Hate-Watching: Bad Movies That Became Cult Classics

0:00On March 28th, every year, hundreds of movies hit US theaters, like 569 in 2024, up from pandemic lows, but still. Shy of pre-COVID highs, amid the hits, Plenty Flop Hard, fueling a hate watch boom, were folks tune in just to mock them. Data shows hate watching spiked 79% from 2021 to 2022, and this year reboots like War of the Worlds. Snag Top Razzie spots as the worst. Hate Watch culture exploded lately, with Netflix does like the electric state drawing fire for massive budgets and zero thrills. But badflicks are new, some earn cult love despite brutal scores under 4 on IMDB, or Metascores below 35 if they rack up thousands of. Votes. Fans embrace these disasters for laughs, not scares or tears. Think Plan 9 from Outer Space, with his boom Mike Slips and flying saucers that crack people up, or the rooms inless awkward sex scenes that birthed.

1:00Midnight Rituals Classics like Jason Takes Manhattan, barely hit Manhattan. Sharknattos Shark Storms deliver absurd fun, and Troll 2's Goblin Feasts, Scream Amateur. Hour yet they packed devoted crowds, badness stays objective, turning trash into treasure for generations, proving even Flops can hook us if they're entertainingly awful. That's the story for today. Manhattan & Celebrity News, today driven by AI.