Favorite Bad Movies

[Mutatis-Mutandis]

JBI inspired the idea for this thread when he mentioned his favorite movie is Mrs. Doubtfire (I"m still undecided as to is he serious or not :D). I think we all have our guilty pleasure when it comes to movies. I know I do. So list some of your favorite bad movies. Here's my list:

Star Wars, Episodes I: The Phantom Menace
Air Force One
Independence Day
Con Air
Waterworld (I hesitated to put this on the list, because I really do think it's a good movie, despite its reputation.)

I know there're more, but that's what comes to mind.

[OrphanPip]

I don't think any of those really count as so bad its good movies though. For that you need something from Troma, like "Surf Nazis Must Die."

My favourite bad movies in no particular order:

Barbarella (campy fun)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1uwNEnh9uaM

Pink Flamingos (Divine is of course my profile wallpaper lol)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E2YVRu09nAo

Flesh Gordon (ha sex puns)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jiTXaZVI_o0

Caligula (essentially an over budgeted porno flick)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=16oTlXL5E0c

Tank Girl
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0pvMCu_YeYU

[MarkBastable]

Tremors (http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0100814/)

The Mummy (http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0100814/) and The Mummy Returns (http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0209163/)


The Railway Children (http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0066279/) (though this only counts as a bad movie in the sense that it's safe, twee, cosy and kinda lame - but I don't think there's anything wrong with that when it's done this well.)

[Jack of Hearts]

Tremors is a good choice.

John Waters: can't decide what's more unnerving, his movies or his mustache.






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[Lokasenna]

I own a DVD of Ballistic: Ecks vs. Sever (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ballistic:_Ecks_vs._Sever) - officially the worst reviewed movie of all time. It's one of my prize possessions.

Gather a group of friends round, crack open the alcohol, and laugh yourself silly as you try to comprehend the plot...

I've also got a rare copy of Manos: The Hands of Fate (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Manos:_The_Hands_of_Fate) - which is similarly ridiculous...

[billl]

Fraternity Vacation (1985)

[OrphanPip]

John Waters: can't decide what's more unnerving, his movies or his mustache.



Hairspray and Pecker are pretty tame though.

The musical remake kind of misses the point of the Waters original, which stabs a knife into the gut of the perfect image of Middle America. The remake makes it into a relatively pleasant treatment of race issues that can take advantage of the retro setting for the soundtrack.

[MystyrMystyry]

Liquid Sky ;)

[Helga]

Kevin Smith's movies, in particular Dogma.

[Jack of Hearts]

How about "Phenomenon" with John Travolta?







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[Mutatis-Mutandis]

Tremors and the first two Mummy movies are good picks (the third was is just unbearable, though).

[Delta40]

Zardoz (1974) starring Sean Connery. After James Bond, how the mighty are fallen!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kbGVIdA3dx0

[LitNetIsGreat]

Well one of the most famous "so bad it is good" films has to be Troll 2 (look at the views on the trailer). I've seen it twice a few years ago and I wet my pants, but you wouldn't catch me watching it a third time - I have standards to maintain!!

The best bit is that the director is deadly serious, supposedly.

The most qualified actor in the films was a dentist.

Unbelievably poor (IMDB top 100 worst rated).

If you haven't seen it and you think the trailer is bad then I can tell you these are some of the best acted parts.

Simply incomprehensible.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9KCct4RwLNM

[Delta40]

Citizen Kane (just to stir the thread up)

[LitNetIsGreat]

Citizen Kane (just to stir the thread up)

Pah, disgrace, disgrace!!!

:troll:

Ha.

[Hawkman]

Here's my list:

Star Wars, Episodes I: The Phantom Menace
Air Force One
Independence Day
Con Air
Waterworld (I hesitated to put this on the list, because I really do think it's a good movie, despite its reputation.)

I know there're more, but that's what comes to mind.

