3rd Scream Awards
Josie Lee, Los Angeles Model, at the 2008 Scream Awards.
Announced onOctober 21, 2008 (2008-10-21)[1]
Presented onOctober 18, 2008 (2008-10-18)[2]
Sitewww.spike.com[3]
Highlights
Most awardsDark Knight[4][5]
Most nominationsDark Knight[6]
Television coverage
NetworkSpike TV
Duration2 hours[5]

Billed as Scream 2008, the 2008 ceremony of the Scream Awards, run by Spike TV, was the third annual iteration of the awards. The awards ceremony was held on Saturday, 18 October 2008 at The Greek Theatre in Los Angeles[2] and was aired on the following Tuesday (21 October 2008[1]).

World Premieres

The following pieces of footage[7] from several upcoming movie projects was shown:

Movie Premiers
Content Premiered Presenters
Twilight Cam Gigandet[8]
Friday the 13th Jared Padalecki, Amanda Righetti, and Derek Mears[citation needed]
Watchmen Zack Snyder, Malin Åkerman, Carla Gugino, and Jeffrey Dean Morgan[7]

Performances

Movie Premiers
Artist Performance
Kerli "Walking on Air"[9]
The Smashing Pumpkins "G.L.O.W."[9][10]

Competitive categories

The Scream 2008 nominees for each category were decided by the advisory board of Hollywood and Genre Leaders, a body which included Wes Craven, Neil Gaiman, Stephen King, Frank Miller, Eli Roth, Guillermo del Toro, Tim Kring and Stephenie Meyer.[6] The winners were chosen by a process of public online voting on the Spike TV website,[3] and announced during the awards airing on Spike TV.[1]

The Dark Knight was noted receiving a record 21 nominations,[6] of which it won 12 awards.[4][5] The total list of nominees[1] and winners[11][4] of the 2008 Scream Awards were as follows:

