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What is the CAMPIEST Movies of all time?

Started by CheezeFlixz, November 26, 2007, 06:01:43 PM

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What's the TOP 5 Campiest Movies?

The Evil Dead (1983)
Re-Animator (1985)
Army of Darkness (1993)
Sleepaway Camp (1983)
The Rocky Horror Picture Show (1975)
Cannibal! The Musical (1996)
Flash Gordon (1980)
The Adventures of Buckaroo Banzai Across the Eighth Dimension (1984)
Tremors (1990)
Critters (1986)
Basket Case (1982)
Attack of the Killer Tomatoes  (1978)
Killer Klowns from Outer Space (1988)
Cannibal Women in the Avocado Jungle of Death (1989)
The Toxic Avenger (1986)
Hairspray (1988)
Little Shop of Horrors (1986)
Johnny Dangerously (1984)
Kentucky Fried Movie (1977)
Dead Heat (1988)
Reefer Madness (1936)
Swamp Thing (1982)
Dead Alive (1993)
Elvira, Mistress of the Dark (1988)
Plan 9 from Outer Space (1959)
Batman - The Movie (1966)
Vegas in Space (1991)

CheezeFlixz

I love campy movies and these are in no special order and in no way a complete list of campy movie. These are mostly from what I think to be the height of camp the 80's, but a few others as well. The 50's and 60's I call cheesy more so than campy. I know there is no way I've seen even a 1/100 of all the campy movies out there. Please feel free to name more of them.

Choose up to 5.

RCMerchant

I'm not sure I understand the definition of 'camp'. What IS 'camp?'  :question:  Really...I'm dead serious too.
Does camp mean intentionaly stupid/funny or unintentionaly/funny stupid?

I think NIGHT of the LIVING DEAD is one of the best horror films ever,and EVIL DEAD and REANIMATOR are great too...but...I always get confused on the meaning of 'camp'!

I have heard the old BATMAN TV series described as camp...which I think is a intenionaly funny/stupid show-I like it!

In fact...the old BATMAN movie from the sixties...(you know,the one with the rubber shark?) was pretty great!

Supernatural?...perhaps. Baloney?...Perhaps not!" Bela Lugosi-the BLACK CAT (1934)
Interviewer-"Does Dracula ever end for you?
Lugosi-"No. Dracula-never ends."
Slobber, Drool, Drip!
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Bonehead-XL

RCMerchant, here's the wikipedia entry which gives a pretty good definition.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Camp_%28style%29

As for the list, I wouldn't consider several of those camp. But for what its worth, I'd say "Rocky Horror" is the best as far as intentional camp value goes while "Plan 9 from Outer Space" wins for unintentional camp value.

CheezeFlixz

Quote from: Bonehead-XL on November 26, 2007, 06:41:11 PM
RCMerchant, here's the wikipedia entry which gives a pretty good definition.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Camp_%28style%29

As for the list, I wouldn't consider several of those camp. But for what its worth, I'd say "Rocky Horror" is the best as far as intentional camp value goes while "Plan 9 from Outer Space" wins for unintentional camp value.

I included those that are intentional camp (Elvira) and those that I think have achieved camp status (Plan 9).

RCMerchant

I wouldn't include NotLD...

I guess I WOULD include
REEFER MADNESS...as that movie cracks me up!
I seriously think that BLOODFREAK is intetionally tounge in cheek...(witness the coughing attack by the narrator at the end of the film!)
I would also include ROBOT MONSTER,BEAST of YUCCA FLATS,the old BATMAN movie,and possibly the SUPERMAN movies....(SUPERGIRL definitely!)
of the list you have...PLAN 9 would be my favorite.  :thumbup:
Supernatural?...perhaps. Baloney?...Perhaps not!" Bela Lugosi-the BLACK CAT (1934)
Interviewer-"Does Dracula ever end for you?
Lugosi-"No. Dracula-never ends."
Slobber, Drool, Drip!
https://www.tumblr.com/ronmerchant

CheezeFlixz

Quote from: RCMerchant on November 26, 2007, 07:07:57 PM
I wouldn't include NotLD...

I guess I WOULD include
REEFER MADNESS...as that movie cracks me up!
I seriously think that BLOODFREAK is intetionally tounge in cheek...(witness the coughing attack by the narrator at the end of the film!)
I would also include ROBOT MONSTER,BEAST of YUCCA FLATS,the old BATMAN movie,and possibly the SUPERMAN movies....(SUPERGIRL definitely!)
of the list you have...PLAN 9 would be my favorite.  :thumbup:

NotLD dropped RM added.