Oh, come on, Mutatis - Con Air? This is a movie worth watching just to see and hear Nick Cage say, "Put the bunny back in the box"!! Apart from that it's got John Cusak, John Malcovich, and the kind of funny looking guy from Fargo in it. It's practically a classic - lol.

Independence Day, is, or at least I understand it to be, the greatest B movie ever made :D

I can't argue with the Phantom Memace though. Now if you want to see a really bad movie you should take a look at, "Hawk the Slayer" Jack Palance at his worst as both actor and director!

Live and be well - H

[Gilliatt Gurgle]

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The Manitou was pretty bad:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yIKU9hzRq6k


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[Mutatis-Mutandis]

Oh, come on, Mutatis - Con Air? This is a movie worth watching just to see and hear Nick Cage say, "Put the bunny back in the box"!! Apart from that it's got John Cusak, John Malcovich, and the kind of funny looking guy from Fargo in it. It's practically a classic - lol.

Independence Day, is, or at least I understand it to be, the greatest B movie ever made :D

I can't argue with the Phantom Memace though. Now if you want to see a really bad movie you should take a look at, "Hawk the Slayer" Jack Palance at his worst as both actor and director!

Live and be well - H
John Malcovich is what makes Con Air awesome, along with Steve Buscemi (the funny looking guy from Fargo. :lol:). I think they had to work to pack every possible cliche into the movie that they could, though.

[DaneNoodles]

since when are kevin smith movies, bad movies?

in particular dogma is one of the best comedies!

[Emil Miller]

This has been done before and these were really bad.

http://www.online-literature.com/forums/showthread.php?t=44834

[irinmisfit92]

Favourite bad movies... Considering that 80% of the movies I watch are pretty decent, that's difficult XD I like Spy Kids (the first movie, of course) but the first movie was decent so I guess it's hard to put it on the list. I think Sharkboy and Lavagirl was just horrible but because of Taylor Lautner I kinda enjoyed the movie and got to know him before everyone started talking about him when he starred in Twilight (which is a **** movie).

There are a lot of interesting movies I've never heard before in this post. :P

[Gilliatt Gurgle]

This has been done before and these were really bad.

http://www.online-literature.com/forums/showthread.php?t=44834

Emil,
Thanks for the fond memories.
I copied a few over from that old thread:


"...Other Gurgle family favorites:

The Killer Shrews (Includes Ken Curtiss -Festus from Gunsmoke)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UaH4qGdo-FM

Monster Club - Check out the fried lawn cat and one of the soundtracks:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eSAvIhOQVgU

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-hH7c63lcUY



"...At the moment of contact with water the “The Monolith Monsters” came to mind.
Released in 1957, the Monolith Monsters adopts the concept of the classic rogue meteorite that slams into earth. In this case the meteorite, composed mostly of iron, is somehow transformed, upon contact with water, into towering monoliths of obsidian. Humans too are transformed into stone if they contact the monolith.

This is a gem.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9Rfp5...eature=related

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[joelavine]

"Romeo and Juliet" with Norma Shearer and Leslie Howard

[Hawkman]

Here's another classic for you, "Night of the Lepus". this is a film about a herd of giant rabbits marauding through small town America. I think my favoourite bit in the movie is when the local National Guard commander bursts onto centre stage at a drive in movie place and announces the approach of the giant rabbits through a megaphone and orders everyone to disperse. Now considering that the drive in was completely filled with teenagers making out in their cars, it was amzing that instead of catcalls, jeers and showers of popcorn containers, the announcement was met with docile obedience, while in the background the giant rabbits lolloped menacingly down the street. This is, without any shadow of a doubt, the silliest and really the most endearingly awful movie I have ever seen. I heartily recommend it :D :devil: :cheers2:

[Gilliatt Gurgle]

Here's another classic for you, "Night of the Lepus"...

I can't wait to get my paws around that one!


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wduI6vjidzk


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[Melysnl]

Any Given Sunday
Surfer Dude
Sliver

The only reason why I've watched these movies multiple times is mainly because of the eye candy.

