# The Ultimate Bad Film Festival **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [July 12, 2016, 11:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-ultimate-bad-film-festival/759761 "2016-07-12T23:37:07Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![mbh](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/a6a055/32.png) [@mbh](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mbh)\ **Post date:** [July 13, 2016, 3:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-ultimate-bad-film-festival/759761/41 "2016-07-13T15:24:27Z")
_Heavenly Bodies_. Two hours of aerobic dancing. Even the sex scenes were boring. (And I was a hormone-crazed teenager when I made that assessment.) _Starcrash II_. Manages to be even worse than the original _Starcrash_. _A_P_E: Attack of the Giant Horny Gorilla_. South Korean attempt to cash in on the success of the 1976 remake of _King Kong_. _Lionman_. Sort of like Tarzan, except the hero is an Ottoman prince who was raised by lions. Made in Turkey. [![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/q9fuSklYrTM/maxresdefault.jpg "Brandon's Cult Movie Reviews: LIONMAN") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q9fuSklYrTM) ---
**Author:** ![Amateur\_Barbarian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/59ef9b/32.png) [@Amateur\_Barbarian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Amateur_Barbarian)\ **Post date:** [July 13, 2016, 3:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-ultimate-bad-film-festival/759761/42 "2016-07-13T15:29:50Z")
> [@mbh](#): > > _Heavenly Bodies_. Two hours of aerobic dancing. Even the sex scenes were boring. (And I was a hormone-crazed teenager when I made that assessment.)[URL=“[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q9fuSklYrTM](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q9fuSklYrTM)”] Reminds me of a porn film I watched at about the same age in which the action was so boring, the camera wandered over to give long, loving shots of the customized superbike there in the “garage” with the actors. ---
**Author:** ![Malthus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/85f322/32.png) [@Malthus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Malthus)\ **Post date:** [July 13, 2016, 3:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-ultimate-bad-film-festival/759761/43 "2016-07-13T15:30:35Z")
So bad it’s bad eh? How about “Night of the Leapus” - a horror movie about … killer rabbits? Not at all funny, played totally straight, and just plain bad. > **[Night of the Lepus (1972) - IMDb](https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0069005/)** > > Night of the Lepus: Directed by William F. Claxton. With Stuart Whitman, Janet Leigh, Rory Calhoun, DeForest Kelley. Giant mutant rabbits terrorize the south-west. Or how about the infamous all-little-person singing western, “The Terror of Tiny Town” ? Not in the least funny, or at least not “ha ha” funny, it is just bad. After two minutes you ‘get’ the idea (everyone is small!), and you realize you are watching a standard singing Western featuring little actors who cannot act or sing. > **[The Terror of Tiny Town (1938) - IMDb](https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0030845/)** > > The Terror of Tiny Town: Directed by Sam Newfield. With Billy Curtis, Yvonne Moray, 'Little Billy' Rhodes, Billy Platt. An evil gunslinging midget comes to terrorize the good little people of Tiny Town. The townspeople organize to defeat him, and... ---
**Author:** ![Accidental\_Martyr](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ce7236/32.png) [@Accidental\_Martyr](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Accidental_Martyr)\ **Post date:** [July 13, 2016, 3:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-ultimate-bad-film-festival/759761/44 "2016-07-13T15:51:27Z")
> [@Malthus](#): > > So bad it’s bad eh? > > How about “Night of the Leapus” - a horror movie about … killer rabbits? Not at all funny, played totally straight, and just plain bad. > > [Night of the Lepus (1972) - IMDb](http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0069005/) _Night of the Lepus_ is a good choice. Featuring a post _Star Trek_ DeForest Kelley. _Eraserhead_ doesn’t belong on this list. ---
**Author:** ![Catamount](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/catamount/32/2840_2.png) [@Catamount](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Catamount)\ **Post date:** [July 13, 2016, 3:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-ultimate-bad-film-festival/759761/45 "2016-07-13T15:51:52Z")
I was part of a bad movie viewing group in grad school. Some of our favorites were: **Rudy Ray Moore’s Greatest Hits** : [Dolemite](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dolemite) & [The Human Tornado](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Human_Tornado) **The Collected Works of Rowdy Roddy Piper** : [They Live](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/They_Live) & [Hell Comes to Frogtown](http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0093171/) **The Greatest Film Ever to Come Out of New Zealand** : [Black Sheep](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Black_Sheep_(2006_film)) ---
