Update on the bad movie suggestions
Thank you, one and all, for your suggestions for the Eric’s Bad Movies column (Thursdays at Film.com!). As always, my call to action has yielded many viable choices for future editions. More on that below.
First, let me explain (again) why I said I didn’t want any comedies. Some of you seemed to think it was OK to suggest a comedy as long as it wasn’t funny, which kind of misses the point. The point is that it’s very hard to make fun of comedies because they already don’t take themselves seriously. Often, all the satirist can say is variations of, “Boy, this sure isn’t funny!” Ask anyone who makes fun of things for a living — the people at “Mystery Science Theater,” MAD Magazine, The Onion, “Saturday Night Live” — and they will tell you the same thing. Satirizing comedy is very, very difficult.
That’s not to say it can’t be done. My experience has been that it helps if a comedy has supernatural, fantasy, or sci-fi elements. The problem is that I usually have to commit to a film before I’ve had time to watch it, not after. So I need to be pretty confident going in that it’s going to be suitable for the column, and comedies are so fraught with peril that I’ve mostly avoided them. When I have attempted them, I have often not been satisfied with the results.
Several people have suggested “The Room,” a recent film that has gained a cult following for its bizarre awfulness. I do intend to check it out soon, out of curiosity and possibly for Eric’s Bad Movies. I wonder if it might be like “Troll 2,” though, where mocking it is redundant because its badness is so self-evident that it doesn’t need to be pointed out. We’ll see.
Now then! On to your suggestions!
I have a list of films to choose from every week, films that I’ve either seen or else researched enough to be pretty sure they’ll work for Eric’s Bad Movies. (I look at the reviews they got, what people say about them on message boards, what the overall tone and style seem to be, etc.) Here’s what you suggested in this latest round of brainstorming that made it to the list. (A few were already on it, probably from the last time I asked for your suggestions.)
“Surf Ninjas”
“Cutthroat Island”
“Volcano”
“Night of the Lepus”
“Island of Dr. Moreau”
“Highlander II”
“Krull”
“Wing Commander”
“The Next Karate Kid”
“Vibes”
“The Saint”
“Meteor”
“King Kong Lives”
“Maximum Overdrive”
“Give My Regards to Broad Street”
“Wild Wild West”
“On Deadly Ground”
“Frogs”
While I am skeptical of their suitability, I pledge to take a look at “The Last Unicorn” and “Flash Gordon” because so many people have suggested them.
There’s no guarantee when (or even if) I’ll actually use these, or the others that are on my list, but they’re in the pool I’m drawing from. The list has about 50 titles on it right now. I also have a “maybe” list with another couple dozen. It’s all a crapshoot. Some of my choices are based on gut instinct. You should not take it personally if a movie you suggested isn’t on the list.
A few suggestions had to be disqualified for being direct-to-video or for not being bad enough (or, in some cases, for not being bad at all). In cases where I haven’t seen the film in question, and where the critical consensus is generally positive or average, I figure it’s likely I’ll feel the same way and I don’t bother with it.
In the process of combing through your suggestions, I’ve compiled a list of movies that are probably great candidates but that aren’t readily available on DVD. They are:
“Captain America”
“Chopping Mall”
“Cool As Ice”
“Commando”
“Double Dragon”
“Dungeonmaster”
“Happy Birthday to Me”
“Megaforce”
“North”
“Nukie”
“The Peanut Butter Solution”
“The Punisher” (1989)
“Rad”
“Remo Williams”
“Santa with Muscles”
“Sextette”
“Steel”
“Super Fuzz”
“Tentacles”
“Yor, Hunter from the Future”
Some have never been released on DVD. Others were released but went out of print and aren’t available through Netflix. And while you can usually find used copies for sale somewhere, or for free on YouTube, honestly, if it’s not on Netflix, I’m not going to bother with it. This is partly out of laziness, sure, but it’s also because, perverse though it may sound, some people feel compelled to check out a particular title for themselves after reading about it in Eric’s Bad Movies, so I want to stick to movies that are available through the normal channels.
