MTV Movie Award for Best Scared-As-Shit Performance

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.

MTV Movie & TV Award for Most Frightened Performance
Awarded forMost Frightened Performance
CountryUnited States
Presented byMTV
First awardedJune 4, 2005
Currently held byJennifer Coolidge,
The White Lotus (2023)
Most nominationsJessica Chastain (2)
Dakota Fanning (2)
Victoria Pedretti (2)
WebsiteMTV.com

Winners and nominees

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Inaugural recipient Dakota Fanning
 
Jennifer Lopez won the award in 2015
Year Actor
Movie
Nominated Ref.
2005 Dakota FanningHide and Seek Cary ElwesSaw
Sarah Michelle GellarThe Grudge
MýaCursed
Jennifer TillySeed of Chucky
[2]
2006 Jennifer CarpenterThe Exorcism of Emily Rose Dakota FanningWar of the Worlds
Paris HiltonHouse of Wax
Rachel NicholsThe Amityville Horror
Derek RichardsonHostel
[3]
2010 Amanda SeyfriedJennifer's Body Sharlto CopleyDistrict 9
Jesse EisenbergZombieland
Katie FeatherstonParanormal Activity
Alison LohmanDrag Me to Hell
[4]
2011 Elliot PageInception Ashley BellThe Last Exorcism
Minka KellyThe Roommate
Ryan ReynoldsBuried
Jessica SzohrPiranha 3D
[5]
2013 Suraj SharmaLife of Pi Alexandra DaddarioTexas Chainsaw 3D
Jennifer LawrenceHouse at the End of the Street
Jessica ChastainZero Dark Thirty
Martin FreemanThe Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey
[6]
2014 Brad PittWorld War Z Ethan HawkeThe Purge
Jessica ChastainMama
Rose ByrneInsidious: Chapter 2
Vera FarmigaThe Conjuring
[7]
2015 Jennifer LopezThe Boy Next Door Annabelle WallisAnnabelle
Dylan O'BrienThe Maze Runner
Rosamund PikeGone Girl
Zach GilfordThe Purge: Anarchy
[8]
2018 Noah SchnappStranger Things Talitha BatemanAnnabelle: Creation
Emily BluntA Quiet Place
Sophia LillisIt
Cristin MiliotiBlack Mirror
[9]
2019 Sandra BullockBird Box Alex WolffHereditary
Linda CardelliniThe Curse of La Llorona
Rhian ReesHalloween
Victoria PedrettiThe Haunting of Hill House
[10]
2021 Victoria PedrettiThe Haunting of Bly Manor Simona BrownBehind Her Eyes
Elisabeth MossThe Invisible Man
Jurnee SmollettLovecraft Country
Vince VaughnFreaky
[11]
2022 Jenna OrtegaScream Mia GothX
Kyle RichardsHalloween Kills
Millicent SimmondsA Quiet Place Part II
Sadie SinkFear Street Part Two: 1978
[12]
2023 Jennifer CoolidgeThe White Lotus Jesse Tyler FergusonCocaine Bear
Justin LongBarbarian
Rachel SennottBodies Bodies Bodies
Sosie BaconSmile

References

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  1. ^ "MTV Movie Awards - Winners by Category". MTV. Archived from the original on April 23, 2008. Retrieved May 6, 2011.
  2. ^ "2005 MTV Movie Awards". MTV (MTV Networks). Archived from the original on April 23, 2008. Retrieved March 5, 2015. Note: Click on the "Winners" tab.
  3. ^ "2006 MTV Movie Awards". MTV (MTV Networks). Archived from the original on April 23, 2008. Retrieved March 5, 2015. Note: Click on the "Winners" tab.
  4. ^ "2010 MTV Movie Awards". MTV (MTV Networks). Archived from the original on March 31, 2010. Retrieved March 5, 2015. Note: Click on the "Winners" tab.
  5. ^ "2011 MTV Movie Awards". MTV (MTV Networks). Archived from the original on March 23, 2011. Retrieved March 5, 2015. Note: Click on the "Winners" tab.
  6. ^ "2013 MTV Movie Awards". MTV (MTV Networks). Archived from the original on February 3, 2013. Retrieved March 5, 2015. Note: Click on the "Winners" tab.
  7. ^ "2014 MTV Movie Awards". MTV (MTV Networks). Archived from the original on December 14, 2014. Retrieved March 5, 2015. Note: Click on the "Winners" tab.
  8. ^ "2015 MTV Movie Awards". MTV (MTV Networks). Archived from the original on November 3, 2015. Retrieved March 10, 2016. Note: Click on the "Winners" tab.
  9. ^ Bell, Crystal. "2018 MTV MOVIE & TV AWARDS NOMINATIONS: SEE THE FULL LIST". MTV News. Archived from the original on May 3, 2018.
  10. ^ "2019 MTV Movie Awards & TV Awards Winners". MTV (MTV Networks). Archived from the original on May 12, 2017. Retrieved June 18, 2019.
  11. ^ "2021 MTV MOVIE & TV AWARDS WINNERS: SEE THE FULL LIST". MTV (MTV Networks). Archived from the original on May 17, 2021. Retrieved May 16, 2021.
  12. ^ Shanfeld, Ethan (June 5, 2022). "MTV Movie and TV Awards Winners List 2022 (Updated Live)". Variety. Retrieved June 5, 2022.