2011 Scream Award Nominations

Although I'm certainly not the target market for Spike TV, I do always keep my eye out for the Scream Awards every year as they honour science fiction, fantasy, horror and thrillers every year. I love that all Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 2, Thor, TRON: Legacy and Super 8 have numerous nominations and for several of the categories (acting specifically) the include both film & TV (go Fringe!) and what other awards includes Most Memorable Mutilation? I mean, that just tells you what kind of awards they are.

Some changes from last years include adding categories of Best Thriller, Best Chase Scene and Best Independent Movie - which has and awesome selection of films: Another Earth, Hatchet II, I Saw the Devil, Monsters and Rubber. We've also seen Best 3-D Movie and Best Comic Book Movie increase from 3 nominations to 5, and lots of the categories have less nominations from last years 6 nominations to 4 or 5.

The Advisory Board for the awards is very is pretty impressive. These are the folks that selected the 2011 nominations: Alexandra Aja, Darren Aronofsky, Tim Burton, John Carpenter, DJ Caruso, Wes Craven, Ronald Emmerich, Neil Gaiman, Tim Kring, Damon Lindelof, James Manos Jr., Robert Rodriguez, George A. Romero, Eli Roth, David Slade, Matthew Vaughn, Edgar Wright and Rob Zombie. Wow. That is an impressive list. Wish there was a woman on it though!

The Scream Awards are based on votes, so swing by their site & have your say!

The Scream Awards will be presented announced on Tuesday October 18, 2011.

2011 Scream Award Nominations

Ultimate Scream
Captain America: The First Avenger
Game of Thrones
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 2
Scott Pilgrim vs. the World
Super 8
Thor
True Blood
Walking Dead
X-Men: First Class

Best Science Fiction Movie
Captain America: The First Avenger
Monsters
Super 8
Transformers: Dark of the Moon
Tron: Legacy

Best Fantasy Movie
Black Swan
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 2
Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides
Thor
X-Men: First Class

Best Horror Movie
I Saw the Devil
Insidious
Let Me In
Paranormal Activity 2
Piranha 3D

Best Thriller
Adjustment Bureau, The
Hanna
Limitless
RED
Salt

Best TV Show
Doctor Who
Fringe
Game of Thrones
True Blood
Walking Dead

Best Director
J.J. Abrams for Super 8
Darren Aronofsky for Black Swan
Matthew Vaughn for X-Men: First Class
Edgar Wright for Scott Pilgrim vs. the World
David Yates for Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 2

Best Scream-Play
Black Swan
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 2
Scott Pilgrim vs. the World
Super 8
X-Men: First Class

Best Chase Scene - descriptions spoiler-y but if you want to know check them out here
Captain America: First Avenger
Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides
Transformers: Dark of the Moon
Tron: Legacy
The Adjustment Bureau

Best Fantasy Actress
Penelope Cruz in Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides
Lena Headey in Game of Thrones
Jennifer Lawrence in X-Men: First Class
Natalie Portman in Black Swan
Emma Watson in Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 2

Best Fantasy Actor
Sean Bean in Game of Thrones
Johnny Depp in Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides
Michael Fassbender in X-Men: First Class
James McAvoy in X-Men: First Class
Daniel Radcliffe in Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 2

Best Science Fiction Actress
Hayley Atwell in Captain America: The First Avenger
Karen Gillan in Doctor Who
Milla Jovovich in Resident Evil: Afterlife
Anna Torv in Fringe
Olivia Wilde in Tron: Legacy

Best Science Fiction Actor
Daniel Craig in Cowboys & Aliens
Chris Evans in Captain America: The First Avenger
Harrison Ford in Cowboys & Aliens
Jake Gyllenhaal in Source Code
Matt Smith in Doctor Who

Best Horror Actress
Sarah Wayne Callies in Walking Dead
Neve Campbell in Scre4m
Anna Paquin in True Blood
Chloe Grace Moretz in Let Me In
Rose Byrne in Insidious

Best Horror Actor
Michael C. Hall in Dexter
Andrew Lincoln in Walking Dead
Stephen Moyer in True Blood
Alexander Skarsgard in True Blood
Patrick Wilson in Insidious

