# 13th Saturn Awards

The 13th Saturn Awards, honoring the best in science fiction, fantasy and horror film in 1985, were held on May 28, 1986.

## Winners and nominees

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

### Film awards

| Best Science Fiction Film | Best Fantasy Film |
| Back to the Future Cocoon Enemy Mine Mad Max Beyond Thunderdome A View to a Kill | Ladyhawke The Purple Rose of Cairo Remo Williams: The Adventure Begins Return to Oz Young Sherlock Holmes |
| Best Horror Film | Best Director |
| Fright Night Lifeforce A Nightmare on Elm Street 2: Freddy's Revenge Re-Animator The Return of the Living Dead | Ron Howard – Cocoon Woody Allen – The Purple Rose of Cairo Tom Holland – Fright Night George Miller – Mad Max Beyond Thunderdome Dan O'Bannon – The Return of the Living Dead Robert Zemeckis – Back to the Future |
| Best Actor | Best Actress |
| Michael J. Fox – Back to the Future as Marty McFly Hume Cronyn – Cocoon as Joe Finley Louis Gossett Jr. – Enemy Mine as Jeriba "Jerry" Shigan James Karen – The Return of the Living Dead as Frank Chris Sarandon – Fright Night as Jerry Dandrige | Coral Browne – Dreamchild as Alice Hargreaves Glenn Close – Maxie as Jan / Maxie Mia Farrow – The Purple Rose of Cairo as Cecilia Michelle Pfeiffer – Ladyhawke as Isabeau d'Anjou Jessica Tandy – Cocoon as Alma Finley |
| Best Supporting Actor | Best Supporting Actress |
| Roddy McDowall – Fright Night as Peter Vincent Joel Grey – Remo Williams: The Adventure Begins as Chiun Crispin Glover – Back to the Future as George McFly Ian Holm – Dreamchild as Reverend Charles L. Dodgson / Lewis Carroll Christopher Lloyd – Back to the Future as Dr. Emmett Brown | Anne Ramsey – The Goonies as Mama Fratelli Ruth Gordon – Maxie as Mrs. Lavin (posthumous) Grace Jones – A View to a Kill as May Day Lea Thompson – Back to the Future as Lorraine Baines Gwen Verdon – Cocoon as Bess McCarthy |
| Best Performance by a Younger Actor | Best Writing |
| Barret Oliver – D.A.R.Y.L. as D.A.R.Y.L. Fairuza Balk – Return to Oz as Dorothy Gale Jeff Cohen – The Goonies as Lawrence "Chunk" Cohen Ilan Mitchell-Smith – Weird Science as Wyatt O'Donnelly Amelia Shankley – Dreamchild as Little Alice | Tom Holland – Fright Night Tom Benedek – Cocoon Terry Hayes and George Miller – Mad Max Beyond Thunderdome Woody Allen – The Purple Rose of Cairo Chris Columbus – Young Sherlock Holmes |
| Best Music | Best Costumes |
| Bruce Broughton – Young Sherlock Holmes Alan Silvestri – Back to the Future Maurice Jarre – The Bride James Horner – Cocoon Andrew Powell – Ladyhawke | Nanà Cecchi – Ladyhawke Deborah Lynn Scott – Back to the Future Shirley Russell – The Bride Norma Moriceau – Mad Max Beyond Thunderdome Raymond Hughes – Return to Oz |
| Best Make-up | Best Special Effects |
| Tom Savini – Day of the Dead Chris Walas – Enemy Mine Rob Bottin – Explorers Anthony Doublin, John Naulin, and John Carl Buechler – Re-Animator William Munns – The Return of the Living Dead | Kevin Pike – Back to the Future (The L.A. Effects Group) – Commando Bruce Nicholson and Ralph Winter – Explorers Richard Edlund – Fright Night (Apogee) – Lifeforce |

### Special awards
#### George Pal Memorial Award

* Charles Band

#### Life Career Award

* Vincent Price

#### President's Award

* Woody Allen – The Purple Rose of Cairo