How NOT To Make A Comic Book Movie (Why These 10 Failed)

Back in 1986, Marvel and Lucasfilm did something weird: they made a movie adaptation of Howard the Duck. The character had been around since 1973, and he was mostly a satirical character, but more importantly, there wasn't a huge fan-base that demanded a movie be made about him.

Regardless, they pushed through and created a film that's as strange as it is awful. It's definitely one of those movies that's so bad, it's good... or at least, so bad, you have to watch it at least once to see what passed for an acceptable movie pitch in the mid-1980s.

The film has several funny points, but it's mostly off-putting due to the implied romantic relationship between the titular duck and Lea Thompson's character, Beverly Switzler. One scene, in particular, has the couple in a bed with a sheet showing only their shadows, and if you weren't creeped out by that, you should talk to a professional.

Bestiality issues aside, the plot is convoluted and strange, though the acting in it wasn't horrible. The Howard the Duck effects and other special effects used throughout the film were what you'd expect out of Lucasfilm, and it did star Lea Thompson, Tim Robbins, and Jeffrey Jones.

Still, a bad movie is a bad movie no matter who's in it, and Howard the Duck is arguably a terrible film. It won four Razzie awards and only made $15 million off a budget of $37 million.