# Do Not See aka worst 70s movie ever **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [May 26, 2011, 8:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-not-see-aka-worst-70s-movie-ever/583350 "2011-05-26T20:52:42Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![ministryman](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/f6c823/32.png) [@ministryman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ministryman)\ **Post date:** [May 26, 2011, 8:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-not-see-aka-worst-70s-movie-ever/583350/1 "2011-05-26T20:52:42Z")
Inspired by a comment in [this thread](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=610053), _“Based on the success of this thread and what seems to me to be a plurality of disapproval of the quality of the movie, may I suggest another thread that tries to find other “dogs” from that era that excel in their awfulness. Billy Jack may lead the parade, but I suspect we each have at least one other to put alongside it for a “Do Not See” prize.”_ please post, for all our Dopers, a “Do not See” (aka worst…movie…ever) list of movies from the 1970s. _Billy Jack_ has already been nominated. I add _Bless the Beasts and the Children._ ---
**Author:** ![Profound\_Gibberish](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/65b543/32.png) [@Profound\_Gibberish](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Profound_Gibberish)\ **Post date:** [May 26, 2011, 8:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-not-see-aka-worst-70s-movie-ever/583350/2 "2011-05-26T20:58:36Z")
_Attack of the Killer Tomatoes_ Poorly written, poorly acted, no production value. Tries to be campy and fails miserably. ---
**Author:** ![Little\_Nemo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/little_nemo/32/3120_2.png) [@Little\_Nemo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Little_Nemo)\ **Post date:** [May 26, 2011, 9:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-not-see-aka-worst-70s-movie-ever/583350/3 "2011-05-26T21:38:59Z")
Somebody recently posted that they liked the movie _Moment by Moment_ (1978). Which surprised me because it was one extremely bad movie. I saw it on HBO back around 1979, which was pretty much the last time it was possible to see it - it’s never been released for home viewing on any format. ---
**Author:** ![x-ray\_vision](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/x-ray_vision/32/351_2.png) [@x-ray\_vision](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/x-ray_vision)\ **Post date:** [May 26, 2011, 9:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-not-see-aka-worst-70s-movie-ever/583350/4 "2011-05-26T21:47:27Z")
_Airport '79_ was pretty bad. ---
**Author:** ![Shark\_Sandwich](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/f04885/32.png) [@Shark\_Sandwich](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shark_Sandwich)\ **Post date:** [May 26, 2011, 9:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-not-see-aka-worst-70s-movie-ever/583350/5 "2011-05-26T21:55:44Z")
It’s a torrid tale. One we’ve all heard. A teenage loner stumbles upon alien technology that turns his arm into a laser cannon, and then goes on a incinerating murder spree. I give you the pure torture that is: [_Laserblast_.](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Laserblast) ---
**Author:** ![Zeldar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/b77776/32.png) [@Zeldar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zeldar)\ **Post date:** [May 26, 2011, 10:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-not-see-aka-worst-70s-movie-ever/583350/6 "2011-05-26T22:16:53Z")
I would suggest missing [The Cross and the Switchblade (1970)](http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0068428/) despite the fact that I haven’t seen it and can’t give a good reason to miss it beyond the star. I have looked over quite a few “Worst Movies of the 70’s” lists and find that I have either not seen the ones on the list or would not deign to rank them below _Billy Jack_. This is harder than I predicted! ---
**Author:** ![Evil\_Captor](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/f17d59/32.png) [@Evil\_Captor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Evil_Captor)\ **Post date:** [May 27, 2011, 12:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-not-see-aka-worst-70s-movie-ever/583350/7 "2011-05-27T00:20:39Z")
[Zachariah!](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zachariah_%281971_film%29) Some Firesign Theater guys did a sort of “Bergman drops acid and makes a Western.” Country Joe and the Fish and the James Gang are in it. Amazingly bad, given the talent of some of the people who made it. ---
**Author:** ![John\_DiFool](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/john_difool/32/19543_2.png) [@John\_DiFool](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/John_DiFool)\ **Post date:** [May 27, 2011, 12:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-not-see-aka-worst-70s-movie-ever/583350/8 "2011-05-27T00:39:49Z")
_Zardoz_? ---
**Author:** ![deb2world](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/7cd45c/32.png) [@deb2world](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/deb2world)\ **Post date:** [May 27, 2011, 12:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-not-see-aka-worst-70s-movie-ever/583350/9 "2011-05-27T00:50:57Z")
My dad used to repair the airconditioning for the local theater and got free tickets which he would give to me. So I saw ALOT of movies. Some of the worse in my opinion Earthquake – cheesy. My friends were all a bit disturbed by it, it just made me hungry with all the visbration of the theater. Oh yeah the theater had huge speakers which they put a low base sound in that shook the theater. Emperor of the North – now there will be those that disagree w/me on this one cause it was Ernest Borgnine. But all it was was killing hobos by a train conductor. Blood and guts everywhere. Heavy Traffic – ah to be at your first R rated movie as a teenie bopper. I laughed at it then, I tried to watch it about 15 yrs ago. It didn’t wear at all well. I believe this would be the same w/ all the Fritz The Cat type movies, too political to transcend the decade. ---
**Author:** ![TreacherousCretin](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/treacherouscretin/32/476_2.png) [@TreacherousCretin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TreacherousCretin)\ **Post date:** [May 27, 2011, 1:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-not-see-aka-worst-70s-movie-ever/583350/10 "2011-05-27T01:04:11Z")
200 Motels. Frank Zappa at his self-indulgent absolute worst. … And yet at the same time, I think the soundtrack to this movie is one of his four or five best albums, and the greatest rock/classical fusion album ever recorded. . ---
