# Some movies are so bad, they are fun **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Tags:** movies\ **Created:** [January 11, 2024, 10:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/some-movies-are-so-bad-they-are-fun/995978 "2024-01-11T22:06:48Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![terentii](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/terentii/32/212_2.png) [@terentii](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/terentii)\ **Post date:** [January 12, 2024, 4:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/some-movies-are-so-bad-they-are-fun/995978/41 "2024-01-12T04:35:55Z")
_ **The Mad Butcher** _. Viennese butcher Victor Buono accidentally kills his wife after being released from a mental hospital. To cover up the crime, he turns her into sausages that he sells to the public. Nosy neighbors soon become charcuterie as well. Shown in the US under the title _ **Meat Is Meat** _, this one really is played for laughs. ---
**Author:** ![The\_Stainless\_Steel\_Rat](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/the_stainless_steel_rat/32/5727_2.png) [@The\_Stainless\_Steel\_Rat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Stainless_Steel_Rat)\ **Post date:** [January 12, 2024, 4:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/some-movies-are-so-bad-they-are-fun/995978/42 "2024-01-12T04:49:18Z")
> [@Baker](#): > > Ooo, I just remembered a good one. _Caveman_, with Ringo Starr. I actually liked it and it is obvious it did not take itself seriously. > > Loved the T Rex that got high. Was just working my way down the thread to post this; silly premise and not great acting, but still laughed a lot at it. And the T-Rex had all the best scenes… ---
**Author:** ![Baker](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/bb73d2/32.png) [@Baker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Baker)\ **Post date:** [January 12, 2024, 4:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/some-movies-are-so-bad-they-are-fun/995978/43 "2024-01-12T04:53:46Z")
What about Dennis Quaid being tracked by following his pee? ---
**Author:** ![Spoons](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/spoons/32/3141_2.png) [@Spoons](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spoons)\ **Post date:** [January 12, 2024, 5:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/some-movies-are-so-bad-they-are-fun/995978/44 "2024-01-12T05:03:54Z")
> [@terentii](#): > > _ **The Mad Butcher** _. Viennese butcher Victor Buono accidentally kills his wife after being released from a mental hospital. To cover up the crime, he turns her into sausages that he sells to the public. Nosy neighbors soon become charcuterie as well. > > Shown in the US under the title _ **Meat Is Meat** _, this one really is played for laughs. Sounds rather like **Eating Raoul**. Definitely a black comedy, starring Paul Bartel and Mary Woronov. But the same basic idea; somebody accidentally dies by their hand, and then a few more do (as I recall, their eventual weapon of choice was a cast-iron frying pan to the head), and the victims all end up as dinner. But **Eating Raoul** might be more appropriate in the “Forgotten Movies” thread, as it wasn’t bad at all. A little weird and warped, but not bad at all. No mention so far of **Blood Beach** (1981)? Some sort of monster lives under the sand of Venice and/or Santa Monica beaches, and likes to drag unsuspecting people under the sand and eat them. Had the memorable tag line of, “Just when you thought it was safe to go back in the water … now you can’t get to it.” It would make an awesome double-bill if it was paired with **Night of the Lepus.** ---
**Author:** ![DrDeth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/b487fb/32.png) [@DrDeth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DrDeth)\ **Post date:** [January 12, 2024, 5:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/some-movies-are-so-bad-they-are-fun/995978/45 "2024-01-12T05:56:03Z")
> [@BobLibDem](#): > > Sharknado was fun. At least the first one. Yes. the scene where they throw away their crowbars and stuff to get some really GOOD weapons, then realize they cant get in is priceless. I note that nearly all the film nominated are now horror films. IMHO- all modern horror films are crap. ---
**Author:** ![Two\_Many\_Cats2](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/779978/32.png) [@Two\_Many\_Cats2](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Two_Many_Cats2)\ **Post date:** [January 12, 2024, 3:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/some-movies-are-so-bad-they-are-fun/995978/46 "2024-01-12T15:54:53Z")
One fun bad movie that I never hear talked about is _Damnation Alley_. I mean, it’s got man-eating cockroaches and everything. ---
