Summary Judgment: All-Time Worst Beach Movies Surfers and beach bunnies used to abound on the silver screen, but the movies didn't age well. In fact, they stand almost unchallenged as one of Hollywood's most ridiculous genres. Slate.com's Mark Jordan Legan offers a list of the weirdest and worst beach movies ever made.

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Summary Judgment: All-Time Worst Beach Movies

Summary Judgment: All-Time Worst Beach Movies

July 25, 20081:00 PM ET

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Video: Horrible Beach Flicks

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Surfers and beach bunnies used to abound on the silver screen, but the movies didn't age well. In fact, they stand almost unchallenged as one of Hollywood's most ridiculous genres. Slate.com's Mark Jordan Legan offers a list of the weirdest and worst beach movies ever made.

Below, Legan also offers a tour of more modern (but equally bad?) summer fare — like Step Brothers.

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