BEETLEJUICE BEETLEJUICE, STRANGE DARLING Lead Saturn Awards Horror Nods

Nominations for the 52nd Saturn Awards have officially been announced today, with some of the best horrors of 2024 sweeping up noms left right and center.

The Awards Ceremony, taking place on February 2, 2025, will be exclusively streamed live on Electric Entertainment’s ElectricNOW platform and for the very first time, The Roku Channel, where viewers can watch for free. Created to honor the contributions of horror, sci-fi, fantasy and genre media in general, this year’s edition of the long-running awards show is dedicated to the memory of acclaimed producer Jon Landau (Titanic, Avatar).

This year, Tim Burton’s Beetlejuice Beetlejuice leads the way for horror film nominations, with 13 nods across the board.

Leading the pack for Best Horror nominations are Abigail, Alien: Romulus, The First Omen, In a Violent Nature, Longlegs, A Quiet Place: Day One and Smile 2.

The Best Thriller category also has some horror-tinged highlights including Blink Twice, Strange Darling and Speak No Evil.

Nabbing noms for Best Independent Film are (among others)  Late Night with the Devil, MaXXXine and The Substance, with Best International Film horror noms being Godzilla Minus One and Oddity.

David Dastmalchian, Kyle Gallner and Michael Keaton are all in the running for Best Actor In a Film, for Late Night with the Devil, Strange Darling and Beetlejuice Beetlejuice respectively.

Representing horror in Best Actress In a Film are Willa Fitzgerald (Strange Darling), Demi Moore (The Substance), Lupita Nyong’o (A Quiet Place: Day One), Winona Ryder (Beetlejuice Beetlejuice) and Naomi Scott (Smile 2).

Nicolas Cage, Willem Dafoe and David Jonsson receive nods for Best Supporting Actor for Longlegs, Beetlejuice Beetlejuice and Alien: Romulus, with Barbara Hershey (Strange Darling), Margaret Qualley (The Substance) and Cailee Spaeny (Alien: Romulus) for Best Supporting Actress.

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Alisha Weir receives a hugely deserved nomination for Best Younger Performer for Abigail, with Jenna Ortega and McKenna Grace for Beetlejuice Beetlejuice and Ghostbusters: Frozen Empire.

And that’s not even all of the horror goodness up for awards at this years Saturns – scroll on for all nominations in all categories.

BEST SCIENCE FICTION FILM

Dune: Part Two (Warner Bros./Legendary)
Furiosa: A Mad Max Saga (Warner Bros. Pictures)
The Hunger Games: The Ballad of Songbirds & Snakes (Lionsgate Films)
Kingdom of the Planet of the Apes (20^th Century Studios)
Megalopolis (Lionsgate Films/American Zoetrope)  
Venom: The Last Dance (Sony Pictures/Marvel)

BEST FANTASY FILM

Beetlejuice Beetlejuice (Warner Bros. Pictures)
Ghostbusters: Frozen Empire (Sony Pictures)
Godzilla x Kong: The New Empire (Warner Bros. Pictures/Legendary)
My Old Ass (Amazon/MGM)
Poor Things (Searchlight)
Wonka (Warner Bros. Pictures)

BEST HORROR FILM

Abigail (Universal Pictures)
Alien: Romulus (20^th Century Studios)
The First Omen (20^th Century Studios)
In a Violent Nature (IFC Films)
Longlegs (Neon)
A Quiet Place: Day One (Paramount Pictures)
Smile 2 (Paramount Pictures) 

BEST ACTION/ADVENTURE FILM

Argylle (Apple Films/Universal Pictures)
Deadpool & Wolverine (Marvel/Walt Disney Studios)
The Fall Guy (Universal Pictures)
Fly Me to the Moon (Apple Films/Columbia Pictures)
The Ministry of Ungentlemanly Warfare (Lionsgate Films)
Twisters (Universal Pictures)

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BEST THRILLER FILM

Blink Twice (Amazon/MGM)
Civil War (A24)
Saltburn (Amazon/MGM)
Strange Darling (Miramax/Magenta Light Studios)
Speak No Evil (Universal Pictures)
Wolfs (Apple Films)

BEST INDEPENDENT FILM

Dream Scenario (A24)
Late Night with the Devil (IFC Films/Shudder)
MaXXXine (A24)
The Substance (Mubi)
Thelma (Magnolia Pictures)
The Thicket (Tubi Movies)

BEST INTERNATIONAL FILM

Animal Kingdom (Magnet Releasing)
Godzilla Minus One (Toho International)
Kill (Lionsgate Films)
Monkey Man (Universal Pictures)
Oddity (IFC Films)
Society of the Snow (Netflix)

