In an effort to age down its audience the 82nd edition of the Oscars loaded up with teen presenters, and featured tributes to John Hughes and the horror genre.
The kids from Twilight, Taylor Lautner and Kristen Stewart, introduced a short video featuring clips from various horror films including: The Shining, Jaws, The Exorcist, Psycho, Nightmare on Elm Street, Child’s Play, Scream, Saw, Interview With the Vampire, The Birds, The Ring, Hellraiser, The Leprechaun and The Blair Witch Project. The segment ended with Carrie drenched in blood and a quick shot of Quentin Tarantino sitting in the audience.
Other horror highlights included; The Hurt Locker’s Kathryn Bigelow, who also directed Near Dark, winning Best Director, Roger Corman receiving the lifetime achievement Oscar, and a Paranormal Activity spoof staring hosts Alec Baldwin and Steve Martin.
The writers that scripted that segment for those \"Twilight\" idiots were not on the same page as those that provided the clips. That Stewart chick said that it had been 38 years since horror had a place at the Oscars, when \"The Exorcist\" won two awards. However, in the clip montage, they showed Kathy Bates from \"Misery\", and Anthony Hopkins from \"The Silence of the Lambs\". Unless I\’m mistaken (and I know damn well I\’m not), those two were definitely Oscar winners.
What a bunch of fuck-ups!