Thank you all for your interest in the column. It’s a lot of fun to write, and I’m glad it’s gone over so well with the readership. Hooray for bad movies!
July 20th, 2009 at 12:13 pm
Eric, “The Last Unicorn” and “Flash Gordon” will not disappoint.
July 20th, 2009 at 12:40 pm
Aww, I’m kind of sad that The Saint is on there. I actually really like that movie, own it and watch it regularly with my husband.
July 20th, 2009 at 12:41 pm
If it’s not too late for suggestions, I think “Fortress” (the one with Christopher Lambert) would be an excellent candidate.
July 20th, 2009 at 1:02 pm
How about “The Toxic Avenger”, I remember catching that on some late night TV a long time ago… Not sure if it was in the theaters though because I was really young when it came out.
July 20th, 2009 at 1:05 pm
I, on the other hand, feel vindicated to see that other people hate the Saint as much as I do. I saw it in the theater with my friends when we were in high school, and not one other person in our group thought it was as dumb as I did. A few years later, in a video rental store, the person I was with hadn’t ever seen it and asked me if we should rent it. I responded, “no, that movie is an utter and complete pile of crap,” and offended one of the store employees who happened to be standing within earshot and a great lover of that particular pile of crap. Since then, I’ve kept my big mouth shut about it, but now I feel like I can be welcomed back into normal society as an open and unabashed hater of The Saint. Thanks to all of you who made this possible and spent the time to read this comment. No refunds.
July 20th, 2009 at 1:05 pm
Oh, and Surviving the Game, with Ice-T.
July 20th, 2009 at 1:21 pm
Maximum overdrive is a guilty pleasure. Emilio Estevez! Crazy machinery that somehow has developed brains! Lawnmower destruction! Stephen King! Save that one for LAST!
The Apocalypse (2007) ?
The Touch of Satan (1971)?
That is all.
July 20th, 2009 at 1:50 pm
Netflix tells me that they have Commando available. I’m not a member, so they might be lying to me, but I know I’ve seen it available new.
http://www.netflix.com/Search?v1=commando
It also looks like the have Suburban Commando, which would be another good choice.
July 20th, 2009 at 1:53 pm
Eric,
I would never check out any of those titles, I just download them on Bittorrent. It’s a lot cheaper. Especially if I do it at work.
July 20th, 2009 at 2:12 pm
“Chopping Mall” is in fact available thru Netflix, though it only became so recently. It’s not an ideal choice, though, as the makers are hardly unaware of the goofiness of the premise. It’s not quite a comedy, but it sure ain’t serious either.
July 20th, 2009 at 2:21 pm
Loved the Care Bears column.
You need to see Flash Gordon regardless of whether or not you use it.
I streamed Remo Williams on Netflix about 6 months ago. I don’t know if it’s still available though (I’m too lazy to check).
July 20th, 2009 at 2:25 pm
I liked “The Saint”.
July 20th, 2009 at 2:27 pm
“You should not take it personally if a movie you suggested isn’t on the list.”
Oh it’s personal all right. More personal even than when Jaws had his revenge
.
http://www.film.com/movies/jaws-the-revenge/story/erics-bad-movies-jaws-revenge/226998693
July 20th, 2009 at 2:35 pm
Netflix doesn’t have Commando? That’s odd.
I gotta disagree on the Saint though, its bad; but I don’t think it ever goes beyond boring. A forgettable C- movie if anything. But, eh, different strokes for different folks.
I’m looking forward to seeing the reviews for some of these movies. And I’ll be crossing my fingers that Netflix brings Yor-Hunter from the Future, Captain America and The Room to their catalog.
July 20th, 2009 at 2:59 pm
Has anyone suggested Robin William’s Popeye?
