10 Films That Probably Started As A Drunken Bet

L Ron Hubbard, the founder of Scientology, said: “Writing for a penny a word is ridiculous. If a man really wants to make a million dollars, the best way would be to start his own religion.”

There’s a reason why The Church of Scientology has its headquarters in California – it’s the cult capital of the world, full of people so desperate to believe in something that they’ll follow the ideas of a hack sci-fi author. Some disciples are so famous that they can get movies made based on Hubbard’s books, little realizing he was laughing while he wrote them.

In Battlefield Earth, aliens with Rasta-style hair and shoestrings dangling from their noses take over the world, then train the “man animals” to use the technology that will eventually be used to overthrow them. As sci-fi, the movie’s a washout, but as a joke played on the viewer, it’s one of the funniest you’ll ever see. 

What other films are only explainable by being a drunken bet? Let us know by leaving a comment below.