**Author:** ![Gatopescado](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gatopescado/32/5711_2.png) [@Gatopescado](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gatopescado)\ **Post date:** [July 13, 2016, 4:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-ultimate-bad-film-festival/759761/46 "2016-07-13T16:24:27Z")
_The Wizard of Gore_ Try this: turn it into a drinking game. Everybody does a shot when you see an egregious editing mistake. Last one standing “wins”. ---
**Author:** ![Czarcasm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/czarcasm/32/4050_2.png) [@Czarcasm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Czarcasm)\ **Post date:** [July 13, 2016, 4:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-ultimate-bad-film-festival/759761/47 "2016-07-13T16:34:19Z")
[del]Brad Majors[/del]Barry Bostwick in [_Megaforce_](http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0084316/), the ultimate Hal Needham special effects abomination. Check out [the trailer.](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=krJSnGtianM) ---
**Author:** ![Snowboarder\_Bo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/snowboarder_bo/32/229_2.png) [@Snowboarder\_Bo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Snowboarder_Bo)\ **Post date:** [July 13, 2016, 4:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-ultimate-bad-film-festival/759761/48 "2016-07-13T16:40:29Z")
> [@Catamount](#): > > I was part of a bad movie viewing group in grad school. Some of our favorites were: > > **Rudy Ray Moore’s Greatest Hits** : [Dolemite](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dolemite) & [The Human Tornado](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Human_Tornado) > > **The Collected Works of Rowdy Roddy Piper** : [They Live](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/They_Live) & [Hell Comes to Frogtown](http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0093171/) > > **The Greatest Film Ever to Come Out of New Zealand** : [Black Sheep](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Black_Sheep_(2006_film)) I’ll give you _The Human Tornado_ for it’s poor production values and I’ll agree that _Hell Comes To Frogtown_ is a self-consciously “B” movie that lacks sufficient charm to overcome budgetary decisions, but all the rest of what you listed are good (or at least decent enough) movies. _They Live_ is a classic that, like so many of John Carpenter’s flicks, successfully straddles the line between auteur-with-a-vision and amateur-with-no-budget. It as a bunch of great visual effects, a solid and unique story, great performances and two utterly classic bits of cinema: [the best fight scene ever](https://youtu.be/c9rrgJXfLns?t=8s) and the immortal line [“I have come here to chew bubblegum and kick ass… and I’m all out of bubblegum.”](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gDKdHuyQpHY) _Dolomite_ is Dolomite. 'Nuff said. And although _Black Sheep_ went on a bit too long, it’s a decent flick that knows it’s premise is silly but runs with it anyway, much like _Attack of the Killer Tomatoes!_ did nearly 30 years before. ---
**Author:** ![El\_Kabong](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/el_kabong/32/496_2.png) [@El\_Kabong](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/El_Kabong)\ **Post date:** [July 13, 2016, 4:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-ultimate-bad-film-festival/759761/49 "2016-07-13T16:42:33Z")
[_Leonard Part 6_](http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0093405/?ref_=nv_sr_1). _drops mic_ ---
**Author:** ![Amateur\_Barbarian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/59ef9b/32.png) [@Amateur\_Barbarian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Amateur_Barbarian)\ **Post date:** [July 13, 2016, 4:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-ultimate-bad-film-festival/759761/50 "2016-07-13T16:48:53Z")
Then there’s _The Incredible Bulk_… ---
**Author:** ![TriPolar](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tripolar/32/3008_2.png) [@TriPolar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TriPolar)\ **Post date:** [July 13, 2016, 5:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-ultimate-bad-film-festival/759761/51 "2016-07-13T17:01:23Z")
I’m impressed. There are a lot of awful movies listed here. Some of them are downright terrible, the kind of stuff used in extreme psychological torture. These movies suck, keep up the good work. ---
**Author:** ![Ranchoth](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ranchoth/32/1066_2.png) [@Ranchoth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ranchoth)\ **Post date:** [July 13, 2016, 5:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-ultimate-bad-film-festival/759761/52 "2016-07-13T17:50:40Z")
> [@Amateur\_Barbarian](#): > > Then there’s _The Incredible Bulk_… Aha! Jogged my memory… The third “Frogtown” movie, [Max Hell Frog Warrior](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Max_Hell_Frog_Warrior). It’s like the first two, except without the charm, or budget, or fun, or basic technical competence, and adding a nice gout of pretension. [Cool Cat Saves the Kids](http://www.imdb.com/title/tt2974050/). It’s not that words can’t describe it, it’s just that such words are found only in the Pnakotic Manuscripts. The oeuvre of [Las Vegas architect and cinematic bane of laptops Neil Breen.](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Neil_Breen) From what I’ve seen, and quite unlike the other filmmakers above, Breen actually seems like quite a nice fellow. I guess that just comes with being alien cyber-Jesus. ---
