6. Howard the Duck (Ed Gale/Chip Zien) - Howard the Duck
When George Lucas (yes THAT George Lucas) produced Howard the Duck he was still the golden boy of Hollywood. Star Wars had wrapped up, Indiana Jones was still popular, and American Graffiti was still a much-heralded movie. After Howard the Duck, George went into hiding for nearly 20 years. Thing is it is not a bad movie, it is also not a good movie either. It is a movie that you watch and you wonder of all the Marvel characters they could have done at that time why Howard? Truth is Howard had a strong cult following at the time of the movie and still does. The movies major problem is that it took all the things that made Howard appealing, tossed them out the window, and replaced them with loud screams that grated the soul. Add in that ultra creepy scene in which Lea Thomson is coming on to Howard and you have a movie people ran from in droves. Even the most hardcore Howard fans had a hard time with the film. The most annoying thing about Howard in the movie was how he went from a Duck with an attitude to a Duck with a bunch of lame things going on around him. Go to the scene in the restaurant where everyone figures out he is not a kid in a costume, their reaction-Lets cook him! No one even bats an eye at the fact a three-foot duck is talking. Then there is the cleaver that lands really close to Howards little Howards, but wait, do ducks have those parts? Forget it no one wants to know. In addition, there you have the annoyances of Howards suit, which even for its time looked bad. There is really no way around that one. Look back ten years and you can see better effects on Sid and Marty Cross programs.