# 12th Saturn Awards

The 12th Saturn Awards, honoring the best in science fiction, fantasy and horror film in 1984, were held on June 9, 1985.

## 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 |
| The Terminator 2010: The Year We Make Contact Dune Starman Star Trek III: The Search for Spock | Ghostbusters Greystoke: The Legend of Tarzan, Lord of the Apes Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom The NeverEnding Story Splash |
| Best Horror Film | Best Performance by a Younger Actor |
| Gremlins Creature Dreamscape Firestarter A Nightmare on Elm Street | Noah Hathaway – The NeverEnding Story as Atreyu Drew Barrymore – Firestarter as Charlie McGee Corey Feldman – Gremlins as Pete Fountaine Jsu Garcia – A Nightmare on Elm Street as Rod Lane Ke Huy Quan – Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom as Short Round |
| Best Actor | Best Actress |
| Jeff Bridges – Starman as Starman George Burns – Oh, God! You Devil as God / Harry O. Tophet Harrison Ford – Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom as Indiana Jones Arnold Schwarzenegger – The Terminator as Terminator William Shatner – Star Trek III: The Search for Spock as James T. Kirk | Daryl Hannah – Splash as Madison Karen Allen – Starman as Jenny Hayden Nancy Allen – The Philadelphia Experiment as Allison Hayes Linda Hamilton – The Terminator as Sarah Connor Helen Slater – Supergirl as Supergirl / Linda Lee |
| Best Supporting Actor | Best Supporting Actress |
| Tracey Walter – Repo Man as Miller John Candy – Splash as Freddie Bauer John Lithgow – The Adventures of Buckaroo Banzai Across the 8th Dimension as Lord John Whorfin / Dr. Emilio Lizardo Dick Miller – Gremlins as Murray Futterman Robert Preston – The Last Starfighter as Centauri | Polly Holliday – Gremlins as Ruby Deagle Kirstie Alley – Runaway as Jackie Rogers Judith Anderson – Star Trek III: The Search for Spock as Vulcan High Priestess Grace Jones – Conan the Destroyer as Zula Mary Woronov – Night of the Comet as Audrey White |
| Best Director | Best Writing |
| Joe Dante – Gremlins James Cameron – The Terminator Ron Howard – Splash Leonard Nimoy – Star Trek III: The Search for Spock Steven Spielberg – Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom | James Cameron and Gale Anne Hurd – The Terminator Earl Mac Rauch – The Adventures of Buckaroo Banzai Across the 8th Dimension Chris Columbus – Gremlins Willard Huyck and Gloria Katz – Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom Alex Cox – Repo Man |
| Best Music | Best Costumes |
| Jerry Goldsmith – Gremlins Ralph Burns – The Muppets Take Manhattan Giorgio Moroder and Klaus Doldinger – The NeverEnding Story Michel Colombier – Purple Rain Brad Fiedel – The Terminator | Bob Ringwood – Dune Patricia Norris – 2010: The Year We Make Contact John Mollo – Greystoke: The Legend of Tarzan, Lord of the Apes Anthony Powell – Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom Robert Fletcher – Star Trek III: The Search for Spock |
| Best Make-up | Best Special Effects |
| Stan Winston – The Terminator Giannetto De Rossi – Dune Greg LaCava – Gremlins Tom Smith – Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom Robert J. Schiffer – Splash | Chris Walas – Gremlins Richard Edlund – 2010: The Year We Make Contact Lawrence E. Benson – Creature Barry Nolan – Dune Ralph Winter – Star Trek III: The Search for Spock |

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

* Douglas Trumbull

#### President's Award

* Jack Arnold