10 Bad Horror Movies With AWESOME Effects

10. The Lawyer Has To Split - Thirteen Ghosts

This remake of William Castle's 1960 haunted house film 13 Ghosts is perhaps the textbook example of a guilty pleasure - horribly written, poorly acted, choppily edited, and yet, alluringly trashy fun.

A big part of the appeal is the sublime work that went into the movie's practical production elements, pertaining to not only its impressive set design but also its revolting bursts of gore.

And if Thirteen Ghosts is remembered for any single scene, it's surely the glorious sequence where lawyer Ben Moss (J.R. Bourne) accidentally releases the titular ghosts from imprisonment, triggering a sliding door mechanism which immediately bisects him.

The stunning, mostly practical gore effects show Moss falling to the ground in two parts on either side of the doors, giving audiences a practically medical glimpse at his surgically sliced insides.

Director Steve Beck, who spent several years working at Industrial Light and Magic on films such as Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade and The Abyss, demonstrates a real aptitude for melding eye-popping practical and digital effects into a seamless whole.