History Horrible / LiveActionFilmsNToZ

* Jorge Ameer's '''''The Singing Forest'''''. [[note]] Not to be confused with a similarly-named [[https://www.newyorktheatreguide.com/reviews/the-singing-forest Off-Broadway play]] also involving the Holocaust. [[/note]] What was supposed to be an introspective, touching duet of stories fails miserably and turns into a [[{{Anvilicious}} creepy, pretentious melodramatic mess.]] A middle-aged widower [[ComingOutStory comes out of the closet]] and [[MrsRobinson falls for]] his daughter's fiancé after believing the two of them are reincarnated lovers from [[UsefulNotes/NaziGermany 1933 Germany.]] The tabloid-worthy concept is replete with whiny characters, with the protagonist coming off as bad as [[DesignatedHero Arthur]] from ''Ben & Arthur.'' Slapdash nudity and [[IKEAErotica badly written sex scenes]] abound as ''Variety's'' [[https://variety.com/2003/film/reviews/the-singing-forest-2-1117922702/ Dennis Harvey writes,]] "''Forest'' bungles even its sexploitation card so thoroughly it’s unclear whether they actually have sex." Its cosmetic qualities and editing are unacceptable for a 2003 film, looking like it was shot with Super 8 film and a tin can for a microphone. Its inaccurate, tasteless, and [[BigLippedAlligatorMoment completely pointless]] use of [[StockFootage graphic pictures from concentration camps and executions]] can't even spice up a boring 72-minute dramatic slog that doesnt even show the Nazis suppressing the young lovers. [[ArtisticLicenseHistory The Nazis were just coming to power in 1933, precluding the Holocaust's institution by several years.]] In one of the most extreme examples of NoBudget, the two young men in 1933 ''sleep in the same bed (sheets, room, and all) as the present-day couple,'' only in [[MonochromePast black-and-white.]] ''The Singing Forest'' represents the worst of [[LeFilmArtistique arthouse drama]], where poor research and low budget lead to meteoric bed death. Unlike many of the movies on this page, [[KeepCirculatingTheTapes its obscurity has far overshadowed its inadequacies.]] As of November 2022, no online video review of it exists. The film itself can be found on pirate MPEG sites and ''[[CrackIsCheaper $75]]'' self-distributed [=DVDs=] [[https://www.amazon.com/Singing-Forest-Jon-Sherrin/dp/B00029NM3G on Amazon.]] It has earned a [[MedalOfDishonor prestigious]] '''[[EpicFail 1/100]]''' on Metacritic [[note]] Which shares this status with ''Bio-Dome,'' ''Chaos,'' ''The [=InAPPropriate=] Comedy,'' and ''United Passions'', all except ''Chaos'' being featured on this page. [[/note]] and '''0%''' from Website/RottenTomatoes. [[http://movies2.nytimes.com/2003/11/14/movies/14FORE.html Stephen Holden]] of ''The New York Times'' said of ''Forest'', "exploitative, amateurish, prurient and pretentious are other adjectives that could also be applied to this film, which is swamped in badly used classical music and burdened by [[PurpleProse purple hand-wringing]] [[{{Narm}} dialogue]] and crude black-and-white flashbacks." Kevin Thomas of the ''Los Angeles Times'' gave ''Forest'' a half-star out of five, saying, "if nothing else can be said of ''The Singing Forest'', [[RefugeInAudacity it is assuredly fearless in defying credibility at every turn and on every level.]]" [[HilariousInHindsight Amusingly,]] a review from LGBT-newspaper ''The Washington Blade'' [[QuoteMine mined]] for this film calls it "a Gay ''Film/{{Ghost|1990}}''." (No relation to the Creator/DCComics [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gay_Ghost Silver-Age character]] or [[WesternAnimation/MikeTysonMysteries The Marquess of Queensbury.]])

* '''''Film/SuperCapers''''' fails in nearly every imaginable way at being a great parody of superhero films. Ed Gruberman,[[note]]whose name is stolen from the far funnier Frantics sketch "Tai Kwan Leap" aka "Boot to the Head"[[/note]] a powerless superhero, decides to join a league of superheroes to retrieve a gold bullion and figure out his past. The actors chew the scenery at every moment to parody superhero films, but as a result, [[GoneHorriblyRight it's too corny for even the audience to stand]]. Add in uninteresting characters and predictable jokes and you have an unimpressive result. Worse of all is its blatant plagiarism of other movies such as ''Franchise/StarWars'', ''Film/BackToTheFuture'' and such. Not even prayer, [[WhatKindOfLamePowerIsHeartAnyway which is the main character's power]], was able to save it; the film [[BoxOfficeBomb only raked in $30,955 against its]] '''[[BoxOfficeBomb $2,000,000]]''' [[BoxOfficeBomb budget]].

* The film adaptation of Ray Cooney's hit West End play '''''Run for Your Wife'''''. The film stars Danny Dyer as a bigamist taxi driver who deceives his wives (Denise Van Outen and Sarah Harding) to keep them away from each other. However, whereas the play was a well-received farce, its film adaptation ended up as yet another AwfulBritishSexComedy that failed miserably. This is thanks to horrible acting, a confused plot, retrograde and misogynistic attitudes toward women, excessive and pointless cameos from celebrities [[WhatTheHellCastingAgency such as]] Creator/JudiDench [[WhatTheHellCastingAgency and Ray Winstone]],[[note]] The film is so overloaded with cameos that it has the bizarre distinction of being the last film of at least ''five'' veteran performers: Rona Anderson, Francis Matthews, Bill Pertwee, Donald Sinden, and Frank Thornton.[[/note]] and a lack of timing for lazy, uninspired jokes. The horrible casting decisions such as making Danny Dyer the lead character of this movie adds insult to injury. The perfect storm of these shortcomings allowed ''Run for Your Wife'' to earn a '''0%''' on Website/RottenTomatoes and a 2.5 on Website/IMDb, with many critics commonly comparing this film '''unfavorably''' to ''Sex Lives of the Potato Men'' (one critic declared that thanks to this, ''Film/Movie43'' was now only the '''second''' worst movie of the year). ''Run for Your Wife'' was also a BoxOfficeBomb in the UK, earning only £747 at the box office, and [[StarDerailingRole effectively finished Danny Dyer's film career]]. Creator/MarkKermode shares his thoughts on the matter [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oLJY4GVP7KE here.]]

* '''''Film/SonOfTheMask''''' is a failure of a family comedy with loose ties to ''Film/TheMask'' at best. When the writing (complete with humongous IdiotPlot) isn't built around completely childish jokes, it's jumping between AccidentalNightmareFuel, StockFootage, plagiarism of said stock footage, and [[CaptainObviousAesop obvious]], [[{{Anvilicious}} heavyhanded]] morals. The cast (and after a few minutes, ''setting'') are completely replaced, and none of them act properly. The direction is clueless, nearly all of the characters are completely unlikeable, and the [[UnintentionalUncannyValley CGI is consistently hackneyed.]] Perhaps the most baffling fault is the inclusion of Loki (Creator/AlanCumming) who is looking for the mask, despite the original film establishing that what gave the mask its power is the fact that ''Loki is imprisoned inside of it''. The film barely made back two-thirds of its budget, and it got a 2.1/10 on Website/IMDb, a 6% on Website/RottenTomatoes, and a 20/100 on Metacritic. It also got the most nominations of the 26th Razzies convention (including winning an award for "Worst Remake or Sequel") and the 75th ranking on Rotten Tomatoes's Worst of the Worst 2009 list. Creator/JamieKennedy's career [[StarDerailingRole nearly ended right here]], and in response, he co-created a low-budget documentary built largely on decrying criticism. Here's [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-q3WaG9bJS4 the Nostalgia Critic's take]] on this shipwreck of a movie. He later considered it the second-worst sequel in existence, behind only ''Troll 2''.

