# The really most bad most god awful movies ever made thread. **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [April 7, 2005, 12:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-really-most-bad-most-god-awful-movies-ever-made-thread/298129 "2005-04-07T00:17:15Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 4
**Author:** ![Reeder](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/c6cbf5/32.png) [@Reeder](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Reeder)\ **Post date:** [April 8, 2005, 12:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-really-most-bad-most-god-awful-movies-ever-made-thread/298129/61 "2005-04-08T00:55:10Z")
All of these movie are well and good. But I’m striving for a lower level. No stars…no name directors. Just trash you have found on video that just not belong there. And I’m not talking your home movies either…🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Marley23](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/45deac/32.png) [@Marley23](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Marley23)\ **Post date:** [April 8, 2005, 2:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-really-most-bad-most-god-awful-movies-ever-made-thread/298129/62 "2005-04-08T02:11:49Z")
> [@Reeder](#): > > But I’m striving for a lower level. None exists. You’re correct that there’s a difference between a movie you hated and a movie that is truly god-awful. In a really wretched movie, one that’s hard to even laugh at sometimes, there’s a quality of total incompetence that makes you wonder how these people were given the equipment to make a movie in the first place, and why they thought anybody would ever want to see this finished product. I promise the movies I mentioned (and at least some of the others) meet those criteria. ---
**Author:** ![Zap\_Rowsdower](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/3da27b/32.png) [@Zap\_Rowsdower](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zap_Rowsdower)\ **Post date:** [April 8, 2005, 2:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-really-most-bad-most-god-awful-movies-ever-made-thread/298129/63 "2005-04-08T02:11:59Z")
**Axe 'Em** You can hardly hear anything anyone says. Though that might be a good thing. ---
**Author:** ![Walloon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/fbc32d/32.png) [@Walloon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Walloon)\ **Post date:** [April 8, 2005, 2:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-really-most-bad-most-god-awful-movies-ever-made-thread/298129/64 "2005-04-08T02:37:39Z")
> [@Marley23](#): > > If you were actually expecting it to _be_ an 1980s-style summer camp movie instead of a parody of 1980s-style summer camp movies, which is what **Wet Hot** was Well, I was expecting a parody of _Meatballs_-type summer movies. But sometimes parodies are good and sometimes they’re bad. _Wet Hot_ was lamely done parody, the worst movie I saw that year. ---
**Author:** ![Walloon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/fbc32d/32.png) [@Walloon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Walloon)\ **Post date:** [April 8, 2005, 2:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-really-most-bad-most-god-awful-movies-ever-made-thread/298129/65 "2005-04-08T02:47:46Z")
> [@Happy Scrappy Hero Pup](#): > > A bad movie is something like [The Terror of Tiny Town.](http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0030845/) I’ve seen this, on a big screen, no less. The novelty is a western populated entirely by little people. Once that odd proposition becomes familiar after the first reel, bordeom sets in when you realize it’s much like every other low-budget western that the poverty row studios churned out at the time. A good “bad” movie has to be entertaining, and this was just tedious. ---
**Author:** ![Loopydude](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/e56c9b/32.png) [@Loopydude](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Loopydude)\ **Post date:** [April 8, 2005, 2:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-really-most-bad-most-god-awful-movies-ever-made-thread/298129/66 "2005-04-08T02:58:15Z")
I give you: [The Ice Pirates](http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0087451/) I saw this when I was a kid and I thought it sucked even then. I don’t think I ever saw a movie try so hard to be funny while being exactly the opposite. I remember my Dad driving me home from the theater, and I was actually indignant. How could anybody make such a rotten excuse for a movie, anyway? It dawned on me even then: They’re playing on our jones for Star Wars to sell us CRAP! It’s a scam! It’s like the movie gods came up with Spaceballs to right some cosmic wrong in sci-fi spoofedom created by this movie. ---