**Author:** ![Slithy\_Tove](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/slithy_tove/32/18248_2.png) [@Slithy\_Tove](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Slithy_Tove)\ **Post date:** [May 27, 2011, 1:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-not-see-aka-worst-70s-movie-ever/583350/11 "2011-05-27T01:06:25Z")
Emperor of the North is flawed (as are all of Aldrich’s movies due to his open contempt of the audience), but not unwatchable. The Great Gatsby is stupid, a 1970’s fashion magazine treatment of a pretty good ( but not great) novel. All the themes of envy and selfishness and insecurity lost. Worse part is that it did so well that nobody has attempted a new version that gets it right. ---
**Author:** ![TreacherousCretin](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/treacherouscretin/32/476_2.png) [@TreacherousCretin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TreacherousCretin)\ **Post date:** [May 27, 2011, 1:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-not-see-aka-worst-70s-movie-ever/583350/12 "2011-05-27T01:15:55Z")
> [@deb2world](#): > > Emperor of the North – now there will be those that disagree w/me on this one cause it was Ernest Borgnine. But all it was was killing hobos by a train conductor. Blood and guts everywhere. This movie confounds me. I’ve always liked it, a lot, for Lee Marvin and Keith Carradine’s performances. Borgnine is effective although a bit over the top for my taste in this one. But unfortunately, your synopsis of the plot is accurate, and I find myself liking it less these days. . ---
**Author:** ![Little\_Nemo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/little_nemo/32/3120_2.png) [@Little\_Nemo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Little_Nemo)\ **Post date:** [May 27, 2011, 1:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-not-see-aka-worst-70s-movie-ever/583350/13 "2011-05-27T01:17:47Z")
> [@Slithy\_Tove](#): > > Worse part is that it did so well that nobody has attempted a new version that gets it right. Is that a whoosh? A new version is in production. ---
**Author:** ![koeeoaddi](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/koeeoaddi/32/408_2.png) [@koeeoaddi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/koeeoaddi)\ **Post date:** [May 27, 2011, 1:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-not-see-aka-worst-70s-movie-ever/583350/14 "2011-05-27T01:25:11Z")
_Breezy_, _Lipstick_, _Exorcist II_ and that full length artsy fartsy film that is nothing but shots of naked butts. ---
**Author:** ![Sampiro](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/2acd7d/32.png) [@Sampiro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sampiro)\ **Post date:** [May 27, 2011, 1:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-not-see-aka-worst-70s-movie-ever/583350/15 "2011-05-27T01:33:10Z")
Two Musicals: [A Matter of Time](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/A_Matter_of_Time_(1976_film))- a damned near unwatchable 1976 Liza Minnelli/Ingrid Bergman movie directed by Vincente Minnelli. [At Long Last Love](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/At_Long_Last_Love)- a musical starring world renowned singing sensations Burt Reynolds and Cybill Shepard. All music was recorded live as it was sung (i.e. not dubbed over in the sound studio later). Awful. ---
**Author:** ![deb2world](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/7cd45c/32.png) [@deb2world](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/deb2world)\ **Post date:** [May 27, 2011, 1:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-not-see-aka-worst-70s-movie-ever/583350/16 "2011-05-27T01:47:30Z")
The 70s was also the decade of the tear jerker. The acclaim, the love for. I watched it and gad were they bad. The Other Side of the Mountain – based on a true story. But still it is embarrassing to sit in the theater with everyone crying. ---
**Author:** ![needscoffee](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/needscoffee/32/1076_2.png) [@needscoffee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/needscoffee)\ **Post date:** [May 27, 2011, 2:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-not-see-aka-worst-70s-movie-ever/583350/17 "2011-05-27T02:53:36Z")
> [@deb2world](#): > > The 70s was also the decade of the tear jerker. The acclaim, the love for. I watched it and gad were they bad. > > The Other Side of the Mountain – based on a true story. But still it is embarrassing to sit in the theater with everyone crying. \ ---
**Author:** ![Biggirl](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/biggirl/32/3294_2.png) [@Biggirl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Biggirl)\ **Post date:** [May 27, 2011, 3:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-not-see-aka-worst-70s-movie-ever/583350/18 "2011-05-27T03:01:40Z")
The worst '70s movie that I am forced to watch every now and again, [Coffy](http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0069897/). Both my husband and daughter love Pam Greer (but for different reasons), they watched it last month via Netflix. A nurse by day and a vengeful, booby-baring bad-ass by night, Coffy seeks justice for her addict hooker sister who was given tainted drugs. Sample dialog: Arturo Vitroni: Crawl, nigger! Coffy: [pulls out gun] You want me to crawl, white mother fucker? Arturo Vitroni: What’re you doing? Put that down. Coffy: You want to spit on me and make me crawl? I’m gonna piss on your grave tomorrow. You either laugh or cry. Or run from the room. ---
**Author:** ![Typo\_Knig](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/cdc98d/32.png) [@Typo\_Knig](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Typo_Knig)\ **Post date:** [May 27, 2011, 3:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-not-see-aka-worst-70s-movie-ever/583350/19 "2011-05-27T03:51:10Z")
Seconding The Great Gatsby. Nominsting Lost Horizon - what do I lose? ---
**Author:** ![Horatio\_Hellpop](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/e5b9ba/32.png) [@Horatio\_Hellpop](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Horatio_Hellpop)\ **Post date:** [May 27, 2011, 4:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-not-see-aka-worst-70s-movie-ever/583350/20 "2011-05-27T04:00:16Z")
Movies that could have been good, but were just frickin’ awful: **Bobby Deerfield** and **Cruising** , both with Al Pacino. Putting him in a bad movie borders on felonious. **Aloha Bobby and Rose**. Hip nihilism. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-not-see-aka-worst-70s-movie-ever/583350.md?page=2)