Back in '95 we went to see a film. The cinema goes dark and the trailer for Species plays. Two minutes later there is stunned silence as a packed cinema tries to come to grips with what the hell we just watched. In the silence I whistled the opening of the X-Files theme. Most comedians would kill to get the laughs I got with those 6 notes.
I think we should all salute John Travolta for the service he did in keeping Scientology as just a rather silly cult with his work on Battlefield: Earth.
On the subject of Cannon films, their 1980 sci-fi musical The Apple definitely falls into the "so bad it's good" category. Director Menahem Golan was reportedly so distraught with its reception that he was seconds away from suicide, before being talked out of it.
I always had a soft spot for Yellowbeard; I think you can tell they were having fun and that's infectious. Like a lot of things Chapman did though it had no idea how to wrap up an ending.
I've watched Battlefield Earth many times. It is EPIC in its badness. No other movie has mud-caked, loincloth wearing cavemen flying Harrier jets. And the dialogue, astonishingly bad.
The Sword and the Sorcerer is filled with shoddy gore and effects, and all strange acting, and that’s what makes it so good. Talking of Neil Dickson in Biggles, check out the Pet Shop Boys 1987 film It Couldn’t Happen Here, in which he reprises the role with great effect. The Pet Shop Boys had yet to do a tour, and instead hired British director Jack Bond to make a film, linking many of their songs and life events in a strange, quite surreal journey across an utterly British landscape, with some truly bonkers performances from Joss Ackland, Neil Dickson and Barbara Windsor. Weird and wonderful stuff. I even have the original UK quad......
Captain America (1990). Italian Redskull, Cap's fake ears, the nonsensical story. But you can't deny the charm this movie has.. and Cap faking being nauseous to steal a vehicle is gold.
Barney I would disagree. While they certainly weren't trying to make a masterpiece, the special features on the Blu-Ray show that the cast and crew put their heart and soul in the movie. Just so happened that it was horribly misguided.
Gern Wind I know what you mean. I'm not saying it's a bad movie and I actually like it. But it's a parody It's deliberately cheesy cos it's taking the piss out of those sort of action movies with crap dialogue and acting and stuff so in that way it's trying to be a bad movie. It's not trying to be high art and failing.
Condorman should be in the category “films that you thought were amazing when you saw them in the cinema at age 7, but failed to hold your attention when you saw them on home video at age 9.” (Not pithy, but accurate.)
The 'Rifftrax' gang did one of their funniest episodes in eviscerating 'Samurai Cop.' And back in the 80's I worked at the cinema in the low-rent part of town and we got every crappy Cannon film that came down the line, all except for...'Runaway Train,' the ONE time Cannon had a fluke accident and produced a near-masterpiece.
Francis Ford Coppolla's Bram Stoker's Dracula. Even the title tells you it's going to be ALL wrong. That said, it was incredibly entertaining tosh replete with a scenery-chewing, crucifix-wielding Sir Anthony Hopkins, a transvestite Alistair Sim-impersonating Gary Oldman & a barely sentient performance from Keanu chanelling Dick van Dyke. It looks and sounds incredible. It's both immense and rubbish all at the same time.
All well and good, but the ultimate "so bad it's good" movie has to be Flash Gordon. Yes, the one from 1980. The one with Max von Sydow as Ming the Merciless hamming it up with extra ham and cheese on the side, the utterly forgettable performance of Mr. Whatsisface as the titular Flash Gordon, Timothy Dalton having quite possibly loaned a moustache from Tom Selleck, and, of course, a singular performance from the national treasure that is BRIAN BLESSED (I believe we are required by law to write his name in all-caps, in lieu of pronuncing his name with a few extra decibels). The special effects remind me of Frank Zappa's song "Cheepnis", and the soundtrack is an interesting experiment from Queen, who had just started dabbling with synthesisers and was still a year or so off from releasing the near-universally derided Hot Space album, so the Flash Gordon soundtrack came at the perfect time for them. It's one of those films that should by rights have the same kind of midnight screening cult that The Rocky Horror Picture Show has, although I must admit that I haven't seen the film sober since I can remember. Perhaps that's part of the charm. All I know is that whenever I watch it, I will invariably start wondering at some point whether the film was a cheap post-Star Wars sci-fi cash grab (it was, after all, produced by Dino de Laurentiis) that nobody took seriously, or whether it was a genuine attempt at creating a decent adaptation of the classic stories that just became this hot mess on account of circumstances. Would be interesting to hear what the good Dr. K thinks of this particular disasterpiece.
