# horrible movies that are classics simply becuase the're on non stop **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [April 26, 2016, 7:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/horrible-movies-that-are-classics-simply-becuase-there-on-non-stop/753172 "2016-04-26T07:07:01Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![nightshadea](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/7ba0ec/32.png) [@nightshadea](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/nightshadea)\ **Post date:** [April 26, 2016, 7:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/horrible-movies-that-are-classics-simply-becuase-there-on-non-stop/753172/1 "2016-04-26T07:07:01Z")
Mainly this is based on holiday movies … But every Halloween they drag out hocus pocus which was a flop critically and money wise and yes I went to see it because my boss was a bette midler fan and we missed the start time for tombstone and even she hated it And now theres tons of people who consider it one of the best Halloween movies ever made because its on 40 channels from septemeber to November… and I’m like wasn’t this movie considered crap just 15 years or so by everyone ? Now I know someones going to bring up a Christmas story but that was just ignored and not hated … Anyone have any others holiday or not ? ---
**Author:** ![Wendell\_Wagner](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/8491ac/32.png) [@Wendell\_Wagner](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wendell_Wagner)\ **Post date:** [April 26, 2016, 9:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/horrible-movies-that-are-classics-simply-becuase-there-on-non-stop/753172/2 "2016-04-26T09:35:20Z")
It didn’t lose money. It made a little profit when it opened. The reviews at that time weren’t very good but weren’t terrible. Since then it has gotten a cult status. You may not like it, but that doesn’t mean that other people don’t like it. ---
**Author:** ![Jragon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/e19b73/32.png) [@Jragon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jragon)\ **Post date:** [April 26, 2016, 9:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/horrible-movies-that-are-classics-simply-becuase-there-on-non-stop/753172/3 "2016-04-26T09:44:24Z")
I don’t think you understand. Hocus Pocus is amazing **because** it’s kind of dumb and janky. It’s almost perfectly Halloweeny in that it’s a mix of self-aware edgy and ridiculous. In some weird ways it’s the essence of every low-budget Halloween display put up in a grocery store. Nightmare Before Christmas is still by far my favorite Halloween movie, but Hocus Pocus is just so unrepentantly silly. Much like its more wholesome cousin Halloweentown. ---
**Author:** ![Sage\_Rat](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sage_rat/32/399_2.png) [@Sage\_Rat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sage_Rat)\ **Post date:** [April 26, 2016, 9:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/horrible-movies-that-are-classics-simply-becuase-there-on-non-stop/753172/4 "2016-04-26T09:44:36Z")
I had a get together last Halloween to watch scary movies and I added **Something Wicked This Way Comes** to the list as it was the only decent movie I could think of that was still “horror” and yet pretty accessible to anyone of any age or fear of scary movies. Maybe it’s the same thing? It might win out simply by virtue of being one of the few all ages horror flicks? (I haven’t seen it.) ---
**Author:** ![hogarth](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/hogarth/32/1773_2.png) [@hogarth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/hogarth)\ **Post date:** [April 26, 2016, 10:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/horrible-movies-that-are-classics-simply-becuase-there-on-non-stop/753172/5 "2016-04-26T10:15:30Z")
I’ve never even heard of Hocus Pocus, let alone seeing it on TV non-stop around Hallowe’en. Maybe I don’t have the same cable package as the OP. ---
**Author:** ![ftg](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ftg/32/2801_2.png) [@ftg](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ftg)\ **Post date:** [April 26, 2016, 1:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/horrible-movies-that-are-classics-simply-becuase-there-on-non-stop/753172/6 "2016-04-26T13:10:41Z")
This was some time ago … _The Beastmaster_ was a horrible movie. But apparently the TV rights were basically $0. So TBS & friends would play it over and over. Whenever they needed a couple hours filled, out came _The Beastmaster_. So it got memed old school. Comedians joked about it, lines became in jokes, etc. For a while it was a standard cultural reference. But even Rip Torn couldn’t save this disaster. ---
**Author:** ![Quimby](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/q/22d042/32.png) [@Quimby](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Quimby)\ **Post date:** [April 26, 2016, 2:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/horrible-movies-that-are-classics-simply-becuase-there-on-non-stop/753172/7 "2016-04-26T14:59:15Z")
I know lots of people love it but Christmas Vacation is not a good movie. ---
**Author:** ![amaguri](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/49beb7/32.png) [@amaguri](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/amaguri)\ **Post date:** [April 26, 2016, 3:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/horrible-movies-that-are-classics-simply-becuase-there-on-non-stop/753172/8 "2016-04-26T15:18:02Z")
**Empire Records** is objectively not a good movie, but it used to be on ALL THE TIME and so it sort of wormed its way into my heart anyway. I think it’s finally fallen out of heavy rotation because I haven’t seen it in probably 2 or 3 years. ---
**Author:** ![Gordon\_Urquhart](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/db5fbb/32.png) [@Gordon\_Urquhart](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gordon_Urquhart)\ **Post date:** [April 26, 2016, 3:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/horrible-movies-that-are-classics-simply-becuase-there-on-non-stop/753172/9 "2016-04-26T15:20:47Z")
> [@ftg](#): > > This was some time ago … > > _The Beastmaster_ was a horrible movie. But apparently the TV rights were basically $0. So TBS & friends would play it over and over. Whenever they needed a couple hours filled, out came _The Beastmaster_. > > So it got memed old school. Comedians joked about it, lines became in jokes, etc. For a while it was a standard cultural reference. > > But even Rip Torn couldn’t save this disaster. “I have my eyes … I have my cunning … and I have my strength.” For a time in the '80s, TBS stood for “The Beastmaster Station.” It’s what Ted Turner showed when he wasn’t broadcasting Braves games. ---
