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So, the idea for this thread was inspired by my reading of "The 50 Worst Movies of All Time (And How They Got That Way)." While this book has some serious problems with its picks (it includes recognized classics like "Bring Me the Head of Alfredo Garcia" and "Las Year in Marienbad"), it's notable as the first book I'm aware of to spark interest in "bad movies" as a category.

The thing is, it covers fifty years of movies from about 1930-1980. It's about time for an update!

I can't control what people put on the list but I'd prefer we stuck to theatrical-type releases: yeah, there's a lot of absolutely terrible crap released directly to DVD or whatever that like 50 people saw, and while those movies may be worse, they're not really comparable to a flop something backed by a studio. (Roger Corman type B-movies or stuff intended for drive-ins and grindhouses do count.)

The usual politeness rules apply: one election at a time, please, and take turns.

I'll start us off with an "E.T." ripoff:

1. "Mac and Me" (1988)

(https://www.metaflix.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/08/Mac-and-Me-Movie-1000x600.jpg)

2. CHEERLEADER CAMP (1988)

Heartrending in it's awfulness.  :bluesad:

http://youtu.be/A8wjRRkQ23Y (http://youtu.be/A8wjRRkQ23Y)

3 Bucky Larson  :hatred: :hatred: :hatred: :hatred: :hatred: :hatred: :hatred: :hatred: :hatred: :hatred: :hatred: :hatred:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cRT93a8xE5s (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cRT93a8xE5s#)

4. Book of Shadows: Blair Witch 2 (2000)

(https://zuts.files.wordpress.com/2018/02/blair-witch-2-recording1.gif)

Nothing about this is good. It's just boring and painfully dull

SLEEPAWAY CAMP (1983)  

(https://i.gifer.com/7rpp.gif) 

http://www.badmovies.org/forum/index.php/topic,114752.0.html (http://www.badmovies.org/forum/index.php/topic,114752.0.html)

6. WOLFMAN (2010)

(https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/596617poster_2764.jpg)

(I'm going for 'bad meaning bad' here)

don't remember being more bored sitting through a 'big budget' movie than this...

7) Conquest of the Earth

The boring movie made from a few episodes of Galactica 1980, released to theaters internationally.

8. "Bolero" (1984)

Yes, a constantly naked Bo Derek can be boring.

(https://m.media-amazon.com/images/M/MV5BNmUwODYxNTYtNDllMC00MzZlLTlkNDEtNmZhMmNjNDgwMmFiXkEyXkFqcGdeQXVyMTA0MjU0Ng@@._V1_UY1200_CR67,0,630,1200_AL_.jpg)

*adds that to my list of things to watch*

9 Foodfight!

(https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/d/d4/Foodfight%21_DVD_cover.jpg)

This movie has no shame when it comes to product placement. It also looks very unfinshed. I think as a community we could do better movie animation.

9. 2012 (2009)
What a lame brain movie.  :thumbdown:

10. Titantic.

11. SMOKEY & THE BANDIT 3 (1983)

(https://images-na.ssl-images-amazon.com/images/I/816rzvqzYwL._RI_SX300_.jpg)

one of the lowest points in the history of cinema I'd say... how a film this devoid of any reason to exist can be financed, casted, shot, released, and marketed, by fully grown adults, is a mystery to me.

12) Jaws 3D

Sid and Nancy

But it has this scene near the end that I LOVE :

(https://thumbs.gfycat.com/DifficultNimbleAntbear-size_restricted.gif)

I saw that three times, count 'em 3 times, in the drive in... we'd do anything to sit in the car and smoke weed.  "I'm gonna be the bandit!  I'm gonna be the bandit...!" 

