# Movies so bad ,they became cult . **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [November 4, 2009, 9:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-so-bad-they-became-cult/516267 "2009-11-04T09:39:31Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Indian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/c0e974/32.png) [@Indian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Indian)\ **Post date:** [November 4, 2009, 9:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-so-bad-they-became-cult/516267/1 "2009-11-04T09:39:31Z")
Based on Ed Wood thread started by me . What movies , do you think ,will fit into the "so bad, hence cult " category ? ---
**Author:** ![Nobody](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/94ad74/32.png) [@Nobody](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nobody)\ **Post date:** [November 4, 2009, 9:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-so-bad-they-became-cult/516267/2 "2009-11-04T09:44:30Z")
**Killer Klowns from Outer Space** I love that movie. ---
**Author:** ![Hrududu](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/3ec8ea/32.png) [@Hrududu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hrududu)\ **Post date:** [November 4, 2009, 9:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-so-bad-they-became-cult/516267/3 "2009-11-04T09:50:09Z")
The Room ---
**Author:** ![Omniscient](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/omniscient/32/3290_2.png) [@Omniscient](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Omniscient)\ **Post date:** [November 4, 2009, 10:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-so-bad-they-became-cult/516267/4 "2009-11-04T10:20:55Z")
Word, punctuation then space. ---
**Author:** ![Indian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/c0e974/32.png) [@Indian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Indian)\ **Post date:** [November 4, 2009, 10:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-so-bad-they-became-cult/516267/5 "2009-11-04T10:37:19Z")
> [@Omniscient](#): > > Word, punctuation then space. šŸ˜• ---
**Author:** ![Omniscient](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/omniscient/32/3290_2.png) [@Omniscient](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Omniscient)\ **Post date:** [November 4, 2009, 10:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-so-bad-they-became-cult/516267/6 "2009-11-04T10:41:57Z")
* * * **Movies so bad, they became cult.** Based on Ed Wood thread started by me. What movies, do you think, will fit into the ā€œso bad, hence cultā€ category? * * * There, fixed it for ya. ---
**Author:** ![Indian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/c0e974/32.png) [@Indian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Indian)\ **Post date:** [November 4, 2009, 10:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-so-bad-they-became-cult/516267/7 "2009-11-04T10:44:32Z")
> [@Omniscient](#): > > * * * > > **Movies so bad, they became cult.** > > Based on Ed Wood thread started by me. > > What movies, do you think, will fit into the ā€œso bad, hence cultā€ category? > > * * * > > There, fixed it for ya. šŸ˜ƒ Thank you ! ---
**Author:** ![CalMeacham](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/calmeacham/32/35_2.png) [@CalMeacham](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CalMeacham)\ **Post date:** [November 4, 2009, 1:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-so-bad-they-became-cult/516267/8 "2009-11-04T13:41:11Z")
I have a Bad Film Festival every year, and show some of these. You may disagree about whether these are Bad, or Cult, but some of thatā€™s in the Eye of the Beholder \*\*Plan Nine from Outer Space Bride of the Monster Robot Monster Killers from Space The Forbidden Zone The Adventures of Buckaroo Banzai Doc Savage Night of the Lepus Lizstomania\*\* ---
**Author:** ![Airman\_Doors\_USAF](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/e36b37/32.png) [@Airman\_Doors\_USAF](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Airman_Doors_USAF)\ **Post date:** [November 4, 2009, 1:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-so-bad-they-became-cult/516267/9 "2009-11-04T13:44:04Z")
\*Hackers Rocky Horror Empire Records\* ---
**Author:** ![spoike](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/da6949/32.png) [@spoike](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/spoike)\ **Post date:** [November 4, 2009, 1:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-so-bad-they-became-cult/516267/10 "2009-11-04T13:48:37Z")
**Evil Dead** **Evil Dead 2: Dead by Dawn** Thereā€™s even a musical ([**Evil Dead: The Musical**](http://www.evildeadthemusical.com/)) based on these two movies, and itā€™s just as campy and silly as the source material. In other words, itā€™s the greatest musical ever made (thereā€™s even a blood splash zone). ---
**Author:** ![jali](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/ecae2f/32.png) [@jali](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jali)\ **Post date:** [November 4, 2009, 1:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-so-bad-they-became-cult/516267/11 "2009-11-04T13:51:16Z")
**Attack of the Killer Tomatoes**. ---
**Author:** ![Freudian\_Slit](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/5daacb/32.png) [@Freudian\_Slit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Freudian_Slit)\ **Post date:** [November 4, 2009, 1:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-so-bad-they-became-cult/516267/12 "2009-11-04T13:52:17Z")
> [@indian](#): > > šŸ˜• ā€œMovies so bad, they become cult.ā€ ---
