2006 Scream Awards

The Spike Scream Awards inaugurated an annual award show dedicated to the horror, science fiction, and fantasy genres of feature films. The show was created by executive producers Michael Levitt, Cindy Levitt, and Casey Patterson.

The 2006 ceremony was held on October 10, 2006 at the Pantages Theatre in Hollywood, California. The ceremony was hosted by Grindhouse co-stars Rose McGowan, Marley Shelton and Rosario Dawson. Shock rocker Marilyn Manson presented the Scream Rock Immortal Award to Ozzy Osbourne. Rock groups My Chemical Romance and KoЯn performed.

Special awards

• Comic-Con Icon Award - Frank Miller.
• Mastermind Award - Robert Rodriguez and Quentin Tarantino.
• Scream Rock Immortal Award - Ozzy Osbourne

World premieres

• Superman II: The Richard Donner Cut presented by hosts Rosario Dawson, Rose McGowan and Marley Shelton
• Grindhouse presented by Robert Rodriguez and Quentin Tarantino
• Saw III presented by Tobin Bell, Shawnee Smith and Darren Lynn Bousman

Performances

• "Welcome to the Black Parade" performed by My Chemical Romance
• "Coming Undone" performed by KoЯn

Competitive categories

Nominees and winners for each announced category are listed below. Winners are listed in boldface.

The Ultimate Scream

• Batman Begins
  • The Devil's Rejects
  • The Hills Have Eyes
  • Lost
  • Superman Returns

Best Horror Movie

• The Devil's Rejects
  • Land of the Dead
  • High Tension
  • The Hills Have Eyes
  • Hostel

Best Fantasy Movie

• Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest
  • Batman Begins
  • Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire
  • King Kong
  • Superman Returns
  • Tim Burton's Corpse Bride

Best Science Fiction Movie

• V for Vendetta
  • Aeon Flux
  • A Scanner Darkly
  • Serenity
  • War of the Worlds

Best TV Show

• Battlestar Galactica
  • Doctor Who
  • Heroes
  • Masters of Horror
  • Smallville

Best Sequel

• Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest
  • Batman Begins
  • The Hills Have Eyes
  • Saw II
  • Superman Returns

Best Remake

• King Kong
  • Charlie and the Chocolate Factory
  • The Hills Have Eyes
  • The Omen
  • War of the Worlds

Best Superhero

• Brandon Routh as Superman, Superman Returns
  • Christian Bale as Batman, Batman Begins
  • Chris Evans as the Human Torch, Fantastic Four
  • Hugh Jackman as Wolverine, X-Men: The Last Stand
  • Famke Janssen as Phoenix, X-Men: The Last Stand

Sexiest Superhero

• Jessica Alba as The Invisible Woman, Fantastic Four
• Famke Janssen as Phoenix, X-Men: The Last Stand
• Halle Berry as Storm, X-Men: The Last Stand

Best Screen-To-Comic Adaptation

• Army of Darkness

Best Comic-to-Screen Adaptation

• X-Men: The Last Stand
  • Batman Begins
  • A History of Violence
  • Superman Returns
  • V for Vendetta

Most Memorable Mutilation

• The Eye Removal, Hostel
  • Eaten alive, Land of the Dead
  • Stabbed in a pit of syringes, Saw II
  • Suicide by shotgun, The Hills Have Eyes
  • Vaporized by aliens, War of the Worlds

Most Heroic Performance

• Johnny Depp as Captain Jack Sparrow, Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest
  • Christian Bale as Batman, Batman Begins
  • Viggo Mortensen as Tom Stall, A History of Violence
  • Edward James Olmos as Commander William Adama, Battlestar Galactica
  • Hugo Weaving as V, V for Vendetta

Scream Queen

• Kate Beckinsale as Selene, Underworld: Evolution
  • Asia Argento as Slack, Land of the Dead
  • Evangeline Lilly as Kate Austen, Lost
  • Natalie Portman as Evey Hammond, V for Vendetta
  • Naomi Watts as Ann Darrow, King Kong

Most Vile Villain

• Leslie Easterbrook, Sid Haig, Bill Moseley and Sheri Moon Zombie as the Firefly Family (Mother Firefly, Captain Spaulding, Otis B. Driftwood and Baby respectively), The Devil's Rejects
  • Tobin Bell as Jigsaw, Saw II
  • Sir Ian McKellen as Magneto, X-Men: The Last Stand
  • Cillian Murphy as Scarecrow, Batman Begins
  • Philippe Nahon as The Killer, High Tension

Breakout Performance

• Jennifer Carpenter as Emily Rose, The Exorcism of Emily Rose
  • Adewale Akinnuoye-Agbaje as Mr. Eko, Lost
  • Tricia Helfer as Number Six, Battlestar Galactica
  • Brandon Routh as Superman, Superman Returns
  • Katee Sackhoff as Starbuck, Battlestar Galactica

The "Holy Sh!t"/"Jump-From-Your-Seat" Award

• The eye removal, Hostel
  • Alien pods emerge from the Earth, War of the Worlds
  • The diner shootout, A History of Violence
  • The Space Shuttle/Boeing 777 rescue, Superman Returns
  • The train sequence, Batman Begins

Best Rack on the Rack

• Vampirella
  • Emma Frost
  • Lady Death
  • Power Girl
  • Wonder Woman

See also

• Saturn Award