The Worst Foods I Ate in 2025 Inspired By Movies and TV Shows

I still consider myself a film critic by trade. But more and more I eat movies and TV shows for a living.

A slight exaggeration, perhaps. But consuming a bunch of weird Denny’s food inspired by Josh Trank’s Fantastic Four one time ten years ago has turned into a decade of devouring bizarre dishes, snacks, drinks, and treats all based on films and television series. Do I have any regrets? Are you kidding? Of course I do! It’s pretty much all regret! But I made my bed and now I have to lie in it while digesting a Little Caesars pizza with four different flavors on a single pie.

That wasn’t the worst thing I ate for my job in 2025, and given the concept of The Fantastic Four: First Steps, it was a fairly logical themed food item. But I ate some real doozies in 2025. My stomach hurts just thinking about them — although to be fair, my stomach hurts constantly no matter what I do lately.

But let’s just assume it hurts at this specific moment it’s because I’m thinking about some of the worst and weirdest things I consumed in the name of content this year. See the biggest offenders (ranked from almost edible to so bizarre they made me question the nature of reality) below — and if you want to read about all the movie food I ate over the last year, you can go to this page. And remember: Never do anything as a joke you’re not prepared to keep doing professionally for the next decade.

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