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.
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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.
I LOVE Killer Clowns From Outer Space!
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.
:lol: Glad I'm not the only one.Quote:
Originally Posted by iamnobody
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.
Fast times at Ridgemont High.
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.Quote:
Originally Posted by LadyLuck
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.Quote:
Originally Posted by Darcy88
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.Quote:
Originally Posted by tonywalt
I agree with everything Mutatis said.
My next favorite bad movie: Roadhouse. The name is Dalton.
Has anyone mentioned The Toxic Avenger? That movie was so bad it was awesome!
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.
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.Quote:
Originally Posted by Mutatis-Mutandis
Earth Girls are Easy was pretty bad. Still, I guess it didn't do Jeff Goldbloom's career any harm... :rolleyes:
I actually agree, though what really makes that movie something special is the visuals, which are just amazing considering the time it was made.Quote:
Originally Posted by Calidore
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.
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.
They are awesome! lol, Pip, those do look pretty "bad!"
The Room.
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
Mars Attacks!
There's nothing amazing about the transparent man. I saw through him straight away.Quote:
Originally Posted by Gilliatt Gurgle
Good one. :DQuote:
Originally Posted by Emil Miller
I loved me some Mars Attacks!Quote:
Originally Posted by qimissung
And
Mom and Dad Save the World.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dCeD2...eature=related
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.
Drive Thru... it's so hilariously bad, but still super entertaining (if you like ridiculous horror films).
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.Quote:
Originally Posted by 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!
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.
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?
My favorite bad movie is Flash Gordon, the one made in 1936. The remake in 1980 was entertaining.
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.
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.
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.
“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
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
The Black Night starring Alan Ladd was really really bad. Apart from this bit:-
http://www.tcm.com/mediaroom/video/1...tonehenge.html
Oh those Druids !
So that's how Stonehenge became a ruin, I have often wondered.Quote:
Originally Posted by prendrelemick
The Room has become the Citizen Kane of bad movies. Anyone that hasn't seen it should do so immediately.
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