**Author:** ![RobuSensei](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/919ad9/32.png) [@RobuSensei](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RobuSensei)\ **Post date:** [April 8, 2005, 3:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-really-most-bad-most-god-awful-movies-ever-made-thread/298129/67 "2005-04-08T03:09:53Z")
Ladies and gentlemen, I give you [The House of Usher](http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0095332/?fr=c2l0ZT1kZnxteD0yMHxsbT01MDB8dHQ9b258ZmI9dXxwbj0wfHE9ZmFsbCBvZiB0aGUgaG91c2Ugb2YgdXNoZXJ8aHRtbD0xfG5tPW9u;fc=5;ft=20;fm=1). No, not the 1960 Vincent Price House of Usher; this is the 1980’s “remake.” I can’t remember where I watched it. I can’t remember why I watched it. I wish I didn’t remember watching it. I do remember that the “twist” ending pissed me off more than any other lame ending has, before or since. ---
**Author:** ![Rick](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/9f8e36/32.png) [@Rick](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rick)\ **Post date:** [April 8, 2005, 5:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-really-most-bad-most-god-awful-movies-ever-made-thread/298129/68 "2005-04-08T05:19:26Z")
> [@medstar](#): > > Hey! Please don’t let me be the only Doper who paid good money to see silver lame’ jumpsuited, headband wearing Barry Bostwick and Michael Beck in “Megaforce”! Even at the tender age of 13 or thereabouts, I knew this was a lame movie, not worth the price of the film it was printed on. Deeds not words Nope you aren’t the only one. My contribution is The Hotel New Hampshire. No plot that I could detect. ---
**Author:** ![Marley23](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/45deac/32.png) [@Marley23](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Marley23)\ **Post date:** [April 8, 2005, 5:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-really-most-bad-most-god-awful-movies-ever-made-thread/298129/69 "2005-04-08T05:39:33Z")
> [@Loopydude](#): > > I give you: > > [The Ice Pirates](http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0087451/) I’ve seen it and you couldn’t _make_ me take it. 😉 ---
**Author:** ![Leviosaurus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/439d5e/32.png) [@Leviosaurus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Leviosaurus)\ **Post date:** [April 8, 2005, 7:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-really-most-bad-most-god-awful-movies-ever-made-thread/298129/70 "2005-04-08T07:00:09Z")
Depressing how many of these I’ve seen, and how many I’ve actually enjoyed on some level. But none hit the depths of [Leonard Part 6](http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0093405/). I’d rather watch \*Highlander II \* twice before seeing LP6 again. I don’t blame the rest of you for blocking it from your memory. Special mention: [A Life Less Ordinary](http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0119535/#comment). ---
**Author:** ![Tuckerfan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/eada6e/32.png) [@Tuckerfan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tuckerfan)\ **Post date:** [April 8, 2005, 7:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-really-most-bad-most-god-awful-movies-ever-made-thread/298129/71 "2005-04-08T07:31:16Z")
Some of the bombs I’ve seen or at least seen parts of: Monster Dog: Alice Cooper’s first, and possibly only, movie Viking Massacre: An Italian film featuring Vikings with blonde hair and dark roots Hell Comes to Toad Town: It stars Rowdy Roddy Piper. 'Nuff said. Laserblast: An incomprehensible film about a teenage kid who finds an alien weapon and uses it to, uh, I’m not sure. Hanger 18: This is where all the “Area 51 has alien bodies” stories got their start. ---
**Author:** ![Battle\_Pope](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/4bbf92/32.png) [@Battle\_Pope](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Battle_Pope)\ **Post date:** [April 8, 2005, 9:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-really-most-bad-most-god-awful-movies-ever-made-thread/298129/72 "2005-04-08T09:17:56Z")
[Zombie Lake](http://www.jabootu.com/zomlake.htm) - The kind of film that you would use in “Clockwork Orange” style aversion therapy to stop people going to the movies. [The Untold](http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0265944/) aka _Sasquatch_ - Lance Henriksen out for a paycheck. ---