**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:** [April 26, 2016, 3:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/horrible-movies-that-are-classics-simply-becuase-there-on-non-stop/753172/10 "2016-04-26T15:21:09Z")
There are a lot of horrible Christmas movies that are shown all the time just because they’re Christmas movies. **Jingle All the Way** and **Christmas with the Kranks** come to mind. ---
**Author:** ![salinqmind](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/3ec8ea/32.png) [@salinqmind](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/salinqmind)\ **Post date:** [April 26, 2016, 3:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/horrible-movies-that-are-classics-simply-becuase-there-on-non-stop/753172/11 "2016-04-26T15:32:51Z")
Roadhouse with Patrick Swayze seems an excellent choice here. ---
**Author:** ![JohnGalt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johngalt/32/184_2.png) [@JohnGalt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JohnGalt)\ **Post date:** [April 26, 2016, 4:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/horrible-movies-that-are-classics-simply-becuase-there-on-non-stop/753172/12 "2016-04-26T16:04:54Z")
Sorry Quimby, _Christmas Vacation_ is my new holiday go-to movie; I have to watch it every time it’s on. On the other hand, _Scrooged_ still bites. Another “so bad that it’s good” movie is _Twister_: “we have cows!” I think it’s kind of tasteless when they (TBS?) broadcasts it so frequently during… tornado season! ---
**Author:** ![Just\_Asking\_Questions](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/ba9def/32.png) [@Just\_Asking\_Questions](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Just_Asking_Questions)\ **Post date:** [April 26, 2016, 5:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/horrible-movies-that-are-classics-simply-becuase-there-on-non-stop/753172/13 "2016-04-26T17:37:22Z")
> [@Gordon\_Urquhart](#): > > For a time in the '80s, TBS stood for “The Beastmaster Station.” It’s what Ted Turner showed when he wasn’t broadcasting Braves games. The cable TV watcher’s prayer: Oh Lord, please don’t let it be _Beastmaste_r again! ---
**Author:** ![DrDeth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/b487fb/32.png) [@DrDeth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DrDeth)\ **Post date:** [April 26, 2016, 6:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/horrible-movies-that-are-classics-simply-becuase-there-on-non-stop/753172/14 "2016-04-26T18:05:42Z")
The Year Without a Santa Claus, and especially the remake. Mind you the Cold & Heat miser song are excellent. ---
**Author:** ![guizot](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/guizot/32/3636_2.png) [@guizot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/guizot)\ **Post date:** [April 26, 2016, 6:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/horrible-movies-that-are-classics-simply-becuase-there-on-non-stop/753172/15 "2016-04-26T18:29:25Z")
> [@hogarth](#): > > Maybe I don’t have the same cable package as the OP. Sometimes I wonder about this, myself. Let’s set aside the holiday movies. What are the movies that always seem to be on? Is it because of the cable package? ---
**Author:** ![Biffy\_the\_Elephant\_Shrew](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/e47c2d/32.png) [@Biffy\_the\_Elephant\_Shrew](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Biffy_the_Elephant_Shrew)\ **Post date:** [April 26, 2016, 8:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/horrible-movies-that-are-classics-simply-becuase-there-on-non-stop/753172/16 "2016-04-26T20:02:55Z")
> [@amaguri](#): > > **Empire Records** is objectively not a good movie My initial response was “\*What? \*You’re crazy!” until I realized I was thinking of [**Cadillac Records**](http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1042877/). ---
**Author:** ![Boyo\_Jim](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/87869e/32.png) [@Boyo\_Jim](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Boyo_Jim)\ **Post date:** [April 26, 2016, 8:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/horrible-movies-that-are-classics-simply-becuase-there-on-non-stop/753172/17 "2016-04-26T20:29:16Z")
> [@hogarth](#): > > I’ve never even heard of Hocus Pocus, let alone seeing it on TV non-stop around Hallowe’en. Maybe I don’t have the same cable package as the OP. Ditto. I might have heard of it, but I’ve never seen it, and I can’t recall ever having to dodge it among the channels. ---
**Author:** ![silenus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/silenus/32/166_2.png) [@silenus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/silenus)\ **Post date:** [April 26, 2016, 8:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/horrible-movies-that-are-classics-simply-becuase-there-on-non-stop/753172/18 "2016-04-26T20:35:35Z")
“It’s A Wonderful Life.” ---
**Author:** ![burpo\_the\_wonder\_mutt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/burpo_the_wonder_mutt/32/365_2.png) [@burpo\_the\_wonder\_mutt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/burpo_the_wonder_mutt)\ **Post date:** [April 26, 2016, 11:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/horrible-movies-that-are-classics-simply-becuase-there-on-non-stop/753172/19 "2016-04-26T23:29:21Z")
> [@silenus](#): > > “It’s A Wonderful Life.” Seconded. ---
**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:** [April 26, 2016, 11:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/horrible-movies-that-are-classics-simply-becuase-there-on-non-stop/753172/20 "2016-04-26T23:44:36Z")
I’m no fan of _It’s a Wonderful Life_ (the story it was based on was far more interesting, and George is remarkably slow on the uptake), but it’s hardly a horrible movie. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/horrible-movies-that-are-classics-simply-becuase-there-on-non-stop/753172.md?page=2)