What's your favorite bad movie genre?

Texdar · May 10, 2009, 05:02:40 PM

I picked the following:

Giant Monsters - still have a soft spot for all the Godzilla and Gamera movies I watched as a kid.

Horror/Comedy - really good genre if done right.

Horror - I likes the scary things!

Slasher - just because I watched so many in the 80's as a teen. Still like a good one.

Zombies - fave of all the genres. Something really scary about being overwhelmed by dead people.

The Burgomaster · May 10, 2009, 05:28:15 PM

I picked:

* BIKER - Leather vests, beards, trashy chicks . . . oh, yeah!

* BLAXPLOITATION - First, last, and always. Give me afros, platform shoes, and wacka-wacka guitar music and I'm a happy man.

* GIALLO - Especially if the dubbing is really bad.

* GORE - Decapitations and disembowelments rule!

* SEXPLOITATION - Box Office International is king!

Nukie 2 · May 10, 2009, 08:31:42 PM

Big Budget Flops
Sword and Sorcery
Horror
Sci-Fi (general)
Zombies

For me I love Horror-Comedy, but the people involved know they are amateurs; are on a budget, or that they are trying something experiemental and so they add a humor element to it. Which is smart, but they aren't bad movies unless the gags really suck.
Evil Dead was genius, and man they showed what they could do with a small budget and a cabin. I love how they managed to go way over the top, thats saying alot considering they were on a small budget.

Zombie movies can go either way bad or good. I'd say Rami followed Romero with using old haunted houses, filling an atmosphere full of suspense. If both movies didn't have the suspense and paranoia they couldn't have pulled it off. As for bad there's "Zombie Lake", just perverted Nazi Zombies out to cop a feel and drink some blood, crappy make-up; bad matching of footage (lake to the swimming pool); there's sleaze instead of suspense, and were all just supposed to take the story line as is-- hey it's a zombie movie. Then there's "Children Shouldn't Play With Dead Things", they dialogue is awkward, the feel of it is very camp, and the grave yaerd looks fake-- but later the zombie attack dissolves the camp element and the movie is scary. Great playing dead by the actor who played Orville! I'll never forget the scene where Alan just lets the Zombies have Anya-- what a bast*rd!

JaseSF · May 11, 2009, 07:34:06 PM

Being a Sci-Fi fan, these shouldn't be too surprising:

Giant Monsters (Godzilla, Gamera, King Kong, Daimajin, The ants of Them!, the Ymir and more)
Space Opera (Rocketship X-M, Flight To Mars, Battle Beyond the Stars, Missile to the Moon, Journey to the Seventh Planet, etc.)
Sci-Fi General (Brain From Planet Arous, Brain That Wouldn't Die, Robot Monster, Target Earth, etc.)
Post Apocalyptic (Planet of the Apes, The Apes sequels, The Omega Man, Soylent Green, etc.)

and perhaps a little more unexpected:

Kung Fu Films (Love these chopsocky flicks, even the cheap Bruce Lee knockoffs and those you might find in a dollar store bin not to mention the real Bruce Lee naturally).

RCMerchant · May 11, 2009, 07:52:20 PM

Quote from: JaseSF on May 11, 2009, 07:34:06 PM
Being a Sci-Fi fan, these shouldn't be too surprising:

Giant Monsters (Godzilla, Gamera, King Kong, Daimajin, The ants of Them!, the Ymir and more)
Space Opera (Rocketship X-M, Flight To Mars, Battle Beyond the Stars, Missile to the Moon, Journey to the Seventh Planet, etc.)
Sci-Fi General (Brain From Planet Arous, Brain That Wouldn't Die, Robot Monster, Target Earth, etc.)
Post Apocalyptic (Planet of the Apes, The Apes sequels, The Omega Man, Soylent Green, etc.)

and perhaps a little more unexpected:

Kung Fu Films (Love these chopsocky flicks, even the cheap Bruce Lee knockoffs and those you might find in a dollar store bin not to mention the real Bruce Lee naturally).

Boy...this is really hard to pick just 5....I love'em ALL!!!

I agree on chop-sockys....Stuff like NIJA TERMINATOR....anything with Cyntia Rothrock....and cheezy Bruce Lee ripoffs (as you mentioned!

