1981 Stinkers Bad Movie Awards
# 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 (29 total), and all nominees included in the expanded ballot. All winners are highlighted.

## Original ballot

### Worst Picture

| Film | Production company(s) |
| - | - |
| Tarzan, the Ape Man | MGM, United Artists |
| Caveman | MGM, United Artists |
| Heartbeeps | Universal Pictures |
| Heaven's Gate | United Artists |
| History of the World, Part 1 | 20th Century Fox |

**Dishonourable Mentions**

* All Night Long (Universal)
* Beatlemania: The Movie (American Cinema Releasing)
* Blow Out (Filmways)
* The Cannonball Run (Fox)
* Chariots of Fire (Warner Bros.)
* Chu Chu and the Philly Flash (Fox)
* Clash of the Titans (United Artists)
* Comin' at Ya (Filmways)
* Condorman (Disney)
* The Devil and Max Devlin (Disney)
* Endless Love (Universal, PolyGram)
* Going Ape! (Paramount)
* Halloween II (Universal)
* The Hand (Orion, Warner Bros.)
* Hardly Working (Fox)
* Heavy Metal (Columbia)
* Honky Tonk Freeway (Universal)
* The Incredible Shrinking Woman (Universal)
* Legend of the Lone Ranger (Universal)
* Modern Problems (Fox)
* Mommie Dearest (Paramount)
* Neighbors (Columbia)
* On the Right Track (Fox)
* Paternity (Paramount)
* Porky's (Fox)
* Saturday the 14th (New World)
* Shock Treatment (Fox)
* Under The Rainbow (Warner Bros.)
* Zorro the Gay Blade (Fox)

