16th Saturn Awards

16th Saturn Awards
Date	January 21, 1990
Site	California, U.S.
Highlights
Most awards	Who Framed Roger Rabbit, Beetlejuice and Big (3)
Most nominations	Who Framed Roger Rabbit and Beetlejuice (8)

The 16th Saturn Awards, honoring the best in science fiction, fantasy and horror film and television in 1988, were held on January 21, 1990.^[1]

Winners and nominees

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

Film

Tom Hanks, Best Actor winner.

Catherine Hicks, Best Actress winner.

Robert Loggia, Best Supporting Actor winner.

Sylvia Sidney, Best Supporting Actress winner.

Robert Zemeckis, Best Director winner.

Christopher Young, Best Music winner.

Fred Savage, Best Performance by a Younger Actor winner.

Best Science Fiction Film	Best Fantasy Film
Alien Nation The Blob Cocoon: The Return My Stepmother Is an Alien Short Circuit 2 They Live	Who Framed Roger Rabbit Big The Land Before Time Scrooged Willow Without a Clue
Best Horror Film	Best Performance by a Younger Actor
Beetlejuice Child's Play Dead Ringers Halloween 4: The Return of Michael Myers Hellbound: Hellraiser II A Nightmare on Elm Street 4: The Dream Master Waxwork	Fred Savage – Vice Versa as Charlie Seymour Warwick Davis – Willow as Willow Ufgood Rodney Eastman – Deadly Weapon as Zeke Lukas Haas – Lady in White as Frankie Scarlatti Corey Haim – Watchers as Travis Cornell Jared Rushton – Big as Billy Alex Vincent – Child's Play as Andy Barclay
Best Actor	Best Actress
Tom Hanks – Big as Josh Baskin Hume Cronyn – Cocoon: The Return as Joe Finley Bob Hoskins – Who Framed Roger Rabbit as Eddie Valiant Jeremy Irons – Dead Ringers as Beverly Mantle / Elliot Mantle Bill Murray – Scrooged as Frank Cross James Spader – Jack's Back as John / Rick Wesford	Catherine Hicks – Child's Play as Karen Barclay Kim Basinger – My Stepmother Is an Alien as Celeste Martin Amanda Donohoe – The Lair of the White Worm as Lady Sylvia Marsh Cassandra Peterson – Elvira: Mistress of the Dark as Elvira Joanna Pacuła – The Kiss as Felice Dunbar Jessica Tandy – Cocoon: The Return as Alma Finley
Best Supporting Actor	Best Supporting Actress
Robert Loggia – Big as MacMillan Robert Englund – A Nightmare on Elm Street 4: The Dream Master as Freddy Krueger Jack Gilford – Cocoon: The Return as Bernie Lefkowitz Michael Keaton – Beetlejuice as Betelgeuse Christopher Lloyd – Who Framed Roger Rabbit as Judge Doom Mandy Patinkin – Alien Nation as Det. Samuel 'George' Francisco	Sylvia Sidney – Beetlejuice as Juno Joanna Cassidy – Who Framed Roger Rabbit as Dolores Katherine Helmond – Lady in White as Amanda Harper Clare Higgins – Hellbound: Hellraiser II as Julia Cotton Jean Marsh – Willow as Queen Bavmorda Zelda Rubinstein – Poltergeist III as Tangina Barrons Meredith Salenger – The Kiss as Amy
Best Director	Best Writing
Robert Zemeckis – Who Framed Roger Rabbit Tim Burton – Beetlejuice Renny Harlin – A Nightmare on Elm Street 4: The Dream Master Anthony Hickox – Waxwork Penny Marshall – Big Charles Matthau – Doin' Time on Planet Earth	Gary Ross and Anne Spielberg – Big Michael McDowell and Warren Skaaren – Beetlejuice Tom Holland, John Lafia and Don Mancini – Child's Play David Cronenberg and Norman Snider – Dead Ringers Alan B. McElroy – Halloween 4: The Return of Michael Myers Jeffrey Price and Peter S. Seaman – Who Framed Roger Rabbit
Best Music	Best Costume
Christopher Young – Hellbound: Hellraiser II Danny Elfman – Beetlejuice Michael Hoenig – The Blob Howard Shore – Dead Ringers John Massari – Killer Klowns from Outer Space John Carpenter and Alan Howarth – They Live Alan Silvestri – Who Framed Roger Rabbit	Barbara Lane – Willow Denise Cronenberg – Dead Ringers Darcie F. Olson – Killer Klowns from Outer Space Michael Jeffery – The Lair of the White Worm Stephen M. Chudej – Nightfall Leonard Pollack – Waxwork
Best Make-up	Best Special Effects
Ve Neill, Steve La Porte and Robert Short – Beetlejuice John M. Elliott, Jr. and Stan Winston – Alien Nation R. Christopher Biggs and Sheri Short – Critters 2: The Main Course Mark Shostrom – Phantasm II David LeRoy Anderson and Lance Anderson – The Serpent and the Rainbow Bob Keen – Waxwork	George Gibbs, Ken Ralston, Richard Williams (Industrial Light & Magic) – Who Framed Roger Rabbit Peter Kuran, Alan Munro, Ted Rae and Robert Short – Beetlejuice Kevin Pike, Hoyt Yeatman and Will Vinton – Moonwalker Eric Brevig, Allen Hall (Dream Quest Images) – Scrooged Eric Allard and Jeff Jarvis – Short Circuit 2 John Richardson (Industrial Light & Magic) – Willow

Television

Best Genre Television Series
Star Trek: The Next Generation Beauty and the Beast Freddy's Nightmares Friday the 13th: The Series Out of This World Superboy War of the Worlds

Special awards

Life Career Award

• Ray Walston

President's Award

• Carrie Fisher

References

1. 16th Saturn Awards at IMDb.

External links

• Official Website