# Worst movie title? **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [November 20, 2007, 2:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/worst-movie-title/427180 "2007-11-20T14:36:49Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 8
**Author:** ![kitemaker\_chuck](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/a88e4f/32.png) [@kitemaker\_chuck](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kitemaker_chuck)\ **Post date:** [November 25, 2007, 6:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/worst-movie-title/427180/141 "2007-11-25T18:09:34Z")
I can think of a few: **Bela Lugosi Meets a Brooklyn Gorilla** **The Day The Fish Came Out** **The Incredible Two-Headed Transplant** **Pink Flamingos** **Snow White and the Three Stooges** ---
**Author:** ![Typo\_Negative](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/typo_negative/32/484_2.png) [@Typo\_Negative](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Typo_Negative)\ **Post date:** [November 25, 2007, 6:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/worst-movie-title/427180/142 "2007-11-25T18:48:32Z")
[QUOTE=TheBoltEater] 1. “Don’t Be a Menace to South Central While Drinking Your Juice in the Hood” Ugh. :mad: [/QUOTE] I actually love that one I will nominate this one: \*\*Who Is Harry Kellerman and Why Is He Saying Those Terrible Things About Me? \*\* [http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0067980/](http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0067980/) ---
**Author:** ![Alive\_At\_Both\_Ends](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/73ab20/32.png) [@Alive\_At\_Both\_Ends](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Alive_At_Both_Ends)\ **Post date:** [November 25, 2007, 7:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/worst-movie-title/427180/143 "2007-11-25T19:09:32Z")
To me, the most uninspired film title of all time has to be [The Producers](http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0063462/). It sounds as if they just couldn’t be bothered to think up an interesting title. ---
**Author:** ![Sunshine\_and\_Smiles](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/a5b964/32.png) [@Sunshine\_and\_Smiles](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sunshine_and_Smiles)\ **Post date:** [November 27, 2007, 5:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/worst-movie-title/427180/144 "2007-11-27T05:30:13Z")
I’m far too impatient to see if this has been mentioned yet, but my nominee for worst movie title is… **I know who killed me** It really doesn’t get worse than that. ---
**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:** [November 27, 2007, 1:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/worst-movie-title/427180/145 "2007-11-27T13:14:47Z")
> [@](#): > > I hate punny titles. Example: Overdrawn at the Memory Bank Me, I love a good clever title (and I include puns in that. YMMV). This title was the title of the (award-winning, if I mistake not) science fiction short story it’s based on. Unfortunately, as is usual, the movie is an awful interpretation of the story, despite being made for PBS (who had done a great job on _Lathe of Heaven_), and ended up being grilled by MST3K. ---
**Author:** ![well\_he\_s\_back](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/3ab097/32.png) [@well\_he\_s\_back](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/well_he_s_back)\ **Post date:** [November 27, 2007, 2:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/worst-movie-title/427180/146 "2007-11-27T14:43:21Z")
I haven’t read the entire thread so I’m not sure if “Eyes Wide Shut” has been mentioned yet. What a horrible title. Sounds awkward, gives no clue as to what the movie’s about (of course, you could see this movie and still not know what it’s about). ---
**Author:** ![Tuff\_Cookie](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/7bcc69/32.png) [@Tuff\_Cookie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tuff_Cookie)\ **Post date:** [November 27, 2007, 4:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/worst-movie-title/427180/147 "2007-11-27T16:13:38Z")
Thought I’d stop lurking and finally post something! [QUOTE=CalMeacham] Not a bad title, actually, aside from the geographical error (which I’ve written of before on this Board). It’s dramatic, and says where it takes place (Krakatoa, which at least is right), and to anyone who knows a bit of history, it indicates what it’s probably about. [http://www.imdb.com/find?s=all&q=Sorceress](http://www.imdb.com/find?s=all&q=Sorceress) [/QUOTE] There’s actually a bit of a debate over that title - Krakatoa is regarded (mostly by geologists like me, who are picky little buggers) as a Westernized spelling; geologists and Indonesians tend to prefer Krakatau. [Krakatoa on Wikipedia](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Krakatoa) (I once witnessed a crowd of upset volcanologists wave a book with “Krakatoa” in the title around, crying blasphemy and calling down the wrath of peer review on the author’s head. Quite amusing.) 😃 ---
