# Bad Movies You Love **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [October 16, 2002, 2:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bad-movies-you-love/132442 "2002-10-16T02:20:51Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 4
**Author:** ![kingpengvin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/9dc877/32.png) [@kingpengvin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kingpengvin)\ **Post date:** [October 17, 2002, 5:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bad-movies-you-love/132442/61 "2002-10-17T17:18:38Z")
Battlefield Earth Pure crap but I love watching that Hack Travolta wallowing in his own excess and winding up holding a great big fetid Turd. Runners up: Plan 9 Robot Monster Army of Darkness Knightriders Bride of teh Monster Honourable mention: Children shouldn’t play with Dead things Scooby Doo Smoochie Must Die The Thing with 2 heads (Not to be mistaken with the next mention) The incredible 2 headed transplant (Casey Cassim is Groovy man) The incredible melting man ---
**Author:** ![grendel72](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/91b2a8/32.png) [@grendel72](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/grendel72)\ **Post date:** [October 17, 2002, 6:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bad-movies-you-love/132442/62 "2002-10-17T18:54:52Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by vanilla \* > \*\*Pink Flamingos. \*\* **Any** movie with Divine. She could liven up anything from a cheesy western-comedy (Lust in the Dust) to a lethargic and pointless crime drama (Trouble in Mind)… ---
**Author:** ![Tars\_Tarkas](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/6a8cbe/32.png) [@Tars\_Tarkas](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tars_Tarkas)\ **Post date:** [October 17, 2002, 7:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bad-movies-you-love/132442/63 "2002-10-17T19:25:56Z")
I like too many to list here, but here is a starter post: Godzilla, all of 'em (including Rodan/Mothra/King Kong/gargantuas etc.) EXCEPT the rotten american one. Naked Killer Sister Street Fighter A_P_E Mom and Dad save the World (Tod Tod Tod Tod TOD!) Dolemite movies Garbage Pail Kids movie Blood Surf ---
**Author:** ![cichlidiot](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/5f9b8f/32.png) [@cichlidiot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cichlidiot)\ **Post date:** [October 17, 2002, 11:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bad-movies-you-love/132442/64 "2002-10-17T23:41:33Z")
[QUOTE] \*Originally posted by CalMeacham \* \*\* WHAT!!! Take that back!\*\* No. 😛 Even if these are Ray’s best works, and I remember them from a kid as well, I don’t think that makes them the best animation. C’mon, Sinbad is 5’ tall in one scene and in the next shot, he’s 8’ tall, then 3’ tall. It’s hilarious. Before you get too offended, I _did_ say I love these movies. My mistake on the claymation… next you are going to tell me there was no claymation involved in Clash of the Titans. If that’s the case switch my above combination to a mix of testosterone, **foam rubber** , and hokey sound effects. ---
**Author:** ![Baker](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/bb73d2/32.png) [@Baker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Baker)\ **Post date:** [October 17, 2002, 11:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bad-movies-you-love/132442/65 "2002-10-17T23:58:57Z")
\*\*Saltire, \*\* \*I \* remember \*Hero At Large. \* It may not have been an Academy winner, but not that bad. Am I the very first to mention the 1980 film version of **Flash Gordon**? I went to the movies because I was depressed(a long story) and came out of that flick felling a lot better. Max von Sydow, Brian Blessed, Chaim Topol as Dr. Zarkov, Timothy Dalton and Ornella Mutti for eye candy(although I’d rather have Zarkov myself) Great flick! In spite of lines like this from Dale Arden “We keep our promises. That’s what makes us better than you.” ---
**Author:** ![Soul\_Brother\_Number\_Two](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/soul_brother_number_two/32/3515_2.png) [@Soul\_Brother\_Number\_Two](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Soul_Brother_Number_Two)\ **Post date:** [October 18, 2002, 4:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bad-movies-you-love/132442/66 "2002-10-18T04:32:01Z")
Another vote here for The Incredible Two-Headed Transplant. Bruce Dern as the mad scientist who thinks it’s a good idea to graft the head of a homicidal maniac to a, um, retarded person or something, and Kasey Kasem as the earnest confused friend. Sheer brilliance. ---
