the event.

## 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. 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. The performance was introduced by Nikki Reed.

## World Premieres

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

## Competitive categories

The Scream 2010 nominees were selected by the Advisory Board of Hollywood and Genre Leaders, who also advised on the categories. The advisory board included Tim Burton, John Carpenter, Wes Craven, Neil Gaiman, Damon Lindelof, Eli Roth, Quentin Tarantino, and Joss Whedon etc. 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.
The winners were chosen by a process of public online voting on the Spike TV website, which closed the day before (Friday, 15 October 2010) the ceremony where the wiiners were announced (Saturday, 16 October 2010). The nominees and winners were as follows:-
Winners and nominees :
| Award | Recipient | Result |
| Ultimate Scream (presented by Halle Berry) | Alice in Wonderland | Nominated |
| Ultimate Scream (presented by Halle Berry) | Avatar | Nominated |
| Ultimate Scream (presented by Halle Berry) | District 9 | Nominated |
| Ultimate Scream (presented by Halle Berry) | Inception | Won |
| Ultimate Scream (presented by Halle Berry) | Iron Man 2 | Nominated |
| Ultimate Scream (presented by Halle Berry) | Kick-Ass | Nominated |
| Ultimate Scream (presented by Halle Berry) | Lost | Nominated |
| Ultimate Scream (presented by Halle Berry) | True Blood | Nominated |
| Ultimate Scream (presented by Halle Berry) | The Twilight Saga: Eclipse | Nominated |
| Ultimate Scream (presented by Halle Berry) | Zombieland | Nominated |
| Best Science Fiction Movie | Avatar | Nominated |
| Best Science Fiction Movie | District 9 | Nominated |
| Best Science Fiction Movie | Inception | Won |
| Best Science Fiction Movie | Iron Man 2 | Nominated |
| Best Science Fiction Movie | Predators | Nominated |
| Best Science Fiction Movie | The Road | Nominated |
| Best Fantasy Movie (presented by Rosario Dawson) | Alice in Wonderland | Nominated |
| Best Fantasy Movie (presented by Rosario Dawson) | The Imaginarium of Doctor Parnassus $^†$ | Nominated |
| Best Fantasy Movie (presented by Rosario Dawson) | Kick-Ass | Nominated |
| Best Fantasy Movie (presented by Rosario Dawson) | Toy Story 3 | Nominated |
| Best Fantasy Movie (presented by Rosario Dawson) | The Twilight Saga: Eclipse | Won |
| Best Fantasy Movie (presented by Rosario Dawson) | Where the Wild Things Are $^†$ | Nominated |
| Best Horror Movie (presented by Sarah Silverman) | The Crazies $^†$ | Nominated |
| Best Horror Movie (presented by Sarah Silverman) | A Nightmare on Elm Street | Nominated |
| Best Horror Movie (presented by Sarah Silverman) | Paranormal Activity | Nominated |
| Best Horror Movie (presented by Sarah Silverman) | Shutter Island | Nominated |
| Best Horror Movie (presented by Sarah Silverman) | Thirst $^†$ | Nominated |
| Best Horror Movie (presented by Sarah Silverman) | Zombieland | Won |
| Best TV Show (presented by Marilyn Manson) | Dexter | Nominated |
| Best TV Show (presented by Marilyn Manson) | Doctor Who $^†$ | Nominated |
| Best TV Show (presented by Marilyn Manson) | Lost | Nominated |
| Best TV Show (presented by Marilyn Manson) | True Blood | Won |
| Best TV Show (presented by Marilyn Manson) | V | Nominated |
| Best Director | Neill Blomkamp, District 9 | Nominated |
