Billed as Scream 2008, the 2008 ceremony of the Scream Awards, run by Spike TV, was the third annual iteration of the awards. The awards ceremony was held on Saturday, October 18, 2008 at The Greek Theatre in Los Angeles and was aired on the following Tuesday (October 21, 2008).

World Premieres

The following pieces of footage from several upcoming movie projects was shown:

Performances

Competitive categories

The Scream 2008 nominees for each category were decided by the advisory board of Hollywood and Genre Leaders, a body which included Wes Craven, Neil Gaiman, Stephen King, Frank Miller, Eli Roth, Guillermo del Toro, Tim Kring, and Stephenie Meyer. The winners were chosen by a process of public online voting on the Spike TV website, and announced during the awards airing on Spike TV. The Dark Knight was noted receiving a record 21 nominations, of which it won 12 awards. The total list of nominees and winners of the 2008 Scream Awards were as follows:

Special awards

The special achievement awards of the 2008 Scream Awards were as follows:-