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* '''''[[Film/BloodWatersOfDrZ ZaAt]]''''', sometimes known as ''Blood Waters of Dr Z'', is a 1971 movie made on a [[NoBudget $75,000 budget]] that truly puts the "z" in zero-budget Z-movie creature features. The [[RandomEventsPlot plot]], if one is generous enough to call it that, concerns a MadScientist, Dr. Leopold, who wants to take revenge on the people who ([[ClicheStorm stop us if you've heard this one before]]) [[TheyCalledMeMad called him insane]], and his plan for doing so is to (and no, this is not an exaggeration) 1: Turn himself into a fish-man, 2: kidnap a woman and turn her into a fish-woman [[MarsNeedsWomen so he can have a mate]], 3: '''''[[MissingStepsPlan conquer the entire universe]]'''''. Reading that synopsis (or even just seeing the [[SpecialEffectFailure fish-man costume at work]]), you'd expect the movie to shoot [[SoBadItsGood right to the opposite end of the spectrum]], which it would, if it weren't so unforgivably ''boring''. The ridiculous appearance of the central fish-man, a costume that's bad even by [= the 70s=] monster movie standards (imagine a snarling [[Franchise/StarWars Greedo]] covered in Spanish moss) is the only source of unintentional laughs on the whole movie. Even at barely 100 minutes, the runtime is still [[LeaveTheCameraRunning padded to the gills]]: The first twenty minutes of the film (a good fifth of its runtime) consist of Dr. Leopold [[{{Padding}} walking around his lab, looking at his schedule, checking equipment, reading his notes]], and ''nothing else''. It doesn't get any better after that, either - there are only four kill scenes in the entire movie, and it's obvious that the guy in the fish costume ''cannot see a damn thing'', so all of the attacks move at a snail's pace while the fishman [[OverlyLongGag sloooowwwwwwwllllyyy aaaaammmmbbbblllessss]] his way towards the victims until you'll find yourself wishing the fishman would kill ''you'' just so you don't have to watch the movie anymore. Mortifyingly, the cast of hapless humans is somehow [[DullSurprise even less expressive]] than the monster, and when the movie's not content with simply being boring, it's boring and baffling: there's an [[{{Padding}} extended musical number]] where a group of random hippies we've never seen before singing a song together and then put themselves in jail. [[BigLippedAlligatorMoment Yup.]] After 100 agonizing minutes, the movie finally just [[NoEnding abruptly ends]] [[GainaxEnding without much being resolved]]. Watch Jay and Mike of ''WebVideo/HalfInTheBag'' take a crack at it [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UFkkVhiR1Yo here]], [[Website/TeamNightSaturn Brian Sherrah]] [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gdwSVJNb3DI expresses his frustration]] with how this potentially laughable plot ended up being executed in the least amusing way possible, and ''WebVideo/IHateEverything'' suffers through it [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cOgI4fYJ8gA for your enjoyment]] in The Search for the Worst, but do not, under any circumstances, attempt to watch it ''without'' [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ws0lpXstpyo Mike and the Bots]] [[Recap/MysteryScienceTheater3000S10E05BloodWatersOfDrZ providing running commentary]].
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* '''''Film/{{Songbird}}''''' is a 2020 exploitation thriller about, conceived, and made during the UsefulNotes/COVID19Pandemic produced by Creator/MichaelBay. Set in 2024, an extremely deadly mutation of COVID has turned Los Angeles into a dystopia where the infected are sent to concentration camps called "Q-zones". When the grandmother of artist Sara Garcia (Creator/SofiaCarson) falls ill from the virus, her boyfriend, immune contraband courier Nico Price (Creator/KJApa), has to save her before the L.A. sanitation department takes her away. AudienceAlienatingPremise aside, [[RomanticPlotTumor the film suffers from an uninteresting romantic subplot due to neither Nico or Sara having much development]], with Nico's attempt to bring a highly-contagious person to a remote community [[DesignatedHero coming off as dangerous and selfish rather than romantic]], which has two other subplots involving the immunity bracelet contraband and another romantic plotline to distract from it. [[TookTheBadFilmSeriously While the actors involved are generally considered to be decent]], the rest of the characters also suffer from being uninteresting or undeveloped, such as the governor Emmet Harland being [[GenericDoomsdayVillain an evil politician hell-bent on capturing Sara and her grandmother]], and Nico's main client being an overprivileged rich couple selling illegal immunity bracelets for profit. The setting and plotline leave many questions unanswered, such as how Los Angeles came to be a dystopia, how the government has the technology to make a phone app that can check if a person has COVID-23, or how nowhere else seems to be affected by the pandemic. The film was immediately panned by critics, with some saying it didn't handle pandemic plotline well or found its premise to be fear-mongering. It received a 9% rating on Rotten Tomatoes and 27/100 on Metacritic, [[BoxOfficeBomb and only made back just over $400,000 in the box office]]. WebOriginal/DoubleToasted [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aWHIp2_hXw0 reviewed the film in-depth]], where Martin flat-out calls it one of the worst films he's ever seen. [=YouTuber=] Heavy Spoilers [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dU0QcvA0UOQ also criticized the film]], finding it to be dull and devoid of fun.

* '''''Film/SonOfTheMask''''' is a failure of a family comedy with loose ties to ''Film/TheMask'' at best. When the writing (complete with humongous IdiotPlot) isn't built around completely childish jokes, it's jumping between NightmareFuel, StockFootage, plagiarism of said stock footage, and [[CaptainObviousAesop obvious]], [[{{Anvilicious}} heavyhanded]] morals. The cast (and after a few minutes, ''setting'') are completely replaced, and none of them act properly. The direction is clueless, nearly all of the characters are completely unlikeable, and the [[UnintentionalUncannyValley CGI is consistently hackneyed.]] Perhaps the most baffling fault is the inclusion of Loki (Creator/AlanCumming) who is looking for the mask, despite the original film establishing that what gave the mask its power is the fact that ''Loki is imprisoned inside of it''. The film barely made back two-thirds of its budget, and it got a 2.1/10 on Website/IMDb, a 6% on Website/RottenTomatoes, and a 20/100 on Metacritic. It also got the most nominations of the 26th Razzies convention (including winning an award for "Worst Remake or Sequel") and the 75th ranking on Rotten Tomatoes's Worst of the Worst 2009 list. Creator/JamieKennedy's career [[StarDerailingRole nearly ended right there]], and in response, he co-created a low-budget documentary built largely on decrying criticism. Here's [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-q3WaG9bJS4 the Nostalgia Critic's take]] on this shipwreck of a movie. He later considered it the second-worst sequel in existence, behind only ''Troll 2''.

