What’s your favorite “bad” movie?
I get hella stoned and watch Foodfight! at least once a year. It’s my “favorite” movie.
Everything about it, from the implied beastiality between Charlie Sheen and Hillary Duff, to the weird gay bat, to the shitweasel is a masterclass in what not to do in a movie. It transcends badness and becomes something sublime. The entire plot is about how store brands/generics are Nazis, and one of the Nazis absolutely chews the scenery in a way that makes Brian Blessed look reserved.
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By all accounts The Boondock Saints is a "bad" movie but we all watched it when we were 12 and thought it was fucking awesome and still do.
Oh no. I haven't watched it since I was a teenager, please don't ruin my memories.
it's legitimately awful
Can’t be, it has Willem Dafoe chewing the scenery
There was a FIREFIGHT!!!
wish he would chew my scenery
And it’s so great because of it.
Bad? By whom? I fucking love that film.
Glad others think so. I never cared for it. All my friends loved it.
I heard this was a cult classic or something. I was disappointed. Dafoe is the only good part
Equilibrium (2002) wasn’t well received when it came out. I think it’s still “bad” on RT but imdb has it at 7.3 now. I don’t care if gun-kata is silly and dumb, it looks cool as fuck.
The end fight where he slides the clips for future use is chef kiss good
"Sense offender!"
This was one of my favorites as a kid. It was heavily influenced by The Matrix obviously
In the DVD commentary, the writer/director talked about how he'd had the basic idea, including gun kata, since high school. He could have been lying but I think he was honest and this was sort of a case of independent parallel ideas, since somebody turbo nerdy enough to come up with gun kata probably had influence from Hong Kong action movies that similarly influenced The Matrix.
The action style and flow is much different than The Matrix, and while both plots are about fighting the system, Equilibrium is much more straight forwardly grabbing elements from classic dystopias.
I feel like I saw that too.. DVD extras were great
The tagline on the movie box even said as much: "Forget 'The Matrix'! This movie will blow you away!"
I don't think that proves much besides marketing people slapping anything on a cover long after the movie was made.
I loved that movie, thanks for reminding me about it.
The dog scene absolutely broke me. Probably the hardest I cried at a movie when I saw it for the first time.
Have you watched Grave of the Fireflies? I cried for hours afterwards. One of the best movies I've seen. Refuse to watch it again.
You should try Dolls by Kitano. It's a bunch of failed love stories, music is awesome, I cry every time.
Never heard of it. Radarr is doing it's thing. Thanks for the suggestion!
Don't come back to me if you cry. Really an amazing movie though.
It's the Matrix except the main character has the same name as my Dad. So, A+
Velocipastor is an amazing bad movie that intended to be bad. There's even a scene where a car explodes and it's just some text that says "VFX of car exploding"
It's about a pastor that can turn into a velociraptor... When there's gore it's like obviously fake, like a head rolls off and it's clear as day that it's a mannequin head. It's so bad it's amazing.
Oh yeah, and there are ninjas.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_VelociPastor
And the fact every flashback of the pastor was in a church of a different denomination lol
The Riddick Chronicles. Bad acting, bad CGI, Simple stupid inconsistent plot, one dimensional characters. perfect bad sci-fi.
I have a real soft spot for how absurdly bad/good those films are.
I liked them and have seen far worse. But to each their own.
Kung pow enter the fist. Steve oedekerk, not Bob, intentionally made a bad movie by over dubbing rewriting bad 70s martial arts films. It's absurd and stupid. I love it.
https://youtu.be/qBjKXk9QULQ
They said bad movie. This is a masterpiece.
So many good quotes from that film.
THAT'S A LOTTA NUTS!
We trained him wrong, on purpose, as a joke!
Master Pain: From this day forward, you will all refer to me by the name Betty! Ah ha, ha-ha-ha-haaaa!
Eeeeeeeeeeevil Betty...
That Speed Racer movie that the Wachowskis made. I’m not gonna pretend it’s underrated, and I’m not gonna try to convince you to like it. They made it for me and me alone.
They just released a remastered Blu-ray of it! I bought the disc, but I didn't actually have a Blu-ray player, so idk if they did a good job with the remaster yet.
A remaster??? I hope they made it more colorful.
