17th Saturn Awards


The 17th Saturn Awards, honoring the best in science fiction, fantasy and horror film and television in 1989 and 1990, were held on June 26, 1991.

Winners and nominees

Below is a complete list of nominees and winners. Winners are highlighted in bold.

Film

Best Science Fiction FilmBest Fantasy Film

  • Total Recall
  • * The Abyss
  • * Back to the Future Part II
  • * Back to the Future Part III
  • * Bill & Ted's Excellent Adventure
  • * Flatliners
  • * Honey, I Shrunk the Kids
  • * RoboCop 2
  • * Tremors
  • Ghost
  • * The Adventures of Baron Munchausen
  • * Always
  • * Batman
  • * Dick Tracy
  • * Field of Dreams
  • * '
  • * Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade
  • * Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles
  • Best Horror FilmBest Performance by a Younger Actor
  • Arachnophobia
  • * Bride of Re-Animator
  • * Darkman
  • * The Exorcist III
  • * The Fly II
  • * The Guardian
  • * Nightbreed
  • * Pet Sematary
  • * Santa Sangre
  • Adan JodorowskySanta Sangre as young Fenix
  • * Thomas Wilson BrownHoney, I Shrunk the Kids as Russ Thompson, Jr.
  • * Gabriel DamonRoboCop 2 as Hob
  • * Jasen FisherThe Witches as Luke Eveshim
  • * Charlie KorsmoDick Tracy as Kid
  • * Bryan MadorskyParents as Michael Laemle
  • * Robert OliveriHoney, I Shrunk the Kids as Nick Szalinski
  • * Jared RushtonHoney, I Shrunk the Kids as Ron Thompson
  • * Faviola Elenka Tapia – Santa Sangre as Young Alma
  • Best ActorBest Actress
  • Jeff Daniels – Arachnophobia as Dr. Ross Jennings
  • * Warren BeattyDick Tracy as Dick Tracy
  • * Harrison FordIndiana Jones and the Last Crusade as Indiana Jones
  • * Ed HarrisThe Abyss as Virgil 'Bud' Brigman
  • * Axel JodorowskySanta Sangre as Fenix
  • * Liam NeesonDarkman as Peyton Westlake / Darkman
  • * Jack NicholsonBatman as Jack Napier / The Joker
  • * Arnold SchwarzeneggerTotal Recall as Douglas Quaid / Hauser
  • * Patrick SwayzeGhost as Sam Wheat
  • Demi MooreGhost as Molly Jensen
  • * Julie CarmenFright Night Part 2 as Regine Dandridge
  • * Blanca GuerraSanta Sangre as Concha
  • * Anjelica HustonThe Witches as Miss Eva Ernst / Grand High Witch
  • * Nicole KidmanDead Calm as Rae Ingram
  • * MadonnaDick Tracy as Breathless Mahoney
  • * Mary Elizabeth MastrantonioThe Abyss as Dr. Lindsey Brigman
  • * Ally SheedyFear as Cayce Bridges
  • * Jenny WrightI, Madman as Virginia
  • Best Supporting ActorBest Supporting Actress
  • Thomas F. Wilson – Back to the Future Part III as Buford "Mad Dog" Tannen and Biff Tannen
  • * Jeffrey CombsBride of Re-Animator as Dr. Herbert West
  • * Brad DourifThe Exorcist III as The Gemini Killer
  • * Larry DrakeDarkman as Robert G. Durant
  • * John Glover' as Daniel Clamp
  • * Tony GoldwynGhost as Carl Bruner
  • * John GoodmanArachnophobia as Delbert McClintock
  • * Al PacinoDick Tracy as Alphonse "Big Boy" Caprice
  • * Robert Picardo' as Forster
  • Whoopi GoldbergGhost as Oda Mae Brown
  • * Kim BasingerBatman as Vicki Vale
  • * Finn CarterTremors as Rhonda LeBeck
  • * Reba McEntireTremors as Heather Gummer
