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Retrofest 2011: Golden Turkey Awards: Creature (2011) 'The Biggest Box Office Flop Of All Time!'




"Given a second chance, the makers of Creature probably wouldn't have opened on what's traditionally one of the quietest weekends of the year. Nor would they have picked the 10th anniversary of 9/11. And they almost definitely wouldn't have opened the film on 1,500 screens after mounting a barely existent marketing campaign. These are terrible conditions for any film to be released into, let alone a micro-budget horror flick about some sex-crazed teenagers running around a swamp being eaten by a berserk half-man/half-alligator god figure.
But that's hindsight for you. In September, Creature officially became the worst-performing film of all time..." 

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  1. Well, that's next years 'so bad it's good' Halloween special film showing sorted.

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  2. yep - it's all about education, education, education!

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