Saturn Award ceremony 1981

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The 8th Saturn Award ceremony took place in July 1981.

The most successful production with four awards was The Empire Strikes Back .

Nominations and winners

Movie

category Award winners Movie Nominations
Best science fiction film The Empire Strikes Back The trip to hell
Sador - rulers in space
The last countdown
Flash Gordon
Best horror film The animal Dressed to Kill
Fade to Black - The beautiful murders of Eric Binford
The Fog - Shining of horror
Best fantasy film A deadly dream The blue lagoon
The Ninth Configuration
Tracy meets the god
Popeye - the sailor with the hard blow
Best foreign film Scanners - your thoughts can kill Monster in the night express
Harlequin
The castle of Cagliostro
The horror
Best low budget film Horror - on the trail of horror Total restricted area
Human Experiments
Maniac
The woman with the 45 magnum
Best director Irvin Kershner The Empire Strikes Back Ken Russell for Der Höllentrip
Brian De Palma for Dressed to Kill
Vernon Zimmerman for Fade to Black - The beautiful murders of Eric Binford
Stanley Kubrick for Shining
Best script William Peter Blatty The Ninth Configuration Paddy Chayefsky for The Hell Trip
Lewis John Carlino for The Strong Will
John Sayles for The Horror Alligator
Leigh Brackett & Lawrence Kasdan for The Empire Strikes Back
Best special effects Brian Johnson
Richard Edlund 		The Empire Strikes Back Chuck Comisky for Sador - Rulers of Space
Richard Albain , Tommy Lee Wallace & James F. Liles for The Fog
David Allen & Peter Kuran for Das Tier
Gary Zeller for Scanners - Your thoughts can kill
Best music John Barry A deadly dream Pino Donaggio for Dressed to Kill
Béla Bartók for Shining
John Williams for The Empire Strikes Back
Maurice Jarre for The Strong Will
Best costume Jean-Pierre Dorléac A deadly dream Doris Lynn for Fade to Black - The beautiful murders of Eric Binford
John Mollo for The Empire Strikes Back
Danilo Donati for Flash Gordon
Durinda Wood for Sador - Rulers of Space
Best make-up Dick Smith The Hell Trip
Scanners - Your thoughts can kill 		Sue Dolph , Steve Neill & Rick Stratton for Sador - Rulers in Space
Rob Bottin & Rick Baker for Das Tier
Colin Booker for Fade to Black - The beautiful murders of Eric Binford
Giannetto De Rossi for Woodoo - The Zombies' Dread Island
Best Actor Mark Hamill The Empire Strikes Back Dennis Christopher for Fade to Black - The Beautiful Murders of Eric Binford
Kirk Douglas for The Final Countdown
Alan Arkin for Simon the Extra-Terrestrial
Christopher Reeve for A Deadly Dream
Best main actress Angie Dickinson Dressed to kill Louanne for Tracy meets the good god
Ellen Burstyn for The Strong Will
Jane Seymour for A Deadly Dream
Jamie Lee Curtis for Monster in the Night Express
Best supporting actor Scatman Crothers Shining Max von Sydow for Flash Gordon
Billy Dee Williams for The Empire Strikes Back
Melvyn Douglas for The Horror
Martin Gabel for The First Deadly Sin
The best supporting actress Eve Brent Fade to Black - The beautiful murders of Eric Binford Stephanie Zimbalist for The Awakening of the Sphinx
Linda Kerridge for Fade to Black - The Beautiful Murders of Eric Binford
Nancy Parsons for Hotel zur Hölle
Eva Le Gallienne for The Strong Will

Prizes of honor

category Award winners Movie Nominations
Golden Scroll Of Merit Sybil Danning (for exceptional contribution) Sador - ruler in space
Outstanding Film Award harlequin
Best New Star Award Sam J. Jones
Life Career Award John Agar
Executive Achievement Award Charles Couch
Service Award Natalie Harris

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