**Author:** ![YogSothoth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/y/8edcca/32.png) [@YogSothoth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/YogSothoth)\ **Post date:** [July 13, 2016, 6:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-ultimate-bad-film-festival/759761/53 "2016-07-13T18:11:53Z")
Santa with Muscles starring Hulk Hogan ---
**Author:** ![Malthus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/85f322/32.png) [@Malthus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Malthus)\ **Post date:** [July 13, 2016, 6:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-ultimate-bad-film-festival/759761/54 "2016-07-13T18:14:37Z")
> [@Ranchoth](#): > > [Cool Cat Saves the Kids](http://www.imdb.com/title/tt2974050/). It’s not that words can’t describe it, it’s just that such words are found only in the Pnakotic Manuscripts. I shudder to think of what happens in _Cool Cat Finds a Gun_. :eek: > **[Cool Cat Finds a Gun (Video 2013) ⭐ 3.5 | Short, Family](https://www.imdb.com/title/tt2808810/?ref_=tt_rec_tt)** > > 22m | Not Rated ---
**Author:** ![furryman](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/furryman/32/99_2.png) [@furryman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/furryman)\ **Post date:** [July 13, 2016, 6:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-ultimate-bad-film-festival/759761/55 "2016-07-13T18:14:42Z")
> [@Malthus](#): > > So bad it’s bad eh? > > How about “Night of the Leapus” - a horror movie about … killer rabbits? Not at all funny, played totally straight, and just plain bad. > > [Night of the Lepus (1972) - IMDb](http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0069005/) > > Or how about the infamous all-little-person singing western, “The Terror of Tiny Town” ? Not in the least funny, or at least not “ha ha” funny, it is just bad. After two minutes you ‘get’ the idea (everyone is small!), and you realize you are watching a standard singing Western featuring little actors who cannot act or sing. > > [The Terror of Tiny Town (1938) - IMDb](http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0030845/) I’ll never understand why Tod Browning’s Freaks is considered a classic. Basically a bunch of side show pros who **cannot act.** ---
**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:** [July 13, 2016, 8:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-ultimate-bad-film-festival/759761/56 "2016-07-13T20:00:22Z")
_ **The Black Gestapo** _, with an unbelievably hot Uschi Digart in her prime! :o ---
**Author:** ![Boyo\_Jim](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/87869e/32.png) [@Boyo\_Jim](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Boyo_Jim)\ **Post date:** [July 13, 2016, 8:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-ultimate-bad-film-festival/759761/57 "2016-07-13T20:31:14Z")
What, no _Sharknado_? But for the worst of the worst, with a big budget too, _The Wicker Man_ remake with Nick Cage. ---
**Author:** ![Malthus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/85f322/32.png) [@Malthus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Malthus)\ **Post date:** [July 13, 2016, 8:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-ultimate-bad-film-festival/759761/58 "2016-07-13T20:37:06Z")
> [@boyo jim](#): > > what, no _sharknado_? > > But for the worst of the worst, with a big budget too, _the wicker man_ remake with nick cage. Not the Beeessss!!! ---
**Author:** ![Catamount](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/catamount/32/2840_2.png) [@Catamount](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Catamount)\ **Post date:** [July 13, 2016, 8:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-ultimate-bad-film-festival/759761/59 "2016-07-13T20:46:03Z")
> [@furryman](#): > > I’ll never understand why Tod Browning’s Freaks is considered a classic. Basically a bunch of side show pros who **cannot act.** That’s what makes it so much fun. ---
**Author:** ![ChockFullOfHeadyGoodness](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chockfullofheadygoodness/32/511_2.png) [@ChockFullOfHeadyGoodness](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ChockFullOfHeadyGoodness)\ **Post date:** [July 13, 2016, 8:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-ultimate-bad-film-festival/759761/60 "2016-07-13T20:48:42Z")
A lot of these, like Sharknado and Terrorvision, are entertainingly bad. For sheer bad with no redeeming qualities, I’ve got to go with [Ghost Fever](http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0093088/), easily the worst film I’ve ever seen in a theatre. (First half of a $1 night double-feature, otherwise I would have walked out. Second movie was good - Reanimator). The only movie I’ve seen with the infamous Alan Smithee directing credit. Just painful to sit through. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-ultimate-bad-film-festival/759761.md?page=2) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-ultimate-bad-film-festival/759761.md?page=4)