A Full Breakdown of the First Razzie Awards!

How did the Razzie Awards get started? What were the first ever nominations and winners? In this video, Andrew Campbell joins me for a full breakdown of the 1st Golden Raspberry Awards! #oscars #academyawards #razzie #razzieawards #fullbreakdown #theawardscontender
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[@isaacmartinez6904]

Stanley Kubrick getting a Razzie nomination is like giving Michael Bay an Oscar nomination for his movie Transformers: Revenge Of The Fallen.

[@Dim4323]

Cause Stepehen king Hated Kubrick direction and it wasn't like his book. And years later 90s mini series was better cause king said "As long it's faithful to the book"

[@roxy5588]

Bingo.

[@nuwildcat90]

Would you argue that even "Eyes Wide Shut" wouldn't deserve at least one?

[@natedoggcata]

The Shining was critically panned when it was first released not just from the Razzies. And that was mostly due to it being a terrible adaptation of the book.

[@leoprince691]

When it originally came out, critics at the time didn't like the movie, which explains the nomination. It's wasn't until years later that it was reevaluated and became an all-time classic.

[@KatyaOrlova-jp1gy]

The Razzies never were about objectively the worst movies of the year, but the ones that created some sort of negative impact or controversy.

[@tyrannosaurusburke]

I think that "Can't Stop the Music" got as much backlash as it did because it came out when disco was declared officially dead. There were movies like "Airplane" and "The Blues Brothers" that came out the same year which had prominent jokes about how dated disco had become

[@jgg59]

I think you’re forgetting also with Can’t Stop the Music is that there was a huge backlash against disco music which was based in homophobia and racism over saturation of the market.

[@AtlasBlizzard]

Yeah, I fear homophobia played a part. What better target for homophobes than a loose biopic on the most famous gay group ever?

[@seaofghosts]

That doesn't make any sense that homophobia was behind it since the Village People had great success with their music. Why would people buy their music but eschew the movie if they were anti-gay? Besides, there were many disco artists who were straight eg. Bee Gees, Diana Ross, KC and the Sunshine Band. However the popularity of disco music had waned overall by the time of the release of the movie. Plus, it just wasn't a good movie. A movie has several components. Poor writing, poor direction etc can all contribute to a poor result. Popularity btw doesn't always equal quality.

[@vinnym5607]

The disco backlash wasn't based on homophobia alone. It's based on homophobia, racism and it's noteworthy and aside from the Bee Gees, it doesn't hurt that it's biggest star is a black woman (Donna Summer)

[@jgg59]

@@vinnym5607 you’re right Vinny I don’t believe I left racism out of it. I’m 65. I was going to all the underground gay and black clubs, back in the late 70s and early 80s in New York City. Donna Summer was the diva my cousin Joey sang in the group Brooklyn dreams. He wrote bad girls and sang with her on heaven knows.

[@seaofghosts]

@@vinnym5607 So now racism is behind the demise of disco. Why not throw sexism into the mix too? After all, Donna Summer was also a woman. Summer continued to have a successful career when the disco craze ended well into the 80s. How do you square that with your theory that people turned from disco due to racism? Why should they turn from one genre to another when the artist they allegedly dislike due to her colour had hits with both? Oh, and who else did well during the 80s? Michael Jackson? Wasn't he black?

[@boca3105]

Can’t Stop the Music actually made its money back. It was a huge success in Australia and became #1 at the box office and still is shown down under. It also was a hit in Japan and Bali!

[@nardiamcphee5239]

Yep shown first hour of the year every year

[@andyroo9381]

It was interesting to know the history behind The Razzie Awards. Thank you for that.

[@theell9014]

Brian, this was totally awesome! Please do more of these!!!