**Author:** ![SuntanLotion](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/suntanlotion/32/16165_2.png) [@SuntanLotion](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SuntanLotion)\ **Post date:** [January 12, 2024, 4:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/some-movies-are-so-bad-they-are-fun/995978/47 "2024-01-12T16:04:10Z")
Super Troopers and Super Troopers 2! ---
**Author:** ![Baker](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/bb73d2/32.png) [@Baker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Baker)\ **Post date:** [January 12, 2024, 4:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/some-movies-are-so-bad-they-are-fun/995978/48 "2024-01-12T16:11:27Z")
_This town is full of killer cockroaches!_ ---
**Author:** ![Odesio](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/odesio/32/20003_2.png) [@Odesio](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Odesio)\ **Post date:** [January 12, 2024, 4:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/some-movies-are-so-bad-they-are-fun/995978/49 "2024-01-12T16:14:47Z")
> [@Baker](#): > > What about _Cannibal Women in the Avocado Jungle of Death_? Adrienne Barbeau and Bill Maher, that’s _ **the** _ Bill Maher. I thought the young actress playing Bunny, Karen Waldron (yes I had to look that up), was cute as a button. I remember her from _Return of the Killer Tomatoes_ and the last thing I saw her in was _Space Cowboys_ with Clint Eastwood and James Garner. ---
**Author:** ![Odesio](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/odesio/32/20003_2.png) [@Odesio](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Odesio)\ **Post date:** [January 12, 2024, 4:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/some-movies-are-so-bad-they-are-fun/995978/50 "2024-01-12T16:16:34Z")
> [@griffin1977](#): > > Wait, it’s got this far without anyone mentioning Troll 2. Surely the gold standard of “so bad it’s good” horror films. So bad it’s good implies that you had fun watching the movie. There is nothing positive to say about Troll 2. It is not fun to watch. ---
**Author:** ![Baker](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/bb73d2/32.png) [@Baker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Baker)\ **Post date:** [January 12, 2024, 4:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/some-movies-are-so-bad-they-are-fun/995978/51 "2024-01-12T16:28:56Z")
Do you mean to say there was a _ **sequel** _ to Attack of the Killer Tomatoes? OMG ---
**Author:** ![Odesio](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/odesio/32/20003_2.png) [@Odesio](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Odesio)\ **Post date:** [January 12, 2024, 4:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/some-movies-are-so-bad-they-are-fun/995978/52 "2024-01-12T16:30:45Z")
There is and it stars George Clooney. It’s got a great scene about product placement in movies and you can find it on [YouTube](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ogId4kCae1A). ---
**Author:** ![DocCathode](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/doccathode/32/18773_2.png) [@DocCathode](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DocCathode)\ **Post date:** [January 12, 2024, 4:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/some-movies-are-so-bad-they-are-fun/995978/53 "2024-01-12T16:39:01Z")
There were several- and a Saturday morning cartoon series! ---
**Author:** ![wguy123](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wguy123/32/3161_2.png) [@wguy123](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/wguy123)\ **Post date:** [January 12, 2024, 4:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/some-movies-are-so-bad-they-are-fun/995978/54 "2024-01-12T16:39:58Z")
> [@SuntanLotion](#): > > Super Troopers and > Super Troopers 2! I thought the first had many hilarious parts but the 2nd was trying a bit too hard. I still laughed though. My wife thinks I quote the first too much. She doesn’t like milk/cream in her coffee, but it doesn’t stop me from asking every few months. “Who wants cream? Nobody? Ok, no cream.” ---
