Some movies are awful, and you don’t need to see them to form your opinion. Whether it’s a movie based on a book, a cringeworthy title, or just a questionable premise, when you know, you know. Cast your eyes below and see if that movie you avoided is on the list.
Fifty Shades of Grey
You know what you’re in for if you’ve read the book. If you haven’t read the book, chances are it’s because you know how bad it is. You only have to hear the title to anticipate awkward dialogue, wooden acting, and questionable bedroom practices.
Attack of the Killer Tomatoes
It doesn’t take a genius to work out the movie’s premise, but the idea of urban savagery at the hands of a few disturbed tomatoes doesn’t fill us with hope. The title pretty much says it all: Tomatoes. Really?
Jack and Jill
Adam Sandler is in drag playing his own twin sister. We’ve said it before, and we’ll repeat it: when Adam Sandler does it well, he does it brilliantly. But, this wasn’t one of those times.
Leprechaun in the Hood
If the title doesn’t give it away, nothing will. In the fifth installment of the Leprechaun movies, Los Angeles is the target of an angry Leprechaun facing off against a bunch of rappers. It’s all related to the theft of his magic flute, and he goes to various lengths to retrieve it.
Son of the Mask
The original movie, The Mask, only survived due to Jim Carrey’s hilarious mannerisms and eccentric behavior. Remove him from the mix, and you’ll likely end up with a very average movie. Son of the Mask should never have been made, and replacing him with CGI is embarrassing.
Super Mario Bros.
We might have loved the Nintendo game, but to embrace a movie version is vastly clutching at straws. Audiences seemed to enjoy the movie, whoever they were, but critics took a much more discerning stance.
Birdemic: Shock and Terror
Only Alfred Hitchcock can make an eerie movie about a frenzied bird attack. The premise of Birdemic might well be similar, but if we judge it by its movie title, we’ll give it a miss.
Cats
Given the success of the stage version, it’s pretty astounding that the movie was such a phenomenal flop. The CGI was terrifying and looked akin to an AI invention, and it’s the odd occasion that including an A-list cast is more of a deterrent than an encouragement.
Superbabies: Baby Geniuses 2
Babies with superpowers? Are babies wearing capes? Are babies clever? The title alone raises so many questions. Either way, it sounds more like a baby mess than a masterpiece.
Winnie the Pooh: Blood and Honey
Turning a children’s classic into a violent slasher would never work. We’ve adored A. A. Milne’s cuddly character for far too long to allow him to be transformed into a brutal figure. Unsurprisingly, it joined Rotten Tomatoes’ list of Worst Movies.
Titanic II
We know the story of the famous ship that hit an iceberg and plunged into the depths of the Atlantic Ocean. The movies have been largely great, particularly James Cameron’s 199 version. What can possibly happen in Titanic II? Aside from terrible acting and painful CGI, that is.
The Garbage Pail Kids Movie
They were the highlight of the 1980s, and every kid collected the cards, but by the time the movie came out, the kids had grown up and weren’t interested. The next generation found this bunch of grotesque kids plain weird.
The Room
The movie is famous for being so bad it’s good, but mostly just plain bad. Audiences have long debated whether it’s a piece of alternative art or just terrible, and no one is any wiser for it. It might win the prize for the worst movie ever made.
Avatar: The Last Airbender
A butchered adaptation of the original angered fans of the beloved animated series. The names were pronounced incorrectly, and they paled compared to their predecessors. It was deemed the worst of remake culture.
Elves
Not to be confused with Will Ferrell’s brilliant Elf, the plural version features an evil elf and a Neo-Nazi takeover plot. The rest is even stranger in a folk-lore way and likely has a certain cult following.
Plan 9 from Outer Space
Some movies are so bad that they’re good. This isn’t one of them. It’s just plain bad. Think aliens, zombies, a ludicrous plot, terrible acting, and cardboard sets, and you’ve got yourself a sci-fi nightmare.
Sharknado
After a tornado hits Los Angeles, deadly sharks take over the sea, land, and air. We can handle the sea aspect, but a shark taking over land and air has got to be horrific. It’s a recipe for disaster, not entertainment.
The Emoji Movie
An animated film about emojis? Things are getting desperate in Hollywood. They ran out of ideas and picked something from a teenager’s phone. It might not be as bad as it sounds, but we’ll guess it is.
Gigli
It was the famous movie that brought Hollywood couple Jennifer Lopez and Ben Affleck together, but that’s where the positivity ends. Affleck played a mobster ordered to kidnap the brother of a powerful prosecutor, but when things go awry, they send in Lopez. The movie bombed so badly that Ben Affleck considered quitting altogether.