[@isaacrichter3269]

As widely praised as it is today, The Shining was met with a lot of hostility upon its initial release, so these nominations should not be at all surprising. One of the film's biggest detractors was actually Stephen King, the novel's author, who was unsettled by the choices Kubrick made for the film, and apparently that's one of the reasons John J.B. Wilson stands by his nominating The Shining for Razzies. Apparently there were several critics who compared it unfavorably to the book (if you read some of the original reviews from people such as Janet Maslin, Pauline Kael, Roger Ebert, most of them were quite negative... Ebert called it "a crashing disappointment. The biggest surprise is that it contains virtually no thrills. Given Kubrick's world-class reputation, one's immediate reaction is that maybe he was after something other than thrills in the film. If so, it's hard to figure out what.")... The Shining's acclaim came later upon reappraisal, which is why these nominations seem silly now (it happens with all award shows, given that they are a time capsule of a specific year, and movies have a life beyond the year they were released in)...

[@TheCatIndeed]

If you plan on doing more of these razzie retrospectives, get ready to talk about Madonna and Sylvester Stallone a whole lot, because this awards show absolutely despises them.

[@LucyLioness100]

Sly did get a redemption award though after “Creed” was released

[@greggilbert7529]

Dressed to Kill, Cruising, and The Shining should NEVER have been nominated. All are great films.

[@armando5846]

Both?

[@greggilbert7529]

@@armando5846 sorry. I made a previous edit and added Cruising in there.

[@Weezing336]

Agreed. I'm not even a fan of Dressed to Kill but it has nothing to do with its direction, which is pretty great.

[@greggilbert7529]

@@Weezing336 Dressed to Kill is my favorite DePalma film. When I interviewed Nancy Allen on my podcast we chatted for two hours. Half of that was just Dressed to Kill. Love that film. Love her in it.

[@LucyLioness100]

Definitely didn’t deserve to be nominated. Those are good movies

[@trao1938]

CAN'T STOP THE MUSIC won because it was unabashedly GAY. and The Village People were considered a joke.. Notice how many nominated films that year had queer undertones and sensibilities (Cruising, Xanadu, Can't Stop the Music, Dressed to Kill.)

[@mikegonzalez503]

Yup. You can't ignore it.

[@seaofghosts]

Note how many movies that were nominated that weren't.

[@trao1938]

@@seaofghosts What point are you trying to make, that films about heterosexuals can also be lousy? Cause I think we already know that. .

[@seaofghosts]

@@trao1938 I thought it was very clear what point I was making. Homophobia had nothing to do with it. It doesn't follow that the public would eagerly buy music by the Village People but then not see the movie they were in because they don't like gays.

[@seaofghosts]

@@trao1938 That's great that you already knew that because then you should also follow the same logic that a bad movie is a bad movie irrespective of whether the protagonists are gay or not.

[@emillion4470]

I wish I had my own Andrew to talk Oscars with. LOL

[@chelmrtz]

The Razzies unfortunately has a track record of hateful picks. But there are definitely some well deserved Razzie picks

[@billcook4768]

It’s a fine line - punching down vs punching up if you will. Picking on movies and actors from major studios that happened to be terrible can be good fun. But picking on low budget, indie stuff and kids is kinda gross.

[@chrisjacobsen5558]

Betsy Palmer is iconic in that role! Stunning!

[@LucyLioness100]

Though she hated the script & only took the role to get a new car 😂 she did later come around to her involvement and would appear at conventions

[@champreviewer5572]

What if there is a movie about the story of the Razzies being made?

[@benneidl9336]

One that doesn’t get enough attention is Charles Grodin’s ridiculous nomination for SEEMS LIKE OLD TIMES. That’s a pretty funny comedy and he’s the best thing in it.

[@scarmucci1918]

Xanadu is the utlimate cult classic. My sister took me to see it in the theater in 1980 when i was 10 years old. The soundtrack rocks - it did then ... it does now. The title song has always been one of my favorite songs ever. Yes, the movie is bad ... very, very bad. As a fan of both ONJ and of Gene Kelly it can truly be hard to watch at times. But I love it !!! RIP ONJ and RIP Gene Kelly !!!

[@scarmucci1918]

Can't Stop the Music has NO redeeming qualities whatsoever !!!

[@AtlasBlizzard]

I found Xanadu really boring. I was expecting it to be this big, kitch musical, but it wasn't even that, it underuses its wonderful songs so much. The "Dancing" scene is awesome, but that's a rare moment of energy. The characters didn't even sing most of the songs, like at least Can't Stop the Music has that going for it.