**Author:** ![CaptMurdock](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/captmurdock/32/11736_2.png) [@CaptMurdock](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CaptMurdock)\ **Post date:** [October 18, 2002, 5:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bad-movies-you-love/132442/67 "2002-10-18T05:05:55Z")
**Motel Hell.** As Mrs. CaptMurdock says, “It’s not a good movie…but it’s a _great_ movie.” ---
**Author:** ![EchoKitty](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/f4b2a3/32.png) [@EchoKitty](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/EchoKitty)\ **Post date:** [October 18, 2002, 2:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bad-movies-you-love/132442/68 "2002-10-18T14:35:24Z")
I got four words for ya: “Hot Rods From Hell”. It’s cheesolicious! ---
**Author:** ![In\_Conceivable](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/4bbf92/32.png) [@In\_Conceivable](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/In_Conceivable)\ **Post date:** [October 18, 2002, 3:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bad-movies-you-love/132442/69 "2002-10-18T15:02:09Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by cichlidiot \* > \*\*I love having a bad movie night every once in a while. Usually tops on my list is **The Seventh Voyage Of Sinbad** , or any of the Sinbad movies. I also love **Clash Of The Titans**. I think it’s a mix of testosterone, poor claymation, and overall hokey sound effects that I love. > > I also will watch **Enemy Mine** any time it comes on television, I’m pretty sure I could sit through it a few times in a row. For some reason, I just never get tired of this movie. > > I’ve been told several times **Time Bandits** is horrible, but I own the dvd. I still laugh in all the same spots and by the time the Robin Hood segment rolls around, I’m rolling with gales of laughter. 😃 \*\* Are you sure you aren’t a member of my family? Those four movies are our all time favorites. Although we sometimes would argue wither **Eye of the Tiger** was better then **The Seventh Voyage**. Crazy I know, but I can’t help liking the baboon brother. Another favorite of mine is **My Boyfriend’s Back** aka **Johnny Zombie**. [http://us.imdb.com/Title?0107626](http://us.imdb.com/Title?0107626) “Daddy, that dead man tried to eat me.” “Zombie Whore!” ---
**Author:** ![KidCharlemagne](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ed8c4c/32.png) [@KidCharlemagne](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/KidCharlemagne)\ **Post date:** [October 18, 2002, 3:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bad-movies-you-love/132442/70 "2002-10-18T15:12:05Z")
**The Three Amigos** I don’t think \*\*Charlie’s Angels[b/] is a bad movie, but if you think so, then count that one as well. ---
**Author:** ![Bindlestiff](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/7ba0ec/32.png) [@Bindlestiff](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bindlestiff)\ **Post date:** [October 18, 2002, 3:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bad-movies-you-love/132442/71 "2002-10-18T15:43:23Z")
My favorite “bad” movie is Fire In The Streets, A Rock And Roll Fable. Imagin Rick Rossovich as a stupid cop - years before Pacific Blue. It was the first time I ever saw Willem DeFoe and it made it hard for me to see him in a more normal role. Diane lane, Rick Moranis, Amy Madigan … a better flick than you would expect. I also like My Blue Heaven which, for the most part was ok, but the dancing scenes, alone, justify buying it. ---
**Author:** ![Bindlestiff](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/7ba0ec/32.png) [@Bindlestiff](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bindlestiff)\ **Post date:** [October 18, 2002, 3:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bad-movies-you-love/132442/72 "2002-10-18T15:46:15Z")
Oops! That’s “Streets Of Fire, A Rock And Roll Fable” Yeah, it really is a favorite of mine. ---
**Author:** ![Judith\_Prietht](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/b19c9b/32.png) [@Judith\_Prietht](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Judith_Prietht)\ **Post date:** [October 18, 2002, 4:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bad-movies-you-love/132442/73 "2002-10-18T16:35:04Z")
I kind of get Streets of Fire, Eddie and the Cruisers, and The Legend of Billie Jean all mixed up. I know The Legend of Billie Jean really has nothing to do with the rock star thing, but I think it’s the Pat Benatar song that does it. Boy, did I lurve Michael Pare. And who doesn’t love “On the Dark Side”? And I wanted to add another male magnet for bad: Eric Roberts, a master of the straight-to-video release. ---