14...or is it 15? BEYOND THE POSEIDON ADVENTURE (1979)

(https://64.media.tumblr.com/fcce5c41de43e9d65c2f69d978ce7f1f/b90c05fc3024f60c-8c/s400x600/932390d4048fb55355ac3c6700ffe3fe38b804f0.gifv)
(http://[url=https://www.laparent.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/07/1310-2.jpg]https://www.laparent.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/07/1310-2.jpg[/url])(https://offscreen.com/images/made/images/articles/_resized/Review_286_Photo_5_-_Beyond_the_Poseidon_Adventure_(Irwin_Allen,_1979)_1000_420_90_c1.jpg)
(https://ilovedisastermovies.files.wordpress.com/2009/08/beyondtheposeidonadventure3.jpg)

condolences, I'm sorry to hear that...  :bouncegiggle:

15. HALLOWEEN 5

(http://cinematerror.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/11/halloween5.jpg)

this is actually not my least favourite HALLOWEEN sequel, but it's a perfect example of how a once-credible franchise can stray so far from its origins (not counting part 3 which wasn't meant to be in the same universe)... a bizarre mess

Karl Malden! Sally Field! Is that Mama Partridge? and Ted Bundy?

16.

In Search of the Titanic/Tentacolino (2004)


Oh. Oh god. No.

17. GODZILLA (1998)

Call it whatever you want. Don't call it Godzilla.
He don't even spit fire.

Yes.  SHIRLEY JONES and MARK HARMON...  What a cast!

Fixing up the numbering:

1. "Mac and Me" (1988)
2. "Cheerleader Camp" (1988)
3. "Bucky Larson" (2011)
4. "Book of Shadows: Blair Witch 2" (2000)
5. "Sleepaway Camp" (1983)
6. "Wolfman" (2010)
7. "Conquest of the Earth" (1980)
8. "Bolero" (1984)
9. "Foodfight!" (2011)
10. "2012" (2009)
11. "Titanic" (1997)
12. "Smokey and the Bandit 3" (1983)
13. "Jaws 3D" (1983)
14. "Sid and Nancy" (1986) (the only one I disagree with being on this list)
15. Prometheus (2012) (replacement for "Beyond the Poseidon Adventure")
16. Halloween 5 (1989)
17. "In Search of the Titanic/Tentacolino" (2004)
18. "Godzilla" (1988)

I'll add

19. "Cats" (2019) I think this actually falls into the hell of mediocrity, but enough people really hate it to qualify, and it was a huge, embarrassing flop. Kitty Taylor Swift kinda makes me want to become a furry, though:

(https://img.srgcdn.com/e//NWMzZnoyNVM2Rmh6UFVJa3E0OFEuanBn.jpg)

20 Freddy Got Fingered

(https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/a/a3/Freddy_Got_Fingered_%28movie_poster%29.jpg)

Completely void of anything of value, this pile of s**t derailed Tom Green's career. Rightfully so.

21. Catwoman (2004).

Please don't throw things at me but I actually liked that one: I understand why most people don't.

Oops, remove it.  I was thinking it was 1980, looked it up and forgot "since 1980"... Sorry about that.  

Nobody mentioned Prometheus (2012) yet?

That can replace #15.

And it reminds me:

20) Alien 3

I haven't seen it, but I'd probably end up disagreeing. Some people hated it, but it got 73% positive on Rotten Tomatoes and a 7.0 on IMDB. But controversial choices are acceptable and I put it on, as pacman suggested, in place of #15.

This list needs some Uwe Boll, so

22. House of the Dead (2003)

(https://m.media-amazon.com/images/M/MV5BNzlmNTFlN2QtM2IxZi00NDc0LTgyMTQtNDNjNTBmODQzZDVjXkEyXkFqcGdeQXVyMTQxNzMzNDI@._V1_.jpg)

23) Alien 3

24) Alien Resurrection

^ I won't last through the movie.

25 Batman and Robin

(http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/3//Batman_%26_Robin_poster.jpg)

 :hatred: :hatred: :hatred:

Dungeons & Dragons (2000) (https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0190374/)

(https://i.pinimg.com/564x/8e/d4/01/8ed40135ed7b15224b2d0c8dacf2af69.jpg)

Sky Captain and the World of Tomorrow (2004) (https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0346156/)

(https://i.pinimg.com/564x/15/0d/12/150d122f021f0fe6c17f4680a37c3a02.jpg)

I might have to turn in my 90's kid card for this but...

28) Pokémon 3: Spell of the Unown
29) Pokémon: The First Movie
30) Pokémon 2000

I feel bad about this because some of the animation's cool, & because they met the expectations of their target audience, but the movies still have a lot of problems which make them hard to watch.

