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

Performances

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: † - "Online Write-In" award.

Special awards

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