# 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 Film | Best 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 Gremlins 2: The New Batch Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles |
| Best Horror Film | Best Performance by a Younger Actor |
| Arachnophobia Bride of Re-Animator Darkman The Exorcist III The Fly II The Guardian Nightbreed Pet Sematary Santa Sangre | Adán Jodorowsky – Santa Sangre as Young Fenix Thomas Wilson Brown – Honey, I Shrunk the Kids as Russ Thompson, Jr. Gabriel Damon – RoboCop 2 as Hob Jasen Fisher – The Witches as Luke Eveshim Charlie Korsmo – Dick Tracy as The Kid Bryan Madorsky – Parents as Michael Laemle Robert Oliveri – Honey, I Shrunk the Kids as Nick Szalinski Jared Rushton – Honey, I Shrunk the Kids as Ron Thompson Faviola Elenka Tapia – Santa Sangre as Young Alma |
| Best Actor | Best Actress |
| Jeff Daniels – Arachnophobia as Dr. Ross Jennings Warren Beatty – Dick Tracy as Dick Tracy Harrison Ford – Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade as Indiana Jones Ed Harris – The Abyss as Virgil "Bud" Brigman Axel Jodorowsky – Santa Sangre as Fenix Liam Neeson – Darkman as Peyton Westlake / Darkman Jack Nicholson – Batman as Jack Napier / The Joker Arnold Schwarzenegger – Total Recall as Douglas Quaid / Hauser Patrick Swayze – Ghost as Sam Wheat | Demi Moore – Ghost as Molly Jensen Julie Carmen – Fright Night Part 2 as Regine Dandridge Blanca Guerra – Santa Sangre as Concha Anjelica Huston – The Witches as Miss Eva Ernst / Grand High Witch Nicole Kidman – Dead Calm as Rae Ingram Madonna – Dick Tracy as Breathless Mahoney Mary Elizabeth Mastrantonio – The Abyss as Dr. Lindsey Brigman Ally Sheedy – Fear as Cayce Bridges Jenny Wright – I, Madman as Virginia |
| Best Supporting Actor | Best Supporting Actress |
| Thomas F. Wilson – Back to the Future Part III as Buford "Mad Dog" Tannen and Biff Tannen Jeffrey Combs – Bride of Re-Animator as Dr. Herbert West Brad Dourif – The Exorcist III as The Gemini Killer Larry Drake – Darkman as Robert G. Durant John Glover – Gremlins 2: The New Batch as Daniel Clamp Tony Goldwyn – Ghost as Carl Bruner John Goodman – Arachnophobia as Delbert McClintock Al Pacino – Dick Tracy as Alphonse "Big Boy" Caprice Robert Picardo – Gremlins 2: The New Batch as Forster | Whoopi Goldberg – Ghost as Oda Mae Brown Kim Basinger – Batman as Vicki Vale Finn Carter – Tremors as Rhonda LeBeck Reba McEntire – Tremors as Heather Gummer Julia Roberts – Flatliners as Rachel Mannus Jenny Seagrove – The Guardian as Camilla Mary Steenburgen – Back to the Future Part III as Clara Clayton Rachel Ticotin – Total Recall as Melina Mai Zetterling – The Witches as Helga Eveshim |
| Best Director | Best Writing |
| James Cameron – The Abyss Clive Barker – Nightbreed Joe Dante – Gremlins 2: The New Batch Alejandro Jodorowsky – Santa Sangre Frank Marshall – Arachnophobia Sam Raimi – Darkman Paul Verhoeven – Total Recall Robert Zemeckis – Back to the Future Part III Jerry Zucker – Ghost | William Peter Blatty – The Exorcist III James Cameron – The Abyss Jerry Belson – Always Don Jakoby and Wesley Strick – Arachnophobia Phil Alden Robinson – Field of Dreams Bruce Joel Rubin – Ghost Jeffrey Boam – Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade Ronald Shusett, Dan O'Bannon, and Gary Goldman – Total Recall |
| Best Music | Best Costumes |
| Alan Silvestri – Back to the Future Part III Alan Silvestri – The Abyss Christopher Young – The Fly II Maurice Jarre – Ghost Jerry Goldsmith – Gremlins 2: The New Batch Jack Hues – The Guardian James Horner – Honey, I Shrunk the Kids Simon Boswell – Santa Sangre Jerry Goldsmith – Total Recall Stanley Myers – The Witches | Erica Edell Phillips – Total Recall Gabriella Pescucci – The Adventures of Baron Munchausen Joanna Johnston – Back to the Future Part II Joanna Johnston – Back to the Future Part III Bob Ringwood – Batman Jill M. Ohanneson – Bill & Ted's Excellent Adventure Milena Canonero – Dick 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-up | Best 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 Dudman – Batman 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 Weiss – Total Recall John Stephenson (The Creature Shop) – The Witches | Ken Ralston (Industrial Light & Magic) – Back 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 – Gremlins 2: The New Batch 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, and Rob Bottin (Dream Quest Images, Industrial Light & Magic, Stetson Visual Services Inc.) – Total Recall Tom Woodruff Jr. and Alec Gillis (4-Ward Productions, Illusion Arts Inc., Fantasy II Film Effects) – Tremors |

### Television

| Best Genre Television Series | Best Genre Television Actor |
| Star Trek: The Next Generation | Patrick Stewart as Jean-Luc Picard – Star Trek: The Next Generation |
| Best Genre Television Actress | |
| Linda Hamilton as Catherine Chandler – Beauty and the Beast | |

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

* William Friedkin

#### Special Award

* Michael Biehn
* Watson Garman

#### The President's Award

* Batman