Epilogue: This movie was supposed to be a pilot for a series of sorts; SNL was originally slated to air 3 times a month, and THIS would air on the 4th Saturday. When NBC saw the completed product, they nixed it, and it mostly played on the midnight movie circuit. It reminded me a lot of “The Kentucky Fried Movie” and “Elephant Parts”.
I would say that “The Human Centipede” is a strong contender for worst ever and I am really surprised it has not already been nominated. It is the sort of movie that leaves you truly embarrassed that no one put a gun to your head and MADE you watch it.
Star Trek V, directed by William Shatner. So bad, many trekkies refuse to admit it exists.
Highlander II — the first Highlander was so utterly cool, but the makers of the second movie decided to retroactively define the immortals as space aliens and have them ride flying disks and shoot laser weapons. Also one of which fans refuse to acknowledge its existence.
As for Eraserhead, I saw it in college and embraced the weirdness. I viewed it as an experiment on audience reaction, something directors love to do sometimes. I think Lynch’s purpose was to get under the viewer’s skin with various degrees of discomfort. For example, a scene where Henry gets in an elevator, presses the button that buzzes, then waits five minutes for the doors to finally close. That scene is “familiar” discomfort, of which everybody in the audience can relate.
Then, later scenes bombast the audience with progressive levels of wretchedness, such as the scene where Henry is invited by his gf’s father to carve the game hens the mother serves for dinner. The film is in black & white, so you can’t really see the degree the hens had been baked, but they look raw. When Henry pokes the first hen with the carving fork, its legs start kicking and wobbling and oil pools out of its anus. Maybe not so typical of a dinner disaster, but it gets the audience in the proper frame of mind for the spermatozoan baby’s appearance later.
OK, so maybe the above doesn’t exactly encourage anybody to see the film…
Scanner cop, Scanners 4? 3 maybe?
its in the so bad its watchable because it sucks category
Dude, you watched the whole thing?! I don’t…I can’t even…you are amazing. I think I made it ten minutes.
I’m pretty sure I’ll go to my grave thinking A History of Violence is the worst movie ever made.
Chuck and Buck.
What do I win?
The worst part is, I picked it up at random “oh it’s a comedy, lets rent it!”. There was not one thing in the movie that even made me smile. My ex and I watched it with open mouths and horror-filled eyes.
Are you talking about the David Cronenberg movie A History of Violence? The movie starring Viggo Mortensen, Maria Bello, Ed Harris and William Hurt which is at 87% on Rotten Tomatoes? How is this in any way “the worst movie ever made”?
I thought it was very good and definitely one of Cronenberg’s better films.
BIG second! There ain’t enough alcohol in the known universe to make this watchable. Even the MST3K guys JUST BARELY make it viewable.
That’s the one. A lot of people seem to really like it, it’s true. I am not among them. I feel like I watched a completely different movie than those people. I even have a thing for Maria Bello, and I generally dig Viggo Mortensen, Ed Harris, and violence.
I didn’t find a single character convincing, not one (with the son being the absolute worst), and the graphic violence was completely absurd and unnecessary. The whole thing just felt like it was trying way too hard.