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Listed below are the movies which have been cited by a combination of reputable sources as the worst movies of all time. Let's have a closer look, starting from the earliest productions:
1950s
Glen or Glenda (1953)
A semi-autobiographical quasi-documentary about hot issue: transvestism, starring and directed by Ed Wood. After a nightmarish dream sequence, Glen undergoes psychotherapy to help cure his affliction. A film critic Leonard Maltin considers it "possibly the worst movie ever made".
1960s
Manos: The Hands of Fate (1966)
A low-budget horror film written, produced, directed by and starring Hal P. Warren. The plot concerns a vacationing family that is kidnapped by a polygamous cult of pagans. Besides poor production qualities, the opening sequence is a several-minute-long series of long tracking shots of the countryside with almost no dialogue; it was intended to be the opening credits sequence, but no credits were ever produced to be superimposed over the footage.
The film also dedicates significant time to a young couple spotted at various locations making out in their car, and who have no bearing on the plot other than to point the police in the direction of the cult compound during the film's climax. The film's main monster, Torgo (John Reynolds), was intended to be a satyr, but this is never stated onscreen and only conveyed with the use of bizarre prosthetic devices which the actor wore backwards under his trousers, making his knees bulge and forcing him to walk awkwardly. In another infamous scene that grew out of cast and crew availability restraints that caused Warren to shoot night-for-night scenes, two police officers hear gunshots and pull up near the cult's dwelling. Owing to insufficient lighting to do a pan shot, however, the officers walk only a few feet from their car before appearing to "give up" their investigation.
The movie has a record 0% rating at Rotten Tomatoes.
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1960s
Manos: The Hands of Fate (1966)
A low-budget horror film written, produced, directed by and starring Hal P. Warren. The plot concerns a vacationing family that is kidnapped by a polygamous cult of pagans. Besides poor production qualities, the opening sequence is a several-minute-long series of long tracking shots of the countryside with almost no dialogue; it was intended to be the opening credits sequence, but no credits were ever produced to be superimposed over the footage.
The film also dedicates significant time to a young couple spotted at various locations making out in their car, and who have no bearing on the plot other than to point the police in the direction of the cult compound during the film's climax. The film's main monster, Torgo (John Reynolds), was intended to be a satyr, but this is never stated onscreen and only conveyed with the use of bizarre prosthetic devices which the actor wore backwards under his trousers, making his knees bulge and forcing him to walk awkwardly. In another infamous scene that grew out of cast and crew availability restraints that caused Warren to shoot night-for-night scenes, two police officers hear gunshots and pull up near the cult's dwelling. Owing to insufficient lighting to do a pan shot, however, the officers walk only a few feet from their car before appearing to "give up" their investigation.
The movie has a record 0% rating at Rotten Tomatoes.
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