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Bad Movies / Re: The Ultimate So Bad It's G...
Last post by Rev. Powell - Today at 12:05:50 PMAdd Glen or Glenda (1953)
^Gymkata
^Reefer Madness
Atomic Submarine, The (1959) 10
Attack of the Puppet People (1958) 10
Batman & Robin (1997) 10
Beast with a Million Eyes, The (1955) 10
Billy the Kid vs Dracula (1966) 10
Birdemic: Shock and Terror (2010) 10
Dragon Lives Again, The (1977) 10
Fatal Deviation (1998) 11
Glen or Glenda? (1953) 10
Gymkata (1985) 11
Hard Ticket to Hawaii (1987) 11
Hobgoblins (1988) 10
Howling Part 7: New Moon Rising, The (1995) 11
Leprechaun 4: In Space (1996) 10
Long John Silver's Return to Treasure Island (1954) 10
Manos: The Hands of Fate (1966) 10
Message from Space (1978) 10
Miami Connection (1987) 10
Mitchell (1975) 10
No Holds Barred (1989) 11
Plan 9 From Outer Space (1959) 12
Protector, The (1985) 10
Reefer Madness (1936) 11
Return of the Family Man (1990) 10
Robo Vampire (1988) 10
Robot Monster (1953) 10
Room, The (2003) 11
Samurai Cop (1991) 10
Santa Claus (1959) 10
Scanners 3: The Takeover (1992) 10
Showdown in Little Tokyo (1991) 10
Showgirls (1995) 11
Space Mutiny (1988) 11
Starcrash (1978) 10
Troll 2 (1990) 11
Wicker Man, The (2006) 10
Zardoz (1974) 10
Plan 9 leads the pack with 12 and there are ten movies tied at 11.
^Gymkata
^Reefer Madness
Atomic Submarine, The (1959) 10
Attack of the Puppet People (1958) 10
Batman & Robin (1997) 10
Beast with a Million Eyes, The (1955) 10
Billy the Kid vs Dracula (1966) 10
Birdemic: Shock and Terror (2010) 10
Dragon Lives Again, The (1977) 10
Fatal Deviation (1998) 11
Glen or Glenda? (1953) 10
Gymkata (1985) 11
Hard Ticket to Hawaii (1987) 11
Hobgoblins (1988) 10
Howling Part 7: New Moon Rising, The (1995) 11
Leprechaun 4: In Space (1996) 10
Long John Silver's Return to Treasure Island (1954) 10
Manos: The Hands of Fate (1966) 10
Message from Space (1978) 10
Miami Connection (1987) 10
Mitchell (1975) 10
No Holds Barred (1989) 11
Plan 9 From Outer Space (1959) 12
Protector, The (1985) 10
Reefer Madness (1936) 11
Return of the Family Man (1990) 10
Robo Vampire (1988) 10
Robot Monster (1953) 10
Room, The (2003) 11
Samurai Cop (1991) 10
Santa Claus (1959) 10
Scanners 3: The Takeover (1992) 10
Showdown in Little Tokyo (1991) 10
Showgirls (1995) 11
Space Mutiny (1988) 11
Starcrash (1978) 10
Troll 2 (1990) 11
Wicker Man, The (2006) 10
Zardoz (1974) 10
Plan 9 leads the pack with 12 and there are ten movies tied at 11.
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Bad Movies / Re: The Ultimate So Bad It's G...
Last post by Rev. Powell - Today at 11:57:38 AMQuote from: chainsaw midget on Today at 04:52:35 AMBefore I contribute, just one quick question?
Should we keep the list in alphabetical order or list the movies by ranking?
I was keeping them in alphabetical order to make it easier to find a movie you're looking for. I'll also highlight the top ones. Then if this goes long enough to get separation between the titles, we can have a top 25 list. See next post.
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Bad Movies / Re: Generate Movie Poster with...
Last post by bob - Today at 11:46:33 AMcopilot
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Bad Movies / Re: Movies you would love to s...
Last post by bob - Today at 11:42:59 AMBirdemic: Shock and Terror
#6
Good Movies / Re: Recent Viewings, Part 2
Last post by M.10rda - Today at 07:56:42 AMDOS MONJES aka TWO MONKS (1934):
Here's a film that has developed a little cult following in recent times and exemplifies much of what I find alluring about early talkies and a ton of what I despise about many films of the era. It could have been a masterpiece, but manages to snatch defeat from the jaws of victory. Early on, two young-ish monks have a face-to-face reunion after a long parting. Almost nothing is said - instead they enter a fraught embrace that initially looks like they might make out, violently! But quickly real violence occurs, and it's legitimately shocking for a 1934 film.
