15th Saturn Awards

The 15th Saturn Awards, honoring the best in science fiction, fantasy and horror film in 1987, were held on August 23, 1988.[1][2]

15th Saturn Awards
Date	August 23, 1988
Site	California, U.S.
Highlights
Most awards	RoboCop (5)
Most nominations	RoboCop (8)

Winners and nominees

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

Jack Nicholson, Best Actor winner.

Jessica Tandy, Best Actress winner.

Richard Dawson, Best Supporting Actor winner.

Kirk Cameron, Best Performance by a Younger Actor winner.

Paul Verhoeven, Best Director winner.

Alan Silvestri, Best Music winner.

Film awards

Best Science Fiction Film	Best Fantasy Film
RoboCop The Hidden Innerspace Masters of the Universe Predator The Running Man	The Princess Bride Batteries Not Included Date with an Angel Harry and the Hendersons The Living Daylights The Witches of Eastwick
Best Horror Film	Best Performance by a Younger Actor
The Lost Boys Evil Dead II Hellraiser Near Dark A Nightmare on Elm Street 3: Dream Warriors Pumpkinhead	Kirk Cameron – Like Father Like Son as Chris Hammond / Dr. Jack Hammond Scott Curtis – Cameron's Closet as Cameron Lansing Stephen Dorff – The Gate as Glen Andre Gower – The Monster Squad as Sean Crenshaw Corey Haim – The Lost Boys as Sam Emerson Joshua John Miller – Near Dark as Homer
Best Actor	Best Actress
Jack Nicholson – The Witches of Eastwick as Daryl Van Horne Lance Henriksen – Pumpkinhead as Ed Harley Michael Nouri – The Hidden as Det. Tom Beck Terry O'Quinn – The Stepfather as Jerry Blake Arnold Schwarzenegger – Predator as Major Alan "Dutch" Schaefer Peter Weller – RoboCop as Alex Murphy / RoboCop	Jessica Tandy – Batteries Not Included as Faye Riley Nancy Allen – RoboCop as Officer Anne Lewis Melinda Dillon – Harry and the Hendersons as Nancy Henderson Lorraine Gary – Jaws: The Revenge as Ellen Brody Susan Sarandon – The Witches of Eastwick as Jane Spofford Robin Wright – The Princess Bride as Buttercup
Best Supporting Actor	Best Supporting Actress
Richard Dawson – The Running Man as Damon Killian Robert De Niro – Angel Heart as Louis Cyphre Robert Englund – A Nightmare on Elm Street 3: Dream Warriors as Freddy Krueger Barnard Hughes – The Lost Boys as Grandpa Bill Paxton – Near Dark as Severen Duncan Regehr – The Monster Squad as Count Dracula	Anne Ramsey (posthumous) – Throw Momma from the Train as Momma Lift Lisa Bonet – Angel Heart as Epiphany Proudfoot Veronica Cartwright – The Witches of Eastwick as Felicia Alden Louise Fletcher – Flowers in the Attic as Olivia Foxworth Jenette Goldstein – Near Dark as Diamondback Dorothy Lamour – Creepshow 2 as Martha Spruce
Best Director	Best Writing
Paul Verhoeven – RoboCop Kathryn Bigelow – Near Dark Joe Dante – Innerspace William Dear – Harry and the Hendersons Jack Sholder – The Hidden Stan Winston – Pumpkinhead	Michael Miner and Edward Neumeier – RoboCop Alan Parker – Angel Heart James Dearden – Fatal Attraction Jim Kouf (as Bob Hunt) – The Hidden William Goldman – The Princess Bride Michael Cristofer – The Witches of Eastwick
Best Music	Best Costume
Alan Silvestri – Predator Christopher Young – Hellraiser Bruce Broughton – The Monster Squad John Carpenter – Prince of Darkness J. Peter Robinson – Return of the Living Dead Part II John Williams – The Witches of Eastwick	Phyllis Dalton – The Princess Bride Susan Becker – The Lost Boys Julie Weiss – Masters of the Universe Michael W. Hoffman, Aggie Lyon – The Monster Squad Erica Edell Phillips – RoboCop Robert Blackman – The Running Man
Best Make-up	Best Special Effects
Rob Bottin, Stephan Dupuis – RoboCop Mark Shostrom – Evil Dead II Rick Baker – Harry and the Hendersons Bob Keen – Hellraiser Greg Cannom, Ve Neill, Steve La Porte – The Lost Boys Kevin Yagher, Mark Shostrom, R. Christopher Biggs – A Nightmare on Elm Street 3: Dream Warriors	Peter Kuran, Phil Tippett, Rob Bottin, Rocco Gioffre – RoboCop Vern Hyde, Doug Beswick, Tom Sullivan – Evil Dead II Dennis Muren, Bill George, Harley Jessup, Kenneth Smith – Innerspace Richard Edlund – Masters of the Universe Joel Hynek, Stan Winston, Richard Greenberg, Robert M. Greenberg – Predator Michael Lantieri (Industrial Light & Magic (ILM)) – The Witches of Eastwick

George Pal Memorial Award

• Larry Cohen

Life Career Award

• Roger Corman

President's Award

• Mike Jittlov, Richard Kaye – The Wizard of Speed and Time

Silver Scroll (Outstanding Achievement)

• Gary Goddard – Masters of the Universe

References

1. 15th Saturn Awards at IMDb.
2. https://apnews.com/257c16842e0d9a9995b32b7fa52b0058

External links

• Official Website