1979 Stinkers Bad Movie Awards
The 1979 Stinkers Bad Movie Awards were released by the Hastings Bad Cinema Society in 1980 to honour the worst films the film industry had to offer in 1979. The ballot was later revisited and the expanded version was released in late 2004. 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
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 Butch and Sundance: The Early Days 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 Butch and Sundance: The Early Days
- 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 ''Star Trek: the Motion Picture''
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 Star Trek: the Motion Picture
- 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
- Ava Gardner in City on Fire
- Ruth Gordon in Scavenger Hunt
- Persis Khambatta in Star Trek: the Motion Picture
- Cloris Leachman in Scavenger Hunt
- Linda Manz in The Wanderers
- Kitten Natividad in Beneath the Valley of the Ultra-Vixens
- Bernadette Peters in The Jerk
- Ann Reinking in ''All That Jazz''
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 Barbra 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 Butch and Sundance: The Early Days
- 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 Star Trek: the Motion Picture
- Erland Van Lidth De Jeude & Linda Manz in ''The Wanderers''
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 ''Star Trek: The Motion Picture''