| Category |
Recipient |
| Worst Picture |
Howard the Duck (Universal) (tie) |
| Under the Cherry Moon (Warner Bros.) (tie) |
| Blue City (Paramount) |
| Cobra (Warner Bros./Cannon) |
| Shanghai Surprise (MGM) |
| Worst Actor |
Prince in Under the Cherry Moon as Christopher Tracy |
| Emilio Estevez in Maximum Overdrive as Bill Robinson |
| Judd Nelson in Blue City as Billy Turner |
| Sean Penn in Shanghai Surprise as Glendon Wasey |
| Sylvester Stallone in Cobra as Marion "Cobra" Cobretti |
| Worst Actress |
Madonna in Shanghai Surprise as Gloria Tatlock |
| Kim Basinger in 9½ Weeks as Elizabeth McGraw |
| Joan Chen in Tai-Pan as May–May |
| Brigitte Nielsen in Cobra as Ingrid Knudsen |
| Ally Sheedy in Blue City as Annie Rayford |
| Worst Supporting Actor |
Jerome Benton in Under the Cherry Moon as Tricky |
| Peter O'Toole in Club Paradise as Governor Anthony C. Hayes |
| Tim Robbins in Howard the Duck as Phil Blumburtt |
| Brian Thompson in Cobra as The Night Slasher |
| Scott Wilson in Blue City as Perry Kerch |
| Worst Supporting Actress |
Dom DeLuise (in drag) in Haunted Honeymoon as Aunt Kate Abbot |
| Louise Fletcher in Invaders from Mars as Mrs. McKeltch |
| Zelda Rubinstein in Poltergeist II: The Other Side as Tangina Barrons |
| Beatrice Straight in Power as Claire Hastings |
| Kristin Scott Thomas in Under the Cherry Moon as Mary Sharon |
| Worst Director |
Prince for Under the Cherry Moon |
| Jim Goddard for Shanghai Surprise |
| Willard Huyck for Howard the Duck |
| Stephen King for Maximum Overdrive |
| Michelle Manning for Blue City |
| Worst Screenplay |
Howard the Duck, written by Willard Huyck and Gloria Katz, based on the Marvel Comics character created by Steve Gerber |
| Cobra, screenplay by Sylvester Stallone, based on the novel Fair Game by Paula Gosling |
| 9½ Weeks, screenplay by Patricia Knop & Zalman King and Sarah Kernochan, based on the novel by Elizabeth McNeill |
| Shanghai Surprise, screenplay by John Kohn and Robert Bentley, based on the novel Farraday's Flowers by Tony Kenrick |
| Under the Cherry Moon, screenplay by Becky Johnston |
| Worst New Star |
The six guys and gals in the duck suit in Howard the Duck |
| Joan Chen in Tai-Pan as May–May |
| Mitch Gaylord in American Anthem as Steve Tevere |
| Kristin Scott Thomas in Under the Cherry Moon as Mary Sharon |
| Brian Thompson in Cobra as The Night Slasher |
| Worst Original Song |
"Love or Money" from Under the Cherry Moon, written by Prince and The Revolution |
| "Howard the Duck" from Howard the Duck, written by Thomas Dolby, Allee Willis and George S. Clinton |
| "I Do What I Do" from 9½ Weeks, written by Jonathan Elias, John Taylor and Michael Des Barres |
| "Life in a Looking Glass" from That's Life!, music by Henry Mancini, lyrics by Leslie Bricusse (nominated for an Oscar) |
| "Shanghai Surprise" from Shanghai Surprise, written by George Harrison |
| Worst Visual Effects |
Howard the Duck, visual effects by Industrial Light and Magic |
| Invaders from Mars, special visual effects by John Dykstra, creatures designed by Stan Winston |
| King Kong Lives, creature creations by Carlo Rambaldi |
| Worst Career Achievement Award |
Bruce the rubber shark from Jaws (1975), Jaws 2 (1978) and Jaws 3-D (1983) |
