# 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". 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

Movie Premiers :
| 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 / special 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:
Winners and nominees :
| Award | Recipient | Result |
| Ultimate Scream | Drag Me to Hell | Nominated |
| Ultimate Scream | Let the Right One In | Nominated |
| Ultimate Scream | Star Trek | Won |
| Ultimate Scream | Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen | Nominated |
| Ultimate Scream | Twilight | Nominated |
| Ultimate Scream | Up | Nominated |
| Best Horror Movie | Dead Snow | Nominated |
| Best Horror Movie | Drag Me to Hell | Won |
| Best Horror Movie | Friday the 13th | Nominated |
| Best Horror Movie | Let the Right One In | Nominated |
| Best Horror Movie | My Bloody Valentine 3D | Nominated |
| Best Horror Movie | Splinter | Nominated |
| Best Science Fiction Movie | Knowing | Nominated |
| Best Science Fiction Movie | Moon | Nominated |
| Best Science Fiction Movie | Outlander | Nominated |
| Best Science Fiction Movie | Star Trek | Won |
| Best Science Fiction Movie | Terminator Salvation | Nominated |
| Best Science Fiction Movie | Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen | Nominated |
| Best Fantasy Movie | Coraline | Nominated |
| Best Fantasy Movie | Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince | Nominated |
| Best Fantasy Movie | Twilight | Won |
| Best Fantasy Movie | Up | Nominated |
| Best Fantasy Movie | Watchmen | Nominated |
| Best Fantasy Movie | X-Men Origins: Wolverine | Nominated |
| Best TV Show | Battlestar Galactica | Nominated |
| Best TV Show | Dexter | Nominated |
| Best TV Show | Fringe | Nominated |
| Best TV Show | Lost | Nominated |
| Best TV Show | Terminator: The Sarah Connor Chronicles | Nominated |
| Best TV Show | True Blood | Won |
| Best Horror Actress | Jennifer Carpenter as Angela Vidal, Quarantine | Nominated |
| Best Horror Actress | Jaime King as Sarah Mercer-Palmer, My Bloody Valentine 3D | Nominated |
| Best Horror Actress | Lina Leandersson as Eli, Let the Right One In | Nominated |
| Best Horror Actress | Alison Lohman as Christine Brown, Drag Me to Hell | Won |
| Best Horror Actress | Monica Potter as Emma Collingwood, The Last House on the Left | Nominated |
| Best Horror Actor | Bruce Campbell, My Name Is Bruce | Nominated |
| Best Horror Actor | Michael C. Hall, Dexter | Nominated |
| Best Horror Actor | Kåre Hedebrant, Let the Right One In | Nominated |
| Best Horror Actor | Justin Long, Drag Me to Hell | Nominated |
| Best Horror Actor | Ryan Kwanten, True Blood | Nominated |
| Best Horror Actor | Stephen Moyer, True Blood | Won |
| Best Fantasy Actress | Anna Friel, Pushing Daisies | Nominated |
| Best Fantasy Actress | Scarlett Johansson, The Spirit | Nominated |
| Best Fantasy Actress | Jaime King, The Spirit | Nominated |
| Best Fantasy Actress | Rhona Mitra, Underworld: Rise of the Lycans | Nominated |
| Best Fantasy Actress | Kristen Stewart, Twilight | Won |
| Best Fantasy Actress | Emma Watson, Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince | Nominated |
| Best Fantasy Actor | Ed Asner, Up | Nominated |
| Best Fantasy Actor | Hugh Jackman, X-Men Origins: Wolverine | Nominated |
| Best Fantasy Actor | Robert Pattinson, Twilight | Won |
| Best Fantasy Actor | Brad Pitt, The Curious Case of Benjamin Button | Nominated |
| Best Fantasy Actor | Daniel Radcliffe, Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince | Nominated |
| Best Fantasy Actor | Michael Sheen, Underworld: Rise of the Lycans | Nominated |
| Best Science Fiction Actress | Moon Bloodgood, Terminator Salvation | Nominated |
| Best Science Fiction Actress | Eliza Dushku, Dollhouse | Nominated |
| Best Science Fiction Actress | Megan Fox, Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen | Won |
| Best Science Fiction Actress | Lena Headey, Terminator: The Sarah Connor Chronicles | Nominated |
| Best Science Fiction Actress | Katee Sackhoff, Battlestar Galactica | Nominated |
| Best Science Fiction Actress | Zoe Saldana, Star Trek | Nominated |
| Best Science Fiction Actor | Nicolas Cage, Knowing | Nominated |
| Best Science Fiction Actor | Josh Holloway, Lost | Nominated |
| Best Science Fiction Actor | Shia LaBeouf, Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen | Nominated |
| Best Science Fiction Actor | Chris Pine, Star Trek | Won |
| Best Science Fiction Actor | Zachary Quinto, Star Trek | Nominated |