[@mikegonzalez503]

I love Xanadu

[@EdwardDunn-uh6ne]

I think Siskel and Ebert might have a bit to do with this. They HATED Friday the 13th and Siskel even doxxed Palmer because he was so pissed at her. I also think they hated Blue Lagoon.

[@rustincohle2135]

_Friday thew 13_ was not acclaimed at all by critics. It wasn't just Siskel and Ebert who hated it. And to be honest, the Worst Picture nomination was deserved. That movie is trash.

[@genericyoutubecommentchann7418]

For Can’t Stop the Music, I feel like the Musical Hell episode on it summed up the reasons it failed and a lot of its problems pretty well.

[@andyanderson3628]

Thank you again for so much amazing content. You really give us awards junkies a good time.

[@notchuckproductions5029]

Can’t stop the music is a guilty pleasure of mine

[@MsAnastasiaBeaverhausen]

I think the two of you are too young to remember just how incredibly homophobic things were in 1980. We were just over 10 years from Stonewall at that point, but if you look at some of these nominations, there's a theme and I think that played a role.

[@AtlasBlizzard]

I agree, homophobia was definitely a factor. At least three films about gay characters being nominated for the first Razzie's, like that couldn't have been a coincidence.

[@seaofghosts]

@@AtlasBlizzard Only one film had gay characters - Cruising. YCSTM didn't have gay characters. Yet all had men in them. Maybe it was misandry?

[@BananaSpiral]

i mean they werent judging it for the time, theyre judging it from now and what they would pick

[@1957DLT]

The early Razzies considered themselves 'edgy' when in fact they were mean-spirited. I mean a 6 year old?? I believe it took them several years to finally go for movies and roles that were decidedly bad...not that they always got it right, mind.

[@jhohadli]

What I'm learning is my formative movies thanks to 80s cable tv (Blue Lagoon, Gloria, Xanadu, Can't Stop the Music of which the thing I remember loving is the song that was nominated for worst original song) were all considered terrible but my affection is real still (lol).

[@FraserKeay-tb2qf]

Just LOL at the shining getting anywhere near the Razzies. Dare I say it, are these nominations a tad homophobic? Would love to see retrospective videos about the Oscars! Love your channel, Brian ❤

[@D.S.handle]

Steve Guttenberg… the Steve Guttenberg of the Police Academy fame?

[@vinnym5607]

And a lot of other 80s movies. "Coocon", "Diner", etc.

[@russeluc]

yes

[@abaderp1967]

Three Men and a Baby… talk about a movie with homosexual undertones

[@matthewryan9323]

@@vinnym5607 Short Circuit!

[@2011Antidote]

I love some of those movies including Can't Stop The Music, Xanadau, The Blue Lagoon...lol. RIP Shelly Duvall.

[@syria0110]

RIP Shelley Duvall

[@pophector]

This was a really fun video! Would love to see this become a series covering the Mommie Dearest, Showgirls, many of Madonna's wins, Glitter, Gigli, Basic Instinct 2 and Britney's Crossroads movie years. Thanks, Brian ❤

[@randomguy6695]

I’d love if you guys can break down these Razzi awards from every year if possible. I’d love to know your opinion!

[@giovannifrancisetti5269]

Love both Xanadu and Cant stop the music

[@doncasto8520]

I saw "You Can't Stop The Music" in the theaters, as did probably every boomer gay man in Atlanta at the time because the Village People were so huge. I love the song but the movie did indeed suck with horrible acting, but "worst of the year" not to sure about that. I also saw "Cruising" in the theaters as well. Hated it and the only thing I remember about the movie is when Al Pachino is in the park and says "hips or lips when picking up a guy in the park. Being a way out of the closet gay man at the time I'd never heard that and haven't since but maybe I'm just naive. LOL

[@RadioLaPrincess]

Allan Carr produced Can't Stop The Music because his last movie he produced was a musical and was a huge hit with Grease.

