# Most awful movie you've watched **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [February 28, 2014, 1:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/most-awful-movie-youve-watched/682471 "2014-02-28T01:48:08Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 7
**Author:** ![Mangetout](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mangetout/32/19_2.png) [@Mangetout](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mangetout)\ **Post date:** [March 2, 2014, 9:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/most-awful-movie-youve-watched/682471/121 "2014-03-02T09:54:59Z")
The Wylds (AKA The Adventures Of Chris Fable). Supposedly a post-apocalyptic retelling of Pilgrims Progress, but actually, a zero budget amateur home movie that tries to use subtle spiritual metaphor, then heavy-handedly explains it. Terrible acting, terrible effects; jerky, nearly nonexistent plot; hammered-home preachy message and lots and lots of walking. I think it was probably a church play that someone decided to produce on DVD. ---
**Author:** ![Face\_Intentionally\_Left\_Blank](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/face_intentionally_left_blank/32/288_2.png) [@Face\_Intentionally\_Left\_Blank](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Face_Intentionally_Left_Blank)\ **Post date:** [March 2, 2014, 10:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/most-awful-movie-youve-watched/682471/122 "2014-03-02T10:08:35Z")
> [@Rick\_Kitchen](#): > > I like **Howard the Duck** , but then I was fond of the comic books. Huh. I always thought there were two kinds of people that didn’t like the movie: those who read the comic and those who didn’t.\* I LIKED the movie. The diner scene was a real hoot. People who really hate it have no experience with truly bad movies - or loved the comics 😃 30 years after seeing it, I have to say “Eraserhead” is near the bottom of the pile, if not the absolute bedrock. It’s so strange that I just pushed it aside, that maybe there was something I missed and that there was more going on than I thought. I’ve finally decided that no, it was just freakin’ bad. One of the worst I’ve seen at a theater was a Charles Grodin movie called [“Last Resort”](http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0091387/reference). A comedy that wasn’t funny, just grossly boring and unpleasant. Went to see it with a friend, and afterward, we found out that we were both wanting to walk out but figured the other wanted to stay. \*I fall into the odd group that liked both. Still have a nearly complete collection of comics bagged in a box. ---
**Author:** ![ExTank](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/35a633/32.png) [@ExTank](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ExTank)\ **Post date:** [March 2, 2014, 2:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/most-awful-movie-youve-watched/682471/123 "2014-03-02T14:46:18Z")
> [@Martini\_Enfield](#): > > You’re completely misunderstanding me. I’m saying it’s an excellent film and definitely worth watching, especially if you’re interested in Ed Wood’s films. I thought as much; it’s just that you were nominating it in a thread titled, “Most Awful Movie You’ve Watched.” ---
**Author:** ![nevadaexile](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/eb8c5e/32.png) [@nevadaexile](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/nevadaexile)\ **Post date:** [March 2, 2014, 3:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/most-awful-movie-youve-watched/682471/124 "2014-03-02T15:22:04Z")
Gales Ferry > [@Face\_Intentionally\_Left\_Blank](#): > > Huh. I always thought there were two kinds of people that didn’t like the movie: those who read the comic and those who didn’t.\* > > I LIKED the movie. The diner scene was a real hoot. People who really hate it have no experience with truly bad movies - or loved the comics 😃 > > . Unfortunately, you are in the minority as far as holding this opinion. **Howard the Duck** is so bad that: [ol] [li]It’s maker, George Lucas will not discuss the film in interviews.[/li][li]It’s co-star Lea Thompson will not discuss the film in interviews[/li][li]Marvel Comics barely acknowledges the film’s existence[/li][li]It hasn’t been shown on television in 10 years[/li][/ol] I have seen more 12k films and I have read comic books since the age of 4,including the eponymous title. This film edges out even some worst films I have ever seen ( **Drop Dead Freddy** , **At Long Last Love** , 1984’s **City Heat** ,etc) as being the worst major film ever released by Hollywood. ---
**Author:** ![ThisUsernameIsForbidden](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/b4bc9f/32.png) [@ThisUsernameIsForbidden](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ThisUsernameIsForbidden)\ **Post date:** [March 2, 2014, 3:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/most-awful-movie-youve-watched/682471/125 "2014-03-02T15:30:24Z")
Check [this](http://www.imdb.com/chart/bottom) out. I can only vouch for Lawnmower Man 2 and Battlefield Earth, which I think is mediocre but not awful. I think it got a bad rap because of something something Scientology. ---
**Author:** ![Bozuit](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/edb3f5/32.png) [@Bozuit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bozuit)\ **Post date:** [March 2, 2014, 3:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/most-awful-movie-youve-watched/682471/126 "2014-03-02T15:39:32Z")
Some people here must be _really_ picky about what they watch if films like Alien, Blue Velvet and From Dusk Till Dawn are the “most awful” they’ve seen. And the From Dusk Till Dawn post mentioned _Batman and Robin_! I think My Bloody Valentine (the original) is one of two that I’ve actually paid to watch and yet consciously decided to not finish. It kind of put me off the band too. Oh, and I saw some of Uwe Boll’s House of the Dead (I’m a fan of the games) but only gave it about 10 minutes before giving up. ---
