The A List (100 Greatest Bad Movies)

hellbilly · July 22, 2009, 05:54:54 AM

001 - Troll 2
MGM/1990/PG-13 (Claudio Fragasso)

002 - Showgirls
MGM/1995/NC-17 (Paul Verhoeven)

003 - The Beyond
GRINDHOUSE/1981/NR (Lucio Fulci)

004 - The Video Dead
1987/R (Robert Scott)

005 - The Wicker Man
WARNER/2006/PG-13 (Neil LaBute)

006 - Howling II: ... Your Sister Is a Werewolf
MGM/1985/R (Philippe Mora)

007 - Night of the Demon
1980/R (James C. Wasson)

008 - Shark Attack 3: Megalodon
LIONSGATE/2002/R (David Worth)

009 - Mommie Dearest
PARAMOUNT/1981/PG (Frank Perry)

010 - Pieces
GRINDHOUSE/1982/NR (Juan Piquer Simón)

011 - Impulse
1974/PG (William Grefe)

012 - Alien Warrior
1985/R (Ed Hunt)

013 - The Invisible Maniac
1990/R (Adam Rifkin)

014 - The Mighty Peking Man
MIRAMAX/1977/PG-13 (Meng Hua Ho)

015 - Deadly Prey
1987/R (David A. Prior)

016 - The Jackhammer Massacre
LIONSGATE/2004/R (Joe Castro)

017 - Las Vegas Bloodbath
PENDULUM/1989/NR (David Schwartz)

018 - Burial Ground: The Nights of Terror
SHRIEK SHOW/1981/NR (Andrea Bianchi)

019 - Space Mutiny
ECHO BRIDGE/1988/R (David Winters & Neal Sundstrom)

020 - Crocodile
VCI/1981/R (Sompote Sands)

021 - House of the Dead
LIONSGATE/2003/R (Uwe Boll)

022 - Rats: Night of Terror
BLUE UNDERGROUND/1984/NR (Bruno Mattei & Claudio Fragasso)

023 - Point Break
20TH CENTURY FOX/1991/R (Kathryn Bigelow)

024 - Crocodile
LIONSGATE/2000/R (Tobe Hooper)

025 - Trog
WARNER/1970/PG (Freddie Francis)

026 - Day of the Animals
SHRIEK SHOW/1977/PG (William Girdler)

027 - Killer Workout
1986/R (David A. Prior)

028 - Terror at Tenkiller
VCI/1986/NR (Ken Meyer)

029 - The Traveler
PENDULUM/2006/NR (Jonathan R. Skocik)

030 - Road House
MGM/1989/R (Rowdy Herrington)

031 - Slugs: The Movie
ANCHOR BAY/1988/R (Juan Piquer Simón)

032 - Gwendoline
SEVERIN/1984/NR (Just Jaeckin)

033 - Skinned Deep
FANGORIA/2004/R (Gabriel Bartalos)

034 - Mosquito
IMAGE/1995/R (Gary Jones)

035 - Psychos in Love
SHRIEK SHOW/1987/NR (Gorman Bechard)

036 - Sledgehammer
1983/NR (David A. Prior)

037 - Lady Streetfighter
MEDIA BLASTERS/1985/NR (James Bryan)

038 - Plan 9 from Outer Space
IMAGE/1959/NR (Edward D. Wood Jr.)

039 - Kingdom of the Spiders
GOODTIMES/1977/PG (John 'Bud' Cardos)

040 - Thou Shalt Not Kill ... Except
ANCHOR BAY/1985/NR (Josh Becker)

041 - Epitaph
BRENTWOOD/1987/NR (Joseph Merhi)

042 - Lukas' Child
BRENTWOOD/1993/NR (Eric Louzil)

043 - Gymkata
WARNER/1985/R (Robert Clouse)

044 - R.O.T.O.R.
1989/NR (Cullen Blaine)

045 - Don't Go in the Woods
CODE RED/1981/R (James Bryan)

046 - Alien 3000
LIONSGATE/2004/R (Jeff Leroy)

047 - The Ghouls
SILVER NITRATE/2003/NR (Chad Ferrin)

048 - Naked Vengeance
1985/NR (Cirio H. Santiago)

049 - The Manitou
ANCHOR BAY/1978/PG (William Girdler)

050 - The Dead Pit
CODE RED/1989/NR (Brett Leonard)

051 - Boardinghouse
CODE RED/1982/R (John Wintergate)

052 - Patrick Still Lives
SHRIEK SHOW/1980/NR (Mario Landi)

053 - Caged Fury
IMAGE/1989/R (Bill Milling)

054 - Hell of the Living Dead
BLUE UNDERGROUND/1980/NR (Bruno Mattei & Claudio Fragasso)

055 - Tenement: Game of Survival
SHRIEK SHOW/1985/NR (Roberta Findlay)