Why the heck did this happen?! The film then enters a lengthy flashback to their younger adulthood. The murderous monk was a sensitive musician, his would-be victim was his globe-trotting playboy best friend. There are women involved in their relationship. Very little is ever said (or at least very little of concrete substance) while we watch this very off-kilter dynamic develop and eventually devolve. All of this action and post facto exposition happens against gloriously expressionist backgrounds, with deep contrast lighting, like from CABINET OF DR. CALIGARI or Ulmer's BLACK CAT. Because the screenplay provides so little clear evidence for interpretation, the viewer's mind fills in the blanks: it's confusing to be a sensitive young musician in Mexico in the early 1900s and to unravel your ambivalent feelings about girls and your powerful attachment to your very handsome and charismatic buddy. It makes perfect sense that the lead would compress all those unprocessed emotions into a highly pressurized explosive package somewhere deep in his gut and then go join a monastery. Heck, you could turn the volume down altogether on this one and still Get The Picture perfectly from the visual compositions and performances. For a long while, the film appears brilliant.
Unfortunately, the director of DOS MONJES is Juan Bustillo Oro, who also made the early 50s THE MAN WITHOUT A FACE. That later visually evocative thriller helplessly blows its "twist" ending by allowing a psychoanalyst to spend two-thirds of the film setting it up for the presumably moronic viewer. DOS MONJES fatally suffers the same affliction, though (for better or maybe worse) in its final act. Oro doubles back and assures us (for a good twenty minutes of dense dialogue scenes) that the schism was entirely about a girl!
So #nohomo, everybody! 
Maybe the producers or Mexico's own Hayes Code or something forced Oro's hand? Obviously I don't buy the denouement's heteronormative protestations. In fact the (mostly wordless) final scene is a full-scale symbolic freak-out that entirely reinforces the prominent themes of repression and gay panic. But the damage has been done - by insisting on talking too much, Oro ruins what could have been one of the greatest films of the 30s.
It's still worth watching with the sound off, I guess!
3.5/5
Like R.S. Fred said: Don't Talk, Just Kiss.
Here's a film that has developed a little cult following in recent times and exemplifies much of what I find alluring about early talkies and a ton of what I despise about many films of the era. It could have been a masterpiece, but manages to snatch defeat from the jaws of victory. Early on, two young-ish monks have a face-to-face reunion after a long parting. Almost nothing is said - instead they enter a fraught embrace that initially looks like they might make out, violently! But quickly real violence occurs, and it's legitimately shocking for a 1934 film.
Why the heck did this happen?! The film then enters a lengthy flashback to their younger adulthood. The murderous monk was a sensitive musician, his would-be victim was his globe-trotting playboy best friend. There are women involved in their relationship. Very little is ever said (or at least very little of concrete substance) while we watch this very off-kilter dynamic develop and eventually devolve. All of this action and post facto exposition happens against gloriously expressionist backgrounds, with deep contrast lighting, like from CABINET OF DR. CALIGARI or Ulmer's BLACK CAT. Because the screenplay provides so little clear evidence for interpretation, the viewer's mind fills in the blanks: it's confusing to be a sensitive young musician in Mexico in the early 1900s and to unravel your ambivalent feelings about girls and your powerful attachment to your very handsome and charismatic buddy. It makes perfect sense that the lead would compress all those unprocessed emotions into a highly pressurized explosive package somewhere deep in his gut and then go join a monastery. Heck, you could turn the volume down altogether on this one and still Get The Picture perfectly from the visual compositions and performances. For a long while, the film appears brilliant.
Unfortunately, the director of DOS MONJES is Juan Bustillo Oro, who also made the early 50s THE MAN WITHOUT A FACE. That later visually evocative thriller helplessly blows its "twist" ending by allowing a psychoanalyst to spend two-thirds of the film setting it up for the presumably moronic viewer. DOS MONJES fatally suffers the same affliction, though (for better or maybe worse) in its final act. Oro doubles back and assures us (for a good twenty minutes of dense dialogue scenes) that the schism was entirely about a girl!
So #nohomo, everybody! Maybe the producers or Mexico's own Hayes Code or something forced Oro's hand? Obviously I don't buy the denouement's heteronormative protestations. In fact the (mostly wordless) final scene is a full-scale symbolic freak-out that entirely reinforces the prominent themes of repression and gay panic. But the damage has been done - by insisting on talking too much, Oro ruins what could have been one of the greatest films of the 30s.
It's still worth watching with the sound off, I guess!
3.5/5
Like R.S. Fred said: Don't Talk, Just Kiss.
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Bad Movies / Re: The Ultimate So Bad It's G...
Last post by chainsaw midget - Today at 04:52:35 AMBefore I contribute, just one quick question?