**Author:** ![robby](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/robby/32/11048_2.png) [@robby](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/robby)\ **Post date:** [November 4, 2009, 2:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-so-bad-they-became-cult/516267/13 "2009-11-04T14:13:46Z")
[**Better Off Dead**](http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0088794/) ā€“ Back in college, we used to say that this this movie starring John Cusack was the ā€œbest piece of art ever produced by Western civilizationā€ (tongue in cheek, of course). > [@spoike](#): > > **Evil Dead** > > **Evil Dead 2: Dead by Dawn** What about [**Army of Darkness**](http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0106308/)?! ---
**Author:** ![spoike](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/da6949/32.png) [@spoike](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/spoike)\ **Post date:** [November 4, 2009, 2:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-so-bad-they-became-cult/516267/14 "2009-11-04T14:38:09Z")
> [@robby](#): > > ā€¦What about [**Army of Darkness**](http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0106308/)?! Aw, man, youā€™re right. I meant to add it, but got distracted and forgot. How could I forget the wonder that is Evil Ash? ---
**Author:** ![ColonelDax](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/71e660/32.png) [@ColonelDax](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ColonelDax)\ **Post date:** [November 4, 2009, 2:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-so-bad-they-became-cult/516267/15 "2009-11-04T14:40:24Z")
Fourteen posts about bad cult movies and no one has mentioned [The Party Animal](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Party_Animal)? Then again, it is redeemed somewhat by the awesome scene where two workers in a sex store use dildos as props to talk about missile treaties. ---
**Author:** ![Freudian\_Slit](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/5daacb/32.png) [@Freudian\_Slit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Freudian_Slit)\ **Post date:** [November 4, 2009, 2:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-so-bad-they-became-cult/516267/16 "2009-11-04T14:41:01Z")
I kind of feel this way about Hide and Seek, the horrid DeNiro/Dakota Fanning movie from '05. I saw it with my boyfriend at the time and we would often quote the movie afterwards and giggle. After Iā€™d watch it on HBO if it was on and kind of chortle because it was just so lame but in an entertaining way. I doubt itā€™ll become the next Manos, but I enjoyed it. Empire Records was so bad it was good?! it wasā€¦okay, it wasnā€™t exactly good. Still, my love of Empire Records is more about liking it because it was cute and less loving to hate on it. ---
**Author:** ![pan1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/e495f1/32.png) [@pan1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pan1)\ **Post date:** [November 4, 2009, 2:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-so-bad-they-became-cult/516267/17 "2009-11-04T14:50:06Z")
I actually consider Empire Records to be a bonafide good movie. For Bad Movie, Iā€™ll add: Perils of Gwendoline in the land of Yak Yak. and Ice Pirates ---
**Author:** ![Malleus\_Incus\_Stapes](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/malleus_incus_stapes/32/3293_2.png) [@Malleus\_Incus\_Stapes](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Malleus_Incus_Stapes)\ **Post date:** [November 4, 2009, 3:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-so-bad-they-became-cult/516267/18 "2009-11-04T15:27:44Z")
**Manos: Hands of Fate** ---
**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:** [November 4, 2009, 3:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-so-bad-they-became-cult/516267/19 "2009-11-04T15:46:34Z")
Can I really be the first to suggest _The Rocky Horror Picture Show_? ---
**Author:** ![MadTheSwine](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/9fc29f/32.png) [@MadTheSwine](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MadTheSwine)\ **Post date:** [November 4, 2009, 3:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-so-bad-they-became-cult/516267/20 "2009-11-04T15:52:54Z")
> [@Airman\_Doors\_USAF](#): > > \*Hackers > > Rocky Horror > > Empire Records\* > [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#): > > Can I really be the first to suggest _The Rocky Horror Picture Show_? No, but second aint bad. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-so-bad-they-became-cult/516267.md?page=2)