056 - The Girl with the Hungry Eyes
1995/R (Jon Jacobs)

057 - Poor White Trash Part II
1974/R (S.F. Brownrigg)

058 - Offerings
MADACY/1989/R (Christopher Reynolds)

059 - Blood Rage
1987/NR (John Grissmer)

060 - Black Samurai
BRENTWOOD/1977/R (Al Adamson)

061 - Devil Times Five
CODE RED/1974/R (Sean MacGregor & David Sheldon)

062 - Invisible Strangler
SIMITAR/1976/PG (John Florea)

063 - A Night to Dismember
ELITE/1983/NR (Doris Wishman)

064 - Blood Games
1990/R (Tanya Rosenberg)

065 - Executioner, Part II
1984/R (James Bryan)

066 - Nightmare Weekend
BRENTWOOD/1986/R (Henry Sala)

067 - Raw Force
1982/R (Edward D. Murphy)

068 - The Naked Cage
1986/R (Paul Nicholas)

069 - Doom Asylum
CODE RED/1987/NR (Richard Friedman)

070 - Savage Weekend
1979/R (David Paulsen & John Mason Kirby)

071 - Phantom Brother
1988/NR (William Szarka)

072 - Flesh Eaters from Outer Space
TROMA/1989/2005/NR (Warren F. Disbrow)

073 - Boggy Creek II: And the Legend Continues
ELITE/1985/PG (Charles B. Pierce)

074 - Nail Gun Massacre
SYNAPSE/1985/NR (Bill Leslie & Terry Lofton)

075 - Horror Rises from the Tomb
DEIMOS/1973/R (Carlos Aured)

076 - The Big Alligator River
NOSHAME/1979/NR (Sergio Martino)

077 - Sorority House Massacre II
NEW HORIZONS/1990/R (Jim Wynorski)

078 - Werewolf Woman
SHRIEK SHOW/1976/NR (Rino Di Silvestro)

079 - Immortal Combat
SIMITAR/1994/R (Dan Neira)

080 - Night of the Sorcerers
DEIMOS/1973/NR (Amando de Ossorio)

081 - Mausoleum
BCI/1983/R (Michael Dugan)

082 - New Year's Evil
1980/R (Emmett Alston)

083 - The Manster
RETROMEDIA/1959/NR (George P. Breakston & Kenneth G. Crane)

084 - Femme Fontaine: Killer Babe for the C.I.A.
1994/R (Margot Hope)

085 - To Kill a Killer
WARNER/2007/NR (Ricardo Islas)

086 - Dead Girls
1990/NR (Dennis Devine & Steve Jarvis)

087 - Sudden Thunder
1990/NR (David Hunt)

088 - Spiders
LIONSGATE/2000/R (Gary Jones)

089 - They're Playing with Fire
ANCHOR BAY/1984/R (Howard Avedis)

090 - Lone Wolf
1988/NR (John Callas)

091 - Camp Blood
RAZOR DIGITAL/1999/NR (Brad Sykes)

092 - Rock 'n' Roll Nightmare
SYNAPSE/1987/R (John Fasano)

093 - The Prey
1984/R (Edwin Brown)

094 - Shriek of the Mutilated
RETROMEDIA/1974/R (Michael Findlay)

095 - Dawn of the Mummy
MADACY/1981/R (Frank Agrama)

096 - Attack of the Killer Tomatoes!
RHINO/1978/PG (John De Bello)

097 - Junior
1985/NR (Jim Hanley)

098 - Scorpion Thunderbolt
1988/NR (Godfrey Ho)

099 - Return of the Tiger
1979/NR (Jimmy Shaw)

100 - Mountaintop Motel Massacre
ANCHOR BAY/1986/R (Jim McCullough Sr.)

Sorry for the long post

My personal list of 100 great bad movies. Some may notice the lack of Troma "Classics" but I did not include any because they are mostly intended to be bad. Fulci's masterpiece The Beyond was included because it is a 50% bad and 50% awesome kind of deal I think. Most of the badness actually works in its favor though, like the infamous spider attack sequence. Then there is stuff like "Do Not Entry" that went down in history. Point Break was added because it is hilarious if you happen to dislike Keanu Reeves. He gets abused throughout the movie in every way possible. My favorite is when Lori Petty wakes the sleeping Keanu with a gun shot! Or how about the dog threwn in his face? Or the crack whore beating the crap out of him? Not to mention his injured leg after a failed foot chase. The list could go on and on. Of course there is plenty of other stuff that seemed cool back in the day but just ridiculous now, like the surveillance camera footage examination with the bare a$$ followed by the bare a$$ discovery on the beach.
The badness of Road House is overshadowed by pure kick a$$ greatness so I was a bit on the fence to include this Swayze classic, but in the end I just did anyway.
The rest of the list goes without explanation except maybe for the inclusion of Hooper's Crocodile which I think is his best movie since Lifeforce. I don't quite understand Crocodile's bad rep and low IMDb rating. The film has about everything that makes a brainless party movie so much fun. Hooper even threw in some of his trademark Texas Chainsaw moments in the mix. Love it.

