What's the Worst Special Effect You've Ever Seen?

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I saw this compilation of terrible special effects—both computer-generated and practical—and couldn’t help but wonder what they missed. Mind giving me a hand?

The creature from The Giant Claw is a well-known cinematic atrocity. I also have a soft spot for the way the 1950s horror flick Beginning of the End made “giant” grasshoppers by putting regular-sized grasshoppers on photos of buildings. Heck, we could spend days just discussing scenes from Doctor Who. So please add the worst special effects that you remember in the comments!


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