# 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:** 5
**Author:** ![RivkahChaya](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rivkahchaya/32/8919_2.png) [@RivkahChaya](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RivkahChaya)\ **Post date:** [February 23, 2026, 11:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/worst-movie-titles/1027889/81 "2026-02-23T11:06:59Z")
> [@Miller](#): > > “Outside” is a preposition in that phrase, and you don’t generally capitalize prepositions in titles. Yes! Thank you. I meant to post that. In _Plan 9 from Outer Space,_ “from” is purely a preposition, but “Outer” is an adjective describing “Space.” In _To Be or Not to Be_, the first “To” is the first word in the title, so it gets capitalized. The second “to” is not really a preposition-- it’s forming an infinitive-- but those are not capitalized either. “Or” in the title is a coordinating conjunction, just like “and” or “but” would be. Conjunctions, coordinate or subordinate, are not capitalized. ---
**Author:** ![Knowed\_Out](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/knowed_out/32/7380_2.png) [@Knowed\_Out](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Knowed_Out)\ **Post date:** [February 23, 2026, 11:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/worst-movie-titles/1027889/82 "2026-02-23T11:53:41Z")
_Stuff Stephanie in the Incinerator_ They didn’t. ---
**Author:** ![mcgato](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/ac8455/32.png) [@mcgato](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mcgato)\ **Post date:** [February 23, 2026, 1:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/worst-movie-titles/1027889/83 "2026-02-23T13:29:26Z")
> [@Chefguy](#): > > Faster, Pussycat! Kill! Kill! This was midnight showing at my college around 1981. I showed up a little late and knew the woman taking tickets. She said that she had seen it already, and I asked how it was. She said, “let’s put it this way, you won’t be disappointed, but you’ll wonder why you didn’t have anything better to do.” ---
**Author:** ![Earl\_Snake-Hips\_Tucker](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/earl_snake-hips_tucker/32/3269_2.png) [@Earl\_Snake-Hips\_Tucker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Earl_Snake-Hips_Tucker)\ **Post date:** [February 23, 2026, 2:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/worst-movie-titles/1027889/84 "2026-02-23T14:23:35Z")
Generally, but [not always.](https://www.grammarly.com/blog/punctuation-capitalization/capitalization-in-titles/). This is a case of ‘not always.’ Most style guides recomment capitalizing if the preposition is over four (or five, depending on which guide) letters. This easily fits. ---
**Author:** ![RealityChuck](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/realitychuck/32/195_2.png) [@RealityChuck](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RealityChuck)\ **Post date:** [February 23, 2026, 2:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/worst-movie-titles/1027889/85 "2026-02-23T14:47:14Z")
_Black Moon._ Nothing in the film has any connection with the title. You have no idea what it’s about from that. Of course, if you watch the movie, you have no idea what it’s about (but it’s still a fascinating film). ---
**Author:** ![Skywatcher](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/skywatcher/32/254_2.png) [@Skywatcher](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skywatcher)\ **Post date:** [February 23, 2026, 2:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/worst-movie-titles/1027889/86 "2026-02-23T14:57:36Z")
> [@JWT\_Kottekoe](#): > > **Can Heironymus Merkin Ever Forget Mercy Humppe and Find True Happiness?** I somehow stumbled upon the [IMDb credits page](https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0064123/fullcredits/?ref_=tt_ov_ql_1) and just had to see what an “Automation Bunny” is. So, now I have the DVD. ---
**Author:** ![Jasmine](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jasmine/32/2964_2.png) [@Jasmine](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jasmine)\ **Post date:** [February 23, 2026, 2:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/worst-movie-titles/1027889/87 "2026-02-23T14:59:03Z")
Anything named “2”. Example: “The Accountant” … “The Accountant 2” I loved both movies, but they’re so unimaginative that they can’t come up with a unique name for the sequel? ---
**Author:** ![f.coli](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/eada6e/32.png) [@f.coli](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/f.coli)\ **Post date:** [February 23, 2026, 3:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/worst-movie-titles/1027889/88 "2026-02-23T15:11:14Z")
> They dumbed it down for the American audience. I wouldn’t be surprised to learn that the U.S. is the _only_ country where the title had to be “dumbed down.” I know it was titled “Philosopher’s Stone” in Canada. ---
**Author:** ![Little\_Nemo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/little_nemo/32/3120_2.png) [@Little\_Nemo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Little_Nemo)\ **Post date:** [February 23, 2026, 3:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/worst-movie-titles/1027889/89 "2026-02-23T15:15:52Z")
I’m nominating _Sssssss_. It’s a movie about a mad scientist who turns people into snakes. ---
**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, 3:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/worst-movie-titles/1027889/90 "2026-02-23T15:33:07Z")
> [@Jasmine](#): > > they can’t come up with a unique name for the sequel? The Accountant 2: Electric Equity Thr Accountant (2): Accounts Payable The Accountant (2): Double-Entry Sequel The parenthetical (2)s are optional. ---
