2009 Scream Awards Nominations

The nominees have been announced for the fourth annual Scream Awards, held every year by Spike TV. The decisively more “fan-friendly” award ceremony (compared to the Oscars) honors films from the sci-fi, fantasy, horror and comic-book genres of movies, TV shows and comic books. The awards are described as, “the first and only global event of its kind,” to honor those genres.

The Scream 2009 nominees were chosen by the Advisory Board of Hollywood and Genre Leaders, a list which this year includes the likes of Wes Craven, Roland Emmerich, Neil Gaiman, Frank Miller, Eli Roth and Zack Snyder, plus many more. The event will be taped on Saturday, October 17 this year at The Greek Theater in Los Angeles, and will air on Spike TV ten days later on Tuesday, October 27 (check for local times).

Along with the awards, the show will also be airing some exclusive, world premiere of footage of some of the most anticipated movies of 2010! Presenters and musicians for the event are to be announced shortly.

Below is a select list of the 32 categories from this year’s Scream nominations. A lot of these movies and shows I have yet to actually watch myself, but out of what I HAVE seen I have chosen my favorites by putting a *** next to my choice.

For those of you who want to have YOUR say on which film should win, you’re in luck! Public voting for the awards has opened already and will run right up to October 17. But before you head off to vote, here are some of the nominees:

BEST FANTASY MOVIE
“Coraline”
“Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince”
“Twilight”
“Up”
“Watchmen”***
“X-Men Origins: Wolverine”

BEST HORROR MOVIE
“Dead Snow”
“Drag Me to Hell”
“Friday the 13th”
“Let the Right One In”***
“My Bloody Valentine 3D”
“Splinter”

BEST COMIC BOOK MOVIE
“Dragonball Evolution”
“Punisher: War Zone”
“The Spirit”
“Watchmen”***
“X-Men Origins: Wolverine”

BEST VILLAIN
Eric Bana as Nero, “Star Trek”
Helena Bonham Carter as Bellatrix Lestrange, "Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince"
Cam Gigandet as James, “Twilight”
Lorna Raver as Mrs. Ganush, :Drag Me to Hell”
Liev Schrieber as Victor Creed/Sabretooth, “X-Men”***
Alexander Skarsgård as Eric Northman, “True Blood”

BEST DIRECTOR
J.J. Abrams, “Star Trek”***
Tomas Alfredson, “Let the Right One In”
Michael Bay, “Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen”
Pete Doctor & Bob Peterson, “Up”
Duncan Jones, “Moon”
Sam Raimi, “Drag Me to Hell”

BEST TV SHOW
Battlestar Galactica
Dexter
Fringe
Lost***
Terminator: The Sarah Connor Chronicles
True Blood

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 FANTASY ACTRESS
Anna Friel, "Pushing Daises"
Scarlett Johansson, “The Spirit”
Jamie King, “The Spirit”
Rhona Mitra, “Underworld: Rise of the Lycans”***
Kristen Stewart, “Twilight”
Emma Watson, “Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince”

BEST SCIENCE FICTION MOVIE
"Knowing"
"Moon"
"Outlander"
"Star Trek"***
"Terminator Salvation"
"Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen"

BEST HORROR ACTRESS
Jennifer Carpenter, "Quarantine"
Jaime King, "My Bloody Valentine 3D"
Lina Leandersson, "Let the Right One In"***
Alison Lohman, "Drag Me to Hell"
Anna Paquin, "True Blood"
Monica Potter, "The Last House on the Left"

BEST HORROR ACTOR
Bruce Campbell, "My Name is Bruce"
Michael C. Hall, "Dexter"***
Kare Hedebrant, "Let the Right One In"
Justin Long, "Drag Me to Hell"
Ryan Kwanten, "True Blood"
Stephen Moyer, True Blood"

BEST SCIENCE FICTION ACTRESS
Moon Bloodgood, "Terminator Salvation"
Eliza Dushuku, "Dollhouse"
Megan Fox, "Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen"
Lena Headey, "Terminator: The Sarah Connor Chronicles"
Katee Sackhoff, "Battlestar Galactica"***
Zoe Saldana, "Star Trek"

BEST SCIENCE FICTION ACTOR
Nicholas Cage, "Knowing"
Josh Holloway, "Lost"***
Shia LaBeouf, "Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen"
Chris Pine, "Star Trek"
Zachary Quinto, "Star Trek"
Sam Rockwell, "Moon"


BREAKOUT PERFORMANCE - FEMALE
Anna Torv, "Fringe"
Zoe Saldana, "Star Trek"
Lorna Raver, "Drag Me to Hell"
Isabel Lucas, "Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen"
Lina Leandersson, "Let the Right One In"***
Malin Ackerman, "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 F/X
"Drag Me to Hell"
"Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince"
"Star Trek"
"Terminator Salvation"
"Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen"***
"Watchmen"

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 Dr. Manhattan, "Watchmen"
Malin Ackerman as Silk Spectre II, "Watchmen"

THE ULTIMATE SCREAM
"Drag Me to Hell"
"Let the Right One In"
"Star Trek"
"Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen"
"Twilight"
"Up"

For the rest of the nominees you can head over to Spike.com, where you can also cast your votes.

More news to come! Catch ya' later!
Source: Screen Rant