BEST ANIMATED FILM

The Boy and the Heron (GKIDS)
Despicable Me 4 (Universal/Illumination Entertainment)
Inside Out 2 (Pixar/Walt Disney Studios)
Kung-Fu Panda 4 (Universal/Dreamworks Animation)
Spy x Family Code: White (Crunchyroll)  
Transformers: One (Paramount Pictures)
The Wild Robot (Universal/Dreamworks Animation)

BEST ACTOR IN A FILM

Tom Blyth, Hunger Games: The Ballad of Songbirds Snakes (Lionsgate Films)
Nicolas Cage, Dream Scenario (A24)
Timothee Chalamet, Dune: Part Two (Warner Bros. Pictures)
David Dastmalchian, Late Night with the Devil (IFC Films/Shudder)
Kyle Gallner, Strange Darling (Miramax/Magenta Light Studios)
Michael Keaton, Beetlejuice Beetlejuice (Warner Bros. Pictures)
Ryan Reynolds, Deadpool & Wolverine (Marvel/Walt Disney Studios)

BEST ACTRESS IN A FILM

Willa Fitzgerald, Strange Darling (Miramax/Magenta Light Studios)
Demi Moore, The Substance (Mubi)
Lupita Nyong’o, A Quiet Place – Day One (Paramount Pictures)
Winona Ryder, Beetlejuice Beetlejuice (Warner Bros. Pictures)
Naomi Scott, Smile 2 (Paramount Pictures)
June Squibb, Thelma (Magnolia Pictures)
Anya Taylor-Joy, Furiosa: A Mad Max Saga (Warner Bros. Pictures)

BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR IN A FILM

Josh Brolin, Dune: Part Two (Warner Bros./Legendary)
Austin Butler, Dune: Part Two (Warner Bros./Legendary)
Nicolas Cage, Longlegs (Neon)
Willem Dafoe, Beetlejuice Beetlejuice (Warner Bros. Pictures)
Hugh Jackman, Deadpool & Wolverine (Marvel/Walt Disney Studios)
David Johnsson, Alien: Romulus (20^th Century Studios)
Owen Teague, Kingdom of the Planet of the Apes   (20^th Century Studios)

BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS IN A FILM

Emma Corrin, Deadpool & Wolverine (Marvel/Walt Disney Studios)
Rebecca Ferguson, Dune: Part Two (Warner Bros. Pictures)
Barbara Hershey, Strange Darling (Miramax/Magenta Light Studios)
Juliette Lewis, The Thicket (Tubi Movies)
Margaret Qualley, The Substance (Mubi)
Cailee Spaeny, Alien: Romulus (20^th Century Studios)
Zendaya, Dune: Part Two (Warner Bros./Legendary)

BEST YOUNGER PERFORMER IN A FILM
Freya Allan, Kingdom of the Planet of the Apes   (20^th Century Studios)
McKenna Grace, Ghostbusters: Frozen Empire (Sony Pictures)
Kaylee Hottle, Godzilla x Kong: The New Empire (Warner Bros./Legendary)
Calah Lane, Wonka (Warner Bros Pictures)
Jenna Ortega, Beetlejuice Beetlejuice (Warner Bros. Pictures)
Alisha Weir, Abigail (Universal Pictures)
Rachel Zegler, Hunger Games: The Ballad of Songbirds & Snakes (Lionsgate Films)

BEST FILM DIRECTION

Fede Alvarez, Alien: Romulus (20^th Century Studios)
Wes Ball, Kingdom of the Planet of the Apes (20^th Century Studios)
Tim Burton, Beetlejuice Beetlejuice (Warner Bros. Pictures)
Shawn Levy, Deadpool & Wolverine (Marvel/Walt Disney Studios)
JT Mollner, Strange Darling (Miramax/Magenta Light Studios)
Denis Villeneuve, Dune: Part Two (Warner Bros./Legendary)
Takashi Yamazaki, Godzilla Minus One (Toho International)

BEST FILM SCREENWRITING

Beetlejuice Beetlejuice – Alfred Gough, Miles Millar (Warner Bros. Pictures)
Deadpool & Wolverine – Shawn Levy, Ryan Reynolds (Marvel/Walt Disney Studios)
Dune: Part Two – Denis Villenueve, Jon Spaihts (Warner Bros./Legendary)
Godzilla Minus One – Takashi Yamazaki (Toho International)
Longlegs – Osgood Perkins (Neon)
Kingdom of the Planet of the Apes – Josh Friedman, Rick Jaffa, Amanda Silver (20^th Century Studios)
Strange Darling – JT Mollner (Miramax/Majenta Light Studios)

