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, October 18, 2008 at The Greek Theatre in Los Angeles and was aired on the following Tuesday (October 21, 2008).[2][1]
| 3rd Scream Awards | |
|---|---|
 Josie Lee, Los Angeles Model, at the 2008 Scream Awards. | |
| Announced on | October 21, 2008[1] |
| Presented on | October 18, 2008[2] |
| Site | www.spike.com[3] |
| Highlights | |
| Most awards | The Dark Knight[4][5] |
| Television coverage | |
| Network | Spike TV |
| Duration | 2 hours[5] |
World Premieres
editThe following pieces of footage from several upcoming movie projects was shown:[6]
| Content Premiered | Presenters |
|---|---|
| Twilight | Cam Gigandet[7] |
| Friday the 13th | Jared Padalecki, Amanda Righetti, and Derek Mears[citation needed] |
| Watchmen | Zack Snyder, Malin Åkerman, Carla Gugino, and Jeffrey Dean Morgan[6] |
Performances
edit| Artist | Performance |
|---|---|
| Kerli | "Walking on Air"[8] |
| The Smashing Pumpkins | "G.L.O.W."[8][9] |
Competitive categories
editThe 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.[10] 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,[10] 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:
| 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
editThe special achievement awards[5][12] of the 2008 Scream Awards were as follows:-
| 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
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