# 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:** 4
**Author:** ![Hoopy\_Frood](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/hoopy_frood/32/8452_2.png) [@Hoopy\_Frood](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hoopy_Frood)\ **Post date:** [November 8, 2016, 5:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-wonderfully-bad-movie-list/770719/61 "2016-11-08T05:22:25Z")
[Bunraku](http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1181795/) Great cast. Interesting concept. Horrible execution, with a special nod going out to the script. Not quite as bad as Star Wars Episode 2 level of writing, but pretty close. Still, it was not an unpleasant way to kill 2 hours. ---
**Author:** ![Pabitel](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/bbce88/32.png) [@Pabitel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Pabitel)\ **Post date:** [November 8, 2016, 4:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-wonderfully-bad-movie-list/770719/62 "2016-11-08T16:10:36Z")
National Treasure is my go-to guilty pleasure. I also get a kick out of the, very not PC, oriental movie detectives, Mr. Wong (Boris Karloff), Mr. Moto (Peter Lorre) and of course Charlie Chan (Warner Oland & Sidney Toler). Does that make me a bad person? ---
**Author:** ![Brodi](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/cc9497/32.png) [@Brodi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Brodi)\ **Post date:** [November 8, 2016, 4:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-wonderfully-bad-movie-list/770719/63 "2016-11-08T16:59:48Z")
[Ravenous](http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0129332/?ref_=fn_al_tt_2): Soldiers in a frontier fort become lunch for an insane cannibal. [Sorcerer](http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0076740/): 1977 remake of “Wages of Fear”. Rag tag group of misfits must transport nitro in rickety old trucks across a jungle. [The Haunted World of El Superbeasto](http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0419724/?ref_=fn_al_tt_2): Adult cartoon by Rob Zombie about a womanizing masked wrestler, his hot crime fighting sister, and nazi zombies. Need I say more? ---
**Author:** ![nightshadea](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/7ba0ec/32.png) [@nightshadea](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/nightshadea)\ **Post date:** [November 8, 2016, 5:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-wonderfully-bad-movie-list/770719/64 "2016-11-08T17:34:10Z")
paul newman when he was more successful actually took out news ads all over the country apologizing for the silver chalice and I nominate any kung fu epic made by the shaw bros. fight scenes excellent everything else not so much ---
**Author:** ![watchwolf49](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/e9c0ed/32.png) [@watchwolf49](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/watchwolf49)\ **Post date:** [November 8, 2016, 5:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-wonderfully-bad-movie-list/770719/65 "2016-11-08T17:45:38Z")
> [@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? _Rocky Horror Picture Show_ ? ---
**Author:** ![Soylent\_Juicy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/82dd89/32.png) [@Soylent\_Juicy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Soylent_Juicy)\ **Post date:** [November 8, 2016, 6:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-wonderfully-bad-movie-list/770719/66 "2016-11-08T18:06:35Z")
My favourite movie of all time is “Slaves of New York”. ---
**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:** [November 8, 2016, 7:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-wonderfully-bad-movie-list/770719/67 "2016-11-08T19:07:32Z")
> [@Brodi](#): > > [Sorcerer](http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0076740/): 1977 remake of “Wages of Fear”. Rag tag group of misfits must transport nitro in rickety old trucks across a jungle. [nitpick] Cases of old, leaky dynamite that had been improperly stored. [/nitpick] ---
**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 8, 2016, 7:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-wonderfully-bad-movie-list/770719/68 "2016-11-08T19:13:11Z")
> [@Skywatcher](#): > > [nitpick] > Cases of old, leaky dynamite that had been improperly stored. > [/nitpick] counter-nitpick: nitroglycerine is what leaks out of dynamite. So while you’re precisely right, the OP isn’t wrong, either. ---
