# Bad Movies You Still Love **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [July 20, 2001, 12:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bad-movies-you-still-love/73122 "2001-07-20T00:41:12Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![Jack\_Batty](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jack_batty/32/3201_2.png) [@Jack\_Batty](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jack_Batty)\ **Post date:** [July 20, 2001, 5:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bad-movies-you-still-love/73122/41 "2001-07-20T17:29:01Z")
I hesitate to include this in this thread because I don’t consider “the _Citizen Kane_ of alcoholic clown movies” to be _bad_ in any way shape or form … of course I’m talking about **Shakes the Clown**. Seriously, whenever prompted for my favorite movies, that is alway on the list. ---
**Author:** ![Strainger](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/strainger/32/244_2.png) [@Strainger](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Strainger)\ **Post date:** [July 20, 2001, 5:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bad-movies-you-still-love/73122/42 "2001-07-20T17:36:59Z")
**Hell Comes to Frogtown** was a favorite in my fraternity. “I came hear to kick some ass and chew bubblegum. And I’m all out of bubblegum.” The Dance of the Three Snakes (Am I remembering this correctly?) was another classic scene. ---
**Author:** ![RealityChuck](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/realitychuck/32/195_2.png) [@RealityChuck](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RealityChuck)\ **Post date:** [July 20, 2001, 5:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bad-movies-you-still-love/73122/43 "2001-07-20T17:49:02Z")
**Ishtar** – a very funny movie, especially the music. Hoffman is hilarious whenever he sings, but especially “I’m leaving you some love in my will.” The film is vastly underrated. ---
**Author:** ![Jack\_Batty](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jack_batty/32/3201_2.png) [@Jack\_Batty](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jack_Batty)\ **Post date:** [July 20, 2001, 5:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bad-movies-you-still-love/73122/44 "2001-07-20T17:57:10Z")
On the other hand – a truly bad movie which was picked apart in another thread (something to do with stupid plots) that I cannot help but watch whenever it is on TBS, and I’ve actually rented a few times to kill and afternoon, and I secretly pray to Buddha that the producers will come out with an extended 2 disc DVD presentation … [sub] **Red Dawn** [/sub] ---
**Author:** ![Scylla](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/a5b964/32.png) [@Scylla](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Scylla)\ **Post date:** [July 20, 2001, 6:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bad-movies-you-still-love/73122/45 "2001-07-20T18:05:57Z")
**Staying Alive Cobra Zardoz** (quite possibly the worst movie of all time, starring a fat Sean Connery in a leather thong.) [Sean Connery voice] "Though I am but a savage barbarian, I will save your decadent scientific city… (eyes anorexic lead actress) …for a price\*\* or… "Tabernacle!!![/Sean Connery voice] \*\*Stripped to Kill Americathon\*\* ---
**Author:** ![Mr.Cynical](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/ee59a6/32.png) [@Mr.Cynical](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mr.Cynical)\ **Post date:** [July 20, 2001, 6:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bad-movies-you-still-love/73122/46 "2001-07-20T18:08:56Z")
The Three Amigos Up The Creek. I will watch either of them, anytime, anywhere. ---
**Author:** ![el\_mono](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/ea666f/32.png) [@el\_mono](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/el_mono)\ **Post date:** [July 20, 2001, 7:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bad-movies-you-still-love/73122/47 "2001-07-20T19:36:19Z")
Here’s another vote for Remo Williams, Hudson Hawk and Streets of Fire. My additions: The Blues Brothers-I musta seen it 50 times since 1979. Meatballs-Bill Murray at his finest (whatever that means!). Detroit Rock City-Lousy flick, yet there were a couple of hilarious scenes that made up for the rest. And, in the same vein as Remo Williams: Buckaroo Banzai and Doc Savage. Anybody remember those puppies? ---
**Author:** ![The\_Raven\_1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/7993a0/32.png) [@The\_Raven\_1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Raven_1)\ **Post date:** [July 20, 2001, 7:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bad-movies-you-still-love/73122/48 "2001-07-20T19:48:45Z")
The rubber glove please… Evilspeak (military school geek summons demon via Apple ][ ) Kentucky Fried Movie (early Zucker/Abrahams/Zucker) Red Dawn (Wolverines!!!) Altered States (try this one while stoned) Dungeons & Dragons (Jeremy Irons on crack) Caged Heat 3000 (chicks in prison meets sci-fi) Bloodsucking Freaks (Troma’s ipecac substitute) So many more, so few brain cells left to remember them… -Rav ---
