The 11 Most Excruciatingly Awful Films to Ever Exist

7. Manos: The Hands of Fate (1966)

Manos: The Hands of Fate began as a bet, as writer and director Harold P. Warren boasted that anyone could make a horror film. A screenwriter friend took Warren up on the challenge, and Warren got to work on his film. Warren came up with the idea of a nondescript American family on vacation, who gets kidnapped by the minion Torgo (John Reynolds) who seeks wives for “the Master” (Tom Neyman).

The glacial pace and obvious plot beats strip Manos of any potential terror. While the team from Mystery Science Theater 3000 has made Manos at least watchable with their jokes, the one person who liked the movie was Warren’s friend, who won the bet with ease.