Bill Murray at last night's Scream Awards in L.A.
Horror, sci-fi and fantasy movies seem to make up a majority of the films that land in theaters, but those genres are often poorly represented at awards time.
The Scream Awards is something of an attempt to correct that imbalance. Now in its fifth year, the 2010 Scream Awards not only featured some of Hollywood’s highest-grossing movies, but many of its most exciting stars, including Halle Berry, Kristen Stewart, James Cameron, Megan Fox, Mickey Rourke and more. All were in attendance at Spike TV’s 5th Annual Scream Awards, held last night at the Greek Theatre in Los Angeles. The awards show also serves as something of a gathering and test market for the Comic-Con crowd, where footage of hotly anticipated new films (such as Scream 4) is screened.
Last night’s awards ceremony was a wild, over-the-top affair, at which Christopher Nolan’s Inception took home six awards. When Bill Murray accepted the award for Best Horror Film, for Zombieland, he appeared in his Ghostbusters costume, to wild applause.
Among the premiere screenings were “Paranormal Activity 2″ and “Harry Potter and The Deathly Hallows.”
Pop star M.I.A. also performed.
The Scream Awards will air on Spike TV on Tuesday, October 19 at 9 p.m. Some of the awards given out last night include the following:
BEST VILLAIN: Mickey Rourke as Ivan Vanko in “Iron Man 2”
BEST COMIC BOOK OR GRAPHIC NOVEL: “The Walking Dead”
BEST FANTASY ACTRESS: Kristen Stewart, “The Twilight Saga: Eclipse”
BEST HORROR ACTOR: Alexander Skarsgard, “True Blood”
BEST HORROR ACTRESS: Anna Paquin, “True Blood”
BEST FANTASY MOVIE: “The Twilight Saga: Eclipse”
BEST HORROR MOVIE: “Zombieland”
BEST TV SHOW: “True Blood”
BEST DIRECTOR: James Cameron, “Avatar”
