# Stupidest Movie titles **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [July 24, 2003, 12:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupidest-movie-titles/190591 "2003-07-24T12:30:30Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Rube\_E.Tewesday](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/f0a364/32.png) [@Rube\_E.Tewesday](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rube_E.Tewesday)\ **Post date:** [July 24, 2003, 7:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupidest-movie-titles/190591/22 "2003-07-24T19:11:45Z")
**Bakhesh** , I probably came off snarky when I didn’t mean too. Your example of a stupid title just seemed funny to me. Like **CalMeacham** , I’m old enough to remember when references to Seabiscuit were still common in popular culture on this side of the Atlantic, and there was recently a popular book of the same name on which the movie is based. Maybe no title is really stupid if you just know where people are coming from. ---
**Author:** ![Munch](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/munch/32/5281_2.png) [@Munch](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Munch)\ **Post date:** [July 24, 2003, 7:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupidest-movie-titles/190591/23 "2003-07-24T19:20:08Z")
I’m sorry, the correct answer is **Ballistic: Ecks v. Sever**. ---
**Author:** ![PoorYorick](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/ecccb3/32.png) [@PoorYorick](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PoorYorick)\ **Post date:** [July 24, 2003, 7:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupidest-movie-titles/190591/24 "2003-07-24T19:24:25Z")
Three nominations: \*\*Oh Dad, Poor Dad, Mamma’s Hung You in the Closet and I’m Feelin’ So Sad [/b} **I am Curious (Yellow)** **The Hudsucker Proxy** ---
**Author:** ![PoorYorick](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/ecccb3/32.png) [@PoorYorick](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PoorYorick)\ **Post date:** [July 24, 2003, 7:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupidest-movie-titles/190591/25 "2003-07-24T19:26:21Z")
Yeah, it’s the “[b}” part of the title that makes it so dumb. :smack: ---
**Author:** ![Mr.Blue\_Sky](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/d26b3c/32.png) [@Mr.Blue\_Sky](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mr.Blue_Sky)\ **Post date:** [July 24, 2003, 9:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupidest-movie-titles/190591/26 "2003-07-24T21:35:34Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Mullinator \* > \*\*Breakin’ 2: Electric Boogaloo if only for introducing the word Boogaloo into the everyday lexicon. \*\* It should be written into law that EVERY movie that has at least one sequel should be subtitled “:Electric Boogaloo” ---
**Author:** ![Marley23](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/45deac/32.png) [@Marley23](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Marley23)\ **Post date:** [July 24, 2003, 10:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupidest-movie-titles/190591/27 "2003-07-24T22:08:59Z")
> [@](#): > > Roger Ebert has said that … “I Still Know What You Did Last Summer,” which was released a year after the first movie should have been “I Know What You Did the Summer Before Last” Thank goodness somebody else noticed this. Not that I would’ve seen the thing anyway, but it was pretty damn stupid. The title is too long in any case. ---
**Author:** ![Rabid\_Squirrel](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/e0b2c6/32.png) [@Rabid\_Squirrel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rabid_Squirrel)\ **Post date:** [July 24, 2003, 10:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupidest-movie-titles/190591/28 "2003-07-24T22:20:51Z")
**Darkman III: Die Darkman Die** A bit of a running joke in my flat. ---
**Author:** ![TeaRoses](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/c37758/32.png) [@TeaRoses](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TeaRoses)\ **Post date:** [July 24, 2003, 10:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupidest-movie-titles/190591/29 "2003-07-24T22:37:06Z")
I vote for From Justin to Kelly. I mean, here I was thinking it was a transgender thing. And one of the Pokemon graphic novels was called Pikachu: Electric Boogaloo. Not that anyone wanted to know. ---
**Author:** ![Dewey\_Cheatem\_Undhow](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/13edae/32.png) [@Dewey\_Cheatem\_Undhow](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dewey_Cheatem_Undhow)\ **Post date:** [July 24, 2003, 10:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupidest-movie-titles/190591/30 "2003-07-24T22:40:20Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Munch \* > \*\*I’m sorry, the correct answer is **Ballistic: Ecks v. Sever**. \*\* Seconded. I caught the end of this last night on cable. I want that half-hour of my life back. I remember seeing the posters when the film first came out. Who the fuck is Ecks? And why do I care that he/she is fighting Sever? And who’s Sever again? I would understand if this was based on a comic book or novel or earlier films (ala _Freddy vs. Jason_ or _Alien vs. Predator_), but as far as I can tell the film was the debut for those characters. Stupidest. Title. Ever. ---
**Author:** ![Murcielago](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/da6949/32.png) [@Murcielago](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Murcielago)\ **Post date:** [July 24, 2003, 11:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupidest-movie-titles/190591/31 "2003-07-24T23:14:56Z")
There are worse ones, but one that always struck me as I walked through the video store was _Leonard, Part 6_. Add to that an insipid image of a mugging Bill Cosby on the box, pure marketing genius. ---
