Worst SciFi Movies
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Worst SciFi Movies

Some movies are so bad they're good. Others are just bad. Which scifi flick is the worst of the worst?

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1 Plan 9 from Outer Space
Bela Lugosi stars for Ed Wood in this alien vampire movie, with effects so shoddy, they border on surreal. 140 334
2 The Brain That Wouldn't Die
Cult director Joseph Green's claim-to-fame flick: A scientist keeps his dead girlfriend's brain alive in his lab. 63 245
3 Flesh Gordon 2: Flesh Gordon Meets the Cosmic Cheerleaders
In this sequel to the also horrible X-rated parody of the '30s serial, the titular pom-pom girls seek help to disarm an impotence ray. 43 241
4 Beastmaster 2: Through the Portal of Time
Marc Singer returns for the sequel to the original curiosity, this time transported to modern-day L.A. 36 230
5 Orgy of the Dead
Pop culture oddity Criswell stars in this bizarro tale, in which a writer succumbs to the charms of a bunch of seductive zombies in a cemetary. 34 220
6 The Astro-Zombies
John Carradine's bumblng scientist's efforts to build a humanoid robot go awry again and again. 31 189
7 Xtro
A British chap (Philip Sayer) is abducted by aliens and returns to wreak unconvincing havoc on mankind. 30 188
8 Frogtown 2
In this bargain-basement curio, the leader of Frogtown forces a professor to help with a plan to turn mankind into frogs. 28 186
9 Aquanoids
Reinhart Peschke's shlocky B-movie finds a small town under siege by a group of unscary amphibians. 27 179
10 Red Planet Mars
In Harry Horner's silly drama, two scientists (Peter Graves and Andrea King) discover that God is speaking to Earth from Mars. 17 209
11 Zardoz
A ridiculously-costumed Sean Connery stars for John Boorman as the rebel Zed, charged with saving mankind. 12 262
12 Star Wars: Episode I - The Phantom Menace
Natalie Portman and Ewan McGregor's presence isn't enough to save George Lucas' over-hyped return to his hit franchise. 6 468
13 Shivers
David Cronenberg's debut tells the tale of a man-made parasite on the loose that turns its prey into sex maniacs. 4 194
14 Le Voyage Dans la Lune
Georges Méliès' famous short does what it can with the techniques of the day, which is to say, not much. -16 214
15 A.I.: Artificial Intelligence
Steven Spielberg's sappy drama stars Haley Joel Osment as a Pinocchio-like robot who just wants to be real. -21 365