1) You go to the Internet Movie Database, see that a movie has a rating of 4/10, and think to yourself "Gee, this must be pretty good!"
C'mon, let's see if we can get 100 of these :teddyr:
2.) Where you look for release dates prior to the 1990s when picking out horror and sci-fi flicks flicks on your online renting que.
3) You choose more films due to complaints you hear about them than you choose due to their compliments.
4.) When you look at "Top 100 Worst Films Ever List" and think you compose a list twice as awful.
5) When all the movies you bought in the last month are critically panned by almost everyone.
Quote from: InformationGeek on February 27, 2009, 12:45:24 PM
5) When all the movies you bought in the last month are critically panned by almost everyone.
I did buy The Avengers...
I
do belong here! :wink:
6) If you'd rather buy an obscure DVD no-one has heard of than go see the latest summer blockbuster.
7.) When you devote an afternoon to comparing the new, restored DVD version of a bad movie to an ancient, worn out VHS just to note the improvements.
8) You look at the nominee list for the Razzies and think "posers."
9) Your begin wanting to see a film when you see it was directed by Russ Meyer, Doris Wishman, Ed Wood Jr. or Lloyd Kaufman.
10 )you rate a movie based on how well it would play in a drive in or on 42nd street even though neither of those things have existed for decades.
11) you haven't seen any of the things parodied in the various "scary movie" type movies and/ or can't name a heath ledger or hugh jackman movie
12) You are familiar with and have an opinion on "Gymkata", "Attack of the Killer Tomatoes", and "Plan 9 from Outer Space"
13) It's a favorable one.
14) You have a great dream that you're watching a hidden sequal, or follow up to a favourite bad movie.
15) You go on a quest to find such a hidden sequal or follow up to a favourite bad movie.
16) You definitately are a bad movie lover when: You find such a sequal.
17) THEY know you are a bad movie lover when: You make the sequal.
18) You wonder if that $1.00 DVD of THE APE MAN you spot in the Wal-Mart checkout line could possibly, just possibly, be made from a cleaner print than the four other copies you own.
19) You have an opinion on 'Cinecolor'.
20) You make a single purchase and increase your DVD collection by 50 films.
No.21 - The words "Rubber Dinosaur" are a factor in your decision to view a particular film.
No.22 -- When you don't tell anyone about your most recent DVD haul because you are tired of the blank stares and/or eye rolls.
23.) When someone mentions Troma and you know exactly what they're referring to. (or you own every single Troma film)
24) You own several of the original cuts of the films that appeared on Mystery Science Theater 3000.
25) You get excited when you see the words "Zombie" or "Massacre" in the title
26) Your last five movie purchases made in a store were all from the dollar bargain bin
27) You can name off the top of you head at least 10 films worse than anything Ewe Boll ever made
Quote from: meQal on February 27, 2009, 05:53:51 PM
27) You can name off the top of you head at least 10 films worse than anything Ewe Boll ever made
Is that even possible?
28.) You purposely look for a guy holding an assault rifle on the cover of the DVD.
29.) You start a review site and realize suddenly after 100 or so reviews, you've been doing it for 5 years. :buggedout:
30) You've voluntarily seen more than one film by The Polonia Brothers, Andy Milligan, or Al Adamson.
31) You order from a sketchy website so you can see VOODOO MAN and RETURN OF THE APE MAN- at last.
32) You know the difference between VOODOO BLACK EXORCIST and BLACK VOODOO DOLL FROM HELL.
33) You bought a blender for Count Yorga.
34.) You own, minimally, 5 movies with "dead" in the title.
35.) You shout out, "Ooh, look! That's John Ashley as the crafty playboy!" while watching "The Beverly Hillbillies" with friends and/or family.
36.) When you proclaim, "I got a boxed set of the Streetfighter movies" and have to explain Jean Claude Van-Damme wasn't in any of those movies to your friends...
37.) You give a copy of Zardoz to a friend for no reason...
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36.) When you proclaim, "I got a boxed set of the Streetfighter movies" and have to explain Jean Claude Van-Damme wasn't in any of those movies to your friends...