| Best Science Fiction Actor | Sam Rockwell, Moon | Nominated |
| Best Supporting Actress | Jennifer Carpenter, Dexter | Won |
| Best Supporting Actress | Ashley Greene, Twilight | Nominated |
| Best Supporting Actress | Carla Gugino, Watchmen | Nominated |
| Best Supporting Actress | Evanna Lynch, Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince | Nominated |
| Best Supporting Actress | Shirley Manson, Terminator: The Sarah Connor Chronicles | Nominated |
| Best Supporting Actress | Rutina Wesley, True Blood | Nominated |
| Best Supporting Actor | Ryan Reynolds, X-Men Origins: Wolverine | Won |
| Best Supporting Actor | Simon Pegg, Star Trek | Nominated |
| Best Supporting Actor | Leonard Nimoy, Star Trek | Nominated |
| Best Supporting Actor | Taylor Kitsch, X-Men Origins: Wolverine | Nominated |
| Best Supporting Actor | Rupert Grint, Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince | Nominated |
| Best Supporting Actor | Nelsan Ellis, True Blood | Nominated |
| Breakout Performance - Female | Anna Torv, Fringe | Nominated |
| Breakout Performance - Female | Zoe Saldana, Star Trek | Nominated |
| Breakout Performance - Female | Lorna Raver, Drag Me to Hell | Nominated |
| Breakout Performance - Female | Isabel Lucas, Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen | Won |
| Breakout Performance - Female | Lina Leandersson, Let the Right One In | Nominated |
| Breakout Performance - Female | Malin Åkerman, Watchmen | Nominated |
| Breakout Performance - Male | Taylor Kitsch, X-Men Origins: Wolverine | Nominated |
| Breakout Performance - Male | Taylor Lautner, Twilight | Won |
| Breakout Performance - Male | Robert Pattinson, Twilight | Nominated |
| Breakout Performance - Male | Chris Pine, Star Trek | Nominated |
| Breakout Performance - Male | will.i.am, X-Men Origins: Wolverine | Nominated |
| Breakout Performance - Male | Sam Worthington, Terminator Salvation | Nominated |
| Best Cameo | Kate Beckinsale, Underworld: Rise of the Lycans | Nominated |
| Best Cameo | Helena Bonham Carter, Terminator Salvation | Nominated |
| Best Cameo | Winona Ryder, Star Trek | Won |
| Best Cameo | Arnold Schwarzenegger, Terminator Salvation | Nominated |
| Best Cameo | Patrick Stewart, X-Men Origins: Wolverine | Nominated |
| Best Cameo | Rainn Wilson, Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen | Nominated |
| Best Ensemble | Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince | Won |
| Best Ensemble | Battlestar Galactica | Nominated |
| Best Ensemble | Lost | Nominated |
| Best Ensemble | Star Trek | Nominated |
| Best Ensemble | True Blood | Nominated |
| Best Ensemble | Twilight | Nominated |
| Best Ensemble | Watchmen | Nominated |
| Best Director | J. J. Abrams, Star Trek | Won |
| Best Director | Tomas Alfredson, Let the Right One In | Nominated |
| Best Director | Michael Bay, Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen | Nominated |
| Best Director | Pete Docter and Bob Peterson, Up | Nominated |
| Best Director | Duncan Jones, Moon | Nominated |
| Best Director | Sam Raimi, Drag Me to Hell | Nominated |
| Best Foreign Movie | Dead Snow | Nominated |
| Best Foreign Movie | Eden Lake | Nominated |
| Best Foreign Movie | Let the Right One In | Won |
| Best Foreign Movie | Martyrs | Nominated |
| Best Foreign Movie | Pontypool | Nominated |
| Best Foreign Movie | Los Cronocrímenes | Nominated |
| Best Sequel | Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince | Nominated |
| Best Sequel | Punisher: War Zone | Nominated |
| Best Sequel | Terminator Salvation | Nominated |
| Best Sequel | Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen | Won |
| Best Sequel | Underworld: Rise of the Lycans | Nominated |
| Best Sequel | X-Men Origins: Wolverine | Nominated |
| Best F/X | Drag Me to Hell | Nominated |
| Best F/X | Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince | Nominated |
| Best F/X | Star Trek | Nominated |
| Best F/X | Terminator Salvation | Nominated |
| Best F/X | Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen | Won |
| Best F/X | Watchmen | Nominated |
| Scream Song of the Year | "War Zone" by Rob Zombie, Punisher: War Zone | Nominated |
| Scream Song of the Year | New Divide by Linkin Park, Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen | Won |
| Scream Song of the Year | "Other Father Song" by They Might Be Giants, Coraline | Nominated |
| Scream Song of the Year | "Desolation Row" by My Chemical Romance, Watchmen | Nominated |
