16th Saturn Awards explained

Number:	16
Award:	Saturn Awards
Date:	January 21, 1990
Site:	California, U.S.
Most Wins:	, Beetlejuice and Big (3)
Most Nominations:	Who Framed Roger Rabbit and Beetlejuice (8)
Last:	15th
Next:	17th

The 16th Saturn Awards, honoring the best in science fiction, fantasy and horror film and television in 1988, were held on January 21, 1990.^[1]

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 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 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 – 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 – as Alma Finley
Best Supporting Actor	Best Supporting Actress
Robert Loggia – Big as MacMillan Robert Englund – as Freddy Krueger Jack Gilford – 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 – 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 – 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 – Jeffrey Price and Peter S. Seaman – Who Framed Roger Rabbit
Best Music	Best Costume
Christopher Young – 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 – 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

Special awards

• Ray Walston

• Carrie Fisher

External links

• Official Website

Notes and References

1. https://www.imdb.com/event/ev0000004/1990 16th Saturn Awards