# What;s the best WORST movie?
**URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-s-the-best-worst-movie/43797
**Category:** In My Humble Opinion
**Created:** [December 3, 2000, 5:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-s-the-best-worst-movie/43797 "2000-12-03T05:11:29Z")
**Posts on this page:** 20
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### Author:  [@Uniball](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Uniball)
#### Post date: [December 3, 2000, 5:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-s-the-best-worst-movie/43797/1 "2000-12-03T05:11:29Z")
Glen or Glenda?
Attack of the Killer Tomatoes
Rabid Grannies
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### Author:  [@relic\_11](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/relic_11)
#### Post date: [December 3, 2000, 5:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-s-the-best-worst-movie/43797/2 "2000-12-03T05:26:48Z")
Army of Darkness!!
“See this? This is my BOOMSTICK!”
“I’ll swallow your SOUL!” " Come get some"
“Honey, you got REAL ugly…”
“Well, maybe not every single last sylable!”
Oooh, oooh, christmas gift! A of D on DVD! “Oh Moooooooom!”
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### Author:  [@ThisYearsGirl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ThisYearsGirl)
#### Post date: [December 3, 2000, 5:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-s-the-best-worst-movie/43797/3 "2000-12-03T05:41:48Z")
I can’t think of the title, but it was from the '60s, and it was this musical about a gypsry fortune teller who turned her clients into zombies. I think it was called something like “The Strange Mixed-up People who Decided to Stop Living and Become Zombies.”
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### Author:  [@Mofo\_Rising](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mofo_Rising)
#### Post date: [December 3, 2000, 5:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-s-the-best-worst-movie/43797/4 "2000-12-03T05:43:28Z")
Man, **Rabid Grannies** was boring. I bought it from a bargain bin expecting a laugh. How wrong I was. I tried to watch it, I really did. But I could not keep my attention directed at the screen. (Except for that maid. Boy, was she hot!)
I’d say the best worst movie, for me, would have to be **Parents**. I hate this movie so much. As I’ve said, “If you like this movie, you and I can never be friends.” But it’s good, because I don’t really hate anything else. All my negative emotions can be directed at this movie. Frees me up for the rest of my day. I guess you could say the movie’s like that guy in **1984** in which the “Hour of Hate” was directed at.
Of course, if you’re looking for something entertainingly awful, rent **Troll 2**. The movie is amazing, simply because of the fact that of all the acting choice any of the actors could have made, they invariably pick the worst one. Man, is it hilarious.
“A double-decker bologna sandwich!”
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### Author:  [@Czarcasm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Czarcasm)
#### Post date: [December 3, 2000, 5:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-s-the-best-worst-movie/43797/5 "2000-12-03T05:54:17Z")
The entire _Puppet Master_ series
_Hudson Hawk_
_Xanadu_
and of course _Plan 9 From Outer Space_.
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### Author:  [@Enderw24](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Enderw24)
#### Post date: [December 3, 2000, 6:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-s-the-best-worst-movie/43797/6 "2000-12-03T06:03:56Z")
The Legend of Billie Jean
In what other movie will you ever Supergirl, a Jack Nicholson wannabe, AND Lisa Simpson? Such a cheesy cheesy movie. But I’ll be damned if it isn’t entertaining.
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### Author:  [@Uniball](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Uniball)
#### Post date: [December 3, 2000, 7:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-s-the-best-worst-movie/43797/7 "2000-12-03T07:18:53Z")
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> \*Originally posted by ThisYearsGirl \*
> \*\*I can’t think of the title, but it was from the '60s, and it was this musical about a gypsry fortune teller who turned her clients into zombies. I think it was called something like “The Strange Mixed-up People who Decided to Stop Living and Become Zombies.” \*\*
Close. It’s \*\*Incredibly Strange Creatures Who Stopped Living and Became Mixed-Up Zombies", by Ray Dennis Steckler (A.K.A. “Cash Flagg”). It’s a 1964 movie, also release under the alternate title \*\*Teenage Psycho Meets Bloody Mary". Vilmos Zsigmond was the cinematographer, believe it or not!
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### Author:  [@lolagranola](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lolagranola)
#### Post date: [December 3, 2000, 2:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-s-the-best-worst-movie/43797/8 "2000-12-03T14:50:25Z")
How about **Showgirls**? I expected it to be really bad, which it was, but found that it was so bad I laughed my way through it.
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### Author:  [@Lamia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lamia)
#### Post date: [December 3, 2000, 3:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-s-the-best-worst-movie/43797/9 "2000-12-03T15:39:09Z")
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> \*Originally posted by Uniball \*
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> > \*Originally posted by ThisYearsGirl \*
> > \*\*I can’t think of the title, but it was from the '60s, and it was this musical about a gypsry fortune teller who turned her clients into zombies. I think it was called something like “The Strange Mixed-up People who Decided to Stop Living and Become Zombies.” \*\*
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> Close. It’s \*\*Incredibly Strange Creatures Who Stopped Living and Became Mixed-Up Zombies", by Ray Dennis Steckler (A.K.A. “Cash Flagg”). It’s a 1964 movie, also release under the alternate title \*\*Teenage Psycho Meets Bloody Mary". Vilmos Zsigmond was the cinematographer, believe it or not! \*\*
FWIW, this movie did make it onto “Mystery Science Theater 3000”. That’s how I saw it. And boy was it baaaaaaaaad.
