# Your "Wonderfully Bad" Movie List **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [November 5, 2016, 5:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-wonderfully-bad-movie-list/770719 "2016-11-05T17:33:05Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![blondebear](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/blondebear/32/1022_2.png) [@blondebear](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/blondebear)\ **Post date:** [November 7, 2016, 2:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-wonderfully-bad-movie-list/770719/41 "2016-11-07T02:40:31Z")
[The Brainiac](http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0054668/) ---
**Author:** ![TubaDiva](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tubadiva/32/507_2.png) [@TubaDiva](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TubaDiva)\ **Post date:** [November 7, 2016, 3:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-wonderfully-bad-movie-list/770719/42 "2016-11-07T03:57:48Z")
> [@panache45](#): > > My favorite is [Cobra Woman](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ydhyoYHvXXg), in which Maria Montez virtually has sex with a king cobra. > > Then there’s [Sins of the Fleshapoids](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sins_of_the_Fleshapoids), directed by Mike Kuchar, about future androids who are revolting (in both senses of the term). In a similar vein, anyone know about this mashup? It’s Martin Denny, the “Quiet Village” guy … and what the heck is this video? [![](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/p5owZr9vP7c/hqdefault.jpg "Martin Denny - Misirlou") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p5owZr9vP7c) ---
**Author:** ![Baker](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/bb73d2/32.png) [@Baker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Baker)\ **Post date:** [November 7, 2016, 4:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-wonderfully-bad-movie-list/770719/43 "2016-11-07T04:10:51Z")
> [@outlierrn](#): > > An earlier thead on the topic turned be on the the awful awesomeness that is Latitude Zero.[http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=496048&highlight=latitude](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=496048&highlight=latitude) I saw that last year at a film festival! One of it’s stars, Linda Haynes, is on my Deathpool list. It’s a themed list of Japanese monster movie actors. ---
**Author:** ![Exapno\_Mapcase](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/exapno_mapcase/32/1051_2.png) [@Exapno\_Mapcase](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Exapno_Mapcase)\ **Post date:** [November 7, 2016, 4:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-wonderfully-bad-movie-list/770719/44 "2016-11-07T04:21:28Z")
> [@Gatopescado](#): > > _Strange Brew_ > > Starts out silly. Gets sillier. If we’re going Canadian let’s go full north. [Brain Candy](http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0116768/?ref_=fn_al_tt_1). ---
**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:** [November 7, 2016, 5:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-wonderfully-bad-movie-list/770719/45 "2016-11-07T05:46:42Z")
Anybody have the pleasure to screen _The Wizard of Gore?_ Every bit as wonderfully awful as _Plan 9_, but IN COLOR! ---
**Author:** ![Crafter\_Man](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/crafter_man/32/458_2.png) [@Crafter\_Man](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Crafter_Man)\ **Post date:** [November 7, 2016, 12:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-wonderfully-bad-movie-list/770719/46 "2016-11-07T12:12:41Z")
**Ilsa, She Wolf of the SS**. I have it on DVD. It’s… quite amazing. And no love for **Gummo**? ---
**Author:** ![Shodan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/9f8e36/32.png) [@Shodan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shodan)\ **Post date:** [November 7, 2016, 1:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-wonderfully-bad-movie-list/770719/47 "2016-11-07T13:27:43Z")
No list of this sort is complete without the incomparable [Infra-Man](http://www.rogerebert.com/reviews/infra-man-1976). > [@The Professor Who Creates the Title Character](#): > > The situation is so bad, it is the worst it’s ever been! As well the scene of Infra-Man being attacked by a swarm of disembodied arms. Warning: Once watched, this movie cannot be unseen. Is this good, or bad? Yes, it is. Regards, Shodan ---
**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:** [November 7, 2016, 2:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-wonderfully-bad-movie-list/770719/48 "2016-11-07T14:06:18Z")
My Guilty Pleasure film is **Undercover Blues**. Dennis Quaid and Kathleen Turner are a married couple of spies on vacation in New Orleans with their toddler daughter. Goofy plot ensues. At no point is anything taken seriously. Is it bad? I dunno. It certainly was unlikely to win any awards. Noteworthy for talented character actors Stanley Tucci and Fiona Shaw competing for “Best Scenery Chewing” and “Most Ridiculous Accent”. For my money I think Tucci pips Shaw for both. “_Mah nem ees MUERTE!"_” ---