I had that happen just last night, but then the poser I was talking to is supposed to be SUCH a HUGE Tarantino that I figured he'd know what I was talking about. Clueless.
38) You avoid movies because you hear 'normal' people praise them.
39) You've kept copies of bad movies in your car solely for the purpose of giving them to complete strangers because you savor the thought of some unsuspecting person having their world turned upside-down for an hour and a half or so.
40) You mentally group friends, family, and acquaintances into categories like "people that haven't seen Killer Klowns from Outer Space" and "People that haven't seen Naked Lunch" or rate them as what you think they could handle such as "7 1/2 minutes of Poultrygiest" or "15 minutes of Toxic Avenger" or "34 seconds of Bad Taste"
41) You've ever schemed copying a bad movie and disguising the disc as one of a friend/family/significant others' favorite movie in hopes of catching them off guard.
42. You think Uwe Boll is a good director.
43. You know who Akdov Telmig is (without looking it up)
44. You look forward the the next Hellraisers
#45) When you drop what you're doing early on Saturday afternoon because your wife mentions that there is a Godzilla movie on HBO, you watch the last half of "Godzilla 2000" then decide to watch the DVD of the same film and when it's finished you watch "Gojira", ostensibly for comparison purposes, but really just to see more city stomping monster action, then just for the #%@& of it you watch the American version with Raymond Burr. You do all this even though your wife's "you gotta be kidding" statement has escalated to threats of massive blunt force trauma.
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34.) You own, minimally, 5 movies with "dead" in the title.
Night of the living Dead
Dawn of the Dead
Day of the Dead
Land of the Dead
BrainDead
Dead and Buried
Evil Dead
Evil Dead 2
Dawn of the Dead re-make
YAY! :teddyr:
I'm in.
I did have Undead but I sold it. :bluesad:
And I never bothered with Diary of the Dead because everyone said it was rubbish. Also, I can't find Return of the living Dead anywhere.
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Quote from: meQal on February 27, 2009, 05:53:51 PM
27) You can name off the top of you head at least 10 films worse than anything Ewe Boll ever made
Is that even possible?
VAMPIRE STAKES (http://blog.360.yahoo.com/blog-qzcELew6frWBZspks_7SsnUuv9VNTUA-?cq=1&p=111)
ODYSSEUS: JOURNEY TO THE UNDERWORLD (http://blog.360.yahoo.com/blog-qzcELew6frWBZspks_7SsnUuv9VNTUA-?cq=1&p=342)
ABOMINATION: THE EVILMAKER 2 (http://blog.360.yahoo.com/blog-qzcELew6frWBZspks_7SsnUuv9VNTUA-?cq=1&p=111)
TRANSMORPERS
SPACE MUTINY (http://blog.360.yahoo.com/blog-qzcELew6frWBZspks_7SsnUuv9VNTUA-?cq=1&p=321)
GRENDEL (http://blog.360.yahoo.com/blog-qzcELew6frWBZspks_7SsnUuv9VNTUA-?cq=1&p=175)
PIZZA WARS
DRAGON (http://blog.360.yahoo.com/blog-qzcELew6frWBZspks_7SsnUuv9VNTUA-?cq=1&p=318)
PREYLIEN: ALIEN PREDATORS (http://blog.360.yahoo.com/blog-qzcELew6frWBZspks_7SsnUuv9VNTUA-?cq=1&p=284)
BLOOD SLAVES OF THE VAMPIRE WOLF (http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0190012/)
THE DINOSAUR CHRONICLES
NEOPHITES & NEON LIGHTS
BLOOD RED PLANET
ROLLERGATOR
Is that 10 yet? :teddyr:
46. You consider "exploitation" to be a genre that gets a bad wrap by "mainstream" folks.
47. You can break the "exploitation" genre down into more than a dozen sub-categories, and NONE of them include "sexploitation". (Try it, it's fun!) :teddyr:
48. You've never heard of "Hellraisers" but have the first three Hellraiser movies on 'bootleg' DVD, and bought them BEFORE they were ever officially on DVD.