31) Judge Dredd(1995)

(https://m.media-amazon.com/images/I/51y9VdSrhOL._AC_.jpg)

32) STOP! Or my Mom Will Shoot!

33) Dark Shadows(2012)

(https://keeping-it-reel.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/05/dark_shadows.jpg)

34) Fantastic Four(2015)

(https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/proxy/PszGIUe4wcg5X1C1LBThSFHm70eB5rILiX3mBpIIycdEt8EyZHqLwLO7E9VxZhCq_VCmQi8sya18BiW6AiV2k2q-YAGnn0j7JwcWWSOwb-a5cTOM0NorI0IaWVYRGv4)

on this 'recommendation' I decided to check it out because I saw the dvd in a local shop.... and agreed with you it's totally dumb... until I realised I was watching the wrong movie! I watched 2012: DOOMSDAY. it even says 2009 on the dvd case... weird. It's such a rubbish film in fact that I'm.going to nominate it!

35. 2012: DOOMSDAY (2009)

edit, it has a mighty 1.7 score on imdb, and 126 reviews

Battlefield Earth (2000) (https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0185183/)

(https://i.pinimg.com/564x/56/0d/a6/560da6b6a0feba3283126b0eb36dc157.jpg)

37 North

(https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/7/73/Northposter.jpg)

 :hatred: :hatred: :hatred:

38. Jaws IV.

39 Mortal Kombat: Annihilation

(https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/9/9f/Mortal_kombat_annihilation.jpg)

 :hatred: :hatred: :hatred: :hatred: :hatred: :hatred: :hatred: :hatred: :hatred:

Remember that crap Tom Hanks movie Mazes And Monsters (1982) from back in the day when concerned parents were worried about what D & D was doing to us kids and our fragile little minds? Yeah, Dungeons & Dragons (2000) wasn’t as bad as that one!  :cheers:

Assuming TV movies count...

40) Mazes & Monsters

Let me see if I can update this:


1. "Mac and Me" (1988)
2. "Cheerleader Camp" (1988)
3. "Bucky Larson" (2011)
4. "Book of Shadows: Blair Witch 2" (2000)
5. "Sleepaway Camp" (1983)
6. "Wolfman" (2010)
7. "Conquest of the Earth" (1980)
8. "Bolero" (1984)
9. "Foodfight!" (2011)
10. "2012" (2009)
11. "Titanic" (1997)
12. "Smokey and the Bandit 3" (1983)
13. "Jaws 3D" (1983)
14. "Sid and Nancy" (1986)
15. Prometheus (2012) (replacement for "Beyond the Poseidon Adventure")
16. Halloween 5 (1989)
17. "In Search of the Titanic/Tentacolino" (2004)
18. "Godzilla" (1988)
19. "Cats" (2019)
20. "Freddy Got Fingered" (2001)
21. "Catwoman" (2004)
22. "Alien 3" (1993)
23. "House of the Dead" (2003)
24. "Alien Resurrection" (1997)
25. "Batman and Robin" (1997)
26. "Dungeons & Dragons" (2000)
27. "Sky Captain and the World of Tomorrow" (2004)
28. "Pokémon 3: Spell of the Unown" (2000)
29. "Pokémon: The First Movie" (1998)
30. "Pokémon 2000" (1999)
31. "Judge Dredd" (1995)
32. "STOP! Or my Mom Will Shoot!" (1992)
33. "Dark Shadows" (2012)
34. "Fantastic Four" (2015)
35. "2012: DOOMSDAY" (2009)
36. "Battlefield Earth" (2000)
37. "North" (1994)
38. "Jaws IV" (1987)
39. "Mortal Kombat: Annihilation" (1997)
40. "Mazes & Monsters" (1982)

I'll add

41. Space Mutiny (1988)

(https://horrornews.net/wp-content/uploads/2018/10/Space-Mutiny-1988-movie-2.jpg)

There are some notorious titles that I was expecting would be listed first that haven't been added yet.