**Author:** ![DesertDog](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/desertdog/32/11503_2.png) [@DesertDog](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DesertDog)\ **Post date:** [November 7, 2016, 2:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-wonderfully-bad-movie-list/770719/49 "2016-11-07T14:12:53Z")
> [@Jennshark](#): > > I thought I had watched all the “so bad it’s good flicks” on earth, but I missed a doozy I saw on TCM this morning: _The Silver Chalice_, featuring an awful Paul Newman as a slave-sculptor, Jack Palance as a campy magician in a sperm-printed leotard, and Virginia Mayo as a first century Las Vegas showgirl/Vulcan chick in radical blue eyeshadow. Legend has it Newman tried to track down and destroy every print of the film. > [@Crafter\_Man](#): > > ``` > Ilsa, She Wolf of the SS. I have it on DVD. It's... quite amazing. > > ``` I saw it years ago at a repertoire theater in San Jose. They kept a book in the lobby where you could request films. When this was shown, paired with [_Ilsa, Harem Keeper of the Oil Shieks_](http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0074670/combined), in the notes printed was "We make no apologies for this. It was at the top of our request list. _You guys asked for this!_ And to add to the pile, I throw in [_Five Million Years to Earth_](http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0062168/combined). It has a 7.1 rating on IMDb; I have no idea why. ---
**Author:** ![Cardigan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cardigan/32/187_2.png) [@Cardigan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cardigan)\ **Post date:** [November 7, 2016, 2:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-wonderfully-bad-movie-list/770719/50 "2016-11-07T14:15:20Z")
Not to hijack, but a semi-related question: is it even possible to do ‘bad’ camp? That is, attempt to do bad, and fail in achieving badness? What would a film failing in this endeavor look like? ---
**Author:** ![Jennshark](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/8e8cbc/32.png) [@Jennshark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jennshark)\ **Post date:** [November 7, 2016, 2:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-wonderfully-bad-movie-list/770719/51 "2016-11-07T14:47:21Z")
Thank you, everyone! I’m compiling my wonderfully bad movie list for the winter break – watch out couch, here I come 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Jennshark](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/8e8cbc/32.png) [@Jennshark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jennshark)\ **Post date:** [November 7, 2016, 2:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-wonderfully-bad-movie-list/770719/52 "2016-11-07T14:49:01Z")
> [@jayjay](#): > > Have none of you seen The Room? I’m desperate to see this legendary film, but can’t find it in streaming format. Do you know where I might find it? I’d rather not purchase a DVD . . . ---
**Author:** ![kopek](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kopek/32/337_2.png) [@kopek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kopek)\ **Post date:** [November 7, 2016, 2:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-wonderfully-bad-movie-list/770719/53 "2016-11-07T14:59:26Z")
> [@Cardigan](#): > > Not to hijack, but a semi-related question: is it even possible to do ‘bad’ camp? That is, attempt to do bad, and fail in achieving badness? What would a film failing in this endeavor look like? I would say Head starring the Monkees comes close but Cabin Boy could fit that as well. ---
**Author:** ![ftg](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ftg/32/2801_2.png) [@ftg](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ftg)\ **Post date:** [November 7, 2016, 5:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-wonderfully-bad-movie-list/770719/54 "2016-11-07T17:16:47Z")
> [@Cardigan](#): > > Not to hijack, but a semi-related question: is it even possible to do ‘bad’ camp? That is, attempt to do bad, and fail in achieving badness? What would a film failing in this endeavor look like? While often mentioned in these threads, I found [The Lost Skeleton of Cadavra](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Lost_Skeleton_of_Cadavra) to be a complete failure as a camp-style parody film. Not enjoyable at all. (And this from someone who actually enjoys some of Doris Wishman’s early films!) ---
**Author:** ![Corner\_Case](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/corner_case/32/234_2.png) [@Corner\_Case](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Corner_Case)\ **Post date:** [November 7, 2016, 6:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-wonderfully-bad-movie-list/770719/55 "2016-11-07T18:04:17Z")
> [@ftg](#): > > …I found [The Lost Skeleton of Cadavra](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Lost_Skeleton_of_Cadavra) to be a complete failure as a camp-style parody film… Yes, it wasn’t funny enough or campy enough where it needed to be. “The Beast from 20,000 Fathoms” and “Five Million Years to Earth” were fun and I wouldn’t consider them bad. Not to repeat the noteworthy examples, I’ll add: [Quatermass](http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0078129/?ref_=tt_rec_tt) - Made into a movie from the TV Serial. Too disjoint to follow. The synopsis is “In the near future, civilisation has broken down to