Oh The Horror: In honor of ‘The Bye Bye Man’, here are the worst-named films in movie history

Two movies with some of the stupidest titles ever are hitting theaters this month: Horror flick The Bye Bye Man, which lands today for Friday the 13th, and Vin Diesel’s bicep-showcase xXx: The Return of Xander Cage, which hits next week. The former is one of the worst titles for a horror movie we’ve come across in the past 10 years, inspiring hearty laughter in the theaters in which the previewed screened and some pretty great parodies, while the xXx sequel sounds like less of a spy movie and more like something you’d find on a crusty rack behind the velvet curtain at the video store.

So, we got to thinking: What are some of the worst movie titles we’ve ever come across?

Find out more after the jump.

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Batman v. Superman: Dawn of Justice

As much as we loved Batfleck (we’ve embedded the one good scene from this movie) and as much as we hated this movie, we have to admit that Batman v. Superman: Dawn of Justice is a special, unforgettable title. It will be talked about for years to come and analyzed by future generations for its particular mauling of an audience’s eyes and ears. You have a perfectly suitable title to begin with in Batman v. Superman, though it reads poorly, almost like they’re in a civil suit about Superman planting trees on Wayne Manor’s lawn or something and killing Bruce Wayne’s property values. But it’s Dawn of Justice that makes this a true piece of work, extended what already was a long title to an ear-splitting eleven syllables, and is the worst example of a studio meddling with a title to associate a movie with a franchise since Captain America: The First Avenger (though that movie’s the best Marvel movie, title aside). Let’s hope the guy who thought this up got his ass fired after this piece of shit underperformed.

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