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| 17 | * '''''Film/Nativity3DudeWheresMyDonkey''''' is a catastrophic failure of a holiday movie. The threequel of the British holiday franchise stars Creator/MartinClunes as Mr. Shepherd, a teacher who [[EasyAmnesia loses his memory when the nativity donkey kicks him in the head]]. The film's plot, which has the pupils of St. Bernadette's trying to get Mr. Shepherd to New York and remember Christmas with his fiancee (Creator/CatherineTate), is a disorganized mess filled with ear-piercingly bad dialogue. The few characters who returned from previous ''Film/{{Nativity}}'' movies have grossly devolved into [[{{Flanderization}} flanderized]] caricatures of themselves and repeat the same mistakes they've done in previous films without any of the charms. The film also features cheap-as-chips sets and horrific musical numbers filled with poorly-synced choreography. As identified by the 3.5 ratings on Website/IMDb, moviegoers and critics alike in the UK have blasted the film to hell and back, to the extent that Entertainment One has removed the like/dislike and comment features from its trailer on Website/YouTube. Creator/MarkKermode [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AJjQz7U04sQ shares his thoughts here]] and [[WebVideo/BadMovieBeatdown Mathew Buck]] gives [[http://www.dailymotion.com/video/x37lb4m his two-cents here]] and would later [[https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=uB4ZsxpOLQw call this film]] the 3rd worst film he saw at the cinemas during an episode of ''The Film Brain Podcast'', which featured guests [[WebVideo/StuartAshen Ashens]] and WebVideo/{{Oliver Harper|sRetrospectivesAndReviews}}. When Clunes did a guest spot on ''Series/HaveIGotNewsForYou'', not only did the panel constantly take the piss, but Clunes also joined in with the bashing. |
| 18 | * '''''Film/TheNeverEndingStoryIIIEscapeFromFantasia''''' takes {{Sequelitis}} to jaw-dropping extremes. Having run out of material to adapt, the film instead treats characters, locations, and the basic premise of the [[ShowWithinAShow namesake book]] as throwaway window-dressing for a trite, derivative, [[InNameOnly and otherwise completely unrelated]] plot involving bratty teenagers in a fantasy setting. The story seems to outright shun even basic reasoning--whole story beats rely upon the cast playing hot-potato with the IdiotBall, massive plot holes are kept in place by a single word[[note]]Bastian points out that there is a way to immediately resolve the plot, only for the Childlike Empress to shut him down by simply saying: "No, Bastian."[[/note]], and the dialogue contradicts what occurs on-screen. The film is further mired in desperate attempts at appealing to teens, from the change in setting to the [[TotallyRadical ridiculous dialogue]]. And to add insult to injury, it just plain looks cheaper. Nothing more so than the animatronics--Creator/JimHensonsCreatureShop's poorest showing to date, especially compared to the first two films. [[CreatorBacklash You shouldn't ask]] Creator/JackBlack (who plays the main villain--a [[BadassDecay high school bully!]]) or WebVideo/TheNostalgiaCritic (who [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cWJ5rg-xwIg reviewed]] the movie) about it… |
| 19 | * '''''Night of Horror'''''. The "plot" is as follows: a bunch of ugly old farts and a rather pretty girl go on a road trip to the Virginia Mountain Country; [[LeaveTheCameraRunning 30 minutes of driving]], most of it in the wrong direction [[note]]they're driving toward Baltimore instead of toward the mountains[[/note]], can be seen. They then arrive at the site, and at night are haunted by an old ghost. They then bury [[SpecialEffectFailure a fake-looking skull]]. Bam, movie over. But that's not all: there's a disclaimer at the start of the film warning people that it's "a depiction of an actual event", yet at the very end there's a warning stating that the [[FlipFlopOfGod characters and stories are fictitious and any resemblance to persons living or dead is purely coincidental]]. There is also [[LeaveTheCameraRunning a smudge on the lens for 10 minutes of the film]]. It would be on the SoBadItsGood end of the spectrum if it wasn't so ''dull''. (WebVideo/TheCinemaSnob [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TRroqu5_X8Q also tackled it]]). The director also remade it as ''Curse of the Screaming Dead'', which, as Website/TheAgonyBooth made sure to point out: |
| 20 | -->The rights to distribute this movie were eventually bought up by Creator/{{Troma}} Studios, who repackaged it as ''[[https://www.dailymotion.com/video/x4a51hg Curse of the Cannibal Confederates]]'' and proudly declared it to be one of the worst films in its library. I say again: It's one of the worst films in the library of '''Troma Studios'''. And as terrifying a statement as that is, [''Night of Horror''] is that much worse. |
| 21 | * '''''Film/{{North}}''''' is considered to be Creator/RobReiner's worst movie, hopefully ever. A [[WiseBeyondTheirYears child prodigy]] feels that he's unappreciated by his (admittedly not the best) parents and decides to go look for new ones around the globe. That sounds like a good idea for a movie, but guess what? The movie is filled with {{stereotyp|e}}ical Texans, Hawaiians, Eskimos, Amish, Africans, Chinese, and French. The jokes that don't involve terrible stereotypes aren't funny at all. [[BrokenAesop The moral is sadly broken]] when North is supposed to accept his parents despite their flaws, and then the film reveals itself to be AllJustADream. The movie bombed at the box office and received [[https://www.rogerebert.com/reviews/north-1994 a very scathing 0-star review]] from Creator/RogerEbert (and [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KAAEFRVQU14 an equally-scathing review by him and Gene Siskel]]) that [[http://channelawesome.com/nostalgia-critic-north/ at least one person]] thinks is too nice. WebVideo/CinematicExcrement also briefly talks about the film [[https://youtu.be/Cttb1X6774A?t=1399 here]], and believes that the film should have won the Razzie Award for Worst Picture that year, over the eventual winner ''Film/ColorOfNight''. Reiner's hitherto awesome career [[CreatorKiller never recovered]]. The only other notable thing about this film besides the infamous Roger Ebert review is that it was Creator/ScarlettJohansson's acting debut, who would go on to do far bigger things. |
| 22 | * '''''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, a 1 on Metacritic and a 3.6 on [=IMDb=] (which is already inflated with 10/10 votes from Dawson fans); 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]]. |
| 23 | * '''''Film/{{Nukie}}''''' was intended as a children's movie (specifically, a South African ''[[Film/ETTheExtraTerrestrial E.T.]]'' ripoff), but [[WhatDoYouMeanItsForKids what sort of sick monster would show it to a child]]?! It's a depressing mishmash of kid's show ideas mixed with a staggering whiff of [[UsefulNotes/TheApartheidEra Apartheid-era]] [[{{Bulungi}} stereotypes]], utter boredom, and [[IdiotBall cloying stupidity]]. Two alien brothers crash-land on Earth: one in the African savanna and the other captured (never explained) by the "Space Foundation". What follows is a stew of KudzuPlot and EpicFail, mixing in [[WTHCostumingDepartment ugly alien costumes]], [[MakesJustAsMuchSenseInContext talking monkeys]], [[HollywoodNatives a ridiculously stereotypical tribe,]] two young boys ''[[YouCantGoHomeAgain exiled to die]]'' by said tribe, KnowNothingKnowItAll [[WhiteMansBurden missionaries]], [[ScienceIsBad greedy scientists]] against good scientists, a [[MagicalComputer magical supercomputer]], and '''[[BigLippedAlligatorMoment a dance number]]'''. All this in a plot that fucks ShowDontTell sideways throughout, a sudden {{Eagleland}} moment [[SkywardScream (America, HELP US!!!)]], and the dumbest, [[{{Glurge}} most saccharine]] AssPull ending in any kid's film. Longtime Website/SomethingAwful movie reviewer Ben "Greasnin" Platt gave his '''''only'' -50''' review to Nukie, calling it [[https://www.somethingawful.com/movie-reviews/nukie/1/ "the most painful experience of my life, with the possible exception of when I had to watch it again."]] WebVideo/TheCinemaSnob [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mFqkxLt7a2U took a swipe at it]], and [[https://web.archive.org/web/20190212030044/http://www.strangekidsclub.com/2012/03/22/one-on-one-with-the-cinema-snob-an-interview-with-brad-jones/ ranked it as even worse than]] ''Ax' Em'', ''Night of Horror'', and ''Las Vegas Bloodbath'' as perhaps the most painful movie he's ever reviewed. [[https://web.archive.org/web/20160314013711/http://www.jabootu.com/acolytes/bnotes/nukie.htm This review]] sums up the film's failures in this paragraph: |
| 24 | -->"Talking animals with no explanation, poor acting, twins characters that the filmmakers couldn't keep track of, poor science, scenes that add nothing to the rest of the movie, poor writing, comedy that isn't funny, poor special effects, annoying repetitious use of the documentary technique for scene transitions, and alien protagonists that unintentionally resemble giant pieces of fecal matter." |
| 25 | * '''''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]] Creator/JohnTurturro, 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]]. |