**Author:** ![Sparky812](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/eb9ed0/32.png) [@Sparky812](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sparky812)\ **Post date:** [November 8, 2016, 7:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-wonderfully-bad-movie-list/770719/69 "2016-11-08T19:30:29Z")
_Wages of Fear_ is such a brilliant film but _Sorcerer_ was awful. Lots of good picks here… but I submit [_Sword and the Sorcerer_ (1982)](http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0084749/?ref_=nv_sr_1) And who could forget… [_Ator, the Fighting Eagle_ (1982)](http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0085183/?ref_=fn_al_tt_1) and of course [_The Blade Master_ (1984)](http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0086972/?ref_=tt_rec_tt)better know as _Cave Dwellers_ in the MST3K episode. “How much Keeffe do we have?” MILES O’KEEFE!!!" ---
**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:** [November 8, 2016, 7:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-wonderfully-bad-movie-list/770719/70 "2016-11-08T19:50:47Z")
> [@Amateur\_Barbarian](#): > > counter-nitpick: nitroglycerine is what leaks out of dynamite. So while you’re precisely right, the OP isn’t wrong, either. Just saying “nitro” implies just the clear stuff in bottles, like the “gallons of nitro” in that IMDb link. ---
**Author:** ![Sparky812](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/eb9ed0/32.png) [@Sparky812](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sparky812)\ **Post date:** [November 8, 2016, 8:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-wonderfully-bad-movie-list/770719/71 "2016-11-08T20:03:38Z")
> [@Skywatcher](#): > > Just saying “nitro” implies just the clear stuff in bottles, like the “gallons of nitro” in that IMDb link. In Wages of Fear, I believe they were actually glass bottles full of nitroglycerin. ---
**Author:** ![Sparky812](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/eb9ed0/32.png) [@Sparky812](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sparky812)\ **Post date:** [November 8, 2016, 8:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-wonderfully-bad-movie-list/770719/72 "2016-11-08T20:05:51Z")
How about [\*KISS Meets the Phantom of the Park \*(1978)](http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0077788/)? ---
**Author:** ![Pantastic](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/3bc359/32.png) [@Pantastic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Pantastic)\ **Post date:** [November 8, 2016, 9:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-wonderfully-bad-movie-list/770719/73 "2016-11-08T21:16:56Z")
> [@Sparky812](#): > > How about > > [\*KISS Meets the Phantom of the Park \*(1978)](http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0077788/)? That is another movie that very much lives up to its title. The scene where KISS is sitting around a pool on a hot summer day in their full makeup and outfits including Gene Simmons perched on a lifeguard tower is just classic. ---
**Author:** ![furryman](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/furryman/32/99_2.png) [@furryman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/furryman)\ **Post date:** [November 8, 2016, 9:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-wonderfully-bad-movie-list/770719/74 "2016-11-08T21:46:02Z")
> [@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? Wasn’t “Pat” a movie length version of a SNL scit that wasn’t funny in the first place? Not to mention that I can think of plenty of just bad movies. My contributions: The Stupids Suburban Commando ---
**Author:** ![Wolf333](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wolf333/32/3460_2.png) [@Wolf333](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wolf333)\ **Post date:** [November 8, 2016, 10:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-wonderfully-bad-movie-list/770719/75 "2016-11-08T22:56:52Z")
_[Deep Rising](http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0118956/?ref_=nv_sr_3)_. It was part of the wave of sea-going horror films from the nineties, with the action cranked way up. I enjoy it because Treat Williams really seems to be in on the joke. He doesn’t so much chew the scenery, as he treats as a tasty snack. Something to nibble on occasionally. ---
**Author:** ![August\_West](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/august_west/32/18069_2.png) [@August\_West](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/August_West)\ **Post date:** [November 8, 2016, 11:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-wonderfully-bad-movie-list/770719/76 "2016-11-08T23:10:09Z")
I’m pleased to be the first to proffer [A Boy And His Dog](http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0072730/), starring a young Don Johnson. A young man and his telepathic dog wander the dystopian wasteland searching for women until they discover an underground society full of circuses, clown-faced robots, and sperm-milking machines. And if that weren’t enough, don’t miss the cannibalistic plot twist at the end! ---
