Top rated movies with fancy special effects that have wasted potential

Check out today’s highest ranked movies with fancy special effects and wasted potential! Looking for the greatest movies of all times? Here is the list of the best movies with fancy special effects and wasted potential, based on the crowd's interest and popular searches from the country.

1 Cryptid (2022)

A small rural town in Maine is shocked as a mysterious animal leaves a local resident brutally ripped apart. Deemed to be a random bear attack by town officials, freelance journalist Max Frome suspects it might be something more.

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2022-10-07 | Horror / Mystery

Cast

Nicholas Baroudi, Ellen Adair

Rating

rating icon 3.667
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People's Taste Ranking

  1. Ranked #1 for
    satisfying climax
  2. Ranked #1 for
    never boring
  3. Ranked #1 for
    anticipated

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2 Book of Monsters (2019)

Sophie's 18th birthday becomes a bloodbath when monsters descend upon her house, devouring the guests and killing anyone who tries to leave. To survive the night, Sophie must face her destiny: monsters are real and she's the only one who can stop them.

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2019-03-19 | Comedy / Horror

Cast

Lyndsey Craine, Michaela Longden

Rating

rating icon 5.123
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People's Taste Ranking

  1. Ranked #1 for
    with showmanship
  2. Ranked #1 for
    fun romp
  3. Ranked #1 for
    like Clue

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Book of Monsters trailer
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3 The Devil's Machine (2019)

Antique expert Brendon Cole is summoned to authenticate a 300-year-old clockwork doll with a notoriously dark history known as The Inferno Princess. In the remote Highlands mansion where it has recently been uncovered, Brendon soon finds himself the victim of the automaton’s legendary curse as the malevolent forces surrounding it are terrifyingly awakened.

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2019-03-02 | Horror

Cast

Jamie Scott Gordon, Erich Redman

Rating

rating icon 4.0
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People's Taste Ranking

  1. Ranked #1 for
    effectively creepy
  2. Ranked #1 for
    moody lighting
  3. Ranked #1 for
    Baroque imagery

Trailer

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4 Hideout (2021)

Evading police at a remote farmhouse after fumbling a robbery, four criminals discover that the family living there is not who they appear to be.

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2021-11-09 | Horror / Crime

Cast

Katie Lyons, Bryan Enright

Rating

rating icon 4.972
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People's Taste Ranking

  1. Ranked #1 for
    poorly put together
  2. Ranked #1 for
    downright painful
  3. Ranked #1 for
    weird camera angle

Trailer

Hideout trailer
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5 Sacrilege (2020)

Four lifelong friends head to a remote lodge for a weekend of fun. What begins as an idyllic retreat quickly descends into a fight for their lives when a local Pagan cult offer them up to their Goddess as a sacrifice for the Solstice.

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2020-03-06 | Horror

Cast

Tamaryn Payne, Emily Wyatt

Rating

rating icon 5.645
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People's Taste Ranking

  1. Ranked #1 for
    actor at prime
  2. Ranked #1 for
    recurring motif
  3. Ranked #1 for
    not remotely scary

Trailer

Sacrilege trailer
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6 Rogue (2020)

Battle-hardened O’Hara leads a lively mercenary team of soldiers on a daring mission: rescue hostages from their captors in remote Africa. But as the mission goes awry and the team is stranded, O’Hara’s squad must face a bloody, brutal encounter with a gang of rebels.

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2020-08-20 | Action / Adventure

Cast

Megan Fox, Philip Winchester

Rating

rating icon 5.6
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People's Taste Ranking

  1. Ranked #1 for
    unsavory character
  2. Ranked #1 for
    drooling over
  3. Ranked #2 for
    pathetic

Trailer

Rogue trailer
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7 Skylines (2020)

When a virus threatens to turn the now earth-dwelling friendly alien hybrids against humans, Captain Rose Corley must lead a team of elite mercenaries on a mission to the alien world in order to save what's left of humanity.

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2020-10-25 | Science Fiction / Action

Cast

Lindsey Morgan, Alexander Siddig

Rating

rating icon 5.586
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People's Taste Ranking

  1. Ranked #1 for
    ok acting
  2. Ranked #1 for
    not that bad
  3. Ranked #1 for
    not too shabby

Trailer

Skylines trailer
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8 Triggered (2020)

Nine friends, all harboring a dark secret, go camping in the woods. After a wild night of partying, they wake up with suicide bombs strapped to their chests, all with varying times on their countdown clocks. They decide to work out how to disarm the bombs or find help - until they discover they can 'take' one another's time by killing each other.

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2020-08-28 | Horror / Action

Cast

Liesl Ahlers, Reine Swart

Rating

rating icon 5.297
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People's Taste Ranking

  1. Ranked #1 for
    stingy character
  2. Ranked #1 for
    attractive female
  3. Ranked #1 for
    sheer fun

Trailer

Triggered trailer
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9 Monstrous (2022)

Laura, traumatized by an abusive relationship, runs away from her former husband with her seven-year-old son Cody. But in their new, idyllic and remote sanctuary, they find they have another, bigger and more terrifying monster to deal with…

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2022-05-13 | Horror / Mystery

Cast

Christina Ricci, Santino Barnard

Rating

rating icon 5.9
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People's Taste Ranking

  1. Ranked #1 for
    uncanny
  2. Ranked #1 for
    fairly easy
  3. Ranked #2 for
    crisp editing

Trailer

Monstrous trailer
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10 Shifter (2020)

A young woman struggles with the painful and gruesome side effects of an experiment with time travel gone wrong that causes her to lose control and shift through time at random.

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2020-03-06 | Horror / Science Fiction

Cast

Nicole Fancher, Ashley Mandanas

Rating

rating icon 4.038
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People's Taste Ranking

  1. Ranked #1 for
    super-smart
  2. Ranked #1 for
    most captivating
  3. Ranked #2 for
    credible performance

Trailer

Shifter trailer
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