49. You own ELIVRA MISTRESS OF THE DARK on it's official DVD AND a bootleg copy.
50. You wish Peter Jackson should go back to making movies like his best three, which also happen to be his FIRST three.
51. You have your own system of categorizing your movies, and the genre include "Zombie", "Troma" "Bela", "Blaxploitation", or "Kaiju". Double so if you have them broken into different types of giant animals, such as "Giant Insect", "Giant Fish", "Giant Lizard", "Giant Snake"
52. Many of the movies you have in your Netflix Queue have a long wait, not because they are new and popular, but because they are so obscure Netflix only has one or two copies.
53. You look like me :teddyr:
54 On Saturdays you feel a part of you is missing when you can't find awful kung fu flicks to watch after cartoons.
55) You can sing the theme to "Attack of the Killer Tomatoes" off the top of you head.
56) You grade the look of blood and organs in slasher movies.
57) You willing track down a bootleg copy of the Star Wars Holiday Special
58) You are overcome with a desire to buy a film as soon as you hear that it's writer, producer, director, and lead are all the same person
59.Your step son's buddy with the two-tone mohawk and body piercings thinks your weird.
60) You think Jon Mikl Thor has the best hair in the galaxy
61.) You've seen Linnea Quigley's exposed breasts in at least 5 different movies.
61.) You can name reasons why Manos: Hands of Fate is a genuinely better film than Rear Window
62.) You think The Texas Chainsaw Massacre 2 is the best entry in the series, followed by part 4
63.) You watch movies where mostly nothing happens, multiple times, giggling like a lark
64.) You can find redeeming value in each Puppet Master installment
Quote from: The DarkSider on March 01, 2009, 09:04:29 AM
61.) You've seen Linnea Quigley's exposed breasts in at least 5 different movies.
66. You buy movies just for Linnea Quigley's breasts. :tongueout:
67.) You often do character mashups in your head and wonder who would win in a fight.
(Example: Helen Keller vs. The Evil Dead)
68.) You've seen Linnea Quigley topless more than you've seen your significant other topless.
You've seen more movies starring Robert Z'Dar than you have starring Julia Roberts.
Quote from: meQal on March 01, 2009, 02:54:30 AM
55) You can sing the theme to "Attack of the Killer Tomatoes" off the top of you head.
70) Your family and you actually sing this song while backpacking, (It sounds better than "Happy Wanderer")
and you don't care who hears you.
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61.) You've seen Linnea Quigley's exposed breasts in at least 5 different movies.
66. You buy movies just for Linnea Quigley's breasts. :tongueout:
I don't have any films of her...
Can someone recommend some ?
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Quote from: The DarkSider on March 01, 2009, 09:04:29 AM
61.) You've seen Linnea Quigley's exposed breasts in at least 5 different movies.
66. You buy movies just for Linnea Quigley's breasts. :tongueout:
I don't have any films of her...
Can someone recommend some ?
WHAT! :buggedout:
"Return Of The Living Dead" and "Night Of The Demons" are essential! :wink:
I'll throw in a vote for "Sorority Babes in the Slimeball Bowl-o-Rama" as well.
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66. You buy movies just for Linnea Quigley's breasts. :tongueout:
I don't have any films of her...
Can someone recommend some ?
Avoiding the more painful movies she's been in, such as "Nightmare Sisters," go for these:
Return of the Living Dead
Hollywood Chainsaw Hookers
Silent Night, Deadly Night
Night of the Demons
71) You spend more time daydreaming about a horror hostess than you do about Angelina Jolie, J Lo, Carmeron Diaz, or who ever is chick of the month in the eyes of the press.
72) Your DVD collection means more to you than your family and friends.
When you can randomly recite entire passages of dialogue from BILL AND TED'S EXCELLENT ADVENTURE, NINJA BACHELOR PARTY, and THE BLOOD SHED . . . all in one conversation!!