Flash Gordon was exceedingly camp, but was IMO quite competently made. People knowingly making a solid tongue-in-cheek movie is fun rather than bad. Compared to other post-Star Wars hypetrain movies, I think they recognized SW for the retro exercise Lucas intended. But compare it to Italian ripoffs such as Star Crash, or Man Who Saved the World (aka Turkish Star Wars) and Flash Gordon looks slick in comparison.
I started to watch BattleField Earth few weeks ago! After the first quarter of the book I remembered that I had to rearrange some of my books so I did that while the movie played in the background! That helped me through that grueling experience
I once bought a VHS copy of 'The Rollerblade Seven' from a bargain bin at Makro in Croydon. It was possibly the most ridiculous film i've ever seen, but it had so many lines that formed a part of my adult lexicon - much to the bemusement of many of my friends! To draw parallels with Samurai Cop - it features a samurai wielding long haired protagonist... I can't even remember much rollerblading in it to be fair let alone seven memorable characters for it to be called 'The Rollerblade Seven'
Starcrash. I know it's objectively terrible but I always really enjoy it. I had a friend who worked on it and, about fifteen years after its release, said to me that he was really happy that he didn't have a credit. He had never seen the movie so he didn't know that he did in fact have a prominent opening credit.
Yeah, so I watched the first 20 minutes, no need to continue. Badly put together cinematography wise and insufficient laughter. Like watching an extended flying circus sketch that they forgot to put jokes in
I like to see it less as movies that are "so bad they're good" and more as bad movies with some qualities or attributes to make you keep watching. Whether it's the utterly baffling scripts of "Troll 2" or "Fateful Findings" that make you question the intentions (or sanity) of the writer, the utter technical incompetence of movies like "Things", "Birdemic" or "Zaat" or the genuine heart of films such as "Miami Connection".
The chronicles of Riddick Mad plot so convoluted Exposition ... Deux ex machina.... and a hero who is totally unkillabe.... I love it.. oh and Dame Judi Dench having a blast
The mention of Samurai Cop brings to mind Dark Corners video about the movie, and the ridiculous woman's wig Matt Hannon was forced to wear after being brought back for reshoots, having cut his long hair after assuming filming was complete.
This video totally answers your own recent question "why does a talented actor like John C Reilly keep doing terrible Will Ferrell films?". Because even though the end result is atrocious they must be a huge amount of fun to work on!
Ah, Battlefield Earth... the perfect way to get drunk without actually touching alcohol. The wacky camera angles in every single shot leave you feeling hammered.
I'll never forget the Pumaman, although I have MST3K to thank for pointing me there. A Christmas Prince was something very special, too. And I'll always have a soft spot for Birdemic, especially for "The Eagles Killed Becky!"
'Exorcist II: The Heretic' is my favorite bad movie. It has a hypnotic quality to its awfulness. So misguided, so stupid, so many quotable lines. "When the wings have brushed you... is there no hope once the wings have brushed you?" "I am Pa-ZOO-ZOO!" "It was horrible, utterly horrible... and fascinating!"
I liked the different direction Boorman was going with the first 2/3 of the movie. Where it all falls apart is the end, where Burton gets (more) hammered, and the action revisits that bad mockup set of the first movie. I suspect that it was going somewhere interesting until studio interference decided that it needed more of a connection to the first movie.
Highlander is definitely one of those “so bad they are good” I watched it with my wife recently. She had never seen it and growled at me the whole way through. It hasn’t aged well but it is still very enjoyable and has a huge cult following.
I'd go with 1981s Modern Problems. It has Chevy Chase doing what we love from the Fletch and Vacation movies but in a weird Twilight episode style plot. Kind of in the field of The Incredible Shrinking Woman(Lilly Tomlin) and The Man with Two Brains(Steve Martin).