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| 29 | * '''''Film/TheOmegaCode''''', a film about the End Times. Casper Van Dien, Creator/MichaelYork, and Creator/MichaelIronside become involved in a plot where a code is found in Literature/TheBible that allows the UN to be replaced with a [[DayOfTheJackboot Nazi-esque]] [[OneWorldOrder One World Government]] that nobody seems to object to. It brings about the end of the world, but only after York (the Anti-Christ) becomes stronger because he was shot in the head and Van Dien is chased by a demon truck. The effects and sets look like something out of a bad ''[[Franchise/TheTwilightZone Twilight Zone]]'' episode. The only redeeming thing about this film is its sequel, ''The Omega Code 2: Megiddo'', which manages to be SoBadItsGood due to York reprising his role with [[HamAndCheese enormous amounts of ham]], and an idea so awesome that it really should've gotten its own movie - ''Creator/RLeeErmey as the President of the United States!''. See it being torn apart by Indy Christian Review (with the help of WebVideo/DiamandaHagan) [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CzeGXIXdshs here]]. |
| 30 | * The American remake of '''''Film/OneMissedCall''''' not only bungled every last component of Creator/TakashiMiike's classic, but it also shamelessly ripped off other horror movies such as ''Film/FinalDestination'' and Creator/GoreVerbinski's rendition of ''Film/TheRing''. The film also failed in adapting the scenes directly ripped from the Japanese version, bewildering viewers who did not watch the original and angering the viewers who did. Even if the movie was not a remake, the film's plot is hopelessly lazy, the acting is poor, and the "shocks" [[NightmareRetardant were anything but scary]]. The remake's shortcomings were so egregious that [[GenreKiller it effectively killed any further interest in remaking Japanese horror films]]. The film received the [[MedalOfDishonor "accolade"]] of being named by Website/RottenTomatoes as the 2nd worst movie of the 2000s, with all 80 of the critics tracked by the site giving negative reviews. Audiences didn't think much better of it, giving it a user rating of about 4.0 on IMDB. |
| 31 | * '''''Film/TheOogielovesInTheBigBalloonAdventure''''', a children's film produced by [[Series/{{Teletubbies}} Kenn Viselman]] based on a series of {{Public Service Announcement}}s and a concept purchased from a NoBudget EdutainmentShow. It was done on $20 million but doesn't even remotely show it, instead faithfully adhering to every negative stereotype associated with children's entertainment. It's built around AudienceParticipation--rare for a cinematic release (perhaps for very good reason, given the target audience)--but [[FakeInteractivity completely mishandles it]], and [[ExcusePlot what little plot there is to speak of]] is idiotic. The writing is infantile at best, with painfully unfunny jokes, inane and repetitive songs, and the odd jarringly transparent ParentalBonus. Not even the multitude of star actors (a good chunk of whom are [[QuestionableCasting completely unsuited for their roles]]) could save it. It made less than 2% of its budget back, underperforming ''WesternAnimation/{{Delgo}}'' in its opening week, yet the director said that [[https://www.thewrap.com/oogieloves-worst-ever-box-office-bow-notoriety-we-were-looking-54471/ "it was never about the box office".]] Bafflingly, the director also asserted that all of the negative feedback would [[NoSuchThingAsBadPublicity result in]] ''[[NoSuchThingAsBadPublicity The Oogieloves]]'' [[NoSuchThingAsBadPublicity becoming a franchise.]] Needless to say, that [[StillbornFranchise never happened]]. Creator/BradJones and his friends on ''WebVideo/MidnightScreenings'' tear this movie to shreds [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X9SGhX6-SMw here]], and he later takes it on as WebVideo/TheCinemaSnob [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cKLwprcW8Ew here.]] Creator/NathanRabin also had some harsh words in his [[http://www.avclub.com/articles/something-close-to-madness-case-file-24-the-oogiel,85088/ "My World of Flops" article]] for this film. ''WebVideo/CinematicExcrement'' talked about it [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-r3vfY697_I here]] and [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r6kcJP4KdXY here]]. ''WebVideo/IHateEverything'' also talked about it [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t1j4GRlz-FQ here]] for his Search for the Worst, and considered it the worst movie he'd seen until [[Film/Birdemic2TheResurrection several]] [[Film/TheLastAirbender other]] [[Film/BabyGeniuses films]] came along. Watch WebVideo/{{Bobsheaux}} tear it apart [[https://vimeo.com/537855571 here]] and see WebVideo/AniMat get broken by the movie [[https://youtu.be/u6akzyu-lIQ here]]. The WebAnimation/{{Spill}} crew, on the other hand, were [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YJ8bMk61XJU awestruck]] about how insane the movie gets. WebVideo/MusicalHell also [[https://youtu.be/AYO7I-YH2K0?si=L3jK5NNr2IPkC85Q rakes this one over the coals]]. |
| 32 | * '''''Film/TheOpenHouse''''' is a huge misstep in Creator/{{Netflix}}'s efforts in producing original feature films made exclusively for their streaming platform. It tries to execute a mystery premise in which a mother and her son move into a relative's house in the mountains, where they experience odd things and they suspect that someone is watching them from inside the house. The movie is very dull and boring, taking 40 minutes of content at best and {{padding}} it out to feature-length. It also wastes the talents of its cast and has them play one-note characters that barely have meaningful interactions with each other in favor of a ClicheStorm that shoves in jump scares, a fake-out dream sequence, IdiotBall moments, and a RedHerring or two. All of this was done to build up to one of the worst executions of TheUnreveal in recent history where everything that happened beforehand is retroactively made pointless. Elvis the Alien gives a good breakdown of the movie [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OR3f9pGXNpM here]], and Doctor Wolfula covers it [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4yTpNlQ5t9M here]]. |
| 33 | * '''''Outtakes''''' is an obscure and astoundingly non-funny NoBudget sketch-comedy from 1987, sadly remembered as the last movie for ''Series/FTroop'''s Forrest Tucker. A would-be satire of modern pop culture, ''Outtakes'' fails on all possible levels, with skits ranging from the tediously lengthy to the moronically offensive. [[http://www.k-bailey.com/unknownmovies/reviews/rev210.html This damning assessment]] is far more amusing than the actual movie. Somewhat improbably, despite condemnation from all circles, the movie actually spawned an equally humor-challenged sequel (also directed by Jack M. Sell who wittily entitled it ''More Outtakes''). |
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| 37 | * '''''Parentesi Tonde''''' (Literally "Round Brackets" in Italian) is an Italian comedy film that has been forgotten for every reason conceivable. It's a 2006 NoBudget film with an AllStarCast led by popular TV personalities who were quite famous at the time, such as Raffaella Lecciso, Giucas Casella, and Eva Henger. It had horrid direction, writing and image quality, the acting is so awkward that it can't be even called "acting", with dialogue that makes no sense [[MakesJustAsMuchSenseInContext even in context]], and it doesn't help that the audio quality sounds like something recorded in a bathtub. The plot is incoherent and disjointed, jumping between uninteresting situations and confusing subplots, and ending with the main character [[AllJustADream realizing that the entire film is just a dream of hers.]] It flopped at the box office, earning just 9,000 euros after being screened in ''just nine theaters in all of Italy'', was trashed by critics, and got a 1.6 score on IMDB. The director and cast were so ashamed of it that they did not release it on DVD (although it does exist on DVD, sold by companies so desperate for money that they bought the film's rights) and did not air it on TV, except for a few local cable channels no one cared about. |
| 38 | * '''''Pimp''''' is a 2009 mockumentary that was [[CopiouslyCreditedCreator directed by, co-produced by, co-written by, and starring Robert Cavanah.]] Cavanah plays Woody, a Soho pimp who works for Stanley, a mob boss played by Danny Dyer. Through the course of the week, Woody gets caught up in involvement with Chinese triads and snuff webcasters. This perfectly interesting plot is ultimately wasted, no thanks to the film's dreadful acting, rambling and directionless story, lack of insight into the sex industry, and oblivious direction. These issues were enough to convince the critics and viewers alike to trash ''Pimp'' to kingdom come, as the film got a '''0%''' on Website/RottenTomatoes and a 2.8 rating on Website/IMDb. ''Pimp'' was also a disastrous BoxOfficeBomb in the UK that has yet to receive an international release, ''as it got pulled after only one screening on its opening day''. Listen to the Creator/MarkKermode review [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7hBr-2VtrvQ here]] if you're interested. |