July 20th, 2009 at 3:29 pm
Yep, looks like Netflix has “Commando” now. Part of that not-available list was from the last time I took suggestions, and I didn’t think to see whether the status had changed on any of them.
I do keep a constant eye out for “Cool As Ice,” though. The minute it’s on DVD, I’m all over it.
July 20th, 2009 at 3:45 pm
Another terrible movie: Kiss of Death, the one with David Caruso, Samuel L. Jackson, Nicolas Cage, and Helen Hunt.
July 20th, 2009 at 3:51 pm
You wont review The Saint for this column….not bad enough, so you might as well cross that one off the list now.
July 20th, 2009 at 4:17 pm
Again, I have to ask…why all the “Last Unicorn” hate? Eric, I think you will find that one misplaced in the “Bad” column. I realize it’s not a movie for everyone, but I really don’t think it qualifies as “bad.” Of course, maybe I have crappy taste…
July 20th, 2009 at 4:21 pm
I’m astounded that you’ve had The Last Unicorn suggested at all, let alone multiple times. Sorry, earlier commenter who thinks it won’t disappoint. You’re wrong. It’s a fantastic movie of a fantastic story, probably one of if not the best translations from book to screen ever done. The only thing I can even imagine Eric possibly being able to make fun of is that the soundtrack is done by America (but as a fan of the band, I even like that…though I admit the liking the band might have initially come from watching the movie so much, particularly as a kid).
I mean, seriously, it’s a G-rated cartoon with swearing, a bare boobed harpy, a naked woman, and Christopher Lee being, surprise surprise, evil. As a random note, he was a huge fan of the book and after being cast, he outlined a bunch of stuff and went to the director and demanded it be put in.
While I understand that popularity does not always equal good, it was one of the best selling VHS tapes of all time (my understanding is that it was the very best, but I’m hedging due to the way publicity things sometimes exaggerate or are out of date). It’s just incredibly unfortunate that the success hasn’t helped the author, Peter S. Beagle, at all. Textbook case of how Hollywood futzes with the numbers in order to screw over writers.
July 20th, 2009 at 5:18 pm
The Saint should not make this list. Sure, every time I see it (wife’s favorite movie) my opinion of it decreases more and more; but it certainly does not have what it takes to be put on the bad movie shelf next to Showgirls, The Wizard, and oh, all of the other awesomely bad movies Eric has reviewed.
July 20th, 2009 at 6:58 pm
Your right admiral “The Saint” is nowhere near the badness quality…of those others mentioned…..in fact I bet Eric would give it in the C range if he were to grade it if it were a current movie. Again, dont even bother watching that movie for this column Eric. Val Kilmer does a decent job even tho he is surrounded by sucky talent (ie Elisabeth Shue).
July 20th, 2009 at 7:47 pm
I like that people are debating — and in some cases declaring with utter certainty! — that I will or won’t think a particular movie is terrible. How do all these strangers have such insight into my mind to be able to foretell the future?!
July 20th, 2009 at 8:19 pm
I caught some more of “The Room”, and sweet ever living crap is it awful. I don’t think you will be dissapointed when you watch it. Just see it with a bunch of like-minded friends, and MST3K it to death.
And yeah, there seems to be a Rocky Horror Picture Show-like cult following to that film, which is hilarious. I saw a youtube video of a screening where people were throwing HUNDREDS of spoons at the screen at one point. Felt bad for the theater owner, lol.
July 20th, 2009 at 8:47 pm
Remo Williams is readily available on DVD – but it’s also a terrific movie, so BACK OFF, MAN.
(Also, if you do write up Flash Gordon, expect tons of angry looks. It’s much loved, and even many who think it’s a mess also think there’s enough good in there to take notice.)
July 20th, 2009 at 9:15 pm
Whats that one terrible Loony Tunes movie with all the Basketball players? Space Jam.
Yeah, that movie was utterly painful.