Invite a group of friends over and show *Troll 2 + Best Worst Movie* as a double-bill - one of the greatest movie nights you can experience! The latter is an award-winning doc that tells the story behind why the former turned out so bizarre and is both heart-warming and hilarious.
Must add to the love for Biggles. Saw it in a nearly empty cinema back when it first came out and enjoyed it a lot. Neil Dickson is perfectly cast as the hero and delivers one of my favourite lines "If you can fly a Sopwith Camel, you can fly anything!" Yes it would have been better to stick to WW1 and leave out time-travelling chefs, but its a batty collection of old-school stiff upper lips and 80's pop culture. Surprisingly violent too in places for a family aimed film.
Ok, I was 10, It was the summer holidays, I wanted to see Condorman. So I sat and watched that with my gran (she liked Michael Crawford) in Screen 2, while my mum and sister watched Raiders of the Lost Ark in Screen 1. I had a great time, never seen it again. I did correctly remember the theme music for 37 years so it must have done something right.
Mortal Kombat 2. It looks and feels like one of the movies me and my friends made in high school with a vhs camcorder. So, for nostalgic reasons, I like it.
GoodBadFlicks reviews this type of movie, including some mentioned here. _From Arena to Super Mario Bros.... From America 3000 to Robot Jox...._ ...Though I think he drew the line at Battlefield Earth.
I really like Jupiter Ascending.I think it is rich in irony,and plays it up for a good fun silly ride,feel the same about Valerian. Have watched both a few times,and will watch many times more,bonkers fun yes.I think people try and read more into them them the filmmakers ever intended.
I think my favourite bad film is 'Thanks Killing', a movie where a puppet turkey gets revenge on thanks giving revellers (which sounds an awful lot like the plot to 'Free Bird', without the time travel or the narcoleptic 5 year old) . Clearly made by a group of friends who got together in their living room, and after a few beers and said "let's film something" it is without a doubt the most nonsensical drivel you will ever come across out side a 2006 RUclips Vlog. It is however, made with such genuine passion for the Horror-Comedy genre, you'll quickly find yourself going from laughing at it, to laughing (if not with it) then at least along side it.
Pieces. Absolutely adore the film for its utter ineptitude and seemingly random scenes of bad tennis and martial artists with bad indigestion. BASTARDS!!!
C S5 both those are wonderful. I watch don't open every Xmas , as for pieces, first saw it around midnight at a eurofest all nighter at the everyman cinema, the whole place was laughing
Anyone interested in bad/good films check out, Robot Ninja. Brilliant SUPER cheap superhero film with great cheap practical gore effects. Also for the lowest of quality, Black River Monster. Just under an hour long & still managed to drag in parts. Worth it for the laughs.
I remember Michael Madsen's line from "Species" when the creator of the hybrid alien/human Sil says ".... we made it a female so that it would be more docile". To which Madsen's character replies "You obviously don't get out much".
The chap who commented on Jupiter Ascending was called Robert Paulson. Is this a deliberate reference to a certain David Fincher flick or have I passed the geek event horizon…
Just about forgot about the Biggles movie! I did read a feature on it in a magazine when I was about ten, but have never seen it reviewed, referenced or mentioned since then until now! Is it available anywhere?
The Whitaker line from Species reminds me of the immortal line from Plan 9. "Inspector Clay is dead. Murdered. And someone's responsible!"
Back in '95 we went to see a film. The cinema goes dark and the trailer for Species plays. Two minutes later there is stunned silence as a packed cinema tries to come to grips with what the hell we just watched. In the silence I whistled the opening of the X-Files theme. Most comedians would kill to get the laughs I got with those 6 notes.
George Costanza?
I think we should all salute John Travolta for the service he did in keeping Scientology as just a rather silly cult with his work on Battlefield: Earth.
On the subject of Cannon films, their 1980 sci-fi musical The Apple definitely falls into the "so bad it's good" category. Director Menahem Golan was reportedly so distraught with its reception that he was seconds away from suicide, before being talked out of it.
Mine would have to be 'ICE Pirates'. Absolutely fantastic
Popeye with Shelley Duvall and Robin Williams springs to mind. It's more "so strange it's good"
I always had a soft spot for Yellowbeard; I think you can tell they were having fun and that's infectious. Like a lot of things Chapman did though it had no idea how to wrap up an ending.