42


(https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/7/7f/Howard_the_Duck_%281986%29.jpg)



1. "Mac and Me" (1988)
2. "Cheerleader Camp" (1988)
3. "Bucky Larson" (2011)
4. "Book of Shadows: Blair Witch 2" (2000)
5. "Sleepaway Camp" (1983)
6. "Wolfman" (2010)
7. "Conquest of the Earth" (1980)
8. "Bolero" (1984)
9. "Foodfight!" (2011)
10. "2012" (2009)
11. "Titanic" (1997)
12. "Smokey and the Bandit 3" (1983)
13. "Jaws 3D" (1983)
14. "Sid and Nancy" (1986)
15. Prometheus (2012) (replacement for "Beyond the Poseidon Adventure")
16. Halloween 5 (1989)
17. "In Search of the Titanic/Tentacolino" (2004)
18. "Godzilla" (1988)
19. "Cats" (2019)
20. "Freddy Got Fingered" (2001)
21. "Catwoman" (2004)
22. "Alien 3" (1993)
23. "House of the Dead" (2003)
24. "Alien Resurrection" (1997)
25. "Batman and Robin" (1997)
26. "Dungeons & Dragons" (2000)
27. "Sky Captain and the World of Tomorrow" (2004)
28. "Pokémon 3: Spell of the Unown" (2000)
29. "Pokémon: The First Movie" (1998)
30. "Pokémon 2000" (1999)
31. "Judge Dredd" (1995)
32. "STOP! Or my Mom Will Shoot!" (1992)
33. "Dark Shadows" (2012)
34. "Fantastic Four" (2015)
35. "2012: DOOMSDAY" (2009)
36. "Battlefield Earth" (2000)
37. "North" (1994)
38. "Jaws IV" (1987)
39. "Mortal Kombat: Annihilation" (1997)
40. "Mazes & Monsters" (1982)
41. "Space Mutiny" (1988)
42. "Howard The Duck "(1982)

Ahh, Space Mutiny: filmed in a Johannesburg warehouse with real sunlight coming in through the windows  :buggedout:

The cinematographer was and remains a mentor of mine  :buggedout:

Well, your friend did a good job, even if the rest of the movie wasn't great.  :smile:

43. MOVIE 43 (2013)

maybe someone whose actually seen this can vouch for its inclusion... I don't want to see it, I just believe all the reviews

44

(https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/1/1c/Cookloverwifethief.jpg)

45. After Earth (2013) would qualify

46. BLACK XMAS (2006)

the worst of the worst cash-in slasher remakes of the 2000s

Thanks: his name was Vincent G. Cox ASC: he was one of only four SA's to get the ASC award.  :smile:

Wow, THE COOK, THIEF, HIS WIFE AND HER LOVER?

A couple of ones I expected to be obvious haven't been named yet and we're getting near the end. So I'll name the most obvious one:

47. "The Room" (2003)

(https://media.wired.com/photos/5933287e95879f6d0c00acb4/master/pass/wiseau.jpg)

I nearly puked multiple times at the near end 

48 the most Pseudo-intellectual film of all time

A Serbain Film

(https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/d/de/Serbian-film-poster-325x460.jpg)

49. GOING OVERBOARD (1989)
Adam Sandler's first movie.  :bluesad:

http://youtu.be/MKNZqnJ0hzU (http://youtu.be/MKNZqnJ0hzU)

I actually LOVE this movie!  :thumbup:

It's a BAD movie-! But the kind I enjoy!

50.  CANNIBAL FEROX (1981 aka MAKE THEM DIE SLOWLY)

not a massive Peter Greenaway fan, but yeah I held off voting for movies which I personally can't stand but thought might generally be considered 'good' here (or just objectively good in some way)

THE MATRIX
THE WOLF OF WALL STREET
CABIN IN THE WOODS
DJANGO UNCHAINED
THE GIRL WITH THE PEARL EARRING

I mean these films literally angered me with how much I disliked them, but they're not for this thread...

