| Author | Message | ||
| lbpesq
Senior Member Username: lbpesq Post Number: 2174 Registered: 7-2004 |
Having just pulled off an almost hijacking of the Northern Cali gathering thread, I thought I'd hop over here instead. So, here is the question of the day: What is the worst movie you ever saw? I mean real stinkers, so bad that they are unintentionally good. In the referenced thread I already nominated Ed Wood's classic "Plan 9 From Outer Space" and discussed another about which I am soliciting guesses. It stars the title character - a guy in a gorilla suit and a diving helmet. The mystery film includes such props as TV rabbit ears and a bubble machine as the interstellar communications device. Name that move. Name you own favorite bad movie. Just how twisted can we get around here? Bill, tgo | ||
| bracheen
Senior Member Username: bracheen Post Number: 1166 Registered: 11-2003 |
I can't name yours though I can picture the creature. I once knew a young lady who kept a picture of him on her desk. My favorite, Killer Klowns from Outer Space. Close second: The Lost Skeleton of Cadavra Sam (Message edited by bracheen on March 09, 2007) | ||
| 2400wattman
Advanced Member Username: 2400wattman Post Number: 303 Registered: 11-2005 |
To the rest of the world they're probably bad movies but I love the whole Evil Dead series which includes Army of Darkness. Bill Campbell's character Ash is unforgettable. Groovy! | ||
| precarius
Intermediate Member Username: precarius Post Number: 130 Registered: 11-2005 |
Sorry- Double post (Message edited by Precarius on March 09, 2007) | ||
| precarius
Intermediate Member Username: precarius Post Number: 131 Registered: 11-2005 |
OOPS- Posted in the other thread. Robot Monster (1953) My favorite stinker- Attack of the Killer Tomatoes | ||
| olieoliver
Senior Member Username: olieoliver Post Number: 1178 Registered: 2-2006 |
Too many to decide but it is ironic that last night "Wild Angels" was on Flix-e. Bad movie but has some great bikes in it, Nancy Sinatra too! (Please nobody drill me for mentioning motorcylces) | ||
| valvil
Moderator Username: valvil Post Number: 999 Registered: 7-2002 |
Bambi vs Godzilla Valentino | ||
| precarius
Intermediate Member Username: precarius Post Number: 132 Registered: 11-2005 |
Also ANY movie on Lifetime Movie Network stinks. | ||
| chuck
Member Username: chuck Post Number: 81 Registered: 3-2005 |
Evil alien conqueres,and of course Killer Tomatoes,with honorable mention to Mars Attacks. Chuck | ||
| chuck
Member Username: chuck Post Number: 82 Registered: 3-2005 |
P.S. Barbarella. Chuck | ||
| lidon2001
Advanced Member Username: lidon2001 Post Number: 291 Registered: 4-2005 |
The Thing with Two Heads Nothing scarier than a former NFL great running around with a plastic head on his shoulder. | ||
| lbpesq
Senior Member Username: lbpesq Post Number: 2177 Registered: 7-2004 |
Valentino That's a short - it doesn't count. And, IMHO, it is quality entertainment. But I admit I am laughing hysterically right now as I had not thought about this film in many years. Truly a classic. And yes, Robot Monster is indeed the mystery film. A small family group are the last remaining people on earth who try to avoid being killed by the guy in the gorilla suit and diving helmet. Every once in a while, for no apparent reason that has any relation to the plot, the movie cuts to old cheesy stock footage of iguanas and other lizards with cheap fins and horns glued on, playing the parts of "fighting dinosaurs". Really bad. Bill, tgo | ||
| chuck
Member Username: chuck Post Number: 83 Registered: 3-2005 |
State of the art in those days. Chuck | ||
| fmm
Intermediate Member Username: fmm Post Number: 189 Registered: 6-2002 |
Buckaroo Banzai | ||
| kenbass4
Advanced Member Username: kenbass4 Post Number: 239 Registered: 10-2003 |
I can't believe no one has mentioned...The Original "Little Shop Of Horrors"!!! Jack Nicholson at his...uh...finest!! | ||
| alembic76407
Senior Member Username: alembic76407 Post Number: 502 Registered: 5-2002 |
Brewster McCloud brain donors two classic's David T | ||
| rraymond
Advanced Member Username: rraymond Post Number: 208 Registered: 6-2002 |
The 1984, Dino De Laurentiis version of DUNE. It almost put me off of Frank Herbert's work! To paraphrase Frank Zappa, "Cheepnis, in terms of a movie, has nothing to do with its budget." | ||