HIS NAME WAS ROBERT PAULSON.
Beat me to it!
I love how 'Angels and Demons' gets mentioned but nothing more...that's the best dis you can give
I've watched Battlefield Earth many times. It is EPIC in its badness. No other movie has mud-caked, loincloth wearing cavemen flying Harrier jets. And the dialogue, astonishingly bad.
The Sword and the Sorcerer is filled with shoddy gore and effects, and all strange acting, and that’s what makes it so good. Talking of Neil Dickson in Biggles, check out the Pet Shop Boys 1987 film It Couldn’t Happen Here, in which he reprises the role with great effect. The Pet Shop Boys had yet to do a tour, and instead hired British director Jack Bond to make a film, linking many of their songs and life events in a strange, quite surreal journey across an utterly British landscape, with some truly bonkers performances from Joss Ackland, Neil Dickson and Barbara Windsor. Weird and wonderful stuff. I even have the original UK quad......
Captain America (1990). Italian Redskull, Cap's fake ears, the nonsensical story. But you can't deny the charm this movie has.. and Cap faking being nauseous to steal a vehicle is gold.
NostalgiNorden Agreed.
Doesn't count. It's not trying to be a good film.
Barney I would disagree. While they certainly weren't trying to make a masterpiece, the special features on the Blu-Ray show that the cast and crew put their heart and soul in the movie. Just so happened that it was horribly misguided.
Gern Wind I know what you mean. I'm not saying it's a bad movie and I actually like it. But it's a parody It's deliberately cheesy cos it's taking the piss out of those sort of action movies with crap dialogue and acting and stuff so in that way it's trying to be a bad movie. It's not trying to be high art and failing.
I have a soft spot for the 1998 Avengers movie, Catwoman, and Miami Connection.
I watched Yellowbeard again only a couple of months ago - I think I quite liked it...I think.
I would love to see a Kermode Uncut series where you revisit old movies, the good and the bad, and give your two cents on them
Condorman should be in the category “films that you thought were amazing when you saw them in the cinema at age 7, but failed to hold your attention when you saw them on home video at age 9.” (Not pithy, but accurate.)
Mega Shark vs Giant Octopus. Unintentionally hilarious.
Also, I'm going to add a vote for the "Yellowbeard was awesome" side.
Spacehunter: Adventures in the Forbidden Zone 3D. That is all.
The 'Rifftrax' gang did one of their funniest episodes in eviscerating 'Samurai Cop.' And back in the 80's I worked at the cinema in the low-rent part of town and we got every crappy Cannon film that came down the line, all except for...'Runaway Train,' the ONE time Cannon had a fluke accident and produced a near-masterpiece.
Francis Ford Coppolla's Bram Stoker's Dracula. Even the title tells you it's going to be ALL wrong. That said, it was incredibly entertaining tosh replete with a scenery-chewing, crucifix-wielding Sir Anthony Hopkins, a transvestite Alistair Sim-impersonating Gary Oldman & a barely sentient performance from Keanu chanelling Dick van Dyke. It looks and sounds incredible. It's both immense and rubbish all at the same time.
Miami Connection! There is also a nice Vice-Documentary on RUclips about the Director. Highly recommended!
Woah woah woah, is Kermode saying he saw 'Samurai Cop' before RLM made it famous?
I love both Biggles and Condorman found them both highly entertaining on release
All well and good, but the ultimate "so bad it's good" movie has to be Flash Gordon. Yes, the one from 1980.
The one with Max von Sydow as Ming the Merciless hamming it up with extra ham and cheese on the side, the utterly forgettable performance of Mr. Whatsisface as the titular Flash Gordon, Timothy Dalton having quite possibly loaned a moustache from Tom Selleck, and, of course, a singular performance from the national treasure that is BRIAN BLESSED (I believe we are required by law to write his name in all-caps, in lieu of pronuncing his name with a few extra decibels). The special effects remind me of Frank Zappa's song "Cheepnis", and the soundtrack is an interesting experiment from Queen, who had just started dabbling with synthesisers and was still a year or so off from releasing the near-universally derided Hot Space album, so the Flash Gordon soundtrack came at the perfect time for them.