It's so bad that they made another bad movie about this bad movie.  :cheers:

So our final list looks like this:

1. "Mac and Me" (1988)
2. "Cheerleader Camp" (1988)
3. "Bucky Larson" (2011)
4. "Book of Shadows: Blair Witch 2" (2000)
5. "Sleepaway Camp" (1983)
6. "Wolfman" (2010)
7. "Conquest of the Earth" (1980)
8. "Bolero" (1984)
9. "Foodfight!" (2011)
10. "2012" (2009)
11. "Titanic" (1997)
12. "Smokey and the Bandit 3" (1983)
13. "Jaws 3D" (1983)
14. "Sid and Nancy" (1986)
15. Prometheus (2012) (replacement for "Beyond the Poseidon Adventure")
16. Halloween 5 (1989)
17. "In Search of the Titanic/Tentacolino" (2004)
18. "Godzilla" (1988)
19. "Cats" (2019)
20. "Freddy Got Fingered" (2001)
21. "Catwoman" (2004)
22. "Alien 3" (1993)
23. "House of the Dead" (2003)
24. "Alien Resurrection" (1997)
25. "Batman and Robin" (1997)
26. "Dungeons & Dragons" (2000)
27. "Sky Captain and the World of Tomorrow" (2004)
28. "Pokémon 3: Spell of the Unown" (2000)
29. "Pokémon: The First Movie" (1998)
30. "Pokémon 2000" (1999)
31. "Judge Dredd" (1995)
32. "STOP! Or my Mom Will Shoot!" (1992)
33. "Dark Shadows" (2012)
34. "Fantastic Four" (2015)
35. "2012: DOOMSDAY" (2009)
36. "Battlefield Earth" (2000)
37. "North" (1994)
38. "Jaws IV" (1987)
39. "Mortal Kombat: Annihilation" (1997)
40. "Mazes & Monsters" (1982)
41. "Space Mutiny" (1988)
42. "Howard The Duck "(1982)
43. "Movie 43" (2013)
44. "The Cook, the Thief, His Wife & Her Lover" (1989)
45. "After Earth" (2013)
46. "Black Xmas" (2006)
47. "The Room" (2003)
48. "A Serbian Film" (2010)
49. "Going Overboard" (1989)
50. "Cannibal Ferox" [AKA "Make Them Die Slowly"] (1981)

The one I'm really surprised no one named is "Troll 2." I also expected to see "Birdemic" and "Showgirls," but I'm less shocked that they're missing than I am by "Troll 2."

 ^ Some I didn't include were BAD- but I enjoyed them!

I didn't want to include bad movies I like such as The Room and Troll 2

I think others felt the same way

I included some I like; my enjoyment doesn’t matter if the film was poorly made, written, etc.

I haven’t seen The Room, Birdemic, or Troll 2, so I couldn’t nominate them. I might be interested seeing in Troll 2 or Birdimic; I’m not interested in seeing The Room.

Don't know what your reasons for not wanting to see "The Room" are, but I highly recommend it to all bad movie fans.

^^ agreed.

ditto the other two... although after all the 'best bad movie ever' hype TROLL 2 was a slight anticlimax it's still definitely worth seeing once.

I nominated Prometheus and After Earth because they have no excuse for being so bad. Sometimes a bad movie may be the best that could be made, given the circumstances or the means/talent available. These, on the other hand, are major productions with A-list stars, which still manage to drop the ball.

Just so you can see for yourself how splendid this landfill is, and I don't know who Cannibal Ferox might be, but here's a peek at
MAKE THEM DIE SLOWLY, CANNIBAL FEROX!!!   :teddyr:

http://youtu.be/T22Q4ymtNl8 (http://youtu.be/T22Q4ymtNl8) 

https://youtu.be/T22Q4ymtNl8 (https://youtu.be/T22Q4ymtNl8)

CANNIBAL HOLOCAUST (1980) is along the same lines. I had both films at one time...I gave them away.

http://youtu.be/_o8VKf8WsMk (http://youtu.be/_o8VKf8WsMk)

I honestly love "Showgirls"  I cannot put it on any Bad movies list ever.  ... I am not alone..but I know I am in the minority.

I enjoy "Showgirls" too, but I know it's a bad movie. If this list had gone longer I would have added it. Especially since it was a big budget Hollywood movie!

If I'd been thinking, I would have added Batman vs Superman before it was too late.