* '''''Sex Lives of the Potato Men''''', a 2004 attempt at reviving the AwfulBritishSexComedy genre, is about the sex lives of a group of potato delivery men in Birmingham. Throw in a terrible director, a script devoid of taste or humor, appallingly-awful performances from the two leading actors (Creator/MackenzieCrook and Johnny Vegas) — who were both made to [[FanDisservice look as grotesque as possible]] just for the {{Squick}} factor of them trying to have sex — and a supporting cast with [[UnintelligibleAccent Brummie accents so thick you can't make out a word of what they're saying]]. The result? A movie described by critic Christopher Tookey as "enough to put you off sex, and films, for life" and in national newspaper ''The Times'' as "one of the two most nauseous films ever made". The producers even admitted it in the film's tagline: "The search for the lowest form of life on the planet is over." To cap it all, the film was widely criticized because one-third of its £3,000,000 budget was public money from the National Lottery granted by the UK Film Council. How bad was it? Between this film and ''Fat Slags'', there was actually public discussion over the decline of the British film industry. While many films may make you worry about the cinematic art form, it takes a special film to make an entire ''country'' suspect their film studios are falling apart. [[WebVideo/ReactionAndReview Emer Prevost]] [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hNzpJ-H1noI shares his thoughts here.]]

* '''''Sex Lives of the Potato Men''''', a 2004 attempt at reviving the AwfulBritishSexComedy genre, is about the sex lives of a group of potato delivery men in Birmingham. Throw in a terrible director, a script devoid of taste or humor, appallingly-awful performances from the two leading actors (Mackenzie Crook and Johnny Vegas) — who were both made to [[FanDisservice look as grotesque as possible]] just for the {{Squick}} factor of them trying to have sex — and a supporting cast with Brummie accents so thick you can't make out a word of what they're saying. The result? A movie described by critic Christopher Tookey as "enough to put you off sex, and films, for life" and in national newspaper ''The Times'' as "one of the two most nauseous films ever made". The producers even admitted it in the film's tagline: "The search for the lowest form of life on the planet is over." To cap it all, the film was widely criticized because one-third of its £3,000,000 budget was public money from the National Lottery granted by the UK Film Council. How bad was it? Between this film and ''Fat Slags'', there was actually public discussion over the decline of the British film industry. While many films may make you worry about the cinematic art form, it takes a special film to make an entire ''country'' suspect their film studios are falling apart. [[WebVideo/ReactionAndReview Emer Prevost]] [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hNzpJ-H1noI shares his thoughts here.]]

* '''''The Smokers''''': The plot is about smokers who are tired of only getting one-night-stands with men. Their plan for revenge? [[spoiler:raping men at gunpoint]]. Mind you, this revolting plot is entirely PlayedForLaughs. Add lazy direction and unlikeable protagonists, and you got a disaster that deserves its 2.2 score on Website/IMDb. Not surprisingly, this would prove to be the only "legit" film directed by Kat Slater (credited here under her real name Christina Peters), whose subsequent work has entirely been in pornography. A review can be found [[http://eegah-taki.tumblr.com/post/89043968113/the-smokers-2000-mancave-movie here]], and [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xWK5jSzOeiM here]] are [[WebVideo/ReactionAndReview Emer Prevost's]] thoughts.

* In 2014, in the midst of a mounting corruption scandal concerning the 2018 UsefulNotes/{{Russia}} and 2022 UsefulNotes/{{Qatar}} [[UsefulNotes/TheWorldCup World Cups]], FIFA commissioned the film '''''Film/UnitedPassions''''' in an attempt to salvage its battered public image. This film, about the founding and history of FIFA and the World Cup, boasted a £20 million budget and an AllStarCast led by Creator/TimRoth (who [[http://screamer.deadspin.com/tim-roth-i-starred-in-fifas-awful-propaganda-movie-for-1748986587 later admitted]] that [[MoneyDearBoy he only did it for the money]]), Creator/SamNeill, and Creator/GerardDepardieu, but they couldn't save it from an absolutely toxic reception from almost everybody who saw it, with a 0% on Website/RottenTomatoes, a 2.0 on Website/IMDb, and a Metacritic score of 1.[[note]]Putting it in [[MedalOfDishonor an elite club]] of only eight films to hold the site's lowest possible score -- a list that includes ''Film/BioDome'', ''[=InAPPropriate=] Comedy'' and ''Death of a Nation''[[/note]] The film is just as bad as you can expect for a film made purely for PR purposes -- a sycophantic, self-congratulatory hagiography that doesn't even try to have a dramatic throughline and gives a laughably biased history lesson (told through a mix of board meetings and archival footage of football matches) that descends into pure {{narm}}. ''The Guardian''[='=]s [[http://www.theguardian.com/film/2015/jun/04/united-passions-review-tim-roth-sam-neill-gerard-depardieu review]] called its tone more appropriate for a film made by [[ChurchOfHappyology Scientologists]] or the Rev. Sun Myung Moon[[note]]See the ''Film/BattlefieldEarth'' and ''Film/{{Inchon}}'' entries, respectively, for how both those worked out[[/note]], the ''New York Post''[='=]s [[http://nypost.com/2015/06/03/lame-united-passions-an-ironic-ode-to-glory-of-fifa/ review]] called it "''Film/TheRoom'' of sports movies", while the ''New York Times'' [[https://www.nytimes.com/2015/06/05/movies/review-in-united-passions-a-fictionalized-fifa-underwritten-by-the-soccer-group.html?referrer=google_kp invoked the trope by saying it wasn't even a good bad movie watch]], and the fact that the film's US release in 2015 coincided with the resignation of FIFA president Sepp Blatter (who is [[HilariousInHindsight portrayed in the film]] as [[MartyStu a valiant crusader against corruption]]) in the wake of several FIFA officials being ''arrested on corruption charges'' only made the mocking ten times more venomous. As a result of all this the film, produced for €23,000,000 (approximately $25,910,000), made a grand total of '''$607''' in its U.S. opening weekend, and $918 overall - the ''worst opening weekend gross in North America ever''. Worst of all, director Frédéric Auburtin [[http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/fifa-movie-director-breaks-silence-802760 described it as trying to balance between making a Disney propaganda film and a Michael Moore movie]].

* Despite (or perhaps because of) an AllStarCast with [[Music/OutKast Big Boi]], Music/LilWayne, Creator/TerryCrews, and [[Series/TheAndyMilonakisShow Andy Milonakis]], '''''Who's Your Caddy?''''', which is a poor rip-off of ''Film/{{Caddyshack}}'', gave in to the worst stereotypes of African-American culture. For example, there's a scene in which the main character's mother cooks up some fried chicken. Creator/JeffreyJones plays the villain, but his performance is limited to playing what is essentially an older version of his Ed Rooney character from ''Film/FerrisBuellersDayOff'', a much better film than this. There's also loads of ToiletHumor and bad direction. The worst aspect for this dreadful film is the acting, where everybody delivers a shockingly awful performance, as in "we're starring in this film just for our paychecks" performance, with Faizon Love being the worst offender. It has a 6% on Rotten Tomatoes and a 1.8 rating at Website/{{IMDb}}. What box office it ''did'' draw was bolstered by people thinking it was a [[FilmOfTheBook film adaptation]] of the book of the same name by sportswriter Rick Riley. [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aeFJUE3itRE Allison, Phelan, and Mathew air their thoughts]] on how awful ''Caddy'' truly is, with the exception of Creator/JamesAvery, (who had the only funny line in this entire "comedy").