Thanks for mentioning this! I just ordered it.
I watched that one in theatres! I also watched Baby Geniuses 2, Meet the Spartans, and the Ridiculous 6 in theatres because I guess I attract garbage.
That movie is so good!!!
People didn't like that? It's my favorite movie to watch on acid or shrooms.
Oh god I could not handle that
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vwh9ETdhrf4
It's fantastic. They didn't bother to make it "relatable" or "more realistic", just "we're literally doing, shot for shot, the anime as a movie, and fuck you if you don't like it". It's shameless, joyful fun the entire way, and honestly more movies should embrace the camp and just run with it.
Sucker Punch
The internet loves to shit on it. I've always enjoyed it. It's a visual/audio treat.
See I never got that either. There is some kind of story about escapism and dealing with trauma in there, but it's definitely second fiddle to the fact that you get to see badass ladies with samurai swords running a bunny mech through ww1 trenches and fighting giant samurai with a gatling gun. Sure it's dumb, but so is Fast and Furious
It's a genius retelling of One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest. It's also schlocky, pointless, fanservice-y action. It's dumb and I kind of love it.
the extended cut is a genuinely compelling narrative on top of the impressive variety of aesthetics & action sequences. folks are welcome to find it cringey and overdone but that's a matter of taste. it's a little too porny for me as a grown ass man but i thought it was great fun as a teen, go figure.
the pg-13 theatrical cut was hot dog water that left the emotional climax of the film on the cutting room floor.
Another one: Orgazmo https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Orgazmo
By the guys of South Park.
Probably Kung Pow: Enter the Fist, but honorable mention to Chopping Mall and Primo Baby for being so terrible they're amusing.
Super Mario Bros. 1993. It is by far the movie that puts the biggest "fun" smile on my face, especially when watching it stoned. It's so goofy in the best way and comes across as funny in a way that makes me have fun with it every time.
I mentioned Rifftrax in another comment, but the Rifftrax version of this and Street Fighter are two of my favorite things ever.
the amount of slime in that movie makes it impossible for me to watch stoned. Like, if I got that slimey, while stoned, I would be freaking the fuck out. Great movie though. I still love John Luigi-zamo
Six String Samurai.
"Nice tuxedo... nice tuxedo TO DIE IN!"
Pretty decent choice. High on my list too.
Amazing soundtrack. Saw the Red Elvises live in a small bar years ago. Great show.
Bulletproof Monk. It's corny but it puts a smile on my face every time.
If you like that movie, i suggest the run down.
AKA Welcome to the Jungle outside the US. Fun movie.
But why do hot dogs come in packs of 6 and buns come in packs of 8?
The Mummy (1999) I believe was panned by critics at release, but I think it's an absolutely fantastic and humorous adventure film.
It's a solid 10. Brendan Fraser's finest work.
Ice pirates is way up there. Amazing cast, great sets, the absolute dumbest plot.
Yes! My god! I found my person on Lemmy.
You and I are going to do fun things. Once I clear up my space herpes.
Stuff I haven't seen mentioned yet:
1984 Dune. It's one of my favorite movies period.
Return of the Killer Tomatoes is on my top 10 favorite bad movies I'd say. Top 20 at least.
The Tune (Bill Plympton movie).
Clue (and very similar Murder By Death)
Empire Records
Cool as Ice (Rifftrax edition)
Actually, on that front - The Room + Birdemic (Rifftrax edition)
Zardoz
Original Little Shop of Horrors
“I found a bullet hole…. Never mind”
"Sorry, I meant no meaning yes."
"No meaning yes?"
Bubba Ho-Tep. Bruce Campbell is a still-alive Elvis forgotten in a nursing home. He’s got to fight a mummy that’s sucking the souls out of old people’s assholes. Also Black JFK assists. It really shouldn’t work, but it somehow manages to.
I actually saw Bruce do a Q&A after this movie in a theater when it came out. Crazy afternoon.
The Drafthouse? RIP OG drafthouse
No this was in DC
Were you at Toronto film festival? Maybe he also did it at other theaters
This was in DC, IIRC
Yeah, but this is a good movie
Hocus Pocus - "Dance! Dance! Dance until you die!"
