"The Others" wins three Saturn Awards 2002

The Others, the haunted house movie with Nicole Kidman, won three Saturn Awards out of six nominations, at the annual ceremony held June 10, 2002. I really enjoyed this movie, and consider it to be much better than The Sixth Sense. It's one of my favorite haunted house movies.

The Others won Best Horror Film, and Nicole Kidman won Best Actress for her performance as Grace Stewart.  Fionnula Flanagan won Best Supporting Actress for her performance as Mrs. Mills.

Alejandro Amenabar was nominated for Best Director and for Best Writing, and Alakina Mann was nominated for Best Performance by a Younger Actor.

The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring also won three awards.  It won Best Fantasy Film.  Ian McKellen won Best Supporting Actor for his work as Gandalf the Grey.  Peter Jackson won Best Director.

Steven Spielberg's A.I. Artificial Intelligence won five Saturn Awards, but I did have not seen it, so I can't comment on it. 

Maggie Smith and Helena Bonham Carter were nominated for Best Supporting Actress.

"Fright Night" and "Back to the Future" win 3 Saturn Awards 1986

Back to the Future and Fright Night each won three Saturn Awards at the annual ceremony held by the Academy of Science Fiction, Fantasy and Horror Films on May 28, 1986.  Ladyhawke won two awards.

Back to the Future won Best Science Fiction Film, Best Actor for Michael J. Fox for his performance as Marty McFly, and Best Special Effects for Kevin Pike.  

Fright Night won Best Horror Film, Best Supporting Actor for Roddy McDowall for his performance as Peter Vincent, and Best Writing for Tom Holland (not of Spider-man fame).

Ladyhawke won Best Fantasy Film and Best Costumes for Nana Cecchi.  

Anne Ramsey won Best Supporting Actress for her performance as Mama Fratelli in The Goonies.

Back to the Future won an Oscar for Special Effects and nominated for three more, but since this was a Steven Spielberg movie, it had more of a wider appeal to audiences than the others at the Saturn Awards. None of the science fiction, fantasy, and horror films that year were nominated for any acting Oscars.  Of the ones that did receive nominations, they were only nominated for the technical awards. 

"Something Wicked This Way Comes" released 1983

Walt Disney Studios' unusually dark horror fantasy movie Something This Way Comes premiered in US theatres April 29, 1983.  Based on a Ray Bradbury story of the same name, the story follows a strange carnival with its spooky ring master Mr. Dark, played by Jonathan Pryce, that arrives in a small town in the early 1900s.  The carnival grants wishes but at a serious cost.

It also stars Jason Robards, Diane Ladd, Pam Grier, and James Stacy.

It opened to to mixed reviews, but mostly negative.  It was a box-office failure, grossing $8.4M on its $20M budget.  It did win two Saturn Awards, one for Best Fantasy Film, and Best Writing for Ray Bradbury, who wrote the screenplay as well.  Jonathan Pryce was nominated for Best Supporting Actor.  James Horner was nominated for Best Music.  It was nominated for Best Costumes for Ruth Myers, Best Make-up for Gary Liddiard and James Scribner, and Special Effects for Lee Dyer.

"Ladyhawke" released 1985

Richard Donner's medieval fantasy film Ladyhawke was released in the US April 12, 1985, with Matthew Broderick, Rutger Hauer, and Michelle Pfeiffer.  Hauer and Pfeiffer play lovers who have been cursed by a bishop.  Hauer's character is human by day, and turns into a wolf at night.  Pfeiffer's character is a hawk by day and human at night.  

Despite a poor box-office performance, Ladyhawke was nominated for two Oscars: Best Sound and Best Sound Effects Editing.

It did win Saturn Awards for Best Fantasy Film and Best Costumes for Nana Cecchi.  Michelle Pfeiffer was nominated for Best Actress and Andrew Powell was nominated for Best Music.  

I enjoyed the soundtrack which was Alan Parsons the music score producer.  The music sounded like an Alan Parsons Project album.

"Return of the Jedi" wins five Saturn Awards 1984

IMHO, Star Wars Episode VI: Return of the Jedi is one of the best movies ever made.  Fortunately, I might not be the only one who thinks that, since the movie was nominated for ten Saturn Awards, and won five at the annual ceremony by the Academy of Science Fiction, Fantasy and Horror Films, March 24, 1984.

It won Best Science Fiction Film, Best Actor for Mark Hamill for his performance as Luke Skywalker,  Best Costumes for Aggie Guerard Rodgers and Nilo Rodis-Jamero, Best Make-up for Phil Tippett and Stuart Freeborn, and Best Special Effects for Richard Edlund, Dennis Muren, and Ken Ralston.  

Return of the Jedi was nominated for Best Director for Richard Marquand, Best Actress for Carrie Fisher, Best Supporting Actor for Billy Dee Williams, Best Writing for Lawrence Kasdan and George Lucas, and Best Music for John Williams. 

Something Wicked This Way Comes, an unusually dark film from Walt Disney won Best Fantasy Film and Best Writing for Ray Bradbury.  It was nominated for Best Supporting Actor for Jonathan Pryce, Best Music, Best Costumes, Best Make-up, and Best Special Effects.