**Author:** ![Daylon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/45deac/32.png) [@Daylon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Daylon)\ **Post date:** [April 8, 2005, 9:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-really-most-bad-most-god-awful-movies-ever-made-thread/298129/73 "2005-04-08T09:52:17Z")
Barring movies that were INTENDED in some regard to be “bad” (i.e. evil dead, army of darkness, attack of the killer tomatoes) My vote for an all time horrible movie is Soldier with Kurt Russel, following that are any of the Police Academy movies, and maybe The Wraith (older movie with Charlie SHeen) Just my two cents… Daylon > [@Reeder](#): > > And I ain’t kidding. > > I’m not talking major releases here. I’m talking movies you wonder how the hell they ever got released period. > > My first nomination… > > **Cornman** …That’s right Cornman. > > I just picked up this little 4 movie set called **Rural Folk**. It contains…Cornman, Dogs in Quicksand, Inbred Rednecks and Super Badass. > > The Gist of Cornman…Toxic waste in a cornfield. Cornman gets splashed and become gets the ability to communicate with corn. > > The Players… > > Butter boy…Cornmans sidekick. > > Dr Hoe…The bad guy…He has a hoe as his right hand. > > Waxy…Dr Hoe’s henchwoman…She decapitates people with her thighs. > > Cornsparagus…Dr Hoe’s monstrosity. > > Dr Hoe’s minions…these are the only smart people in the movie. They wear kerchiefs around their faces so you can’t recognize them. > > The lead actor changes in the middle. I couldn’t determine if it was a plot device or the first actor just got tired of this drivel. > > It’s actually fun to watch. > > I can’t wait for the rest of the movies! > [http://imdb.com/title/tt0295206/..It](http://imdb.com/title/tt0295206/..It) actually gets rated! > > You have any to add? ---
**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:** [April 8, 2005, 12:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-really-most-bad-most-god-awful-movies-ever-made-thread/298129/74 "2005-04-08T12:35:24Z")
I like Leonard Part 6. It’s just so surreal. And the parts of Ice Pirates I’ve seen, I liked. I swear to you, people, it’s Da Hip Hop Witch. Go. Watch. It is a Blair-Witch Ripoff, about a witch who apparently hunts Hip-Hop stars - giving the filmmaker an excuse to film cameos with a number of names - wrapped with the flimsiest and hokiest excuse for a plot, ever. ---
**Author:** ![Eolbo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/d07c76/32.png) [@Eolbo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Eolbo)\ **Post date:** [April 8, 2005, 1:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-really-most-bad-most-god-awful-movies-ever-made-thread/298129/75 "2005-04-08T13:18:31Z")
Well my eyes bled while watching Mimic and I prayed for death during Highlander II but for a couple of years now I have thought the very, very, very worst film of all time, a film so utterly foul and wretched that all involved should be spanked, made to apologise and then hung from lampposts as an example to other film-makers is none other then the remake of [Rollerball](http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0246894/). But entirely unexpectedly a worthy contender for such infamy came to my attention and tortured my aching eyes. Truly this ‘movie’ plumbs the very depths and redefines the meaning of ghastliness. I refer to none other then [Megiddo: The Omega Code 2](http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0263728/). Jesus wept! ---
**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:** [April 8, 2005, 1:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-really-most-bad-most-god-awful-movies-ever-made-thread/298129/76 "2005-04-08T13:36:17Z")
I don’t think most of these films can compete with ones like my suggestion, **Tales from the Past**. Most of the flicks on this thread have good production values – they’re technically well-made, despite the awful writing and performances. A lot of them were actually shown in big theaters, and had advertising, and all. But TFTP fails on _all_ counts – not only are the writing, acting, and directing incredibly awful (_really_ awful, not “I think it could be done better” awful), but the film looks dark and muddy, the colors badly muted, the sound quality terrible. I’ve shown **Megaforce** and **Ice Pirates** and even **Plan 9 from Outer Space** at my annual Bad Film Festivasls, because they’re _entertainingly_ bad. But TFTP is just painful to watch. Along these lines, consider **The Prehistoric Sound** : [http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0058601/](http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0058601/) The premise is that a bunch of folks open up a cave and release an imprisoned dionosaur. But they didn’t have much of a budget, so the dinosaur is _invisible_!! This film features the worst invisibility effects you’ve ever seen. Or **The Unknown Terror** , in which a mad scientist creates a fungus that runs rampant in caves in a