# Worst movie titles **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Tags:** movies\ **Created:** [February 22, 2026, 4:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/worst-movie-titles/1027889 "2026-02-22T16:50:15Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 4
**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:** [February 23, 2026, 2:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/worst-movie-titles/1027889/61 "2026-02-23T02:01:12Z")
And even worse commercial. ---
**Author:** ![Galactus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/galactus/32/3581_2.png) [@Galactus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Galactus)\ **Post date:** [February 23, 2026, 2:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/worst-movie-titles/1027889/62 "2026-02-23T02:04:17Z")
They picked Home Alone 2: Lost in New York, when they could have called it Away From Home Alone. ---
**Author:** ![Q.Q.Switcheroo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/q.q.switcheroo/32/5713_2.png) [@Q.Q.Switcheroo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Q.Q.Switcheroo)\ **Post date:** [February 23, 2026, 2:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/worst-movie-titles/1027889/63 "2026-02-23T02:06:39Z")
**I Still Know What You Did Last Summer** takes place one year after the events of the first film and thus should have been called **I Still Know What You Did the Summer Before Last.** ---
**Author:** ![DrDeth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/b487fb/32.png) [@DrDeth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DrDeth)\ **Post date:** [February 23, 2026, 2:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/worst-movie-titles/1027889/64 "2026-02-23T02:06:43Z")
> [@Czarcasm](#): > > And even worse commercial. Gawd, I had blanked that out of my mind. ---
**Author:** ![Smapti](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/smapti/32/17938_2.png) [@Smapti](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Smapti)\ **Post date:** [February 23, 2026, 2:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/worst-movie-titles/1027889/65 "2026-02-23T02:09:28Z")
_Death Bed: The Bed That Eats_ _Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles II: The Secret of the Ooze_ _Jack Frost_, the 1997 horror movie about a man who dies and comes back to life as a snowman, and _Jack Frost_, the 1998 family comedy about a man who dies and comes back to life as a snowman ---
**Author:** ![JWT\_Kottekoe](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/3ec8ea/32.png) [@JWT\_Kottekoe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JWT_Kottekoe)\ **Post date:** [February 23, 2026, 2:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/worst-movie-titles/1027889/66 "2026-02-23T02:17:41Z")
> [@Just\_Asking\_Questions](#): > > > [@JWT\_Kottekoe](#): > > > > Can Heironymus Merkin Ever Forget Mercy Humppe and Find True Happiness? > > That’s a great example! Are the names supposed to mean something to the audience? Why are they such weird names? I’ll let you figure out what Mercy Humppe might be referring to. I think that name may be a reason why the movie was X-rated. By the way. The Wikipedia article for this movie has a citation to a Chicago newspaper that ran a poll for the worst movie title, and this title won. ---
**Author:** ![Patx2](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/73ab20/32.png) [@Patx2](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Patx2)\ **Post date:** [February 23, 2026, 2:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/worst-movie-titles/1027889/67 "2026-02-23T02:30:45Z")
Has Attack of the Killer Tomatoes been mentioned yet? ---
**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:** [February 23, 2026, 2:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/worst-movie-titles/1027889/68 "2026-02-23T02:36:53Z")
Title pretty much describes the movie, doesn’t it? ---
**Author:** ![Patx2](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/73ab20/32.png) [@Patx2](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Patx2)\ **Post date:** [February 23, 2026, 2:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/worst-movie-titles/1027889/69 "2026-02-23T02:58:20Z")
Yes, true! ---
**Author:** ![Just\_Asking\_Questions](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/ba9def/32.png) [@Just\_Asking\_Questions](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Just_Asking_Questions)\ **Post date:** [February 23, 2026, 3:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/worst-movie-titles/1027889/70 "2026-02-23T03:33:14Z")
Same with _Killer Klowns From Outer Space_. They are, they are, and they are. yup, you know what you’re getting. (and I thought it was pretty good. And very weird) ---
**Author:** ![Paintcharge](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/paintcharge/32/7946_2.png) [@Paintcharge](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Paintcharge)\ **Post date:** [February 23, 2026, 4:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/worst-movie-titles/1027889/71 "2026-02-23T04:13:15Z")
> [@Dewey\_Finn](#): > > The NeverEnding Story II Same with all the Final Destination movies. ---
**Author:** ![Askance](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/askance/32/8281_2.png) [@Askance](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Askance)\ **Post date:** [February 23, 2026, 4:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/worst-movie-titles/1027889/72 "2026-02-23T04:28:16Z")
Titles that tell you nothing about the movie: _Them_ _Get Your Ya Yas Out_ - yes, there’s a film, or at least DVD, called that Just bad titles: _Beach Blanket Bingo_ _The Cars That Ate Paris_ - because it is set in **neither** of the Parises you may be thinking of _Mr. Magorium’s Wonder Emporium_ _Legend of the Guardians: The Owls of Ga’Hoole_ And [a whole bunch of titles I’d never heard of here](https://www.imdb.com/list/ls009385214/)! ---
