Natalli Amato of The Daily Dot included Reefer Madness on her list of the best worst movies, writing that it 'may be one of the worst movies of all time for the fact that it accomplished the exact opposite of its intended goal' by becoming a cult classic among stoners. Las Vegas CityLife named it the 'worst ever' runner-up to Plan 9 from Outer Space, and considered it a 'disastrous flop turned cult classic' due to its 'terrible acting and exaggerated drug-addicted stereotypes'. Pacific Standard wrote that Reefer Madness was 'one of the first films ever to be considered transcendentally bad' and Leonard Maltin has called it 'the grand-daddy of all 'Worst' movies'. Reefer Madness (originally released as Tell Your Children and sometimes titled or subtitled as The Burning Question, Dope Addict, Doped Youth, and Love Madness) is a 1936 American exploitation film and propaganda work revolving around the melodramatic events that ensue when high school students are lured by pushers to try marijuana- and become addicted and involved in various crimes such as a hit and run accident, manslaughter, murder, attempted rape, and descent into madness, association with organized crime and suicide. Main article: Reefer Madness Originally titled Tell Your Children, the anti- marijuana film Reefer Madness was called 'the grand-daddy of all 'Worst' movies' by Leonard Maltin.

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Danny Peary believes that Maniac is the worst film ever made, Charlie Jane Anders of Gawker Media 's io9 described it as 'possibly the worst movie in history' and Chicago Tribune critic Michael Wilmington wrote that it may be the worst film he had ever seen, writing: 'There are some voyages into ineptitude, like Dwain Esper's anti-classic Maniac, that defy all reason.' Rotten Tomatoes placed Maniac on its list of movies 'So Bad They're Unmissable', Vanity Fair included the film on its list of the 20 worst movies ever and it is featured in John J. Promoted as a documentary on mental illness, Maniac was criticized for its gratuitous footage of women undressing and for taking horror sequences from the 1922 silent film Häxan. The story is a loose adaptation of the Edgar Allan Poe story ' The Black Cat' and follows a vaudeville impersonator who becomes an assistant to a mad scientist. Maniac, also known as Sex Maniac, is a Pre-Code exploitation- horror film directed by Dwain Esper. Main article: Maniac (1934 film) Maniac (1934) is one of the many Pre-Code exploitation films from the 1930s featuring sex, violence and drugs (especially marijuana). Films on these lists are generally feature-length films that are commercial/ artistic in nature (intended to turn a profit, express personal statements or both), professionally or independently produced (as opposed to amateur productions), and released in theaters, then on TV, or more recently through video on demand or streaming services. Examples of such sources include Metacritic, Roger Ebert's list of most-hated films, The Golden Turkey Awards, Leonard Maltin's Movie Guide, Rotten Tomatoes, pop culture writer Nathan Rabin's My World of Flops, the Stinkers Bad Movie Awards, the cult TV series Mystery Science Theater 3000 (alongside spinoffs Cinematic Titanic and RiffTrax), and the Golden Raspberry Awards (aka the 'Razzies'). The films listed below have been cited by a variety of notable critics in varying media sources as being among the worst films ever made. Reefer Madness, one of the earliest films to garner particularly negative contemporary reviews You can help by adding missing items with reliable sources. This is a dynamic list and may never be able to satisfy particular standards for completeness.

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