| cozmik_cowboy
Intermediate Member Username: cozmik_cowboy Post Number: 113 Registered: 10-2006 |
"Cocaine Fiends" (1935 - also known as "The Pace That Kills"). Same genre as "Reefer Madness". My first time in college the campus film series ran them together, along the Betty Boop "Minnie the Moocher" cartoon (1932) & the wonderful Douglas Fairbanks, Sr. silent short "The Mystery of the Leaping Fish" (1916), with Fairbanks as detective Coke Ennyday. A memorable night in spite of our best efforts, if you get my drift. And, of course, just about anything with Vincent Price - "The Pit and the Pendelum", "The Conqueror Worm", and on and on. Peter | ||
| lbpesq
Senior Member Username: lbpesq Post Number: 2178 Registered: 7-2004 |
Showgirls Bill, tgo | ||
| keith_h
Senior Member Username: keith_h Post Number: 712 Registered: 2-2005 |
The Blob | ||
| 57basstra
Senior Member Username: 57basstra Post Number: 534 Registered: 4-2005 |
'The Master Gunfighter'  "This film is set in southern California in the period shortly after California became part of the US. American settlers and the US government discriminated against the Mexican landowners and frequently took their land by force or legal skullduggery. This film focuses on wealthy Latino ranchers whose land and wealth are at risk. They decide to misdirect a US government ship carrying gold so that it will be wrecked and they can take the gold. To prevent themselves from being caught, they plan to massacre the local Chumash Indians. The hero is the now estranged adoptive son, a master swordsman (trained in Japan!) and gunfighter, who tries to prevent this while still saving his family. The plot reflects the sad history of double colonialism in California, the scenery is gorgeous (as is love-interest Barbara Carrera), and the action exciting. " | ||
| cozmik_cowboy
Intermediate Member Username: cozmik_cowboy Post Number: 114 Registered: 10-2006 |
WOW - a non-Billy Jack Tom Laughlin flick!!!! I have GOT to see that one! And if you haven't seen Billy's debut, "Born Losers", check it out - a classic example of the killer-bikers-from-hell genre. Peter | ||
| tom_z
Senior Member Username: tom_z Post Number: 502 Registered: 7-2004 |
Most would probably find The Loved One (1965) to be pretty horrible - at least from a "good taste" point of view. But a movie in which Jonathan Winters plays multiple roles is worth checking out. Also in the cast: Milton Berle, John Gielgud, Liberace, Rod Steiger, among many others. From IMDb: "If you are disturbed or offended by the funeral business, death in general, dead pets, or slightly veiled hints at necrophilia then you might want to give this one a miss. If you're brave and open-minded, however, I highly recommend this truly strange and wonderful film." A classic "bad movie." ;-) | ||
| davehouck
Moderator Username: davehouck Post Number: 4855 Registered: 5-2002 |
At the end of Dune, as the credits roll, is a beautiful piece of music played, and I believe written, by Toto. | ||
| hifiguy
Member Username: hifiguy Post Number: 80 Registered: 10-2006 |
Another vote for Barbarella Big Bad Mama w/Angie Dickinson and Bill Shatner | ||
| smokin_dave
Advanced Member Username: smokin_dave Post Number: 304 Registered: 10-2002 |
Johnny Guitar. So bad it's waaaay funny. | ||
| valvil
Moderator Username: valvil Post Number: 1000 Registered: 7-2002 |
Bill, I know it's a short , but it just popped into my head after seeing those titles, and it was just too good to pass up.  And yeah, I thought it was pretty funny too. Valentino | ||
| lbpesq
Senior Member Username: lbpesq Post Number: 2180 Registered: 7-2004 |
Howard the Duck Bill, tgo | ||
| bigredbass
Senior Member Username: bigredbass Post Number: 1141 Registered: 9-2002 |
PLAN NINE from OUTER SPACE. But I can't remember the title of this B+W 50's scifi flick that had brains walking around on chicken legs (!) . . . . if I could, 'Plan Nine' would be a close second. J o e y | ||
| jacko
Senior Member Username: jacko Post Number: 1085 Registered: 10-2002 |
Any one of the numerous giant snake movies like King Cobra, Python or Anaconda make me laugh. As a snakekeeper, I find the misinformation stunning. Graeme | ||
| edwin
Advanced Member Username: edwin Post Number: 219 Registered: 5-2002 |