Best Villain
Kevin Bacon as Sebastian Shaw in X-Men: First Class
Satya Bhaba, Chris Evens, Brandon Routh, Mae Whitman, Shota Saito, Keita Saito and Jason Schwartzman as the League of Evils in Scott Pilgrim vs. the World
Ralph Fiennes as Lord Voldemort in Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 2
Cho Min-Sik as Kyung-Chul in I Saw the Devil
Hugo Weaving as the Red Skull in Captain America: The First Avenger

Best Superhero
Chris Evans as Captain America in Captain America: The First Avenger
Chris Hemsworth as Thor in Thor
James McAvoy as Professor X in X-Men: First Class
Ryan Reynolds as the Green Lantern in Green Lantern
Tom Welling as Clark Kent in Smallville

Best Supporting Actor
Kieran Culkin in Scott Pilgrim vs. the World
Peter Dinklage in Game of Thrones
Rupert Grint in Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 2
Tommy Lee Jones in Captain America: The First Avenger
Alan Rickman in Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 2

Best Supporting Actress
Jamie Alexander in Thor
Laurie Holden in Walking Dead
Mila Kunis in Black Swan
Helen Mirren in RED
Ellen Wong in Scott Pilgrim vs. the World

Breakout Performance - Female
Jamie Alexande in Thor
Hayley Atwell in Captain America: The First Avenger
Emilia Clarke in Game of Thrones
Elle Fanning in Super 8
Zoe Kravitz in X-Men: First Class

Breakout Performance - Male
Jon Bernthal in Walking Dead
Michael Fassbender in X-Men: First Class
Chris Hemsworth in Thor
Tom Hiddleston in Thor
Joe Manganiello in True Blood

Best Cameo
Buzz Aldrin in Transformers: Dark of the Moon
Kristen Bell and Anna Paquin in Scre4m
Richard Dreyfuss in Piranha 3D
Huge Jackman in X-Men: First Class
Keith Richards in Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides

Best Ensemble
Game of Thrones
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 2
RED
True Blood
X-Men: First Class

Most Memorable Mutilation - descriptions spoiler-y but if you want to know check them out here
Game of Thrones
Piranha 3D #1
Saw 3D: The Final Chapter
Piranha 3D #2
Black Swan

Fight Scene of the Year - descriptions spoiler-y but if you want to know check them out here
RED
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 2 #1
Captain America: The First Avenger
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 2 #2
Scott Pilgrim vs. the World

Holy Sh*t! Scene of the Year - descriptions spoiler-y but if you want to know check them out here
Transformers: Dark of the Moon
Tron: Legacy
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 2
Super 8

Best Independent Movie
Another Earth
Hatchet II
I Saw the Devil
Monsters
Rubber

Best 3-D Movie
Captain America: The First Avenger
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 2
Piranha 3D
Transformers: Dark of the Moon
Tron: Legacy

Best F/X
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 2
Sucker Punch
Thor
Transformers: Dark of the Moon
Tron: Legacy

Best Comic Book or Graphic Novel
American Vampire
Chew
Daytripper
Locke & Key
Walking Dead

Best Comic Book Writer
Ed Brubaker for Captain America, Captain America: Reborn, The Marvels Project, Steve Rogers: Super Soldier
Joe Hill for Locke & Key, The Cape
Robert Kirkman for The Astounding Wolf-Man, Haunt, Invincible, The Walking Dead
Grant Morrison for Batman Incorporated, Joe the Barbarian
Mike Mignola for Baltimore, The Amazing Screw-On Head

Best Comic Book Artist
Charlie Adlard for Walking Dead
Mark Buckingham for Fables
Duncan Fegredo for Hellboy
John Romita, Jr. for Avengers, Kick-Ass 2
Bernie Wrightson for Doc Macabre

Best Comic Book Movie
Captain America: The First Avenger
Cowboys & Aliens
Scott Pilgrim vs. the World
Thor
X-Men: First Class

The Scream Awards will be presented announced on Tuesday October 18, 2011.