Follow Up Movie Poll
See post below for reference.
[First - a HUGE thank you to Frank from Ohio for the Rollins DVDs. Super, man. Just SUPER!]
So, what movies are so, so very bad that you just have to watch them every time they are on. Or worse yet, own the DVD/videos of, just for the sheer novelty of it?
I think you tend to get more horror movies listed in answer to this question than any other genre, but any kind of film is acceptable.
Killer Klowns From Outer Space: Best bad horror movie EVER.
Update: People, people! Big Trouble in Little China in NO WAY qualifies as a bad movie!
Comments
Road House!
Posted by: Hubris | April 12, 2005 07:25 AM
Showgirls!
Posted by: Paul | April 12, 2005 07:28 AM
Hubris was too modest, so I'll do it: Roadhouse!
Posted by: michele | April 12, 2005 07:29 AM
Last American Virgin.
The protaganist looks like a young, dorky Ronald Reagan.
And I happen to LOVE Killer Klowns. I protest it being in a guilty pleasure category. Cotton candy gun??!! Come ON!!
Posted by: JohnO | April 12, 2005 07:45 AM
I was/am really fond of The Pirate Movie. No, really. That may be something to send to the secrets postcard dude.
Posted by: Slartibartfast | April 12, 2005 07:59 AM
Killer Klowns was indeed a terribly fun movie, but for me the Leprechaun series outdoes all.
Have yet to see Leprechaun in the Hood but own all the others.
Posted by: J.P. | April 12, 2005 08:00 AM
Let me just browse the collection....
Assault of the Killer Bimbos
Hell Comes to Frogtown (Roddy Piper's finest!)
9 1/2 Ninjas
Ice Pirates
Terminal Entry
Posted by: Brian J. | April 12, 2005 08:04 AM
Bloodsport!
Oh, it sort of has a plot, but is intelligent (?) enough to discard it and get back to what we really want to see, guys beating the shit out of each other!
I don't actually own the DVD. I do happen to have three Ed Wood movies in my pitiful collection. Glen or Glenda is a great way to get rid of unwanted guests.
Posted by: Mark | April 12, 2005 08:11 AM
I see Roadhouse is already up there ... my husband cannot pass it by. I'm strangely drawn to Dune.
Posted by: Carin | April 12, 2005 08:12 AM
"Attack of the Killer Tomatoes". If you've seen it, you'll really think "Mars Attacks" is lame.
Posted by: Jack Grey | April 12, 2005 08:27 AM
Does 'Point Break' count?
Posted by: Jay | April 12, 2005 08:30 AM
Oops. I've got the Point Break, too.
Posted by: Roxanne | April 12, 2005 08:33 AM
Urban Cowboy
Big Trouble In Little China
Overboard
Posted by: VHMPrincess | April 12, 2005 08:34 AM
Yes! Point Break! (The great thing about Point Break is the uniting of the Duh stars from two decades.)
But c'mon - Big Trouble in Little China? Totally believable cinematic masterpiece!
Posted by: Keiran Halcyon | April 12, 2005 08:38 AM
The unchallenged champion: "Zardoz", with Sean Connery.
Followed closely by "Showgirls", then "Plan 9 from Outer Space"
Posted by: JoeB | April 12, 2005 08:40 AM
Okay then. 'Point Break' it is. I do own the DVD (one of those $5.50 specials at Wal-Mart) and must watch for awhile whenever it is on the tube.
Best part? When Angelo Pappas (Gary Busey) misses the Ex-Presidents going into the bank because he's too busy reading 'Calvin and Hobbes.'
Posted by: Jay | April 12, 2005 08:41 AM
Pinocchio's Revenge.
Posted by: Emma | April 12, 2005 08:55 AM
Beastmaster. Man, oh man: Beastmaster.
Posted by: Adam | April 12, 2005 09:08 AM
Ice Pirates!
Night of the Living Dead
Posted by: prairie biker | April 12, 2005 09:21 AM
what Rollins DVD's?
I'm not sure if it's been mentioned, but "Slumber Party Masacre"... worst/best horror movie ever.
