# Favourite bad movies. **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [October 27, 2003, 1:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favourite-bad-movies/209756 "2003-10-27T01:19:52Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 4
**Author:** ![Lisa-go-Blind](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/7c8e57/32.png) [@Lisa-go-Blind](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lisa-go-Blind)\ **Post date:** [October 29, 2003, 2:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favourite-bad-movies/209756/61 "2003-10-29T02:05:25Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by davidm \* > \*\*I agree with **skeptic\_ev** about [Nothing But Trouble](http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0102558/). It’s one those films that has a strange appeal for some people, but everyone else hates. I wasn’t able to watch the whole thing when I saw it on TV, but there’s a really funny [review](http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0102558/) on IMDB. Look for the one that’s by “Dr Gore.” That’s someone we should ask onto the SDMB. 🙂 ---
**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:** [October 29, 2003, 4:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favourite-bad-movies/209756/62 "2003-10-29T04:04:02Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by ElvisL1ves \* > \*\* > _Independence Day_ - President Bill Paxton’s inspirational speech before getting into his F/A-18 to attack the alien mother ship is a highlight of the genre. \*\* [Nitpick] That was Bill **Pullman**. [/Nitpick] ---
**Author:** ![Ludovic](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/7ab992/32.png) [@Ludovic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ludovic)\ **Post date:** [October 29, 2003, 5:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favourite-bad-movies/209756/63 "2003-10-29T05:33:40Z")
I’m sorry, Dungeons and Dragons went beyond even Good-Bad, and went straight into absolutely unwatchable. Except of course for the line, commanding the party to hand over a certain object 🙂 ---
**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:** [October 29, 2003, 5:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favourite-bad-movies/209756/64 "2003-10-29T05:43:56Z")
Does having a movie by proxy count? I have a friend of mine who’s 100% addicted to the movie [“Center Stage”](http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0210616/), which has become known as _The Bad Ballerina Movie_. I hate this movie with the passion of 1000 burning suns. Like most people hate Hitler. Only more often. And I blame my friend for making me watch it. However, I watch it every time it comes on. Because I think Amanda Schull is cute. ---
**Author:** ![Mazikeen](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/a9a28c/32.png) [@Mazikeen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mazikeen)\ **Post date:** [October 29, 2003, 12:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favourite-bad-movies/209756/65 "2003-10-29T12:56:27Z")
**House 2** **Earth Girls Are Easy** **Stripetease** ---
**Author:** ![ElvisL1ves](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/5daacb/32.png) [@ElvisL1ves](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ElvisL1ves)\ **Post date:** [October 29, 2003, 4:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favourite-bad-movies/209756/66 "2003-10-29T16:06:52Z")
We’re on Page 2 with no mention yet of _The Adventures of Buckaroo Banzai Across the Eighth Dimension_ yet, monkeyboys? ---
**Author:** ![Dizzy\_Fingers](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/aeb1de/32.png) [@Dizzy\_Fingers](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dizzy_Fingers)\ **Post date:** [October 29, 2003, 4:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favourite-bad-movies/209756/67 "2003-10-29T16:29:57Z")
**Zabriskie Point** ---
**Author:** ![gossamer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/f07891/32.png) [@gossamer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gossamer)\ **Post date:** [October 29, 2003, 5:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favourite-bad-movies/209756/68 "2003-10-29T17:36:01Z")
**Lobster Man From Mars**. Tony Curtis appears in it. ---
**Author:** ![Shodan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/9f8e36/32.png) [@Shodan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shodan)\ **Post date:** [October 29, 2003, 6:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favourite-bad-movies/209756/69 "2003-10-29T18:16:57Z")
_The Trial of Billy Jack_ _Infra-Man_, which contains the best Bad Movie Line of all time - “The situation is so bad, that it is the worst it has ever been!” An enthusiastic second for _Reptilicus_ - which my wife described to me before we saw it. I didn’t believe her. I should have. _Gymkata_. Some ghastly Joan Crawford movie a friend of mine made me watch, about a circus or something. The only thing I remember is the lighting being arranged so that shadows concealed the bags under her chin. Too many others to mention. Regards, Shodan ---
**Author:** ![lost4life](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/c4cdca/32.png) [@lost4life](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lost4life)\ **Post date:** [October 29, 2003, 6:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favourite-bad-movies/209756/70 "2003-10-29T18:17:55Z")
Two words: Duel Dennis Weaver chased through the desert by a truck…and it was directed by Speilberg. > [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by nitroglycerine \* > \*\* > **Motel Hell** definately counts. With Rory Calhoun and Nancy Parsons as the cannibalistic Smoked Meat makers and the slogan, “It takes all kinds of critters to make Farmer Vincent Fritters!” Classic stuff! > > Jon \*\* Not to mention Cliff Clavin making an appearance as a heavy metal drummer. ---
**Author:** ![ElvisL1ves](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/5daacb/32.png) [@ElvisL1ves](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ElvisL1ves)\ **Post date:** [October 29, 2003, 8:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favourite-bad-movies/209756/71 "2003-10-29T20:18:59Z")
John Ratzenberger was in _Goliath Awaits_, too, as a Navy diver. And has anyone noticed how often Ernest Borgnine shows up in this crap? Anything for a buck, Ernie. _Reptilicus_ was on the same level as _Yonggary_ (the Korean Godzilla knockoff), both the original and the remake with the soldiers flying jetpacks to shoot RPG’s into his mouth, and utterly-superfluous UFO aliens. ---