* '''''Film/SimonSez''''' is a 1999 action [[BuddyPicture buddy comedy]] that revolves around an Interpol agent named Simon (Creator/DennisRodman), who teams up with another agent, Nick (Creator/DaneCook) in order to save a kidnapped girl (who was later revealed to be just hanging out with her boyfriend) and defeat an arms dealer. To start things off, Dane Cook is ''absolutely atrocious'' in this film, since all he does is act like an [[UnwantedAssistance annoying prick]], and say cringeworthy dialogue (in one case, a horrible voice impression of Chewbacca). In other words, [[PoorMansSubstitute he's trying to be]] Creator/JimCarrey, but the execution and the way he acts makes him look extremely horrendous. Aside from that, you've also got [[SpecialEffectFailure extremely terrible special effects]], random nonsense (at one point, Micro and Macro, a duo of "cyber-monks" who are surprisingly enough played by the late John Pinette and Ricky Harris, pointlessly make Nick do stupid dances while Ricky talks through a speaker to make it look like he's actually God), unnecessary pop culture references, and a villain who acts way over the top (and not in a good way). The saddest part of it all is that Rodman, [[NonActorVehicle a basketball player by trade]] who was cast in the leading role ostensibly as a result of his supporting role in ''Film/DoubleTeam'', is actually ''[[TookTheBadFilmSeriously the only person who actually can act]]'', which sadly killed off his acting career for good, since the only film he would star after this mess was an awful low-budget 2009 basketball film called ''The Minis'', which starred a cast full of people with dwarfism (which is actually very impressive, considering the standards of Hollywood). Because of this, it was heavily trashed by critics, gained a 0% on Rotten Tomatoes, and is a contender for the IMDB Bottom 100 with its 2.6 rating, and it bombed at the box office, grossing only $292,152 out of its 10 million dollar budget. [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NntJlHzxe-k Here is]] Webvideo/TheNostalgiaCritic and [[Creator/AllisonPregler Obscurus Lupa]] dissecting it. Creator/GoodBadOrBadBad [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nir3rrCmw7c also express their dissatisfaction with this film]], while also mocking Dane Cook throughout the whole review. TwoTakes also [[https://www.youtube.com/embed/oat0tHxRBfY tackles this pathetic mess]] as part of their IMDB Bottom 100 marathon.

* Despite (or perhaps because of) an AllStarCast with [[Music/OutKast Big Boi]], Music/LilWayne, Creator/TerryCrews, and [[Series/TheAndyMilonakisShow Andy Milonakis]], '''''Who's Your Caddy?''''', which is a poor rip-off of ''Film/{{Caddyshack}}'', gave in to the worst stereotypes of African-American culture. For example, there's a scene in which the main character's mother cooks up some fried chicken. Creator/JeffreyJones plays the villain, but his performance is limited to playing what is essentially an older version of his Ed Rooney character from ''Film/FerrisBuellersDayOff'', a much better film than this. There's also loads of ToiletHumor and bad direction. The worst aspect for this dreadful film is the acting, where everybody delivers a shockingly awful performance, as in "we're starring in this film just for our paychecks" performance, with Faizon Love being the worst offender. It has a 6% on Rotten Tomatoes and a 1.8 rating at Website/{{IMDb}}. What box office it ''did'' draw was bolstered by people thinking it was a [[FilmOfTheBook film adaptation]] of the book of the same name by sportswriter Rick Riley. [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aeFJUE3itRE Allison, Phelan, and Mathew air their thoughts]] on how awful ''Caddy'' truly is, with the exception of Creator/James Avery, (who had the only funny line in this entire "comedy").

* '''''Film/SimonSez''''' is a 1999 action [[BuddyPicture buddy comedy]] that revolves around an Interpol agent named Simon (Creator/DennisRodman), who teams up with another agent, Nick (Creator/DaneCook) in order to save a kidnapped girl (who was later revealed to be just hanging out with her boyfriend) and defeat an arms dealer. To start things off, Dane Cook is ''absolutely atrocious'' in this film, since all he does is act like an [[UnwantedAssistance annoying prick]], and say cringeworthy dialogue (in one case, a horrible voice impression of Chewbacca). In other words, [[PoorMansSubstitute he's trying to be]] Creator/JimCarrey, but the execution and the way he acts makes him look extremely horrendous. Aside from that, you've also got [[SpecialEffectFailure extremely terrible special effects]], random nonsense (at one point, Micro and Macro, a duo of "cyber-monks" who are surprisingly enough played by the late John Pinette and Ricky Harris, pointlessly make Nick do stupid dances while Ricky talks through a speaker to make it look like he's actually God), unnecessary pop culture references, and a villain who acts way over the top (and not in a good way). The saddest part of it all is that Rodman, [[NonActorVehicle a basketball player by trade]] who was cast in the leading role ostensibly as a result of his supporting role in ''Film/DoubleTeam'', is actually ''[[TookTheBadFilmSeriously the only person who actually can act]]'', which sadly killed off his acting career for good, since the only film he would star after this mess was an awful low-budget 2009 basketball film called ''The Minis'', which starred a cast full of people with dwarfism (which is actually very impressive, considering the standards of Hollywood). Because of this, it was heavily trashed by critics, gained a 0% on Rotten Tomatoes, and is a contender for the IMDB Bottom 100 with its 2.6 rating, and it bombed at the box office, grossing only $292,152 out of its 10 million dollar budget. [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NntJlHzxe-k Here is]] Webvideo/TheNostalgiaCritic and [[Creator/AllisonPregler Obscurus Lupa]] dissecting it. Creator/GoodBadOrBadBad [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nir3rrCmw7c also express their dissatisfaction with this film]], while also mocking Dane Cook throughout the whole review. TwoTakes also [[https://www.youtube.com/embed/oat0tHxRBfY tackles this pathetic mess]] as part of their IMDB Bottom 100 marathon.

* '''''Film/SimonSez''''' is a 1999 action [[BuddyPicture buddy comedy]] that revolves around an Interpol agent named Simon (Creator/DennisRodman), who teams up with Nick Miranda (Creator/DaneCook) in order to save a kidnapped girl (who was later revealed to be just hanging out with her boyfriend) and defeat an arms dealer. To start things off, Dane Cook is ''absolutely atrocious'' in this film, since all he does is act like an [[UnwantedAssistance annoying prick]], and say cringeworthy dialogue (in one case, a horrible voice impression of Chewbacca). In other words, [[PoorMansSubstitute he's trying to be]] Jim Carrey, but the execution and the way he acts makes him look extremely horrendous. Aside from that, you've also got [[SpecialEffectFailure extremely terrible special effects]], random nonsense (at one point, Micro and Macro, who are surprisingly enough played by the late John Pinette and Ricky Harris, pointlessly make Nick do stupid dances while Ricky talks through a speaker to make it look like he's actually God), unnecessary pop culture references, and a villain who acts way over the top (and not in a good way). The saddest part of it all is that Rodman, [[NonActorVehicle a basketball player by trade]] who was cast in the leading role ostensibly as a result of his supporting role in ''Film/DoubleTeam'', is actually ''[[TookTheBadFilmSeriously the only person who actually can act]]'', which sadly killed off his acting career for good, since the only film he would star after this mess was an awful low-budget 2009 basketball film called ''The Minis'', which starred a cast full of people with dwarfism (which is actually very impressive, considering the standards of Hollywood). Because of this, it was heavily trashed by critics, gained a 0% on Rotten Tomatoes, and is a contender for the IMDB Bottom 100 with its 2.6 rating, and it bombed at the box office, grossing only $292,152 out of its 10 million dollar budget. [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NntJlHzxe-k Here is]] Webvideo/TheNostalgiaCritic and [[Creator/AllisonPregler Obscurus Lupa]] dissecting it. Creator/GoodBadOrBadBad [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nir3rrCmw7c also express their dissatisfaction with this film]], while also mocking Dane Cook throughout the whole review. TwoTakes also [[https://www.youtube.com/embed/oat0tHxRBfY tackles this pathetic mess]] as part of their IMDB Bottom 100 marathon.