## Expanded ballot

| Category | Recipient |
| - | - |
| Worst Picture | Mommie Dearest (Paramount) |
| Worst Picture | Endless Love (Universal, PolyGram) |
| Worst Picture | Heartbeeps (Universal) |
| Worst Picture | Heaven's Gate (United Artists) |
| Worst Picture | Tarzan, the Ape Man (MGM/UA) |
| Worst Director | Michael Cimino for Heaven's Gate |
| Worst Director | John Derek for Tarzan, the Ape Man |
| Worst Director | Jerry Lewis for Hardly Working |
| Worst Director | Frank Perry for Mommie Dearest |
| Worst Director | Franco Zeffirelli for Endless Love |
| Worst Actor | Klinton Spilsbury in Legend of the Lone Ranger |
| Worst Actor | James Caan in Thief |
| Worst Actor | Andy Kaufman in Heartbeeps |
| Worst Actor | Jerry Lewis in Hardly Working |
| Worst Actor | Treat Williams in Prince of the City |
| Worst Actress | Faye Dunaway in Mommie Dearest |
| Worst Actress | Carol Burnett in Chu Chu and the Philly Flash |
| Worst Actress | Bo Derek in Tarzan, the Ape Man |
| Worst Actress | Brooke Shields in Endless Love |
| Worst Actress | Tuesday Weld in Thief |
| Worst Supporting Actor | Ron Leibman in Zorro, the Gay Blade |
| Worst Supporting Actor | Billy Barty in Under The Rainbow |
| Worst Supporting Actor | Danny DeVito in Going Ape! |
| Worst Supporting Actor | Barry Humphries in Shock Treatment |
| Worst Supporting Actor | Brian Keith in Charlie Chan and the Curse of the Dragon Queen |
| Worst Supporting Actress | Brenda Vaccaro in Zorro, the Gay Blade |
| Worst Supporting Actress | Lynn-Holly Johnson in For Your Eyes Only and The Watcher in the Woods |
| Worst Supporting Actress | Edith Massey in Polyester |
| Worst Supporting Actress | Paula Prentiss in Buddy Buddy and Saturday the 14th |
| Worst Supporting Actress | Diana Scarwid in Mommie Dearest |
| Worst Screenplay | Mommie Dearest (Paramount), written by Robert Getchell, Tracy Hotchne, Frank Perry, and Frank Yablans; based on the memoir Mommie Dearest |
| Worst Screenplay | Endless Love (Universal, PolyGram), written by Judith Rascoe |
| Worst Screenplay | Heartbeeps (Universal), written by John Hill |
| Worst Screenplay | Heaven's Gate (United Artists), written by Michael Cimino |
| Worst Screenplay | Tarzan, the Ape Man (MGM/UA), written by Tom Rowe and Gary Goddard; based on the novel Tarzan of the Apes |
| Most Painfully Unfunny Comedy | History of the World, Part 1 (Fox) |
| Most Painfully Unfunny Comedy | Caveman (MGM/UA) |
| Most Painfully Unfunny Comedy | Hardly Working (Fox) |
| Most Painfully Unfunny Comedy | Heartbeeps (Universal) |
| Most Painfully Unfunny Comedy | Neighbors (Columbia) |
| 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 Score | Thief (United Artists) |
| Most Intrusive Musical Score | Going Ape! (Paramount) |
| Most Intrusive Musical Score | Heaven's Gate (United Artists) |
| Most Intrusive Musical Score | Neighbors (Columbia) |
| Most Intrusive Musical Score | Under the Rainbow (Warner Bros.) |
| Worst On-Screen Couple | Ron Leibman and Brenda Vaccaro in Zorro, The Gay Blade |
| Worst On-Screen Couple | Alan Arkin and Carol Burnett in Chu Chu and the Philly Flash |
| Worst On-Screen Couple | James Caan and Tuesday Weld in Thief |
| Worst On-Screen Couple | Martin Hewitt and Brooke Shields or Shirley Knight in Endless Love |
| Worst On-Screen Couple | Andy Kaufman and Bernadette Peters in Heartbeeps |
| Most Annoying Fake Accent (Male) | Billy Barty in Under The Rainbow |
| Most Annoying Fake Accent (Male) | James Caan in Thief |
| Most Annoying Fake Accent (Male) | Barry Humphries in Shock Treatment |
| Most Annoying Fake Accent (Male) | Andy Kaufman in Heartbeeps |
| Most Annoying Fake Accent (Male) | Walter Matthau in Buddy Buddy |
| Most Annoying Fake Accent (Female) | Tuesday Weld in Thief |
| Most Annoying Fake Accent (Female) | Elizabeth Ashley in Paternity |
| Most Annoying Fake Accent (Female) | Beverly D'Angelo in Honky Tonk Freeway |
| Most Annoying Fake Accent (Female) | Daryl Hannah in Hard Country |
| Most Annoying Fake Accent (Female) | Lisa Hartman in Deadly Blessing |
| Worst Sequel | Shock Treatment (Fox) |
| Worst Sequel | Friday the 13th Part 2 (Paramount) |
| Worst Sequel | Halloween II (Universal) |
| Worst Remake | Tarzan, the Ape Man (MGM/UA) |
| Worst Remake | The Cannonball Run (a remake/ripoff of The Gumball Rally) (Fox) |
| Worst Remake | The Legend of the Lone Ranger (Universal) |
| Worst Performance by a Child in a Feature Role | Kyle Richards in The Watcher in the Woods |
| Worst Performance by a Child in a Feature Role | Peter Billingsley in Honky Tonk Freeway |
| Worst Performance by a Child in a Feature Role | Kevin Brando in Saturday the 14th |
| Worst Performance by a Child in a Feature Role | Patrick Piccininni in Private Lessons |
| Worst Performance by a Child in a Feature Role | Ricky Schroder in The Earthling |
| Worst On-Screen Hairstyle | Barry Humphries in Shock Treatment |
| Worst On-Screen Hairstyle | Alan Arkin in Chu Chu and the Philly Flash |
| Worst On-Screen Hairstyle | Kevin Brando in Saturday the 14th |
| Worst On-Screen Hairstyle | Mara Hobel in The Hand |
| Least "Special" Special Effects | Caveman (MGM/UA) |
| Least "Special" Special Effects | Clash of the Titans (United Artists) |
| Least "Special" Special Effects | Ghost Story (Universal) |
| Least "Special" Special Effects | Modern Problems (Fox) |
| Least "Special" Special Effects | Saturday the 14th (New World) |
