Mecha-Blog-Zilla's latest review: "It Came From Hollywood"

[TheDope]

Yes, I tackle the classic clip show from 1982 - is it any good?

You know what they say about rose-colored glasses....

[Flick James]

Are you kidding? I LOVE It Came From Hollywood!

As a tribute to classic camp, it is a must see. I originally saw it during it's first cable run circa 1983 and, as a young teenager, it made me fully aware a love of bad movies that I already had but had yet to realize. It has loads of classic cheese from the 30's all the way to the 70's, including a nice little homage to the great Ed Wood. It also includes nice wraparound segments by Dan Akroyd, Gilda Radner, John Candy, and Cheech & Chong that are both a goofy and genuine sort of reverence for irreverence.

For anybody new to bad movies who are looking for a nice, neatly wrapped biopic, or for you youngsters who know mainly 80's-and-after cheese (nothing wrong with that) and would like to see where bad movies came from, this has it in spades.

[BoyScoutKevin]

The film inspired by the Medveds' "The Golden Turkey Awards" and "The Fifty Worst Films of All Time," who acted as consultants on the film, but, they were so incensed by their treatment, while they were consultants, and in the final end product, they disavowed all knowledge of the film, except for a brief entry for it in their next book "The Hollywood Hall of Shame.

It was also a failure at the box office. Earning back only about half of what it cost to make.

As for myself, I saw it, when it first came out, and I remember it as being mostly mediocre. Though, now, as my appreciation of "bad" and bad movies has grown, I'd probably think more highly of it.

[Flick James]

The film inspired by the Medveds' "The Golden Turkey Awards" and "The Fifty Worst Films of All Time," who acted as consultants on the film, but, they were so incensed by their treatment, while they were consultants, and in the final end product, they disavowed all knowledge of the film, except for a brief entry for it in their next book "The Hollywood Hall of Shame.

It was also a failure at the box office. Earning back only about half of what it cost to make.

As for myself, I saw it, when it first came out, and I remember it as being mostly mediocre. Though, now, as my appreciation of "bad" and bad movies has grown, I'd probably think more highly of it.

Interesting. I haven't seen it since the 80's and I loved it then. I'm almost afraid to watch it now because maybe if I do I'll think less highly of it.