What Were the WORST Special Effects Ever Seen in a Movie?

self | July 13, 2012 | PJ-Comix

[Popman]

Not a special effect but at the end of the King Kong remake....Kong falls off the Empire State building, craters the ground and still retains his form....no blood , no guts, no broken bones poking out....

In real life he would look like a junebug on a windshield at 100 miles an hour ....

[yarddog]

Many times in Swamp People, I have seen them take aim with one gun and then they shoot with a totally different gun. Obviously splice two different incidents together.

Also once they were stranded until they could fix the boat motor. No one mentioned why they didn’t just ride in the boat with the camera.

[Kharis13]

I've been making low-budget short films for years and yes, most of our effects are cheaply done. I consider it part of the charm!

Here are some shots from our latest, "Evel Knievel on Skull Island: The Rescue of Ann Darrow":

Here is a shot of the "vampire cut in half" scene from CHARLIE CHAN IN TRANSYLVANIA:

Here is a shot from "The Mummy In the Maze":

And finally, some cheesy effects from our movie "Attack of the 50 Foot Ghoul":

[Joe 6-pack]

IMHO, it’s pretty hard to beat an iguana with prosthetic makeup...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U_x6qZEvX4k

[Revolting cat!]

And now for the best!

[CatherineofAragon]

Although not a movie, and not really special effects, I remember watching the old Dark Shadows re-runs-—specifically a scene in which Barnabas Collins was drinking a glass of “blood”. Problem was, the blood was thick and orangey and left pulp on the side of the glass-—it was tomato juice, LOL.

In another episode, a character was running through the woods....he brushed against a tree and the tree rocked back and forth.

[BenLurkin]

[henkster]

The bird thing in “The Giant Claw.” It was “as big as a battleship” but otherwise didn’t inspire much terror.

[muir_redwoods]

I saw an, ahh, “adult” movie while in college years ago. It was set in the 18th century. The two “stars” walked into a bedroom equipped with light switches, electrical outlets and radiators.

[1010RD]

After the first installment of Star Wars in ‘77 everyone thought Lucas was brilliant. The more he filmed and tinkered the more obvious it was that he just got lucky. JarJar Binks? What was he thinking?

[InvisibleChurch]

Mesa no deserve to be speshuh effect!

[BenLurkin]

[BenLurkin]

Robert Vaughan!

[BenLurkin]

[upchuck]

“Mysteries in History,” hosted by Peter Graves in the opening sequence of Men in Black II is pretty hilarious. Loaded with “special effects.”

[Revolting cat!]

The worst ever special effect belongs to Victor, although he didn't live to see it, having lost his head!

[BenLurkin]

[chuckee]

No one can top the Japanese of the fifties for bad special effects:The zippered monster genre - Godzilla, Rodan, etc

[muir_redwoods]

Is that Robert Vaughn and James Arness? Wow, I guess you gotta pay the bills somehow.