| Scream Song of the Year | "Decode" by Paramore, Twilight | Nominated |
| Scream Song of the Year | "Bad Things" by Jace Everett, True Blood | Nominated |
| Best Comic Book Artist | Tony Harris and Jim Clark, "Ex Machina" | Nominated |
| Best Comic Book Artist | Steve McNiven, Wolverine: Old Man Logan | Won |
| Best Comic Book Artist | Eric Powell, "The Goon" | Nominated |
| Best Comic Book Artist | Frank Quitely, "All-Star Superman" and "Batman and Robin" | Nominated |
| Best Comic Book Artist | Ivan Reis, "Green Lantern" | Nominated |
| Best Comic Book Artist | John Romita Jr., "The Amazing Spider-Man Volume 1" | Nominated |
| Best Villain | Eric Bana, Star Trek | Nominated |
| Best Villain | Helena Bonham Carter, Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince | Nominated |
| Best Villain | Cam Gigandet, Twilight | Nominated |
| Best Villain | Lorna Raver, Drag Me to Hell | Nominated |
| Best Villain | Liev Schreiber, X-Men Origins: Wolverine | Nominated |
| Best Villain | Alexander Skarsgård, True Blood | Won |
| Best Superhero | Ray Stevenson as The Punisher, Punisher: War Zone | Nominated |
| Best Superhero | Taylor Kitsch as Gambit, X-Men Origins: Wolverine | Nominated |
| Best Superhero | Hugh Jackman as Wolverine, X-Men Origins: Wolverine | Won |
| Best Superhero | Jackie Earle Haley as Rorschach, Watchmen | Nominated |
| Best Superhero | Billy Crudup as Doctor Manhattan, Watchmen | Nominated |
| Best Superhero | Malin Åkerman as Silk Spectre, Watchmen | Nominated |
| Best Scream-Play | Coraline | Nominated |
| Best Scream-Play | Drag Me to Hell | Won |
| Best Scream-Play | Let the Right One In | Nominated |
| Best Scream-Play | Moon | Nominated |
| Best Scream-Play | Star Trek | Nominated |
| Best Scream-Play | Up | Nominated |
| Most Memorable Mutilation | Arms Cut off by Rotary Saw, Watchmen | Nominated |
| Most Memorable Mutilation | Arm Removal Surgery, Splinter | Nominated |
| Most Memorable Mutilation | The Eyeball Cake, Drag Me to Hell | Nominated |
| Most Memorable Mutilation | Head Ripped Apart by Nazi Zombies, Dead Snow | Nominated |
| Most Memorable Mutilation | The Pendulum Trap, Saw V | Won |
| Most Memorable Mutilation | The Swimming Pool Scene, Let the Right One In | Nominated |
| Fight Scene of the Year | The Car Fight, Drag Me to Hell | Nominated |
| Fight Scene of the Year | Martin and Roy v. The Nazi Zombies, Dead Snow | Nominated |
| Fight Scene of the Year | Logan and Victor v. Weapon XI, X-Men Origins: Wolverine | Nominated |
| Fight Scene of the Year | Optimus Prime v. The Fallen, Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen | Nominated |
| Fight Scene of the Year | Kirk v. Spock, Star Trek | Won |
| Fight Scene of the Year | Ozymandias v. The Comedian, Watchmen | Nominated |
| Holy Sh!t! Scene of the Year | The Swimming Pool Scene, Let the Right One In | Nominated |
| Holy Sh!t! Scene of the Year | The Subway Crash, Knowing | Nominated |
| Holy Sh!t! Scene of the Year | The Séance, Drag Me to Hell | Nominated |
| Holy Sh!t! Scene of the Year | Space Dive into Orbital Drill, Star Trek | Nominated |
| Holy Sh!t! Scene of the Year | The Destruction of Manhattan, Watchmen | Nominated |
| Holy Sh!t! Scene of the Year | The Death Eaters Attack London, Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince | Won |
| Best Comic Book | Green Lantern | Won |
| Best Comic Book | Hack/Slash | Nominated |
| Best Comic Book | Kick-Ass | Nominated |
| Best Comic Book | Thor | Nominated |
| Best Comic Book | The Walking Dead | Nominated |
| Best Comic Book | Wolverine: Old Man Logan | Nominated |
| Best Comic Book Writer | Brian Michael Bendis | Nominated |
| Best Comic Book Writer | Joe Hill | Nominated |
| Best Comic Book Writer | Grant Morrison | Nominated |
| Best Comic Book Writer | Geoff Johns | Won |
| Best Comic Book Writer | Mark Millar | Nominated |
| Best Comic Book Writer | Brian K. Vaughan | Nominated |
| Best Comic Book Movie | Dragonball Evolution | Nominated |
| Best Comic Book Movie | Punisher: War Zone | Nominated |
| Best Comic Book Movie | The Spirit | Nominated |
| Best Comic Book Movie | Watchmen | Won |
| Best Comic Book Movie | 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 of the 2009 Scream Awards were as follows:-
Winners and nominees :
| Award | Recipient |
| Comic-Con Icon (presented by Tobey Maguire) | Stan Lee |
| Scream Rock Immortal (presented by Johny 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.