**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:** [November 27, 2007, 4:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/worst-movie-title/427180/148 "2007-11-27T16:32:49Z")
> [@](#): > > There’s actually a bit of a debate over that title - Krakatoa is regarded (mostly by geologists like me, who are picky little buggers) as a Westernized spelling; geologists and Indonesians tend to prefer Krakatau. > > Krakatoa on Wikipedia > > (I once witnessed a crowd of upset volcanologists wave a book with “Krakatoa” in the title around, crying blasphemy and calling down the wrath of peer review on the author’s head. Quite amusing.) Yeah, I just read Winchester’s book on it a couple of months ago. Apparently “Krakatau:” has actually been in use longer as a written name, too. Something happened to make “Krakatoa” the more widely used form. Winchester’s book is good, but he does say enough about the actual eruption, and peoples’ experiences. And he blames the guy who wrote the novelization of the film for the “East of Java” screwup, which is patently absurd. ---
**Author:** ![sqweels](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/f19dbf/32.png) [@sqweels](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/sqweels)\ **Post date:** [November 27, 2007, 4:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/worst-movie-title/427180/149 "2007-11-27T16:34:13Z")
I’ll go with **The World’s Fastest Indian**. Even once you figure out what the title refers to, you’re like, “Wow, you mean of all the Indian-brand motorcycles, that one’s the fastest? No other motorcycle from that particular manufacturer can be found that is faster anywhere in the world? Amazing!” ---
**Author:** ![Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/7cd45c/32.png) [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elendil_s_Heir)\ **Post date:** [November 27, 2007, 4:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/worst-movie-title/427180/150 "2007-11-27T16:45:31Z")
\*Lorenzo’s Oil. The Cinderella Man. Faster, Pussycat! Kill! Kill!\* On the most recent _The Simpsons_, Sideshow Bob said he had an offer to direct _The Hills Have Eyes IV: The Hills Still Have Eyes_. David Letterman once joked that _Eat Drink Man Woman_ is how Arnold Schwarzenegger used to invite girls out on dates. ---
**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:** [November 28, 2007, 4:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/worst-movie-title/427180/151 "2007-11-28T16:08:16Z")
Thought of another one, which probably only hasn’t been mentioned yet because no one saw the damn thing: **Reindeer Games**. IMDb plot synopsis: “After assuming his dead cellmate’s identity to get with his girlfriend, an ex-con finds himself the reluctant participant in a casino heist.” Soooo…there’s…reindeer? Somehow? ---
**Author:** ![a35362](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/3da27b/32.png) [@a35362](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/a35362)\ **Post date:** [November 28, 2007, 4:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/worst-movie-title/427180/152 "2007-11-28T16:40:28Z")
[QUOTE=CalMeacham] Or how abouit **Those Daring Young Men in their Jaunting Jalopies**? [/QUOTE] I think the word is “jaunty.” Or it’s a science fiction movie. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Dung\_Beetle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dung_beetle/32/7945_2.png) [@Dung\_Beetle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dung_Beetle)\ **Post date:** [November 28, 2007, 6:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/worst-movie-title/427180/153 "2007-11-28T18:29:47Z")
It was such a good movie, you’d think they could have come up with a better title: **It’s a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World**. Talk to someone about it and you can see them losing interest while you’re listing the "mad"s. And what does it even have to do with the events in the movie? There were a lot of characters, but they didn’t represent the whole _world_. ---