July 20th, 2009 at 9:19 pm
Awww, I love the Last Unicorn. Granted it is trippy in a dated sort of way, but the book is genius, and the adaptation, not too disappointing. It is dreamlike and loose and poignantly sad.
Stop ruining my coming-of-age memories! You already trashed the CareBear movie! (Hilarious review!) What more will you take from me, Eric? What’s next? My Childhood Sense of Wonder™?
July 20th, 2009 at 9:24 pm
If it’s not too late, please consider “Firewalker” (Chuck Norris and Louis Gossett Jr.) and “Invaders from Mars” (’80s version with Karen Allen and Louise Fletcher).
Let the badness commence.
July 20th, 2009 at 10:51 pm
I’m right with you there, Eric. I CANNOT wait for Cool As Ice to come out on DVD! It should make for a good laugh.
“Drop the zero and get with the hero!”
July 20th, 2009 at 11:08 pm
I hate The Saint so bad. I didn’t realize, though, until this most recent suggestion blog that other people, and critics, didn’t like it either.
This has been very validating. I don’t know if it’s good fodder for a column, but if it happens, I will read it with relish.
July 21st, 2009 at 2:03 am
I can’t believe Freddy Got Fingered isn’t on your list. That pretty much defines bad movie.
July 21st, 2009 at 5:20 am
I’ll let you borrow my copy of Remo Williams.
July 21st, 2009 at 5:54 am
Firebyrd, we’re going to have to agree to disagree on The Last Unicorn. I loved the book, I own the book and the movie. I even met Peter S. Beagle at Dragon*Con and he autographed my copy of his book. But the movie. Oh my. I tried to re-watch it a couple years ago. It does not stand the test of time. Pretty much your entire second paragraph, extolling the virtues of the movie, is a perfect list of some of the things I can no longer stand about the movie. Some things just need to either stay in the imagination, or be made by Peter Jackson. Anything less is just too cheesy.
We need to get Eric to review this movie and settle it for us.
July 21st, 2009 at 6:22 am
Eric is raping Marie’s childhood!
I’m also a Last Unicorn Defender. And a Flash Gordon defender. Of course, I’m also a Howard the Duck defender, so my credentials may not be the best.
July 21st, 2009 at 7:08 am
I liked “The Saint” and thought it was just as good as any mediocre James Bond film. I don’t know if it came before or after “The Golden Eye,” but I liked it better than that hard to believe (popular as it is) adventure. Both of them pretty much told similar stories about the fall of Russia and the Rise of an underground Russian power.
July 21st, 2009 at 7:09 am
Wow, my capital “R”s got out of hand.
July 21st, 2009 at 7:21 am
You can look at Flash Gordon, I suppose, but as far as I’m aware it definitely falls under the “doesn’t take itself seriously” category. My understanding is that it was meant to be satirical. It was mocking the hero/comic book story lines and stuff that were so popular at the time. It definitely doesn’t take itself seriously. That’s just my understanding, though, maybe I’m wrong.
July 21st, 2009 at 7:40 am
The problem with satirizing “The Last Unicorn” is that, even though the music has a lot of cheese and bad singing (but at least the characters sing their own parts), the movie, like the book, has messages that are rather churlish to mock.
It explores the pursuit of happiness in mankind. It shows how the possession of something beautiful often destroys its beauty. It deals in the human fear of mortality and lust for immortality. It shows that truest beauty is beautiful because it is transient. It demonstrates how sometimes the things we most desire are really not important, and sometimes the things we most desire are the things that destroy us.
Cheesy or not, it is hard to ridicule any of that.
July 21st, 2009 at 7:48 am
And it gives us the valuable advice that “no cat anywhere ever gave anyone a straight answer.” Words to live by.
July 21st, 2009 at 9:52 am
Eric,
Until “Cool as Ice” comes out on DVD, you can have fun lambasting Rob Van Winkle’s extended cameo performance (among other things) in Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles II: The Secret of the Ooze.