OK, I just saw the worst movie ever: The Ambushers. It's got bad spaceships, bad acting, bad special effects (especially the ray guns) bad music and Dean Martin being insanely badly sexist. It even claimed that Frank Sinatra was Perry Como! I thought I had seen it all until this stinker showed up. It was so bad it was good! No, not really. It was just bad. I think it was Dean Martin day on TCM and they had to fill some time. Edwin | ||
| lbpesq
Senior Member Username: lbpesq Post Number: 2188 Registered: 7-2004 |
I too just saw a real stinker. Eddie Murphy, Eddie Murphy, and Eddie Murphy in "Norbit" (My 12 year old wanted to see it). STAY AWAY!!!!! Bill, tgo | ||
| jbybj
Member Username: jbybj Post Number: 54 Registered: 6-2006 |
For that classic 50's bad acting/writing/directing, but with the added bonus of some awesome Harryhausen stop motion action, I elect "20 Million Miles to Earth" ...... "look!" pause, points, pause, gasps and grabs face......... I'm in love..... | ||
| hydrargyrum
Advanced Member Username: hydrargyrum Post Number: 237 Registered: 3-2004 |
It was intended to be a bond spoof, but Our Man Flint is really bad in its own right, and quite hilariously so. Failing that, how has someone not mentioned the Rocky Horror Picture Show yet? The king of all bad movies. You might be able to scare up some good John Waters flicks as well. | ||
| cozmik_cowboy
Intermediate Member Username: cozmik_cowboy Post Number: 117 Registered: 10-2006 |
Our Man Flint had a sequel called In Like Flint - made in 1967, it involved a group of criminal women taking over the world, one aspect of which was to replace the President of the US with a stand-in. I saw this on late-night TV in the early '80s, in the only frame of mind suitable for watching bad movies on late-night TV, and about lost it when James Coburn discovered the subterfuge and, looking into the camera with shock and disbelief, queried "An actor as president?!?!" Well, hey, I couldn't believe it either. Peter (Message edited by Cozmik_Cowboy on March 14, 2007) | ||
| jbybj
Member Username: jbybj Post Number: 55 Registered: 6-2006 |
Hold on, no one has mentioned it yet because the Rocky Horror Picture show is a freakin masterpiece. How dare you suggest it qualifies as a bad movie. To fail to see it's genius, is well, I will pray for you........ Peace, James | ||
| dfung60
Advanced Member Username: dfung60 Post Number: 236 Registered: 5-2002 |
Hmmm... I *like* a lot of the movies that people are suggesting here. Army of Darkness, Buckaroo Banzai, the Flint movies, Killer Klowns from Outer Space - love 'em all. Don't you guys hassle Night of the Comet or Night of the Creeps! And you don't like Showgirls? If Elizabeth Berkley is willing to do 40,000 sit-ups for you, then the least you could do is show a little courtesy... The only movie I remember paying for and walking out of the theater would have been "Americathon". I remember wondering what in the heck this was supposed to be about. I'd pay to walk out of it again, too. There are, of course, a lot of movies on cable or rentals which got started and never finished. David Fung | ||
| hydrargyrum
Advanced Member Username: hydrargyrum Post Number: 238 Registered: 3-2004 |
I'm not saying I don't enjoy watching the movie, and I won't deny going in drag to audience participation events, but the Rocky Horror Picture show essentially lacks a plot through the whole second half. Its not exactly great film making in the style of Citizen Kane, or North by Northwest | ||
| kmh364
Senior Member Username: kmh364 Post Number: 2087 Registered: 9-2003 |
"Blood Sucking Freaks" "I Spit On Your Grave" "Basket Case" Three of the worst, cheesiest "F"-rate horror movies ever made! They're so bad, they're funny! HIGHLY RECOMMENDED! LOL! Also: Anything by "Troma"...of "The Toxic Avenger" fame. They are all truly, truly bad. Enjoy! Kevin | ||
| alembic_doctor
Advanced Member Username: alembic_doctor Post Number: 206 Registered: 8-2002 |
OK..... I think I have the mother of all bad movies right here....  | ||
| alembic76407
Senior Member Username: alembic76407 Post Number: 503 Registered: 5-2002 |
How about; 1,000,000 years B.C. and Caveman truly bad David T | ||
| jacko
Senior Member Username: jacko Post Number: 1095 Registered: 10-2002 |
Didn't 1.000,000 years BC star raquel Welsh in a furry bikini though? Elevates it from bad into the Barbarella level;-) Graeme | ||