Krull was not a box-office success, but I'm glad to see that the Academy showed it some love.  They nominated it for Best Fantasy, Best Music, and Best Costumes. 

"Who Framed Roger Rabbit" wins 3 Saturn Awards 1990

Steven Spielberg's Who Framed Roger Rabbit was nominated for eight Saturn Awards and won three of them from the Academy of Science Fiction, Fantasy and Horror Film at the annual ceremony January 21, 1990.

It won Best Fantasy Film, Best Director for Robert Zemeckis, and Best Special Effects for George Gibbs, Ken Ralston, and Richard Williams at Industrial Light & Magic.

Roger Rabbit was nominated for Best Actor for Bob Hoskins, Best Supporting Actor for Christopher Lloyd, Best Supporting Actress for Joanna Cassidy, Best Writing, and Best Music.

Beetlejuice was also nominated for eight awards and won three.  Willow won for Best Costumes.

Star Trek: The Next Generation won Best Genre Television Series.

Carrie Fisher was given the President's Award.

"Superman Returns" wins 5 Saturn Awards 2007

I'm glad to see that Superman Returns won several Saturn Awards, since I feel this has been an underrated film. Even though it received good reviews and a had a great box office performance, it still seems to be the underdog of the Superman movies.  It was even nominated for an Oscar for Best Visual Effects, but lost to Pirates of the Caribbean, which stole a lot of Superman's thunder that year.

Superman Returns was nominated for 10 Saturn Awards and won 5 of them at the 33rd annual ceremony, held May 10, 2007.  It won Best Fantasy Film, Best Actor for Brandon Routh, Best Director for Bryan Singer, Best Screenplay for Michael Dougherty and Dan Harris, and Best Score for John Ottman. 

It was nominated for Best Actress for Kate Bosworth, who was also nominated for a Razzie for the same role.  James Marsden (X-Men's Cyclops) was nominated for Best Supporting Actor and Parker Posey was nominated for Best Supporting Actress.  Superman Returns was nominated for Best Young Actor/Actress for Tristan Lake Leabu and Best Special Effects. 

Another favorite movie X-Men: The Last Stand won a Saturn Award for Best Supporting Actress for Famke Janssen, beating Cate Blanchett and Emma Thompson.  I don't know why Notes on a Scandal was up for Saturn Awards since it really doesn't fit with any of the categories.  Judi Dench was also nominated for her work in Notes.

The Last Stand was also nominated for Best Supporting Actor for Kelsey Grammer as Beast, Best Score, Best Costume Design, and Best Special Effects.

Curse of the Golden Flower won the Saturn Award for Best Costume Design.

"Spider-Man 2" wins 5 Saturn Awards 2005

Spider-Man 2, released in 2004, was nominated for seven Saturn Awards from the Academy of Science Fiction, Fantasy and Horror Films at the 31st annual ceremony held May 3, 2005. It took home 5 of the awards.

It won Best Fantasy Film, Best Actor for Tobey Maguire, Best Director for Sam Raimi, Best Screenplay for Alvin Sargent, and Best Visual Effects for John Dykstra, Scott Stokdyk, Anthony LaMolinara, and John Frazier.

Alfred Molina was nominated for Best Supporting Actor for his role as Doctor Octopus.  Danny Elfman was nominated for Best Score. 

Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban was nominated for 9 awards, but did not receive any of them. The Day After Tomorrow received two nominations.

"Jurassic Park" wins four Saturn Awards 1994

The Academy of Science Fiction, Fantasy and Horror Films honored the best in science fiction, fantasy, and horror (sounds intuitive enough) in film, television for 1993 on October 20, 1994.   

Jurassic Park had a whopping 11 nominations and took home four awards. It won Best Science Fiction Film, Best Director for Steven Spielberg, Best Writing for Michael Crichton and David Koepp, and Best Special Effects.  Its nominations were for Best Actress for Laura Dern, Best Supporting Actor for Jeff Goldblum and Wayne Knight, Best Performance by a Younger Actor for Joseph Mazzello and Ariana Richards, and Best Music for John Williams.

The Nightmare Before Christmas won Best Fantasy Film and Best Music for Danny Elfman. It was nominated for Best Visual Effects, and Henry Selick was nominated for Best Director.

"The Nightmare Before Christmas" released 1993

Tim Burton's The Nightmare Before Christmas, released across the US October 29, 1993, is a stop-motion animated dark fantasy film about Jack Skellington, the King of Halloween Town, who becomes obsessed with Christmas.  

Tim Burton wrote a poem while working as an animator for Walt Disney Productions and it eventually became The Nightmare Before Christmas.  Disney released it through its stepchild studio Touchstone Pictures.  

It was a critical and financial success and was nominated for an Oscar for Best Visual Effects.  It won Saturn Awards for Best Fantasy Film and Best Music.  

"The Dark Crystal" released 1982

Jim Henson's and Frank Oz's visual masterpiece, The Dark Crystal, was released December 17, 1982.  Although it got mixed reviews at first, it has since gained a cult-like following.  The Dark Crystal had groundbreaking animatronics

It received a Saturn Award from the Academy of Science Fiction, Fantasy & Horror Films for Best Fantasy Film.

A prequel has been produced and airing on Netflix.