10 Films That Really Didn't Deserve Razzie Nominations

Let's get something out of the way right up front: John Carpenter's The Thing is a masterpiece of cinema. It featured the horror maestro at his absolute best, crafting a picture that embodied the tension and paranoia of our world. The creature effects still stand up, to this day, as some of the best practical effects to ever be put to film. Kurt Russell has never been more bad*ss than he is in this movie, rocking the long locks, the beard, and a gargantuan flamethrower.

Now that we've got that out of the way, let's address the fact that somehow, someway, someone at the Razzies saw fit to nominate this undervalued masterpiece for a Razzie.

Multi-award winner and all-around so-good-we-mere-mortals-don't-deserve-him composer, Ennio Morricone wrote the music for the film, making an understated and minimalist score that put audiences on edge. It was a masterstroke of a choice on the parts of both Morricone and Carpenter, as it worked in complete synthesis with the film, in a way that an overblown production would never have been able to achieve.

Alas, Morricone's score was nominated for Worst Musical Score at the 1983 Razzies and we have all collectively been ashamed of this blunderous folly ever since.