Ouch! Critics haven’t been kind to “The Fanatic,” a stalker movie that was filmed in Birmingham in 2018.

But the thriller, starring John Travolta and co-written and directed by Fred Durst, has now received one of the most dubious honors of all. Today, it topped The A.V. Club’s list of the worst movies of 2019.

“As Moose, a stunted Walk-of-Fame busker who begins skulking around the Beverly Hills home of an ill-tempered B-list star, Travolta does a simpering, childlike caricature of unspecified disability that’s somewhere between offensive and just plain embarrassing,” the pop-culture website says. "This, apparently, is how writer, director, and fellow faded hotshot Fred Durst sees the autograph-hungry unwashed — though the film is indiscriminate in its contempt, reserving plenty for the object of Moose’s obsession (the original Stan, Devon Sawa) and for all of Hollywood. ...

“'The Fanatic’ isn’t just brain-dead, Z-grade garbage. It’s garbage with pretensions of seriousness, framing its ludicrous descent into screaming, eye-gouging hysteria as some kind of deep meditation on the pitfalls of celebrity. Mostly, the incompetent thing leaves you feeling sorry for Travolta, a one-time A-lister in dire need of a new agent, an intervention, or another Tarantino career reset.”

“The Fanatic” was deemed a bigger stinker than “The Kitchen,” “Tyler Perry’s A Madea Family Funeral,” “Primal,” “Jay and Silent Bob Reboot,” “The Goldfinch,” “Rambo: Last Blood," “Replicas” and 12 other movies selected for derision by The A.V. Club.

That’s just plain sad, if you care about the quality of movies filmed in Alabama. “The Fanatic" (which filmed here under the working title of “Moose”) caused quite a stir in Birmingham during its three-week shoot in February and March 2018. Fans eagerly lined downtown streets, hoping for glimpses of the celebrities involved: Travolta, Durst and Sawa.

Travolta, in particular, was extremely gracious to onlookers, smiling when people yelled his name and obliging when fans asked for selfies with him. Durst kept a fairly low profile, but Sawa endeared himself to Alabama folks on social media, engaging in banter, answering questions and praising the state via Twitter.

Coming from LA to Alabama & talking to the locals is so refreshing. They look you in the eyes & ask you how you’re doing before starting a conversation. They say please & thank you & appear to mean it. All done in their very soothing southern drawl. It’s nice. And the food... — devon sawa (@DevonESawa) February 23, 2018

But if you had high hopes for “The Fanatic,” consider them dashed.

The movie received a “Tomatometer” score of 17 percent on Rotten Tomatoes, a movie site that aggregates reviews from critics and comes up with a percentage rating based on how “fresh” a film is considered to be. (A score of 17 percent is stale indeed.) Reviews highlighted on the site tend to be embarrassing for the film or a real hoot, depending on your point of view.

“It cannot be emphasized enough that Travolta’s first line in the film, spoken to a clerk at his local video store, is ‘I can’t talk too long, I gotta poo.’ That opening really sets the tone for everything that follows,” writes Christian Holub of Entertainment Weekly.

“It’s one thing for a movie to be deadly dull or incompetently made — and this movie is both of those things, to be sure — but it descends to another level when you realize that it exists perhaps even intentionally to be nothing more than a cinematic version of an internet troll,” says Brian Tallerico on RogerEbert.com.

“The Fanatic” also made the CBS News list of the worst movies of 2019, coming in at No. 2, just behind “The Haunting of Sharon Tate.” The entertainment site Looper hated it, too, giving “The Fanatic” a spot in its “absolute worst movies of 2019.”

And there’s more. “The Fanatic” bombed during its limited release on Aug. 30, opening in 52 theaters across the United States, according The Hollywood Reporter.

“On Friday, ‘The Fanatic’ grossed a mere $3,153 from 52 theaters scattered across the U.S. for a location average of roughly $60, according to those with access to grosses via Comscore," the Reporter said on Aug. 31. “That means the movie may not earn more than $15,000 for the four-day holiday weekend. In a handful of theaters, it grossed $10 or less; the highest gross was $736 at the Arena Cinelounge in Hollywood.”

It’s possible, of course, that “The Fanatic” eventually will become a cult classic, revered in a “so awful it’s good” kind of way. For now, we’re waiting to see if the movie shows up on any other year-end lists.

If you still want to see “The Fanatic,” it’s available for streaming on VOD (video on demand), including Amazon’s Prime Video.