8th Saturn Awards

The 8th Saturn Awards were awarded to media properties and personalities deemed by the Academy to be the best in science fiction, fantasy and horror in 1980. They were awarded in July 1981.

8th Saturn Awards
Date	1981
Site	California, U.S.

Winners and nominees

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

Mark Hamill, Best Actor winner.

Angie Dickinson, Best Actress winner.

Scatman Crothers, Best Supporting Actor winner.

Eve Brent (in 1959), Best Supporting Actress winner.

William Peter Blatty, Best Writing winner.

John Barry, Best Music winner.

Richard Edlund, Best Special Effects co-winner.

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 Terror Train Harlequin Lupin the Third: The Castle of Cagliostro The Changeling
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 Christopher Reeve – Somewhere in Time as Richard Collier Dennis Christopher – Fade to Black as Eric Binford Kirk Douglas – The Final Countdown as Captain Matthew Yelland Alan Arkin – Simon as Simon Mendelssohn	Angie Dickinson – Dressed to Kill as Kate Miller Jamie Lee Curtis – Terror Train as Alana Maxwell Louanne – Oh, God! Book II as Tracy Richards Jane Seymour – Somewhere in Time as Elise McKenna Ellen Burstyn – Resurrection as Edna Mae McCauley
Best Supporting Actor	Best Supporting Actress
Scatman Crothers – The Shining as Dick Hallorann Max von Sydow – Flash Gordon as Emperor Ming the Merciless Martin Gabel – The First Deadly Sin as Christopher Langley Melvyn Douglas – The Changeling as Joseph Carmichael Billy Dee Williams – The Empire Strikes Back as Lando Calrissian	Eve Brent – Fade to Black as Stella Binford Nancy Parsons – Motel Hell as Ida Smith Eva Le Gallienne – Resurrection as Pearl Stephanie Zimbalist – The Awakening as Margaret Corbeck Linda Kerridge – Fade to Black as Marilyn O'Connor
Best Director	Best Writing
Irvin Kershner – The Empire Strikes Back Stanley Kubrick – The Shining Ken Russell – Altered States Brian De Palma – Dressed to Kill Vernon Zimmerman – Fade to Black	William Peter Blatty – The Ninth Configuration Paddy Chayefsky (as Sidney Aaron) – Altered States Lewis John Carlino – Resurrection John Sayles – Alligator Leigh Brackett, Lawrence Kasdan – The Empire Strikes Back
Best Music	Best Costumes
John Barry – Somewhere in Time Pino Donaggio – Dressed to Kill Béla Bartók – The Shining John Williams – The Empire Strikes Back Maurice Jarre – Resurrection	Jean-Pierre Dorléac – Somewhere in Time Doris Lynn – Fade to Black John Mollo – The Empire Strikes Back Danilo Donati – Flash Gordon Durinda Wood – Battle Beyond the Stars
Best Make-up	Best Special Effects
Dick Smith – Altered States (TIE) Dick Smith – Scanners (TIE) Sue Dolph, Steve Neill, Rick Stratton, Mike La Valley – Battle Beyond the Stars Rob Bottin, Rick Baker – The Howling Colin Booker – Fade to Black Giannetto De Rossi – Zombie	Brian Johnson and Richard Edlund – The Empire Strikes Back Chuck Comisky – Battle Beyond the Stars Richard Albain, Tommy Lee Wallace, James F. Liles – The Fog Dave Allen, Peter Kuran – The Howling Gary Zeller – Scanners

Golden Scroll of Merit (Outstanding Achievement)

• Sybil Danning – Battle Beyond the Stars

Outstanding Film Award

• Harlequin

Life Career Award

• John Agar

Executive Achievement Award

• Charles Couch

Service Award

• Natalie Harris

Best New Star Award

• Sam J. Jones

External links

• Official Saturn Awards website
• https://www.imdb.com/event/ev0000004/1981