Billed as Spike TV's Scream Awards 2006, the 2006 ceremony of the Scream Awards, run by Spike TV, was the premier iteration of these awards, which was run annually in subsequent years. The awards ceremony was held on October 7, 2006 at the Historic Pantages Theater in Hollywood, Los Angeles, California) and was broadcast by Spike TV on the following Tuesday (October 10, 2006).

The shows original creators, Casey Patterson, Michael Levitt, and Cindy Levitt, served as executive producers for the event.

Hosts The ceremony was hosted by Grindhouse co-stars Rose McGowan, Marley Shelton, and Rosario Dawson.

World premieres + Content Premiered Presenters Superman II: The Richard Donner Cut Rosario Dawson, Rose McGowan and Marley Shelton Grindhouse Robert Rodriguez and Quentin Tarantino Saw III Tobin Bell, Shawnee Smith, and Darren Lynn Bousman

Performances + Artist Performance My Chemical Romance "Welcome to the Black Parade" KoЯn "Coming Undone"

Competitive categories The nominees were chosen by the advisory board of Hollywood and Genre Leaders, a body made up of respected and well-known members of the horror, sci-fi, fantasy and comic book worlds, who also advised on the award categories. The advisory board included Wes Craven, David S. Goyer, Geoff Johns, R. Eric Lieb, Brian Pulido, Judd Winick, Jonathan Woods, and Rob Zombie.

The winners were chosen by a process of public online voting on the Spike TV website, which ran July 21, 2006 until October 6, 2006, the day before the ceremony.

The nominees and winners were as follows:

+ Award RecipientResult 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 Batman Begins Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire King Kong Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest Superman Returns Corpse Bride Best Science Fiction Movie Aeon Flux A Scanner Darkly Serenity V for Vendetta War of the Worlds Best TV Show Battlestar Galactica Doctor Who Heroes Lost Masters of Horror Smallville Best Sequel Batman Begins George A. Romero's Land of the Dead Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest Saw II Superman Returns Best Remake Charlie and the Chocolate Factory The Hills Have Eyes King Kong The Omen War of the Worlds Best Superhero 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 Brandon Routh as Superman, Superman Returns 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 Uma Thurman as G Girl, My Super Ex-Girlfriend Best Comic-to-Screen Adaptation Batman Begins A History of Violence Superman Returns V for Vendetta X-Men: The Last Stand Most Memorable Mutilation Eaten alive, George A. Romero's Land of the Dead The eye removal, Hostel 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 Christian Bale as Batman, Batman Begins Johnny Depp as Captain Jack Sparrow, Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest 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 as Slack, Land of the Dead as Selene, Underworld: Evolution , as , Lost as , V for Vendetta as , King Kong Most Vile Villain Tobin Bell as Jigsaw, Saw II Leslie Easterbrook (Mother Firefly), Sid Haig (Captain Spaulding), Bill Moseley (Otis B. Driftwood), and Sheri Moon Zombie (Baby) as the Firefly Clan, The Devil's Rejects 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 Adewale Akinnuoye-Agbaje as Mr. Eko, Lost Jennifer Carpenter as Emily Rose, The Exorcism of Emily Rose Tricia Helfer as Number Six, Battlestar Galactica Brandon Routh as Superman, Superman Returns Katee Sackhoff as Starbuck, Battlestar Galactica Best Ensemble Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest Fantasy Fox Evangeline Lilly as Kate Austen, Lost "Holy Sh%t" Alien pods emerge from the Earth, War of the Worlds The diner shootout, A History of Violence The eye removal, Hostel The Space Shuttle/Boeing 777 rescue, Superman Returns The train sequence, Batman Begins Best Director Alexandre Aja, The Hills Have Eyes David Cronenberg, A History of Violence Christopher Nolan, Batman Begins Bryan Singer, Superman Returns Rob Zombie, The Devil's Rejects Best Screamplay Batman Begins, written by David S. Goyer and Christopher Nolan The Devil's Rejects, written by Rob Zombie Hostel, written by Eli Roth Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest, written by Ted Elliott and Terry Rossio V for Vendetta, the Wachowskis Best Rack on the Rack Emma Frost Lady Death Power Girl Vampirella Wonder Woman Best Foreign Movie 2046 High Tension Night Watch Sympathy for Lady Vengeance Sympathy for Mr. Vengeance Three... Extremes Best Flesh Scene Jessica Alba, Fantastic Four Maria Bello & Viggo Mortensen, A History of Violence Famke Janssen & Hugh Jackman, X-Men: The Last Stand Milla Jovovich, Ultraviolet Jay Hernandez, Jana Kaderabkova, Barbara Nedeljakova, and Derek Richardson, Hostel Rebecca Romijn, X-Men: The Last Stand Best Comic Book All-Star Superman (DC Comics) Civil War (Marvel Comics) Ex Machina (Wildstorm Productions) Marvel Zombies (Marvel Comics) The Walking Dead (Image Comics) Best Screen-To-Comic Adaptation Army of Darkness The Fountain Masters of Horror Saw Shaun of the Dead Texas Chainsaw Massacre Best Comic Book Writer Robert Kirkman, The Walking Dead / Marvel Zombies Mark Millar, Civil War / The Ultimates Frank Miller, Batman & Robin Paul Pope, Batman: Year 100 Brian K. Vaughan, Ex Machina / Runaways / Y: The Last Man Best Comic Book Artist Charlie Adlard, The Walking Dead Doug Braithwaite and Alex Ross, Justice Sean Phillips, Marvel Zombies Paul Pope, Batman: Year 100 Frank Quitely, All-Star Superman Best F/X King Kong Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest Superman Returns War of the Worlds X-Men: The Last Stand Best Internet Parody How Superman Should Have Ended, www.howitshouldhaveended.com Most Shocking Comic Book Twist Batwoman is a lesbian Jason Todd returns as the Red Hood (Batman #635) Galactus is eaten by zombies (Marvel Zombies #5) Nitro blows up a schoolyard full of kids (Civil War #1) Peter Parker outs himself as Spider-Man (Civil War #2) Most Anticipated Movie Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End

- "Online Write-In" award.

Special awards

The special achievement awards of the 2006 Scream Awards were as follows:-

+ Award Recipient Comic-Con Icon Frank Miller Scream Mastermind Quentin Tarantino and Robert Rodriguez, Grindhouse Scream Rock Immortal(presented by Marilyn Manson) Ozzy Osbourne Ruthless Filmmaker Darren Lynn Bousman, Mark Burg, Oren Koules, James Wan, and Leigh Whannell, Saw franchise

See also Saturn Award

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