| bracheen
Senior Member Username: bracheen Post Number: 1170 Registered: 11-2003 |
I also like Killer Klowns. I own Killer Klowns. It perfectly fits the question of what is so bad it's good. Movies that just suck is a different area altogether. Blazing Saddles is one I walked out on. Sam | ||
| paulman
Advanced Member Username: paulman Post Number: 222 Registered: 2-2005 |
Oh I forgot about Caveman! Ringo...what were you thinking? My three bad/good picks are Return of the Living Dead (circa late 80's) and an obscure movie called Dead Again. Dead Again had me wondering when it was going to end, then BLAMMO the last 10 minutes cranked up a plot twist that made the whole movie work! And who can forget "This is Spinal Tap"? I have had people watch it and say "Who is this loser band" not realizing it's satire at all! | ||
| jacko
Senior Member Username: jacko Post Number: 1098 Registered: 10-2002 |
Sorry Roger, you can't have Spinal Tap. It's one of the best films ever made;-) graeme | ||
| lbpesq
Senior Member Username: lbpesq Post Number: 2197 Registered: 7-2004 |
Graeme, I couldn't agree more about Spinal Tap. On a scale of one to ten, this film rates an eleven! Bill, tgo | ||
| adriaan
Senior Member Username: adriaan Post Number: 1332 Registered: 6-2002 |
Funny how often "bad movies" get discussed, and never any good ones. (Not counting those that defy both categories, of course.) | ||
| bigbadbill
Advanced Member Username: bigbadbill Post Number: 288 Registered: 10-2003 |
Sam, you walked out on Blazing Saddles? I absolutely love Mel Brooks films! Just goes to show I guess. I thought Closer (is it Closer? With Julia Roberts and Clive Owen?)was appalling, and wasn't even saved by Natalie Portman, something I thought impossible. Coyote Ugly was one I turned off part way through, despite Piper Perabo. Triple X is terrible. One of the best "bad" films I've seen was some old Tarzan film which had loads of miscellaneous footage grafted on, in some parts in B&W (the film was in colour...or possibly vice versa, I can't remember). That was hysterical. I love all the Roger Corman/Vincent Price stuff though, those are actually some of my favourite films. The Ed Wood stuff is great fun too. 1,000,000 years BC is certainly in Barbarella territory; I love both. My personal favourite "bad" film is Wacko, one of the earliest film spoofs that I've seen. I love that film. | ||
| bigbadbill
Advanced Member Username: bigbadbill Post Number: 289 Registered: 10-2003 |
And specially for Adriaan, some of my absolute favourite films; the LOTR trilogy, American Beauty, the Natural, The Shawshank Redemption, Ben Hur, Spartacus, Field of Dreams, King Kong (any), Jason & the Argonauts, The Great Escape, Kelly's Heroes, A Fistful of Dollars, ET, Star Wars, The Fifth Element...and about a billion others. | ||
| adriaan
Senior Member Username: adriaan Post Number: 1333 Registered: 6-2002 |
That kind of answers my question about why they don't get discussed. In the words of someone who didn't stay here too long: it's all good. | ||
| alembic_doctor
Advanced Member Username: alembic_doctor Post Number: 209 Registered: 8-2002 |
Blazing Saddles is a Classic!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Bart: Are we awake? Jim: We're not sure. Are we black? Bart: Yes, we are. Jim: Then we're awake, but very puzzled. | ||
| bracheen
Senior Member Username: bracheen Post Number: 1171 Registered: 11-2003 |
The scene in Blazing Saddles that did it for me was the campfire/beans scene. Just a bit outside of my sense of humor. And the ending was pretty odd. I know, if I walked out how did I see the ending? So many people raved about it I gave it a second chance. Some like REM too. Some don't care for Jack Bruce. I'm not sure who Adrian is referring to but "it's all good" sums it up nicely. That's why there's so many choices. | ||
| lbpesq
Senior Member Username: lbpesq Post Number: 2198 Registered: 7-2004 |
Shaun: You're hijacking my thread with your good movies! However you may stay as I believe you inadvertently listed a classic bad film. When you listed "King Kong (any)", surely you forgot about the 1976 Dino Delaurentis fiasco with the big fake monkey carrying Jessica Lange up the World Trade Center. I wish I could forget about it. Bill, tgo | ||
| ajdover
Senior Member Username: ajdover Post Number: 479 Registered: 11-2003 |
