1979 Stinkers Bad Movie Awards

Original Ballot

Worst Picture

Dishonourable Mentions

• 1941
• Americathon
• The Amityville Horror
• The Black Hole
• Bloodline
• The Champ
• The Electric Horseman
• Hurricane
• The Jerk
• Just You and Me, Kid
• Love at First Bite
• The Main Event
• Meteor
• More American Graffiti
• Roller Boogie
• Sammy Stops the World
• The Warriors

  Expanded Ballot

Worst Picture

Dishonourable Mentions

• The Amityville Horror
• The Bell Jar
• Beyond the Poseidon Adventure
• The Black Hole
• Bloodline
• City on Fire
• The Frisco Kid
• Hardcore
• Love and Bullets
• More American Graffiti
• Nightwing
• Penitentiary
• Roller Boogie
• Scavenger Hunt
• The Villain

  Worst Director

Dishonourable Mentions

• Robert Aldrich for The Frisco Kid
• Irwin Allen for Beyond the Poseidon Adventure
• Robert Altman for Quintet
• Dom DeLuise for Hot Stuff
• Stan Dragoti for Love at First Bite
• Arthur Hiller for Nightwing
• Neal Israel for Americathon
• Richard Lester for '
• Hal Needham for The Villain
• Gary Nelson for The Black Hole
• B.W.L. Norton for More American Graffiti
• Stuart Rosenberg for The Amityville Horror and Love and Bullets
• Paul Schrader for Hardcore
• Michael Schultz for Scavenger Hunt
• Steven Spielberg for 1941
• Sylvester Stallone for Rocky II
• Robert Wise for '

  Worst Actor

Dishonourable Mentions

• Dan Aykroyd in 1941
• Jim Bray in Roller Boogie
• Charles Bronson in Love and Bullets
• Dom DeLuise in Hot Stuff
• Harrison Ford in The Frisco Kid and Hanover Street
• Gil Gerard in Buck Rogers in the 25th Century
• Charles Grodin in Sunburn
• Ken Kerr in Beneath the Valley of the Ultra-Vixens
• Steve Martin in The Jerk
• Charles Martin Smith in More American Graffiti
• Sylvester Stallone in Rocky II
• Jon Voight in The Champ
• Gene Wilder in The Frisco Kid

  Worst Actress

Dishonourable Mentions

• Joan Collins in The Bitch
• Faye Dunaway in The Champ
• Farrah Fawcett-Majors in Sunburn
• Susan St. James in Love at First Bite
• Lynn-Holly Johnson in Ice Castles

  Worst Supporting Actor

Dishonourable Mentions

• James Coco in Scavenger Hunt
• Matt Craven in Meatballs
• Eddie Deezen in 1941
• Alix Elias in Rock 'n' Roll High School
• Gert Frobe in Bloodline
• Walter Koenig in
• Strother Martin in Nightwing
• Jeff Nicholson in The Double McGuffin
• Avery Schreiber in Scavenger Hunt
• Rod Steiger in The Amityville Horror and Love and Bullets
• Erland Van Lidth De Jeude in The Wanderers
• Jonathan Winters in The Fish That Saved Pittsburgh
• Burt Young in Rocky II

  Worst Supporting Actress

Dishonourable Mentions

• Ruth Buzzi in The Apple Dumpling Gang Rides Again
• Joan Collins in Sunburn
• Bo Derek in 10
• Lesley-Ann Down in The First Great Train Robbery and Hanover Street
• Patti D'Arbanville in The Main Event
• Sally Field in Beyond the Poseidon Adventure
• Eva Gardner in City on Fire
• Ruth Gordon in Scavenger Hunt
• Persis Khambatta in
• Cloris Leachman in Scavenger Hunt
• Kitten Natividad in Beneath the Valley of the Ultra-Vixens
• Bernadette Peters in The Jerk
• Ann Reinking in All That Jazz
• Linda Manz in The Wanderers

