Anyone old enough to buy their own Halloween candy knows that once you move past the age of trick-or-treating, the real fun comes from revisiting the things that might have terrified you as a child — specifically, horror movies.
Films that once left you shaking under the covers become slightly less believable or traumatizing as your perception of reality and special effects technology changes. In fact, many horror comedy B-movies have become cult classics for basically being awful.
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Get the popcorn ready, because you're about to LOL in horror.
Clowns are scary enough on their own. In this 1988 horror flick, we're talking about aliens that look like clowns -- that also have killer shadow-puppet magic skills. Who came up with this stuff, anyway?
Forget about the rib-ripping scene, in which we learn our insides look like a mudslide when pouring out of our body. The scariest part is at 1:25, when we discover that the living dead will dig for your gold. 'Snot funny.
How can you tell things are going to get weird in this 1986 film? The screaming, pants-less woman is not even the most questionable part of the clip. Who was that robo-mall cop thanking, anyway?
This 1990 horror-comedy B-movie is so hilariously bad, it has developed a cult following. This scene in particular is a classic, and needs no explanation as to why.
This is what happens when you bake the spirit of Gary Busey into a holiday treat. It's also why we can't have nice things. The 2005 movie is so bad, we couldn't possibly pick one scene.
We all have to start somewhere in our careers, and for Johnny Depp, it was in 1984, when he lost a battle with a bed. The old and clunky technology just makes this scene better/worse.
The special effects in 1978 were just incredible. We're at a loss for words over the giant, evil tomato in this film.
Skip to 1:50 if you don't find enjoyment in obnoxiously rich people talking about their "humble" Christmas.
This 1986 film features a group of travelers who (surprise) took a wrong turn. One of the more unlucky guests falls into a sticky situation with all kinds of "WTF?" going on.
There are so many things to say about this 2010 masterpiece, it's hard to know where to start. Maybe it's the acting. Maybe it's the choice of weaponry. Or maybe it's the unfathomable use of special effects. Regardless, this important piece of cinema is so mind-blowingly confounding, it would bring Hitchcock to tears … of some form, anyway.
Next time you see a rainbow, you might think twice about chasing the gold. This 1993 B-movie is a pogo-to (sorry) choice among old horror comedies.
The horror in this 1987 film comes mostly from the fact that somewhere, at some point, someone read this part of the script and thought, "Yeah. Flying frisbee death. That seems legit." And then, it went to theaters.
Technically, this 1974 film doesn't fall into the vein of "horror." But this is the Internet's choice for "Worst Death Scene Ever," so it feels wrong not to include.
Image: Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer