The 1980s Were Apex Cringe Comedy (Without Knowing It)

Comedy isn't pretty.

Authors: By Matt Solomon
Published: August 11, 2022
Comments: 15

13 Shows With Laughably Bad Premises

Not all sitcoms can be as popular as Young Sheldon.

Authors: By JD Roberson
Published: August 11, 2022
Comments: 16

The B-Movie Gimmick From The '60s (That We Want Back)

We’ve discussed William Castle here at Cracked, the all-time king of horror movie gimmicks. And among all his contrivances to get butts in theater seats to watch B-grade schlock, there's a particularly clever one used in one of his ‘best’ movies, Homicidal.

Authors: By Talbert Gregson
Published: August 11, 2022
Comments: 3

Was This Movie Secretly Cursed? (VIDEO)

Two of the four who tried out for this role died, two became mega-famous?!

Authors: By Jesse, Jordan Breeding, Ali Gordon
Published: August 11, 2022
Comments: 1

Big Dogs Is Still Around And Still Making Befuddling T-Shirts

I like my t-shirts confusing and vaguely threatening.

Authors: By Eli Yudin
Published: August 11, 2022
Comments: 5

Here Are 40 Covers For Classic Books (IF They Were Honest)

By:: Cracked Plasticians

January 18, 2019

Here Are 40 Covers For Classic Books (IF They Were Honest)

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There's a well-known rule about not judging books by their covers, but that's nuts. The entire point of a book cover is to show you what's inside. The fact that the book covers don't actually prepare a person for what's inside doesn't mean we should stop using them as a source of information. It just means the cover designers should be doing a better job.

We asked our readers to remedy that problem, and paid cash to our favorite.