| 39 | * '''''Pink: El rosa no es como lo pintan''''' is a 2016 "religious drama" by Mexican director Paco Del Toro about a gay couple who adopts a boy. All potential this story had is utterly lost because the nuance required for the premise to work was never Del Toro's intent; the film is [[HeteronormativeCrusader anti-gay propaganda]] created in response to Mexico legalizing gay marriage, portraying gay men as effeminate, promiscuous and [[AllGaysArePedophiles predatory]]. It ends with the main character turning straight after converting to Christianity (his homosexuality is attributed to his bad relationship with his father) while his partner ''contracts HIV''. Besides its blatant homophobia, the movie has lousy acting, writing, and direction. It currently is rated 1.6 on Website/{{IMDb}}. It went to the point that, when it was discovered that Creator/{{Netflix}} Mexico carried the film, the platform quickly removed it, a move that was applauded by Pablo Chung, the actor who played one half of the film's gay couple (and who is gay in real life), who [[CreatorBacklash apologized for his role in the film]], saying that the result was "trash." Watch WebVideo/{{MxGerryNava}} video (in Spanish) reviewing the movie [[https://youtu.be/BgWhKY3xTpA here]]. |
| 40 | * '''''Film/Piranha3DD''''', the sequel to ''Film/Piranha3D'', is one of those movies that ''could've'' been SoBadItsGood in so many ways, but fails miserably. The first film managed to balance seriousness with comedy, but ''[=3DD=]'' instead took things into much more DenserAndWackier territory. The piranhas do incredibly outrageous crap even compared to its predecessor (for example, a piranha swims up a woman's vagina, rests there for a while - she ''doesn't even notice'' - and finally emerges to attack [[GroinAttack her boyfriend's penis]] when they're about to have sex). The acting is predictably terrible (save for Ving Rhames, who gives a passionate PreAssKickingOneLiner), its plot is inspired by (read: ripped off from) ''Film/Jaws3D'', and they even managed to make Creator/DavidHasselhoff lame. It ended up with a generous 12% on Website/RottenTomatoes and a 3.8 on IMDB. WebVideo/ChrisStuckmann as well as both critics in ''Schmoes Know'' called this the worst movie of 2012. The Co-Host 3000 and Cyrus of WebAnimation/{{Spill}} also gave their thoughts on the movie [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8ndo-sP1Oko here]]. |
| 41 | * '''''Pledge This!''''', yet another memorable film starring Creator/ParisHilton. Much like ''Film/TheHottieAndTheNottie'', all the attempts at humor fall flat. It's packed full of immature jokes and ToiletHumour even ''Surf School'' was head and shoulders above, and all of it is written (and acted) miserably. WebVideo/PhantomStrider [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SCrSiPzRSOI calls it the 10th worst movie of all time]]. |
| 42 | * Released in 1987, '''''Plutonium Baby''''' stands as a prime example of how not to make a B-Movie. Thanks to deplorable directing and editing, the film makes several sharp jumps in settings and plot points without any warning whatsoever. Speaking of plot, the story is excessively slow and filled with painful dialogue, weak special effects, and pathetic acting. As for the title character, [[spoiler:he doesn't appear until the last few seconds of the movie!]] As if that wasn't enough, fans of over-the-top horror/nasty movies like films from Creator/{{Troma}} view this film unfavorably due to the lack of gore and the wasted potential of the title monster, as it currently "boasts" a 2.4 Website/IMDb rating. You know this film is a fiasco when WebVideo/TheCinemaSnob compares this film '''unfavorably''' to ''Nukie'', [[http://www.thecinemasnob.com/the-cinema-snob/plutonium-baby as he did in this review.]] |
| 43 | * Released in 2005, '''''Popstar''''' was made solely to have a film with Music/AaronCarter in it. The film is about Carter getting enrolled into a public school and needing to pass his classes, or else he can't tour in the summer. During that time, he experiences every cliche possible, complete with him having two third-act break-ups with the same girl. Other highlights include Carter having less than zero acting skills, characters and plot points coming out of nowhere and disappearing as soon as they appear, and Carter [[spoiler:getting a better score on his final when he does it himself than when he cheats off a girl who got a perfect score on her SAT's]]. WebVideo/KyleNorty [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dXZrTO2-3Dw gave it a look]] mid-2016, and [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zjOwj1PjPTQ later declared it one of the worst things he has ever reviewed.]] |
| 44 | * '''''Pure Hearts: Into Chinese Showbiz''''' is a vehicle for [[CopiouslyCreditedCreator main star, writer, and director]] Bi Zhifei, which became infamous in China as soon as it released. The film is a ClicheStorm, but becomes barely comprehensible due to somehow juggling ''[[FourLinesAllWaiting eleven plotlines]]'' at once, most of which pile on film cliches, including sensitive subjects like sexual assault and suicide. The presentation of the film is overshot and gaudy, frequently wasting time on showing how "rich" it is, even dedicating the end credits to this, yet it has the gall to try calling out Chinese showbiz [[BrokenAesop for something it's doing constantly]]. To top it off, the acting is consistently low quality, the main storyline is purely about sating the ego of the main star [[CopiouslyCreditedCreator who just happens to also be writer and director]], and the film is bursting with [[MadonnaWhoreComplex misogynistic depictions of women that frames them as either some bastions of purity or gold-digging sluts]]. The film also has a very questionable production history; all of the actors were unpaid, most of them still students at that, and were frequently bullied and pushed around, leading to nine of them leaving over the course of production. It [[https://movie.douban.com/subject/26322774/ averages a 2.2]] on the Chinese film website Douban, and [=YouTube=] channel Accented Cinema covers the trainwreck [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GzxkOpvZoao here]]. |
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| 48 | * The 2008 film ''Race'' and its 2013 sequel are considered guilty pleasures by many Indian moviegoers. However, no one will defend '''''Race 3''''', which is actually a reboot of the 2008 original. The first two movies had Website/IMDb Ratings of 6.7 and 5.3 respectively. The third movie received a 1.9 and sits comfortably on the Website/IMDb Bottom 100. The film was criticized for its lack of plot, poor structure, weak action, and terrible scriptwork. Despite the panning, the movie ended up becoming the fifth highest-grossing Bollywood movie of 2018, most likely due to the presence of Bollywood superstar Salman Khan. The movie has been reviewed by various Indian publications such as [[https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/entertainment/hindi/movie-reviews/race-3/movie-review/64599846.cms Times of India]], [[https://www.hindustantimes.com/bollywood/race-3-review-salman-khan-bobby-deol-jacqueline-fernandez-daisy-shah/story-mPHAiQtIUI3GgNV62WEuEK.html Hindustan Times]], [[https://www.bollywoodhungama.com/movie/race-3/critic-review/race-3-movie-review/ Bollywood Hungama]], [[https://www.thequint.com/entertainment/movie-reviews/race-3-review The Quint]], and [[https://www.deccanchronicle.com/entertainment/movie-reviews/160618/race-3-movie-review-bhai-why-no-sallu-magic.html Deccan Chronicle]]. |
| 49 | * '''''[[http://www.imdb.com/title/tt3959690/ Raiders of the Lost Shark]]''''' is a would-be horror [[TheMockbuster Mockbuster]] that -- even by mockbuster standards -- manages to fail on every level. The plot is [[JustForFun/XMeetsY equal parts]] ''Film/{{Jaws}}'' and ''Film/DeepBlueSea'': A genetically engineered great white shark escapes its military lab into an inland lake on a private island[[note]]We find out how near the end of the movie: ''It can fly.''[[/note]] and proceeds to devour every human in its sight. The kills are silly and repetitive: Most can be described as "Woman in bikini stands in waist-high water. Shark bigger than she is manages to sneak up, dive out of the water, swallow her whole, and disappear, the blood splatter of the kill being bigger than the splash coming into or out of the water." The writing is awful, the acting is worse and the special effects (the shark kills) seemed to have been completely and haphazardly lifted from the original ''Film/{{Sharknado}}''. [[https://youtu.be/1F0bvoqUU3c?t=1086 Two Brazilian reviewers]] who highlighted it as possibly the worst of 13 shark movies they watched for Shark Week also pointed out the production values are comparable to a film school production, with no attempt to make the cinematography and audio consistent throughout the movie. Currently sports a 1.7 on IMDB and an audience score of 7% on Rotten Tomatoes. |