| Best Director | Tim Burton, Alice in Wonderland | Nominated |
| Best Director | James Cameron, Avatar | Won |
| Best Director | Roland Emmerich, 2012 | Nominated |
| Best Director | Christopher Nolan, Inception | Nominated |
| Best Director | Martin Scorsese, Shutter Island | Nominated |
| Best Scream-Play | District 9, written by Neill Blomkamp and Terri Tatchell | Nominated |
| Best Scream-Play | Inception, written by Christopher Nolan | Nominated |
| Best Scream-Play | Kick-Ass, written by Matthew Vaughn and Jane Goldman | Nominated |
| Best Scream-Play | Shutter Island, written by Laeta Kalogridis | Won |
| Best Scream-Play | Toy Story 3, written by Michael Arndt | Nominated |
| Best Scream-Play | Zombieland, written by Paul Wernick and Rhett Reese | Nominated |
| Best Fantasy Actress (presented by Aaron Eckhart) | Cate Blanchett, Robin Hood $^†$ | Nominated |
| Best Fantasy Actress (presented by Aaron Eckhart) | Lily Cole, The Imaginarium of Doctor Parnassus $^†$ | Nominated |
| Best Fantasy Actress (presented by Aaron Eckhart) | Chloë Grace Moretz, Kick-Ass | Nominated |
| Best Fantasy Actress (presented by Aaron Eckhart) | Saoirse Ronan, The Lovely Bones | Nominated |
| Best Fantasy Actress (presented by Aaron Eckhart) | Kristen Stewart, The Twilight Saga: Eclipse | Won |
| Best Fantasy Actress (presented by Aaron Eckhart) | Mia Wasikowska, Alice in Wonderland | Nominated |
| Best Fantasy Actor | Nicolas Cage, Kick-Ass | Nominated |
| Best Fantasy Actor | Johnny Depp, Alice in Wonderland | Nominated |
| Best Fantasy Actor | Tom Hanks, Toy Story 3 | Nominated |
| Best Fantasy Actor | Aaron Johnson, Kick-Ass | Nominated |
| Best Fantasy Actor | Taylor Lautner, The Twilight Saga: Eclipse | Nominated |
| Best Fantasy Actor | Robert Pattinson, The Twilight Saga: Eclipse | Won |
| Best Science Fiction Actress | Scarlett Johansson - Iron Man 2 | Won |
| Best Science Fiction Actress | Mila Kunis - The Book of Eli | Nominated |
| Best Science Fiction Actress | Evangeline Lilly - Lost | Nominated |
| Best Science Fiction Actress | Elliot Page - Inception | Nominated |
| Best Science Fiction Actress | Gwyneth Paltrow - Iron Man 2 | Nominated |
| Best Science Fiction Actress | Zoe Saldana - Avatar | Nominated |
| Best Science Fiction Actor | Sharlto Copley, District 9 | Nominated |
| Best Science Fiction Actor | Leonardo DiCaprio, Inception | Won |
| Best Science Fiction Actor | Robert Downey Jr., Iron Man 2 | Nominated |
| Best Science Fiction Actor | Matthew Fox, Lost | Nominated |
| Best Science Fiction Actor | Josh Holloway, Lost | Nominated |
| Best Science Fiction Actor | Denzel Washington, The Book of Eli | Nominated |
| Best Horror Actress (presented by Nina Dobrev, Paul Wesley, and Ian Somerhalder) | Julie Benz, Dexter $^†$ | Nominated |
| Best Horror Actress (presented by Nina Dobrev, Paul Wesley, and Ian Somerhalder) | Emily Blunt, The Wolfman | Nominated |
| Best Horror Actress (presented by Nina Dobrev, Paul Wesley, and Ian Somerhalder) | Charlotte Gainsbourg, Antichrist $^†$ | Nominated |
| Best Horror Actress (presented by Nina Dobrev, Paul Wesley, and Ian Somerhalder) | Milla Jovovich, The Fourth Kind | Nominated |
| Best Horror Actress (presented by Nina Dobrev, Paul Wesley, and Ian Somerhalder) | Anna Paquin, True Blood | Won |
| Best Horror Actress (presented by Nina Dobrev, Paul Wesley, and Ian Somerhalder) | Emma Stone, Zombieland | Nominated |