The Burgomaster

Just about anything directed by John Waters or Russ Meyer would be appropriate for this list.  Plus, there are quite a few 1970s drive-in sex comedies available from Something Weird DVD that you might want to check out.  I have a few such as:

* SASSY SUE
* THE PIGKEEPER'S DAUGHTER
* SWEET GEORGIA
* COUNTRY HOOKER
* PLEASE DON'T EAT MY MOTHER

These are seriously campy . . . and have lots of nekkid women in them . . .
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HappyGilmore

Sad thing is, I like most of the above mentioned flicks more than some 'mainstream' type films.
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KYGOTC

Why isnt "Batman: the Movie" on the list?

"Robin! Hand me the Bat-shark repelant spray!"
"I'm a man too, you know! I go pee-pee standing up!"

CheezeFlixz

#10
Quote from: The Burgomaster on November 26, 2007, 07:51:23 PM
Just about anything directed by John Waters or Russ Meyer would be appropriate for this list.  Plus, there are quite a few 1970s drive-in sex comedies available from Something Weird DVD that you might want to check out.  I have a few such as:

* SASSY SUE
* THE PIGKEEPER'S DAUGHTER
* SWEET GEORGIA
* COUNTRY HOOKER
* PLEASE DON'T EAT MY MOTHER

These are seriously campy . . . and have lots of nekkid women in them . . .

Nearly anything from Something Weird Video is campy/cheezy some are a real riot. Movies like "Please Don't Eat My Other", "Kiss Me Quick", "House On Bare Mountain" and so many more a great purely based on their cheeziness.

BATMAN The Movie 1966 added.

Ozzymandias

Ozzymandias speaks: Doc Savage - Man of Bronze should be listed.

Ozzymandias has spoken!!!

Derf

Not to be picky, but you don't list the single campiest movie that could have ever been (and should have never been): Vegas in Space. It's a horrific train wreck of a movie that I caught on late night Cinemax in the '90s. What makes it campier even than The Rocky Horror Picture Show? The movie stars an all-drag queen cast cracking jokes that only other drag queens would appreciate. The sets are cosmetics bottles and such painted and set up as cityscapes. The cast makes more believable women than men (and they actually are men). This movie burned itself into my brain and has refused to leave for more than a decade. I think Troma released it a few years ago on DVD, and I was tempted to buy it just to prove it exists (it wasn't listed on IMDB as of 2000, but it is now), but I didn't want to spend the $15 Best Buy was asking for it.

You've got some good movies listed here CheezeFlixz, but I don't think that John Waters, Adam West, Ed Wood and Elvira, Queen of Darkness combined could outcamp this large group of drag queens with a video camera.
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CheezeFlixz

Quote from: Derf on November 26, 2007, 10:38:28 PM
Not to be picky, but you don't list the single campiest movie that could have ever been (and should have never been): Vegas in Space. It's a horrific train wreck of a movie that I caught on late night Cinemax in the '90s. What makes it campier even than The Rocky Horror Picture Show? The movie stars an all-drag queen cast cracking jokes that only other drag queens would appreciate. The sets are cosmetics bottles and such painted and set up as cityscapes. The cast makes more believable women than men (and they actually are men). This movie burned itself into my brain and has refused to leave for more than a decade. I think Troma released it a few years ago on DVD, and I was tempted to buy it just to prove it exists (it wasn't listed on IMDB as of 2000, but it is now), but I didn't want to spend the $15 Best Buy was asking for it.

You've got some good movies listed here CheezeFlixz, but I don't think that John Waters, Adam West, Ed Wood and Elvira, Queen of Darkness combined could outcamp this large group of drag queens with a video camera.

'Vegas in Space' is added, I almost put on the original list 'The Adventures of Priscilla, Queen of the Desert' (1994) as I said there is no way I can get them all, there are so many. Even a lot of Charles Band stuff is campy, much of Bruce Campbell too, John Waters, most of Full Moon Feature's production and Troma and so many, many more.

I just queued up Vegas in Space on my rental account, so we'll see if it burns images into my mind.

Dr. Whom

#14
Quote from: KYGOTC on November 26, 2007, 09:20:00 PM
Why isnt "Batman: the Movie" on the list?

"Robin! Hand me the Bat-shark repelant spray!"

Holy Sardine! This one should win hands down.

And where is 'Beyond the Valley of the Dolls"???
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