  Worst Screenplay

Dishonourable Mentions

• The Amityville Horror
• The Bell Jar
• The Bitch
• The Black Hole
• Bloodline
• Buck Rogers in the 25th Century
• The Frisco Kid
• Hardcore
• Love and Bullets
• More American Graffiti
• Nightwing
• Rocky II
• Scavenger Hunt

  Worst Sequel

Dishonourable Mentions

• Beneath the Valley of the Ultra-Vixens
• The Bitch
• Moonraker
• Zulu Dawn

  Most Painfully Unfunny Comedy

Dishonourable Mentions

• Americathon
• Beneath the Valley of the Ultra-Vixens
• Buck Rogers in the 25th Century
• Hot Stuff
• More American Graffiti
• Scavenger Hunt
• Spaced Out
• The Villain

  Worst Song or Song Performance in a Film or Its End Credits

Dishonourable Mentions

• "Close Enough For Love" by Patti Brooks from Agatha
• "Don't Call It Love" by Henry Mancini from 10
• "Hell on Wheels" by Cher from Roller Boogie
• "Help Yourself To Me" by Pam Miller & Danny Bonaduce from H.O.T.S.
• "I'll Never Say Goodbye" by Melissa Manchester from The Promise
• "It Goes Like It Goes" by Jennifer Warnes from Norma Rae
• "The Main Event/Fight" by Barbara Streisand from The Main Event
• "Meatballs" by Rick Dees from Meatballs
• "Mighty, Mighty Pisces" by The Sylvers from The Fish That Saved Pittsburgh
• "Moonraker" by Shirley Bassey from Moonraker
• "Sittin' Here at Midnight" by Bill Thornbury from Phantasm
• "Somebody Who Really Cares" by Dion Pride from The Double McGuffin
• "Suspension " by Kipp Lennon from Buck Rogers in the 25th Century
• "There's Enough For Everyone" by Scatman Crothers from Scavenger Hunt
• "'Til the End" by Peter Matz from The Prize Fighter
• "The Villain" by Mel Tillis from The Villain
• "Wanda's Wish" by Asleep at the Wheel from Wanda Nevada

  Most Intrusive Musical Score

Dishonourable Mentions

• The Black Hole
• The Champ
• Disco Godfather
• The Driller Killer
• Electric Horseman
• Hardcore
• Ice Castles
• Moonraker
• Zulu Dawn
• '''Note: no nominees and winners were given for this category—just dishonourable mentions.

  Worst On-Screen Couple

Dishonourable Mentions

• Robby Benson & Lynn-Holly Johnson in Ice Castles
• Linda Blair & Jim Bray in Roller Boogie
• Keith Carradine & Monica Vitti in An Almost Perfect Affair
• Jackie Collins & any male in The Bitch
• Tim Conway & Don Knotts in The Apple Dumpling Gang Rides Again
• Bobby DiCicco & Perry Lang in 1941
• Harrison Ford & Lesley-Anne Down in Hanover Street
• Charles Grodin & Farrah Fawcett-Majors in Sunburn
• William Katt & Tom Berenger in '
• Richard Kiel & Blanche Ravalec in Moonraker
• Roger Perry & Beverly Garland in Roller Boogie
• Robert Redford & Jane Fonda in The Electric Horseman
• Jon Voight & Faye Dunaway in The Champ
• Persis Khambatta & Stephen Collins in '
• Erland Van Lidth De Jeude & Linda Manz in The Wanderers

  Least "Special" Special Effects

Worst Fake Accent (Male)

Worst Fake Accent (Female)

Worst On-Screen Group

Most Annoying Non-Human Character

Dishonourable Mentions

• Dickey the Monkey in The Attic
• The Killer Bats in Nightwing
• The Killer Bear Monster in Prophecy
• Marjeeb's Pet Monkey in Arabian Adventure
• Maximilian in The Black Hole
• The Vger Probe in