15th Saturn Awards

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

The winners were announced on April 7, 1988.^[2] The sci-fi action film RoboCop won five awards, including Best Science Fiction Film.

Winners and nominees

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

Paul Verhoeven, Best Director winner

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

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 Director
The Lost Boys Evil Dead II Hellraiser Near Dark A Nightmare on Elm Street 3: Dream Warriors Pumpkinhead	Paul Verhoeven – RoboCop Kathryn Bigelow – Near Dark Joe Dante – Innerspace William Dear – Harry and the Hendersons Jack Sholder – The Hidden Stan Winston – Pumpkinhead
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 Officer 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 – Throw Momma from the Train* as Momma Lift** (posthumous) Lisa Bonet – Angel Heart as Epiphany Proudfoot Veronica Cartwright – The Witches of Eastwick as Felicia Alden Louise Fletcher – Flowers in the Attic as Grandmother Olivia Jenette Goldstein – Near Dark as Diamondback Dorothy Lamour – Creepshow 2 as Martha Spruce
Best Performance by a Younger Actor	Best Writing
*Kirk Cameron – Like Father Like Son* as Dr. Jack Hammond / Chris 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	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 Costumes
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 and Aggie Lyon – The Monster Squad Erica Edell Phillips – RoboCop Robert Blackman – The Running Man
Best Make-up	Best Special Effects
Rob Bottin and Stephan Dupuis – RoboCop Mark Shostrom – Evil Dead II Rick Baker – Harry and the Hendersons Bob Keen – Hellraiser Greg Cannom, Ve Neill, and Steve La Porte – The Lost Boys Kevin Yagher, Mark Shostrom, and R. Christopher Biggs – A Nightmare on Elm Street 3: Dream Warriors	Peter Kuran, Phil Tippett, Rob Bottin, and Rocco Gioffre – RoboCop Vern Hyde, Doug Beswick, and Tom Sullivan – Evil Dead II Dennis Muren, Bill George, Harley Jessup, and Kenneth Smith – Innerspace Richard Edlund – Masters of the Universe Joel Hynek, Stan Winston, Richard Greenberg, and Robert M. Greenberg – Predator Michael Lantieri (Industrial Light & Magic (ILM)) – The Witches of Eastwick

Special awards

Silver Scroll (Outstanding Achievement)

Gary Goddard – Masters of the Universe

References

^ "Academy of Science Fiction, Fantasy & Horror Films, USA (1988)". IMDb.
^ "'RoboCop' Leads in Nominations for Saturn Awards". Associated Press. April 7, 1988. Retrieved October 15, 2022.