It's one of those films that should by rights have the same kind of midnight screening cult that The Rocky Horror Picture Show has, although I must admit that I haven't seen the film sober since I can remember. Perhaps that's part of the charm. All I know is that whenever I watch it, I will invariably start wondering at some point whether the film was a cheap post-Star Wars sci-fi cash grab (it was, after all, produced by Dino de Laurentiis) that nobody took seriously, or whether it was a genuine attempt at creating a decent adaptation of the classic stories that just became this hot mess on account of circumstances. Would be interesting to hear what the good Dr. K thinks of this particular disasterpiece.
Flash Gordon was exceedingly camp, but was IMO quite competently made. People knowingly making a solid tongue-in-cheek movie is fun rather than bad. Compared to other post-Star Wars hypetrain movies, I think they recognized SW for the retro exercise Lucas intended. But compare it to Italian ripoffs such as Star Crash, or Man Who Saved the World (aka Turkish Star Wars) and Flash Gordon looks slick in comparison.
NOOOOOOOOOOoooooooooooo! Flash Gordon is the bomb!!!
@@HereComesPopoBawa Flash Gordon really has to be camp, doesn't it. The whole premise just wouldn't work if the tone was serious.
Great post - some excellent recommendations for good/bad movies!
This Uncut is packed with cruddy gems to love/hate hard.
Konrad. No one has ever heard of it but it’s so so so entertaining.
Anaconda. The movie just kills me, it's hilarious.
The world needs an RLM and Mark Kermode crossover.
I also love Hudson Hawk.
Yes me too.
I started to watch BattleField Earth few weeks ago! After the first quarter of the book I remembered that I had to rearrange some of my books so I did that while the movie played in the background! That helped me through that grueling experience
I once bought a VHS copy of 'The Rollerblade Seven' from a bargain bin at Makro in Croydon. It was possibly the most ridiculous film i've ever seen, but it had so many lines that formed a part of my adult lexicon - much to the bemusement of many of my friends! To draw parallels with Samurai Cop - it features a samurai wielding long haired protagonist... I can't even remember much rollerblading in it to be fair let alone seven memorable characters for it to be called 'The Rollerblade Seven'
my local stereo place played Biggles in their Laser disc player as it had a great stereo sound track during the fight scenes
Couldn't help but shout "your friendly bartender!" when we got to that final film
I laughed so hard when I saw that that I cried, got cramps, and had an asthma attack.
Starcrash. I know it's objectively terrible but I always really enjoy it. I had a friend who worked on it and, about fifteen years after its release, said to me that he was really happy that he didn't have a credit. He had never seen the movie so he didn't know that he did in fact have a prominent opening credit.
Wait a loads pythons and Bowie... *seeks out yellowbeard*
Yeah, so I watched the first 20 minutes, no need to continue. Badly put together cinematography wise and insufficient laughter. Like watching an extended flying circus sketch that they forgot to put jokes in
I'm surprised "Doc Savage - Man Of Bronze" starring Ron Ely didn't get a mention.
Kernode?
Mark's Cornish alter ego?
I feel the mistake is entirely appropriate given the subject matter
Neil breen
Very cool!
He has the best ball sack!
His wife's a Skost!
He is God.
But do we see his ballsack? DO WE SEE HIS BALLSACK???
I like to see it less as movies that are "so bad they're good" and more as bad movies with some qualities or attributes to make you keep watching. Whether it's the utterly baffling scripts of "Troll 2" or "Fateful Findings" that make you question the intentions (or sanity) of the writer, the utter technical incompetence of movies like "Things", "Birdemic" or "Zaat" or the genuine heart of films such as "Miami Connection".
The chronicles of Riddick
Mad plot so convoluted
Exposition ... Deux ex machina.... and a hero who is totally unkillabe.... I love it.. oh and Dame Judi Dench having a blast
He-Man was the first film ever saw as a child and I fell asleep halfway through it .Surely it's worth a shout for some sort of reboot.
Tim Lawley There is a new reboot in the works right now.
The mention of Samurai Cop brings to mind Dark Corners video about the movie, and the ridiculous woman's wig Matt Hannon was forced to wear after being brought back for reshoots, having cut his long hair after assuming filming was complete.