BEST VISUAL/SPECIAL EFFECTS
Alien: Romulus (TBD) (20^th Century Studios)
Beetlejuice Beetlejuice (Angus Bickerton, James Brennan-Craddock, Neal Scanlan, Stefano Pepin) (Warner Bros. Pictures)
Deadpool & Wolverine (TBD) (Marvel/Walt Disney Pictures)
Dune: Part Two (Paul Lambert, Stephen James, Rhys Salacombe, Gerd Nefzer) (Warner Bros. Pictures)
Godzilla Minus One (Masaki Takahashi, Tatsuiji Nojima, Kiyokk Shubuya, Takashi Yamazaki) (Toho International)
Kingdom of the Planet of the Apes (Erik Winquist, TBD) (20^th Century Studios)
Twisters (TBD) (Universal Pictures)

BEST FILM MUSIC

Beetlejuice Beetlejuice, Danny Elfman (Warner Bros. Pictures)
Dune: Part Two, Hans Zimmer (Warner Bros./Legendary)
Ghostbusters: Frozen Empire, Dario Marianelli (Sony Pictures)
The Hunger Games: The Ballad of Songbirds & Snakes, James Newton Howard (Lionsgate Pictures)
Kingdom of the Planet of the Apes, John Paesano (20^th Century Studios)
Smile 2, Cristobal Tapia de Veer (Paramount Pictures)

BEST FILM PRODUCTION DESIGN
Alien: Romulus, Naaman Marshall (20^th Century Studios)
Beetlejuice Beetlejuice, Matt Scruton (Warner Bros. Pictures)
Deadpool & Wolverine, Ray Chan (Marvel/Walt Disney Pictures)
Dune: Part Two, Patricia Vermette (Warner Bros./Legendary)
Longlegs, Danny Vermette (Neon)
Kingdom of the Planet of the Apes, Daniel T. Dorrance (20^th Century Studios)

BEST FILM MAKE-UP

Alien: Romulus  (TBD) (20^th Century Studios)
Beetlejuice Beetlejuice (Neal Scanlan, Christine Blundell, Lesa Warrener) (Warner Bros. Pictures)
Dune: Part Two (Donald Mowat and TBD) (Warner Bros./Legendary)
Longlegs (Felix Fox, Madelaine Hermans)  (Neon)
Smile 2  (TBD) (Paramount Pictures)
The Substance  (TBD) (Mubi)

BEST FILM EDITING
Beetlejuice Beetlejuice, Jay Prychidny (Warner Bros. Pictures)
Civil War, Jake Roberts (A24)
Deadpool & Wolverine, Dean Zimmerman & Shane Reid (Marvel/Walt Disney Pictures)
Dune: Part Two, Joe Walker (Warner Bros./Legendary)
Furiosa: A Mad Max Saga, Eliot Knapman & Margaret Sixel (Warner Bros. Pictures)
Strange Darling, Christopher Robin Bell (Miramax/Magenta Light Studios)

BEST FILM COSTUME

Beetlejuice Beetlejuice, Colleen Atwood (Warner Bros. Pictures)
Deadpool & Wolverine, Graham Churchyard & Mayes C. Rubeo (Marvel/Walt Disney Studios)
Dune: Part Two, Jacqueline West (Warner Bros./Legendary)
Ghostbusters: Frozen Empire, Alex Fortes & Ruth Myers (Sony Pictures)
The Hunger Games: The Ballad of Songbirds & Snakes, Trish Summerville (Lionsgate Pictures)
Wonka, Lindy Hemming (Warner Bros. Pictures)

BEST SCIENCE FICTION TELEVISION SERIES

3 Body Problem (Netflix)
Ahsoka (Lucasfilm/Disney+)
The Ark (Syfy)
Dark Matter (Apple TV+)
Fallout (Amazon)
Star Trek: Discovery (CBS Studios)

BEST FANTASY TELEVISION SERIES

Avatar: The Last Airbender (Netflix)
For All Mankind (Apple TV+)
House of the Dragon (MAX)
The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power (Amazon)
Percy Jackson and the Olympians (Disney+)
The Spiderwick Chronicles (Roku Channel)

BEST HORROR TELEVISION SERIES  

Anne Rice’s Interview with the Vampire (AMC)
Creepshow (Shudder)
Evil (CBS Studios)
From (MGM+)
Grotesquerie (FX)
Teacup (Peacock)
The Walking Dead: Daryl Dixon (AMC)