**Author:** ![Illuminatiprimus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/illuminatiprimus/32/11520_2.png) [@Illuminatiprimus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Illuminatiprimus)\ **Post date:** [November 28, 2007, 8:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/worst-movie-title/427180/154 "2007-11-28T20:45:50Z")
Oh, before I forget: **Midnight in the garden of good and evil** Eh? I know it was named after a book but it’s still a pretty wanky title. ---
**Author:** ![Tuff\_Cookie](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/7bcc69/32.png) [@Tuff\_Cookie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tuff_Cookie)\ **Post date:** [November 28, 2007, 8:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/worst-movie-title/427180/155 "2007-11-28T20:55:09Z")
I nominate **Herbie: Fully Loaded** and **Octopussy**. I know Bond movies have lots of _very_ thinly-disguised sexual references, but jeeze. ---
**Author:** ![NailBunny](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/ecae2f/32.png) [@NailBunny](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/NailBunny)\ **Post date:** [November 28, 2007, 9:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/worst-movie-title/427180/156 "2007-11-28T21:03:45Z")
Heh…my husband consistantly forgets the title _Sky Captain and the World of Tomorrow_ and ALWAYS calls it “_Captain Tomorrow and the World of the Future_”, which I find, for some reason, hilarious. Both titles are equally ludicrous. I’d have to nominate _Pecker_, which is a fantastic film by a fantastic director, and I personally have no problem with the title, but christ did I have to explain myself to a lot of people when they asked what movie my friend and I were on our way to that afternoon. ---
**Author:** ![descamisado](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e480ec/32.png) [@descamisado](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/descamisado)\ **Post date:** [November 28, 2007, 9:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/worst-movie-title/427180/157 "2007-11-28T21:06:11Z")
[QUOTE=Wee Bairn] Agree 100%, it is the height of stupidity when a movie gives a character a stupid name so it can use that stupid name as part of a stupid title- another example, a movie called \*\*Have Plenty \*\* which stars a character whose last name is “Plenty” solely for the sake of the “clever” (read: stupid) pun. [/QUOTE] It’s made even worse by the actual title being _Hav Plenty_, without the “e”. _Vanilla Sky_ doesn’t make sense unless you know the painting in David’s mother’s bedroom is a Monet called “Vanilla Sky”. The opposite of the OP to me, and used to good effect, would be _A History of Violence_. The specificity of the wordplay comes out as you get more into the film. ---
**Author:** ![Belrix](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/ed655f/32.png) [@Belrix](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Belrix)\ **Post date:** [November 28, 2007, 10:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/worst-movie-title/427180/158 "2007-11-28T22:18:06Z")
I’d like to nominate Lucky Number Slevin. It’s like they started with a title, tweaked it a bit, and worked backwards to an unlikely and unpronounceable character name. Contrived & unpronounceable. ---
**Author:** ![Idle\_Thoughts](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/838e76/32.png) [@Idle\_Thoughts](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Idle_Thoughts)\ **Post date:** [November 28, 2007, 10:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/worst-movie-title/427180/159 "2007-11-28T22:28:24Z")
There is actually a movie called **Sammie and Rosie Get Laid**. Don’t ask how I know this. ---
**Author:** ![Morbo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/morbo/32/389_2.png) [@Morbo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Morbo)\ **Post date:** [November 28, 2007, 10:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/worst-movie-title/427180/160 "2007-11-28T22:44:52Z")
Most of the ones I’m seeing in this thread seem to me like they’re disqualified b/c they’re unique enough to remember, so the marketing department did the job. For me it’s titles that are so vapid and unmemorable that I won’t even bother to get info on them when scrolling through my DVR. Looking at my movie channels right now, here’s a short list: Once Around Haven Citizen Verdict All the rest on there are either memorable enough that I know something about them, or distinctive enough that I can get a feeling for what they’re about. But those three? Nothing. (Since it’s being discussed, I may as well add my Autosig to this one): [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/worst-movie-title/427180.md?page=7) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/worst-movie-title/427180.md?page=9)