| 50 | * When WebVideo/TheNostalgiaCritic challenged WebVideo/TheAngryVideoGameNerd to review the worst "nostalgic" movie he could find[[note]]The Nostalgia Critic, in response, would review ''Bébé's Kids'' on the Super Nintendo as a response, see Horrible.VideoGameGenerationsFirstToFourth[[/note]], he found '''''Film/Ricky1''''' - a movie so obscure, he remarked that the copy he found was probably the same he saw at a video shop when he was a kid in 1989. Although the film was meant to be a parody of the ''Franchise/{{Rocky}}'' franchise, ''Ricky 1'' ends up as a flick that suffers from poor editing, cheap-looking sets and costumes, and clueless directing. What's worse, ''Ricky 1'' takes the usual characteristics of bad parody films and somehow makes films from Creator/SeltzerAndFriedberg look inspired in comparison. The film is loaded with unfunny sight gags, lousy, outdated puns, and an overall juvenile, trite, and just plain ''annoying'' sense of humor. It's no wonder why ''Ricky 1'' currently has a 1.5 on Website/{{IMDb}} and a 6% audience rating on Website/RottenTomatoes. In case you're interested, [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NpMxy_ydnMM The Angry Video Game Nerd shares his thoughts here]] and you can watch the full movie [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O-LZI2bfzU0 here.]] |
| 51 | * '''''Film/RockItsYourDecision''''' is one of the worst Christian propaganda films ever made. It centers around a Christian boy named Jeff, whose love of rock music concerns his mom because she believes that all rock is evil. After a preacher suggests giving it up for a week and researching why it's "bad", Jeff transforms practically overnight from a fairly normal teenager into a fundamentalist, bigoted {{jerkass}} who alienates his friends by chewing them out for simply listening to the music they like. The film is utterly painful to watch as Jeff claims several things about rock (such as it being occultist) that he never backs up, and [[DesignatedHero he winds up becoming an unlikeable protagonist who is forced to hate something he likes]], while his friends become {{Designated Villain}}s who [[StrawmanHasAPoint bring up several good points about why Jeff is wrong]]--among other things, he makes Melissa cancel her plans to go to a rock concert and forces her to listen to another station in the car, and gets pissed at Marty for simply playing '''instrumental''' rock at his party. The film ends with a mind-numbingly stupid speech from Jeff, who then lists several supposedly Satanic songs, including Music/{{Santana}}'s "Evil Ways"[[note]]A song about becoming a better person that starts with the line "'''you got to change your''' evil ways"[[/note]], Music/JeffersonStarship's "Dance with the Dragon"[[note]]Which is about the Chinese Year of the Dragon, ''not'' a Satanic dragon[[/note]], Music/TheRollingStonesBand' "Sympathy for the Devil"[[note]]Which is [[UnreliableNarrator written from Satan's point-of-view]] and has him claiming responsibility for various historical atrocities[[/note]] and "Dancing With Mr. D"[[note]]Which refers to Death, not the Devil.[[/note]], Music/{{ACDC}}'s "Hell Ain't a Bad Place to Be"[[note]]Which is a ''metaphor'' and is about a narcissistic man tormented by the women he hooks up with[[/note]], and also bashes songs by milder artists such as Music/BarryManilow, Music/RodStewart and '''Music/CaptainAndTennille''' just for having suggestive but largely non-explicit mentions of sex or magic, even [[HeteronormativeCrusader attacking some musicians as "homosexuals"]]. With poor camera quality, terrible messages and no mention of ChristianRock music anywhere, it's no wonder why the film has received such notoriety. The film has a 1.6 rating on [=IMDb=], and was torn apart by several reviewers: ''Shock Cinema'' [[http://www.shockcinemamagazine.com/rock.html here]], ''Website/{{Letterboxd}}'' [[http://letterboxd.com/jeffisaacs/film/rock-its-your-decision/ here]], Brad Jones on ''WebVideo/DVDRHell'' [[http://www.thecinemasnob.com/dvd-r-hell/dvd-r-hell-rock-its-your-decision here]] (as well as giving it the Cinema Snob treatment [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hEsh3-h1Oo0 here]]) , WebVideo/TheHappySpaceman [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5TG1oeCD_jM here]] and [[WebVideo/ReactionAndReview Emer Prevost]] [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YaKAujzR10Q here]]. |
| 52 | * The 2002 remake of 1975's '''''Film/{{Rollerball}}'''''. Ostensibly an attempt to update the story to modern times, this version suffers from dropping the dystopian concept, choppy editing, shameful attempts to [[TotallyRadical pander to a teenage audience]], a confusing narrative, and an overabundance of violence that shows that the makers of the film had [[DramaticallyMissingThePoint missed the point]] of the original (in which the titular BloodSport was used as BreadAndCircuses for the underclass). The film also features a sequence featuring night vision, where you can barely make out anything that was going on. The film was a huge BoxOfficeBomb, making just $26 million worldwide against a budget of $70 million, and it holds a 3% rating on Website/RottenTomatoes and a score of 2.9 on Website/IMDb. It also derailed Chris Klein's promising career, and along with ''Film/{{Basic}}'' the following year, director Creator/JohnMcTiernan would never direct another movie again; what's more, it was on production of this film that [=McTiernan=] had wiretapped the film's producer Charles Roven over CreativeDifferences, which ultimately got him sent to prison. Here's WebVideo/ThatSciFiGuy [[http://channelawesome.com/that-scifi-guy-rollerball/ doing a review of it]], and here's Creator/TheSportsGuy [[http://www.espn.com/espn/page2/story?page=simmons/020214 trashing it,]] even [[WhatCouldHaveBeen lamenting]] how it could have been SoBadItsGood. |
| 53 | * '''''Film/{{ROTOR}}''''', a ''Franchise/{{Terminator}}'' / ''Franchise/RoboCop'' ripoff about a scientist in a grimdark cyberpunk future creating a robot cop / [[WTHCostumingDepartment leather daddy]] for the purpose of judging felonies and misdemeanors and killing the people responsible for them, only for the robot to go rogue. The title robot is incredibly inept and the movie is full of {{Padding}}, [[MeaninglessMeaningfulWords pretentious]] [[FauxlosophicNarration dialogue]], {{Fight Scene Failure}}s, and continuity errors. It also can't seem to make up its mind on whether it wants to be a serious movie or a parody of the movies it is ripping off, leading to serious tonal problems. And to top it off is one of the most unnecessary {{Diabolus Ex Machina}}s ever to be in a bad movie. WebVideo/RedLetterMedia's ''WebVideo/BestOfTheWorst'' rips it [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s76vZATqLrE a new one here]], Website/SomethingAwful's Neil brothers honor it as their second '''-50 rating''' [[http://www.somethingawful.com/movie-reviews/rotor/1/ here.]] and WebVideo/ShitcaseCinema also panned it [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PPp0J9aCGJc here]], [[https://youtu.be/4Dwy-H30TA0 as did]] Podcast/{{Rifftrax}}. |
| 54 | * The film adaptation of Ray Cooney's hit West End play '''''Film/RunForYourWife'''''. 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 such as Creator/JudiDench and Creator/RayWinstone,[[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, Creator/BillPertwee, Donald Sinden, and Creator/FrankThornton.[[/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 ''Film/SexLivesOfThePotatoMen'' (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.]] |
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| 58 | * '''''Film/SantaWithMuscles''''' is a Wrestling/HulkHogan movie that makes other Hulk Hogan movies seem like cinematic masterpieces. The plot revolves around Blake Throne (Hogan), a fitness guru who sells health products under his name. He sets up a paintball game for his employees after refusing to give a charitable donation. Their speeding and [[DrivesLikeCrazy all-round roughhousing]] catches the attention of the local authorities. Hulk escapes into a mall, changes into a Santa outfit, hides in the trash, and gets whacked on the head. The mall elf convinces Blake that he's [[IdentityAmnesia the real Santa Claus]]... and the film goes downhill from there. The IdiotBall's passed around a lot — ''adults'' believe a ''famous'' bodybuilder is Santa, the {{Mooks}} are easily dispatched by children, police officers are armed with ''rocket launchers'', etc. And it has almost nothing to do with Christmas besides Santa. It's a cheesy action flick. This is considered one of Website/{{IMDb}}'s top 100 worst movies of all time and barely got recognition when it hit theaters. You will not be surprised to hear that Creator/MilaKunis (whose big-screen debut this was - she plays one of the kids) [[CreatorBacklash would rather you didn't bring it up]]. [[WebVideo/TheSpoonyExperiment The Spoony One]] [[http://spoonyexperiment.com/2009/12/24/christmas-special-santa-with-muscles/ has reviewed it]], while [[http://www.goodbadflicks.com/santa-with-muscles-episode-79/ Cecil defends it...]] but keep in mind: His show is called ''WebVideo/GoodBadFlicks''. |
| 59 | * '''''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]] |
| 60 | * '''''Segurança Nacional''''' is an attempt to [[FollowTheLeader cash in on]] ''Film/TheEliteSquad''[='s=] success by making a Brazilian action movie. However, it lacks everything that made the latter memorable by having a ridiculous story about Latin American drug dealers who aim to explode an atomic bomb in Santa Catarina (seriously), laughable and inexplicable action scenes (the main character and his girlfriend make out while a bomb is about to explode), blatant patriotic symbolism and bizarre dialogue. It is currently rated 3.5 on Website/{{IMDb}}. Brazilian youtuber Tralhas do Jon [[https://youtu.be/ctvYv0xuw7w tears it apart here]] (in Portuguese). |
