MTV Movie Award for Best Scared-As-Shit Performance explained

MTV Movie & TV Award for Most Frightened Performance
Awarded For:Most Frightened Performance
Presenter:MTV
Country:United States
Year:June 4, 2005
Holder:Jennifer Coolidge,
The White Lotus (2023)
Website:MTV.com
Most Nominations:Jessica Chastain (2)
Dakota Fanning (2)
Victoria Pedretti (2)

The following is a list for the MTV Movie & TV Award winners for Best Scared-As-Shit Performance. The award was first given out in 2005, and then in 2006. In 2010 this award was renamed from Best Frightened Performance and renamed to Most Frightened Performance in 2022.[1] The award was not presented in 2012. In 2013, it was given back its original name, Best Scared-As-Shit Performance. As of 2016, there have been seven winners of the award with five women and two men. Actresses Dakota Fanning, Jessica Chastain and Victoria Pedretti hold the distinction of the only people to hold more than one nomination in the category, with Fanning winning the inaugural award in 2005 and Pedretti winning in 2021. The award returned in 2018 under the title Best Frightened Performance.

Winners and nominees

Year Actor
Movie
Nominated Ref.
Dakota FanningHide and SeekCary ElwesSaw
Sarah Michelle Gellar – The Grudge
Mýa – Cursed
Jennifer TillySeed of Chucky
[2]
Jennifer CarpenterThe Exorcism of Emily RoseDakota FanningWar of the Worlds
Paris HiltonHouse of Wax
Rachel NicholsThe Amityville Horror
Derek RichardsonHostel
[3]
Amanda SeyfriedJennifer's BodySharlto CopleyDistrict 9
Jesse EisenbergZombieland
Katie FeatherstonParanormal Activity
Alison LohmanDrag Me to Hell
[4]
Elliot PageInceptionAshley BellThe Last Exorcism
Minka KellyThe Roommate
Ryan ReynoldsBuried
Jessica SzohrPiranha 3D
[5]
Suraj SharmaLife of PiAlexandra DaddarioTexas Chainsaw 3D
Jennifer LawrenceHouse at the End of the Street
Jessica ChastainZero Dark Thirty
Martin Freeman
[6]
Brad PittWorld War ZEthan Hawke – The Purge
Jessica ChastainMama
Rose Byrne
Vera FarmigaThe Conjuring
[7]
Jennifer LopezThe Boy Next DoorAnnabelle WallisAnnabelle
Dylan O'BrienThe Maze Runner
Rosamund PikeGone Girl
Zach Gilford
[8]
Noah SchnappStranger ThingsTalitha Bateman
Emily BluntA Quiet Place
Sophia LillisIt
Cristin MiliotiBlack Mirror
[9]
Sandra BullockBird BoxAlex WolffHereditary
Linda CardelliniThe Curse of La Llorona
Rhian Rees – Halloween
Victoria PedrettiThe Haunting of Hill House
[10]
Victoria PedrettiThe Haunting of Bly ManorSimona BrownBehind Her Eyes
Elisabeth MossThe Invisible Man
Jurnee SmollettLovecraft Country
Vince VaughnFreaky
[11]
Jenna OrtegaScream Mia GothX
Kyle RichardsHalloween Kills
Millicent SimmondsA Quiet Place Part II
Sadie Sink
[12]
Jennifer CoolidgeThe White Lotus Jesse Tyler FergusonCocaine Bear
Justin LongBarbarian
Rachel SennottBodies Bodies Bodies
Sosie BaconSmile

Notes and References

  1. Web site: MTV Movie Awards - Winners by Category. https://web.archive.org/web/20080423094952/http://www.mtv.com/ontv/movieawards/winners_by_category.jhtml. dead. April 23, 2008. MTV. May 6, 2011.
  2. Web site: 2005 MTV Movie Awards . https://web.archive.org/web/20080423094931/http://www.mtv.com/ontv/movieawards/2005/ . dead . April 23, 2008 . MTV (MTV Networks) . March 5, 2015. Note: Click on the "Winners" tab.
  3. Web site: 2006 MTV Movie Awards . https://web.archive.org/web/20080423094936/http://www.mtv.com/ontv/movieawards/2006/ . dead . April 23, 2008 . MTV (MTV Networks) . March 5, 2015. Note: Click on the "Winners" tab.
  4. Web site: 2010 MTV Movie Awards . https://archive.today/20100331225625/http://www.mtv.com/ontv/movieawards/2010/ . dead . March 31, 2010 . MTV (MTV Networks) . March 5, 2015. Note: Click on the "Winners" tab.
  5. Web site: 2011 MTV Movie Awards . https://web.archive.org/web/20110323135247/http://www.mtv.com/ontv/movieawards/2011/ . dead . March 23, 2011 . MTV (MTV Networks) . March 5, 2015. Note: Click on the "Winners" tab.
  6. Web site: 2013 MTV Movie Awards . https://web.archive.org/web/20130203191500/http://www.mtv.com/ontv/movieawards/2013/ . dead . February 3, 2013 . MTV (MTV Networks) . March 5, 2015. Note: Click on the "Winners" tab.
  7. Web site: 2014 MTV Movie Awards . https://web.archive.org/web/20141214015409/http://www.mtv.com/ontv/movieawards/2014/ . dead . December 14, 2014 . MTV (MTV Networks) . March 5, 2015. Note: Click on the "Winners" tab.
  8. Web site: 2015 MTV Movie Awards . https://web.archive.org/web/20151103164349/http://www.mtv.com/ontv/movieawards/2015/ . dead . November 3, 2015 . MTV (MTV Networks) . March 10, 2016. Note: Click on the "Winners" tab.
  9. Web site: 2018 MTV MOVIE & TV AWARDS NOMINATIONS: SEE THE FULL LIST. https://web.archive.org/web/20180503172600/http://www.mtv.com/news/3075855/2018-mtv-movie-tv-awards-nominations-full-list/. dead. May 3, 2018. Crystal. Bell. MTV News.
  10. Web site: 2019 MTV Movie Awards & TV Awards Winners. https://web.archive.org/web/20170512015522/http://www.mtv.com/movie-and-tv-awards/winners . dead . May 12, 2017 . MTV (MTV Networks) . June 18, 2019.
  11. Web site: 2021 MTV MOVIE & TV AWARDS WINNERS: SEE THE FULL LIST . https://web.archive.org/web/20210517011944/http://www.mtv.com/news/3177244/movie-tv-awards-winners-list-2021/ . dead . May 17, 2021 . MTV (MTV Networks) . May 16, 2021.
  12. Web site: MTV Movie and TV Awards Winners List 2022 (Updated Live). Variety. Ethan. Shanfeld. June 5, 2022. June 5, 2022.