Tomorrow, the Academy of Motion Pictures, Arts and Sciences will announce their nominations for the “best” movies of 2023. But today, the Razzies announced the worst of last year.
It was another bad year for Sylvester Stallone, who found himself and his movie Expend4bles receiving seven nominations. Blumhouse was one behind him with five nominations for The Exorcist: Believer and one for Five Nights at Freddy’s. The DC Universe’s Shazam! Fury of the Gods tied Marvel’s Ant-Man & The Wasp: Quantumania with four nominations each. While the dispicable Horror movie Winnie the Pooh: Blood and Honey beat them out with five nods.
I tried to write in Terrifier 2 for several categories, but I guess I was alone. I also attempted to get Barry Keoghan and Jacob Elordi’s bathwater nominated for Worst Screen Couple, but that was also rejected.
To see what made it to the final nomination list, then
44th RAZZIE® AWARD NOMINATIONS
WORST PICTURE
The Exorcist: Believer
Expend4bles
Meg 2: The Trench
Shazam! Fury of the Gods
Winnie the Pooh: Blood and Honey (Wait, shouldn’t that be spelled “Hunny”?)
WORST ACTOR
Russell Crowe / The Pope’s Exorcist
Vin Diesel / Fast X
Chris Evans / Ghosted
Jason Statham / Meg 2: The Trench
Jon Voight / Mercy
WORST ACTRESS
Ana de Armas / Ghosted
Megan Fox / Johnny & Clyde
Salma Hayek / Magic Mike’s Last Dance
Jennifer Lopez / The Mother
Dame Helen Mirren / Shazam! Fury of the Gods
WORST SUPPORTING ACTRESS
Kim Cattrall / About My Father
Megan Fox / Expend4bles
Bai Ling / Johnny & Clyde
Lucy Liu / Shazam! Fury of the Gods
Mary Stuart Masterson / Five Nights at Freddy’s
WORST SUPPORTING ACTOR
Michael Douglas / Ant-Man & The Wasp: Quantumania
Mel Gibson / Confidential Informant
Bill Murray / Ant-Man & The Wasp: Quantumania
Franco Nero (as “The Pope”) The Pope’s Exorcist
Sylvester Stallone / Expend4ables
WORST SCREEN COUPLE
Any 2 “Merciless Mercenaries” / Expend4bles
Any 2 Money-Grubbing Investors Who Donated to the $400 Million for Remake Rights to The Exorcist
Ana de Armas & Chris Evans (who flunked Screen Chemistry) Ghosted
Salma Hayek & Channing Tatum / Magic Mike’s Last Dance
Pooh & Piglet as Blood-Thirsty Slasher/Killers(!) in Winnie the Pooh: Blood and Honey
WORST PREQUEL, REMAKE, RIP-OFF or SEQUEL
Ant Man & The Wasp: Quantumania
The Exorcist: Believer
Expend4bles
Indiana Jones and The Dial of…Still Beating a Dead Horse
Winnie the Pooh: Blood and Honey
WORST DIRECTOR
Rhys Frake-Waterfield / Winnie the Pooh: Blood and Honey
David Gordon Green / The Exorcist: Believer
Peyton Reed / Ant-Man & the Wasp: Quantumania
Scott Waugh / Expend4bles
Ben Wheatley / Meg 2: The Trench
WORST SCREENPLAY
The Exorcist: Believer
Expend4bles
Indiana Jones and the Dial of…Can I go home now?
Shazam! Fury of the Gods
Winnie the Pooh: Blood & Honey
If you want to vote for any of these movies, then it is not too late. You can still join and vote here.
The Razzie winners, or should I say losers, will be announced on Saturday, March 9th, the day before the Oscars.