Blazing Saddles ... one of my all time favorite movies ... as you can tell from below ... "Excuse me while I whip this out ..." "Would you like another schnitzengruben?" "It's Hedly .. Hedly Lamar ..." "What in the Wide, Wide World of Sports is a goin on here?" "Anybody got a dime? Someone's going to have to go back and get a ">S8load of dimes!" "Never mind that &^it. Here comes Mongo!" ".... Not only was it frontier gibberish ..." "Would you like more beans Mr. Taggert? I'd say you boys have had enough!" Alan | ||
| alembic_doctor
Advanced Member Username: alembic_doctor Post Number: 211 Registered: 8-2002 |
Lili Von Shtupp: Would you like another schnitzengruben? Bart: No, thank you. Fifteen is my limit on schnitzengruben. Lili Von Shtupp: Well how about a little... Bart: [shocked] Baby. I'm not from Havana. | ||
| paulman
Advanced Member Username: paulman Post Number: 226 Registered: 2-2005 |
Lili Von Shtupp: Hello, cowboy. Wha's your name? Tex: Tex, Ma'am. Lili Von Shtupp: Texmam? Well, tell me Texmam, are you in show business? Tex: Well, no, ma'am. Lilly von Schtupp: Then why don't you get your fwiggin' feet off o' the stage. And one more.. Hedley Lamarr: Meeting adjourned. Oh, I am sorry, sir I didn't mean to overstep my bounds, you say that. Governor William J. Le Petomane: What? Hedley Lamarr: Meeting is adjourned. Governor William J. Le Petomane: It is? Hedley Lamarr: No, you say that, governor. Governor William J. Le Petomane: What? Hedley Lamarr: Meeting is adjourned. Governor William J. Le Petomane: It is? Hedley Lamarr: Here, sir, play with this. | ||
| alembic_doctor
Advanced Member Username: alembic_doctor Post Number: 212 Registered: 8-2002 |
Oh it's Twue It's Twue. Baby, you're suckin' on my elbow. You're making a german spectacle of yourself. On a separate note, This movie could never get made today. | ||
| bracheen
Senior Member Username: bracheen Post Number: 1172 Registered: 11-2003 |
Oh, my. Blazing Saddleites are a loyal bunch. | ||
| alembic_doctor
Advanced Member Username: alembic_doctor Post Number: 213 Registered: 8-2002 |
Mongo Santa Maria | ||
| lbpesq
Senior Member Username: lbpesq Post Number: 2201 Registered: 7-2004 |
Blazing Saddles - great film, perhaps among Mel's films only second to Young Frankenstein: What hump? Boy, what knockers! Q: Whose brain did you get? A: Someone named Abbey, Abbey Normal So, if the monster got some of your brain, what did you get? OH SWEET MYSTERY OF LIFE... Putting on the Ritz! Bill, tgo | ||
| bigbadbill
Advanced Member Username: bigbadbill Post Number: 290 Registered: 10-2003 |
"Pardon me boy, is this the Transylvania Station?" A friend erupted into spontaneous laughter for weeks after at that, he just couldn't get over it. Re the beans scene in Blazing Saddles, my dad took me to see it when it came out, and I thought he was going to explode at that part. But then he's a big toilet humour fan. As I say, I love Mel Brooks, I think he's a comic genius. Bill, I was waiting for the first comment on the '76 Kong. Thing is, I love it! Always have (whaddya mean it's a guy in suit? That's a real 50 ft gorilla!!! ). Maybe it's because I was only around 12 when I saw it, but it's still one of my favourite films. Ironically, the friend I mentioned before is just about the biggest Kong fan in the world, and he also loves it. We're an army of 2! But I'll allow the "best worst" tag simply because the weight of opinion is decidely against me . Sorry for hijacking the thread BTW! (But I'll just mention Mulholland Drive and Lost Highway too.... *runs for cover...*) | ||
| alembic_doctor
Advanced Member Username: alembic_doctor Post Number: 214 Registered: 8-2002 |
I can't believe that no one has mentioned "KISS meets the Phantom of the Park" | ||
| hydrargyrum
Advanced Member Username: hydrargyrum Post Number: 240 Registered: 3-2004 |
I should have mentioned Clash of the Titans as well. Some of the worst stop motion animation ever. "Release the Kraken!" | ||
| blazer
Intermediate Member Username: blazer Post Number: 136 Registered: 12-2003 |
"Jackass the movie" and "Jackass number two" are my all time favorite bad movies. They are hysterical but "Number two" clearly is the better one of them. And this scene from "Number two" shows why... http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GgRuOf47dt8 |