[@jordancollins444]

An Oscar nominated biopic about the formation of the Razzie staring several Razzie nominees.

[@heymistercarter.]

And Shelley Duvall just passed away. May she Rest In Peace.

[@SlenWash]

R.I.P. Shelley Duvall

[@jonhinson5701]

I used to see Betsy Palmer on 😮game shows in the 60s. She did a lot of theater then.

[@robgronotte1]

I think Brooke Shields may have been nominated partially because in the same year she started making the highly sexualized Calvin Klein jeans ads. They certainly make he seem less of a child.

[@MADWORLD1427]

Charles Grodin was a comic joy in Seems Like Old Times, you never mention that! Nancy Allen was fantastic in Dressed to Kill! and it's Valerie Per RINE! not Perin!!! Sorry never bought Palmer in Friday the 13th, no way that woman could as the killer!

[@jordancollins444]

RIP SHELLY DUVAL 💔

[@tylerlubinus3758]

Razzies are more fun when going after major studio productions with giant budgets. When they start going after small projects like Blood and Honey, they just seem like petty rich high school bullies.

[@SlenWash]

While I agree with the sentiment, Winnie the Pooh: Blood and Honey was (in my opinion) the worst film of 2023 BY FAR. They should avoid picking on indie filmmakers but that movie in particular rubbed me the wrong way with its complete lack of story or interesting characters. It seemed like they were more interested in cashing in on a gimmick than actually doing something creative.

[@tylerlubinus3758]

@@SlenWash Oh yes, it wasn’t good 😆 It just felt mean spirited to go after a movie made with so little resources. Five Nights at Freddy’s should have taken its place.

[@SlenWash]

@@tylerlubinus3758 FNAF was pretty bad. That being said, I disagree with Mary Stuart Masterson getting nominated. She obviously wasn't a well written character but I thought she did well enough with what she was given. What makes it even worse is that she's the film's only nomination.

[@tylerlubinus3758]

@@SlenWash I agree, it was random. She’s not at all what made that movie a snooze fest.

[@eddietucker7005]

This was fun watching you do the razzie’s! Good change of pace during the lull of major awards season. And don’t think we haven’t noticed your choices of young twinks, du jour. 🙃

[@vglegorreta]

Would you have any interest in doing a spotlight on the International Press Academy and the (Golden) Satellite Awards? It is one of the most bonkers award bodies with some really fascinating winners. Not for nothing, the statue is actually quite lovely too.

[@HingwayFilms]

the major problem i have with the Razzie, is as you say off the top, its super hard to get a film made but a critical look at the movies of a certain year that is constructive and objective could be a good counter point to the oscars. But in general the Razzies is just celeb bashing and cultural hot topic band wagon jumping off.

[@joshmorgan838]

Met Betsy Palmer at least three times over the years at conventions and she was the biggest sweetheart. She was also a fantastic actor to boot, her performance in f13th was very effective and the entire movie hinges on her performance.

[@danielle2661]

I was OBSESSED with the Blue Lagoon in my preteen/early teen years. I have no idea how I first came across this movie as it came out 2 years before I was born (most likely a late night cable replay). I know the movie is not great, but it was such a big part of my formative years (repeated viewings, forcing my friends to watch it during sleepovers, wanting to be stranded on an island), I can't hate it! My favorite book at the time was Island of The Blue Dolphins so I was really, really into that stranded on an Island life, HAHA!

[@blu48]

Xanadu fell flat, but the soundtrack is gold. ELO and Olivia. 💖🏆 Lawrence Olivier said in his late years he was in movies for a paycheck.

[@alisdairmckenzie]

Betsy Palmer getting nominated wasn't a surprise if you go way back. She faced a terrible amount of backlash for appearing in that. People were disgusted with her. Gene Siskel actually published her contact details so people could write to her to complain - just so insane and ridiculous and totally undeserved as well. They had their claws (and fangs) out when they compiled their list.

[@rustincohle2135]

Her acting was also terrible. But hard to be good when you're given a script like _Friday the 13th._ She actually hated the movie too and said she only did it cuz she needed a new car.

