15 'WTF Did I Just Pay To See' Horror Movies
5. Jason X
Unlike franchises such as the aforementioned Halloween or Child's Play films, Friday the 13th has generally played it safe and avoided going into overtly wacky territory. Nonetheless, it eventually jumped the shark with its tenth entry.
By the time Jason X arrived, the series had basically run out of ideas. The last two films had deviated from the formula, with the eighth one taking Jason from Camp Crystal Lake to New York (or rather, a badly disguised Vancouver) and the ninth one featuring Jason as a demon possessing other people. Neither had done well though. Sadly, rather than just letting sleeping dogs lie and giving Jason Vorhees a rest, this sequel... took him into space.
It's every bit as bad as it sounds.
This is quite arguably one of the stupidest horror sequels of all time, and possibly one of the worst as well. Towards the end of the film, a defeated Jason gets upgraded into a cyborg and it's impressive in the worst kind of way that this isn't even the fifth stupidest thing in the movie.
From the eye-sore CGI to a beyond cringe-worthy battle between Jason and a female cyborg, this one is painful to watch from start to finish. It takes one of the most iconic horror villains of all time and turns him into what feels like an aggressively bad Doctor Who monster of the week, and it's not even so bad it's good either.