10 Horror Movies Ruined By Bad CGI
7. Deep Rising
In Deep Rising, a group of hijackers arrive on a cruise ship to rob the occupants, only to learn everyone has been devoured by a sea monster. Using its tentacles, this Cthulhu-inspired beast consumes its victims, and drinks them dry before spitting out their bones.
As terrifying as that sounds, the CGI for the monster' tentacles look so fake, it's impossible to find them scary. Due to bad lighting and blatant green screen, you never believe for a second the tentacles are actually there.
What's more frustrating is that some of the special effects in the film are pretty solid. The leviathan itself has a cool, distinctive look and the scene where one tentacle barfs out a half-eaten victim is genuinely haunting. If the CGI for the tentacles were a little better (or a lot better), Deep Rising would've been far more enjoyable.
The director, Stephen Sommers, struggled with the effects for over a year but couldn't stop them from coming out looking "Escape from New York-ish". Considering Sommers went on to make The Mummy Returns, so he seems to have a reputation for making films with inefficient CGI.