# Movies that are so bad, they're good **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [December 4, 2005, 5:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-that-are-so-bad-theyre-good/334003 "2005-12-04T05:50:26Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 7\ **Page:** 4
**Author:** ![SuaSponte](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/67e7ee/32.png) [@SuaSponte](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SuaSponte)\ **Post date:** [December 7, 2005, 7:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-that-are-so-bad-theyre-good/334003/61 "2005-12-07T19:57:12Z")
Species. Without a doubt one of the best “it’s so bad it’s good” films of all time. Starring Ben Kingsley, Forres Whitaker, Michael Madsen, Alfred Molina, and Marg Helgenberger. An Oscar winner, an Oscar nominee, a great character actor, and two other serious/respectable actors, in a sci-fi/horror film whose main purpose/plotline is “Let’s get Natasha Henstridge naked - and killing people!!” And the best part was that this really good cast played it straight. It’s like they all got together ahead of time and said, “Listen, we all know this is a horrible film, and we’re all here just for the money. But let’s play it straight. Let’s act the hell out of this puppy like it’s Hamlet.” Favorite scene - Forest Whitaker plays an empath. He can look at a room and “feel” the emotions of the people who had been in there. Forest is taken to a train car. The alien bloodily killed a woman there three days before, and the body has just been found. The car is covered in blood, with flies buzzing around the blood and the corpse. Forest takes off his hat respectfully, looks around, and says with complete earnestness and sincerity, “Something bad happened here.” The giggles go on from there. Sua ---
**Author:** ![CandidGamera](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/candidgamera/32/2878_2.png) [@CandidGamera](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CandidGamera)\ **Post date:** [December 7, 2005, 8:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-that-are-so-bad-theyre-good/334003/62 "2005-12-07T20:05:02Z")
> [@SuaSponte](#): > > Favorite scene - Forest Whitaker plays an empath. He can look at a room and “feel” the emotions of the people who had been in there. Forest is taken to a train car. The alien bloodily killed a woman there three days before, and the body has just been found. The car is covered in blood, with flies buzzing around the blood and the corpse. Forest takes off his hat respectfully, looks around, and says with complete earnestness and sincerity, “Something bad happened here.” You had me at “Let’s get Natasha Henstridge naked.” But I _must_ see the scene you just mentioned. ---
**Author:** ![control-z](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/eada6e/32.png) [@control-z](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/control-z)\ **Post date:** [December 7, 2005, 8:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-that-are-so-bad-theyre-good/334003/63 "2005-12-07T20:40:04Z")
> [@Rubystreak](#): > > Had fun watching _House of 1,000 Corpses_, _Alien v. Predator_, and _From Dusk Til Dawn_ recently. All three sucked but were moderately entertaining, if only for mockery value. I watched _House of 1,000 Corpses_ for the first time a couple weekends ago, and I agree. It was like a train wreck, and I couldn’t stop watching to see what the HELL would happen. Now I guess I have to get _The Devil’s Rejects_. ---
**Author:** ![Kalhoun](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/3bc359/32.png) [@Kalhoun](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kalhoun)\ **Post date:** [December 7, 2005, 8:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-that-are-so-bad-theyre-good/334003/64 "2005-12-07T20:45:33Z")
> [@Waterman](#): > > _ **Planet Nine From Outer Space** _ That’s _Plan_ Nine from Outer Space. ---
**Author:** ![Kalhoun](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/3bc359/32.png) [@Kalhoun](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kalhoun)\ **Post date:** [December 7, 2005, 8:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-that-are-so-bad-theyre-good/334003/65 "2005-12-07T20:55:59Z")
Hot Rods to Hell. You haven’t lived until you’ve seen this! [http://www.thevideobeat.com/movies/hot\_rods\_to\_hell\_dvd.htm](http://www.thevideobeat.com/movies/hot_rods_to_hell_dvd.htm) ---
**Author:** ![Jeff\_Lichtman](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jeff_lichtman/32/1531_2.png) [@Jeff\_Lichtman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jeff_Lichtman)\ **Post date:** [December 7, 2005, 9:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-that-are-so-bad-theyre-good/334003/66 "2005-12-07T21:16:24Z")
> [@slaphead](#): > > You have just reminded me of [razorback](http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0087981/) - beware the GIANT PIG! But it’s not nearly as scary as the endless series of cliches and stock characters… I once saw a capsule review of this movie that read, “Arguably the greatest movie ever made about a large, man-eating hog.” ---
**Author:** ![Skywatcher](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/skywatcher/32/254_2.png) [@Skywatcher](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skywatcher)\ **Post date:** [December 7, 2005, 9:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-that-are-so-bad-theyre-good/334003/67 "2005-12-07T21:17:00Z")
> [@Kalhoun](#): > > That’s _Plan_ Nine from Outer Space. [You’re a little late](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showpost.php?p=6862095&postcount=6). 🙂 [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-that-are-so-bad-theyre-good/334003.md?page=3)