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How To Recognize A Bad Movie

Title:
It's one word --- 1/2 point(s)
I think it's a word somebody made up --- 2 point(s)
It's six or more words --- 3 point(s)
Wow, eight to twelve words --- 4 point(s)
Hold on, I'm counting... thirteen or more words --- Are you sure that's the title?

More on the Title:
Contains the word dead or monster --- 1 point(s)
Contains the word creature, death, or invasion --- 2 point(s)
Contains the word kung fu, massacre, or demon --- 3 point(s)
Contains the word alien, blood, or zombie --- 5 point(s)

The Cover:
Just looks goofy --- 1 point(s)
It's a drawing or artwork --- 1 point(s)
Appears to have been drawn with a marker by your nephew --- 2 point(s)
A hologram! --- 3 point(s)

The Back:
Has a few pictures, nothing alarming --- 0 point(s)
Has a few pictures, some of them have bad special effects or just a girl screaming at the camera --- 1 point(s)
There aren't any scenes from the movie! --- 2 point(s)
There's a drawing... --- 3 point(s)

The Description:
Includes more adjectives than nouns or verbs --- 1 point(s)
Same as above and you notice the following: blood-chilling, terrifying, unstoppable, flesh-eating, etc. --- 2 point(s)
"Based on the novel by..." --- 3 point(s)
Compares it to another movie --- 4 point(s)
NO DESCRIPTION (shudder) --- 5 point(s)

Does the Plot Contain:
Robots, androids, or computers --- 1 point(s)
A monster of some sort --- 2 point(s)
Undead --- 3 point(s)
A beast created through radiation, toxic waste, or human experimentation --- 4 point(s)
I don't know what the plot is, it just kept threatening to scare the pants off of me --- 5 point(s)

The Main Actors:
They are famous now, this was real early in their career --- 1 point(s)
Didn't make any more films after this one --- 3 point(s)
Used to be a professional wrestler or sports figure --- 4 point(s)
Only film they were ever in --- 5 point(s)
George Kennedy is in this --- Put the film down and RUN LIKE HELL!

The Director or Producer:
Made one movie --- 1 point(s)
Early Peter Jackson or Sam Raimi --- 5 point(s)
Herschell Gordon Lewis --- 6 point(s)
Roger Corman --- 7 point(s)
Lloyd Kaufman or John DeBello --- 8 point(s)
Fred Olen Ray or Uwe Boll --- 9 point(s)
Ed Wood --- 10 point(s)

Where was the Film Made:
Not in Hollywood, that's for sure --- 1 point(s)
New Jersey... --- 3 point(s)
Italy, after 1970 --- 4 point(s)
Mexico, before 1970 --- 5 point(s)

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