This video totally answers your own recent question "why does a talented actor like John C Reilly keep doing terrible Will Ferrell films?". Because even though the end result is atrocious they must be a huge amount of fun to work on!
I had a children's book about the Biggles film, I loved it!
Lifeforce. The answer is Lifeforce.
Ah, Battlefield Earth... the perfect way to get drunk without actually touching alcohol. The wacky camera angles in every single shot leave you feeling hammered.
Neil LaBute's remake of The Wicker Man with Nick Cage is one of the funniest movies ever
:)
Condorman.... I loved it as a kid
xD
chain reaction featuring keanu reeves is worth a mention. i loved it
I'll never forget the Pumaman, although I have MST3K to thank for pointing me there. A Christmas Prince was something very special, too. And I'll always have a soft spot for Birdemic, especially for "The Eagles Killed Becky!"
Oh, and the 1980s version of The Worst Witch with Tim Currie - it's a hoot!
'Exorcist II: The Heretic' is my favorite bad movie. It has a hypnotic quality to its awfulness. So misguided, so stupid, so many quotable lines. "When the wings have brushed you... is there no hope once the wings have brushed you?"
"I am Pa-ZOO-ZOO!"
"It was horrible, utterly horrible... and fascinating!"
I liked the different direction Boorman was going with the first 2/3 of the movie. Where it all falls apart is the end, where Burton gets (more) hammered, and the action revisits that bad mockup set of the first movie. I suspect that it was going somewhere interesting until studio interference decided that it needed more of a connection to the first movie.
Samurai Cop is a movie I watch at least once a year. What a hilarious trainwreck
Flash Gordon - So bad, so dodgy, so fun
Highlander is definitely one of those “so bad they are good” I watched it with my wife recently. She had never seen it and growled at me the whole way through. It hasn’t aged well but it is still very enjoyable and has a huge cult following.
So, Mark... what is your pick for Best of the Worst?
Funnily enough, he mentions RLM in his book on film criticism.
Well, no surprise: Kermode is awesome.
I saw an RLM reference and I CLAPPED
8ulls3y3 I really want him to go on Half in the Bag now
@@mattgilbert7347 > I RECOGNISED THE THING THAT I KNOW?
DON'T ASK QUESTIONS, JUST CONSUME RLM AND GET EXCITED FOR NEXT RLM.
Troll 2, Miami connection, Hollywood cop, suburban sasquach
that's right susan
Someone's clearly been watching too much BoTW
YES i do.
Every day ends with a tums festival!
Has nobody seen Birdemic?
I'd go with 1981s Modern Problems. It has Chevy Chase doing what we love from the Fletch and Vacation movies but in a weird Twilight episode style plot. Kind of in the field of The Incredible Shrinking Woman(Lilly Tomlin) and The Man with Two Brains(Steve Martin).
@ eric i may look that up!
Invite a group of friends over and show *Troll 2 + Best Worst Movie* as a double-bill - one of the greatest movie nights you can experience! The latter is an award-winning doc that tells the story behind why the former turned out so bizarre and is both heart-warming and hilarious.
Must add to the love for Biggles. Saw it in a nearly empty cinema back when it first came out and enjoyed it a lot. Neil Dickson is perfectly cast as the hero and delivers one of my favourite lines "If you can fly a Sopwith Camel, you can fly anything!" Yes it would have been better to stick to WW1 and leave out time-travelling chefs, but its a batty collection of old-school stiff upper lips and 80's pop culture. Surprisingly violent too in places for a family aimed film.
"Buckstone County prison" never heard of it 😳boy what a treat awaits you
Remo: Unarmed & Dangerous.
I LOVE Yellowbeard!
count69 Killin' plants!
Ok, I was 10, It was the summer holidays, I wanted to see Condorman. So I sat and watched that with my gran (she liked Michael Crawford) in Screen 2, while my mum and sister watched Raiders of the Lost Ark in Screen 1. I had a great time, never seen it again. I did correctly remember the theme music for 37 years so it must have done something right.
Bad taste -best bad movie ever!