| Best Horror Actor (presented by Kelly Osbourne and Michael Stephenson) | Leonardo DiCaprio, Shutter Island | Nominated |
| Best Horror Actor (presented by Kelly Osbourne and Michael Stephenson) | Michael C. Hall, Dexter | Nominated |
| Best Horror Actor (presented by Kelly Osbourne and Michael Stephenson) | Woody Harrelson - Zombieland | Nominated |
| Best Horror Actor (presented by Kelly Osbourne and Michael Stephenson) | Stephen Moyer - True Blood | Nominated |
| Best Horror Actor (presented by Kelly Osbourne and Michael Stephenson) | Timothy Olyphant - The Crazies $^†$ | Nominated |
| Best Horror Actor (presented by Kelly Osbourne and Michael Stephenson) | Alexander Skarsgård, True Blood | Won |
| Best Villain (presented by Megan Fox) | Jackie Earle Haley as Freddy Krueger, A Nightmare on Elm Street | Nominated |
| Best Villain (presented by Megan Fox) | Stephen Lang as Col. Miles Quatrich, Avatar | Nominated |
| Best Villain (presented by Megan Fox) | Dieter Laser as Dr. Joseph Hieter, The Human Centipede | Nominated |
| Best Villain (presented by Megan Fox) | John Lithgow as The Trinity Killer, Dexter $^†$ | Nominated |
| Best Villain (presented by Megan Fox) | Terry O'Quinn as John Locke, Smoke MonsterLost | Nominated |
| Best Villain (presented by Megan Fox) | Mickey Rourke as Ivan Vanko, Iron Man 2 | Won |
| Best Superhero | Iron Man 2 - Robert Downey Jr. as Iron Man | Won |
| Best Superhero | Kick-Ass - Nicolas Cage as Big Daddy | Nominated |
| Best Superhero | Kick-Ass - Aaron Johnson as Kick-Ass | Nominated |
| Best Superhero | Kick-Ass - Chloë Grace Moretz as Hit-Girl | Nominated |
| Best Superhero | Heroes - Zachary Quinto as Sylar | Nominated |
| Best Superhero | Smallville - Tom Welling as Clark Kent | Nominated |
| Best Supporting Actor | Don Cheadle, Iron Man 2 | Nominated |
| Best Supporting Actor | Sir Ben Kingsley, Shutter Island | Nominated |
| Best Supporting Actor | Joseph Gordon-Levitt, Inception | Won |
| Best Supporting Actor | Christopher Mintz-Plasse, Kick-Ass | Nominated |
| Best Supporting Actor | Mark Ruffalo, Shutter Island | Nominated |
| Best Supporting Actor | Sam Trammell, True Blood | Nominated |
| Best Supporting Actress | Abigail Breslin - Zombieland | Nominated |
| Best Supporting Actress | Jennifer Carpenter - Dexter | Nominated |
| Best Supporting Actress | Marion Cotillard - Inception | Nominated |
| Best Supporting Actress | Anne Hathaway - Alice in Wonderland | Won |
| Best Supporting Actress | Yunjin Kim - Lost | Nominated |
| Best Supporting Actress | Sigourney Weaver - Avatar | Nominated |
| Breakout Performance - Female | Deborah Ann Woll, True Blood | Nominated |
| Breakout Performance - Female | Gemma Arterton, Prince of Persia: The Sands of Time | Nominated |
| Breakout Performance - Female | Morena Baccarin, V | Nominated |
| Breakout Performance - Female | Lyndsy Fonseca, Kick-Ass | Nominated |
| Breakout Performance - Female | Chloë Grace Moretz, Kick-Ass | Won |
| Breakout Performance - Female | Mia Wasikowska, Alice in Wonderland | Nominated |
| Breakout Performance - Male | Sharlto Copley, District 9 | Nominated |
| Breakout Performance - Male | Andrew Garfield, The Imaginarium of Doctor Parnassus | Nominated |
| Breakout Performance - Male | Tom Hardy, Inception | Won |
| Breakout Performance - Male | Aaron Johnson, Kick-Ass | Nominated |
| Breakout Performance - Male | Xavier Samuel, The Twilight Saga: Eclipse | Nominated |