**Author:** ![peccavi](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/peccavi/32/388_2.png) [@peccavi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/peccavi)\ **Post date:** [January 12, 2024, 4:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/some-movies-are-so-bad-they-are-fun/995978/55 "2024-01-12T16:44:22Z")
> [@Two\_Many\_Cats2](#): > > One fun bad movie that I never hear talked about is _Damnation Alley_. I mean, it’s got man-eating cockroaches and everything. I hate this movie so much! Mostly because I read the Zelazny novel when it came out about 10 years earlier and my first thought was “This would make a great movie”. If filmed more faithfully, it would have been _Mad Max_ two years before _Mad Max_ was released. As far as bad movies that are _soo_ bad they are good, I’ll nominate **[The Pirate Movie](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Pirate_Movie)**, which took two 70’s teen stars (Kristy McNicol and Christoper Atkins) and remade Gilbert & Sullivan’s _The Pirates of Penzance_, with all new music. It’s as awful as it sounds. But the cast is so engaging and seem to be having so much fun (a lot of 4th wall breaking), that I ended up loving it. ---
**Author:** ![SuntanLotion](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/suntanlotion/32/16165_2.png) [@SuntanLotion](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SuntanLotion)\ **Post date:** [January 12, 2024, 4:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/some-movies-are-so-bad-they-are-fun/995978/56 "2024-01-12T16:50:02Z")
Happiness in your household! ---
**Author:** ![DCnDC](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dcndc/32/2842_2.png) [@DCnDC](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DCnDC)\ **Post date:** [January 12, 2024, 4:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/some-movies-are-so-bad-they-are-fun/995978/57 "2024-01-12T16:58:59Z")
> [@mbh](#): > > **Waterworld**. It’s a Mad Max movie on boats. If the studio spent too much money on it, that’s not my problem It actually did quite well at the box office. The problem was it cost 70% of what they earned back. Made today they would have used wave pools and green screen and it would be much much cheaper. Although Spielberg warned them against open water filming, they did it anyways, and of course encountered every problem **Jaws** had, but like 10x bigger. **Geostorm** was the funniest movie I’ve seen in years. Watched it on a plane and laughed my ass off. It’s not a comedy. **Joe Dirt** is not a good movie. It knows it’s not a good movie. Somehow that makes it even more endearing. ---
**Author:** ![Chronos](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chronos/32/134_2.png) [@Chronos](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chronos)\ **Post date:** [January 12, 2024, 5:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/some-movies-are-so-bad-they-are-fun/995978/58 "2024-01-12T17:38:04Z")
Caveman was a silly farcical comedy, of course, but that’s a perfectly valid thing for a comedy to be, and that’s what it was trying to be. It was a good movie that happened to be good at being silly. Add to the list: Rampage, with Dwayne Johnson. It was exactly as good as you’d expect from a movie that was based on a plotless video game about giant monsters fighting and competing to destroy a city. And everyone involved knew that, and leaned into it, and just had fun with it. ---
**Author:** ![Wolf333](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wolf333/32/3460_2.png) [@Wolf333](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wolf333)\ **Post date:** [January 12, 2024, 6:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/some-movies-are-so-bad-they-are-fun/995978/59 "2024-01-12T18:16:05Z")
_[Legion](https://www.imdb.com/title/tt1038686/)_ - demons attack a roadside diner full of strangers. Paul Bettany is the archangel Michael, come to rescue humanity’s last hope. Makes a good double feature with Priest, also starring Bettany and directed by the same guy. ---
**Author:** ![GargoyleWB](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gargoylewb/32/199_2.png) [@GargoyleWB](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GargoyleWB)\ **Post date:** [January 12, 2024, 6:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/some-movies-are-so-bad-they-are-fun/995978/60 "2024-01-12T18:26:51Z")
Pirate Movie was a favorite of mine when it came out, and being about 12yo at the time I had a massive crush on Kristy McNicol. I recently rewatched and, while the movie overall was clunky, the cast really did shine and made it fun to watch. I was surprised that, for ostensibly being marketed as a kids movie, the dialogue was packed with sexual entendres and wordplay that would probably push it into R rating today. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/some-movies-are-so-bad-they-are-fun/995978.md?page=2) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/some-movies-are-so-bad-they-are-fun/995978.md?page=4)