[@KylieWilson]

Can’t Stop The Music won purely bc it was the height of the Disco Sucks movement at the time. So even in their very first ceremony the Razzies were picking on the lame easy targets

[@paulsuchy6210]

The Harvard Lampoon has the Razzies beat by several decades; their "Movie Worst" lists are fun and entertaining. Natalie Wood and Elizabeth Taylor were pioneers for showing up to the ceremony in order to accept their Worst Actress awards.

[@Weezing336]

I can't believe that Cruising was nominated for WORST FILM.

[@paulojrneto]

Story time about The Blue Lagoon: it was the first movie I've ever seen with a signficant erotic charge, even if sugar-coated in a romantic, family-friendly aura. In fact in such a family-friendly aura that I watched it at age 9 with my parents in our newly-bought VCR! (And multiple of my friends at school also watched it in a similar fashion.) And now in hindsight, it was also my first bisexual awakening, because I couldn't decided who was hotter to me: Brooke Shields or Christopher Adkins. For me, they were both equally gorgeous!

[@AtlasBlizzard]

I've never liked the existence of the Razzie's. I'm not a hatewatch guy, plus a lot of the time, the Razzie's are as biased as the Oscar's. Perfectly fine performances have been nominated and even some good songs, like Enya's "Book of Days" from Far and Away (the song wasn't even originally written for the film, so not an original song). Sometimes it just feels like they pick what movie or actor's trendy to hate on, and that's really lame and disingenuous. On the other hand, disasters like Xanadu are exactly the kind of films that this award should gravitate towards. Like, at least Can't Stop the Music is an actual musical, unlike Xanadu where the characters hardly ever sing the songs and it's just a boring slog for most of its runtime. It's not even so-bad-it's-good, it's just... underwhelming.

[@shanecasebeer1364]

I really liked Sondra Locke in Bronco Billy, and Betsy Palmer was iconic. I was oddly happy to see Marilyn Sokol in the mix, because I wish she had more roles and was better known. I don't recall her in Can't Stop the Music, but she tore it up in Foul Play (1978) as the badass Librarian who carries mace and brass knuckles, because: nobody's gonna meas with Stella unless Stella wants to be messed.

[@mnpollio]

Whenever anyone is aghast about Kubrick or The Shining being razzed, I think they need to be reminded that if you were alive in 1980, the reviews from most of the serious critics ranged from lukewarm to outright pans, and the film did not do near close to what they were expecting at the box office. I recently re-read the review from Gary Arnold in the Washington Post and he shellacked it. So not too much of a surprise if you were around back then for it to be Razzied.

[@demh7823]

I kinda like "Xanadu". Now "Inchon", on the other hand?

[@MrCarlosandres94]

Xanadu is such a waste of a great soundtrack. Kinda love the final number but as a movie, it kinda sucks.

[@zakuraiyadesu]

Love the videos, man. Keep it up!!!

[@davidbjacobs3598]

I've only seen a handful of these movies, but it kinda feels like they're singling out a lot of queer films? I had never noticed that before, but it gives me the impression of a homophobic undercurrent. Correct me if I'm wrong.

[@AtlasBlizzard]

I feel that too, it can't be a coincidence.

[@EmoBearRights]

It would be fun if you went over who you think should have won in each category.

[@BFA100]

Valerie Perrine's last name is pronounced PERRINE, not PERRIN.

[@MADWORLD1427]

I was just about to comment that!

[@stevenstanley3157]

I think you mean that the "rine'" in "Perrine" rhymes with "line" and "sign," not with "lean" or "scene." I do wish Brian would pronounce-check the names he's not familiar with.

[@BFA100]

@@stevenstanley3157 I definitely agree with that.

[@abaderp1967]

I read somewhere that the people voting for the Razzies don’t always watch the movies nominated.

[@nymet2454]

This was a fun video to watch.

[@nikitaaverin]

IMHO, "The Razzies have a tendency, to like to nominate people who have had successes at some point and suddenly stumble upon a not-so-well made movie, which ideally flops at the BO. And they LOVE to bash Vanity Projects. At the same time, Amy Irving was part of the crew that at the time involved DePalma, Spielberg and Coppola, so fame by association is an easy target like Paris Hilton.