**Author:** ![MonkeyMensch](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/82dd89/32.png) [@MonkeyMensch](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MonkeyMensch)\ **Post date:** [November 9, 2016, 3:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-wonderfully-bad-movie-list/770719/77 "2016-11-09T03:14:35Z")
[quote=“TubaDiva, post:42, topic:770719”] In a similar vein, anyone know about this mashup? It’s Martin Denny, the “Quiet Village” guy … and what the heck is this video? [/QUOTE] Ooh, that’s nice. Martin Denny always takes me back. The movie is [The Indian Tomb](http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0052924)(1959) directed by none other than Fritz Lang. I didn’t know that but that dancer’s figure is pure gorgeousness and I had to find out. Doesn’t have too bad a rating on IMDB, either. ---
**Author:** ![Chimera](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/8e8cbc/32.png) [@Chimera](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chimera)\ **Post date:** [November 9, 2016, 3:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-wonderfully-bad-movie-list/770719/78 "2016-11-09T03:33:22Z")
Masters of Menace Mechanic for a biker gang (Jim Belushi) dies, leading the gang to set out cross country to take his body home. Lots of cameos. ---
**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 9, 2016, 4:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-wonderfully-bad-movie-list/770719/79 "2016-11-09T04:20:04Z")
> [@Sparky812](#): > > _Wages of Fear_ is such a brilliant film but _Sorcerer_ was awful. > > Lots of good picks here… but I submit > > [_Sword and the Sorcerer_ (1982)](http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0084749/?ref_=nv_sr_1) I agree on Sword and the Sorcerer. With its jet-propelled triple-bladed sword, it’s incredibly awful. But I’ll give it this – the film’s best moments (like raising the Sorcerer from his tomb) were ripped off from Robert E. Howard’s Conan stories (that opening is from “Hour of the DRagon/Conan the Conqueror”). And it did them better and more faithfully than any “official” Conan movie I’ve seen yet. Bonus points – at the end of Sword and the Sorcerer they announced that there would be a sequel, **Tales of the Ancient Empire**. Yeah, like they were ever going to make a sequel to this turkey… Well, it took them 28 years, but they actually did make that sequel. It came out in 2010, and the title is almost exactly as promised – **Abelar: Tales of an Ancient Empire**. Same director, Albert Pyun. The star, Lee Horseley, is back, too. I haven’t seen it, but I could see this making a great Bad Film double feature. Another suggestion – **Sorceress**. This is the 1982 masterpiece executive produced by Roger Corman. It’s incredibly bad, with bad writing, bad special effects, bad acting, and bad makeup. There are no actual sorceresses in the film. It looks as if it was made in some foreign country, in another language, and bought cheap and dubbed into English – but it actually was filmed in English to start with. The poster is great, but, as is alwayts the case, the film can’t even begin to live up to the poster. The winged lion in the film looks like a bad Muppet > **[Sorceress (1982) ⭐ 4.4 | Action, Adventure, Fantasy](https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0086340/?ref_=fn_al_tt_1)** > > 1h 23m | R ---
**Author:** ![rowrrbazzle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rowrrbazzle/32/414_2.png) [@rowrrbazzle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/rowrrbazzle)\ **Post date:** [November 9, 2016, 4:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-wonderfully-bad-movie-list/770719/80 "2016-11-09T04:23:44Z")
> [@Amateur\_Barbarian](#): > > _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. If you want to see it for yourself, it’s actually been posted on a popular video sharing site. I won’t link directly because that must be a copyright violation. There are all sorts of movies posted that I thought would’ve been taken down in short order, but they’re still there. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-wonderfully-bad-movie-list/770719.md?page=3) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-wonderfully-bad-movie-list/770719.md?page=5)