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Quote from: Circus_Circus on March 01, 2009, 09:07:34 AM
Quote from: The DarkSider on March 01, 2009, 09:04:29 AM
61.) You've seen Linnea Quigley's exposed breasts in at least 5 different movies.
66. You buy movies just for Linnea Quigley's breasts. :tongueout:
I don't have any films of her...
Can someone recommend some ?
Doggett...I'm saddened. :bluesad: I'll have to send Linnea after you now...
(http://i42.photobucket.com/albums/e315/tomthedog2/tn_Q-2.jpg)
74) You frown at computer effects and think to yourself that the effect could be better achieved with puppets.
-Jimmybob
Quote from: Saucerman on March 01, 2009, 12:57:59 PM
I'll throw in a vote for "Sorority Babes in the Slimeball Bowl-o-Rama" as well.
She never lets 'em free in that one, which I feel is a crime. . :bluesad:
75. You see some new technology in Popular Science and think to yourself "They got the idea for that from (insert bad movie title here)"
76. You can name a dozen movies that involve the dead coming back to life in less than two minutes.
(What number are we on?)
- You hit the IMDB & end up making dozens of corrections to the works of Steve Mims... Like anybody cares.
- You just don't have the heart to tell that radicalist, bible-thumping christian what Zardoz really means.
- You ponied up $40 to join the Taaffe O'Connell fan club.
- You've actually spent years looking for some of those movies you find on the $1 DVD racks.
- People tend to assume your witty aphorisms & catch phrases are original
- You actually want to see the additional works of Timothy Hines & Ikuzo Studios, on the grounds that "their still nowhere near as bad as the Polonia Brothers".
82) You break into laughter while watching a film your friends find frightening.
-Jimmybob
83) Over the years, many friends have browsed through you DVD collection. Few, if any, have ever asked to borrow anything.
84) The official studio release of many of your DVD's was just duped from a VHS copy.
85) You can name over 10 movies with the name "Dead" in the title.
86) Over 60% of your films feature perms.
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50. You wish Peter Jackson should go back to making movies like his best three, which also happen to be his FIRST three.
Same for Rami, rumor is hes gonna remake House of Flying Daggers, why god why?!
87. You can think of at least three films that feature people eating feces.
88. You've heard of the "Wilhelm Scream" and can recognize it instantly.
89. You see Susan Tyrell in a movie and don't automatically mistake her for a drag queen.
90) If Your Favorite George Clooney Movie Is RETURN OF THE KILLER TOMATOES
91) If You Believe Godzilla Deserved The Oscar This Year Instead Of Sean Penn
92) You own every current edition of Mystery Science Theater 3000, including the movies on standalone DVD and VHS.
93) You make a passing reference to a movie you like and you have to explain to the person you told what it means and what the movie is about.
94) You buy movies you see shown on Mystery Science Theater 3000 and think they would be cool to watch with the people commenting on it.
95) In the unlikely event of a zombie outbreak, you are instantly considered the leading expert on the subject based entirely on you video collection.
96) You can not only identify the movie from which this quote comes from, "PREPARE TO DIE, EARTH SCUM!" But own it on DVD too; then you're probably a bad movie lover. ;)
97) If you've seen Zardoz more than and/or have ever used a sound file from it as your computer boot up sound; then you're probably a bad movie lover.
98) You have a shrine of Ed Wood in your living room.
99) Somebody takes a look into your video collection and says: "Wow, I've never heard of any of these movies, and they look like they suck."
100) The only reason you dated your girlfriend was because she looked like Sybil Danning.
*Sneaks in*
101) You like to post on BadMovies.org forums!
:teddyr:
102) You discover a foreign movie with potential and are disappointed that it doesn't have a crappy English dubbing track.
103) You look forward to discussing the movies you've seen recently with co-workers so you can comment on the deeper meanings behind Gymkata and Galaxy of Terror.
104) Sid Haig's appearance in a movie you are watching causes intense feelings of joy and wonder.
105) You realize that "Lambada, the Forbidden Dance" may be the best movie since Casablanca.
106) You can spot an actor in a bad movie and name at least 3 other bad movies he appeared in