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The Horrifically Bad Movie Challenge + Discussion
- Thread starter Tobes
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Wow, quite a few responses so quickly.
I've seen Dragonball Evolution, and while it's bad I would classify it as a "only mind-wrecking if you're a fan of the series", which isn't quite enough.
Barbie Movies don't fit the spirit I think, since they're made for specific audiences who enjoy them.
I've been skimming everyone's suggestions and I have them all in mind, although I'll have to look in on most of them. Keep in mind there is already a challenge for this week (Manos: the Hands of Fate), and these suggestions are for later challenges.
Also when any of you start to watch Manos go ahead and rant. Trust me, you're going to want to.
I've seen Dragonball Evolution, and while it's bad I would classify it as a "only mind-wrecking if you're a fan of the series", which isn't quite enough.
Barbie Movies don't fit the spirit I think, since they're made for specific audiences who enjoy them.
I've been skimming everyone's suggestions and I have them all in mind, although I'll have to look in on most of them. Keep in mind there is already a challenge for this week (Manos: the Hands of Fate), and these suggestions are for later challenges.
Also when any of you start to watch Manos go ahead and rant. Trust me, you're going to want to.
recently i watched "The Human ... Centipede" with a few friends and it was so bad it was fucking awesome. the villain is such a ham actor, but you can see he's having the most fun in the movie.
also you CANNOT say 'the human centipede' altogether. there MUST be a pause between 'human' and 'centipede'. watch this movie
also you CANNOT say 'the human centipede' altogether. there MUST be a pause between 'human' and 'centipede'. watch this movie
Battlefield Earth. So bad, the writer apologized for it. I was actually going to refer to it as a train wreck, but, as the writer put it, "... comparing it to a train wreck isn't really fair to train wrecks, because people actually want to watch those."
It's easily a top contender for worst film of the 2000s.
It's easily a top contender for worst film of the 2000s.
I watch bad movies for fun all the time. It's something of a personal hobby of mine. when I get out of class I will edit in bad movie recs.
did someone sat bad movie?????? http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vR0rllqOPJs
Here are some of the worst movies iv'e ever seen, I hope a few make it into this challenge. Any chance we could set up some kind of IRC channel for this? I find its more enjoyable to watch these with friends. A live stream would be even better, if someone knows how to do that.
Manos: the Hands of Fate (duh, and the worst movie I've ever seen. Some movies are so bad they are funny, this is just brain rotting bad).
Pocket Ninjas (After watching it you never want to see another training montage in your life)
Nukie (BE A CLOWN!)
Plan 9 From Outer Space (was considered the worst movie ever for a long time before people dug up Manos)
Troll 2 (This one has to make into the list, please I beg you, this one is SO BAD)
The Room (another one that has to be on the list, this is also relatively recent compared to the others on my list)
EDIT: for those of you with big enough balls to watch the actual movie, without the MST3K commentary:
http://www.archive.org/details/manos_the_hands_of_fate
Manos: the Hands of Fate (duh, and the worst movie I've ever seen. Some movies are so bad they are funny, this is just brain rotting bad).
Pocket Ninjas (After watching it you never want to see another training montage in your life)
Nukie (BE A CLOWN!)
Plan 9 From Outer Space (was considered the worst movie ever for a long time before people dug up Manos)
Troll 2 (This one has to make into the list, please I beg you, this one is SO BAD)
The Room (another one that has to be on the list, this is also relatively recent compared to the others on my list)
EDIT: for those of you with big enough balls to watch the actual movie, without the MST3K commentary:
http://www.archive.org/details/manos_the_hands_of_fate
Freddie got fingered is goddamn funny, Hip.
daddy would you like some sausage?
or a horse
lowest brow eva
daddy would you like some sausage?
or a horse
lowest brow eva
Oh one more thing, this is more for the guy who started the thread, but if you enjoy watching bad movies, here you go.
http://www.youtube.com/user/TheWMEforever
This guys channel is dedicated to bringing full versions of the worst movies ever to youtube.
http://www.youtube.com/user/TheWMEforever
This guys channel is dedicated to bringing full versions of the worst movies ever to youtube.
Challenge accepted. I'm watching this movie this friday with several friends.