| 61 | * '''''Film/SexLivesOfThePotatoMen''''', 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.]] |
| 62 | * Creator/MaeWest's final film, '''''Film/{{Sextette}}''''', adapted her 1961 musical... seventeen years later. West steadfastly averts PlayingAgainstType, even though all the makeup and soft focus in the world couldn't make her look one second shy of her 84 years. The sheer amount of WagTheDirector is obvious from the very beginning; her costar Creator/TimothyDalton is more than fifty years her junior, and the plot revolves around [[WorstNewsJudgementEver the media's obsession with their characters' marriage]]. The film emphasizes StuntCasting (George Hamilton, Music/RingoStarr, Creator/TonyCurtis, Creator/DomDeLuise [[Music/TheWho Keith Moon]], Music/AliceCooper, numerous Mr. Universes) over good dialogue or even a coherent plot. And, it's mostly a jukebox musical, with selections (including "Hooray For Hollywood," "[[Music/CaptainAndTennille Love Will Keep Us Together]]," "[[Music/TheBeatles Honey Pie]]," and some badly-recorded originals) all various flavors of self-congratulatory. The SpyFiction sublplot is a contrived, limp attempt at giving the story any substance, ending on yet another self-congratulatory note. And the less said about Mae ''still'' trying to be MsFanservice this late in her career, the better--even her trademark innuendo falls flat, delivered uncertainly by a performer many years past her prime. Check out WebVideo/DiamandaHagan's words on the matter [[http://diamandahagan.wordpress.com/2012/06/25/diamanda-hagan-reviews-04-06-sextette/ here.]] WebVideo/MusicalHell [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2xx0ERdKeP8 also tore it apart.]] |
| 63 | * '''''Shark Exorcist''''' may have a title that makes it sound like it's a [[SoBadItsGood fun cheeseball B-movie]], but the reality is very different. The plot is disjointed and incomprehensible, coming off as more of [[RandomEventsPlot a series of events happening with no rhyme or reason]]. Even taking this into account, there are multiple scenes that serve no discernible purpose. The main plot ends 45 minutes in, with the rest of the runtime spent on two {{Filler}} scenes that are only tangentially related to the plot and were obviously made to [[{{Padding}} pad out]] the movie. The acting is stilted, awkward, and unnatural, with actors looking and performing like they're in a really bad porno flick. The special effects and production values wouldn't even pass on Website/YouTube. Even the lighting and sound mixing are horrible, and the cameraman's labored breathing is clearly audible multiple times! All in all, it's a boring, confusing, incompetent mess that barely even meets the definition of a "movie", and is a chore to sit through. Is it any wonder the movie has a rating of 1.3 on Website/{{IMDb}}? ''WebVideo/IHateEverything'' [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ayIMynkJlyk reviewed it]] and called it the worst movie he'd ever seen by that point (surpassing ''The Amazing Bulk'', which at least had a plot); ''WebVideo/BestOfTheWorst'' [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X7_ZU4dlqXk warns people]] to stay away from it, finding it worse than ''Bigfoot vs. D.B. Cooper'', their previous "worst movie ever". |
| 64 | * '''''Film/ShowDogs''''', a buddy cop dog movie that has all the makings of a crappy direct-to-video release, but somehow got a wide theatrical release. It involves a cop and a dog who are partnered up to infiltrate a crime ring that steals valuable animals and sells them to the highest bidder, all backstage behind a popular dog show. The IdiotPlot runs entirely on FridgeLogic that makes the movie fall apart if you even take two minutes to think about feasibility of the criminal's grand plan. All the actors give [[DullSurprise lifeless performances]] playing {{flat character}}s that spew insipid jokes mostly consisting of a HurricaneOfPuns involving canines and shallow pop culture references worthy of the early 2000s (for instance, a zip-lining tiger makes a ''Literature/LifeOfPi'' reference just because he's a tiger.) The production design and special effects are horrendously cheap (due to the film being made on a budget of just [[NoBudget $5.5 million]]), occasionally dipping into the [[UnintentionalUncannyValley Uncanny Valley]] with the artificial animal expressions. By far the most infamous scenes in the movie (which were removed for the home release) are where the cop dog has to learn how to endure the experience of getting his genitals inspected during the dog show, which he does by going to his HappyPlace where he dances with his human partner in the style of ''Film/DirtyDancing''. This led to the film [[OvershadowedByControversy becoming the target of]] [[https://slate.com/culture/2018/05/show-dogs-movie-accused-of-spreading-unsafe-ideas-about-child-sexual-abuse.html accusations]] from parents that it was [[UnfortunateImplications normalizing child grooming]][[invoked]]. Brad and Dave [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0fjtyZqJvPk reviewed this movie]] for ''WebVideo/MidnightScreenings'', where they unfavorably compare it to ''WesternAnimation/TheEmojiMovie''. WebVideo/IHateEverything also gives it a look [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AU5RfnROb-Q here]], and WebVideo/ChrisStuckmann also takes a look at its trailer [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_RanZ0I4ROc here]] with his dog Zeev. Creator/MarkKermode, [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CaXwv3C-Zog in his review]], declared that "[[Film/JackFrost1998 no dogs is better than]] ''Show Dogs''", and drew particular attention to a moment where a character remarks that no one makes movies about talking dogs any more, even as the film demonstrates ''exactly'' why no one makes those movies any more. |
| 65 | * '''''Film/ShutIn''''' is a poorly-made horror movie that wastes its talented cast, including Creator/NaomiWatts (among many other top-notch actors like Creator/CharlieHeaton, Creator/JacobTremblay, and Creator/OliverPlatt). The film's premise revolves around Watts' character being trapped in her house with her paralyzed stepson (Heaton) [[SnowedIn due to a winter storm]] and having to survive when it appears that someone is in the house and wishes them harm. However, this potentially-interesting premise is ultimately wasted, as the film jams in [[ClicheStorm every horror cliché from the book]], including {{Jump Scare}}s and dream sequence fakeouts, along with a ''lot'' of Skype scenes between Watts's and Platt's characters. The film is then completely ruined by the ridiculous twist in the third act, when it is revealed that [[spoiler:her stepson has been [[ObfuscatingDisability faking paralysis the whole time]], [[PlotHole somehow]] fooling ''all'' of his doctors, and has also been [[SlippingAMickey drugging his stepmother]] the whole time, ''also'' without being noticed]]. It's no surprise that this film was panned by critics and audiences alike (it received a Tomatometer rating of 8% with critics on Website/RottenTomatoes, with only 3 positive reviews out of 38, and 24% with audiences) and was [=EuropaCorp=]'s second BoxOfficeBomb of 2016, only making back $8.4 million worldwide on its $10 million budget. WebVideo/ChrisStuckmann talks about the film [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fOlmnIXSIw0 here]], considering it [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=esF9SfGi6AE the 8th worst film he'd seen in 2016]]. [[WebVideo/CinematicExcrement Smeghead]] shared his thoughts on the movie [[https://youtu.be/JVszbLxFQ5g here]] and later called it [[https://youtu.be/johZ9tFxnwo the 2nd worst film he'd seen in 2016]]. |
| 66 | * '''''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. WebVideo/GoodBadOrBadBad and WebVideo/DoubleToasted [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nir3rrCmw7c also express their]] [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QN_-vgNtvwY dissatisfaction with this film]], while also mocking Dane Cook throughout the whole review. WebVideo/TwoTakes also [[https://www.youtube.com/embed/oat0tHxRBfY tackles this pathetic mess]] as part of their IMDB Bottom 100 marathon. |
| 67 | * 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 ''Film/BenAndArthur.'' 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]], taken from the 1980 German documentary ''The Yellow Star'', can't even spice up a boring 72-minute dramatic slog that doesn't even show the Nazis suppressing the young lovers. [[ArtisticLicenseHistory The Nazis were just coming to power in 1933, predating the Holocaust's beginning 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]]Something that's only been achieved by ''four'' other films, ''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'' described ''Forest'' as "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.]]) |
