Cracked Archive

6 Completely Ridiculous Ways Famous Movies Paid The Bills

In the days before Indiegogo, some now-famous directors got the money they needed for their breakout films in less conventional ways.

Authors: By Isaac Cabe
Published: July 31, 2016

6 Video Games That Came Bundled With Filthy, Filthy Lies

Authors: By Jeff Silvers
Published: July 29, 2016

6 Insane Dick Moves By Directors Behind Famous Movies

Authors: By Chris Radomile
Published: July 29, 2016

6 Actors Whose Offscreen Lives Are A Hilarious Surprise

Authors: By Adam Wears
Published: July 28, 2016

5 Horrifying Laws It Took WAY Too Long To Fix

One hopes that when nations refer to their bleak history, they mean centuries ago, and not 'earlier this morning.'

Authors: By Mordecai Jones
Published: July 28, 2016

3 Ways Obsessive Fans Are Ruining Their Own Favorite Movies

The one things today's fans seem to have forgotten: It's about the journey.

Authors: By Stephan Roget
Published: July 27, 2016

6 Dark Movies You'll Never See The Same Knowing Their Origin

Many of the byzantine horrors we see today were thought up by writers standing in line to buy a new mattress -- or something equally boring and mundane.

Authors: By JM McNab
Published: July 27, 2016

The 7 Most Accidentally Horrifying Children's Characters

Creating a children's character should be a relatively straightforward process. Until you freebase bath salts.

Authors: By Raoni Lacerda
Published: July 26, 2016

6 Bizarre Assumptions Movies Make About Strong Women

Yeah, we are getting more "strong" women in movies, but there are some truly bizarre things writers just can't get past.

Authors: By Abraham Mireles, Tara Marie, Matt Cowan
Published: July 26, 2016

6 Nightmare Historical Diseases Humanity Forgot Are Possible

Some of the most truly horrible and bizarre diseases reared their heads for one specific moment in history before vanishing just as strangely as they arrived, never to be seen again (we hope).

Authors: By Adam Wears
Published: July 26, 2016