I thought you meant the H-Street skateboard video with the same name. That video is one of skateboarding's most influential videos ever.
https://youtu.be/ZiiXFBZHgf8
Raw Force (1982)
Absolutely stupid low budget insanity.
That's what introduced me to it. I immediately had to track it down and watch the entire thing.
I've discovered a number of my favourite B movies through those guys.
I also think that Bigfoot vs DB Cooper could be an amazing film if done properly, but its a shame the title has been ruined.
I need to watch this.
Shoot 'Em Up.
It's kinda like John Wick but also kinda like Bugs Bunny.
That movie absolutely rocks. That is not a bad movie...it's a classic.
That movie made me laugh so hard. Clive Owen can pull off anything.
Not yet seen mentioned:
UHF - Weird Al's good-bad classic
Spice World - The Spice Girls knew what they were doing.
Shaolin Soccer - Yes, Ninjas would be good at sports.
Kung Fu Hustle is a good companion movie to Shaolin Soccer.
Explorers 1985! I love this movie to bits and never knew it was considered a flop until recently.
"It's what dreams are made of."
"Go. To. Hell."
Oh I love that movie, I think we rented it like 50 times when I was a kid
It's a tie between: The Adventures of Buckaroo Bonzai Across the 8th Dimension
See John Lithgow chew the scenery as the villain, plus Jamaicans are the good guy aliens. Classic bad movie, but fun to watch.
and
Remo Williams
It's terrible, it's racist and sexist in a 1980s way. But it has Kate Mulgrew and she's awesome in it.
My dad and I make a point to watch Buckaroo Banzai at least once a year. Great movie.
Either Master of Disguise (1/100 on RT) or Joe Dirt (9/100 on RT)
Turtle! Turtle!
Dirte'
Quit tryin’ to church it up, Dirt!
Kid Rock acting as the only character he's ever been.
Master of disguise left me in physical pain. Not from laughter. Just from how bad it is. And I like bad movies.
No ones said "The Room" yet, so I'll go with that. Saw it once with Tommy and Greg in the audience, and another with just Greg (and a bunch more without either). But the ones with the cast there, you couldn't take a step in the theater without stepping on a plastic spoon.
Either that or anything by Neil Breen.
Don't confuse this with the movie simply titled Room.
Very good point. I don't think I've seen any of the movies just called "Room".
The Cat in the Hat (2004) is my pick. I loved it as a kid and I still love it as an adult. Lots of humor for all ages and all the practical props and sets are so neat.
Getting any? by Takeshi Kitano, the greatest filmmaker ever. https://boxd.it/13h6
Trailer: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q7nCJdwf0ww
While pursuing his dream of having car sex, a goofy middle-aged man makes all the wrong moves and ends up enrolling in a number of crazy escapades.
It's so bad it's good.
Bio dome! It's horrible, and I love it.
I remember sympathizing with the villain through nearly the whole thing.
The only sane choice when idiots are destroying the planet and blaming you for not being happy about the party, is to go insane and try and kill the polluters.
Encino Man
Kung pow! Enter the fist.
They said bad movies.
Mimimi miiimimimimi
Take off, eh! The answer here has to be Strange Brew. Only movie I ever watched that taught me how to get free beers.
When I was a kid I was home sick with the flu. I slept all day. After the fever broke I was up for a while. Strange Brew and Real Men both came on TV back-to-back and I watched them both. Had never heard of either one. I thought I was having some weird fever dream, especially after Dave Thomas drank all that beer, and when Jim Belushi activated the pencil.
Wolfcop
Slotherhouse!
runner up would be Zombeavers
Zombeavers is amazing. The original end credit song really pulls it together haha.
Robot Jox
They Live and From Beyond are some of the biggest turds that I love dearly. To a lesser extent, The Room.
Freddy got Fingered
The Toxic Avenger
Been over 30 years since I've seen it and it still stands as my most watched bad movie.
Red Sonja (1985)
I like that it's a definitely-not-Conan movie with a bit more humor. Maybe people don't like the kid actor, but I thought that Prince Tarn and Falcon added a lot without being overbearing. It could rate even higher for me if they'd gotten Basil Poledouris to do the soundtrack.