| Breakout Performance - Male | Kodi Smit-McPhee, The Road | Nominated |
| Best Cameo (presented by Sarah Silverman) | Bubo - The Mechanical Owl, Clash of the Titans | Nominated |
| Best Cameo (presented by Sarah Silverman) | Michael Caine, Inception | Nominated |
| Best Cameo (presented by Sarah Silverman) | Rosario Dawson, Percy Jackson & the Olympians: The Lightning Thief | Nominated |
| Best Cameo (presented by Sarah Silverman) | Stan Lee, Iron Man 2 | Nominated |
| Best Cameo (presented by Sarah Silverman) | Bill Murray, Zombieland | Won |
| Best Ensemble | Inception | Nominated |
| Best Ensemble | Iron Man 2 | Nominated |
| Best Ensemble | Kick-Ass | Nominated |
| Best Ensemble | Lost | Nominated |
| Best Ensemble | True Blood | Nominated |
| Best Ensemble | Zombieland | Won |
| Fight Scene of the Year | Aisha vs Clay, The Losers | Nominated |
| Fight Scene of the Year | Anti-Gravity Hotel Fight, Inception | Won |
| Fight Scene of the Year | Hit-Girl vs The Drug Dealers, Kick-Ass | Nominated |
| Fight Scene of the Year | Final Battle: Iron Man and War Machine vs Whiplash and the Drones, Iron Man 2 | Nominated |
| Fight Scene of the Year | Final Battle: Na'vi vs Military, Avatar | Nominated |
| Fight Scene of the Year | Perseus and the Heroes vs Medusa, Clash of the Titans | Nominated |
| Holy Sh*t Scene of the Year (presented by Rainn Wilson) | Damon McCready shoots little daughter Mindy in chest, Kick-Ass | Nominated |
| Holy Sh*t Scene of the Year (presented by Rainn Wilson) | The Destruction of Los Angeles, 2012 | Nominated |
| Holy Sh*t Scene of the Year (presented by Rainn Wilson) | Dren mates with Clive, Splice $^†$ | Nominated |
| Holy Sh*t Scene of the Year (presented by Rainn Wilson) | Freight train drives through city street, Inception | Nominated |
| Holy Sh*t Scene of the Year (presented by Rainn Wilson) | Head twisted 180 degrees during sex, True Blood | Won |
| Holy Sh*t Scene of the Year (presented by Rainn Wilson) | Paris street folds over onto itself, Inception | Nominated |
| Most Memorable Mutilation (presented by Eli Roth) | Body dissolved by Hydrofluoric Acid (The Needle Trap), Saw VI | Nominated |
| Most Memorable Mutilation (presented by Eli Roth) | Forced to cut off own flesh and arm (The Pound of flesh Trap), Saw VI | Nominated |
| Most Memorable Mutilation (presented by Eli Roth) | Heart cut out of chest, cut up into souffle and fed to people (Heart Souffle), True Blood | Nominated |
| Most Memorable Mutilation (presented by Eli Roth) | Scalping with a Hunting knife, Inglourious Basterds | Nominated |
| Most Memorable Mutilation (presented by Eli Roth) | Surgically transformed into a human centipede, The Human Centipede (First Sequence) | Won |
| Most Memorable Mutilation (presented by Eli Roth) | 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) | Alice in Wonderland | Nominated |
| 3-D Top Three (presented by Don Cheadle) | Avatar | Won |
| 3-D Top Three (presented by Don Cheadle) | Toy Story 3 | Nominated |
| Best F/X | 2012 | Nominated |
| Best F/X | Avatar | Won |
| Best F/X | District 9 | Nominated |
| Best F/X | Inception | Nominated |
| Best F/X | Iron Man 2 | Nominated |
| Best F/X | Zombieland | Nominated |
| Best Television Performance | Matthew Fox - Lost | Won |
| Best Television Performance | Michael C. Hall - Dexter | Nominated |
| Best Television Performance | Zachary Quinto - Heroes | Nominated |
