The 8th Saturn Awards, honoring the best in science fiction, fantasy and horror film in 1980, were held in July 1981.
Winners and nominees Below is a complete list of nominees and winners. Winners are highlighted in bold.
Film awards Best Science Fiction Film Best Fantasy Film The Empire Strikes Back Altered States Battle Beyond the Stars The Final Countdown Flash Gordon Somewhere in Time The Blue Lagoon The Ninth Configuration Oh, God! Book II Popeye Best Horror Film Best International Film The Howling Dressed to Kill Fade to Black The Fog The Shining Scanners The Changeling Harlequin Lupin III: The Castle of Cagliostro Terror Train Best Low-Budget Film Scared to Death Forbidden Zone Human Experiments Maniac Ms .45 Best Actor Best Actress Mark Hamill – The Empire Strikes Back as Luke Skywalker Alan Arkin – Simon as Simon Mendelssohn Dennis Christopher – Fade to Black as Eric Binford Kirk Douglas – The Final Countdown as Capt. Matthew Yelland Christopher Reeve – Somewhere in Time as Richard Collier Angie Dickinson – Dressed to Kill as Kate Miller Ellen Burstyn – Resurrection as Edna Mae McCauley Jamie Lee Curtis – Terror Train as Alana Maxwell Louanne – Oh, God! Book II as Tracy Richards Jane Seymour – Somewhere in Time as Elise McKenna Best Supporting Actor Best Supporting Actress Scatman Crothers – The Shining as Dick Hallorann Melvyn Douglas – The Changeling as Joseph Carmichael Martin Gabel – The First Deadly Sin as Christopher Langley Max von Sydow – Flash Gordon as Emperor Ming the Merciless Billy Dee Williams – The Empire Strikes Back as Lando Calrissian Eve Brent – Fade to Black as Stella Binford Linda Kerridge – Fade to Black as Marilyn O'Connor Eva Le Gallienne – Resurrection as Grandma Pearl Nancy Parsons – Motel Hell as Ida Smith Stephanie Zimbalist – The Awakening as Margaret Corbeck Best Director Best Writing Irvin Kershner – The Empire Strikes Back Brian De Palma – Dressed to Kill Stanley Kubrick – The Shining Ken Russell – Altered States Vernon Zimmerman – Fade to Black William Peter Blatty – The Ninth Configuration Leigh Brackett and Lawrence Kasdan – The Empire Strikes Back Lewis John Carlino – Resurrection Paddy Chayefsky (as Sidney Aaron) – Altered States John Sayles – Alligator Best Music Best Costumes John Barry – Somewhere in Time Pino Donaggio – Dressed to Kill John Williams – The Empire Strikes Back Maurice Jarre – Resurrection Béla Bartók – The Shining Jean-Pierre Dorleac – Somewhere in Time Durinda Wood – Battle Beyond the Stars John Mollo – The Empire Strikes Back Doris Lynn – Fade to Black Danilo Donati – Flash Gordon Best Make-up Best Special Effects Dick Smith – Altered States / Dick Smith – Scanners (TIE) Sue Dolph, Steve Neill, and Rick Stratton – Battle Beyond the Stars Colin Booker – Fade to Black Rob Bottin and Rick Baker – The Howling Giannetto De Rossi – Zombi 2 Brian Johnson and Richard Edlund – The Empire Strikes Back Chuck Comisky – Battle Beyond the Stars Richard Albain Jr., Tommy Lee Wallace, and James F. Liles – The Fog Dave Allen and Peter Kuran – The Howling Gary Zeller – Scanners
Special awards
Golden Scroll of Merit (Outstanding Achievement) Sybil Danning – Battle Beyond the Stars
Outstanding Film Award Harlequin
Best New Star Award Sam J. Jones
Life Career Award John Agar
Service Award Natalie Harris
External links Official Saturn Awards website IMDb