| 68 | * '''''Film/SlenderMan''''' was released 4 years after the character fell out of popularity, but that is the least of this movie's problems. The protagonists are selfish and make poor decisions (such as summoning Slender Man in the first place), and the movie ruins whatever mystery and spook factor the character had left for a weak, laughable twist. Not only that, the advertising went beyond tasteless by showing scenes [[RippedFromTheHeadlines closely resembling]] the infamous [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Slender_Man_stabbing Slender-Man stabbing incident]] of 2014, which was already horrible enough to kill buzz about Slender-Man in the first place, but the backlash to that resulted in at least one local market refusing to screen the film at all--which is just as well, because with or without the scenes the residents of the community where it happened would've absolutely hated its celluloid/electronic guts anyway, as when the offending scenes were removed in an effort at damage control it rendered the film a lot harder to understand and created enough giant plot holes that you can drive a semi through the whole length of the film. Many critics wondered if the movie was a deliberate attempt to sabotage the character. It ended up getting 8% on Rotten Tomatoes (17% audience score), 3.2 on IMDB, and a D- Cinemascore. Jeremy Jahns and Chris Stuckmann look at the movie [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tbw3SiYSp0M here]] and [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h7NLOLUOxh4&list=PLll1Woy810okiZJWv_P6zYv2hbZo8Ur0m&index=30 here]] respectively. |
| 69 | * '''''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. |
| 70 | * '''''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]]. WebVideo/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. |
| 71 | * '''''Film/SonOfTheMask''''' is a failure of a family comedy with loose ties to ''Film/TheMask'' at best. When the writing (complete with copious moments of [[IdiotBall characters acting like idiots]]) 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 trainwreck of a movie. He later considered it the second-worst sequel in existence, behind only ''Troll 2''. |
| 72 | * Although ''Franchise/ThePinkPanther'' films were already on the decline, after Creator/PeterSellers [[DiedDuringProduction died all of a sudden]] before the intended conclusion to the series could be filmed, '''''Film/SonOfThePinkPanther''''', the ninth, is hands-down considered the nadir. Taking place ten years after ''Film/CurseOfThePinkPanther'', the film stars Creator/RobertoBenigni, in one of his first international film roles, as Jacques Gambrelli, Inspector Clouseau's bastard son with Maria Gambrelli from ''Film/AShotInTheDark''. Chief Inspector Dreyfus sends Gambrelli to rescue Princess Yasmin of Lugash. Given that he's is supposed to have [[LikeFatherLikeSon the same personality and traits as his father]], you'd think he would be just as funny as Sellers' Clouseau. Alas, you would be wrong. Benigni's performance [[TookTheBadFilmSeriously may be charming at times]], but it can't save the horribly-written script, overused slapstick jokes, confusing storyline, and bland, tired retreads of past films' humor. Even the opening credits sequence, featuring the animated Pink Panther character, wasn't anywhere as good as the ones in previous movies. ''Son of...'' was released to universally negative reaction, currently boasting a 6% score on Website/RottenTomatoes, the lowest of any Pink Panther film. Benigni almost lost his overseas reputation to a Razzie nomination for Worst New Star, until he [[CareerResurrection bounced back]] with ''Film/LifeIsBeautiful''. Adding salt to the wound, the movie grossed just $2.4 million against a $28 million budget, joining ''Film/LastActionHero'' and ''[[Film/SuperMarioBros1993 Super Mario Bros.]]'' as one of 1993's biggest summer flops. And to top it all off, the original ''Pink Panther'' franchise [[FranchiseKiller died for good]]; co-creator and director Creator/BlakeEdwards became disillusioned with film-making and retired, and composer Music/HenryMancini was stuck with this as his swansong when he died the following year. David Mills of ''The Washington Post'' summed up his feelings about the movie and expressed fears of further {{Sequelitis}} in his review for ''Son of...'' in 1993: |
| 73 | -->[[http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-srv/style/longterm/movies/videos/sonofthepinkpantherpgmills_a09e52.htm But even more unsettling... is the inescapable feeling, by the end, that Blake Edwards has laid the groundwork for more wild, wacky film adventures with Benigni in the role of Clouseau Jr.]] |
| 74 | * '''''Film/SpeciesTheAwakening''''' is a thoroughly awful movie featuring a normally phenomenal actor, Ben Cross, who [[MoneyDearBoy very obviously couldn't get any other job at the time]]. The majority of the movie could be characterised as "Ben Cross runs from [[SpecialEffectFailure poor CGI]]". It has little or nothing to do with the alien-mating motif of the cult classic original and is still much, much worse than ''Species II'' or even ''Species III''. It never comes close to the fetish nature of its predecessors, preferring to focus on a story with the depth of a grade school story about aliens with occasional hints of pre-adolescent sexuality thrown in. It was thoroughly panned by many ''Species'' fans as being nothing more than a cash-in attempt, described as a what-if? scenario of having the original film's character raise the alien hybrid as his own offspring (well, niece) rather than in a laboratory, having to make a SadisticChoice to save her. |
| 75 | * 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|Band}}, 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. |
| 76 | -->'''RT Consensus''': Ground control to Major Tom, ''Stardust'' forgot to put its helmet on. |
| 77 | * '''''Film/TheStarfighters''''', another common candidate for "films that are almost unwatchable even on ''[[Series/MysteryScienceTheater3000 MST3K]]''", is much more boring than a movie about fighter pilots has any right to be. It details the lives of US Air Force pilots as they... don't do anything. Scenes of routine flight tests, mundane conversations about corn detasseling, and a half-assed romantic angle that doesn't go anywhere are what pass for the plot of what may be one of the most boring movies ever made about the military. A popular "game" when watching the film is to dare the person next to you to name a ''single character'' by the film's halfway point. As one Website/YouTube user said, "If I were in the Air Force, and it was actually this boring, I would pray for a war to break out, just so I could finally get some action -- or get killed. Either would be better than this." In the end, the entire film comes across as essentially a giant ad for the F-104 '''Starfighter'''...which practically ''needed'' one due to the plane being plagued with various performance and mechanical problems which had practically dried up interest in it. |
| 78 | * '''''Film/StarGames''''' reaches lows you never thought were even possible for direct-to-video kid's movies and then somehow sinks them deep into the bedrock, starring Creator/TonyCurtis, Daran Norris and two terrible child actors who made the wise decision of never performing again. This steaming heap features laughably bad special effects and props, a villain that looks like [[WTHCostumingDepartment 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 tricking the audience into thinking that there's a gas leak in the building. It comes across as an exaggerated parody of bad kids films instead of an actual movie. An almost fitting end to the directing career of Greydon Clark, the man behind stinkers like ''Film/{{Joysticks}}'' and ''Film/FinalJustice.'' Tony Curtis himself has gone on record saying that he has never seen the finished product, [[MoneyDearBoy 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.]] |
| 79 | * '''''Film/StarshipTroopers2HeroOfTheFederation''''' is an InNameOnly sequel which ditches the satirical tone of the [[Film/StarshipTroopers original]] to play its plot disappointingly straight... and rip off superior horror films such as ''Film/TheThing1982'' and ''Film/InvasionOfTheBodySnatchers1956''. The characters are dull, the acting is awful and budget was clearly small leading to SpecialEffectFailure. While its Website/RottenTomatoes rating seems reasonable at 33%, this is based on a sample of only eight reviews (with two in favour). The audience rating is only 12% and its [=IMDb=] rating is 3.5 out of 10. WebVideo/ShitcaseCinema covered it [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Cj2Mh-amuIk here]], while ''WebVideo/TheAngryJoeShow'' slated it during his look through the whole series [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kmJY_CAJ3Nc here]]. |
| 80 | * '''''Still Flowin' - The Movie''''' by none other than rapper Raed Melki (whose music is covered [[SoBadItsGood/{{Music}} here]] and [[Horrible/{{Music}} here]]). The film is a [[VeryLooselyBasedOnATrueStory fictionalized depiction]] of Raed's life story, particularly his feud with noted {{Australian|Music}} record producer Michael Gudinski and subsequent admission to a mental institution. It contains three songs, all of which are even more random and disorganized than his usual standards, while the rest of the movie is Raed and company just... doing things. The audio editing is awful, and the writing's even worse. Good luck watching it all the way through with more than 20 brain cells remaining by the end of it... |