I remember Biggles traumatising me for that moment of someone putting their hand *into* the goop of someone ele's face post-sound wave weapon.
Mortal Kombat 2. It looks and feels like one of the movies me and my friends made in high school with a vhs camcorder. So, for nostalgic reasons, I like it.
This needs a sequel
GoodBadFlicks reviews this type of movie, including some mentioned here.
_From Arena to Super Mario Bros.... From America 3000 to Robot Jox...._
...Though I think he drew the line at Battlefield Earth.
got to agree with Angels and Demons, so watchable. I'd include the League of Extraordinary Gentleman too.
I really like Jupiter Ascending.I think it is rich in irony,and plays it up for a good fun silly ride,feel the same about Valerian. Have watched both a few times,and will watch many times more,bonkers fun yes.I think people try and read more into them them the filmmakers ever intended.
I think my favourite bad film is 'Thanks Killing', a movie where a puppet turkey gets revenge on thanks giving revellers (which sounds an awful lot like the plot to 'Free Bird', without the time travel or the narcoleptic 5 year old) . Clearly made by a group of friends who got together in their living room, and after a few beers and said "let's film something" it is without a doubt the most nonsensical drivel you will ever come across out side a 2006 RUclips Vlog. It is however, made with such genuine passion for the Horror-Comedy genre, you'll quickly find yourself going from laughing at it, to laughing (if not with it) then at least along side it.
*Hudson Hawk* was off-the-rails stupid, but it's like visiting an old friend every time I watch it
Pieces. Absolutely adore the film for its utter ineptitude and seemingly random scenes of bad tennis and martial artists with bad indigestion. BASTARDS!!!
Nik Turk oh yeah. pieces rocks. ever seen Don't Open Till Xmas? check it out if not...its hilarious and one of the same actors from Pieces stars.
C S5 both those are wonderful. I watch don't open every Xmas , as for pieces, first saw it around midnight at a eurofest all nighter at the everyman cinema, the whole place was laughing
mr y mysterious video yeah it's funny but it also has some of the most gruesome gore fx I've seen!
I adore Yellowbeard.
Biggles ' Adventures in Time seems like a failed television pilot. It'd have made a decent TV show, though.
I saw Battlefield Earth in the theatre!.. also Millenium and McGruber.
Biggles is frickin' awesome.
Lifeforce.... then everything else.
John Travolta: I take a group of man animals out somewhere and train them.
Is he referring to how studio executives are trained?
Hudson Hawk is excellent.
Anyone interested in bad/good films check out, Robot Ninja. Brilliant SUPER cheap superhero film with great cheap practical gore effects. Also for the lowest of quality, Black River Monster. Just under an hour long & still managed to drag in parts. Worth it for the laughs.
I remember Michael Madsen's line from "Species" when the creator of the hybrid alien/human Sil says ".... we made it a female so that it would be more docile". To which Madsen's character replies "You obviously don't get out much".
Any early Steven Segal movie. Out for justice, Marked for death etc.
The later ones are even worse 🤣
Cannonball Run II. Love that movie. I can't understand why it's even considered a bad movie to be honest.
Did he say Robert Pulson? A quote from the public about Jupiter Ascending came from Robert Pulson. His name is Robert Pulson.
Need to give some sort of honorable mention to Surviving the Game.
Ahhh for me was the shape of water...where we made bets on what would happen next :P
It's a classic so bad it's good...
Plan 9 from outer space.
Michael Caine's "The Swarm"
Good/Bad films come and go, but one stands alone, at the pinnacle, for ever .... and that film is "Glen Or Glenda".
Glad to see Battlefield Earth on the list, but surprised that The Postman didn't get a mention
Mr no legs. Condorman is brilliant never even suspected that was a bad film.
TAFFIN !
The chap who commented on Jupiter Ascending was called Robert Paulson. Is this a deliberate reference to a certain David Fincher flick or have I passed the geek event horizon…
Shhhh, rule #1
Nightbreed, Casino Royal (1967)
Species is alright. She was so fit
Fateful Findings!
Cabin Boy, classic.
Just about forgot about the Biggles movie! I did read a feature on it in a magazine when I was about ten, but have never seen it reviewed, referenced or mentioned since then until now! Is it available anywhere?