10 Great Movies Everybody HATED Making

Few directors relish a chaotic production quite like the legendary Paul Verhoeven, who has thrived on countless disordered shoots, including 1990's Arnold Schwarzeengger-starring sci-fi classic Total Recall.

Due to Verhoeven's decision to shoot the film mostly in sequence while demanding as much as 20 takes per scene, the budget ballooned from an initial $30 million to a rumoured $80 million by the time it was in the can.

Yet the strife came largely through the Mexico City shooting location, with almost the entire cast and crew falling ill due to consuming contaminated food and water.

The only exceptions were Arnold Schwarzenegger, who having previously become sick from eating local cuisine while shooting Predator had his food shipped in from the U.S., and producer Ronald Shusett, who gave himself Vitamin B12 shots every day.

The movie's dusty Mars sets also caused temporary respiratory problems for almost the entire cast and crew.

Elsewhere Schwarzenegger suffered numerous cuts and broken fingers while performing stunts, and Michael Ironside cracked his sternum and separated two ribs, resulting in him having to complete the shoot while still recuperating from his injury.

Even once it wrapped, though, Schwarzenegger's woes weren't over, as he was disappointed with the movie's lackluster marketing campaign and had to flex his star muscle to make the studio re-do the advertising just three weeks before Total Recall hit cinemas.

The film ultimately went on to enjoy solid commercial success and is regarded today as both a genre classic and one of Schwarznegger's best films. But holy hell, everyone got put through the wringer on this one.