July 21st, 2009 at 10:09 am
I second “Krull”. Also, “Flash Gordon” is atrocious…
Is there seriously a film called “Yor, Hunter From The Future”???
July 21st, 2009 at 10:31 am
@ Niall
God help us, but there is…. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6wSLH2lT6qE
July 21st, 2009 at 11:20 am
Sideshow suggested a Christopher Lambert movie that made me think of another one (besides the first Highlander, was he in ANYthing good?) “Beowulf” (1999 version) is truly awful for so many reasons.
July 21st, 2009 at 11:26 am
Rude Dog, Eric said he won’t do a column on a film he’s already reviewed, and Freddy Got Fingered got a big fat F from Eric when it first came out. The review was memorable in and of itself.
July 21st, 2009 at 11:29 am
I don’t know what is more sad..that I am excited the list came out or that I still continue to comb through the cable every night looking for bad movies to suggest in Eric’s list…(BTW the was a super bad one on last night, The Forsaken-i was able to watch 3 minutes and turned it off)
July 21st, 2009 at 12:54 pm
My yardsticks for terrible movies have always been “Cutthroat Island”, “King Solomon’s Mines” and “Howard the Duck.” Loved your column on “Howard”, can’t wait to read the next ones.
July 21st, 2009 at 2:33 pm
I’m going to stick up for The Saint, too. Sure, it’s no masterpiece. But it is nowhere near the class of high-quality badness that brightens my every Thursday.
July 21st, 2009 at 2:47 pm
Wow, “The Peanut Butter Solution” – I have very vague memories of seeing that movie. I keep getting weird flashes of images and sounds as I think about it. I can’t remember if I liked it or not . . . now I’m going to have to try to find it.
July 21st, 2009 at 5:25 pm
Huh I just watched Commando on DVD the other night. I got it at MovieStop. We were watching it for the purpose of laughter.
July 21st, 2009 at 6:36 pm
I think your movies on your list are for the most part poor choices for this column. You need to go more mainstream…Or in other words movies that people have actually seen or at least heard of. Nobody connects with the mocking of a movie that they havent seen…this colomn works because people like that they have seen the movie that you are mocking and thought the same things that you more entertainingly express in your column. Just a suggestion…The movies that would work being more widely viewed on your list are The Next Karate Kid, Wild Wild West, Volcano, and thats about it…..Oh yeah The Saint would be mainstream enough except for the fact that….its not bad.
July 21st, 2009 at 8:21 pm
@NJ
I think the column works fine as long as the movies are suitably awful. Mainstream doesn’t really matter to me, and I don’t think to most of those who read it. I’ll go out on a limb here and say that I think that the type of audience who read a satiric bad movie column, (my guess anyway), are generally more knowledgeable about film….mostly because they understand what makes a bad movie bad. So a lot of these I believe have actually been seen by them. But that’s really me speculating.
Also, for me, a lot of the humor is in being totally unaware of a movie and being shocked by how bad it is.
Example: Night of the Lepus is a horror movie about rabbits. That sounds completely stupid, but trust me…when you see the film, it goes so far beyond stupid it rounds the bend and becomes brilliant. Youtube the ending if you’re interested in seeing what I mean. It involves electrocution, flamethrowers and real rabbits. The producers must have been bat-poop insane to have thought it was good. That’s why its funny.
Dang it, I went and rambled again. Anyway, that’s my two cents.
July 22nd, 2009 at 7:44 am
I back up other Jacob with “Popeye”. Also, I don’t think “Cutthroat Island” was THAT bad; well, except the part with bazookas.
July 22nd, 2009 at 8:41 am
Actually, NJ, I recognized most of the movies on that list as having been wide-releases. They are mostly pretty mainstream.
Eric, I’m curious. Do you ever have back-up movies in mind just in case you watch a movie for this column and discover that you like it?
July 22nd, 2009 at 10:48 am
Captain America is definitely available on DVD in region two at least, I came across it in a shop yesterday and thought “wow, who thought that would sell?”
