13th Saturn Awards

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The 13th Saturn Awards, honoring the best in science fiction, fantasy and horror film in 1985, were held on May 28, 1986.^[1]

Winners and nominees

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

Michael J. Fox, Best Actor winner

Coral Browne, Best Actress winner

Roddy McDowall, Best Supporting Actor winner

Ron Howard, Best Director winner

Tom Holland, Best Writing winner

Tom Savini, Best Make-up winner

Film awards

Best Science Fiction Film	Best Fantasy Film
Back to the Future Cocoon Enemy Mine Mad Max Beyond Thunderdome A View to a Kill	Ladyhawke The Purple Rose of Cairo Remo Williams: The Adventure Begins Return to Oz Young Sherlock Holmes
Best Horror Film	Best Director
Fright Night Lifeforce A Nightmare on Elm Street 2: Freddy's Revenge Re-Animator The Return of the Living Dead	Ron Howard – Cocoon Woody Allen – The Purple Rose of Cairo Tom Holland – Fright Night George Miller – Mad Max Beyond Thunderdome Dan O'Bannon – The Return of the Living Dead Robert Zemeckis – Back to the Future
Best Actor	Best Actress
*Michael J. Fox – Back to the Future* as Marty McFly** Hume Cronyn – Cocoon as Joe Finley Louis Gossett Jr. – Enemy Mine as Jeriba "Jerry" Shigan James Karen – The Return of the Living Dead as Frank Chris Sarandon – Fright Night as Jerry Dandrige	*Coral Browne – Dreamchild* as Alice Hargreaves** Glenn Close – Maxie as Jan / Maxie Mia Farrow – The Purple Rose of Cairo as Cecilia Michelle Pfeiffer – Ladyhawke as Isabeau d'Anjou Jessica Tandy – Cocoon as Alma Finley
Best Supporting Actor	Best Supporting Actress
*Roddy McDowall – Fright Night* as Peter Vincent** Joel Grey – Remo Williams: The Adventure Begins as Chiun Crispin Glover – Back to the Future as George McFly Ian Holm – Dreamchild as Reverend Charles L. Dodgson / Lewis Carroll Christopher Lloyd – Back to the Future as Dr. Emmett Brown	*Anne Ramsey – The Goonies* as Mama Fratelli** Ruth Gordon – Maxie as Mrs. Lavin (posthumous) Grace Jones – A View to a Kill as May Day Lea Thompson – Back to the Future as Lorraine Baines Gwen Verdon – Cocoon as Bess McCarthy
Best Performance by a Younger Actor	Best Writing
*Barret Oliver – D.A.R.Y.L.* as D.A.R.Y.L.** Fairuza Balk – Return to Oz as Dorothy Gale Jeff Cohen – The Goonies as Lawrence "Chunk" Cohen Ilan Mitchell-Smith – Weird Science as Wyatt O'Donnelly Amelia Shankley – Dreamchild as Little Alice	Tom Holland – Fright Night Tom Benedek – Cocoon Terry Hayes and George Miller – Mad Max Beyond Thunderdome Woody Allen – The Purple Rose of Cairo Chris Columbus – Young Sherlock Holmes
Best Music	Best Costumes
Bruce Broughton – Young Sherlock Holmes Alan Silvestri – Back to the Future Maurice Jarre – The Bride James Horner – Cocoon Andrew Powell – Ladyhawke	Nanà Cecchi – Ladyhawke Deborah Lynn Scott – Back to the Future Shirley Russell – The Bride Norma Moriceau – Mad Max Beyond Thunderdome Raymond Hughes – Return to Oz
Best Make-up	Best Special Effects
Tom Savini – Day of the Dead Chris Walas – Enemy Mine Rob Bottin – Explorers Anthony Doublin, John Naulin, and John Carl Buechler – Re-Animator William Munns – The Return of the Living Dead	Kevin Pike – Back to the Future (The L.A. Effects Group) – Commando Bruce Nicholson and Ralph Winter – Explorers Richard Edlund – Fright Night (Apogee) – Lifeforce