**Author:** ![Marley23](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/45deac/32.png) [@Marley23](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Marley23)\ **Post date:** [July 24, 2003, 11:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupidest-movie-titles/190591/32 "2003-07-24T23:18:29Z")
> [@](#): > > **Darkman III: Die Darkman Die** A running joke for some of my friends as well. Ditto for **Breakin’ 2: Electric Bugaloo** , which is a gag for pals and also for almost everyone at B-Fest (if anyone else knows what that is). ---
**Author:** ![kasuo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/8c91f0/32.png) [@kasuo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kasuo)\ **Post date:** [July 24, 2003, 11:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupidest-movie-titles/190591/33 "2003-07-24T23:29:51Z")
**Manos: the Hands of Fate** - c’mon… it’s like saying “Brasos: the arms of stuff.” ---
**Author:** ![SolGrundy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/bbce88/32.png) [@SolGrundy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SolGrundy)\ **Post date:** [July 24, 2003, 11:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupidest-movie-titles/190591/34 "2003-07-24T23:55:02Z")
[Mother, May I Sleep With Danger?](http://us.imdb.com/Title?0117092) ---
**Author:** ![Dr.Rieux](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/aeb1de/32.png) [@Dr.Rieux](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dr.Rieux)\ **Post date:** [July 25, 2003, 12:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupidest-movie-titles/190591/35 "2003-07-25T00:00:31Z")
**Chu-Chu and the Philly Flash** ---
**Author:** ![Marley23](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/45deac/32.png) [@Marley23](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Marley23)\ **Post date:** [July 25, 2003, 12:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupidest-movie-titles/190591/36 "2003-07-25T00:11:51Z")
[Smiling Fish and Goat on Fire](http://us.imdb.com/Title?0162348). They’re supposed to be nicknames of the protagonists, but those are NOT believable in the slightest if you ask me. ---
**Author:** ![SnugTheJoiner](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/e8c25b/32.png) [@SnugTheJoiner](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SnugTheJoiner)\ **Post date:** [July 25, 2003, 1:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupidest-movie-titles/190591/37 "2003-07-25T01:38:51Z")
THE SHAWSHANK REDEMPTION may be a wonderful movie, but the title is pure guano. FASTER, PUSSYCAT! KILL! KILL! KRAKATOA, EAST OF JAVA. Euphonious, but incorrect. Krakatoa was WEST of Java. Granted, it’s a little hard to find on a map these days, but \* still. \* ABBOTT AND COSTELLO GO TO MARS, in which they go to Venus. CAN HIERONYMUS MERKIN EVER FORGET MERCY HUMPPE AND FIND TRUE HAPPINESS? A wild ‘n’ groovy 60’s sex romp directed by and starring Anthony Newley. Joan Collins plays Miss Polyester Poontang. Ed Wood made several films that were better than this one. I am serious. And a little known made-for-TV travesty: THE MYSTERIOUS ISLAND OF BEAUTIFUL WOMEN. Good GOD, what an infantile, awful title. It’s about a planeful of Catholic schoolgirls that crashes on a desert island, and when men discover the island years later, the girls have all grown up into luscious bikini-clad bimbos that still have the minds and understanding of children. The young women have names like Chocolate and Bambi. Ick, ick; ICK! And no, it’s not a spoof. It’s supposed to be a drama! ---
**Author:** ![Marley23](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/45deac/32.png) [@Marley23](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Marley23)\ **Post date:** [July 25, 2003, 1:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupidest-movie-titles/190591/38 "2003-07-25T01:41:01Z")
> [@](#): > > CAN HIERONYMUS MERKIN EVER FORGET MERCY HUMPPE AND FIND TRUE HAPPINESS? A wild ‘n’ groovy 60’s sex romp directed by and starring Anthony Newley. Joan Collins plays Miss Polyester Poontang. Ed Wood made several films that were better than this one. I am serious. There is not a word in this that is false, except for “directed” and “starring.” And also, I’d suggested that all of Ed Wood’s movie were probably better than this. I’m surprised I didn’t remember to suggest this one myself. Brain was probably trying to bury the trauma of seeing it. ---
**Author:** ![bibliophile](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/e36b37/32.png) [@bibliophile](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bibliophile)\ **Post date:** [July 25, 2003, 1:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupidest-movie-titles/190591/39 "2003-07-25T01:48:57Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Lisa-go-Blind \* > \*\*I mentioned it in another thread, but **Trois 2** has to be an insanely dumb title, if you take it literally (and I always take things literally). \*\* On a related note, the same thing bugs me about Final Destination 2. Shouldn’t Final Destination [1] have been the end of the road? I once saw a god-awful horror movie named “Stuff Stephanie in the Incinerator.” ---
**Author:** ![Marley23](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/45deac/32.png) [@Marley23](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Marley23)\ **Post date:** [July 25, 2003, 1:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupidest-movie-titles/190591/40 "2003-07-25T01:51:36Z")
> [@](#): > > On a related note, the same thing bugs me about Final Destination 2. Shouldn’t Final Destination [1] have been the end of the road? This is true logically (FINAL is FINAL, dammit!) and also because _Final Destination_ really, really sucked. ---
**Author:** ![Max\_Torque](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/e9bcb4/32.png) [@Max\_Torque](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Max_Torque)\ **Post date:** [July 25, 2003, 2:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupidest-movie-titles/190591/41 "2003-07-25T02:22:45Z")
Well, **Final Destination 2** is no different in that respect from **The Neverending Story 2**. I mean, if the first one never ended… My addition: **Children Shouldn’t Play With Dead Things**. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupidest-movie-titles/190591.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupidest-movie-titles/190591.md?page=3)