Posted by: Jim S | April 12, 2005 09:31 AM
Anything directed by Ed Wood, or anything with Joe Don Baker in it (except for the JDB movies that were really good).
Posted by: Victor | April 12, 2005 09:49 AM
You really have to LOOK for this one because I don't think it's ever been on television:
Liquid Sky.
Pretentious yet intriguing in that, "Is this a really bad movie or a really good movie that's over my head?" sort of way.
Posted by: Timmer | April 12, 2005 09:50 AM
Leprechaun, because I have the hots for Jennifer Aniston (even when she was pudgy) and I don't care who knows it.
Posted by: jeff | April 12, 2005 10:13 AM
Solar Crisis, without a doubt.
Oh heck, everything 'directed' by Alan Smithee is best filed under the category "Novelty Trash," but Solar Crisis had one hardened bad movie watcher of my acquaintance whimpering "make it stop!" within the first fifteen minutes.
Plan 9 is, at it's very least, fun to watch.
Posted by: Doug McKay | April 12, 2005 10:14 AM
Existenz and Ravenous
Posted by: RSC17 | April 12, 2005 10:14 AM
That classic "Night of the Living Dead" was not a bad movie! Romero took his topic seriously and despite some crappy acting the movie works. Just for that I hope zombies invade your house and raid your fridge.
Guilty pleasure in the undead genre: "Idle Hands".
Posted by: David Ross | April 12, 2005 10:16 AM
Corman's: "Bucket of Blood"
The allure of being a beat artiste does strange things to men's souls.
Posted by: FreakyBoy | April 12, 2005 10:25 AM
The original "Rollerball", if only to see the cameo by Farah Fawcett before Charie's Angels made her famous.
Posted by: Michael | April 12, 2005 10:26 AM
I'm not too big on the horror genre - cause I'm a big scairedy cat. Most of the bad movies that are so bad I "have" to watch them anyway are chick flicks. I actually own all of these:
The Cutting Edge with D.B. Sweeney.
Boys on the Side with Drew Barrymore & Whoopie Goldberg
Now and Then with Demi Moore and Melanie Griffith
(I can't believe I'm admitting to this in public. I'm so ashamed.)
Posted by: bklyngirl | April 12, 2005 10:29 AM
"Frankenhooker" A tale of sluts and bolts.
Posted by: Rich | April 12, 2005 10:40 AM
I'm still a sucker for the Godzilla and Bruce Lee flicks.
Posted by: The Deacon | April 12, 2005 11:00 AM
Shakes the Clown
The Citizen Kane of alcoholic clown movies.
Posted by: Eric | April 12, 2005 11:29 AM
The action, horror, sci-fi classic "Silent Rage" (1982)starring Chuck Norris.
Posted by: Kirk | April 12, 2005 11:32 AM
Toxic Avenger
Posted by: Ozone Ferd | April 12, 2005 11:32 AM
Agree with Beastmaster--also Conan the Barbarian and Red Sonya for the same vibe. Steven Seagal is ridiculous in anything, but I'll watch Under Seige whenever it's on. (And I have seen Frankenhooker)
Posted by: skinbad | April 12, 2005 11:32 AM
Starship Troopers. i secretly love this movie, but i just tell people that i watch it only to see Dina Meyer's tits.
Posted by: mikey | April 12, 2005 11:35 AM
Death Ship
Worst movie ever made. Period.
George Kennedy, Richard Crenna, Nick Mancuso, Sally Ann Howes, directed by Alvin Rakoff.
You have to see it to believe it.
Posted by: Larry | April 12, 2005 11:38 AM
Last time I mentioned Starship Troopers (and the fact that I liked it), there were like a zillion comments about it. We are not alone, Mikey.
Also, anything Troma. I have Tromeo and Juliet on DVD and I'm PROUD of it.
Posted by: michele | April 12, 2005 11:41 AM
I should have added:
You can see a review of "Death Ship" at:
http://www.badmovies.org/movies/deathship/index.html
Posted by: Larry | April 12, 2005 11:43 AM
Any Puppet Master movie...scratch that, any Full Moon production.
