Today,
Alex Cavanaugh is hosting the 10 worst movies Blogfest. As my sight is themed, so shall be my list. I could almost fill the entire list with comic book movies from the 90s, but I think I will stick to one obvious choice. So here we go.
10. Roger Corman's Fantastic Four- This one apparently was never meant for human consumption. The studios paid Corman to film this low budget hokefest so that they could retain the film rights. The new Corman could do it for under a hundred bucks, so they wouldn't be losing much money. I feel sorry for Corman, then I remember all the schlock he has produced and feel better. None of the actors new what was going on either, though. I do feel sorry for them. Not lower on the list due to never being released. You might also like the 90s Captain America Movie, the 90's Justice League movie, or eighties tv Spider-man movies.
9. Catwoman- While we are on comic books lets look at one of the biggest disappointments of all time. Halle Barry is very hot and she has been able to act outside of comic book movies. When it was announced that this vixen was going to play Catwoman, I think every fanboy was looking forward to it. Then the movie turned out to not be a movie about The Catwoman and just a movie loosely based on the comic book character. By loosely based, I mean she had a similar costume.
8. Roland Emmerich movies in the past decade- Of all of the ones that I have seen, Eight Legged Freaks was the best and belongs nowhere on this list, 10,000 BC, Day After Tomorrow, and 2012 are all crap though. I mean they are all spectacles to behold as they are beautiful high budget films, but this just goes to show you that you do need a well written story and good direction. And an editor. And scientific consultants.
7. The Happening/Avatar- I will admit that I was an M. Night apologist. I even kind of like Lady in the Water a little, sort of. But, the happening was total crap and it was supposed to be horror and it was just dumb and we had watched it right after being disappointed in sweeney todd at Halloween scary movie fest. Avatar-The last Airbender shoves entire season of awesomeness into one two hour movie. Who whould have thought that the parts they cut out would have been what made it awesome. Well that filme franchise is dead.
6. Sweeney Todd- I know some people loved this movie, but I was not one of them. It was horrible. I hope that Bonheim-Carter, Depp, and Tim Burton never work together again. Please!
5. The Transformers Franchise- My immediate response was that I liked the first movie. But then I made the mistake of thinking about it. I have never watched this movie a second time. I have not seen the third movie but it is going to be available on DVD about 3 months after hitting theaters and that is never a good sign. The second may be the worst of the three as it made absolutely no sense. A huge complaint of mine is how over complicated the robots where. I couldn't tell what the heck was going on.
4. The new Nightmare on Elm Street- Hey, I have an idea, lets get that guy from the watchman to play freddy! Turns out they also needed a guy from the watchman to write a movie. How do you remake an iconic 1980's slasher film in order to relaunch the franchise? Not like this. Again, they threw money at it in the hopes that people wouldn't notice the writing. How much do writers make, it can't be that much.
3. Starship Troopers 3- I loved the book and the movie for Starship Troopers. The second movie, while disappointing wasn't that bad, but the third movie is a disaster. Oddly, they first movie is my favorite and it is the only one I don't own, as I have a penchant for picking up really bad movies.
2. Mortal Combat Annihilation and Uwe Boll video game movies- Video game movies are another genre you could almost fill the list with or even just Uwe Boll movies in general, but let us not give him any more time and move on to the movie that Annihilated the Mortal Combat film franchise. MK2 was following up on the successful MK1 movie. The only people that went to see this film were people, like me, who played the game and liked the first movie. I honestly asked for my money back (they said no). It was the only movie I ever went to that people got up and left in the middle and didn't come back.
1. Necropolis- I picked this one up out of a bargain bin on VHS. It might be the worst movie ever made, but that does give it some entertainment value. All those people trying to bring back the 80s should check out this movie and realize what they are really trying to bring back. I gave this movie away and it was given away again by that person. I imagine that this movie is making the rounds and one day, you too may get the chance to view it. Just a little preview of the horribleness. A witch trying to raise the dead has demon servents and she has to grow additional breasts so she may feed them. No kidding. So bad, you have to see it.
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Book- Salem's Lot: This was the scariest book I have ever read. Stephen King is at his best in this book painting scenes that scare you to your core. I had just graduated high school when I read this book. I was at my grandmothers house and was reading late at night. I was getting tired, so I put the book down. The images King created kept running through my head. I knew I wouldn't be able to sleep and got up and watched comedy central for an hour until I felt I could safely get to sleep. The movie for this one is okay, but the book is super creepy and has a place on every bookshelf. 
Movie: Thirteen: I am pretty sure you will find this one classified under the drama heading, but that just isn't true for anyone with a daughter. This movie is the type of scary that keeps you up all night trying to come up with ideas to keep you kid from turning out like lead character Tracy. It hits all the scary notes, drug abuse, delinquentism, sexual activity... This story is also semi autobiographical, so it actually, somewhat, happened to the person that wrote it. Knowing kids that went through semilar stuff growing up and this movie starts looking like something that will happen instead of could. Sent shivers down my spine. If I were hard pressed for a genred horror movie I would go with Event Horizon or Amityville Horror (1979). 
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