the barest fragment of recognisable life. Young people are forming gangs and dominating the wrecks of cities like London. But the strangest Earth-children are the Planet people, following plumb-bobs to sacred sites, waiting to be “Taken Up”. Professor Quatermass, seeking his granddaughter, teams up with Joe Kapp, who is trying to analyse strange signals from space using the last working pieces of electronic equipment. They find the Planet People at a nearby stone circle, a light appears, the signal appears, - and the hippy children are gone. Russian plot? Nirvana? Or something altogether more sinister?” [Young Einstein](http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0096486/?ref_=nm_knf_i1) - The synopsis is “Albert Einstein is the son of a Tasmanian apple farmer, who discovers the secret of splitting the beer atom to put the bubbles back into beer. When Albert travels to Sydney to patent his invention he meets beautiful French scientist Marie Curie, as well as several unscrupulous types who try to take advantage of the naive genius and his invention.” ---
**Author:** ![Exapno\_Mapcase](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/exapno_mapcase/32/1051_2.png) [@Exapno\_Mapcase](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Exapno_Mapcase)\ **Post date:** [November 7, 2016, 6:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-wonderfully-bad-movie-list/770719/56 "2016-11-07T18:10:52Z")
> [@Cardigan](#): > > Not to hijack, but a semi-related question: is it even possible to do ‘bad’ camp? That is, attempt to do bad, and fail in achieving badness? What would a film failing in this endeavor look like? I can’t really think of films that attempt to be bad. All the filmmakers on this list believed in their work. They wanted audiences to like it and amazingly many succeeded wildly in that regard. If we go down a step to films attempting to be camp and failing, I’d say a lot of the “psychedelic” movies made in the late 60s qualify. _Head_ is a failure. It was intended to be a spoof or at least commentary on the times, but incoherency sunk it. _Skidoo_, also mentioned, is a better example because it was a mainstream Hollywood product. The writer, Doran William Cannon, went on to write _Brewster McCloud_ so it may be totally Otto Preminger’s fault. Were the movies of Ray Dennis Steckler or Russ Meyer meant to be camp? Some people say yes to at least some of them. \*Beyond the Valley of the Dolls \*was certainly meant by writer Roger Ebert to be deliberately funny and I think it’s too good to be on this list. Other hate it. Maybe the worst of the worst is _Magical Mystery Tour_, which technically may not qualify since it was intended for television. When I was young I found it incomprehensible that no American tv network would play it. The Beatles! With Beatles songs! Then I finally saw it and understood. ---
**Author:** ![Pantastic](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/3bc359/32.png) [@Pantastic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Pantastic)\ **Post date:** [November 7, 2016, 7:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-wonderfully-bad-movie-list/770719/57 "2016-11-07T19:28:31Z")
Nazis At the Center of the Earth is pretty hilariously bad and managed to deliver exactly what the title led me to expect. Gary Busey’s kid leads a plucky team of scientists who get captured by, then fight Nazi zombies in their underground lair led by abortion-fueled mecha-Hitler as they try to conquer the world with their flying saucer. The crowning touch for me is that, to help preserve suspension of disbelief, the undead Nazis actually speak in subtitled German. ---
**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:** [November 7, 2016, 7:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-wonderfully-bad-movie-list/770719/58 "2016-11-07T19:37:12Z")
> [@Exapno\_Mapcase](#): > > I can’t really think of films that attempt to be bad. All the filmmakers on this list believed in their work. _Candy_. Was it meant to be taken seriously? Well, Richard Burton, Marlon Brando, Walter Matthau, James Coburn and John Huston would seem to think so. Not to mention John Astin and Ringo Starr. Did it fail? [This review](http://www.badmovies.org/movies/candy/) says it all. ---
**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:** [November 7, 2016, 7:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-wonderfully-bad-movie-list/770719/59 "2016-11-07T19:54:43Z")
> [@Jennshark](#): > > I’m desperate to see this legendary film, but can’t find it in streaming format. Do you know where I might find it? I’d rather not purchase a DVD . . . It’s only available in _ **steaming** _ format. 😛 I couldn’t resist! ---
**Author:** ![ftg](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ftg/32/2801_2.png) [@ftg](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ftg)\ **Post date:** [November 7, 2016, 9:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-wonderfully-bad-movie-list/770719/60 "2016-11-07T21:23:03Z")
I like _Magical Mystery Tour_. It has Victor Spinetti as the sergeant! Lots of fun. Don’t understand the hate. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-wonderfully-bad-movie-list/770719.md?page=2) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-wonderfully-bad-movie-list/770719.md?page=4)