Scream Awards

[1][2][4][5] Casey Patterson, who was also the executive vice president of event production, talent development and studio relations for Spike TV, described these awards as "a show for the most passionate fans on earth and beyond ...

[7][8] Over the 6 years the awards were run, this board was varyingly made up of respected and well-known members of the horror, sci-fi, fantasy and comic book worlds, including Wes Craven,[1][9][10][8][6] Tim Burton,[8][6] John Carpenter,[8][6] Roland Emmerich,[10][6] Neil Gaiman,[9][10][8] Guillermo del Toro,[9] David S. Goyer,[1] Geoff Johns,[1] R. Eric Lieb,[1] Stephen King,[9] Tim Kring,[9] Damon Lindelof,[8][6] Stephenie Meyer,[9] Frank Miller,[9][10] Brian Pulido,[1] Eli Roth,[9][10][8][6] Robert Rodriguez,[6] George A. Romero,[6] Zack Snyder,[10] Quentin Tarantino,[8] Judd Winick,[1] Joss Whedon,[1] Jonathan Woods,[1] and Rob Zombie[1][6] etc.

[11] The winners were announced at a live Scream Awards ceremony held in venues around Hollywood (Los Angeles, California).

In 2008, Casey Patterson said "the event began three years ago with an emphasis on horror, a genre that was surging at that time thanks to movies such as the Saw films and Hostel.

"[37] Geoff Boucher (Los Angeles Times), said "The Scream Awards presented a pop-culture environment where film-makers like Dark Knight director Christopher Nolan shared the same stage as comic-book writers such as Mike Mignola, creator of Hellboy.

[37] The LA times reported Mike Mignola as saying, when talking of Scream 2008, that "in the old days Hollywood would strip-mine comics and scoff at the creators.

[41] Captain Morgan's initial Scream Awards sponsorship was part of it push for its product "to be to Halloween what Guinness is to St. Patrick's Day."

[44] The Scream Awards ceremonies were discontinued in 2011, a move attributed to the dwindling popularity of the event and Spike TV's re-formatting (including even a change of their name to Paramount).