| 81 | * '''''Film/StreetFighterTheLegendOfChunLi''''' is a ''Franchise/StreetFighter'' property that is InNameOnly at its absolute worst, combined with [[QuestionableCasting horrible casting]], a script filled with {{Plot Hole}}s that caused Creator/{{Capcom}} to want to [[CanonDiscontinuity forget its existence]], and no-effort fight scenes. Creator/NealMcDonough's Bison looks less like the game's Bison and more like he's trying to channel equal parts [[Literature/TheSilenceOfTheLambs Hannibal Lecter]], ComicBook/LexLuthor, and [[Film/TheLastDragon Sho' Nuff]], and failing miserably on every one, further cementing the late, great Creator/RaulJulia's [[HamAndCheese already classic]] [[Film/StreetFighter interpretation of Bison]] as the cinematic Bison to beat. [[JustHereForGodzilla Even]] Creator/KristinKreuk as Chun-Li couldn't save it as critics have bashed it and Creator/MichaelClarkeDuncan [[CreatorBacklash was ashamed of it]]. Here's WebAnimation/{{Spill}} [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tKGVpcN07tU giving their review]] of the movie. Creator/JamesRolfe from Cinemassacre and Chad James from Creator/RoosterTeeth give their thoughts on this movie [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8FHQRHux4pk here]]. WebVideo/FoldingIdeas dissects the film and its many storytelling flaws [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9Hl203g5k3Y here]]. |
| 82 | * '''''Film/TheStupids''''' is a perfect example of how a family comedy can go absolutely wrong. What's the problem you may ask? [[ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin The title says it all.]] Based on a series of children's books by Harry Allard, this 1996 comedy stars Stanley Stupid (Creator/TomArnold) and his wife Joan Stupid (Creator/JessicaLundy) who, along with their two children Buster (Bug Hall) and Petunia (Alex [=McKenna=]), go on a wild goose chase with a corrupt army, and also garbage trucks for some reason. As it's clearly implied, this movie heavily relies on [[IdiotBall stupid slapstick to entertain the audience]], and also cartoony humor that's so bad it makes ''Film/MrMagoo'' look completely original. Not only that, the plot is so nonsensical that things go absolutely nowhere without any build-up, with one major offender being the stupid subplot revolving around aliens ''(yes, seriously)'' who want to kill Stanley, because a newspaper with his name and picture printed on it had mocked them for picking their noses. Creator/JohnLandis, who directed the film, defended it by stating that it was specifically designed for "10 year olds", but even then, children wouldn't understand what's going on throughout most of the film. Bruce Fretts of Entertainment Weekly gave it a grade F, in which the latter called it "Guaranteed 100 percent laugh-free.", and was nominated for four Razzie Awards, and two awards by the 1996 Stinkers Bad Movie Awards, one of them being the ''Founders Award - What Were They Thinking and Why?''. WebVideo/{{Phelous}} and Creator/AllisonPregler [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T4hf-AnRo1c says it all in here]]. |
| 83 | * '''''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 opportunity 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'', ''Franchise/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]]. |
| 84 | * '''''Surf School''''' is a 2006 film that takes a crack at the late '90s/early '00s era of teen movies, which gave us {{cult classic}}s such as ''Film/AmericanPie'', ''Film/RoadTrip'', and ''Film/EuroTrip''. Thing is, ''Surf School'' fails to remotely understand what made its predecessors click with their audiences. Instead of giving viewers a story of [[CharacterDevelopment relatable teenagers who grow closer as a result of the hijinks they face]], ''Surf School'' gives us a lazy ClicheStorm that is loaded with stereotypical characters that would make a viewer punch his or her TV. As if that isn't enough, the jokes are painfully unfunny and excessively crude even for teen movies, relying on notions of bestiality and a running gag of an old couple talk about all the sex they have for the "laughs". Those who watch teen movies for the hijinks are going to hate this too, as the ones featured here are dull, boring, and done way better by its predecessors. The only funny thing that came from this is when Harland Williams was asked why he doesn't list this film on his film credits, he replied "You actually saw that piece of shit?!" Perhaps it also has to do with the fact that ''Surf School'' has a 2.0 on Website/IMDb... |
| 85 | * The 2002 remake of '''''Film/SweptAway''''' with Music/{{Madonna}}, directed by her then-husband Creator/GuyRitchie. The first half consists of a [[NailsOnABlackboard fingernails-scratching-the-chalkboard]] shouting match between the two main characters (seriously; just argue with your friend, spouse, or children for 40 minutes, occasionally shoving each other, and you'll get an idea of what it's like); the second half is a misogynistic fantasy in which Madonna's character seems to fall in love with the male lead after he abuses her and threatens to rape her.[[note]]This is all true to the original Italian film, but one would hope a movie made after three decades would be a bit less sexist, and just makes you wonder why anyone wanted to remake it if they weren't going to actually change anything.[[/note]] The film brought in less than $600,000 at the box office, got a 5% on Rotten Tomatoes, and won five Razzie Awards, including "Worst Picture" and "Worst Remake or Sequel". It also [[StarDerailingRole permanently ended]] Madonna's career as an actress. Eegah-Taki wrote a review of it that can be found [[http://eegah-taki.tumblr.com/post/89082611643/swept-away-2002-mancave-movie here]], [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rcVSXCSaoLU as did]] WebVideo/ToddInTheShadows. WebVideo/CinematicExcrement also takes a look at it [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BOugA3IXhv0 here]]. |
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| 89 | * '''''Film/TheySavedHitlersBrain''''' takes B-movie badness to previously uncharted regions. The bulk of the film is confusing exposition about Hitler's brain, which doesn't appear until near the end. Not even the car chase that switches from night to day is enough to keep you entertained. The reason for this is pretty simple — the movie was originally shorter and had a different name, ''Madmen of Mandoras''. When the television rights were acquired, the distributor wanted it to be feature-length and filmed enough completely unconnected footage to pad out the movie to 91 minutes. This leads to a very weird effect concerning differences in film stock and fashion: Everybody in the older portion [[https://web.archive.org/web/20180508150254/http://oi59.tinypic.com/kbd46c.jpg has that]] [[https://web.archive.org/web/20180508150329/http://oi60.tinypic.com/1o4y8g.jpg clean-cut]], ''Series/MadMen'' thing going, while the newer footage has [[https://web.archive.org/web/20180508150359/http://oi60.tinypic.com/1109k76.jpg folks]] [[https://web.archive.org/web/20180508150419/http://oi60.tinypic.com/2h6djzm.jpg clearly]] from the late [[TheSixties '60s]]. One minute you're watching some guy with a feathered shag and PornStache and his go-go girl agent friend getting pursued and dispatched by a mustached guy who looks like [[Film/TheBluesBrothers Jake Blues]]. The next minute, everybody looks like Don Draper or Creator/DorisDay. You can see a review of it by Dark Corners [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5iCFIbvDFfU here]], and [[WebVideo/ReactionAndReview Emer Prevost]] shares his thoughts about it [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2Kk4vKPiWSs here.]] |
| 90 | * '''''Things''''' is a 1989 film that can be best described as an aspiring filmmaker's worst nightmare. The meandering plot involves two guys who stay over at a brother's house, whose infertile wife was impregnated by a mad doctor and gives birth to the titular "Things", which look like clay spiders. Then they do nothing except [[LampshadeHanging hang lampshades]] about their situation until the Things attack them. The camerawork is dark and disgusting, taking aspects from other movies like ''Film/{{Alien}}'' and ''Film/TheEvilDead1981'' and executing them as if the cameraman drank a bottle of whiskey beforehand, and the sound design is absolutely atrocious. Almost all the sound effects were made by some guy making sounds with his mouth and nearly the entire movie is dubbed very poorly, with sound clips from the main actors, who sound wasted while recording their lines, occasionally overlapping each other. The Things don't look much better and they're killed in such an unsatisfactory manner; that is, if you can make out what's even happening with all the [[JitterCam shaky cam]], {{Dutch angle}}s, and lack of lighting. And if all that wasn't enough, you get former porn star Amber Lynn as a news reporter who's clearly reading her lines off of cue cards to the side. The Neil Brothers from Website/SomethingAwful [[http://www.somethingawful.com/movie-reviews/things-1989/1/ gave it a -50]], calling it the worst movie they've ever seen at the time. Mike from ''WebVideo/HalfInTheBag'' [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9_imbu9jmAo shares the same sentiments]] while Jay calls it a movie best watched with a friend so you can enjoy their suffering and ire toward you at having been subjected to such trash. |
