100 essential bad movies, as chosen by you

[Sister Grace]

69. Tourist Trap

[Andrew]

70.  Hawk the Slayer

http://www.badmovies.org/movies/hawkslayer/

[Rev. Powell]

We're in the home stretch... only 30 more to go.  Make sure your favorite gets represented.

71.  THE ASTRO-ZOMBIES (1968):  Ted V. Mikels must be represented on any essential bad movies list.  The only movie in history where the monster rejuvenates himself when he runs down by pressing a flashlight to his forehead.  With John Carradine and Tura Satana.

[peter johnson]

There is no Doris Wishman on here --

72:  Nude on the Moon

While I have a soft spot for "Dildo Heaven" and "Blaze Starr Goes Nudist", "Nude on The Moon" is in its own class for garish, in-your-face, nudity for its own sake stupidity.  There is no acting.  There is no plot.  The space suits are beyond dumb -- The budget was probably a negative number.  Just headshakingly awful films she made . . . yet at their heart there was a dumb sort of sweetness & unabashed vouyerism that makes Russ Meyer seem coy by comparison.
peter johnson/denny wishman

[Andrew]

We really need a luchadore film.  One of the better Santo flicks might be a good one, but I'm going to suggest "The Champions of Justice," because it has everything that normally goes into the genre - and super midgets.

http://www.badmovies.org/movies/champjustice/

[AnubisVonMojo]

There's a decided lack of Full Moon representation on this list as well. As such, I nominate for No.74 Puppet Master 3: Toulon's Revenge. I could've easily gone with any of the other installments, but this one has killer puppets murdering Nazis and introduces my father's favorite puppet: Six-Shooter! 

[Cult Movie Mania]

Any K. Gordon Murray films on the list?  If not, I nominate Santa Claus (1959).

[Doc Daneeka]

76. The Texas Chainsaw Massacre Part 2 - Leatherface and his eccentric family continue their multiple massacres, but this time they're being chased by an obsessed sheriff and a leggy radio host...

Just about every horror franchise gets silly and self-spoofing eventually; I hear Freddy Krueger gave up on being menacing in about the 4th installment, around his own 4th chapter, Chucky started killing more for fun than profit, the Leprechaun's primary focus switched from horror to comedy in only it's second sequel and into full-fledged camp in the next part, since about part 3, Friday the 13th films have realized their own campiness... I could go on... However it seems that by the pre-production of "Part 2", Texas Chainsaw (Which, though a b-movie type and a perfectly made scary film, isn't essential to a b-film PHD IMO) had already become a phenomenon, and the only way Hooper wanted to do a sequel was to make it go a totally different direction... In a way, he succeeded. Though the second "Texas Chainsaw" ended up having a lot of things in common with the first, these things were totally exaggerated to a hilariously comical extent; Drayton is not only a cook, but an award-winning chili-maker! Leatherface is not only childlike, but mentally an awkward teenager! Grandpa is not only old, he's the oldest man alive! The film serves up rehashes and caricatures of many of the film's most memorable scenes, just compare the dinner scenes! People said that the first film was ironic as it only had one killing by chainsaw, this one absolutely reveled in chainsaw action, climaxing in a chainsaw-duel near the climax! The film reveled in the violence and gore people thought they saw in the first, and though not every fan of the first liked this one, Hooper made a cult classic, and a completely "WTF" film . (I hear part 3 was played straight, to mediocre results )

[Rev. Powell]

SANTA CLAUS goes on the list at 75. 

I'd like to suggest we need more third world films on the list... Filipino, Indonesian, Turkish, Indian, etc.  I'm not really an expert in any of those genres so I'll leave it to others to make a nomination.

[Cult Movie Mania]

SANTA CLAUS goes on the list at 75. 

I'd like to suggest we need more third world films on the list... Filipino, Indonesian, Turkish, Indian, etc.  I'm not really an expert in any of those genres so I'll leave it to others to make a nomination.

Santa Claus is Mexican; but I'm not sure if Mexico is a third world country.  I'd say out of your list of countries, The Philippines most deserves inclusion, since they have a proud history of cult/exploitation.  I suggest Terror is a Man (1959) at #77 - the great granddaddy of Filipino exploitation.

[the master]

78.santa clause conquers the martians

[Sister Grace]

79. Riki-Oh: The Story of Ricky

The full length movie can be found here:

http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=417949348888674336

[JaseSF]

80. Teenagers From Outer Space: "A young alien (David Love) falls for a pretty teenage Earth girl (Dawn Anderson) and they team up to try to stop the plans of his invading cohorts..." (IMDB Plot Summary). Beware the Lobster's Shadow!  The disintegrators were cool though.

[Rev. Powell]

80. Teenagers From Outer Space: "A young alien (David Love) falls for a pretty teenage Earth girl (Dawn Anderson) and they team up to try to stop the plans of his invading cohorts..." (IMDB Plot Summary). Beware the Lobster's Shadow!  The disintegrators were cool though.

Sorry, Jase, already nominated as #49 (see first post).

Pretty amazing that this thread went 80 nominations before the first repeat.

[AnubisVonMojo]

No.80 - Laserblast. That's all I'm gonna say about that.