  • * Julia RobertsFlatliners as Rachel Mannus
  • * Jenny SeagroveThe Guardian as Camilla
  • * Mary SteenburgenBack to the Future Part III as Clara Clayton
  • * Rachel TicotinTotal Recall as Melina
  • * Mai ZetterlingThe Witches as Helga Eveshim
  • Best DirectorBest Writing
  • James Cameron – The Abyss
  • * Clive BarkerNightbreed
  • * Joe Dante'
  • * Alejandro JodorowskySanta Sangre
  • * Frank MarshallArachnophobia
  • * Sam RaimiDarkman
  • * Paul VerhoevenTotal Recall
  • * Robert ZemeckisBack to the Future Part III
  • * Jerry ZuckerGhost
  • William Peter BlattyThe Exorcist III
  • * James Cameron – The Abyss
  • * Jerry BelsonAlways
  • * Don Jakoby and Wesley StrickArachnophobia
  • * Phil Alden RobinsonField of Dreams
  • * Bruce Joel RubinGhost
  • * Jeffrey BoamIndiana Jones and the Last Crusade
  • * Ronald Shusett, Dan O'Bannon and Gary GoldmanTotal Recall
  • Best MusicBest Costume
  • Alan Silvestri – Back to the Future Part III
  • * Alan Silvestri – The Abyss
  • * Christopher YoungThe Fly II
  • * Maurice JarreGhost
  • * Jerry Goldsmith'
  • * Jack HuesThe Guardian
  • * James HornerHoney, I Shrunk the Kids
  • * Simon BoswellSanta Sangre
  • * Jerry Goldsmith – Total Recall
  • * Stanley MyersThe Witches
  • Erica Edell Phillips – Total Recall
  • * Gabriella PescucciThe Adventures of Baron Munchausen
  • * Joanna JohnstonBack to the Future Part II
  • * Joanna Johnston – Back to the Future Part III
  • * Bob RingwoodBatman
  • * Jill M. Ohanneson – Bill & Ted's Excellent Adventure
  • * Milena CanoneroDick Tracy
  • * Anthony Powell and Joanna Johnston – Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade
  • * Alonzo Wilson, Lesja Liber, Xenia Beith, Fiona Cazaly and Marian Keating – Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles
  • Best Make-upBest Special Effects
  • John Caglione, Jr., Doug Drexler, and Cheri Minns – Dick Tracy
  • * Maggie Weston and Fabrizio Sforza – The Adventures of Baron Munchausen
  • * Ken Chase, Michael Mills and Kenny Myers – Back to the Future Part II
  • * Paul Engelen, Lynda Armstrong and Nick DudmanBatman
  • * Tony Gardner and Larry Hamlin – Darkman
  • * Stephan Dupuis, Dennis Pawlik, Jo-Anne Smith-Ojeil and Jayne Dancose – The Fly II
  • * Bob Keen and Geoffrey Portass – Nightbreed
  • * Rob Bottin, Jeff Dawn, Craig Berkeley and Robin WeissTotal Recall
  • * John StephensonThe Witches
  • Ken RalstonBack to the Future Part II
  • * Industrial Light & Magic, Dream Quest Images, Fantasy II Film Effects, Wonderworks – The Abyss
  • * Richard Conway and Kent Houston – The Adventures of Baron Munchausen
  • * Bruce Nicholson, John T. Van Vliet, Richard Edlund and Laura Buff – Ghost
  • * Rick Baker, Ken Pepiot and Dennis Michelson – '
  • * Rick Fichter, David Sosalla and Peter Chesney – Honey, I Shrunk the Kids
  • * Phil Tippett, Rob Bottin and Peter Kuran – RoboCop 2
  • * Thomas L. Fisher, Eric Brevig, Rob Bottin – Total Recall
  • * Tom Woodruff, Jr, Alec Gillis – Tremors
  • Television

    Special awards

    [The [George Pal Memorial Award]]