July 22nd, 2009 at 10:58 am
Since several commenters missed this part, I’ll repost it:
If it’s not on Netflix, I’m not going to bother with it. This is partly out of laziness, sure, but it’s also because, perverse though it may sound, some people feel compelled to check out a particular title for themselves after reading about it in Eric’s Bad Movies, so I want to stick to movies that are available through the normal channels.
July 22nd, 2009 at 12:26 pm
I agree with NJ. Who is going to care about a column about “Island of Dr. Moreau”…WTF? Or “Night of the Lepus” …Double WTF? Maybe the 8 people who have seen those movies will enjoy those columns but for the rest of us average joes…skip it!
July 22nd, 2009 at 1:53 pm
Coincidentally, I’m sure, Fran and NJ share not just an opinion but an IP address.
July 22nd, 2009 at 3:02 pm
Notwithstanding the point is valid…
July 22nd, 2009 at 3:44 pm
Notwithstanding the point is valid…
Quite so, Fran/NJ! In fact, when I started Eric’s Bad Movies, one of the guidelines I had was that the movie ought to be fairly well known, so that even if people hadn’t seen it (and in most cases they hadn’t), they would have at least heard of it. I’ve generally stuck to that guideline, and I still lean that way in most cases.
Of course, what’s “well known” or “obscure” is a matter of opinion. I don’t think “The Island of Dr. Moreau” is obscure at all, considering it was a famously huge flop in 1996 that starred Marlon Brando and Val Kilmer. But what we often find is that people’s opinion of what’s “obscure” is similar to their opinion of what’s “bad,” in that they assume their view is the same as most people’s.
July 22nd, 2009 at 5:55 pm
I remember seeing “The Island of Dr. Moreau” in the theater when I was 15. I hated it even back then. What an awful movie.
(..not as awful as “Space Jam” though!!)
July 22nd, 2009 at 6:41 pm
I like The Saint, but I’d definitely enjoy reading a column filled with Eric’s jibes about it. I can see why some don’t like it, but would be interested in seeing why others think it falls into the “bad movie” category.
July 22nd, 2009 at 7:16 pm
Some of my favorite EBMs have been of movies I had never even heard of. Like Gymkata.
July 22nd, 2009 at 7:20 pm
Word. Keep up the good work, Eric!
July 22nd, 2009 at 7:37 pm
I’d never heard of a lot of the movies Eric’s done for EBM, but the column is still hilarious to me. I think he does such a good job describing the movie, and its awfulness, that even a column about an obscure movie works.
July 23rd, 2009 at 12:21 am
Do any of you remember a movie called Night of the Comet? It is from the 80s. Now that movie was terrible.
July 23rd, 2009 at 8:14 pm
is Troll (1986), on the list?
considering how many harry potter references you like to make I’d be surprised if it wasn’t.
Also bonus points for being the in name only prequel to the more infamous Troll 2 (which should also be in the list.)
July 24th, 2009 at 7:16 pm
“I like that people are debating — and in some cases declaring with utter certainty! — that I will or won’t think a particular movie is terrible. How do all these strangers have such insight into my mind to be able to foretell the future?!”
Probably because we’ve been reading your reactions to many, many movies for years.
You give us insight into your mind every week!
July 27th, 2009 at 8:26 am
I love how in Flash Gordon they are in between 3(?) warring futuristic factions, yet Flash’s 70′s-style-blown-dried-and-hair-sprayed hair is always perfect.
Flash Gordon’s ghost will not rest until Eric reviews his movie.
July 27th, 2009 at 8:25 pm
“Master of Disguise”, the Dana Carvey vehicle, has to be on the list. Some identified so far are only bad enough to be funny. “MoD” is so bad and so unfunny that it is simply unwatchable.
