The 10 Worst Special Effects Ever In Movies

Bad special effects and terrible CGI afflict many films, from blockbusters to b-movies. Here are some of the worst offenders.

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The 10 Worst Special Effects Ever In Movies
Summer Anne Burton

10. “100 Million BC”

To be fair, no one actually saw this movie.

9. “Troll 3”

This wasn’t supposed to be a toy helicopter blowing up?

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8. “Escape from LA”

This entire clip is here for the amazing shark at :34!

7. “Troll 2”

Every “special effect” in this life-changing movie just involves rubber and food coloring.

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6. “Freddy Vs. Jason”

Dangers of pot: weird computer generated caterpillars might come up to you.

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5. “Lost In Space”

Oh, Joey.

4. “Anaconda 3”

People paid money to watch this.

3. “Shark Attack 3: Megalodon”

I think that shark might be fake.

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2. “DarkWolf”

Here’s what IMDB told me about this movie “A hip, very erotic twist on the werewolf thriller, this atmospheric horror film adds a a wickedly sexy appetite to the bloodthirsty cravings of its monster.” Um, yeah.

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1. “The Mummy Returns”

The Rock has never looked better.

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    • tiffanyjbl 10 months ago

      I actually liked that scene from The Mummy Returns! The rest were pretty ridiculous though =) I like watching the old black and whites, most of the horror ones can be classified right into comedies now! Maybe not a good fit for kids but for me they’re all too funny!

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      There was a Troll 3??? Also there was a giant helicopter attacking penis in Troll 3???

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      So the shark ate a man also with his jet ski, a very small helicopter exploded like a firecracker are quite funny.. And for the rests, those look like a very expensive porno for strange tastes

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      Can we just agree that EVERY SyFy channel produced movie deserves a place on this list. It’s part of the fun (and the mind boggling LOL “science”).

    • The Mist had SyFy channel grade CG, but I still loved that film.

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      Has no one seen Two Headed Shark attack?? Best of the worst special effects!!

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      I strongly recommend watching Troll 2. Omg, It’s so bad it’s good. Funniest movie you’ll ever watch.

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      So this movie has really bad graphics: mega shark vs crocosaurus. Urkle (J.White) is in it! the effects are so bad we and made a drinking game out of it. Haha just YouTube this, it’s a gem.

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      actually, the special effects in the bond film, moonraker were pretty bad. at the end when the space station blows up, you can see pieces falling. remember, this is space where gravity is much, much lower! plus, the station is on fire?

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      Once you start making threequels on already crappy movies, there’s really nowhere to go but down.

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      No 0. Birdemic

    • jchapman a year ago

      Almost as bad as these special effects—?

    • jchapman a year ago

      I have actually seen 100 Million BC

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      Is that supposed to be The Rock in Mummy Returns? Looks more like the Taiwanese news recreations.

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