Wondering what people’s favorite “bad” movies are. Can be low budget, box office flops, foreign, so bad it’s good, whatever. I’m pretty big on Cannon Group stuff and cheesy Turkish pop cinema (Tarkan vs. the Vikings, etc.). Mostly go for 80s stuff as that’s my generation.
- Maniac Cop
- Anaconda
- Dean Koontz’s Phantoms
- Ruthless
- Deep Blue Sea
- The Baker
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LOL Phantoms sitting at 9% on Rotten Tomatoes. Definitely checking that one out!
It’s actually pretty hard to find!
I thought it was ok for what it was. But then again, I like b-movies and especially mystical horror b-movies.
Jennifer Lopez was in a more recent one that was high budget but was so bad it reminded me of Anaconda.
This actually has surprisingly good writing and character development, until it fell into the usual trap of an overblown, cliche, and boring 30 minute final battle. Also check out Carry On, which is the literal definition of ‘So bad it’s good’…… until an overblown and boring 30 minute final battle that almost ruins everything else.
These are my favourites so far, don’t discount the new movies though, there’s some really talented people making dumb movies right now in the spirit of the 80s B-movie!
- Hard Ticket to Hawaii (1986) (and the rest of Andy Sidaris’ movies)
- Dead Alive (1992)
- Samurai Cop (1991)
- Lieutenant Jangles (2019)
- Panman (2011)
- The Greasy Strangler (2016)
- Poultrygeist: Night of the Chicken Dead (2006)
- Furious (1984)
- Father’s Day (2011)
- Miami Connection (1987)
- Orgazmo (1998)
- Lake Michigan Monster (2018)
- Black Dynamite (2009)
- Black Sheep (2007)
- Toxic Avenger (1984)
- Turkey Shoot (1982)
- Hell Comes to Frog town (1988)
- Blades (1988)
- Class of Nuke 'Em High (1986)
- Terror vision (1986)
- Sgt. Kabukiman N.Y.P.D. (1991)
- Australiens (2015)
- Masters of the Universe (1987)
- Amsterdamned (1988)
- Gymkata (1984)
- Space Babes from Outer Space (2017)
Hell comes to frogtown. Forgot that one on my list. Ole Rowdy Roddy in the house!
The whole Tremors series
Tremors series was fantastic
Tremors 1 seems like it set out to be a B movie creature-feature, but had such good dialogue and acting that it overshot the mark.
- America 3000
- Shaolin vs Evil Dead
- Battle Beyond the Stars
I kinda feel like actual kung fu movies (not things like Kung Pao: Enter the Fist, etc.) are their own special category, lol! Had almost forgotten about America 3000, yet another Menahem and Yoram gem!
Babylon was a massive bomb, and i dont understand why. I think it’s a masterpiece.
Pig was another underappreciated masterpiece. When Nic Cage did his AMA on Reddit (one of the best ever), he said it was one of the acting jobs that he’s most proud of. He deserved an Oscar for it, but wasn’t even nominated. The screenplay, too.
I’m going with little known/flops.
Gataca Fandango Byrdy (might be Birdy, saw it when I was young) Head office (old HBO movie)
Can’t find any reference to the first one, I remember Head Office though.
Gataca was a more recent film, like 2008 or something. It starred Ethan Hawk, Jude Law and Uma Thurman. Ethan plays a naturally born person trying to excel in a world where only generically (LOL typed generically instead of genetically)enhanced people seem to have any rights. It’s a little slow and cerebral but I like underdog stories. Fun fact, the name Gataca was derived from the four letters used to define genes G A T and C.
Oh I know Gattaca (it was 1997), thought you were saying Gattaca Fandango Birdy as one title. LOL
Yeah, I used a carriage return between them but I guess Lemmy doesn’t work that way.
Sounded like a fun movie though. Heh.
The Bee Movie.
I think my favorite has gotta be Birds Of Prey. Bad movie, and kinda woke, but I had a blast with it and thoroughly enjoyed it.