August 1st, 2009 at 9:22 pm
All/Eric,
Long time reader, first time poster! There is so much to say and debate about these movies, I hardly know where to begin.:-) I note that even Eric has commented more than usual on this thread. I will now put up a long post or two and then fade back into the shadows….feel free to ignore as you see fit!
IMHO – the recipe for a truly worthy bad movie can be summed up in the following formula:
Big names+big budget+earnest effort = utter debacle that makes you wince every 3-5 minutes minimum
This ties in with Mr. Sniders’ ‘must be known to be worthy’ guideline. Utilizing the above formula, you could break down these movies into a number of categories:
A) Shoot ‘Em Down – these movies fit all of the above guidelines. This would include Showgirls, Cutthroat Island, Star Trek IV, Hudson Hawk, WaterWorld, and many others. How could so much money and talent go so wrong? Fire away….
B) Fish In A Barrel – it seems unfair to me to pick on movies like Toxic Avenger (see also “Attack of the Rotten Tomatoes” and “Leprechaun IV: Leprechauns in Space”). These movies were made on a shoestring budget with no-name actors. The folks involved *knew* they were making a cheese movie and they *embraced* the cheesiness for all it was worth. Kudos my friends, kudos. I am certain that Eric could tear these apart but that is like picking on an Ed Wood movie. Too easy really.
C) Love ‘Em or Hate ‘Em – look at the posts above on movies like ‘The Saint’ and ‘The Last Unicorn’ (I would also throw ‘Highlander’, ‘Big Trouble in Little China’, and ‘Remo Williams’ into this category). While vegging on the couch and surfing the cable channels late at night, I would happily stop on those last three movies and be at least mildly entertained. Personally though, I despise ‘The Saint’ for Val Kilmers smirky performance, but my sister and her husband own and watch this movie at least 3-5 times a year. Huh?
The point here is – If these movies really and truly suck, how come a significant percentage of people own the movie and/or rise up in its defense? There must be at least *something* here that some people enjoy, even if you/meI/Eric cannot see it. Borderline targets at best….
D) Low Profile/Undiscovered ‘Gems’ – here I must disagree with our fine webhost/author. These movies have fair-to-decent budgets and there are actors/actresses you recognize (or are up-and-coming) that are working *really* hard for a paycheck in a totally lost cause. Just because NetFlix/local video store does not carry them does not mean they are not incredibly worthy of a review column. See ‘ MegaForce’ and I promise it will be worth the effort to find (if you know what I mean). I am still suffering partial blindness from the skintight gold lame jumpsuits worn in this movie……gawd….
Eric D. Snider – true awfulness, like true greatness, must sometimes be searched for Sir!. We seriously respect you for suffering through these movies and giving us the scoop (its like humorously writing about the enema you just had.:). If you can scrape up the worst of the worst (and survive), I smell an excellent book coming. Erics Bad Movie Guide? With negative star ratings? Hmmmm…..feeling it….think about it……
Cheers all
August 2nd, 2009 at 1:26 pm
All,
Brief correction – the movie title in the B section should read ‘Attack of the Killer Tomatoes’. My bad – I had just come from the Rotten Tomatoes site and, well, you know…..
Regards
GDM
August 6th, 2009 at 10:00 pm
Eric,
One of my favorite bad movies when I was a teen was the horror movie (if you could call it that) “House” (1986). Check it out. So bad it’s laughable.
August 13th, 2009 at 5:47 pm
Eric,
Being a fan of really bad movies and having taped all the episodes of mystery science theatre I could, I think one of the worst movies I’ve ever seen in “Iron Eagle 3.” It is remarkably bad, and it shows up on TV every now and then.
September 18th, 2009 at 10:32 am
Some suggestions I had for the bad movies list included 80′s dance or rap based movies, such as Breakin’, Breakin’ 2, Rappin’, Beat Street, Krush Groove, Fast Forward, Wild Style, Flashdance, Stayin’ Alive, etc. I’m pretty sure those were movies that took themselves seriously and weren’t meant to be comedies.