[Stanislaw]

I don't think any of those really count as so bad its good movies though. For that you need something from Troma, like "Surf Nazis Must Die."

My favourite bad movies in no particular order:

Barbarella (campy fun)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1uwNEnh9uaM

Pink Flamingos (Divine is of course my profile wallpaper lol)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E2YVRu09nAo

Flesh Gordon (ha sex puns)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jiTXaZVI_o0

Caligula (essentially an over budgeted porno flick)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=16oTlXL5E0c

Tank Girl
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0pvMCu_YeYU

:lol: It's like you are sitting in my den reading off the first five movies on the top shelf :lol:

I have made a hobby out of collecting and watching the worst movies produced throughout history, the list of horrible movies is actually quite long but in the spirit of brevity I will leave a quick top 10

1. Actium Maximus: War of the Alien Dinosaurs (the worst movie ever made... there is literally nothing worse)
2. Chopper Chicks in Zombie Town
3. Wizards of the lost Kingdom II
4. The Adventures of Clutch Powers (A Lego movie)
5. T-Force
6. Bloodsuckers
7. Fertilize the Blaspheming Bombshell(not a porn btw)
8. The Final Patient
9. Star Knight
10. Browncoat: Redemption (I like that they tried to bring back the 'verse...but the movie was just plain sad.... I really wanted this to be good, but I just couldn't find it in the movie)

as a ps I would add The Calamari Wrestler... but it is in fact my favorite movie of all time.

[Behemoth702]

Maximum Overdrive (Chomp Chomp Chomp)
Tremors (Here's the plan!)
Starship Troopers (A good bug is a dead bug.)
The Patriot (Braveheart in America.)

[Mutatis-Mutandis]

Maximum Overdrive (Chomp Chomp Chomp)
Tremors (Here's the plan!)
Starship Troopers (A good bug is a dead bug.)
The Patriot (Braveheart in America.)
Aside from Maximum Overdrive, which I've never seen, good picks.

I can't believe no one has mentioned Plan 9 From Outer Space, possibly the most famous bad movie ever. It is quite brilliant, as is the movie based on the director, Ed Wood (which is assuredly not a bad movie).

[PoeticPassions]

Face Off (John Travolta and Nic Cage are awesome... but the plot is slightly ridiculous.)
Dude Where's My Car (I admit, I thought it was sightly funny...)
Showgirls (it is so awful that it is entertaining)

there are plenty more... I'll think of them later :)

[joelavine]

The Deep End with Tilda Swinton, an actress so completely commmitted to what is happening, that one can easily forget that what is happening is nonsensical.

[JuniperWoolf]

Maximum Overdrive (Chomp Chomp Chomp.)

Haha, oh no. Someone bought that one for my boyfriend for his birthday one year. Probably the worst movie I've ever seen.

Mine:

1. Bride of Chucky (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gtDElSGxU8s) was always on the movie channel when I lived with my mom, and I really started to like it. "Wait Chucky, do you have a rubber?" "Tish! I'm MADE of rubber!" :smilielol5:

2. I could watch Deep Blue Sea (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M-493KsbW6g) over and over again.

3. I know how to speak all of the Egyptian lines from The Mummy (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cLnDT6uCr_I).

4. The movie that brought on the Jawbreaker (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PZ19fV8BiKM) craze of the '90's. I used to have a girl-crush on the meanest girl.

5. And last but not least, Matt Stone and Trey Parker's least popular creation, Orgazmo (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5NAtt1bhzN4).

Oh yeah, and has anyone here ever seen Sleepaway Camp (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yaAcitYY4OU)? If you have seen it, then you know exactly why I'm asking.

[PoeticPassions]

2. I could watch Deep Blue Sea (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M-493KsbW6g) over and over again.


Me too! What a stupid movie, but I love LL Cool J... and that song.... 'deepest bluest... my hand is like a shark's fin' hahahahaha

[Mutatis-Mutandis]

5. And last but not least, Matt Stone and Trey Parker's least popular creation, Orgazmo (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5NAtt1bhzN4).


