1981 Stinkers Bad Movie Awards


The 4th Stinkers Bad Movie Awards were released by the Hastings Bad Cinema Society in 1982 to honour the worst films the film industry had to offer in 1981. The ballot was later revisited and the expanded version was released in 2007, some time between the 2006 ballot and the closure of the site. Listed as follows are the original ballot's picks for Worst Picture and its dishonourable mentions, which are films that were considered for Worst Picture but ultimately failed to make the final ballot, and all nominees included in the expanded ballot. All winners are highlighted.

Original ballot

Worst Picture

Dishonourable Mentions

CategoryRecipient
Worst PictureMommie Dearest
Worst PictureEndless Love
Worst PictureHeartbeeps
Worst PictureHeaven's Gate
Worst PictureTarzan, the Ape Man
Worst DirectorMichael Cimino for Heaven's Gate
Worst DirectorJohn Derek for Tarzan, the Ape Man
Worst DirectorJerry Lewis for Hardly Working
Worst DirectorFrank Perry for Mommie Dearest
Worst DirectorFranco Zeffirelli for Endless Love
Worst ActorKlinton Spilsbury in Legend of the Lone Ranger
Worst ActorJames Caan in Thief
Worst ActorAndy Kaufman in Heartbeeps
Worst ActorJerry Lewis in Hardly Working
Worst ActorTreat Williams in Prince of the City
Worst ActressFaye Dunaway in Mommie Dearest
Worst ActressCarol Burnett in Chu Chu and the Philly Flash
Worst ActressBo Derek in Tarzan, the Ape Man
Worst ActressBrooke Shields in Endless Love
Worst ActressTuesday Weld in Thief
Worst Supporting ActorRon Leibman in Zorro, the Gay Blade
Worst Supporting ActorBilly Barty in Under The Rainbow
Worst Supporting ActorDanny DeVito in Going Ape!
Worst Supporting ActorBarry Humphries in Shock Treatment
Worst Supporting ActorBrian Keith in Charlie Chan and the Curse of the Dragon Queen
Worst Supporting ActressBrenda Vaccaro in Zorro, the Gay Blade
Worst Supporting ActressLynn-Holly Johnson in For Your Eyes Only and The Watcher in the Woods
Worst Supporting ActressEdith Massey in Polyester
Worst Supporting ActressPaula Prentiss in Buddy Buddy and Saturday the 14th
Worst Supporting ActressDiana Scarwid in Mommie Dearest
Worst ScreenplayMommie Dearest, written by Robert Getchell, Tracy Hotchne, Frank Perry, and Frank Yablans; based on the memoir Mommie Dearest
Worst ScreenplayEndless Love, written by Judith Rascoe
Worst ScreenplayHeartbeeps, written by John Hill
Worst ScreenplayHeaven's Gate, written by Michael Cimino
Worst ScreenplayTarzan, the Ape Man, written by Tom Rowe and Gary Goddard; based on the novel Tarzan of the Apes
Most Painfully Unfunny ComedyHistory of the World, Part 1
Most Painfully Unfunny ComedyCaveman
Most Painfully Unfunny ComedyHardly Working
Most Painfully Unfunny ComedyHeartbeeps
Most Painfully Unfunny ComedyNeighbors
Worst Song or Song Performance in a Film or Its End Credits"Baby Talk" by David Frishberg from Paternity
Worst Song or Song Performance in a Film or Its End Credits"Bitchin' in the Kitchen" by Cliff De Young and Jessica Harper from Shock Treatment
Worst Song or Song Performance in a Film or Its End Credits"Faster Faster" by Paul Jabara from Honky Tonk Freeway
Worst Song or Song Performance in a Film or Its End Credits"The Inquisition" by Mel Brooks from History of the World, Part 1
Worst Song or Song Performance in a Film or Its End Credits"The Man in The Mask" by Merle Haggard from The Legend of the Lone Ranger
Most Intrusive Musical ScoreThief
Most Intrusive Musical ScoreGoing Ape!
Most Intrusive Musical ScoreHeaven's Gate
Most Intrusive Musical ScoreNeighbors
Most Intrusive Musical ScoreUnder the Rainbow
Worst On-Screen CoupleRon Leibman and Brenda Vaccaro in Zorro, The Gay Blade
Worst On-Screen CoupleAlan Arkin and Carol Burnett in Chu Chu and the Philly Flash
Worst On-Screen CoupleJames Caan and Tuesday Weld in Thief
Worst On-Screen CoupleMartin Hewitt and Brooke Shields or Shirley Knight in Endless Love
Worst On-Screen CoupleAndy Kaufman and Bernadette Peters in Heartbeeps
Most Annoying Fake Accent Billy Barty in Under The Rainbow
Most Annoying Fake Accent James Caan in Thief
Most Annoying Fake Accent Barry Humphries in Shock Treatment
Most Annoying Fake Accent Andy Kaufman in Heartbeeps
Most Annoying Fake Accent Walter Matthau in Buddy Buddy
Most Annoying Fake Accent Tuesday Weld in Thief
Most Annoying Fake Accent Elizabeth Ashley in Paternity
Most Annoying Fake Accent Beverly D'Angelo in Honky Tonk Freeway
Most Annoying Fake Accent Daryl Hannah in Hard Country
Most Annoying Fake Accent Lisa Hartman in Deadly Blessing
Worst SequelShock Treatment
Worst SequelFriday the 13th Part 2
Worst SequelHalloween II
Worst RemakeTarzan, the Ape Man
Worst RemakeThe Cannonball Run
Worst RemakeThe Legend of the Lone Ranger
Worst Performance by a Child in a Feature RoleKyle Richards in The Watcher in the Woods
Worst Performance by a Child in a Feature RolePeter Billingsley in Honky Tonk Freeway
Worst Performance by a Child in a Feature RoleKevin Brando in Saturday the 14th
Worst Performance by a Child in a Feature RolePatrick Piccininni in Private Lessons
Worst Performance by a Child in a Feature RoleRicky Schroder in The Earthling
Worst On-Screen HairstyleBarry Humphries in Shock Treatment
Worst On-Screen HairstyleAlan Arkin in Chu Chu and the Philly Flash
Worst On-Screen HairstyleKevin Brando in Saturday the 14th
Worst On-Screen HairstyleMara Hobel in The Hand
Least "Special" Special EffectsCaveman
Least "Special" Special EffectsClash of the Titans
Least "Special" Special EffectsGhost Story
Least "Special" Special EffectsModern Problems
Least "Special" Special EffectsSaturday the 14th