**Author:** ![ENugent](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/4af34b/32.png) [@ENugent](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ENugent)\ **Post date:** [March 2, 2014, 4:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/most-awful-movie-youve-watched/682471/127 "2014-03-02T16:16:32Z")
I recently watched [Cats and Dogs](http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0239395/) because my kids wanted to. Ugh - that’s 87 minutes of my life I’ll never get back. ---
**Author:** ![nearwildheaven](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/90db22/32.png) [@nearwildheaven](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/nearwildheaven)\ **Post date:** [March 2, 2014, 5:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/most-awful-movie-youve-watched/682471/128 "2014-03-02T17:06:25Z")
Another very bad movie I had the misfortune of paying money to see was an early 80s “Airplane” send-up called “Young Doctors In Love”. UGH! Boring, stupid, and not funny at all. ---
**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:** [March 2, 2014, 5:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/most-awful-movie-youve-watched/682471/129 "2014-03-02T17:27:07Z")
> [@nearwildheaven](#): > > Another very bad movie I had the misfortune of paying money to see was an early 80s “Airplane” send-up called “Young Doctors In Love”. UGH! Boring, stupid, and not funny at all. Agreed; however, one totally priceless, totally tasteless bit: the midget doctor trying to hang up the 5 feet off the ground telephone. I laughed 'til I stopped. ---
**Author:** ![Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/7cd45c/32.png) [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elendil_s_Heir)\ **Post date:** [March 2, 2014, 7:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/most-awful-movie-youve-watched/682471/130 "2014-03-02T19:25:58Z")
My answer to this question is always _Liquid Sky_, a low-budget movie about an alien amongst punk club-hoppers in NYC in the Eighties. I saw it with friends while I was in college and felt that I couldn’t leave, although I hated it with every fiber of my being. It is really really really\* really\* bad. ---
**Author:** ![Athabasca](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/b38774/32.png) [@Athabasca](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Athabasca)\ **Post date:** [March 2, 2014, 7:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/most-awful-movie-youve-watched/682471/131 "2014-03-02T19:29:02Z")
> [@NDP](#): > > Did you see it in the theater or watch it on TV? I watched it on TV. My husband tells me I missed a lot, but while I appreciated the technological prowess that produced the effects, the story was so dull and predictable I quickly found it boring and no amount of special effects could redeem it. I actually stopped watching part of the way through. Not fair, I realize… FWIW, I’m not that into special effects, but I do understand how people consider that entire movies can be carried aloft, as it were, by technology. To give you an example of movies which I think bring story and special effects together in a magical way, Blade Runner is my top pick 🙂 I also have a special place in my heart for Terminator I and II. Gravity, OTOH, while technically very proficient and visually enrapturing, also bored me, because the story was so thin and Sandra Bullock really did nothing but yell, gasp and pant. I really didn’t care that her kid died, because the story didn’t have enough substance to make me care. ---
**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:** [March 2, 2014, 8:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/most-awful-movie-youve-watched/682471/132 "2014-03-02T20:22:31Z")
> [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#): > > My answer to this question is always _Liquid Sky_, a low-budget movie about an alien amongst punk club-hoppers in NYC in the Eighties. I saw it with friends while I was in college and felt that I couldn’t leave, although I hated it with every fiber of my being. It is really really really\* really\* bad. I thought this one rounded the bend from awful to unintentionally hilarious. ---
**Author:** ![elfkin477](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/a9a28c/32.png) [@elfkin477](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elfkin477)\ **Post date:** [March 2, 2014, 8:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/most-awful-movie-youve-watched/682471/133 "2014-03-02T20:28:30Z")
[Malevolence](http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0388230/combined). It actually made me angry for being as bad as it is. ---
**Author:** ![Face\_Intentionally\_Left\_Blank](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/face_intentionally_left_blank/32/288_2.png) [@Face\_Intentionally\_Left\_Blank](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Face_Intentionally_Left_Blank)\ **Post date:** [March 2, 2014, 8:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/most-awful-movie-youve-watched/682471/134 "2014-03-02T20:43:04Z")
> [@nevadaexile](#): > > Gales Ferry > Unfortunately, you are in the minority as far as holding this opinion. **Howard the Duck** is so bad that: > > [ol] > [li]It’s maker, George Lucas will not discuss the film in interviews.[/li][li]It’s co-star Lea Thompson will not discuss the film in interviews[/li][li]Marvel Comics barely acknowledges the film’s existence[/li][li]It hasn’t been shown on television in 10 years[/li][/ol] > > I have seen more 12k films and I have read comic books since the age of 4,including the eponymous title. This film edges out even some worst films I have ever seen ( **Drop Dead Freddy** , **At Long Last Love** , 1984’s **City Heat** ,etc) as being the worst major film ever released by Hollywood. I can certainly understand why people wouldn’t like “Howard the Duck”. I just don’t get the visceral hatred some folks have, when there are so many aggressively weird and bad movies out there. “[Eraserhead](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hV2xAAJOmVo)”, for example, has someone cutting bandages off of a weird E.T.-looking baby and it looks like they just peeled the skin off, instead of just removing bandages. Internal organs exposed, etc, and I still don’t get the point of any of it, except to confuse & disturb the viewer. “Howard the Duck”, is simply a silly movie that didn’t work. They produce movies like that every year, though not necessarily with that kind of budget. Perhaps an anthropomorphic duck doesn’t put me off as much as others. As always, _De gustibus non est disputandum_. ---
