Scream Awards

The Scream Awards is an award show dedicated to the horror, sci-fi, and fantasy genres of feature films. Originally only having Scream Queen and Heroic Performance awards for actors, the personnel awards have expanded to include actors and actresses of all three recognized genres. In addition, comic books awards were also given and have been recently expanded. It is broadcast on Spike TV and has been branded in the past as the Spike TV Scream Awards. Recently, the show has become labeled simply Scream with the respective year, i.e. Scream 2009. The show was created by executive producers Michael Levitt, Cindy Levitt, and Casey Patterson.

Production

Award coverage includes the year between the previous awards show and the live ceremony in October of each year. The event is recorded on a Saturday evening and is aired on a later Tuesday. To condense the show into its two-hour running time, not all awards are aired. For some categories, only the winners are announced. Some other categories are skipped altogether.

Since 2006, the ceremony has been held at the Greek Theatre in Los Angeles, California.

Live rock acts, including Ozzy Osbourne and Korn, have performed at various ceremonies.

Sometimes, the show premieres trailers of upcoming films, behind the scenes videos, and outtakes from movies not yet released to home video.

Categories

Originally only having Scream Queen and Heroic Performance awards for actors, the personnel awards have expanded to include actors and actresses of all three recognized genres. In addition, comic book awards have also been given and have recently been expanded.

Categories include, but are not limited to:

• The Ultimate Scream
  • Billed as the best genre film of the preceding year.
• Best Horror Movie
• Best Fantasy Movie
• Best Science Fiction Movie
• Best TV Show
• Best Superhero
• Best Comic-to-Screen Adaptation
  • Renamed "Best Comic Book Movie" beginning in 2008.
• Most Memorable Mutilation
• Most Vile Villain
  • Renamed "Best Villain" beginning in 2008.
• Breakout Performance
• The Scene of the Year Award
  • Called one of the alternative titles "Holy Sh!t" or "Jump-From-Your-Seat" in differing years.

Recently, new categories, including those recognizing lead performances in the three recognized genres were added. In 2009, awards for Best Song, Best Comic Writer, and Best F/X were also added. In 2010, the award for 3-D Top Three was added, but renamed Best 3-D Movie in 2011. In 2011, the award for Best Chase Scene of the Year was added, but was not shown on the ceremony's voting site and Best Fight Scene of the Year was also added. Alternatively, awards such as the Best Rack on the Rack, Scream Queen, Best Heroic Performance, Best Sequel, Best Remake, and Best Song were discontinued.

See also

• List of Scream Awards ceremonies
• Saturn Award

References

External links

• Official website