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Academy Awards, USA
YearResultAwardCategory/Recipient(s)
1983 Nominated Oscar Best Effects, Sound Effects Editing
Stephen Hunter Flick
Richard L. Anderson

Best Effects, Visual Effects
Richard Edlund
Michael Wood
Bruce Nicholson

Best Music, Original Score
Jerry Goldsmith

 
Academy of Science Fiction, Fantasy & Horror Films, USA
YearResultAwardCategory/Recipient(s)
1983 Won Saturn Award Best Horror Film
Best Make-Up
Dorothy J. Pearl

Best Supporting Actress
Zelda Rubinstein

Nominated Saturn Award Best Actress
JoBeth Williams

Best Director
Tobe Hooper

Best Music
Jerry Goldsmith

 
BAFTA Awards
YearResultAwardCategory/Recipient(s)
1983 Won BAFTA Film Award Best Special Visual Effects
Richard Edlund

 
Young Artist Awards
YearResultAwardCategory/Recipient(s)
1983 Nominated Young Artist Award Best Young Supporting Actress in a Motion Picture
Heather O'Rourke

 

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