10 Horror Movies Critics Were Way Too Harsh On

My Name Is Bruce is a film made by Bruce Campbell for fans of Bruce Campbell.

The thing is, critics haven't always been kind to Bruce Campbell, meaning My Name Is Bruce was panned upon its brief 2008 theatrical run and the home release that followed a few months later.

In My Name is Bruce, the titular Campbell plays a fictionalised version of himself. After a young fan of Bruce's unwittingly unleashes the Chinese God of the Dead - Guan Di - in the small Oregon town of Gold Lick, Campbell is conned into visiting the town.

While young Jeff (Taylor Sharpe) believes that Bruce Campbell is the only person who can save Gold Lick, Bruce himself believes that the exploits he's seeing there are all merely part of a movie. As you've likely guessed, Campbell needs to put on his big boy pants, put his fears behind him and face up to a very real demon.

This is as B-movie as it gets, but that's the point. My Name Is Bruce is designed to embrace the concept of the B-movie, to embrace the life and career of Bruce Campbell, and to embrace the fandom that so often surrounds him.

Critics may not have particularly dug it, but anyone with even a passing interest in Bruce Campbell will find My Name Is Bruce to be all kinds of groovy. Hail to the king, indeed.