)...stuff like...

The CLONES OF BRUCE LEE.....this movie features Dragon Lee,Bruce Le,and Bruce Lai!!!

zoinks! You KNOW it's quality entertainment!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CkZ1jAXpOhk

what really sucks.?...the speakers for my computer took a s**t about 5:30 tonite...and the true joy is ,according to Master Poo,the cool "AAAAYYYYYYIIIIIIIIIIEEEEEeeeeeeeeeeeee!!" and "WHO-WaaaaahhhH!

Doggett · May 12, 2009, 07:08:25 AM

Alien invasion/infiltration - From Independence Day to The Blob, it's all good.

Big budget flops/misfires - Love Striptease !!!

Horror/comedy - Love Frankenhooker

Sexploitation - Love The Lost Empire !!!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-3xFBCwqFMQ

Zombie - I just love zombies !!!!!

WingedSerpent · May 12, 2009, 05:18:18 PM

I voted Sci-Fi general just becasue it seemed to fit the best.

Paquita · May 12, 2009, 06:33:20 PM

I picked:

Barbarians, etc. - I haven't seen one I didn't thoroughly enjoy

Giallo - Ahhh those underdramatic Italian actresses and their barely-there wardrobe

Horror (supernatural) - Yay!

Slasher - Chop Chop!

Zombies - Yum Yum!

That doesn't mean I dislike the others! With the exception of Women in Prison movies - It was women in prison night on HBO like every night when I was younger! Nothing steers a girl clear from a life of crime like women in prison movies! I think there should be a requirement to watch them in high school. They still give me nightmares!

JJ80 · May 12, 2009, 08:00:28 PM

I chose:

Alien invasion/infiltration - A perfect blend of the sci-fi, war and espionage genres.
Giant animal/insect running amok - I've always had a soft spot for films like "Tarantula" and "The Killer Shrews".
Giant monsters - Japanese variety - I love the outlandish quality of these flicks with their basic but bizarre special effects.
Sci-fi (general) - Offers enormous scope for oddity and surrealism.
Western/spaghetti western - Probably my favourite type of action films. I like spaghetti westerns but I'm also very fond of American 'B' westerns from the Thirties through to the Sixties.

I actually enjoy most types of 'Bad' movies (especially horror/zombie) but tend to largely gravitate towards these particular genres.

Allhallowsday · June 29, 2009, 05:52:39 PM

Well, I don't think REBEL WITHOUT A CAUSE is a "bad" movie... and though I might give you THE BLOB, I don't think INVASION OF THE BODY SNATCHERS is bad, in fact think both versions are great...

I'm a bit late with my entries, but went with Blaxploitation, Extreme, Giallo, Sexploitation and Zombie.

RCMerchant · June 29, 2009, 06:25:25 PM

I been wishy wasy...I love them all..but sci fi would be the best, I think I said blaxpo cuz at the time I hadda big hard on for Pam Grier,

Sci Fi-

Planeta Burg

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6e71Ub111wA

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yudsyp6G3FA

Rev. Powell · June 30, 2009, 10:24:53 AM

Quote from: Allhallowsday on June 29, 2009, 05:52:39 PM
Well, I don't think REBEL WITHOUT A CAUSE is a "bad" movie... and though I might give you THE BLOB, I don't think INVASION OF THE BODY SNATCHERS is bad, in fact think both versions are great...

I agree... when I selected the example films I went with stuff that defined the genre I was trying to describe rather than stuff that was necessarily "bad."

Hammock Rider · June 30, 2009, 10:45:03 AM

Giant monsters

Ginat monsters-Japanese

Horror/comedy

Giallo

Post Apocolyptic

Not an easy task, my choices could easily vary on any given day.

Leah · July 01, 2009, 11:57:30 AM

Why don't you have Racing as a choice? I liked fast and furious, but at times, it was all cgi

Doggett · July 01, 2009, 12:00:18 PM

Quote from: Bull on July 01, 2009, 11:57:30 AM
Why don't you have Racing as a choice? I liked fast and furious, but at times, it was all cgi

Carsploitation ?