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### Author:  [@diamud](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/diamud)
#### Post date: [December 3, 2000, 4:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-s-the-best-worst-movie/43797/10 "2000-12-03T16:32:03Z")
For the worst movie, IMO, it would “Howard the Duck”
For bad movies that are still fun to watch, I would nominate Karate Kid III, THX 1138, Black Belt Jones, Clash of the Titans, Battle beyond the Stars, The Bad Seed, and Losin’ It.
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### Author:  [@Odesio](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Odesio)
#### Post date: [December 3, 2000, 5:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-s-the-best-worst-movie/43797/11 "2000-12-03T17:02:43Z")
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> \*Originally posted by diamud \*
> \*\*For the worst movie, IMO, it would “Howard the Duck”
> For bad movies that are still fun to watch, I would nominate Karate Kid III, THX 1138, Black Belt Jones, Clash of the Titans, Battle beyond the Stars, The Bad Seed, and Losin’ It. \*\*
The meanest, baddest, blackest, black belt on this side of the ghetto. MAN I LOVED THAT MOVIE!! I feel good that I’m no the only one who saw that.
Marc
“Hey, who hit me?” -goon
“Batman mother%#@$%^” -Blackbelt Jones
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### Author:  [@bouv](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bouv)
#### Post date: [December 3, 2000, 5:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-s-the-best-worst-movie/43797/12 "2000-12-03T17:15:42Z")
Has no one heard of Krull?
It was from the age of 80’s fantasy, along the lines of Labyrinth, The Princess Bride, and whatnot, but with worse acting and storyline. Love it!
(hey, it has Liam Neeson!)
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### Author:  [@RocknRoll\_Killing\_Machine](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RocknRoll_Killing_Machine)
#### Post date: [December 3, 2000, 5:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-s-the-best-worst-movie/43797/13 "2000-12-03T17:53:47Z")
There’s always:
The Toxic Avenger
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### Author:  [@CalMeacham](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CalMeacham)
#### Post date: [December 4, 2000, 12:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-s-the-best-worst-movie/43797/14 "2000-12-04T00:03:26Z")
No, no, no. Go with the old standbys:
Plan 9 from Outer pace
Robot Monster
and, for my money:
Doc Savage, Man of Bronze. (Be sure to check out “The MST3Ktion of Doc Savage” on the Doc Savage webring.)
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### Author:  [@andygirl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/andygirl)
#### Post date: [December 4, 2000, 12:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-s-the-best-worst-movie/43797/15 "2000-12-04T00:04:48Z")
Starship Troopers
Tremors 1&2
Killer Nerd
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### Author:  [@Silver\_Fire](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Silver_Fire)
#### Post date: [December 4, 2000, 12:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-s-the-best-worst-movie/43797/16 "2000-12-04T00:15:36Z")
I’m going to have to second _The Legend of Billie Jean_ and add that I truly enjoyed _Howard the Duck_. Sure, I was about 9 years old…
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### Author:  [@relic\_11](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/relic_11)
#### Post date: [December 4, 2000, 12:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-s-the-best-worst-movie/43797/17 "2000-12-04T00:17:53Z")
_relic makes list of movies to rent over winter break_
Thanks Y’all! 'specialy Uniball for starting this thread 🙂
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### Author:  [@Lazlo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lazlo)
#### Post date: [December 4, 2000, 12:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-s-the-best-worst-movie/43797/18 "2000-12-04T00:50:30Z")
Oh come on. All the pics everyone listed (that I’ve seen, anyways) are Oscar material compared to _ **Star Wars Episode 1.** _ The only thing that kept me from walking out on that was Natalie Portman (rrrrrowf).
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### Author:  [@Lazlo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lazlo)
#### Post date: [December 4, 2000, 12:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-s-the-best-worst-movie/43797/19 "2000-12-04T00:52:25Z")
Oops. I misread the OP. You wanted the **best** bad movie. Sorry 'bout that.
Hands down: Tremors.
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### Author:  [@robinh](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/robinh)
#### Post date: [December 4, 2000, 1:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-s-the-best-worst-movie/43797/20 "2000-12-04T01:33:04Z")
**Return of the Living Dead** (“they’re back from the grave and ready to party!”) _send more paramedics…_ Any movie featuring a reanimated “half-dog” has to get my vote.
Another that comes to mind is a movie I saw on Saturday afternoon television when I was young, **Night of the Lepus**. Giant bunny rabbits attack. The film consists mostly of shots of screaming people cutting to close-up shots of bunnies…nibbling. I think some of the bunnies had stage blood on their noses, but that was the extent of the “special effects.” If you’re in the right mood, it’s quite amusing.
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