Battle of the Bad Directors

[Leah]

how can you not love the cheeseyness of Roger Corman

[JaseSF]

Larry Buchanan's name should be included in this poll too.

[Criswell]

I voted Corman. After all he is the "king of b's"

[SkullBat308]

  Stuart Gordon by a longshot!

[Skull]

How is Michael Bay not on this list?

Michael Bay is not a b-movie or z-movie director. That's why.

so how does this explain Uwe Boll?

[diamondwaspvenom]

How is Michael Bay not on this list?

Michael Bay is not a b-movie or z-movie director. That's why.

so how does this explain Uwe Boll?

It's because Uwe Boll's films, although big budgeted, have that b-movie vibe to them whereas Bay's films are just mainstream trash.

[Skull]

How is Michael Bay not on this list?

Michael Bay is not a b-movie or z-movie director. That's why.

so how does this explain Uwe Boll?

It's because Uwe Boll's films, although big budgeted, have that b-movie vibe to them whereas Bay's films are just mainstream trash.

Hmmmmmmmm... and I thought Uwe Boll cannot direct himself out of a paper bag... :)

[diamondwaspvenom]

How is Michael Bay not on this list?

Michael Bay is not a b-movie or z-movie director. That's why.

so how does this explain Uwe Boll?

It's because Uwe Boll's films, although big budgeted, have that b-movie vibe to them whereas Bay's films are just mainstream trash.

Hmmmmmmmm... and I thought Uwe Boll cannot direct himself out of a paper bag... :)

Well, technically he can't. But then again a lot of bad filmmakers are the same.

[Nukie 2]

I had to say Joe D'Amato the mystical Italian, that no one is sure how much dreck he's ever worked on because no one's sure of all his pseudonyms. Some pseudonyms of his others used, and some were monikers for himself and another director or producer!

Where Roger Corman, who did the best with what he had (be it a sea monster which looked like Homer Simpson in a trash bag with ping-pong ball eyes) and had original ideas, D'Amato produced knock-off after knock-off; porn, and was guilty of releasing movies as squeals to larger budget movies that may have been relatively successful!

I feel really awful about saying all that.

[AndyC]

Corman, for sure. His movies are cheap and cheesy, but they're entertaining, and pretty well made considering how little time and money goes into some of them. But then, Corman has always been about bang for the buck.