8 Worst Films Directed By Oscar Winners

8. The Terror (1963)

This legendary cheapie is credited to Roger Corman, who cheerfully admits that four uncredited directors worked on the film, including Francis Ford Coppola (Best Director, The Godfather: Part II) and Jack Nicholson (Best Actor, One Flew Over The Cuckoo’s Nest, Terms Of Endearment and As Good As It Gets).

Shot mostly on sets left over from Corman’s The Raven, The Terror’s rushed production means that its plot is barely coherent. According to Boris Karloff, Corman had only “the sketchiest outline of a story” and during filming was constantly grabbing shots of him walking through sets that were torn down moments later.

Corman’s first cut of the movie was reportedly so incomprehensible that he brought co-star Dick Miller back in for reshoots that attempted to flesh out the story and explain the plot. They didn’t help much – to this day, Miller maintains that the film doesn’t make a lick of sense.