[@SauloVideoGameReview]

Golden Raspberry Awards (Razzie) is not first worst movie awards , Stinkers Bad Movie Awards 1978-2007 (Hastings Bad Cinema Society)is first ever awarded worst in film. Stinkers did credited 100 years, 100 Stinkers: the worst films of the 20th century a list that parody of AFI,s 100 years 100 movies

[@jimmyl324]

The Shining is a masterpiece

[@KevinTRod]

Am I crazy for wanting to see The Man with Bogarts Face now? It just seems so...interesting. Probably bad, but maybe its bad in an interesting way?

[@vinnym5607]

I mean, same.

[@gittes98]

It was also released under a couple of other titles such as Sam Marlowe Private Eye.

[@hcpsdaviesrp]

Andrew seems nice, and he is cute. But his knowledge of movies feels very surface level and not well researched. Probably just a hard contrast to how thoughtful and polished Brian is in all of his takes. You can tell the amount of time and energy he puts into his videos.

[@paulteague6837]

A bit of context for the era for those nominations: Can't Stop the Music was released when disco was dying and facing a huge backlash. The Shining was viewed as a major critical disappointment - with Kubrick and Jack Nicholson being singled out in particular. Friday the 13th received enormous blowback from critics of the slasher genre. Siskel and Ebert went so far as to call out Betsy Palmer for "lowering" herself to appear in such a movie. Palmer later explained she took the movie because she needed money to buy a car. Brooke Shields was also under scrutiny at the time due to her age and the manner in which she was being sexualized in Pretty Baby, Calvin Klein jeans ads, and Blue Lagoon. Looking back - a lot of the nominations were ridiculous. Except for the Jazz Singer. It truly, truly sucked.

[@Dim4323]

I thought Xanadu should've won worst picture.

[@henrikechers9995]

I love The Blue Lagoon

[@Dim4323]

And also Silvestor Stallone would be a punching bag for the razzies.

[@kaiokendo]

08:15 pronto en Televisa

[@johnnolan5579]

The Shining was not that well liked by critics or audiences when it originally came out. Its reputation has grown over the years. I saw it when it came out with a group of friends and none of us liked it, some even finding it laughably bad at times. I still don't quite understand the rapturous love for it today, or the idea that it's even remotely scary, but audience tastes have obviously changed and when a director with a reputation like Kubrick directs it, the fanboys just don't want to hate.

[@jons.105]

Yes! I was there in 1980 when these movies were in theaters and it's true: neither "The Shining" nor "Dressed to Kill" were well-received, either by most critics or the general public. Now, "Windows" on the other hand, was an instant bomb. "Cruising" opened at #1 early in the year, but did a fast fade.

[@johnnolan5579]

@@jons.105 Thanks for backing me up on that one. I've been fascinated to watch it go from not scary and not very good to, in many cases, the 'scariest movie ever made.!" To compare it to The Exorcist is quite ridiculous.

[@jons.105]

@@johnnolan5579 I remember walking out of the theater after seeing "The Shining" in a group, and we all looked at each other and said, "Eh..." Box-office was lukewarm and Pauline Kael gave it a withering review in The New Yorker. But time has a way of blurring the lines, doesn't it?

[@johnnolan5579]

@@jons.105 It sure does! We all felt exactly the same way.

[@samuelbarber6177]

It’s similar to the nomination for Friday the 13th, another movie which was famously hated by critics (Siskel & Ebert especially), but is now considered a horror classic. I saw it for the first time last year and I thought it was pretty meh personally.

[@blackamerican40]

I have A Change Of Seasons dvd. 😊

[@Jesselaj]

This (and the Razzies in general) is such a fascinating insight into the zeitgeist of the moment--most especially the elements of cultural opinion that get forgotten. We might not collectively realize that people didn't like The Shining when it came out if not for this first Razzies. And I suspect that there was a cultural hate on for Brook Shields as an actress at the time? No way to know. But cultural self-awareness of mass dislike of teenage girl stuff is very, very recent.