* '''''Film/SavingChristmas''''', a film by ''Series/GrowingPains'' star turned evangelist Kirk Cameron that has been cited as one of the worst Christmas movies ever made. The production values are like those of a home movie, thanks in no small part to director/co-star Darren Doane being known primarily as a director of music videos, not of feature films. It also has terrible actors (Cameron stars AsHimself yet still feels stilted; Doane is clearly not an actor; and nearly everyone else is actual members of Cameron's family), including one character that would fit every stereotype in the SassyBlackWoman trope (other than being male) and another character who espouses conspiracy theories yet his overall attitude seems to actually make him a ''parody'' of conspiracy theorists and people who believe in the "War on Christmas" (never mind that the latter group is probably the one target audience the movie would've had, meaning that they cast people ''of their own side'' as crazy people) and [[RandomEventsPlot a plot that goes nowhere]]. Its greatest sin, though, is how it's built around the message that the TrueMeaningOfChristmas is all about crass commercialism, portraying the guy criticizing the materialism of the holiday as a {{straw|Character}}man for Cameron to cut down with [[InsaneTrollLogic painful contortions]] of [[ArtisticLicenseHistory history]] and [[ArtisticLicenseReligion scripture]]. To top it all off, Cameron tried to get his fans to [[http://www.eonline.com/news/601226/kirk-cameron-tries-to-bolster-saving-christmas-rotten-tomatoes-score-and-it-hilariously-backfires flood sites]] like Website/RottenTomatoes with positive reviews, which [[StreisandEffect backfired predictably]] and led to a torrent of negative reviews that sent the film to the top of Website/IMDb's Bottom 100 in a heartbeat. [[NeverMyFault He still refuses to acknowledge that he made a terrible film]], instead of blaming the scorchingly negative publicity on "haters and atheists." The movie wound up "winning" the most UsefulNotes/{{Golden Raspberry Award}}s that year, including Worst Actor and Worst Picture. ''WebVideo/OddityArchive'' has a look at the movie [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oWeOlHniHIE here]]. Brad Jones and the rest of Team Snob were so flabbergasted by the film's astounding awfulness that they ended up posting three separate reviews on ''WebVideo/MidnightScreenings'', and a year later Brad did a ''[[WebVideo/TheCinemaSnob Cinema Snob]]'' [[http://www.thecinemasnob.com/the-cinema-snob/kirk-camerons-saving-christmas review]] of it. You can also watch the reviews by [[WebVideo/CinematicExcrement Smeghead]] [[https://youtu.be/NoenZhJaye8 here]], ''WebVideo/IHateEverything'' [[https://youtu.be/9e6FnQ7NlaM here]], and WebVideo/KyleNorty [[https://youtu.be/Prhaj-cAMI0 here]].
* '''''Film/TheSeeker''''', ''very'' loosely adapted from ''Literature/TheDarkIsRising''. It takes not caring to new and amazing levels — the screenwriter didn't read the whole book, and the director admitted that he hated fantasy. The result was about what you'd expect, only worse. They changed so much so badly that the movie was universally loathed not just by the fanbase, but by critics and viewers who'd never read the book. The Stantons are a large, loving British family in the book; they're now an American {{expy}} of the [[Franchise/HarryPotter Weasleys]], if they were dysfunctional and one-dimensional. The main character Will is a thoughtful, [[WiseBeyondTheirYears wise-for-his-years]] eleven-year-old in the book; he's now a JerkAss, whiny fourteen-year-old who's more interested in using his powers to impress girls than accomplishing his quest. The plot was butchered almost beyond recognition, [[InNameOnly bearing very little resemblance to the source material]]. The writer and director ''took pride'' in throwing out the Myth/CelticMythology elements that gave the series its depth. The movie was so terrible, it's difficult to imagine how anyone would've thought it would do anything other than bomb horribly... which it did. Upon it's debut, it had the second-weakest opening weekend of '''any movie ever''' in over 3000 theaters (behind ''Film/{{Hoot}}''), [[note]]It has since been surpassed by ''The Rhythm Section'', ''Those Who Wish Me Dead'', ''Reminiscence'', and ''Copshop''.[[/note]] and held the record for the largest theater-drop (the number of cinemas who dumped it from their lineup after the obligatory three weekends). It's made worse by the fact that the [[NeverTrustATrailer trailers described scenes, not in the movie]].

* Jorge Ameer's '''''The Singing Forest'''''. [[note]] Not to be confused with a similarly-named [[https://www.newyorktheatreguide.com/reviews/the-singing-forest Off-Broadway play]] also involving the Holocaust. [[/note]] What was supposed to be an introspective, touching duet of stories fails miserably and turns into a [[TrueArtIsIncomprehensible creepy, pretentious,]] [[{{Anvilicious}} melodramatic mess.]] A middle-aged widower [[ComingOutStory comes out of the closet]] and [[MrsRobinson falls for]] his daughter's fiancé after believing the two of them are reincarnated lovers from [[{{UsefulNotes/NaziGermany}} 1933 Germany.]] The tabloid-worthy concept is replete with whiny characters, with the protagonist coming off as bad as [[DesignatedHero Arthur]] from ''Ben & Arthur.'' Slapdash nudity and [[IKEAErotica badly written sex scenes]] abound as ''Variety's'' [[https://variety.com/2003/film/reviews/the-singing-forest-2-1117922702/ Dennis Harvey writes,]] "''Forest'' bungles even its sexploitation card so thoroughly it’s unclear whether they actually have sex." Its cosmetic qualities and editing are unacceptable for a 2003 film, looking like it was shot with Super 8 film and a tin can for a microphone. Its inaccurate, tasteless, and [[BigLippedAlligatorMoment completely pointless]] use of [[StockFootage graphic pictures from concentration camps and executions]] can't even spice up a boring 72-minute dramatic slog that doesnt even show the Nazis suppressing the young lovers. [[ArtisticLicenseHistory The Nazis were just coming to power in 1933, precluding the Holocaust's institution by several years.]] In one of the most extreme examples of NoBudget, the two young men in 1933 ''sleep in the same bed (sheets, room, and all) as the present-day couple,'' only in [[MonochromePast black-and-white.]] ''The Singing Forest'' represents the worst of [[LeFilmArtistique arthouse drama]], where poor research and low budget lead to meteoric bed death. Unlike many of the movies on this page, [[KeepCirculatingTheTapes its obscurity has far overshadowed its inadequacies.]] As of November 2022, no online video review of it exists. The film itself can be found on pirate MPEG sites and ''[[CrackIsCheaper $75]]'' self-distributed [=DVDs=] [[https://www.amazon.com/Singing-Forest-Jon-Sherrin/dp/B00029NM3G on Amazon.]] It has earned a [[MedalOfDishonor prestigious]] '''[[EpicFail 1/100]]''' on Metacritic [[note]] Which shares this status with ''Bio-Dome,'' ''Chaos,'' ''The [=InAPPropriate=] Comedy,'' and ''United Passions'', all except ''Chaos'' being featured on this page. [[/note]] and '''0%''' from Website/RottenTomatoes. [[http://movies2.nytimes.com/2003/11/14/movies/14FORE.html Stephen Holden]] of ''The New York Times'' said of ''Forest'', "exploitative, amateurish, prurient and pretentious are other adjectives that could also be applied to this film, which is swamped in badly used classical music and burdened by [[PurpleProse purple hand-wringing]] [[{{Narm}} dialogue]] and crude black-and-white flashbacks." Kevin Thomas of the ''Los Angeles Times'' gave ''Forest'' a half-star out of five, saying, "if nothing else can be said of ''The Singing Forest'', [[RefugeInAudacity it is assuredly fearless in defying credibility at every turn and on every level.]]" [[HilariousInHindsight Amusingly,]] a review from LGBT-newspaper ''The Washington Blade'' [[QuoteMine mined]] for this film calls it "a Gay ''Film/{{Ghost|1990}}''." (No relation to the Creator/DCComics [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gay_Ghost Silver-Age character]] or [[WesternAnimation/MikeTysonMysteries The Marquess of Queensbury.]])