I don't wanna sound like a queer or nothin', but I think unicorns are kickass!

[Behemoth702]

Another movie I would also throw into this category would be Young Guns. Not necessarily terrible like some of the other movies being listed here, but nonetheless a mediocre film with a cult like following.

Regulators!!!!!!!!! Mount UP!

[JuniperWoolf]

I don't wanna sound like a queer or nothin', but I think unicorns are kickass!

Best. Line. Ever.

And then later: "I don't want to sound like a queer or nothin', but I'd kinda like to make love to you."


Another movie I would also throw into this category would be Young Guns. Not necessarily terrible like some of the other movies being listed here, but nonetheless a mediocre film with a cult like following.

Regulators!!!!!!!!! Mount UP!

Haha, I really, really love that movie. It's in my main collection.

*fan girl squeel* The part where the bounty hunter described the Kid as being prone to whistle, and then Billy starts to whistle and he tries to shoot him in the face, but Billy took all the bullets out, and then unloads in him! :willy_nilly:

[Mutatis-Mutandis]

Best. Line. Ever.

And then later: "I don't want to sound like a queer or nothin', but I'd kinda like to make love to you."

I assume you've watched the deleted scenes/out-takes because there's a good one in there, too. If I wrote it, it's most likely be edited out. :lol:

[Behemoth702]

Haha, I really, really love that movie. It's in my main collection.

*fan girl squeel* The part where the bounty hunter described the Kid as being prone to whistle, and then Billy starts to whistle and he tries to shoot him in the face, but Billy took all the bullets out, and then unloads in him! :willy_nilly:


"How many does that make Doc? 10? 20?"

[JuniperWoolf]

"How many does that make Doc? 10? 20?"

"Five."
"Let's call it ten."

[LadyLuck]

Tremors and the first two Mummy movies are good picks (the third was is just unbearable, though).

I have to agree with all of this :) I turned the third Mummy movie off. I just couldn't stand it, but all the Tremors movies are fabulous fun. I also have to add Jaws, Godzilla, and Killer Clowns From Outer Space.

[RobinHood3000]

Plan 9 From Outer Space is deliciously bad. Sorority Boys is a guilty pleasure, as well.

I love them to death, but I wouldn't call Tremors or The Mummy bad. The third Mummy was pretty bad, but better than expected.

[iamnobody]

I LOVE Killer Clowns From Outer Space!

[Darcy88]

Does Terminator 2 count as a bad movie? It actually has an insanely high rating on rotten tomatoes. Anyway. Love that movie. Another one I relish is Point Break with Keanu Reeves. The one with the bank robbing surfers.

[LadyLuck]

I LOVE Killer Clowns From Outer Space!

:lol: Glad I'm not the only one.

I can also add the entire Feast series (Feast, Feast II Sloppy Seconds, and Feast III The Happy Ending). They are wrong oh so very wrong but I laugh uproariously when I watch them.

[tonywalt]

Fast times at Ridgemont High.

[Mutatis-Mutandis]

I have to agree with all of this :) I turned the third Mummy movie off. I just couldn't stand it, but all the Tremors movies are fabulous fun. I also have to add Jaws, Godzilla, and Killer Clowns From Outer Space.
I'm sorry, but Jaws is in no way a bad movie. It's quite the opposite. I'd even argue it's one of the best movies ever made. To put it in the same category as Godzilla and Killer Clowns From Outer Space is just wrong.

Does Terminator 2 count as a bad movie? It actually has an insanely high rating on rotten tomatoes. Anyway. Love that movie. Another one I relish is Point Break with Keanu Reeves. The one with the bank robbing surfers.
I don't count it as a bad movie. Actually, I think it's probably one of the best action movies there is. It's got a good story, good acting (from a kid, no less), and wonderful, wonderful music.