[@raydunn8262]

Thank you. In 1980, Amy Irving broke up with Steven Speilberg after being together for four years. 1. The movie was not a bomb, it made 18m on a 11m budget. 2. It got so-so reviews. 60% fresh on Rotten Tomatoes.

[@owenbloomfield1177]

Looking at these awards historically it is important to take into account the cultural vibe at the time. People could pile-on back then as they do now. People in the intelligentsia were sick of disco and Brooke Shields, and The Shining was derided for a long time.

[@lynnbowers4722]

The Shining is a great film but a terrible adaptation. Cruising was extremely controversial for portraying gays as dangerous freaks at a time when gays were fighting hard for mainstream acceptence. That might also explain DePalmas nom for Dressed to Kill. Awards are always influenced by the cultural zeitgeist.

[@mrs_math]

I love Xanadu, it’s a cult classic.

[@alpe1987]

Xanadu is so fun!

[@JoeCool7835]

The channel Cinematic Excrement just finished going through every Worst Picture winner one by one with his videos taking plenty of potshots at the Razzies themselves. Sean's videos are very entertaining; check them out!

[@MrJones2248]

Brian can you please do a video on Boyhood vs Birdman?

[@iamsoverybored878]

The Shinning got mixed reviews and didn't do so well at the box office.

[@abaderp1967]

In the Jazz Singer, the jazz singer never sang jazz.

[@robgronotte1]

R.I.P. Shelley Duvall, who didn't deserve a razzie!

[@robgronotte1]

Cruising being mixed in with those other movies is a travesty. The Nude Bomb wasn't great, but for someone who's favorite sitcom of all time is Get Smart, any return of Maxwell Smart was welcome.

[@samuelbarber6177]

I know it wasn’t known at the time, but I can see nominating Kubrick, if you count creating a hostile work environment as being a bad Director. Mind they also nominated Duvall, which sucks.

[@Dim4323]

I though Xanadu got the worst picture, The problem was the songs and the charecters. And now it become a better Musical on Broadway and Tony awards.

[@MADWORLD1427]

Huh? they combined 1980 and 1981!

[@zanifriz489]

I love Xanadu ❤

[@alleahsasseville]

Steve Guttenberg 😍

[@paulnelson7525]

I love the Razzies. There is no such thing as bad publicity.

[@Dim4323]

Also Child actors are hit and miss you can get great ones, but when its the bad ones.

[@chamindujanith6337]

I can't believe you said nothing about The Formula. Co starring two of the best Actor winners of the 1970's(Brando and George C. Scott)

[@niccage6375]

It's also the first one to be nominated for an oscar and a razzie

[@chamindujanith6337]

​@@niccage6375What category did it get an Oscar nomination?

[@niccage6375]

@@chamindujanith6337 cinematography

[@chamindujanith6337]

@@gittes98 Is this Avildson's next film after Rocky?

[@gittes98]

@@chamindujanith6337 there was at least one other picture in between

[@thebestwingsfan]

Friday the 13th wasn't nominated because of hatred for the horror genre. It's because it was sleazy exploitation masquerading as horror. Gory killings and jump scares for 90 minutes has nothing to do with real horror. How it has such a huge reception is mystifying.

[@samuelbarber6177]

Yeah, I saw Friday the 13th in a theatre last year and was incredibly meh on it. Despite having some good qualities (Besty Palmer, cute young Kevin Bacon, Tom Savini makeup effects, the ‘you’re-doomed’ guy) it just came off as a low-rent Halloween knock-off, and it would definitely be remembered as such if it hadn’t inspired such a huge franchise.

[@ricardoediza2690]

How do you snake an award ceremony for the worst movies of 1980 and include Mommie Dearest, Cruising, and The Shining?

[@SUK2293]

Does anyone have a Guttenberg Bible?

[@gabbyb7347]

Olivia Newton John didn't deserve a Razzie nomintation. She should've been nominated for a Golden Globe. 😊

[@Jesselaj]

I don't think bro is a fan of Windows