10 Horror Movies That Actually Benefitted From Bad Acting

The prospect of Stephen King doing a feature film seemed like a match made in heaven. The famous horror author's transition to directing could have done his works justice but instead, audiences got Maximum Overdrive.

The film fails to live up to its premise and ends up being goofy, which is to be expected when you combine the Green Goblin's face and a truck as your main villain. Though the movie ended up being a disappointment and ended King's directorial career as quickly as it began, it does have some memorable moments due to its unintentional comedy, particularly in one infamous monologue.

Said scene features Ellen McElduff as Wanda June, a waitress at the Dixie Boy Truck Stop who has a mental breakdown in the middle of the film. She shouts 'We made you!!,' multiple times then starts doing odd poses until eventually, she jumps up and down like she's on a trampoline. Though Wanda's breakdown is meant to embody the horror of seeing manmade objects turn against humanity, she conveyed King's inexperience as a director instead.

Still, her crowning moment has become one of the film's memorable scenes and adds to the cocaine-fuelled concoction that is Maximum Overdrive.