Second favorite would have to be Love Hurts. It sucks but somehow really works for me.
- The Evil Dead (1981)
- Spacehunter: Adventures in the Forbidden Zone (1983)
- Re-animator (1985)
- Evil Dead II (1987)
- Over-sexed Rugsuckers from Mars (1989)
- Dead Alive (1992)
Never even heard of Rugsuckers, I’ve found several movies I totally missed from this post. Thanks!
Army Of Darkness
Does Big Trouble in Little China count?
Otherwise, and in no particular order:
- UHF
- Six String Samurai
- Hudson Hawk
- Repo Man
- Hobo with a Shotgun
- The Adventures of Buckaroo Banzai across the 8th Dimension
- Death Race
- Dead Alive
- WolfCop
Buckaroo Banzai is one of my all-time favorites. It is the quintessential New Wave film, featuring John Lithgow’s most unhinged performance - “Laugh while you can, monkey boy!”
Also “No matter where you go, there you are.”
Big trouble and buckaroo bonsai are two of my favorites.
I had a friend in college who was so proud of his VHS of UHF. Solid choice.
Repo Man is also a solid, underrated choice.
“That’s why I don’t drive see… The more you drive, the less intelligent you are.”
I have a collector’s edition DVD of Repo Man that came in a metal tin shaped like a license plate
Used to love watching Moviedrome, where Repo Man’s director Alex Cox would introduce some amazing cult films and what he loved about them.
Big Trouble counts as one of the greatest movies of all time. :)
+1 for Dead Alive
The largest volume of fake blood in all movie history. It always shocked me that Peter Jackson was ever considered to do LotR, since I was quite familiar with all of his previous work. I remember nearly falling over when I heard the announcement and let me tell you, the images in my head at that point were NOT what we got in the theaters!
Trust me, as a Dead Alive fan I had the exact same thoughts.
Dagon. It’s basically HP Lovecraft’s “Shadow Over Innsmouth” except it’s set in probably Spain I think. It’s silly and gorey and frankly terrifying, definitely worth the watch
One of the better adaptations (well, one of the entertaining at least) of HPL imo. It’s hard to capture the feel of his stories. The only really “Lovecraftian” thing I can say that really felt like it succeeded without extra cheese was season one of True Detective.
Quentin Tarantino on Russ Meyer and “Super Vixens.”
If you like movies you should know Russ.
Faster Pussycat Kill Kill
Class of 1999 - The movie The Faculty kinda ripped off.
Turbo Kid - Mad Max on BMX
American Gothic - Fun little horror movie
Final Girls - Meta horror movie
Waxwork - Sooooo much fun!
Class of 1999 was pretty fun as I recall. Waxwork is classic!
Torque
If Fast and Furious was motorcycles, but was dreamed up by a coked up meth head https://youtu.be/Aqmze9kIvMU
Drive
Stars the guy who hosts Iron Chef and Brittany Murphy. Legit martial arts mixed in the middle of an insanely bad it’s good movie. https://youtu.be/7y3sCYmqOz0
Solid picks!
During early pandemic, I watched/rewatched a whole bunch of mid-80s to late-90s action flicks (action’s heyday?) and remember Drive not just as great fun but one of a whole slew that had that same… exercise machine?
The one with three concentric rings, and you strap into the middle and spin around in all directions. I think Universal Soldier, Fortress and a bunch more had it too. I should have turned it into a drinking game, as it seemed to be crammed into every 90s sci-fi flick.
Here’s my terrible attempt at drawing what I mean.
Does anyone know what it’s called?
What it’s called, no, but NASA and Air Force use them for training. It’s like a giant gyroscope, simulates an accident, like a plane or helicopter falling out of the sky, and you have to try to complete a task while spinning.
I asked Lemmy, turns out it’s an Aerotrim
They Live and From Beyond are the two I immediately think of.