**Author:** ![Legomancer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/779978/32.png) [@Legomancer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Legomancer)\ **Post date:** [October 18, 2002, 4:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bad-movies-you-love/132442/74 "2002-10-18T16:53:58Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Baker \* > \*\*Am I the very first to mention the 1980 film version of **Flash Gordon** ] \*\* I love that movie. I especially love that the guy playing Flash Gordon was never told how over the top it is and is just acting his little heart out. It’s sweet. ---
**Author:** ![KGS](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/90ced4/32.png) [@KGS](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/KGS)\ **Post date:** [October 18, 2002, 11:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bad-movies-you-love/132442/75 "2002-10-18T23:10:00Z")
**The Doom Generation**. It’s so ridiculously offensive and self-consciously pretentious, I can’t imagine that the director meant it as anything more than a bad comedy. I mean, come on, the total “$6.66” comes up every time they buy something? And everywhere they stop, somebody loses a body part? This movie seems to get reviled as one of the worst of all time, yet I find it hilarious! I also like **Cannibal Women in the Avocado Jungle of Death** (starring Bill Maher before he was famous) but one could argue that it’s merely a _parody_ of bad movies… ---
**Author:** ![widdershins](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/f0a364/32.png) [@widdershins](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/widdershins)\ **Post date:** [October 19, 2002, 12:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bad-movies-you-love/132442/76 "2002-10-19T12:41:52Z")
_Tango & Cash_ - so goofy and overdone it makes me giggle for most of the movie. It has almost everything that’s right (and wrong) about 80s buddy action comedies. _Death Hunt_ - Lee Marvin and Charles Bronson creaking their way through the Yukon with lots of shoot-'em-up action. ---
**Author:** ![MeepersC](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/meepersc/32/12088_2.png) [@MeepersC](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MeepersC)\ **Post date:** [October 19, 2002, 2:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bad-movies-you-love/132442/77 "2002-10-19T14:50:48Z")
**Police Academy 1-7**. I’m now in search of the entire set of videos or DVDs, so I can watch them whenever I want, rather than waiting for them to come on TV. ---
**Author:** ![Pink\_Champagne](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/ea5d25/32.png) [@Pink\_Champagne](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Pink_Champagne)\ **Post date:** [October 22, 2002, 3:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bad-movies-you-love/132442/78 "2002-10-22T03:05:46Z")
Plan 9 From Outer Space and Queen of Outer Space (I own them both) are, of course, classics - and I must admit I would never part with my copies of The Robot Monster and Attack of the Killer Tomatoes. ---
**Author:** ![Joe\_Cool](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/ecb155/32.png) [@Joe\_Cool](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Joe_Cool)\ **Post date:** [October 22, 2002, 6:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bad-movies-you-love/132442/79 "2002-10-22T06:23:09Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Dooku \* > \*\*But nothing baffles her more than during the holidays when my four brothers and I sit down and watch **Strange Brew**. Doug Moranis and Dave Thomas as the “MacKenzie Brothers.” Max Von Sydow as the evil Brewmeister with plans for World domination achieved through drugged beer. I tell ya, we know every line, and we love it. \*\* YES!!! This is the best bad movie ever made. And the first TV comedy sketch (SCTV) made into a movie that I ever saw. Better than all the SNL movies except MAYBE for Blues Brothers. There wasn’t much to do. All the bowlin’ alleys had been wrecked. So’s I spent most of my time lookin’ for beer! Fleshy headed mutant! Are you friendly? No way, eh! R-Radiation has made me an enemy of civilization! And another big YES!!! to Commando. That’s favorite Schwarzenegger movie that isn’t Terminator. Duh. What happened to Sully? I let him go. ---
**Author:** ![ralphthemuppet](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/f07891/32.png) [@ralphthemuppet](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ralphthemuppet)\ **Post date:** [October 22, 2002, 11:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bad-movies-you-love/132442/80 "2002-10-22T11:35:55Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Asylum \* > **The only parts that get a serious laugh out of me is when Andie McDowell talks to the crucifix and it lights up and talks back to her, and when I see the kid beating the hell out of the stuffed animal in the Vatican. Other than that the only reason I can think of for liking the movie is because it’s so whimsical; the people in the movie just seem to be having a good time, and that’s enough.** Veja Du **Asylum** - Bet you find yourself humming along to _Swing on a Star_ and you must have laughed at the “wong numbers” gag the first time round - go on tell me you did. Oh yeah, I second _Hudson Hawk_ . [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bad-movies-you-love/132442.md?page=3) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bad-movies-you-love/132442.md?page=5)