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This year’s “Hereditary” may have blown critics away — it has an 89% critic score on review-aggregator site Rotten Tomatoes — but it was polarizing among audiences. The A24 movie received a D+ CinemaScore, which conducts exit polls of audience opinion on opening nights.
“Slender Man” also came close this year, with an even worse D-.
But that’s not the lowest score a movie can get. Only 19 films have ever received that, an “F” rating, since CinemaScore started logging data in 1986.
The most recent film to receive an “F” from audiences was last year’s “mother!” from director Darren Aronofsky, which left moviegoers bewildered by its controversial and violent elements.
Other “F” rated films include Nicolas Cage’s “The Wicker Man” and “Disaster Movie,” which really lived up to its title.
Below are the 19 films to receive an “F” rating from CinemaScore (along with their Rotten Tomatoes critic scores for comparison):
“mother!” (2017)
Rotten Tomatoes critic score: 69%
Academy Award-winner Jennifer Lawrence plays a housewife obsessed with renovating her isolated house who has her world turned upside down when her husband (Javier Bardem) invites strangers to stay inside the home.
“Mother!” received mixed reviews since it opened but became CinemaScore’s latest “F”-rated film.
“The Darkness” (2016)
Rotten Tomatoes critic score: 3%
A family awakens an evil supernatural presence while on vacation at the Grand Canyon and their lives turn upside down.
“The Devil Inside” (2012)
Rotten Tomatoes critic score: 6%
After her mother murders three people following an exorcism, a young woman investigates numerous exorcisms that were performed without permission.
“Killing Them Softly” (2012)
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Rotten Tomatoes critic score: 74%
A hitman named Jackie Cogan (played by Brad Pitt) is hired to track down three men who robbed a poker game run by the mob.
Despite having Pitt, James Gandolfini, and Ray Liotta involved in the project, it was deemed a total flop by CinemaScore.
“Silent House” (2011)
Rotten Tomatoes critic score: 43%
Evil spirits wreak havoc when Sarah (played by Elizabeth Olsen) and her father get trapped inside their haunted family lake house.
“The Box” (2009)
Rotten Tomatoes critic score: 44%
Cameron Diaz and James Marsden star as a couple who have been given a box containing a button. If they push it, they get $1 million — but pushing the button causes someone they don’t know to die.
“Disaster Movie” (2008)
Rotten Tomatoes critic score: 1%
A group of friends experience multiple natural disasters within the same night — and for some reason “Juno,” “Hancock,” and numerous other films are mocked throughout.
Also, Kim Kardashian makes a very strange cameo.
“I Know Who Killed Me” (2007)
Rotten Tomatoes critic score: 7%
Lindsey Lohan stars in this major box-office flop as a high-school student goes missing. But when the student, Audrey Flemming, turns up two weeks later she claims to be someone else entirely.
Aubrey, who claims she is Dakota Moss, goes on a mission to prove who she really is.
“Bug” (2006)
Rotten Tomatoes critic score: 61%
Michael Shannon and Ashley Judd (who, we are sad to say, shows up more than once on this list), are paranoid about an infestation of bugs in their home — but it’s unclear whether the bugs exist.
“The Wicker Man” (2006)
Rotten Tomatoes critic score: 15%
Sgt. Neil Howie travels to Summerisle after receiving an anonymous tip that a missing woman is on the island. Howie is surprised to find that the strange island is full of women, and he soon realizes that the tip was part of a bigger ploy to get him on the island.
“Alone in the Dark” (2005)
Rotten Tomatoes critic score: 1%
Based on the popular video game of the same name, “Alone in th Dark” follows the detective of paranormal activity Edward Carnby as he investigates the recent mysterious death of a friend with the help of his anthropologist girlfriend, played by Tara Reid.
“Wolf Creek” (2005)
Rotten Tomatoes critic score: 52%
Backpackers get stuck in the Australian outback with a sheriff who turns out to be a psychopath.
“In the Cut” (2003)
Rotten Tomatoes critic score: 34%
A high-school named teacher Frannie Avery (played by Meg Ryan) has an affair with the detective (played by Mark Ruffalo) investigating a murder in her neighborhood.
“Solaris” (2002)
Rotten Tomatoes critic score: 66%
The psychologist Dr. Chris Kelvin (George Clooney) is sent to investigate a space station orbiting a strange new planet.
“Dr. T & the Women” (2000)
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Rotten Tomatoes critic score: 57%
Richard Gere plays Texas gynecologist “Dr. T,” who cares for the wealthiest women in Texas, but his life turns upside down when his wife is admitted into a mental institution. Dr. T finds comfort only with his golf instructor, Bree.
“Lost Souls” (2000)
Rotten Tomatoes critic score: 7%
A Catholic-school teacher finds a journalist who she believes is the anti-Christ.
“Lucky Numbers” (2000)
Rotten Tomatoes critic score: 22%
A high-energy weatherman and jet-ski dealer, played by John Travolta, tries to rob his state’s lottery winnings after he finds out his house is in foreclosure.
“Eye of the Beholder” (1999)
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Rotten Tomatoes critic score: 9%
Ewan McGregor’s character, a detective named Stephen Wilson, follows a serial killer played by Ashley Judd and finds himself increasingly obsessed with her.
