| Category |
Recipient |
| Worst Picture |
Inchon (MGM) |
| Annie (Columbia/Rastar) |
| Butterfly (Analysis Releasing) |
| Megaforce (20th Century Fox) |
| The Pirate Movie (20th Century Fox) |
| Worst Actor |
Laurence Olivier in Inchon |
| Willie Aames in Paradise and Zapped! |
| Christopher Atkins in The Pirate Movie |
| Luciano Pavarotti in Yes, Giorgio |
| Arnold Schwarzenegger in Conan the Barbarian |
| Worst Actress |
Pia Zadora in Butterfly |
| Morgan Fairchild in The Seduction |
| Mia Farrow in A Midsummer Night's Sex Comedy |
| Kristy McNichol in The Pirate Movie |
| Mary Tyler Moore in Six Weeks |
| Worst Supporting Actor |
Ed McMahon in Butterfly |
| Michael Beck in Megaforce |
| Ben Gazzara in Inchon |
| Ted Hamilton in The Pirate Movie |
| Orson Welles in Butterfly |
| Worst Supporting Actress |
Aileen Quinn in Annie |
| Rutanya Alda in Amityville II: The Possession |
| Colleen Camp in The Seduction |
| Dyan Cannon in Deathtrap |
| Lois Nettleton in Butterfly |
| Worst Director |
Ken Annakin for The Pirate Movie (tie) and Terence Young for Inchon (tie) |
| Matt Cimber for Butterfly |
| John Huston for Annie |
| Hal Needham for Megaforce |
| Worst Screenplay |
Inchon, written by Robin Moore and Laird Koenig |
| Annie, screenplay by Carol Sobieski, based on the play by Thomas Meehan, based on the comic strip Little Orphan Annie by Harold Gray (uncredited) |
| Butterfly, screenplay by John F. Goff and Matt Cimber, adaptation by Cimber, based on the novel by James M. Cain |
| The Pirate Movie, written by Trevor Farrant, "ripped off from" Gilbert and Sullivan's operetta The Pirates of Penzance |
| Yes, Giorgio, screenplay by Norman Steinberg, "suggested by" the novel by Annie Piper |
| Worst New Star |
Pia Zadora in Butterfly (Zadora also won a Golden Globe for Best New Star.) |
| Morgan Fairchild in The Seduction |
| Luciano Pavarotti in Yes, Giorgio |
| Aileen Quinn in Annie |
| Mr. T in Rocky III |
| Worst Original Song |
"Pumpin' and Blowin'" from The Pirate Movie, music and lyrics by Terry Britten, B. A. Robertson and Sue Shifrin |
| "Comin' Home to You" from Author! Author!, music by Dave Grusin, lyrics by Marilyn and Alan Bergman |
| "Happy Endings" from The Pirate Movie, music and lyrics by Terry Britten, B. A. Robertson and Sue Shifrin |
| "It's Wrong for Me to Love You" from Butterfly, music by Ennio Morricone, lyrics by Carol Connors |
| "No Sweeter Cheater than You" from Honkytonk Man, music and lyrics by Gail Redd and Mitchell Torok |
| Worst Musical Score |
The Pirate Movie, music by Kit Hain |
| Butterfly, music by Ennio Morricone |
| Death Wish II, music by Jimmy Page |
| Monsignor, music by John Williams |
| The Thing, music by Ennio Morricone |
| Worst Career Achievement Award |
Irwin Allen, the master of disaster |