**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:** [March 2, 2014, 11:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/most-awful-movie-youve-watched/682471/135 "2014-03-02T23:08:50Z")
> [@Face\_Intentionally\_Left\_Blank](#): > > … As always, _De gustibus non est disputandum_. Speaking of anthropomorphic critters, that quote _looks_ like something Sylvester J. Pussycat would say. ---
**Author:** ![Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/7cd45c/32.png) [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elendil_s_Heir)\ **Post date:** [March 3, 2014, 1:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/most-awful-movie-youve-watched/682471/136 "2014-03-03T01:48:26Z")
> [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#): > > My answer to this question is always _Liquid Sky_, a low-budget movie about an alien amongst punk club-hoppers in NYC in the Eighties. I saw it with friends while I was in college and felt that I couldn’t leave, although I hated it with every fiber of my being. It is really really really\* really\* bad. > [@Boyo\_Jim](#): > > I thought this one rounded the bend from awful to unintentionally hilarious. Not for me. There are several movies I like for their awfulness; _Liquid Sky_ was simply a steaming pile of crap. ---
**Author:** ![Push\_You\_Down](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/push_you_down/32/9095_2.png) [@Push\_You\_Down](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Push_You_Down)\ **Post date:** [March 3, 2014, 3:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/most-awful-movie-youve-watched/682471/137 "2014-03-03T03:37:08Z")
> [@nevadaexile](#): > > [li]It hasn’t been shown on television in 10 years[/li] Do you mean “network” only? It’s in regular rotation on one of the movie channels. ---
**Author:** ![woodstockbirdybird](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/woodstockbirdybird/32/7905_2.png) [@woodstockbirdybird](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/woodstockbirdybird)\ **Post date:** [March 3, 2014, 4:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/most-awful-movie-youve-watched/682471/138 "2014-03-03T04:12:45Z")
Probably [Things](http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0183881/?ref_=fn_al_tt_3), a late-'80s no-budget “horror” film. It makes _The Room_ look like _Citizen Kane_. ---
**Author:** ![nearwildheaven](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/90db22/32.png) [@nearwildheaven](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/nearwildheaven)\ **Post date:** [March 3, 2014, 4:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/most-awful-movie-youve-watched/682471/139 "2014-03-03T04:33:11Z")
> [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#): > > My answer to this question is always _Liquid Sky_, a low-budget movie about an alien amongst punk club-hoppers in NYC in the Eighties. I saw it with friends while I was in college and felt that I couldn’t leave, although I hated it with every fiber of my being. It is really really really\* really\* bad. My brother saw it in the theater, and has a very funny story about some things that happened when he saw it. I first heard the story when the guy he saw it with died a few years ago, and that’s also when I first heard of the movie. Netflix didn’t have it at the time, but I did find a VHS copy at a secondhand store. You’re right, that movie’s bad. No coherent plot whatsoever. I suppose the movie would be somewhat “better” if you got high before watching it. ---
**Author:** ![FoieGrasIsEvil](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/foiegrasisevil/32/16638_2.png) [@FoieGrasIsEvil](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FoieGrasIsEvil)\ **Post date:** [March 3, 2014, 4:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/most-awful-movie-youve-watched/682471/140 "2014-03-03T04:45:24Z")
> [@Bellhorn](#): > > _Ash Wednesday_ (1973) A horrible film where Elizabeth Taylor goes to Switzerland to get all kinds of plastic surgery, and then comes back to the States to surprise her husband in an attempt to win back his affections. > > Just a horrible dirge of a film. Henry Fonda plays the husband. I believe, it was Elizabeth Taylor’s last starring role in a feature film, and she’s horrible and still looks like hell even after all the plastic surgery she gets in Switzerland. It’s a pity, since an actress, once considered one the most beautiful women in the world , was washed up at 40 years old. It’s also hard to imagine that Henry Fonda got so few decent movie roles after he turned 65. He basically played himself in _Midway_ and then in his swan song, _On Golden Pond_. My kids and I recently queued up _“Master Of Disguise”_ featuring Dana Carvey. I thought it would be the perfect blend of kid movie for my children and hilarity due to my fandom of Carvey for his SNL skits. It’s painfully bad and barely watchable. Kids dug it though. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/most-awful-movie-youve-watched/682471.md?page=6) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/most-awful-movie-youve-watched/682471.md?page=8)