| 91 | * '''''Turn It Up''''', a 2000 attempt to make rappers Pras and Ja Rule movie stars, which obtained an 8% on Rotten Tomatoes and an 18 on Metacritic. The film is an obvious attempt to ape the cult success of ''Belly'' but while that film covered up its shortcomings with an unmistakable style that wowed its fans, this film is simply boring and has awful acting and production values to boot. Not even Creator/JasonStatham can make it watchable, and Creator/NewLineCinema essentially gave it the InvisibleAdvertising treatment, as it grossed only $1.2 million on a $9 million budget. Further rubbing salt in the wound is that ''this'' was the last movie to ever be screened at the legendary Indian Hills Theatre before it was demolished following Carmike's bankruptcy. |
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| 95 | * '''''The Undefeated''''' [[note]]([[SimilarlyNamedWorks not to be confused]] with ''Film/TheUndefeated'', the 1969 Western starring Creator/JohnWayne and Creator/RockHudson, or ''Film/{{Undefeated}}'', the [[UsefulNotes/AcademyAward Oscar]]-winning documentary about high school football that was released in the same year as this film, 2011[[/note]] is perhaps one of the biggest critical and commercial failures in the world of documentaries, with a 1.9 on Website/{{IMDb}}. The title makes it clear from the start that this is little more than a [[VanityProject personal vanity project]] for UsefulNotes/SarahPalin. As a result, it blatantly and shamelessly promotes her while ignoring facts that reflect poorly on her (including the fact that the UsefulNotes/JohnMcCain/Sarah Palin ticket ''lost'' the 2008 presidential election to UsefulNotes/BarackObama and UsefulNotes/JoeBiden). It's chock-full of yes-men, over-the-top, [[{{Anvilicious}} heavy-handed]] imagery and obvious falsehoods, with the odd {{demonization}} or two of left-wing ideologies. It came off as more of a lengthy campaign ad than a documentary, and with its many intelligence-insulting moments it failed at being ''that'', too. When ''The Atlantic'' sent one of their reporters to do a review, [[http://www.theatlantic.com/politics/archive/2011/07/sarah-palin-movie-debuts-to-empty-theater-in-orange-county/241983/ he noted that he spent most of the movie alone]]. Yes, three people bought tickets, and the other two walked out after 20 minutes (keep in mind this was in arch-conservative Orange County, California), [[DuelingMovies on the same day]] as [[Film/HarryPotterAndTheDeathlyHallows the last Harry Potter film]]. It was released the same year as ''Film/JackAndJill'', which set the record for most Razzies won. On both Website/RottenTomatoes and the Website/IMDb, it STILL has a lower rating than ''Jack and Jill''. |
| 96 | * 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/{{The Room|2003}}'' 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]]. |
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| 100 | * '''''Film/WerewolvesOfTheThirdReich''''' promises some SoBadItsGood schlock potential, but completely squanders it. For starters, it's a British film where all the actors are putting on horrific American or German accents, which would be funny if anything happened in the movie. 70% of the piece is Josef Mengele and Ilse Koch going through the minutiae of running a concentration camp and their own marital problems ([[MakesJustAsMuchSenseInContext Don't ask why they're married here]] despite Koch's RealLife husband being an important part of her atrocities), along with some boring dialogue between American soldiers escaped from the brig. The film has no concept of originality, flat-out stealing lines from ''Film/InglouriousBasterds'' and ''Film/FullMetalJacket'' and expecting nobody to notice. And worst of all, the werewolves don't show up before the last twenty minutes! All in all, this waste of potential deserves its 2.8 IMDB rating. Geek Legion of Doom discusses the film [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aW3g43kkbjU here]]. |
| 101 | * '''''While She Was Out''''' is a 2008 suspense-thriller based on a short story by Edward Bryant and starring Creator/KimBasinger as an [[DomesticAbuse abused]] suburban {{housewife}} named Della who is forced to [[DamselOutOfDistress fend for herself]] in [[DontGoInTheWoods the woods]] against a [[ClicheStorm clichéd]] [[FiveTokenBand four token band]] of [[GangBangers hoodlums]]. In practice, it's one part LifetimeMovieOfTheWeek, one part {{gor|n}}y ExploitationFilm... or an offbrand ''Film/EdenLake''. Even then, it tries and fails to choose between being a horror movie, a BlackComedy, or a thriller, and its central message is outright reprehensible. But all that aside, the script has numerous [[PlotHole plotholes]] and [[FridgeLogic logic gaps]], and the story is completely telegraphed. The chase sequences are badly choreographed, and a few scenes [[BigLippedAlligatorMoments just didn't need to be there.]] There are also [[{{Padding}} long stretches]]--5-10 minutes at a go--where nothing happens. And the gang just plain isn't a convincing threat; Della just picks them off one by one, [[StrictlyFormula each in the same predictable, contrived way]]. The story offers no insight into Basinger's character, or the impact of her trauma--she just turns into a killing machine capable of {{MacGyvering}} with [[AssPull no justification]]. The supposed [[TwistEnding shocker ending]] where [[spoiler:it's implied that her abusive husband is next]] feels rather [[GainaxEnding abrupt]], over-the-top and tacked-on. ''While She Was Out'' only garnered a Website/RottenTomatoes score of 31% and an audience score of 17%. It did marginally better on Metacritic with a score of 40% and a 4.8 score on Website/{{IMDb}}. Mathew "Film Brain" Buck eventually would [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=--TaJVbSgVY cover it]] as part of ''WebVideo/BadMovieBeatdown''. |
| 102 | * 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 despite being a ''[[QuestionableCasting registered]] [[PaedoHunt sex offender]]'' since 2002, with his performance 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 of this 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")[[note]]In case you are wondering what exactly that line is, it's "What are you? Two pussies having a pity party?"[[/note]]. WebVideo/DoubleToasted also dissects [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fvYdLN7QgbA this unfunny travesty further]]. |
| 103 | * '''''Film/TheWildWorldOfBatwoman''''', released in 1966 and directed by Jerry Warren, was clearly made to cash in on the popularity of the ''Series/Batman1966'' TV series, but completely lacks the charm of its "inspiration". Its plot is centered around Batwoman, who simply wears the most garish outfit, and her Batgirl minions, who don't really fight crime and spend more time on go-go dancing instead. There's also a ridiculous plot about trying to find a hearing-aid that the villain, Rat Fink, wants to obtain for himself. Even more, there are too many BigLippedAlligatorMoments that have ''nothing'' to do with the film itself, most of which seem to be stock footage from [[Film/TheMolePeople other movies]]. For example, there's a scene where two Batgirls witness a mugging scene and they ''don't do anything about it''. Whatever "funny" moments are in this movie are hardly even worth laughing over, feeling so dry and boring instead, and its opening scene of "synthetic vampires" has nothing to do with the rest of the movie, considering it was shot to avoid a lawsuit from DC/National Comics. Ultimately, this film is so dry and lifeless, even the crew of ''Series/MysteryScienceTheater3000'' have found it difficult to sit through, with Tom Servo famously screaming "END! ENNNNND!" towards the end of the film. Their book, ''The Amazing Colossal Episode Guide'' describes watching the film as akin to "walking into a room filled with tear gas." Currently, this film has a rating of 1.9 out of 10 on Website/{{IMDb}}, and rightfully so. |
| 104 | * '''''Film/{{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]] |
| 105 | * '''''Film/WitlessProtection''''', the last of a triad of films which featured Daniel Whitney's Creator/LarryTheCableGuy character AsHimself. Larry's a small-town sheriff who unwittingly abducts a witness under protection by FBI agents... who it turns out are actually in the employ of a big-city gangster and are out to silence her. [[ClicheStorm On top of a plot that plays every cliché straight]], the film features Larry at his least likeable, a load of unfunny jokes, and a plethora of outright insulting moments, with little to redeem it in the slightest. To top it off, Larry makes a lot of racist remarks, as Creator/LeonardMaltin noted in his reviews. (This also marks Creator/JennyMcCarthy's second appearance on this page; although she didn't write it unlike ''Dirty Love'' and only plays Larry's girlfriend.) Unlike the films that preceded it, it made only around half of its budget and was more or less the StarDerailingRole for Whitney as a live-action leading film actor. Also, it was Creator/YaphetKotto's last film. |
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