How did The Garbage Pail Kids Movie even come to exist? Who's idea was this and why did the final film turn out so poorly? The Garbage Pail Kids Movie is a 1987 American comedy film and an adaptation of the then-popular children's trading cards series of the same name. The cards were a parody of the popular Cabbage Patch Kids dolls and each card featured a character that typically had a gross habit, an abnormality, or suffered a terrible fate. The film depicted seven of the Garbage Pail Kids interacting with society and befriending a regular boy. The film was universally panned by critics and audiences and is widely considered to be one of the worst films ever made. It was a box-office bomb, earning just over $1.6 million on a $1 million budget.