Winners and nominees
Award Recipient Result
Ultimate Scream Cloverfield Nominated
The Dark Knight Won
Hellboy II: The Golden Army Nominated
Iron Man Nominated
Lost Nominated
The Mist Nominated
Best Fantasy Movie Beowulf Nominated
The Dark Knight Nominated
Hancock Nominated
Hellboy II: The Golden Army Won
The Incredible Hulk Nominated
Wanted Nominated
Best Horror Movie 30 Days of Night Nominated
The Mist Nominated
The Orphanage Nominated
The Ruins Nominated
The Strangers Nominated
Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street Won
Best Science Fiction Movie Cloverfield Nominated
I Am Legend Nominated
Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull Nominated
Iron Man Won
Southland Tales Nominated
WALL-E Nominated
Best Fantasy Actor Christian Bale, The Dark Knight Nominated
Heath Ledger, The Dark Knight Won
James McAvoy, Wanted Nominated
Edward Norton, The Incredible Hulk Nominated
Terry O'Quinn, Lost Nominated
Ron Perlman, Hellboy II: The Golden Army Nominated
Best Horror Actor Johnny Depp, Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street Won
Fernando Cayo, The Orphanage Nominated
Thomas Jane, The Mist Nominated
Stephen Moyer, True Blood Nominated
Jared Padalecki, Supernatural Nominated
Jonathan Tucker, The Ruins Nominated
Best Superhero Christian Bale as Batman, The Dark Knight Won
Will Smith as John Hancock, Hancock Nominated
Masi Oka as Iron Man, Heroes Nominated
Robert Downey Jr. as Iron Man, Iron Man Nominated
Edward Norton as Hulk, The Incredible Hulk Nominated
Ron Perlman as Hellboy, Hellboy II: The Golden Army Nominated
Breakout Performance Anna Friel, Pushing Daisies Nominated
Jessica Lucas, Cloverfield Nominated
T.J. Miller, Cloverfield Nominated
WALL-E, WALL-E Won
Anna Walton, Hellboy II: The Golden Army Nominated
Odette Annable, Cloverfield Nominated
Best Horror Actress Julie Benz as Rita Bennett, Dexter Nominated
Jena Malone as Amy, The Ruins Nominated
Belen Rueda as Laura García Rodríguez, The Orphanage Nominated
Liv Tyler as Kristen McKey, The Strangers Won
Naomi Watts as Ann Farber, Funny Games Nominated
Helena Bonham Carter as Nellie Lovett, Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street Nominated
Best Villain Tobin Bell as Jigsaw, Saw IV Nominated
Jeff Bridges as Iron Monger, Iron Man Nominated
Aaron Eckhart as Two-Face, The Dark Knight Nominated
Zachary Quinto as Sylar, Heroes Nominated
Heath Ledger as The Joker, The Dark Knight Won
Alan Rickman as Judge Turpin, Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street Nominated
Best Fantasy Actress Amy Adams, Enchanted Nominated
Selma Blair, Hellboy II: The Golden Army Nominated
Maggie Gyllenhaal, The Dark Knight Nominated
Angelina Jolie, Wanted Won
Hayden Panettiere, Heroes Nominated
Charlize Theron, Hancock Nominated
Best Supporting Performance Gary Oldman, The Dark Knight Won
Jason Bateman, Hancock Nominated
Michael Caine, The Dark Knight Nominated
Terrence Howard, Iron Man Nominated
Doug Jones, Hellboy II: The Golden Army Nominated
Shia LaBeouf, Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull Nominated
Holy Sh%t Scene of the Year The Batmobile/Batpod chase, The Dark Knight Nominated
Big Rig Flips Over, The Dark Knight Won
Escape from Ten Rings hideout, Iron Man Nominated
Iron Man's First Flight, Iron Man Nominated
The Reverse Kill Shot, Wanted Nominated
The Statue of Liberty Attack, Cloverfield Nominated
Most Memorable Mutilation Attacked by the Infected, I Am Legend Nominated
The Autopsy, Saw IV Nominated
The Pencil Trick, The Dark Knight Nominated
Penis Bitten off by Vagina with Teeth, Teeth Won
The Leg Amputation, The Ruins Nominated
Attacked by the Flesh Eating Tooth Fairies, Hellboy II: The Golden Army Nominated
Best TV Show Battlestar Galactica Nominated
Dexter Won
Heroes Nominated
Lost Nominated
Reaper Nominated
Terminator: The Sarah Connor Chronicles Nominated
Best Screamplay Cloverfield Nominated
The Mist Nominated
The Orphanage Nominated
WALL-E Nominated
The Dark Knight Won
Iron Man Nominated
Best Scream to Comic Adaptation Buffy the Vampire Slayer Season Eight Won
Army of Darkness Nominated
Battlestar Galactica Nominated
Freddy vs. Jason vs. Ash Nominated
A Nightmare on Elm Street Nominated
The Texas Chainsaw Massacre Nominated
Best Sequel The Chronicles of Narnia: Prince Caspian Nominated
The Dark Knight Won
Hellboy II: The Golden Army Nominated
Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull Nominated
Resident Evil: Extinction Nominated
Saw IV Nominated
Best Director Tim Burton, Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street Nominated
Frank Darabont, The Mist Nominated
Guillermo del Toro, Hellboy II: The Golden Army Nominated
Jon Favreau, Iron Man Nominated
Christopher Nolan, The Dark Knight Won
Rob Zombie, Halloween Nominated
Best Remake The Eye Nominated
Funny Games Nominated
Halloween Won
The Incredible Hulk Nominated
Journey to the Center of Earth Nominated
Prom Night Nominated
Best Science Fiction Actor Robert Downey Jr., Iron Man Won
Harrison Ford, Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull Nominated
Dwayne Johnson, Southland Tales Nominated
Edward James Olmos, Battlestar Galactica Nominated
Will Smith, I Am Legend Nominated
David Tennant, Doctor Who Nominated
Best Science Fiction Actress Summer Glau, Terminator: The Sarah Connor Chronicles Nominated
Tricia Helfer, Battlestar Galactica Nominated
Lena Headey, Terminator: The Sarah Connor Chronicles Nominated
Milla Jovovich, Resident Evil: Extinction Won
Gwyneth Paltrow, Iron Man Nominated
Odette Annable, Cloverfield Nominated
Best F/X Beowulf Nominated
Cloverfield Nominated
The Dark Knight Won
Hellboy II: The Golden Army Nominated
Iron Man Nominated
Wanted Nominated
Best Comic Book Astonishing X-Men Nominated
Hack/Slash Nominated
The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen: Black Dossier Nominated
The Umbrella Academy: Apocalypse Suite Nominated
The Walking Dead Nominated
Y: The Last Man Won
Best Comic Book Movie 30 Days of Night Nominated
The Dark Knight Won
Hellboy II: The Golden Army Nominated
The Incredible Hulk Nominated
Iron Man Nominated
Wanted Nominated
Best Comic Book Artist Gabriel Ba, The Umbrella Academy: Apocalypse Suite Won
Darwyn Cooke, The Spirit Nominated
Pia Guerra, Y: The Last Man Nominated
Jim Lee, All Star Batman & Robin, the Boy Wonder Nominated
Joe Quesada, The Amazing Spider-Man Nominated
Alex Ross, Project Superpowers Nominated
Best Comic Book Writer Warren Ellis, Anna Mercury / Black Summer / Doktor Sleepless / Fell / No Hero Nominated
Robert Kirkman, Walking Dead Nominated
Mike Mignola, Hellboy: Darkness Calls / Lobster Johnson: The Iron Prometheus Nominated
Alan Moore, The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen: Black Dossier Nominated
Grant Morrison, Batman / Final Crisis Won
Brian K. Vaughan, Ex Machina Nominated
Most Shocking Comic Book Plot Twist The 70s heroes return!; Secret Invasion 1 Nominated
Buffy and Satsu in best together!, Buffy The Vampire Slayer: Season Eight Nominated
The plague is revealed!, Y: The Last Man Nominated
Kitty Pride sacrifices herself to save the world!, Giant Sized Astonishing X-Men Nominated
The slaughter of Woodbury Prison!, Walking Dead Nominated
The X-Men disband after Professor X is shot in the head by Bishop, X-Men Won
Best Line "Hulk Smash", The Incredible Hulk Nominated
"I believe whatever doesn't kill you makes you stranger", The Dark Knight Won
"I am Iron Man", Iron Man Nominated
"I'm not a baby ... I'm a tumor", Hellboy II: The Golden Army Nominated
"I'm gonna make this pencil disappear", The Dark Knight Nominated
"Why so serious?", The Dark Knight Nominated

Special awards

The special achievement awards[5][12] of the 2008 Scream Awards were as follows:-

Winners and nominees
Award Recipient
Comic-Con Icon
(presented by Samuel L. Jackson) 		George Lucas[13][14]
Scream Immortal Tim Burton
Scream Legend
(presented by Kate Beckinsale) 		Anthony Hopkins[14]
Scream Mastermind Wes Craven

See also

References

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