A question ... just to see if I can get folks talking

[ericcoleman]

What is your favorite bad movie.

I'd have to say Spacehunter: Adventures in the Forbidden Zone. It's a dog ... it's silly, cheap, badly acted and a ton of fun. Molly Ringwald (the year before 16 Candles made her a star) is hysterical, or obnoxious, or both depending on your point of view. Michael Ironside is having way too much fun to be in this movie. Ernie Hudson is doing the same part you have seen him do time and time again. The effects are laughable, the creatures are silly. It's marvelous. I think I may subject the WSPA to it this weekend (yes I do own it). OH, it was in 3D in the first run. What else could you want from a bad movie?

So, own up.

Comments

[icarusjj.livejournal.com]

Mine is Polish Vampire in Burbank ( http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0089823/ ) which has a vampire living with his parents who can't get himself to bite anyone.

[ericcoleman]

The trivia on this is really funny.

Its a toss up

[alymid.livejournal.com]

Josie and the Pussycats and Tank Girl

[mplsfish.livejournal.com]

Cutthroat Island

[ericcoleman]

I don't know if I wanted it to be better than it was, or worse. It was really right on the line for me.

[mplsfish.livejournal.com]

I have worked out what was bad and what was good.
GOOD: Sets, stunts, costumes, props, plot(sort of), Gina Davis, cinematography,

BAD: Writing, acting, accent disparity

[fleetfootmike.livejournal.com]

Much as it shames me to say it, most of the Emmannuelle in Space series are comedy bad.

Spacehunter: rocks, though, and it is, IIRC a sequel. It certainly obeys the Rule of Sequels, which states that in any low-budget SciFi sequel, Michael Ironside must play the villain.

[ericcoleman]

I don't think it was a sequel to anything. There were several similar movies made at the same time (and at least one more or less on the same set).

[sibylle]

Ah, I have a deep and abiding fondness of Baffled!. Race car driver has visions of people being killed and says so on television, a girl saying she's studying ESP turns up saying it's all true and he's not crazy ... and off they go gallivanting to England to solve the mystery of it all. It's about as bizarre as the synopsis sounds, not really convincing, and yet great, great fun.

ooh, bonus quote

[sibylle]

"Ms. Brent, what you call insight, I call a knock on the head when I hit a tree going 160m.p.h."

-- Tom Kovack explaining his visions

[celtic-catgirl.livejournal.com]

Vampire Journals

Vampire Journals tells the story of Zachary a vampire who has vowed to destroy the bloodline of blood suckers who made him the way he is. Along his travels Zachary meets Sofia a beautiful piano player. Zachary is immediately attracted to her but so is Ash the leader of an evil vampire cult. Ash takes Sofia and plans to torture her until she will agree to become his undead bride. Zachary makes it his mission to save Sophia and bring down Ash and his cult before he can succeed.

[mysticfig.livejournal.com]

I suppose it's almost cheating to list this one, but someone has to speak up for Plan 9 from Outer Space - possibly the most incompetent film ever. Best line EVER: "He's been murdered, and someone's responsible!"

[ericcoleman]

I'm a firm believer that in the goofs section of IMDB for this that everything should just be deleted and a note put in saying "just watch the movie".

[filkertom.livejournal.com]

Seconded with a will. I hadn't seen it in, like, the entire MST3K/RiffTrax era, and after years of shit like Manos: The Hands of Fate and The Room, you can get complacent, even (pun intended) MSTie-eyed over Plan 9.

But last week, the RiffTrax guys did a live broadcast to theaters, riffing P9FOS, and oh my god it's far, far worse than I remember. How bad is it? Even Tor Johnson gets exposition.

Truly, the winner and still champeen.

[guppiecat]

Best bad movie - Teenage Catgirls in Heat

Worst bad movie - Abducted by the Daleks

[blindgeoff.livejournal.com]

(wandered in via Friends of Friends feature...)

"Message from Space," a cheesy Japanese Star Wars rip-off in a tie with "Star Crash."

[ericcoleman]

Nude rollerskating warrior nuns ... this may be the ultimate b-movie.

[pooh27bear.livejournal.com]

Remo Williams: The Adventure Begins (http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0089901/)

I am unsure what it is about this movie, but I continue to watch it every so often.

[ericcoleman]

That is way up on my list as well. I love that wretched pile of refuse.

"A lot of thought went into that name."

[skully01.livejournal.com]

"Chuin, you are amazing!"

"No...I am better than that."

[barondave.livejournal.com]

Star Wars. A terrible movie that I loved every minute of.

I have fond memories of Ishtar. A lousy movie, but the lousy songs that the lousy songwriters come up with are delicious.

I was Troma-tized!

[archiver-tim.livejournal.com]

Just this past week, I survived seeing Vegas In Space, a 1991 effort from the Troma studios that looked more like 1971 than 1991 before I found the imdb page above. Watching was on a challenge from a friend.
Plot: Three soldiers are ordered to change their gender (via a pill) and are sent on a secret mission (undercover as show girls) to a women only planet's capital city "Vegas in Space."

[ravenclaw-eric.livejournal.com]

The Amorous Mis-Adventures of Casanova, aka Sex on the Run, starring Tony Curtis as Casanova and a lookalike. Lush, authentic-looking 18th-century costumes, lotsa women taking theirs off, and a plotline that makes your average bad film look like Masterpiece Theatre.

[mike46.livejournal.com]

A few of my personal 'favorites' are The Dark Side of the Moon, Moontrap, and Nightflyers. Oh and Eliminators, the one with Denise Crosby in it. I have tons of other 'bad movie' loves, but those are the ones I've rewatched the most. And I don't believe any of them are on DVD. And I just remembered DeepStar Six, which is on DVD but only full frame in the States.

[budsharpe.livejournal.com]

Young Einstein. I saw it five times theatrically during its two-week run and countless times on DVD. The theater standee was in my bedroom at one point years ago.

[jcw-da-dmg.livejournal.com]

I must confess to a fondness for 1983's Spring Break :
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0086352/

[erik]

The Apple. Apocalyptic rock opera. The climactic scene involves God arriving and taking the faithful away in his golden Rolls Royce in the sky.

[ntrlstgrl.livejournal.com]

Transylvania 6-5000

It's hysterical and horrible!