20 Terrible Movies You Should See Before You Die

12. Maniac

Attempting to pass itself off as a serious study of mental illness in order to skirt censorship laws, this 1934 quickie has a mad doctor blackmail a struggling actor into stealing a corpse for him. With hilarious consequences.

Featuring hallucinations, murder, animal abuse, zombie rape and more ham acting than you’ve ever seen in a single film, Maniac proves that they really don’t make them like they used to.

Director Dwain Esper later made two similarly educational short films, How To Take A Bath and How To Undress In Front Of Your Husband.