Cool World (1992)
Things really start to fall apart in the third act once Holli transports to the real world and from a technical side, Who Framed Roger Rabbit beats it by miles. However, the idea of Cool World, a mix of childish and sleazy animated characters all living in the same universe, is compelling. Bakshi's animation style really brings it alive.
Daredevil, the one with Ben Affleck
I Frankenstein (2014). Aaron Eckhart as the monster who gets pulled into a centuries long war between demons and gargoyles. It tries to capitalize on the success of the Underworld franchise and goes nuts with CGI effects. It's objectively bad but it's also FUN. If you shut off your brain and don't overanalyze, its a blast.
Alien Resurrection. You just can't watch that garbage without laughing.
Miami Connection
Filmed largely in Orlando.
The Final Sacrifice. This isn't a "it's kind of bad" film. This is an "even self-funding doesn't explain how this got made" film. It is fun to watch only because it's so unbelievably bad.
"Rowsdower?"
That would be it. :-)
Pterodactyl (from 2004, with Coolio).
The warriors. I love it. I don't care how silly it is. Normally I don't do musicals but the awful bugsy Malone with the pie fights. We had to watch it at school and it cracked me up how ridiculous it is.
Come out and play
Killer Klowns for Outer Space
So many. First to come to mind is Congo.
Almost fell asleep watching that one... then suddenly they're fighting monkeys with fucking lasers.
I think you mean domesticated gorillas.
I unironically love Congo. I probably still quote Delroy Lindo's character like once a week, on average.
I often get lines from this movie stuck in my head.
It's just fun to say.
“One cut of the dead” It’s a double uno reverse on so bad it’s good. Highly rated and the wife and I turned it off the first time we tried to watch it because the beginning was “so bad.” I’m glad we gave it another shot and watched through the end.
idk, morbius?
August Rush, it's not even a genre I typically enjoy and it's so cheesy but I've watched it a bunch of times.
Moron Movies.
Imagine if your uncle who thinks he's hilarious bought a camcorder and recorded an hour and a half of short skits.
It's so terrible, but kudos for Len Cella for putting in the effort and making it happen!
It was the biggest bomb in history for almost two decades, but I always enjoyed Cutthroat Island. It was a fun pirate romp before Jack Sparrow sashayed onto the scene
I guess maybe Groove (2000) it's a completely unrealistic presentation of the whole rave scene at the time, but it still feels cozy lol
I remember Groove. I liked it, but I saw it when I was 16 and grew up in the boonies and had no idea what a rave actually was. Still don't. Loved the part where the drugs kicked in for that one dude.
I mean it gets the basics right, it's certainly much better than GO, the other American rave movie, in that regard lol. I also grew up in the boonies but was luckily close enough to a larger city with a great local rave scene in the 90s to early 2k. Maybe it's not quite bad enough to fit in this one after all, perhaps I should have said GO haha
Trapped in the closet gets a mention, but going by ratings, Phantoms (1998) would have to be it. Rated lower than Escape from LA so I guess it counts. I couldn't call it bad though, it's excellent. A movie made for entertainment
My ex husband had me watch all of “Trapped in the Closet” on a road trip, and I felt like the Mad Arab losing my sanity reading the Necronomicon.
It really is off the wall
Troll 2 is the answer. So bad it hasn't even got any Trolls in it, its about Goblins! (The documentary about it "Best Worst Movie" is great too.)
Honerable mention to Dracula 3000 starring Casper van Dien and Coolio
Bad Channels
Shark Tale
Bad CGI gator
Dicks The Musical is fun, but it's not really a "bad" movie in that same way. Madame Webb was absolutely amazing to watch. Take a shot every time she opens a soda can.
::: spoiler spoiler She never opens a soda can. There are two scenes where she almost does, but the way they cut it, it's almost like she's edging lol. Like she just never quite opens it. When you're paying attention to it, it's really funny. :::
Any number of MST3K movies - some of my favourites include Time Chasers, Pod People, Space Mutiny, Skydivers, Red Zone Cuba, Mitchell, Angels' Revenge, Manos: The Hands of Fate, Horror of Party Beach, The Horrors of Spider Island, The Touch of Satan...
Non-MST3K - Miami Connection, Last Samurai, The Room, and a very recent discovery, an absolutely batshit crazy Spanish/Italian horror film, Tragic Ceremony.
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