%%* '''''Film/{{The Snowman|2017}}''''' is a Jo Nesbø adaptation that is almost unanimously considered one of the worst movies of 2017. The basic premise of a SerialKiller who leaves ''snowmen'' as his {{calling card}} (something that [[Literature/HarryHole the source material]] played for BlackComedy instead of playing it dead seriously like the film tries to do) is the least of the film's problems, the main one being the editing. Despite the contributions of two famed editors, Claire Simpson and Thelma Schoonmaker [[note]] Claire Simpson was the initial editor for the movie but after seeing the mess Universal got due to the movie lacking a lot of necessary footage, they asked Schoonmaker, by Scorsese's request, to re-edit the movie as best as she could.[[/note]], the way the film is edited makes it almost completely incoherent, with multiple scenes ending on bizarre notes, frequently referencing things left out from the final cut and creating numerous plot holes, made worse by [[Creator/TomasAlfredson the director's]] own admission that they weren't able to shoot 10-15% of the script due to the film's TroubledProduction. This also leads to some very strange occurrences, such as [[WhateverHappenedToTheMouse multiple secondary characters outright vanishing from the story]] and the music the killer plays changing without any explanation. Even leaving the incoherent editing aside, the film's handling of the source material renders it a dull ClicheStorm, with some elements (such as the killer's motivation) [[AdaptationInducedPlotHole making no sense]], and a large amount of screentime is devoted to a subplot created exclusively for the film concerning the Nordic Winter Games that ultimately adds ''[[{{Filler}} nothing]]'' to the film and, despite boasting [[AllStarCast a very impressive cast]] that includes Creator/MichaelFassbender in the lead, a lot of the acting is dull and lifeless, the worst by far being the casting of a very visibly ill Creator/ValKilmer, whose poor health they attempt to mask through blatantly obvious dubbing. The result is a gross of $6.7mil in the US, a 28 on Metacritic and an 8% on Website/RottenTomatoes. Watch Mathew Buck rip it apart in his ''WebVideo/{{Projector}}'' review [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XFqTjCwIFkg here]]. You can also watch ''WebOriginal/DoubleToasted'' tear it apart [[https://youtu.be/PlJURPZmzx8 here]], and [[WebVideo/CinematicExcrement Smeghead]] questioning why the Razzies didn’t nominate it [[https://youtu.be/5Mbl_HntuBk here]]. WebVideo/ChrisStuckmann also talks about it [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dzslAbn1Xr4 here]], where he considers the film's [[SceneryPorn great cinematography]] and [[TookTheBadFilmSeriously cast members' somewhat-decent performances]] to be the few redeeming aspects of the film, and he named it [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e4dGLn9sibA the tenth worst film he'd seen in 2017]]. The biggest cultural impact this film really had was a brief [[MemeticMutation meme]] stemming from its [[SoBadItsGood hilariously bad]] [[https://mashable.com/2017/10/20/the-snowman-films-poster-became-a-meme/ official poster.]]

* '''''Film/{{The Snowman|2017}}''''' is a Jo Nesbø adaptation that is almost unanimously considered one of the worst movies of 2017. The basic premise of a SerialKiller who leaves ''snowmen'' as his {{calling card}} (something that [[Literature/HarryHole the source material]] played for BlackComedy instead of playing it dead seriously like the film tries to do) is the least of the film's problems, the main one being the editing. Despite the contributions of two famed editors, Claire Simpson and Thelma Schoonmaker [[note]] Claire Simpson was the initial editor for the movie but after seeing the mess Universal got due to the movie lacking a lot of necessary footage, they asked Schoonmaker, by Scorsese's request, to re-edit the movie as best as she could.[[/note]], the way the film is edited makes it almost completely incoherent, with multiple scenes ending on bizarre notes, frequently referencing things left out from the final cut and creating numerous plot holes, made worse by [[Creator/TomasAlfredson the director's]] own admission that they weren't able to shoot 10-15% of the script due to the film's TroubledProduction. This also leads to some very strange occurrences, such as [[WhateverHappenedToTheMouse multiple secondary characters outright vanishing from the story]] and the music the killer plays changing without any explanation. Even leaving the incoherent editing aside, the film's handling of the source material renders it a dull ClicheStorm, with some elements (such as the killer's motivation) [[AdaptationInducedPlotHole making no sense]], and a large amount of screentime is devoted to a subplot created exclusively for the film concerning the Nordic Winter Games that ultimately adds ''[[{{Filler}} nothing]]'' to the film and, despite boasting [[AllStarCast a very impressive cast]] that includes Creator/MichaelFassbender in the lead, a lot of the acting is dull and lifeless, the worst by far being the casting of a very visibly ill Creator/ValKilmer, whose poor health they attempt to mask through blatantly obvious dubbing. The result is a gross of $6.7mil in the US, a 28 on Metacritic and an 8% on Website/RottenTomatoes. Watch Mathew Buck rip it apart in his ''WebVideo/{{Projector}}'' review [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XFqTjCwIFkg here]]. You can also watch ''WebOriginal/DoubleToasted'' tear it apart [[https://youtu.be/PlJURPZmzx8 here]], and [[WebVideo/CinematicExcrement Smeghead]] questioning why the Razzies didn’t nominate it [[https://youtu.be/5Mbl_HntuBk here]]. WebVideo/ChrisStuckmann also talks about it [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dzslAbn1Xr4 here]], where he considers the film's [[SceneryPorn great cinematography]] and [[TookTheBadFilmSeriously cast members' somewhat-decent performances]] to be the few redeeming aspects of the film, and he named it [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e4dGLn9sibA the tenth worst film he'd seen in 2017]]. The biggest cultural impact this film really had was a brief [[MemeticMutation meme]] stemming from its [[SoBadItsGood hilariously bad]] [[https://mashable.com/2017/10/20/the-snowman-films-poster-became-a-meme/ official poster.]]

