What Movies Has This Site Lead You To

Flick James · January 31, 2011, 01:35:52 PM

One of the things I like best about this site is that it judges bad movies from a different set of criteria than most other resources. A movie that would normally get a 1-out-of-5-stars kind of rating elsewhere gets reviewed and looked at differently here, by sets of eyes that appreciate the special charm that bad movies carry.

I have been led to a number of movies that I would have otherwise never known about.

So, what are some of the more noteworthy b-grade, z-grade, cult, or just outright off-the-beaten-path films that this site has led you to that you would otherwise have taken longer to find or even outright missed? They can even be movies that seem obvious now but at the time they were unknown to you or ones that you simply missed but this site made sure you saw it. This can also include films that you couldn't remember but that the "What Was That Film?" board led you back to.

I'll give a few of my own:

Psychomania
Ginger Dead Man
The Beast of Yucca Flats
Numerous Hammer Films (Too many to list)
The Wicker Man (the original of course)
Bad Ronald

Those are just a few. I was just marvelling at how much this site has affected my movie viewing habits. For the better of course.

The Burgomaster · January 31, 2011, 01:57:23 PM

Off the top of my head:

* MR. JINGLES
* DARK HARVEST 3: SCARECROW
* MOTOR HOME MASSACRE

SPazzo · January 31, 2011, 03:28:13 PM

To be honest, about 80% of the movies I have watched since late 2009. Off the top of my head:
Plan 9 From Outer Space
Beast of Yucca Flats
Barbarella
Robot Monster
The Giant Claw

Doggett · January 31, 2011, 03:42:20 PM

Gwendoline
TerrorVision
Frankenhooker
Killer Klowns from Outer Space
Sisterhood
The Dark Power
Big Bad Mama
Body Melt
The Brain
Galaxina
Hard Rock Zombies
Q
Slumber Party Massacre
Street Trash
The Stuff
Xanadu

So a few then.
The last on the list was tough to sit through...

Flick James · January 31, 2011, 03:53:39 PM

Quote from: Doggett on January 31, 2011, 03:42:20 PM
Gwendoline
TerrorVision
Frankenhooker
Killer Klowns from Outer Space
Sisterhood
The Dark Power
Big Bad Mama
Body Melt
The Brain
Galaxina
Hard Rock Zombies
Q
Slumber Party Massacre
Street Trash
The Stuff
Xanadu

So a few then.
The last on the list was tough to sit through...

Yeah, Xanadu is baaaaaaaaaaaad. It's one of those that I would never watch on my own but I would with my wife. It's like a chick b-movie.

Derf · January 31, 2011, 05:01:06 PM

The most notable movies this site has led me to are:

The Forbidden Zone (a movie that never fails to take me to my happy place)
For Y'ur Height Only (Go Weng Weng!)
Gwendoline (Tawny Kitaen topless. What's not to like?

)
Galaxina (not much fun to me, but I first heard of it through Andrew)

There are others, but most of the movies mentioned on this site I either saw long ago, saw before they were mentioned here, or have no interest in. I have learned much about the movies I love that I wouldn't have known otherwise, and that is one of the things that keeps me coming back here every day.

diamondwaspvenom · January 31, 2011, 05:44:00 PM

Killer Klowns From Outer Space
Carnosaur
Troll
Future War
Krull
Plan 9 From Outer Space
The Stuff
The Dungeonmaster (aka Ragewar)

I am very grateful for Badmovies.org helping me develop the tolerance and pleasure to watch b-movies. In a way, I can't help but feel like a more cultured and educated person after watching so many bad movies and reading the stories from the directors, actors, creature effects artists and composers who involved themselves in the project and lived to tell the tale.

Leah · January 31, 2011, 06:16:28 PM

Manos: The Hands of Fate
Troll 2
Slugs
the Blob
The Wraith
The Brain From Planet Arous
Plan 9

Doc Daneeka · February 01, 2011, 12:38:56 AM

I first started coming here like in 2001; I was but a child then and very new to the... "fandom". Needless to say, Badmovies sure gave me a kick start! This is only a partial list, I dunno how much I really got from here or what all was influenced by other sites or what o.O

Attack of the Killer Tomatoes series
Basket Case
Chopping Mall
CHUD
The Dark Power
Dark Star ("Now one of my favorites" alert!)
Delicatessen
Faster, p***ycat! Kill! Kill! (Heard of it, had no huge intention of watching until reading Gunny's review ^_^)
The Fog
Fright Show
Hideous!
MANOS!
Night of the Comet
The Midnight Hour
Return of the Living Dead
The Resurrected (Just got it this Christmas :P)
Shakma
Shark Hunter
Six-String Samurai
Spookies
Uninvited
Video Violence/Video Violence 2
Zarkorr! The Invader
Preylien/other Polonia Bros. movies
Dead Heat
Undefeatable
Tourist Trap
Theater of Blood
Leviathan
I-TAL-IAN... SPIDER-MAN!

claws · February 01, 2011, 01:10:48 AM

None actually. As unbelievable it may sound, I wasn't fully aware of badmovies.org until a online friend pointed me here. I signed up immediately, my friend never did though.

Trevor · February 01, 2011, 02:13:03 AM

Billy Jack lead me here.

66Crush · February 01, 2011, 03:23:42 AM

"Troll 2." And I love ya for it!

HarlotBug3 · February 01, 2011, 02:40:32 PM

'Troll 2' and 'The Apple' HAVE to be seen to be believed, and even then...it's Lovecraftian how you think you know the creators didn't know how bad it was. They were inept, they couldn't help it.

Right?

The best though, is movies that are good (Wickerman and Forbiddenzone for instance) but do belong on this site because they're just too damn weird for their own good.

indianasmith · February 01, 2011, 04:29:13 PM

Without this site, I never would have experienced the joy and wonder that is
CEMETERY MAN.

lester1/2jr · February 01, 2011, 04:47:18 PM

like 30 movies about wizards I HAVE to watch.

What Movies Has This Site Lead You To

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