BEST ACTION/THRILLER TELEVISION SERIES

Bosch: Legacy (Amazon Freevee)
Cobra Kai (Netflix)
Found (NBC)
High Potential (ABC)
Presumed Innocent (Apple TV+)
True Detective: Night Country (Max)
Tulsa King (Paramount+)

BEST ADVENTURE TELEVISION SERIES

La Brea (NBC/Universal)
Monarch: Legacy of Monsters (Apple TV+)
Mr. & Mrs. Smith (Amazon)
Reacher (Amazon)
Shogun (FX)
Sugar (Apple TV+) 

BEST SUPERHERO TELEVISION SERIES

Agatha All Along (Marvel Studios/Disney+)
The Boys (Amazon Prime)
Loki (Marvel Studios/Disney+)
The Penguin (MAX)
Superman & Lois (Warner Bros. Television)
The Umbrella Academy (Netflix)

BEST TELEVISION PRESENTATION

Apartment 7A (Paramount+)
Don’t Move (Netflix)
The Fall of the House of Usher (Netflix)
Fargo (FX)
Ripley (Netflix)
Salem’s Lot (Max)
The Walking Dead: The Ones Who Live (AMC)

BEST GENRE COMEDY TELEVISION SERIES

Chucky (Syfy /Universal)
Ghosts (CBS)
Only Murders in the Building (Hulu)
Resident Alien (Syfy)
Ted (Peacock)
What We Do in the Shadows (FX)

BEST ANIMATED TELEVISION SERIES

Batman: Caped Crusader (Amazon Prime)
Gremlins: The Wild Batch (Max)
Kaiju No. 8 (Crunchyroll)
Star Trek: Lower Decks  (CBS Studios)
Star Wars: The Bad Batch (Disney+/Lucasfilm)
X-Men ’97 (Disney+/Marvel Studios) 

BEST ACTOR IN A TELEVISION SERIES

Colin Farrell, The Penguin (Max)
Walton Goggins, Fallout (Amazon)
Jon Hamm, Fargo (FX)
Andrew Lincoln, The Walking Dead: The Ones Who Live (AMC)
Harold Perrineau, From (MGM+)
Norman Reedus, The Walking Dead: Daryl Dixon (AMC)
Kurt Russell & Wyatt Russell, Monarch: Legacy of Monsters (Apple TV+)

BEST ACTRESS IN A TELEVISION SERIES

Emma D’Arcy, House of the Dragon (Max)
Rosario Dawson, Ahsoka (Lucasfilm/Disney+)
Jodie Foster, True Detective: Night Country (Max)
Danai Gurira, The Walking Dead: The Ones Who Live (AMC)
Kathryn Hahn, Agatha All Along (Marvel/Disney+)
Melissa McBride, The Walking Dead: Daryl Dixon (AMC)
Ella Purnell, Fallout (Amazon)

BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR IN A TELEVISION SERIES

Matt Berry, What We Do in the Shadows (FX)
Lamorne Morris, Fargo (FX)
Aaron Moten, Fallout (Amazon)
Matt Smith, House of the Dragon (Max)
Antony Starr, The Boys (Amazon)
Henry Thomas, The Fall of the House of Usher (Netflix)
Brandon Scott Jones, Ghosts (CBS)

BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS IN A TELEVISION SERIES

Jennifer Connelly, Dark Matter (Apple TV+)
Jennifer Jason Leigh, Fargo (FX)
Pollyanna McIntosh, The Walking Dead: The Ones Who Live (AMC)
Cristin Milioti, The Penguin (Max)
Elizabeth Saunders, From (MGM+)
Anna Sawai, Monarch: Legacy of Monsters (Apple TV+)
Rebecca Wisocky, Ghosts (CBS)

BEST GUEST STAR IN A TELEVISION SERIES

Mark Hamill, The Fall of the House of Usher (Netflix)
Matthew Jeffers, The Walking Dead: The Ones Who Lived (AMC)
Martin Kove, Cobra Kai (Netflix)
Kyle MacLachlan, Fallout (Amazon)
Andrea Martin, Evil (CBS Studios)
Aubrey Plaza, Agatha All Along (Marvel/Disney+)
Ke Huy Quan, Loki (Marvel/Disney+)

BEST YOUNGER PERFORMER IN A TELEVISION SERIES
Zackary Arthur, Chucky (Syfy/Universal)
Hannah Cheramy, From (MGM+)
Cameron Crovetti, The Boys (Amazon)
Rhenzy Feliz, The Penguin (Max)
Joe Locke, Agatha All Along (Marvel/Disney+)
Xolo Maridueña, Cobra Kai (Netflix)
Louis Puech Scigliuzzi, The Walking Dead: Daryl Dixon (AMC)