Any Sci-Fi Channel Original production.
And yeah, any Troma production.
3 swings of the sickle right there.
Posted by: Shawn | April 12, 2005 12:06 PM
Dune (the Lynch version), Howard the Duck, and The Goonies. I like Starship Troopers so much that I own both the Laserdisc and the DVD. There's no irony involved here--I genuinely like Starship Troopers.
Posted by: Joel | April 12, 2005 12:13 PM
I just (re)rented, (re)watched and (re)loved Tank Girl. I, apparently, have no shame.
Posted by: Buzz | April 12, 2005 12:53 PM
OK. This one is really obscure, but I'm putting it in because one of my best friends is in it.
I Was a Teenage Zombie
It's actually a spoof on the genre and there are some pretty funny scenes. But it's still pretty bad:)
If any of you are/were crazy enough to watch this one, I grew up with the guy who gets his face ripped off in the car.
Funny, I hadn't even thought about this one in forever and I'm flipping through the channels and my jaw dropped when I got to the IFC channel and my friend is having a rather DEEP facial peel.
Posted by: Russ | April 12, 2005 01:44 PM
"Bring It On" and "You Got Served" come to mind...
Posted by: BlkMktBabyDealer | April 12, 2005 01:44 PM
Timmer - You either don't have cable or don't watch the right channels. SciFi loves Liquid Sky.
Starship Troopers is an awesome movie. Even the version without the shower scene. I marvel at the scene were the bug has a leg through Denise Richards shoulder to keep her from getting away.
Plan 9 from Outer Space was a 2 a.m. staple when I was attending conventiovs and could stay awake. Usually billed as "The Two o'Clock Turkey."
Posted by: JimK (No Relation) | April 12, 2005 01:51 PM
Anything by Full Moon (once the best of the breed)
Cut (super cheesy movie with Molly Ringwald - can't help but watch it everytime it's on)
Posted by: IgwanaRob | April 12, 2005 02:48 PM
Conan the Barbarian is a great movie! Now, 'Conan the Destroyer'... any movie that ****s up Bruce Lee's classic Enter The Dragon mirror scene so badly must be on the list.
Posted by: Jon | April 12, 2005 04:19 PM
I relegate all my bad movie habits to my massive collection of MST3K tapes. Just finished watching Hercules and Hercules Unchained. Am now working on Daddy-O. I love Sandra Giles. Imagine being thought of as a third-rate Mamie Van Doren. Yikes!
Posted by: Keith | April 12, 2005 04:51 PM
The Devil's Advocate, not only did I watch it last night "On Demand" for the upteenth time, I own it on tape and DVD.
Pacino is sooo cheesey, the entire cast is just a hair off...too much, too little...whatever.
The confrontation scene is so over the top that's it's worth the set up. btw- you think Connie Neilsen had a body double?
Posted by: bj | April 12, 2005 06:12 PM
I feel so young, I don't know any of these movies.
My vote goes to Barbershop
Posted by: Branille Pinkfin | April 12, 2005 06:12 PM
My vote goes to Barbershop
Them's fightin' words.
Is it even possible for a movie featuring Cedric the Entertainer to be bad?
I can't tear myself away from Maid to Order whenever it's on. Now that has no redeeming value. None.
Posted by: ilyka | April 12, 2005 08:32 PM
Shakma
Body Parts (Abso-fucking-lutely fucking hys-TER-ical!)
Steven Segal IS "Out for Justice"!
And the wife adds
Xanadu
and
Popeye
And one that some might consider bad is "Blind Fury", but hopefully everyone here recognizes that for the Rutger Hauer masterpiece that it is.
Posted by: Todd Durham | April 12, 2005 09:01 PM
"Flash Gordon" is mine. Every time it comes on, I'm helpless to stop it from sucking me in.
Flash! Aaa-aaah!
I'm all about "Popeye" too.
Posted by: Bill | April 13, 2005 09:47 AM