**Author:** ![Ludovic](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/7ab992/32.png) [@Ludovic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ludovic)\ **Post date:** [February 23, 2026, 4:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/worst-movie-titles/1027889/73 "2026-02-23T04:38:44Z")
> [@Askance](#): > > Beach Blanket Bingo I agree that it’s pretty bad other than correctly implying that it’s a beach movie. I’ve never seen it and occasionally wondered what it meant. Up until now I hadn’t been motivated to really search. My best guess in times past was that it described a crowded beach in which some blankets were vacant while their erstwhile occupants swam or were otherwise occupied, but sometimes the occupants lined up in a row like the game bingo. Whereas, upon looking just now, apparently it means “bingo” as in the slang expression indicating success. ---
**Author:** ![Elmer\_J.Fudd](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/elmer_j.fudd/32/1211_2.png) [@Elmer\_J.Fudd](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elmer_J.Fudd)\ **Post date:** [February 23, 2026, 4:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/worst-movie-titles/1027889/74 "2026-02-23T04:43:08Z")
Beach Blanket Bingo is essentially a coy euphemism for sex. Just look up the lyrics. Perfect for a beach party movie. [![](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/ysczoc0W2kI/hqdefault.jpg "ANNETTE & FRANKIE Beach Blanket Bingo") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ysczoc0W2kI) ---
**Author:** ![dorvann](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/df705f/32.png) [@dorvann](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dorvann)\ **Post date:** [February 23, 2026, 4:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/worst-movie-titles/1027889/75 "2026-02-23T04:46:09Z")
I nominate low budget movie producer Fred Olen Ray to be the mascot of thread. Here are some of his movies: _Hollywood Chainsaw Hookers_ _Demented Death Farm Massacre_ _Scream Queen Hot Tub Party_ _Genie in a String Bikini_ _Bikini Frankenstein_ ---
**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:** [February 23, 2026, 5:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/worst-movie-titles/1027889/76 "2026-02-23T05:47:26Z")
As titles, they are pretty descriptive. I leave the worth of the movies themselves to another thread. ---
**Author:** ![DWMarch](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dwmarch/32/1010_2.png) [@DWMarch](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DWMarch)\ **Post date:** [February 23, 2026, 5:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/worst-movie-titles/1027889/77 "2026-02-23T05:55:37Z")
Die in a Gunfight is a movie where the main character narrates how he has always known he will die in a gunfight, gets into various gunfights and then at the end… does not die in a gunfight. The solo Harley Quinn movie’s full title is so terrible I refuse to write the full thing out. ---
**Author:** ![iamatractorboy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/iamatractorboy/32/21261_2.png) [@iamatractorboy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/iamatractorboy)\ **Post date:** [February 23, 2026, 6:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/worst-movie-titles/1027889/78 "2026-02-23T06:28:51Z")
_Bring Me the Head of Alfredo Garcia_ ---
**Author:** ![Alessan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/alessan/32/465_2.png) [@Alessan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Alessan)\ **Post date:** [February 23, 2026, 6:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/worst-movie-titles/1027889/79 "2026-02-23T06:42:22Z")
> [@Just\_Asking\_Questions](#): > > Blade Runner is a great example. It is the more violent sequel to Kite Runner? A comedy about an Olympic skater that wants to compete in the summer Olympics (Starring Will Ferrell?) A biopic about Oscar Pistorius? Or a futuristic movie about android assassins? At least “Blade Runner” sounds cool, even if it doesn’t mean anything. It gets your attention. The worse titles aren’t the weird ones, they’re the boring ones, which is why my suggestion is the 2012 film _John Carter._ What s stupidly pedestrian name, a name that inspired absolutely no-one to go to a movie theater. Even to those few people who were familiar with Burroughs’ book, his John Carter was like the third John Carter that came to mind. It was the cinematic equivalent of calling the movie _This Name Left Intentionally Blank._ I know the backstory here - how it was originally _John Carter of Mars,_ but the failure of _Mars Needs Moms_ left the studio idiots Mars-wary. They should have thought up something better. ---
**Author:** ![Miller](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/miller/32/481_2.png) [@Miller](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Miller)\ **Post date:** [February 23, 2026, 8:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/worst-movie-titles/1027889/80 "2026-02-23T08:23:10Z")
> [@Just\_Asking\_Questions](#): > > _Three Billboards outside Ebbing, Missouri_ would probably be fine except for the affectation of the one word not capitalized. “Outside” is a preposition in that phrase, and you don’t generally capitalize prepositions in titles. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/worst-movie-titles/1027889.md?page=3) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/worst-movie-titles/1027889.md?page=5)