Should we keep the list in alphabetical order or list the movies by ranking?
#9
Good Movies / Re: Recent Viewings, Part 2
Last post by FatFreddysCat - December 05, 2025, 10:23:21 PM"M3GAN 2.0" (2025)
The creator of the original "Megan" builds a new and improved version to combat "Amelia," a next-level killer droid that wants to kick off an A.I. apocalypse.
Overlong, chaotic sequel to the surprise horror hit leans more towards sci-fi action - less "Child's Play," more "Terminator," filtered through Anime and K-Pop. The first "M3GAN" was dumb fun; this sequel is mostly just dumb. Skip it.
"Violent Night" (2022)
David "Stranger Things" Harbour plays a burned out St. Nick, who ends up in the wrong place at the wrong time when mercenaries invade the lavish home of a wealthy family. Yes, it's "Die Hard" in a Santa suit. A dark, cynical and gloriously ultra violent Holiday action comedy directed by Tommy Wirkola of "Dead Snow" fame.
The creator of the original "Megan" builds a new and improved version to combat "Amelia," a next-level killer droid that wants to kick off an A.I. apocalypse.
Overlong, chaotic sequel to the surprise horror hit leans more towards sci-fi action - less "Child's Play," more "Terminator," filtered through Anime and K-Pop. The first "M3GAN" was dumb fun; this sequel is mostly just dumb. Skip it.
"Violent Night" (2022)
David "Stranger Things" Harbour plays a burned out St. Nick, who ends up in the wrong place at the wrong time when mercenaries invade the lavish home of a wealthy family. Yes, it's "Die Hard" in a Santa suit. A dark, cynical and gloriously ultra violent Holiday action comedy directed by Tommy Wirkola of "Dead Snow" fame.
#10
Bad Movies / Re: The Ultimate So Bad It's G...
Last post by claws - December 05, 2025, 10:22:32 PM10 The Atomic Submarine (1959)
10 Attack of the Puppet People (1958)
10 The Beast with a Million Eyes (1955)
10 Billy the Kid vs Dracula (1966)
10 Birdemic: Shock and Terror (2010)
10 The Dragon Lives Again (1977)
11 Fatal Deviation (1998)
10 Gymkata (1985)
11 Hard Ticket to Hawaii (1987)
11 The Howling Part 7: New Moon Rising (1995)
10 Leprechaun 4: In Space (1996)
10 Long John Silver's Return to Treasure Island (1954)
10 Manos: The Hands of Fate (1966)
10 Miami Connection (1987)
10 Mitchell (1975)
11 No Holds Barred (1989)
12 Plan 9 From Outer Space (1959)
10 The Protector (1985)
10 Reefer Madness (1936)
10 Return of the Family Man (1990)
10 Robot Monster (1953)
10 Robo Vampire (1988)
11 The Room (2003)
10 Samurai Cop (1991)
10 Santa Claus (1959)
10 Scanners 3: The Takeover (1992)
11 Showgirls (1995)
11 Space Mutiny (1988)
10 Starcrash (1978)
11 Troll 2 (1990)
10 The Wicker Man (2006)
10 Zardoz (1974)
New:
10 Showdown in Little Tokyo (1991)
10 Hobgoblins (1988)
10 Message from Space (1978)
10 Batman & Robin (1997)
10 Attack of the Puppet People (1958)
10 The Beast with a Million Eyes (1955)
10 Billy the Kid vs Dracula (1966)
10 Birdemic: Shock and Terror (2010)
10 The Dragon Lives Again (1977)
11 Fatal Deviation (1998)
10 Gymkata (1985)
11 Hard Ticket to Hawaii (1987)
11 The Howling Part 7: New Moon Rising (1995)
10 Leprechaun 4: In Space (1996)
10 Long John Silver's Return to Treasure Island (1954)
10 Manos: The Hands of Fate (1966)
10 Miami Connection (1987)
10 Mitchell (1975)
11 No Holds Barred (1989)
12 Plan 9 From Outer Space (1959)
10 The Protector (1985)
10 Reefer Madness (1936)
10 Return of the Family Man (1990)
10 Robot Monster (1953)
10 Robo Vampire (1988)
11 The Room (2003)
10 Samurai Cop (1991)
10 Santa Claus (1959)
10 Scanners 3: The Takeover (1992)
11 Showgirls (1995)
11 Space Mutiny (1988)
10 Starcrash (1978)
11 Troll 2 (1990)
10 The Wicker Man (2006)
10 Zardoz (1974)
New:
10 Showdown in Little Tokyo (1991)
10 Hobgoblins (1988)
10 Message from Space (1978)
10 Batman & Robin (1997)