Top 10 Worst Practical Special Effects in Movies
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worst special effects in movies
terrible special effects
should've left Beetlejuice and Street Trash off the list
for that time the effects are great shut your fucking mouth Mojo idiots why didn't u do it better?
u have got to remember wen terminator was made
You need to make light of the axe throw in the made for tv Merlin with Sam Neill. I was ten when that came out and I remember thinking it was ridiculous then. Haha. It literally happens in the first 5 minutes.
The fact that the T-800 looked "fake" in the eye scene adds to the eeriness of the scene. It looks like an animatronic, which is what is it, and essentially what the T-800 is. T1 was dark, had elements of horror, and this scene adds to that vibe, and makes the Terminator more creepy and fearful. If it looked like real Arnold, it would take away from the eeriness of the scene and film, rather than enhance it.
Terminator and Beetlejuice have bad effect? What?
Until 1989 -1990 we use the go-motion effect yet, so Beetlejuice was in this time. The special effect were well done.
Most of these are really well done for the time….
how dare you put terminator on this list
find just about any 50's' or 60's Godzilla movie and you a crappy practical special effect shot
Fuck yourselves!
Terminator is not bad.
fuck your list street trash is amazing.
#4 Eye Trauma
The Terminator (1984)
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Fucking hell! Robocop Beetlejuice and Terminator under a "worst" category?! WatchMojo are a bunch of desperate cunts at times.
Motherfucker , the terminator came out in 1984 ! And it was low budget and i consider it one of the best movies ever made ! So go fuck yourselves WatchHomo !
CGI is the worst practical effect
all therse were top effects of the 1980s and no other can beat them and at that time everyone loved them
but in this day of snowflake wuss no one knows true history..
They added the Terminator on the list just for you guys to give them more views and make more fuss in the comment section , get real
those special effects back in the day were bomb as fuck. I grew up with these movies and appreciate all the time and effort the special effects team put into those movies. a combination of both would be dope in movies today rather than all the way CGI. this is one list I don't agree with watchMOJO. it's an insult
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I'd never noticed how fake the dam leap in The Figitive looked. Also, the effects in Terminator didn't look as bad as I remembered them. Seeing it again I think Terminator's inclusion is a real shame because it was so close to working well. They held the shot too long and it was too well lit.
All this shit is still dope as fuck, especially when compared to that bitch ass, hollywood fuckyboy CGI nigga
Terminator was influential because of it's groundbreaking storyline in spite of it's effects. I think that at the time the effects were groundbreaking. Even the eye scene.
Do have to say though I always found it funny how slow the shark was as it approached the glass. The glass break is very unrealistic as well
Practical Effects is so fake and ugly, CGI is better
Terminator effects are awful and ugly
These people are so fucking blind
????? why has Youtube unsubscribed me from your channel?
Street Trash was a Troma film, known for deliberately bad effects, acting a dialog. They are never to be taken sripusly.
I'm kinda surprised that the Toxic Avenger" wasn't on here somewhere.
Most of theses effects were realy good remember "the thing" looked cheap but still
Was scary as shit and im talking about the thing with kurt Russell not its new pre quill
i loved spookies! the deflating man is uncle rico from napoleon dynamite
Robocop 2 when he in acid that was horrible makeup
Are you kidding me,on a low budget and the fact that it was1984 The Terminator looked amazing including that scene.