I saw New Moon because my friend paid for my ticket... It wasn't so bad as it was boring. I tired to watch it on its own terms (EI: no complaining about "sparkly vampires.") NOTHING HAPPENED FOR TWO HOURS. People pine, cry, and apparently love each other so much that they jump off of cliffs, but you're just bored and indifferent. The CGI is horrendous, and the fight scenes, while jumpy and fast paced, are far too fleeting and mostly end with bella screaming "NO!"
the worst part was my friend dragged me to Saterday night opening weekend, so I had to listen to all the gasps and sighs of fanatical, hormonal 14 year old female mob. At least i had some fun heckling. ("WOO HOO! NOW SHES DEAD! I CAN LEAVE!" "Shes not dead!" "fuck")
the worst part was my friend dragged me to Saterday night opening weekend, so I had to listen to all the gasps and sighs of fanatical, hormonal 14 year old female mob. At least i had some fun heckling. ("WOO HOO! NOW SHES DEAD! I CAN LEAVE!" "Shes not dead!" "fuck")
I don't watch alot of movies, but the third Pirates movie (at world's end or some bullshit like that) was easily the worst thing I've ever seen.
I have a review
It is not bad
It was hard to sit through the concert scenes at the end, but I don't like his music so that's pretty much to be expected
But the movie was not bad
EDIT: Cash please
Challenge: COMPLETE!
Just finished watching Manos. It's not on Netflix's instant service and I didn't want to wait to have a DVD shipped, so unfortunately I had to settle for a digital stream on my laptop - not an ideal way to watch a film, but for something like this I don't think I was doing anyone a major disservice.
Explaining why this was a bad film is like trying to explain why cancer is bad, but for the sake of discussion and because the OP asked for it, I will oblige with a rant.
Tonally, I feel like this film can't seem to decide whether it wants to be a horror film or a high concept porno. A major contributor to this confusion is the music, which fluctuates between an energetic clarinet and an extremely repetitive piano cue, neither of which struck me as particularly frightening. Also adding to the creepy smut film vibe are a number of bizarre fetish moments - specifically, the scene in which the bad guys' multiple wives beat the shit out of each other while wearing revealing, see-through clothing.
It's hard to feel sympathy for any of the protagonists when they're written to be such dipshits. 'Mike', the male protagonist, is not only pants-on-head stupid, but is kind of a dick. When the family first arrives at the quaint cultist house (and it is just a house; nothing really foreboding or sinister about it), Torgo straight up says that they're unwelcome and that they should leave, but Mike just plows through the poor guy saying 'NO IT'S COOL WE'LL JUST STAY FOR THE NIGHT WON'T WE HONEY?' The Wife character, who I don't believe is ever named, constantly voices her worry and disapproval, but Mike doesn't really give a shit.
So we roll through the film, and although we're introduced to the villain 'The Master', and we're told by various characters that some sacrifice shit is going to go down, it doesn't ever seem like the protagonists are in any danger. The fucking wife almost sleeps through the entire night, and Mike spends nearly half the film tied to a tree (which took Torgo the entirety of an excruciatingly long, single shot to accomplish). Speaking of long shots, I feel like the director was trying to artificially pad the film for length. In the beginning especially, there's a number of extraneous shots of the family driving through the countryside. In other instances, we're just treated to very long shots in which nothing truly significant happens.
This leads me to the editing - I feel like the film maker just shot the film in chronological order, because instead of the typical shot-reverse shot format, whole conversations play out in which there is a different shot composition every time a character is cut to. Also weird is that there's a ton of jump-cuts throughout the film. I don't know if this was a mistake, or if the director just saw Jean-Luc Godard's Breathless and wanted to be a boss too. In any case, it didn't work.
What surprised me though, was that the film had flashes of 'brilliance' (I use this term very, very lightly.) In a better film, the relationship between The Master and Torgo could've been interesting - think Igor getting sick of Dr. Frankenstein's shit. The Master's costume is pretty sweet, in a campy, comic book-y way. The shot in which we first see The Master is compositionally kind of cool, but I'm now convinced it must have been a mistake. Like the rest of the movie.
I haven't got around to the acting yet, and I can largely sum it up with just 'awful' (surprise surprise). I want to touch on The Master though, because he looks and acts like he was recruited at the local 7-11. He also adds to the overall porno vibe with that epicly luscious 'stache. His performance is characterized by staring 'menacingly' into the camera lens, and laughing less like an evil mastermind and more like he's about as amused with the film as I was. As for Torgo, I think he must have been crippled, or had a form of Tourette Syndrome, or both. After reading a little bit about the film, apparently he was supposed to be a satyr or something, which explains the way he moved. Still, very bizarre.