**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, 3:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/worst-movie-titles/1027889/91 "2026-02-23T15:47:41Z")
The Accountant 2: The Depreciation of Curly’s Gold ---
**Author:** ![Earl\_Snake-Hips\_Tucker](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/earl_snake-hips_tucker/32/3269_2.png) [@Earl\_Snake-Hips\_Tucker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Earl_Snake-Hips_Tucker)\ **Post date:** [February 23, 2026, 3:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/worst-movie-titles/1027889/92 "2026-02-23T15:49:35Z")
I saw this at a drive-in. It was the second feature, and not the one I went there for, which was [Bug (1975)](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bug_(1975_film)), based on the novel “The Hephaestus Plage,” about a swarm of chthonic, igniferous, and intelligent(!) cockroaches. As a teen I thought these were pretty cool, but now. . . not so much. ---
**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, 3:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/worst-movie-titles/1027889/93 "2026-02-23T15:55:40Z")
Accountant 2, IRS 0 ---
**Author:** ![silenus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/silenus/32/166_2.png) [@silenus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/silenus)\ **Post date:** [February 23, 2026, 4:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/worst-movie-titles/1027889/94 "2026-02-23T16:00:48Z")
As opposed to _Black Moon Rising_. Still doesn’t tell you anything about the movie, but at least it has a connection. (Decent little action flick written by John Carpenter starring Tommy Lee Jones and Linda Hamilton.) If you are of an age from SoCal, _Beach Blanket Bingo_ tells you everything you need to know about the movie! ---
**Author:** ![Gyrate](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gyrate/32/3588_2.png) [@Gyrate](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gyrate)\ **Post date:** [February 23, 2026, 4:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/worst-movie-titles/1027889/95 "2026-02-23T16:04:53Z")
> [@Czarcasm](#): > > For the purpose of this thread, I am retiring “Mother, May I Sleep With Danger?” and sticking it in the WTF Movie Title Hall Of Fame. 😁 I like the Joy Crookes song of the same name. But the films (!) look terrible. > [@DWMarch](#): > > The solo Harley Quinn movie’s full title is so terrible I refuse to write the full thing out. I was going to mention this one but I don’t want to write it out either. Added instead: **Osombie**. It’s about Osama bin Laden coming back as a zombie. The “s” is written as a backwards “z” just in case you didn’t get it. ---
**Author:** ![Jasmine](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jasmine/32/2964_2.png) [@Jasmine](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jasmine)\ **Post date:** [February 23, 2026, 4:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/worst-movie-titles/1027889/96 "2026-02-23T16:19:01Z")
> [@Just\_Asking\_Questions](#): > > Thr Accountant (2): Accounts Payable Get rid of the “2”, and I like it! ---
**Author:** ![John\_DiFool](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/john_difool/32/19543_2.png) [@John\_DiFool](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/John_DiFool)\ **Post date:** [February 23, 2026, 4:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/worst-movie-titles/1027889/97 "2026-02-23T16:20:59Z")
> [@iamatractorboy](#): > > Bring Me the Head of Alfredo Garcia _8 Heads in a Duffel Bag_ ---
**Author:** ![Infovore](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/infovore/32/420_2.png) [@Infovore](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Infovore)\ **Post date:** [February 23, 2026, 4:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/worst-movie-titles/1027889/98 "2026-02-23T16:24:20Z")
_Mother, Jugs, and Speed_ _A Serbian Film_ ---
**Author:** ![RealityChuck](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/realitychuck/32/195_2.png) [@RealityChuck](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RealityChuck)\ **Post date:** [February 23, 2026, 4:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/worst-movie-titles/1027889/99 "2026-02-23T16:27:44Z")
_John Carter_ Unless you’ve read Burroughs, you have no idea what the movie is about. George Clooney has a bunch of titles that are meaningless until you see the film: _Michael Clayton, The American, The Descendants, Three Kings._ ---
**Author:** ![Kent\_Clark](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kent_clark/32/105_2.png) [@Kent\_Clark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kent_Clark)\ **Post date:** [February 23, 2026, 4:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/worst-movie-titles/1027889/100 "2026-02-23T16:28:47Z")
TVtropes has a section called [Artifact Title.](https://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/ArtifactTitle) _Octopussy._ In the original Ian Fleming short story, the bad guy (who lived in a beach house) had befriended a small octopus, who would swim up to accept food from him like a feral cat. That ultimately led to the bad guy’s death (once again, James Bond had nothing to do with the final outcome!) By the time it made it to a movie, Octopussy became the name of a beautiful international jewel thief.who never befriended an octopus. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/worst-movie-titles/1027889.md?page=4) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/worst-movie-titles/1027889.md?page=6)