Fast times at Ridgemont High.
Again, I don't think this is a bad movie, it isn't a great movie, but it isn't bad, if only for it's influence on all teenage comedies to come after it.

[Varenne Rodin]

I agree with everything Mutatis said.

My next favorite bad movie: Roadhouse. The name is Dalton.

[iamnobody]

Has anyone mentioned The Toxic Avenger? That movie was so bad it was awesome!

[qimissung]

You all mentioned some great movies, like Terminator 2, Jaws, Fast Times, Deep Blue Sea. I also have a special place in my heart for Tremors which was a particular favorite of my kids when they were young.

I recommend Buffy the Vampire Slayer for genuine good badness.

But my all-time favorite "bad" movie is Invaders from Mars, the 1953 version, which is both intriguing and campy at the same time. I saw it on tv after school one day, and it stayed with me. It's told from the viewpoint of a kid, which always got my interest at the time. I searched for it for years and finally found it on youtube a year or so ago. It was much as I remembered.


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SP74A_4FVJg

Two other genuinely terrifying movies, although they probably aren't bad in the sense that we're defining it, are The Bad Seed and Village of the Dammed, the black and white version. Very scary, and slightly pulpy, so I guess they fit.

[Mutatis-Mutandis]

That someone actually considers Jaws a bad movie still baffles me. It just doesn't compute in my mind. It's like looking at that picture by M.C. Escher of the stairs that are simultaneously going up and down.

[Calidore]

That someone actually considers Jaws a bad movie still baffles me. It just doesn't compute in my mind. It's like looking at that picture by M.C. Escher of the stairs that are simultaneously going up and down.

Different strokes. I love SF, but I've never understood what everyone sees in 2001. Dull, dull, dull.

[Hawkman]

Earth Girls are Easy was pretty bad. Still, I guess it didn't do Jeff Goldbloom's career any harm... :rolleyes:

[Mutatis-Mutandis]

Different strokes. I love SF, but I've never understood what everyone sees in 2001. Dull, dull, dull.
I actually agree, though what really makes that movie something special is the visuals, which are just amazing considering the time it was made.

[qimissung]

I haven't seen 2001 in a long time, but I seem to remember enjoying it, especially the parts about Hal. I think it does move kind of slow, though.

Just to clarify, Mutatis, I did refer to Jaws as good. It's a classic in my book.

Hey, here's a great "bad" movie I'm surprised no one's mentioned: Army of Darkness! I love it! "Klaatu barada nikto!"

Also, Thirteen Ghosts.

[OrphanPip]

What about Peter Jackson's old splatter films.

Braindead/Dead Alive:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xbOmCUWm25w

And Bad Taste:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XtPYTfS8Kuw

Edit: Ha, Qimi, love the Evil Dead movies in general.

[qimissung]

They are awesome! lol, Pip, those do look pretty "bad!"

[Desolation]

The Room.

[Gilliatt Gurgle]

The Amazing Transparent Man is pretty bad by most other's standards.
This is right up my alley.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8Jc0P9AgqC0

[qimissung]

Mars Attacks!

[Emil Miller]

The Amazing Transparent Man is pretty bad by most other's standards.
This is right up my alley.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8Jc0P9AgqC0

There's nothing amazing about the transparent man. I saw through him straight away.

[Mutatis-Mutandis]

There's nothing amazing about the transparent man. I saw through him straight away.

Good one (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Frd53vbCHLg&feature=youtube_gdata_player). :D

[papayahed]

Mars Attacks!

I loved me some Mars Attacks!

And

Mom and Dad Save the World.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dCeD2gF9jUo&feature=related

[Calidore]

Early Sam Raimi and Peter Jackson, as mentioned above, are perfect examples. No budget, non-pro actors, etc. but made with enough verve and laughs to compensate. I'd also throw El Mariachi in there.

[Galvin500]

Drive Thru... it's so hilariously bad, but still super entertaining (if you like ridiculous horror films).

[Hawkman]

I've just chanced upon possibly one of the worst movies ever made. Basket Case. I endured about 15 minutes of it. Utterly ridiculous!