jungle. The fungus is played by soap bubbles, and looks kinda fun, in fact. As if hey invented the bubble rave a couple of decades too early. [http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0051137/](http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0051137/) Or Larry Buchanan’s _really_ awful _remakes_ of movies that were grade Z to begin with. The remakes have even lower technical qualities than the originals: **Creature of Destruction** [http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0061529/](http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0061529/) (remake of **The She Creature** ) **Invasion of the Eye Creatures** (as seen on MST3K) [http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0059161/](http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0059161/) (remake of the not-too-bad **Invasion of the Saucer Men** ) **Zontar, the Thing from Venus** [http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0061217/](http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0061217/) (Remake of \*\*It Conquered the World, although with a cooler title). ---
**Author:** ![BMalion](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/e274bd/32.png) [@BMalion](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BMalion)\ **Post date:** [April 8, 2005, 1:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-really-most-bad-most-god-awful-movies-ever-made-thread/298129/77 "2005-04-08T13:36:21Z")
I’ve got to point out, with all due respect **Reeder** , that any one of us could max out our credit cards and make drek like **Cornman** or **Manos, the Hands of Fate** , but it takes a special skill to assemble millions of dollars and a very popular movie star like Kevin Costner and make _both_ **Waterworld** and then **The Postman**. Now that guy deserves his own special oscar, one that’s been smashed up with a hammer and covered in tar and feathers. ---
**Author:** ![SnakesCatLady](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/4af34b/32.png) [@SnakesCatLady](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SnakesCatLady)\ **Post date:** [April 8, 2005, 1:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-really-most-bad-most-god-awful-movies-ever-made-thread/298129/78 "2005-04-08T13:56:06Z")
“Kiss of the Tarantula.” Filmed in Columbus, GA - Mr SCL was in it - he’s a great guy but this movie is sooooooooo bad he will hardly admit to it. The local film society had a screening of it a few years ago and he refused to attend. I really don’t blame him - we all do things when were are young that we regret later! ---
**Author:** ![Hey\_It\_s\_That\_Guy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/6f9a4e/32.png) [@Hey\_It\_s\_That\_Guy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hey_It_s_That_Guy)\ **Post date:** [April 8, 2005, 1:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-really-most-bad-most-god-awful-movies-ever-made-thread/298129/79 "2005-04-08T13:56:50Z")
> [@Tuckerfan](#): > > Hell Comes to Toad Town: It stars Rowdy Roddy Piper. 'Nuff said. _Hell Comes to Frogtown_, actually. And Rowdy Roddy Piper starred in one really good B-movie, John Carpenter’s _They Live_, which might feature the best fight scene of all time. My votes for worst movies are _Pink Flamingos_ and _The Doom Generation_. Nothing cool, funny, or redeeming about either of them. ---
**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:** [April 8, 2005, 2:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-really-most-bad-most-god-awful-movies-ever-made-thread/298129/80 "2005-04-08T14:28:06Z")
Or how about **The Astounding She-Monster**? Noty only does it have one of the worst titles ever, it has really bad black and white film quality to add to the terrible plot and acting > **[The Astounding She-Monster (1957) - IMDb](https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0050143/)** > > The Astounding She-Monster: Directed by Ronald V. Ashcroft. With Robert Clarke, Kenne Duncan, Marilyn Harvey, Jeanne Tatum. A gang of crooks has kidnapped a rich heiress come up against a beautiful, but lethal alien who has crash-landed her spaceship... When the star ripped her costume, they had neither the time nor money to repair it. So sometimes she walked away backwards to hide the fact. “Animala” from **The Lost Skeleton of Cadavra** was pretty obviously based on Shirley Kilpatrick’s “She-Monster”, only in that case the poor acting and film quality were obviously done on purpose. Cool poster for TASM, though. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-really-most-bad-most-god-awful-movies-ever-made-thread/298129.md?page=3) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-really-most-bad-most-god-awful-movies-ever-made-thread/298129.md?page=5)