**Author:** ![Palandine](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/958977/32.png) [@Palandine](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Palandine)\ **Post date:** [July 20, 2001, 8:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bad-movies-you-still-love/73122/49 "2001-07-20T20:05:39Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Strainger \* > \*\ ***Hell Comes to Frogtown** was a favorite in my fraternity. > > “I came hear to kick some ass and chew bubblegum. And I’m all out of bubblegum.” \*\* That line was from **They Live** , which was another cool Roddy Piper film. But “You have aroused the three snakes!” is from HCTF. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Superdude](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/superdude/32/13450_2.png) [@Superdude](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Superdude)\ **Post date:** [July 20, 2001, 8:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bad-movies-you-still-love/73122/50 "2001-07-20T20:09:10Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Strainger \* > \*\ ***Hell Comes to Frogtown** was a favorite in my fraternity. > > “I came hear to kick some ass and chew bubblegum. And I’m all out of bubblegum.”. \*\* What a great movie! Roddy Piper at his best. And I second _Shakes the Clown_. ---
**Author:** ![Silver\_Fire](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/a88e4f/32.png) [@Silver\_Fire](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Silver_Fire)\ **Post date:** [July 20, 2001, 8:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bad-movies-you-still-love/73122/51 "2001-07-20T20:11:33Z")
I’ll have to second **Overboard** and add **Don’t tell Mom the Babysitter’s Dead**. ---
**Author:** ![jab1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/ee7513/32.png) [@jab1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jab1)\ **Post date:** [July 21, 2001, 12:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bad-movies-you-still-love/73122/52 "2001-07-21T00:30:33Z")
How could anyone have forgotten _Smokey and the Bandit_? However, the next two were too bad to be called “good” bad movies. Chris Tucker ruined _The Fifth Element_. With a different actor (or even character), it would’ve been a fine comic-book-style space opera. Some movies are so bad, you simply HAVE to see them to appreciate their badness, like _King Kong Lives_. Scientists revive the injured Kong by transplanting an artificial heart the size of a Volkswagen Beetle into him. Meanwhile, a goofy explorer finds a female giant ape. She is brought to America. Kong literally gets wind of her and escapes. The pair is chased down by the Army through the mountains of North Carolina. somehow, Kong finds the time to get Queen Kong pregnant. The film ends with Kong killed, and Queen Kong and Baby Kong living it up in the jungles of Southeast Asia. Starring Linda Hamilton AFTER she made _Terminator_! (She must’ve needed the money.) Old Godzilla movies were better than this. Hey, for that matter, how come no one has mentioned any old Godzilla movies? I love every one of them. ---
**Author:** ![Shodan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/9f8e36/32.png) [@Shodan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shodan)\ **Post date:** [July 21, 2001, 11:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bad-movies-you-still-love/73122/53 "2001-07-21T11:52:33Z")
\*\*The Trial of Billy Jack{/b]. No explanation will suffice. Even in high school, I was aware of what a blatantly ridiculous piece of dreck this was. If I could find this movie again, I would buy it so I could watch it and be reassured that I am still not ready for suicide. **Gymkata**. A pearl beyond price. This movie doesn’t even pretend to make sense. I think the star is Mitch Gaylord, who won an Olympic gold medal in men’s gymnastics in 84, and the movie is about him as the master of some quasi-martial art involving pieces of gymnastic equipment which are always conveniently available whenever he is attacked, which is frequent. Then he jumps up to the flagpole or whatever, and begins to dispatch the unrighteous whilst doing one-arm giant circles. At one point, he and his girlfriend are escaping the Bad Guys, and suddenly, with no explanation or transition, they are white-water rafting. When I win forty million dollars in the lottery, I am going to retire and open a bad video store, and rent only the worst videos ever made. It will have to be a _large_ video store. Regards, Shodan ---