All in all, I'd label this film as highly enjoyable. Definitely a Z-Movie gem. I had plenty of lol moments, particularly the SHOCKING finale. A must see if you're into shitty movies.
Just finished watching Manos. It's not on Netflix's instant service and I didn't want to wait to have a DVD shipped, so unfortunately I had to settle for a digital stream on my laptop - not an ideal way to watch a film, but for something like this I don't think I was doing anyone a major disservice.
Explaining why this was a bad film is like trying to explain why cancer is bad, but for the sake of discussion and because the OP asked for it, I will oblige with a rant.
Tonally, I feel like this film can't seem to decide whether it wants to be a horror film or a high concept porno. A major contributor to this confusion is the music, which fluctuates between an energetic clarinet and an extremely repetitive piano cue, neither of which struck me as particularly frightening. Also adding to the creepy smut film vibe are a number of bizarre fetish moments - specifically, the scene in which the bad guys' multiple wives beat the shit out of each other while wearing revealing, see-through clothing.
It's hard to feel sympathy for any of the protagonists when they're written to be such dipshits. 'Mike', the male protagonist, is not only pants-on-head stupid, but is kind of a dick. When the family first arrives at the quaint cultist house (and it is just a house; nothing really foreboding or sinister about it), Torgo straight up says that they're unwelcome and that they should leave, but Mike just plows through the poor guy saying 'NO IT'S COOL WE'LL JUST STAY FOR THE NIGHT WON'T WE HONEY?' The Wife character, who I don't believe is ever named, constantly voices her worry and disapproval, but Mike doesn't really give a shit.
So we roll through the film, and although we're introduced to the villain 'The Master', and we're told by various characters that some sacrifice shit is going to go down, it doesn't ever seem like the protagonists are in any danger. The fucking wife almost sleeps through the entire night, and Mike spends nearly half the film tied to a tree (which took Torgo the entirety of an excruciatingly long, single shot to accomplish). Speaking of long shots, I feel like the director was trying to artificially pad the film for length. In the beginning especially, there's a number of extraneous shots of the family driving through the countryside. In other instances, we're just treated to very long shots in which nothing truly significant happens.
This leads me to the editing - I feel like the film maker just shot the film in chronological order, because instead of the typical shot-reverse shot format, whole conversations play out in which there is a different shot composition every time a character is cut to. Also weird is that there's a ton of jump-cuts throughout the film. I don't know if this was a mistake, or if the director just saw Jean-Luc Godard's Breathless and wanted to be a boss too. In any case, it didn't work.
What surprised me though, was that the film had flashes of 'brilliance' (I use this term very, very lightly.) In a better film, the relationship between The Master and Torgo could've been interesting - think Igor getting sick of Dr. Frankenstein's shit. The Master's costume is pretty sweet, in a campy, comic book-y way. The shot in which we first see The Master is compositionally kind of cool, but I'm now convinced it must have been a mistake. Like the rest of the movie.
I haven't got around to the acting yet, and I can largely sum it up with just 'awful' (surprise surprise). I want to touch on The Master though, because he looks and acts like he was recruited at the local 7-11. He also adds to the overall porno vibe with that epicly luscious 'stache. His performance is characterized by staring 'menacingly' into the camera lens, and laughing less like an evil mastermind and more like he's about as amused with the film as I was. As for Torgo, I think he must have been crippled, or had a form of Tourette Syndrome, or both. After reading a little bit about the film, apparently he was supposed to be a satyr or something, which explains the way he moved. Still, very bizarre.
All in all, I'd label this film as highly enjoyable. Definitely a Z-Movie gem. I had plenty of lol moments, particularly the SHOCKING finale. A must see if you're into shitty movies.
I quote this not because I've seen the Toxic Avenger, but I have seen another Troma film that is definitely worth seeing for this thread...
This. Or any movie with Sandra Bullock or Brendan Frasier in it
Also the Legally Blonde movies were ass, so was Zombie Honeymoon (even though I love zombie movies) and The Hills Have Eyes
On terms of movies that are so bad that they are amazing, Surf Ninjas.
No its not. The lowest brow ever would be closer to the "_____ Movie" films. This is poser trash, it's ironic low brow. Except it is too lazy and too stupid to do it properly.
Have a nice day.