| Best Television Performance | Alexander Skarsgård - True Blood | Nominated |
| Best Television Performance | Anna Torv - Fringe | Nominated |
| Best Comic Book or Graphic Novel (presented by Jon Bernthal and Sarah Wayne Callies) | Asterios Polyp $^†$ | Nominated |
| Best Comic Book or Graphic Novel (presented by Jon Bernthal and Sarah Wayne Callies) | Blackest Night | Nominated |
| Best Comic Book or Graphic Novel (presented by Jon Bernthal and Sarah Wayne Callies) | The Boys | Nominated |
| Best Comic Book or Graphic Novel (presented by Jon Bernthal and Sarah Wayne Callies) | Chew | Nominated |
| Best Comic Book or Graphic Novel (presented by Jon Bernthal and Sarah Wayne Callies) | Parker: The Hunter | Nominated |
| Best Comic Book or Graphic Novel (presented by Jon Bernthal and Sarah Wayne Callies) | Scalped | Nominated |
| Best Comic Book or Graphic Novel (presented by Jon Bernthal and Sarah Wayne Callies) | The Walking Dead | Won |
| Best Comic Book Writer (presented by Chris Hemsworth) | Jason Aaron, Scalped (comics), Wolverine: Weapon X | Nominated |
| Best Comic Book Writer (presented by Chris Hemsworth) | Darwyn Cooke, Parker: The Hunter | Nominated |
| Best Comic Book Writer (presented by Chris Hemsworth) | Garth Ennis, The Boys (comics), Battlefields (comics), Crossed (comics) | Nominated |
| Best Comic Book Writer (presented by Chris Hemsworth) | Geoff Johns, Blackest Night, Brightest Day, The Flash, Green Lantern | Won |
| Best Comic Book Writer (presented by Chris Hemsworth) | Robert Kirkman, The Walking Dead, Invincible (comics), The Astounding Wolf-Man | Nominated |
| Best Comic Book Writer (presented by Chris Hemsworth) | Mike Mignola, BPRD: 1947, Hellboy In Mexico, Witchfinder: In the Service of Angels | Nominated |
| Best Comic Book Artist | Charlie Adlard - The Walking Dead | Nominated |
| Best Comic Book Artist | Darwyn Cooke - Parker: The Hunter | Nominated |
| Best Comic Book Artist | Fábio Moon - BPRD: 1947, Sugarshock! | Nominated |
| Best Comic Book Artist | Frank Quitely - Batman and Robin: Batman | Won |
| Best Comic Book Artist | Jill Thompson - Beasts of Burden | Nominated |
| Best Comic Book Artist | J.H. Williams III - Detective Comics: Batwoman: Elegy | Nominated |
| Best Comic Book Movie | Iron Man 2 | Nominated |
| Best Comic Book Movie | Kick-Ass | Won |
| Best Comic Book Movie | The Losers | Nominated |
| Best Worst Movie (presented by George Hardy and Michael Stephenson) $^‡$ | Piranha 3-D | Won |
| Best Independent Movie $^‡$ | Dread | Won |
| Most Anticipated Movie (presented by Blake Lively) $^‡$ | Breaking Dawn | Nominated |
| Most Anticipated Movie (presented by Blake Lively) $^‡$ | Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows | Nominated |
| Most Anticipated Movie (presented by Blake Lively) $^‡$ | Tron Legacy | Nominated |
| Most Anticipated Movie (presented by Blake Lively) $^‡$ | Cowboys & Aliens | Nominated |
| Most Anticipated Movie (presented by Blake Lively) $^‡$ | 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 were as follows:-
Winners and nominees :
| Award | Recipient |
| Comic-Con Icon Award (presented by Aaron Eckhart) | Ray Bradbury |
| Heroine Award (presented by James Cameron) | Sigourney Weaver |
| 25th Anniversary Award (presented by David Spade) | Back to the Future |
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)

## 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