The Academy of Science Fiction, Fantasy and Horror Films has announced the nominations for the 34th Annual Saturn Awards.

“300” battles “Harry Potter” and “Sweeney Todd” at the 34th Annual Saturn Awards ^[1]

Leading the nominations this year is the groundbreaking film, “300” with 10 nominations. “Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix” follows close behind with 9 nominations and Tim Burton’s “Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street” is represented with 8 nominations.

A trio of fantastic adventures: “The Golden Compass”, “Pirates of the Caribbean: At World’s End”, and “Spider-Man 3” received 4 nominations each, while “The Bourne Ultimatum”, “Eastern Promises”, “Enchanted”, “Grindhouse”, “The Mist”, “No Country For Old Men”, “Stardust”, and “There Will Be Blood” each received 3 nominations.

Cloverfield is a Sci-Fi movie? How did Ghost Rider make it anywhere near the word “Best” in any category? Other than those two interesting questions I think they have a pretty good line-up this year for the Awards.

Out of those listed, 30 Days of Night ^[2] would get my vote for “Best Horror Film” but I’m not really sure what my choice would be for the other categories.