This approach is particularly bad when it comes to movie monsters.
With this in mind,this list delves into the fathomless depths of bad CGI in creature features.
He Who Walks Behind the Rows will decide your fate!
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It immediately nukes the tension and suspense,making the movie more laughable than frightening.
As a result, whereJohn Carpenter’s film is a classic, the 2011 update is disposable.
He’s everywhere."
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The director should rather have kept it hidden throughout, only hinting at it.
For a beast meant to embody primal childhood fears, this Boogeyman is thoroughly underwhelming.
For a beast meant to embody primal childhood fears, it’s thoroughly underwhelming.
A voicemail from their future death.
The source of this malevolent curse is eventually revealed to be the spirit of a girl named Ellie.
Most of the effects consist of characters seeing horrifying features on the faces of strangers triggered by ghostly hallucinations.
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None of them looks good, however;more like something from the ’90s than the late 2000s.
The worst is the cursed doll that appears in a hospital.
It takes the form of a glowering baby holding a cell phone, whichlooks plain ridiculous.
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It’s a far cry from the Japanese original directed byTakashi Miike, which itself was just okay.
Not for nothing,One Missed Callholdsa 0% rating on Rotten Tomatoes.
6Mama
‘Mama’ (2013)
“Victoria, you know who I am.
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However, the climactic reveal of Mama as a fully CGI entity undoes much of the carefully constructed tension.
Again, this is a case wherethe monster simply looks like something out of a cheap game.
Kids are bound to be frightened by it, but veteran horror fans will be unmoved.
In short, the antagonist in a 2013 horror hasno excuse to look this fake.
5Shark
‘Deep Blue Sea’ (1999)
“You ate my bird!”
This mediocrity is especially jarring in scenes where the sharks interact with real environments or actors.
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These effects probably didn’t look too bad in 1999 but are very lame by today’s standards.
Still, as a whole,Deep Blue Seais one ofthe better shark movies out there.
The introduction ofthe Scorpion King inThe Mummy Returnsis one of the most infamous moments in CGI history.
It creates an uncomfortable, uncanny valley effect in the viewer.
They had to mostly wing it, in other words.
As a follow-up toJohn Landis’s groundbreakingAn American Werewolf in London, this sequel had big shoes to fill.
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“Freddy vs. Jasonpits two of horrors most iconic villains against each other in a battle for dominance.
Among them is the infamous Freddy-pillar,a bizarre caterpillar-like version of Kruegerthat crawls around taunting his victims.
While the idea is inherently strange,the execution is shockingly and hilariously bad.
Consequently, the scene is a striking example of a movie shattering the suspension of disbelief in seconds flat.
1Malebolgia
‘Spawn’ (1997)
“Your soul is mine now!”
Claiming the top spot on this list is Malebolgia, the demon lord of Hell inSpawn.
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Where to begin with the visuals?
For this reason, the character has become ironically iconic and is something of a cult favorite.
He’sthe true nadir of monster CGI.
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