A lot of you seem to think that “bad” means “not extremely pretentious.” Several of the alleged “bad” movies that are “good” in this thread are simply good.
That said, Mamma Mia! was mentioned. It was one of the worst directed movies I’ve ever seen, yet I enjoyed the hell out of how unbelievably bad it was. And the, of course, ABBA. ABBA rules. No ABBA sing-a-longs and it would have been horrific.
I have two words for you: DANGEROUS MEN
I just came back from a screening of this amazingly bad film. The Cinefamily at the Silent Movie Theater in L.A. has a weekly screening series of these types of films called the Holyfuckingshit series. This is truly the apotheosis of the Good Bad Film. I have not laughed that hard, or been part of such an enthusiastic audience reaction (it was a sold out screening), in a VERY long time.
I can’t even begin to describe it, and I don’t think I would even want to. It’s a film that’s probably best experienced knowing nothing about it beforehand (I didn’t) so that you can just be blown away by how incredibly bad it is — and love every minute of it.
Any other L.A. locals here who were there? Or just anyone out there who’s seen this cinematic gem? I think this film deserves its own discussion thread for the few, the proud, the DANGEROUS MEN initiated. I feel like I need to debrief with my fellow fans.
The one thing I will tell you that I learned from this film: if a woman ever asks you to rub her knees and then lick her belly button — DON’T DO IT.
Wow.
Top Gun and Troll 2.
Anything that was on MST3K and Joe Bob Briggs or Mike Nelson had anything to do with. The best bad movie ever……… Fantasy Mission Force with Jackie Chan.
ZOOLANDER is still a film I am glad to have on my shelf. BE KIND REWIND, though I love Gondry, I admit it still came off as a “bad” movie, but a touching homage to great films and the old days of playing with video cameras. HOT ROD was surprisingly fun. SCREAM still ranks next to Nightmare on Elm Street as my favorite Wes Craven film. And LOVE ACTUALLY was refreshing for a chick flick where not all of the couples held the same “cookie-cutter” story that you’ve seen a hundred times.
“Bad Taste”
“C.H.U.D. II: Bud the C.H.U.D.”
the thing with two heads;frogs;bela lugosi meets the brooklyn gorilla;blacula;plan 9 from outer space
troll: 2 is the citizen kane of crap films.
rawhead rex is amazing as well.
“BLINDNESS” received terrible reviews but I thought it was fantastic
“BLINDNESS” received terrible reviews but I thought it was fantastic
“Darkness” in Spain. “The Dark” in the U.S. and A. Anna Paquin is sooo beautiful but the movie is pretty bad. Not many scares for a thriller/horror thingamajig. But, Oh, Anna, you make it all go away.
3 Ninjas
Texas Chainsaw Massacre 2
Zoolander
I am about to change your lives…
Shark Attack 3: Megalodon
truly the holy grail of sprint-to-video. I don’t even know where to start – the stock footage, the incredible cgi, the dubbing (oh my god, the dubbing – english over english?). and then there is “the” line. absolutely breathtaking in its horridness. if you consider yourself a connoiseur of such things then do whatever you can to see this. you will thank me later.
Dolemite
Showgirls
Beyond the Valley of the Dolls
Most Vincent Price/Roger Corman collaborations
Coonskin (Street Fight)
Abel Ferrara’s “Ms. 45”
Buffy the Vampire Slayer
The Lost Boys
Groundhog Day
What About Bob?
She’s Out of Control
Troop Beverly Hills
Mannequin
Obviously, have a thing for Bill Murray. However, not for Tony Danza.
(I’m going for novelty bad movies, btw. So cheesy and nostalgic that it’s good.)
Faster Pussycat Kill Kill
Pink Flamingos
Women In Revolt
Myra Breckinridge
Fanatic (Die Die My Darling)
Re-Animator
Society
Flesh/Trash/Heat
“bad” is very questionable. I love every single one of these more than certain classics.
Although a self-aware “bad movie,” Big Trouble in Little China tips over into the actual “bad movie” realm with Kim Catrall’s awful acting. But it’s great nonetheless . . .
Barbarella
Foxy Brown
Evil Dead
Women in Revolt
The Naked Kiss
The Hunger
Top Gun
Pretty much anything by Tony Scott. Visually appealing and stupidly wonderful.
@Carlos Conceição
I like your list, and was with you until the Warhol (Morrissey) trilogy. Only Godard has made me that bored (and some would say that was his purpose, whereas with FLESH TRASH HEAT, I think it was an unintended consequence). Joe Dallesandro face is not enough to distract one from his abysmal acting.
ANDY WARHOL’S BAD is great for this thread, by the way.
Master of Puppets
Bad Good Film!!!
legally blonde, the hills have eyes, and hackers
i believe hackers is the quintessential bad film
On the Waterfront
It’s the greatest bad movie ever made. There, I said it.
Well I enjoy Brian DePalma and John Carpenter films but I wouldn’t say they are bad good but not quite good maybe somewhere in between (both have good good films in their filmography though). I enjoy some campy films like Barbarella which is a very bad good movie. When I’m in a certain mood I can laugh hysterically at stupid comedies.
“Burial Ground: Nights of Terror” is one of the most unintentionally hilarious films I have ever seen; Lucio Fulci’s “Zombi 2” is another one.
The Recruit ( Pacino and Colin Farell ), the Harold & Kumar series, the Last Action Hero, Romeo Must Die
The costume melodramas produced by Gainsborough Pictures between about 1943-47 – about a dozen, the best known being The Wicked Lady.
They were wildly popular, critically rubbished, but historically fascinating in retrospect – and much more complex (albeit often unintentionally) than their detractors admitted at the time. Watched today, they’re still utter tosh, but weirdly compelling tosh that raises lots of genuinely interesting questions about the way they aimed so squarely at their audiences – overwhelmingly female, sexually independent (because their menfolk were off fighting the war) and open to subversive new ideas.
But as soon as the war ended, the men came back, the birthrate shot up, the women stayed at home… and Gainsborough closed its doors by the end of the decade.
kevin b
If you don’t know about Myra Breckinridge, it’s worth at least reading up on this film. It’s fascinating in its badness. There’s not even another film with which to compare it. The closest related experience might be drinking an entire bottle of maple syrup.