**Author:** ![parsnip](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/parsnip/32/4564_2.png) [@parsnip](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/parsnip)\ **Post date:** [October 30, 2003, 1:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favourite-bad-movies/209756/72 "2003-10-30T01:12:38Z")
Rock “N” Roll High School-- Ramones—P.J. Soles. I’ll say no more. ---
**Author:** ![EllisDee](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ellisdee/32/4531_2.png) [@EllisDee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/EllisDee)\ **Post date:** [October 30, 2003, 1:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favourite-bad-movies/209756/73 "2003-10-30T01:28:41Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Darkhold \* > Evil Dead of course. > > The Lost Boys (c’mon it is a bad movie no matter what anyone says) > > They Live > > Phantasm > > Highlander (before you say it’s good watch it again with an unbaised eye) I thought I was gonna be original by nominating They Live. Your entire post could have been lifted directly from my brain. … …? …! Where’s my tinfoil hat?! ---
**Author:** ![EllisDee](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ellisdee/32/4531_2.png) [@EllisDee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/EllisDee)\ **Post date:** [October 30, 2003, 1:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favourite-bad-movies/209756/74 "2003-10-30T01:30:55Z")
Also, the remake of the Blob. ---
**Author:** ![Apoptosis](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ba9def/32.png) [@Apoptosis](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Apoptosis)\ **Post date:** [October 30, 2003, 2:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favourite-bad-movies/209756/75 "2003-10-30T02:14:37Z")
Heads up, **ElvisL1ves**. > [@](#): > > We’re on Page 2 with no mention yet of The Adventures of Buckaroo Banzai Across the Eighth Dimension yet, monkeyboys? Read my post waaaaaaay back on page 1. Who’s the monkeyboy now? -Apoptosis ---
**Author:** ![Baker](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/bb73d2/32.png) [@Baker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Baker)\ **Post date:** [October 30, 2003, 3:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favourite-bad-movies/209756/76 "2003-10-30T03:21:48Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by ElvisL1ves \* > **_Independence Day_ - President Bill Paxton’s inspirational speech before getting into his F/A-18 to attack the alien mother ship is a highlight of the genre.** I always saw that speech as a ripoff of the “before the battle of Agincourt” speech in Henry V. ---
**Author:** ![Largo62](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/45deac/32.png) [@Largo62](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Largo62)\ **Post date:** [October 30, 2003, 4:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favourite-bad-movies/209756/77 "2003-10-30T04:01:43Z")
I can’t believe nobody’s mentioned the classic bad but entertaining **Attack Of The Killer Tomatoes**. I really enjoyed that. **Popeye** , however, I thought was merely bad without being entertaining. I really liked **Flash Gordon** , but I wouldn’t agree that it was bad at all, just high camp. It was a perfect cartoon in the flesh. Max von Sydow was terriffic as Ming the Merciless. Another “bad” movie I really liked was **Barbarella**. ---
**Author:** ![HeatMiser](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/ecd19e/32.png) [@HeatMiser](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/HeatMiser)\ **Post date:** [October 30, 2003, 5:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favourite-bad-movies/209756/78 "2003-10-30T05:34:35Z")
My choice would have to be [Lifeforce](http://us.imdb.com/title/tt0089489/), which remains charmingly bad despite what is clearly a top-notch representation of the Female Space Alien Vampire Who Walks Around Naked Most Of The Movie. ---
**Author:** ![ElvisL1ves](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/5daacb/32.png) [@ElvisL1ves](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ElvisL1ves)\ **Post date:** [October 30, 2003, 3:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favourite-bad-movies/209756/79 "2003-10-30T15:27:24Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Baker \* > \*\*I always saw that speech as a ripoff of the “before the battle of Agincourt” speech in Henry V. \*\* Also inspired by Alexander Nevsky’s speech to the men of Novgorod before their battle on the ice against the Teutonic Knights. Eisenstein and Olivier both ripped it off at about the same time. - Monkeyboy, but at least not a Black Lectroid. ---
**Author:** ![Happy\_Scrappy\_Hero\_Pup](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/ea5d25/32.png) [@Happy\_Scrappy\_Hero\_Pup](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Happy_Scrappy_Hero_Pup)\ **Post date:** [October 30, 2003, 4:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favourite-bad-movies/209756/80 "2003-10-30T16:03:54Z")
I’m surprised no one has mentioned any of my faves (with the possible exception of _They Live!_, which was on AMC last night). 1. (hands down) _Prayer of the Rollerboys._ Corey Haim, struggling to make a living in post-economic-crash SoCal, finds himself faced off against his old friend who now leads (and I swear I am not making this up) **a gang of Rollerblading, trenchcoat-wearing neo-Nazi white supremacists who are peddling a drug that will sterilize all the “impure” races,** aided only by the exceptionally hot Patricia Arquette as an undercover cop attempting to avenge the death of her Rollerblading, trenchcoat-wearing, neo-Nazi, white-supremacist, sterility-inducing-drug-peddling brother. Go rent this goddamn move. How it was passed over for Oscar consideration is beyond me. 2. _The Terror of Tiny Town._ It’s a freaking **midget Western**'Nuff said. 3. _The Wraith._ I think it was supposed to be a TV pilot, but whatever. I think it had Charlie Sheen in it. Some dead guy’s ghost comes back in a kickass black car to exact revenge on his murderers (or something like that), including some guy named Skank who will drink/snort anything in sight (i.e. WD-40) and then follow it up with “That shit’s got KICK!” 4. _Lair of the White Worm._ Bad, BAD occult horror movie, with just enough nudity in it to keep you watching. Has anyone seen these? Please back me up, especially on _Rollerboys._ I loved that movie. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favourite-bad-movies/209756.md?page=3) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favourite-bad-movies/209756.md?page=5)