**Author:** ![Ice\_Wolf](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/dfb087/32.png) [@Ice\_Wolf](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ice_Wolf)\ **Post date:** [July 21, 2001, 12:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bad-movies-you-still-love/73122/54 "2001-07-21T12:34:57Z")
**Superdude** , you are not alone with _Howard the Duck_. I loved that movie. Silly, but cool. Don’t know if this movie got to the States or not, but I vote also for _Meet the Feebles_. You want dirty smut in a rip-off of the Muppet movies? Can’t go past this! ---
**Author:** ![Crunchy\_Frog](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/ebca7d/32.png) [@Crunchy\_Frog](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Crunchy_Frog)\ **Post date:** [July 21, 2001, 3:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bad-movies-you-still-love/73122/55 "2001-07-21T15:22:20Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Tars Tarkas \* > **And, Crunchy Frog, I got Track of the Moonbeast MST3K on tape if you want to borrow it, since we live in the same town. Just give me an email.** You are my new best friend. And add me to the list of **Fifth Element** fans, although I didn’t think it was a bad movie, just some goofy fun that would have been so much better without the high-pitched squealings of Chris Tucker. And although they aren’t favorites of mine, whenever I happen to see them on TV I’m compelled to watch Martin & Lewis films, Godzilla films, King Kong films, and pretty much any movie that has stop-motion animation for a main character. Then there’s also the Steve Reeves as Hercules movies and **Jason and the Argonauts**. I like those. Sue me. ---
**Author:** ![vanilla](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/f19dbf/32.png) [@vanilla](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/vanilla)\ **Post date:** [July 21, 2001, 4:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bad-movies-you-still-love/73122/56 "2001-07-21T16:24:15Z")
Star Hops Frankenhooker Dr. Detroit ---
**Author:** ![Skydive101](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/f07891/32.png) [@Skydive101](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skydive101)\ **Post date:** [July 21, 2001, 5:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bad-movies-you-still-love/73122/57 "2001-07-21T17:09:40Z")
Guilty pleasures; “Tales from the Crypt’s Bordello of Blood” - Dennis Miller (as the good guy!) and Angie Everhart - just too funny “Warrior of the Lost World” - My personal favorite MST3K sendup ever. Persis Khambatta (the bald chick from Star Trek 1… with hair!) and Donald Pleasence. Robert Ginty as the talking motorcycle riding hero makes you root for the bad guys. Watch for the giant construction truck - Megaweapon! “Major Payne” - One tubby tubby! ---
**Author:** ![trose](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/f9ae1b/32.png) [@trose](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/trose)\ **Post date:** [July 21, 2001, 6:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bad-movies-you-still-love/73122/58 "2001-07-21T18:18:50Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Crafter\_Man \* > \*\*My favorite bad movie is a little-known B flick called **They Call Me Bruce.** I think it was made in the 1970’s. \*\* Crafter, could you be thinking of **My Name Called Bruce** [sub]_sic_[/sub]? IIRC, after Bruce Lee’s untimely death, they tried to keep the franchise going for several years by recutting his movies and using old outtakes. The title is indicative of the quality of the dubbed translation. ---
**Author:** ![Kelvin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/7ba0ec/32.png) [@Kelvin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kelvin)\ **Post date:** [July 21, 2001, 7:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bad-movies-you-still-love/73122/59 "2001-07-21T19:24:51Z")
My friends and I have fun renting really bad movies on purpose. They’re so hilarious. The best one I’ve ever seen would have to be **Solar Force**. Pure gold! ---
**Author:** ![Silvio](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/cdc98d/32.png) [@Silvio](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Silvio)\ **Post date:** [July 21, 2001, 9:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bad-movies-you-still-love/73122/60 "2001-07-21T21:20:28Z")
I wouldn’t go so far as to use the word love, but the Kevin Costner bomb THE POSTMAN has a goofy but earnest charm that I find very endearing. I also have weakness for coming to age while really stoned in the seventies movies which I know are really bad, but make me recall all of the teenaged memories I forgot because I was too stoned…I’m talking about DETROIT ROCK CITY, STONED AGE, that kind of stuff. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bad-movies-you-still-love/73122.md?page=2) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bad-movies-you-still-love/73122.md?page=4)