Maybe the movie is bad, maybe it's not, but sometimes a title alone can turn you off a flick.
So, let's have a topic here dedicated to what we think are the worst movie TITLES ever.
Gigli
You know you've got a bad title when people don't even know how to pronounce it.
Ballistic: Ecks vs. Sever
It sounds this this is a spin-off or sequel to a series that's already been going long enough for people to know or care who Ecks and Sever are, however, since nobody knows who they are, why should we care that they're fighting.
The Dark Knight Rises
This is the THIRD movie in the series. Batman has already Begun and he's been the Dark Knight. it's safe to say he's pretty well risen at this point... and this is the movie about him quitting anyway.
Live Free or Die Hard
... I'm not quite sure what this even means.
Quantum of Solace
This actually isn't that bad a title... It just feels more like it should be the title for an episode of Star Trek the Next generation. Possibly one starring Riker.
The Constant Gardener
Exciting, right?
Friday After Next
Let's face it, they really didn't have much to work with on this one.
John Carter
I like this movie, but they chose the most boring and non descriptive title possible.
It's not like they didn't have others to work with. In the writen series, you've already got the titles... John Carter of Mars, a Princess of Mars, Under the Moons of Mars, Swords of Mars, and the Warlord of Mars. ANY one of these would have gotten people attention better.
I'll Always Know What You Did Last Summer
This title comes across as less of a threat and more bragging about how good your memory is.
Fan4stic
You can't have a number be in the middle of your title when it also needs to be in the end. Name it something like that, and it gets called "Fan-Four-Stic," and that sounds like some kind of men's hygenie product. Maybe some kind of disposable razors of roll on deodorant. (feel free to make the deodorant "this movie stinks" joke if you want.)
Mother, May I Sleep with Danger?
I'm on the fence. This is either a horrible title or a great one. I just don't know.
Here's a couple of misprinted titles. Always know your movie is sloppy bad when they print the title incorrectly.
RAT FINK A BOO BOO
ATTACK OF THE THE EYE CREATURES
(They screwed up the opening titles and corrected it in later prints, erasing "ATTACK OF THE" so it just reads THE EYE CREATURES).
I think I saw mother May I sleep with danger. Tori Spelling was the star she was attempting a comeback at the time.
Last House On The Beach
woefully uninventive, even if they did want to make it obvious that it was a Last House On The Left cash-in.
To Wong Foo Thanks For Everything, Julie Newmar
never even seen this, just don't like the title!
Can Heironymus Merkin Ever Forget Mercy Humppe and Find True Happiness?
The Incredibly Strange Creatures Who Stopped Living and Became Mixed Up Zombies
The Fish That Saved Pittsburgh
Bloodsucking Pharoahs In Pittsburgh
A Polish Vampire In Burbank
Quote from: retrorussell on September 19, 2016, 02:09:12 PM
Can Heironymus Merkin Ever Forget Mercy Humppe and Find True Happiness?
The Incredibly Strange Creatures Who Stopped Living and Became Mixed Up Zombies
The Fish That Saved Pittsburgh
Bloodsucking Pharoahs In Pittsburgh
A Polish Vampire In Burbank
He said worst, not best!
How about GAYn****rS FROM OUTER SPACE?
* THE HORRIBLE, SEXY VAMPIRE
* TOMORROW I'LL WAKE UP AND SCALD MYSELF WITH TEA
* THE SAGA OF THE VIKING WOMEN AND THEIR VOYAGE TO THE WATERS OF THE GREAT SEA SERPENT
* THE CHOOPER (this is the correct spelling, it's not THE CHOPPER)
* BLOOD OF GHASTLY HORROR
Wait a minute, stop the presses!!! ! :buggedout:
BLOODSUCKING PHARAOHS IN PITTSBURG?????
My new life's mission is to find and watch this movie!!!
Quote from: indianasmith on September 19, 2016, 05:28:32 PM
Wait a minute, stop the presses!!! ! :buggedout:
BLOODSUCKING PHARAOHS IN PITTSBURG?????
My new life's mission is to find and watch this movie!!!
Even if you set your standards in the negative range, I think you'll be disappointed. The title is the best thing about that movie.
SOMETIMES AUNT MARTHA DOES TERRIBLE THINGS
HAPPY MOTHER'S DAY, LOVE GEORGE
Neither of these titles prepare you for what you are about to watch.
CHILDREN SHOULDN'T PLAY WITH DEAD THINGS
Reportedly, the studio execs did not like "John Carter of Mars", because no one in the modern world would accept "Mars" as a plausible location for the story.
DEAD BANG sounds like something a five year old came up with...
I've never seen it, but I recall the critics saying the movie was just as bad as the title...
Quote from: indianasmith on September 24, 2016, 10:24:44 PM
CHILDREN SHOULDN'T PLAY WITH DEAD THINGS
The title was the best thing about that movie. i used to keep a copy of it to torment my friends with.
That one and
Bloodsucking Freaks were the two movies they had to specify I wasn't allowed to choose when it was my turn to choose movies.
GRAPES OF DEATH
Not the most terror inducing title out there.
Quote from: major jay on September 26, 2016, 06:48:03 AM
GRAPES OF DEATH
Not the most terror inducing title out there.
Originally Les raisins de la mort by Jean Rollin. It is about zombies created by infected wine, which must make it the most French zombie movie ever. For the German version, they went for something more catchy as a title: Foltermühle der gefangenen Frauen (The torture mill of captive women)
The title stinks in both languages. :twirl:
Horror of the Hungry Humongous Hungan
Stuff Stephanie in the Incinerator
Fertilize the Blaspheming Bombshell
Anus Magillicutty
Handjob Cabin
Quote from: bob on September 28, 2016, 09:35:42 PM
Handjob Cabin
It's a nice place to visit, but I wouldn't want to live there. Unless I had a few cases of lotion.