Billed as Scream 2009, the 2009 ceremony of the Scream Awards, run by Spike TV, was the fourth annual iteration of these awards. The awards were billed as "commemorating all things sci-fi, fantasy, horror and comic book". The awards ceremony was held on October 17, 2009, at the Greek Theatre in Los Angeles and was broadcast by Spike TV on the following Tuesday (October 27, 2009).
The shows original creators, Casey Patterson, Michael Levitt, and Cindy Levitt, served as executive producers for the event.
This was the first year that the show did not have any musical performances.
The Scream 2009 nominees were selected by the Advisory Board of Hollywood and Genre Leaders. The advisory board included Wes Craven, Roland Emmerich, Neil Gaiman, Frank Miller, Eli Roth, and Zack Snyder etc. The winners were chosen by a process of public online voting on the Spike TV website, which ran up until the day of the ceremony (Saturday, October 17, 2009) where they were announced. The nominees and winners of the 2009 Scream Awards were as follows:
Notable appearances included William Shatner accepting the Ultimate Scream award for J. J. Abrams' reboot of the Star Trek franchise.
The special achievement award recipients of the 2009 Scream Awards were as follows:-
A farewell tribute was given for the conclusion of Battlestar Galactica, which a number of the show's cast attended including The Big Bang Theory cast members Johnny Galecki, Jim Parsons, Kaley Cuoco, Simon Helberg and Kunal Nayyar.