* '''''Film/NotCool''''' -- directed by and starring the now-infamous WebVideo/ShaneDawson -- was one of two films created for the reality TV show ''Series/TheChair2014'', and unanimously considered the worse of the entries by a long shot. It's pretty much one of his typical comedy skits made into a poorly-paced teen romcom film, and packed full of unfunny jokes, ToiletHumor, and ethnic stereotypes; Creator/CheramiLeigh and Michelle Veintimilla [[TookTheBadFilmSeriously give it their all]] but can’t come close to salvaging it. It currently boasts a 14% rating on Website/RottenTomatoes and a 1 on Metacritic; pretty much the only reason it won ''The Chair'' over the better-received ''Film/{{Hollidaysburg}}'' was because the show used an online poll to determine the results, which was quickly flooded by Dawson's then-large fanbase. ''WebVideo/IHateEverything'' reviews it [[https://youtu.be/tOk5X6sIh04 here]] and Creator/NathanRabin [[https://www.avclub.com/from-youtube-to-reality-tv-to-empty-theaters-case-file-1798254465 covered it for My World of Flops]].

* Despite (or perhaps because of) an AllStarCast with Big Boi, Music/LilWayne, Creator/TerryCrews, and [[Series/TheAndyMilonakisShow Andy Milonakis]], '''''Who's Your Caddy?''''', which is a poor rip-off of ''Film/{{Caddyshack}}'', gave in to the worst stereotypes of African-American culture. For example, there's a scene in which the main character's mother cooks up some fried chicken. Creator/JeffreyJones plays the villain, but his performance is limited to playing what is essentially an older version of his Ed Rooney character from ''Film/FerrisBuellersDayOff'', a much better film than this. There's also loads of ToiletHumor and bad direction. The worst aspect for this dreadful film is the acting, where everybody delivers a shockingly awful performance, as in "we're starring in this film just for our paychecks" performance, with Faizon Love being the worst offender. It has a 6% on Rotten Tomatoes and a 1.8 rating at Website/{{IMDb}}. What box office it ''did'' draw was bolstered by people thinking it was a [[FilmOfTheBook film adaptation]] of the book of the same name by sportswriter Rick Riley. [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aeFJUE3itRE Allison, Phelan, and Mathew air their thoughts]] on how awful ''Caddy'' truly is, with the exception of Creator/James Avery, (who had the only funny line in this entire "comedy").

* '''''Film/NotCool''''' -- directed by and starring the now-infamous WebVideo/ShaneDawson -- was one of two films created for the reality TV show ''Series/TheChair2014'', and unanimously considered the worse of the entries by a long shot. It's pretty much one of his typical comedy skits made into a poorly-paced teen romcom film, and packed full of unfunny jokes, ToiletHumor, and ethnic stereotypes. It currently boasts a 14% rating on Website/RottenTomatoes and a 1 on Metacritic; pretty much the only reason it won ''The Chair'' over the better-received ''Film/{{Hollidaysburg}}'' was because the show used an online poll to determine the results, which was quickly flooded by Dawson's then-large fanbase. ''WebVideo/IHateEverything'' reviews it [[https://youtu.be/tOk5X6sIh04 here]] and Creator/NathanRabin [[https://www.avclub.com/from-youtube-to-reality-tv-to-empty-theaters-case-file-1798254465 covered it for My World of Flops]].

* '''''Film/TheNutcrackerIn3D''''' demonstrates a complete misunderstanding of its audience, from the premise on down. The plot starts by replacing Drosselmeyer with UsefulNotes/AlbertEinstein, [[MakesJustAsMuchSenseInContext who is the protagonist's uncle]], and then turns out to be AllJustADream. In said dream, the two meet a long string of seemingly random, atrociously-rendered characters, including a [[UnintentionalUncannyValley creepily realistic]] chimpanzee in a suit, a little drummer boy who for some reason is also a [[EthnicScrappy black stereotype]], and a living clown doll who bears an [[UnfortunateCharacterDesign uncomfortable resemblance]] to [[SerialKiller John]] [[MonsterClown Wayne]] [[WouldHurtAChild Gacy]]. The villains are even worse; the rats are ANaziByAnyOtherName, down to death camps complete with incinerators. Their major contribution is to just be really really evil to further the RandomEventsPlot. Even the film's potentially interesting {{steampunk}} aesthetic is ruined by the poor color correction and atrocious misuse of post-production 3D. The most baffling part of it all? This film was apparently a serious labor of love for the director, Russian arthouse star Creator/AndreiKonchalovsky, who spent upwards of ''20 years'' trying to get it made. Despite all this, the film had a budget of $90 million and somehow managed to attract a [[AllStarCast cast that includes]] Turturro, Creator/ElleFanning, Creator/RichardEGrant, and Creator/NathanLane. It goes without saying that this movie [[BoxOfficeBomb bombed]] critically and financially, boasting a stunning '''[[MedalOfDishonor 0%]]''' rating on Website/RottenTomatoes, and [[GenreKiller is likely responsible]] for the fact that no one has tried to produce a large-scale adaptation of ''Theatre/TheNutcracker'' until [[Film/TheNutcrackerAndTheFourRealms Disney's take nearly a decade later]], [[FranchiseKiller and even that couldn't escape this one's shadow]]. Watch Mathew Buck of WebVideo/BadMovieBeatdown tear it to shreds [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SxBQBfiVlVg here]], WebVideo/{{Bobsheaux}} skewer [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MsMopIExShY it here]] and WebVideo/MusicalHell place it on trial [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NOANnff99yA here]]. WebVideo/TheNostalgiaCritic calls it "The Most HATED Nutcracker Movie Ever Made" [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oOogxaa4hoY here]].

* Made entirely without input from the estate of the man it was based on, '''''Stardust''''' [[note]] Not to be confused with either the [[Literature/{{Stardust}} 1998 fantasy book]] or its [[Film/{{Stardust}} 2007 movie adaptation]][[/note]] is a 2020 biopic about Music/DavidBowie that Bowie fans and film critics everywhere regarded as, to quote one of Bowie's most famous songs, "a godawful small affair" that would stir up a minor dust storm in Bali, where the real Bowie's ashes were scattered. The film doesn't even pretend to hide the fact that it's [[FollowTheLeader riding the coattails]] of the far better received ''Film/BohemianRhapsody'', and everything that film did right when telling the story of Music/FreddieMercury and Music/{{Queen}}, this one got completely wrong (which considering that ''Bohemian Rhapsody'' did take its fair share of artistic license with the history of Queen, is saying something). The plot is [[VeryLooselyBasedOnATrueStory VERY loosely based on the real David Bowie's life]] and offers no meaningful insight nor anything new about the man himself. Bowie's portrayal is InNameOnly at best (and borderline insulting to the man and his legacy at worst) and [[TookTheBadFilmSeriously despite trying his darnedest to do so in spite of the poor script]], lead actor Johnny Flynn is unfortunately unable to fully capture Bowie's charisma. Worst of all is, despite having many songs, the movie ''has no David Bowie songs at all'' despite taking place at the point in Bowie's life when he was just starting to become a music superstar, draining the movie of one of its possible saving graces.[[note]]When the film was first announced, the crew lied that Bowie's estate had allowed them to use his songs, which his son Creator/DuncanJones was quick to refute.[[/note]] Boring, pointless, and lacking any of the charisma of Bowie and his music, this Bowie biopic was roundly dismissed as a disservice to the man himself by nearly everyone who saw it, receiving an absolutely miserable 14%[=/=]31% critic/viewer rating on Rotten Tomatoes and a 3.6 on IMDB.

