Worst Special Effects

[hammerhedd11]

The top 10 worst special effects according to Empire May issue:
10. King Kong (1976)
9. The Mummy Returns
8. Slugs
7. Escape from L.A.
6. The Lost World (1960)
5. Predator
4. The Abyss
3. A Nightmare on Elm Street
2. Alien Resurrection
1. Plan 9 From Outer Space

Who do you guys think about this list? I hardly agree with any of this except number one. What are some other movies with terrible special effects?

 

[deathshead2]

5. Predator
4. The Abyss

WTF why are they on the list. They have really good FX.

 

[cryptic name]

Predator's effects are great. the predator looks like a real, living think in that movie.
that list sucks, there are plently worse special effects in movies, and the leap between the rest of them and Plan 9 is ridiculous.

 

[hammerhedd11]

5. Predator
4. The Abyss

WTF why are they on the list. They have really good FX.

Yeah, I don't know what they were smoking when they wrote that. The only thing they said was bad about the Abyss was when the alien ship comes out of the water.

 

[Galactus]

Strange list. Didn't The Abyss win an Oscar for the special effects? What that movie is doing on this list is beyond me.

 

[Boom]

They can't be serious. ****ing PREDATOR?

Stupid asses.

 

[DorkyFresh]

the only one i agree with on there is Escape from L.A. they need to throw in UltraViolet and Resident Evil.

 

[Poetic Chaos]

Robocop 2.

 

[Mr. Credible]

ultraviolet for sure belongs on that list.

i thought alien ressurection had great special effects/cgi. i wonder where they pulled that list from.

 

[Mr. Credible]

Robocop 2.

no, no... Robocop 3.

ugh.

 

[cryptic name]

Robocop 2.

the stop motio in robocop 2 was really well done.

 

[Episode29]

How could they not include "Jason X"???

 

[Sloth7d]

Stupid list. The brothers Grim should easily be up there.

 

[DorkyFresh]

Catwoman should've definitely been up there...

 

[Sloth7d]

Why Catwoman? I saw nothing wrong aside from diverting so far from source material.

 

[Clerk]

How could they not include "Jason X"???

The making of Jason X is so sad, because the guys that did the effects look like they are pretty cool dudes who I'd like to get a beer with.

 

[DorkyFresh]

Why Catwoman? I saw nothing wrong aside from diverting so far from source material.

you kiddin' me? half of the film looked like video game sequences...

 

[Episode29]

The making of Jason X is so sad, because the guys that did the effects look like they are pretty cool dudes who I'd like to get a beer with.

Well I'm sure they've had a lot more free time to go out and get beers sine the release of that abomination...

 

[black_dust]

Well some of them are from the 70/60s! if you comapre them to todays films they are going to look ****.

Abyss what the hell. it paved the way for terminator 2 and that was freaking amazing!

I think they are confusing worst effects with dated effects

 

[Dodger]

The top 10 worst special effects according to Empire May issue:
10. King Kong (1976)- nope. nah...i cant do it. That robot monkey was awesome!
9. The Mummy Returns-yeah OK.
8. Slugs-never saw it.
7. Escape from L.A.- nope wrong.
6. The Lost World (1960)- never saw it.
5. Predator- go stab yourself you dum magazine.
4. The Abyss-James cameron man...can't hate.
3. A Nightmare on Elm Street- WTF? noooooo they did'ent!
2. Alien Resurrection-Stop wasting my time you dummy.
1. Plan 9 From Outer Space- it was bad..really bad. But I can't hate on Ed Wood.

list is garbage yo, give it to oscar.

 

[Sava]

the list is ******ed.

 

[Lady Stormcrow]

I think they are confusing worst effects with dated effects

I was about to post exactly the same thing.
I think, compared to other Empire Lists, this one is quite a poor idea, because effects that were great in the 40's will look awful now, even if they were really innovative at the time, which the Abyss definatly was.

 

[Golgo-13]

Like everyone else, i'm in ****ing awe that Predator made that list. It's effects hold up even to today, which says alot considering the F/X of the 21st century.

If anthing Clash of the Titans (which i love btw) and the old Sinbad movies of the 70's should be on that list.

 

[JackBauer]

this list is a f***in joke. Empire should know better.

 

[phoenix_force]

Maximum Velocity is the worst for me