[Calidore]

I've just chanced upon possibly one of the worst movies ever made. Basket Case. I endured about 15 minutes of it. Utterly ridiculous!

Wow, there's a blast from the past. That movie fits perfectly with what I said about early Peter Jackson/Sam Raimi above. You do have to be able to see the (deliberate) humor, though; if that style of movie doesn't work for you, you'll hate it.

[Hawkman]

Peter Jackson's early films had the benefit of a cast that could act! Brain Dead was hilarious. So was Dan O Bannon's The Return of the Living Dead. I'm afraid Basket Case is just amateurish and feeble. If one were to compare it with John Carpenter's first film, Dark Star, which was also lacking in production value, the script and actors made that film a treat, even though the sound is abysmal. I'm afraid Basket case is just BAD!

[Oedipus]

Space Jam gave me a long-lasting fear of loss of intelligence (what little I have) and a hatred of basketball. Looney Tunes: Back In Action was a childhood favourite. Both are awful, awful films, and if you like them... I respect your opinion. Apologies if already mentioned.

[Satan]

http://i.imgur.com/I573iI6.jpg

Red Dawn

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0087985/

So bad, it's awesome! NRA's favorite. What's not to like?

[YesNo]

My favorite bad movie is Flash Gordon, the one made in 1936. The remake in 1980 was entertaining.

[Snowqueen]

Twilight movies are the worst I have seen so far; they have dreadful stories and hilarious acting. I think Chucky performed better with his plastic face than most of actors in these Twilight films.

[AuntShecky]

Critics assailed the original Clash of the Titans (1981) but as a guilty pleasure it's one of my faves. Olivier was in it, so was Claire Bloom, how bad could it be? Not to be confused with the notorious 2010 remake which I refuse to watch.

Some really awful, Ed Wood-style stinkbombs were on Mystery Science Theatre 3000, but I loved that show! My family and I still can remember some of the wisecracks, sketches, and schtick from MST3K, postmodern before its time. We watched watchers watching something.

[Hawkman]

Hercules in New York was pretty awful. One of Arnie's early efforts, though I think he was dubbed. Pretty sure Larry was in that, too, as Zeus, of course. I guess he needed the money.

[Gilliatt Gurgle]

“Every time you touch me, I go out of my mind.”

With that line, I suppose it's pretty obvious which movie I'm referring to, you guessed it; "The Brain That Wouldn't Die"

Trailer:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3Wx3Ryjcmtk

Oh..and here's a bonus clip, the famous cat fight scene:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MoaXxeLMkyo

[mona amon]

Cat fights don't do it for me, probably because of my gender. Fist fights on the other hand, especially this one - :D

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6gxOffgz6VI

[prendrelemick]

The Black Night starring Alan Ladd was really really bad. Apart from this bit:-

http://www.tcm.com/mediaroom/video/178928/Black-Knight-The-Movie-Clip-Stonehenge.html


Oh those Druids !

[Emil Miller]

The Black Night starring Alan Ladd was really really bad. Apart from this bit:-

http://www.tcm.com/mediaroom/video/178928/Black-Knight-The-Movie-Clip-Stonehenge.html


Oh those Druids !

So that's how Stonehenge became a ruin, I have often wondered.

[MorpheusSandman]

The Room has become the Citizen Kane of bad movies. Anyone that hasn't seen it should do so immediately.

[Emil Miller]

The Trollenberg Terror might be considered by some as the low-point in British cinema,
despite the fact that it has the truly gorgeous Janet Munro being mentally controlled by
radioactively ( a catch-all 1950s word for anything strange ) conditioned creatures living
in the Swiss mountains.

http://youtu.be/jBBEk0L2ssY

Uproven, though not unknown, the abominable snowman was the source of a number of
films during the 1950s. This example is on a par with others of the genre that nowadays
makes one reach automatically for the the remote control.


http://youtu.be/eUcMsy96sps