* '''''Wired''''' (AKA "the movie Hollywood doesn't want you to see") is a notorious biopic about the late Creator/JohnBelushi based on the book of the same name by Creator/BobWoodward, which was criticized for being exploitative and sensationalist and derided by John's family and friends with good reason. The movie treats Belushi as a stereotypical drug addict,[[note]]The film glosses over most Belushi's short-but-illustrious career to focus almost exclusively on his drug addictions, and on top of that, he is portrayed as a boorish, violent, unprofessional, adulterous, openly racist hedonist who cares nothing for the harm his actions caused. In real life, while he did struggle with cocaine addiction, John Belushi was a kind, compassionate, generous man who took his work seriously and made a genuine (albeit sadly unsuccessful) effort to clean up his life.[[/note]] and thus [[{{Anvilicious}} treats its message like an]] Series/AfterschoolSpecial. The film also contains moments in John's life that either never happened or are heavily disputed, like him being punched by an {{Expy}} of Creator/JohnLandis while being high on coke (which Landis denied doing) or performing live in concert as Film/TheBluesBrothers; it also contained rather mean-spirited scenes of John being chastised for his drug use by (get this) his Puerto Rican guardian angel (played by the [[{{Brownface}} decidedly not Puerto Rican]] Ray Sharkey)[[note]]In a case of bitter irony that further eroded the movie's moral high ground, Sharkey was a drug addict in real life and died in 1993 of AIDS after reportedly contracting HIV through intravenous drug use. If that wasn't enough, Sharkey was rumored to have gotten John hooked back on drugs after he got sober enough to film ''Continental Divide'', meaning that John's "guardian angel" was played by the man who '''indirectly killed him'''.[[/note]] and by Woodward (who John never met in real life), and John's ghost screaming for help as his body is cut open by a coroner, while a ''{{laugh track}}'' plays. Even putting aside the relentless amount of victim blaming and tasteless sequences, the non-linear structure is poorly handled and the story is incredibly repetitive, being made up of various scenes of John taking drugs, being chastised by various characters and ''[[Series/SaturdayNightLive SNL]]'' re-enactments. Even the tone is inconsistent, attempting to be a serious drama whilst incorporating bizarre fantastical elements that render the film hard to take seriously overall. The movie's reception was overwhelmingly negative, with a Rotten Tomatoes rating of 4%, and nowadays it's perhaps best known for being the film debut of Creator/MichaelChiklis (who played John), and yet it almost [[StarDerailingRole derailed his career]] just as it began before he bounced back with ''Series/TheCommish''. Creator/DanAykroyd hated the movie so much that he fired Creator/JTWalsh (who played Woodward) during the production of ''Film/LooseCannons'' due to Walsh's involvement in the film. Perhaps as the result of the film's infamy, even in the age of streaming, ''Wired'' has [[KeepCirculatingTheTapes never received a physical home video release outside of a brief life on VHS and a poor-quality, out-of-sync print on Amazon Instant Video]]. WebVideo/TheCinemaSnob takes a look at it [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vyMl23hd-Us here]]. Interestingly, musician Music/PeterGabriel was said to have enjoyed it, but he was under the impression he was watching a rough cut of ''Film/SayAnything''.[[note]]Gabriel asked to see said rough cut after Creator/CameronCrowe asked him for permission to use "In Your Eyes" in the film. Crowe's assistant sent Gabriel a copy of ''Wired'' by mistake and Crowe didn't find out until Gabriel expressed concern over the main character dying of a drug overdose.[[/note]]

* '''''Film/StarGames'''''' reaches lows you never thought were even possible for direct-to-video kid's movies and then somehow sinks even ''lower'', starring Creator/TonyCurtis, Daran Norris and two terrible child actors who made the wise decision of never performing again. Featuring laughably bad special effects and props, a villain that looks like [[WTHCostumeDepartment a bug-eyed turd wearing a shawl]], repetitive dialogue, half-assed attempts at humor and a plot that reads like an adventure played by nine-year-olds at recess. And then there's the supposedly NonIronicClown that's the DigitalAvatar of the secondary character's spaceship, who's clearly meant to be the comic relief on paper, but in practice only serves the purpose of making the audience feel like they're losing their minds. An almost fitting end to the directing career of Greydon Clark, the man behind stinkers like ''Film/{{Joysticks}}'' and ''Film/FinalJustice.'' Tony Curtis has gone on record saying that he has never seen the finished product, but remembers the hatchback it paid for. [[https://youtu.be/i2a4-3nn3LM Watch the Rifftrax version here if you really want to see this movie and still keep your sanity.]]

* '''''[[Film/BloodWatersOfDrZ ZaAt]]''''', sometimes known as ''Blood Waters of Dr Z'', is a 1971 movie made on a [[NoBudget $75,000 budget]] that truly puts the "z" in zero-budget Z-movie creature features. The [[RandomEventsPlot plot]], if one is generous enough to call it that, concerns a MadScientist, Dr. Leopold, who wants to take revenge on the people who ([[ClicheStorm stop us if you've heard this one before]]) [[TheyCalledMeMad called him insane]], and his plan for doing so is to (and no, this is not an exaggeration) 1: Turn himself into a fish-man, 2: kidnap a woman and turn her into a fish-woman [[MarsNeedsWomen so he can have a mate]], 3: '''''[[MissingStepsPlan conquer the entire universe]]'''''. Reading that synopsis (or even just seeing the [[SpecialEffectFailure fish-man costume at work]]), you'd expect the movie to shoot [[SoBadItsGood right to the opposite end of the spectrum]], which it would, if it weren't so unforgivably ''boring''. The ridiculous appearance of the central fish-man, a costume that's bad even by [= the 70s=] monster movie standards (imagine a snarling [[Franchise/StarWars Greedo]] covered in Spanish moss) is the only source of unintentional laughs on the whole movie. Even at barely 100 minutes, the runtime is still [[LeaveTheCameraRunning padded to the gills]]: The first twenty minutes of the film (a good fifth of its runtime) consist of Dr. Leopold [[{{Padding}} walking around his lab, looking at his schedule, checking equipment, reading his notes]], and ''nothing else''. It doesn't get any better after that, either - there are only four kill scenes in the entire movie, and it's obvious that the guy in the fish costume ''cannot see a damn thing'', so all of the attacks move at a snail's pace while the fishman [[OverlyLongGag sloooowwwwwwwllllyyy aaaaammmmbbbblllessss]] his way towards the victims until you'll find yourself wishing the fishman would kill ''you'' just so you don't have to watch the movie anymore. Mortifyingly, the cast of hapless humans is somehow [[DullSurprise even less expressive]] than the monster, and when the movie's not content with simply being boring, it's boring and baffling: there's an [[{{Padding}} extended musical number]] where a group of random hippies we've never seen before singing a song together and then put themselves in jail. [[BigLippedAlligatorMoment Yup.]] After 100 agonizing minutes, the movie finally just [[NoEnding abruptly ends]] [[GainaxEnding without much being resolved]]. Watch Jay and Mike of ''WebVideo/HalfInTheBag'' take a crack at it [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UFkkVhiR1Yo here]],[[Website/TeamNightSaturn Brian Sherrah]] [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gdwSVJNb3DI expresses his frustration]] with how this potentially laughable plot ended but being executed in the least amusing way possible, and ''WebVideo/IHateEverything'' suffers through it [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cOgI4fYJ8gA for your enjoyment]] in The Search for the Worst, but do not, under any circumstances, attempt to watch it ''without'' [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ws0lpXstpyo Mike and the Bots]] [[Recap/MysteryScienceTheater3000S10E05BloodWatersOfDrZ providing running commentary]].