# 16th Saturn Awards

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

## 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 |
| 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