As for other 'classics' like Frogs, Night of the Lepus or Empire of the Ants, I'm currently working on a B list so keep yer eyes peeled.

The Burgomaster · July 22, 2009, 10:14:22 AM

Interesting list. I'm pleased to see you included LAS VEGAS BLOODBATH!

venomx · July 22, 2009, 10:26:43 AM

LOL! I've never seen Hell of the Living Dead, So I just watched the trailer ...
More like comedy then horror, omg it looks so bad ... I need to see it now.

lester1/2jr · July 22, 2009, 12:06:47 PM

there is great review of the manitou at amazon. the guy talks about getting kicked off the set for making fun of it, then walking down the street and checking out "Star wars". really shows how the times were changing

I really liked it though. the manitou

The Burgomaster · July 22, 2009, 12:48:14 PM

Quote from: venomx on July 22, 2009, 10:26:43 AM
LOL! I've never seen Hell of the Living Dead, So I just watched the trailer ...
More like comedy then horror, omg it looks so bad ... I need to see it now.

I bought the DVD a few months ago. It's a laugh riot.

Doc Daneeka · July 22, 2009, 12:55:26 PM

I can understand most of the list, but for 2:

Mommie Dearest: Sooooooo Fonda goes crazy? So what? According to the source Crawford went just as crazy, and that kind of crazy true to life is pretty chilling...

Attack of the Killer Tomatoes: I contest that like Troma films, this was intentionally bad. That's not a bad thing IMO but you said you weren't counting those types.

venomx · July 22, 2009, 02:05:45 PM

Class of Nuke 'Em High 1986 Troma film, That was intentionally bad.
USA Up All Night with Rhonda Shear played it alot.
I like really bad movies though.

hellbilly · July 22, 2009, 03:04:22 PM

Quote from: Mr. Briggs Inc. on July 22, 2009, 12:55:26 PM
Attack of the Killer Tomatoes: I contest that like Troma films, this was intentionally bad. That's not a bad thing IMO but you said you weren't counting those types.

You are correct of course but I really really really like Attack of the Killer Tomatoes very much so I just had to add it

RCMerchant · July 22, 2009, 05:51:04 PM

I'm glad you included NIGHT OF THE DEMON.

And HELL OF THE LIVING DEAD is great too.
My A List of B Movies:
1.BRIDE of the MONSTER
2.The BRAIN THAT WOULDN'T DIE
3.2000 MANIACS
4.ROBOT MONSTER
5.PLAN 9 FROM OUTER SPACE
6.DON'T LOOK IN THE BASEMENT
7.the KILLER SHREWS
8.MANIAC (1934)
9.HORRORS of SPIDER ISLAND
10.BLOODY PIT OF HORROR
12.the GATES OF HELL
13.the ASTOUNDING SHE-MONSTER
14.BLOOD FREAK
15.TEENAGE FRANKENSTEIN
16.ABBY
17.BLACK SHAMPOO
18.MANOS-the HANDS OF FATE
19.KILLERS FROM SPACE
20.SATAN'S SADISTS
21.DRACULA VS FRANKENSTEIN
22.HORROR OF THE BLOOD MONSTERS
23.WAR of the COLLASALL BEAST
24.ATTACK of the GIANT LEECHES
25.the DEVIL BAT
26.SPIDER BABY
27.the HORROR of PARTY BEACH
28.TNT JACKSON
29.NINJA TERMINATOR
30.AVENGING DISCO GODFATHER
31.SANTO and the BLUE DEMON vs. The MONSTERS
32.BRAINIAC
33.NIGHT of the DEMON (1980)
34.the SCEAMING SKULL
35.the WEREWOLF vs the VAMPIRE WOMAN
36.HELL OF THE LIVING DEAD
37.The BRAIN from PLANET AROS
38.the CRAWLING HAND
39.DESTROY ALL MONSTERS
40.YOG-MONSTER FROM OUTER SPACE
41.The BLOB
42.IT CONQUERED THE WORLD
43.The DAY THE WORLD ENDED
44.FRANKENSTEIN'S DAUGHTER
45.The CREEPING TERROR
46.MONSTER A GO-GO
47.CURSE of the DOLL PEOPLE
48.the SNAKE PEOPLE
49.I DRINK YOUR BLOOD
50.the MANSTER
51. DESTROY ALL PLANETS-(with Gamera)
52.HERCULES vs. the MOONMEN
53.FANGS of the LIVING DEAD
54.the DEVIL'S NIGHTMARE
55.EQUINOX
56.FRANKENSTEIN and the MONSTER from HELL
57.CHAINED HEAT
58.DEATHRACE 2000
59.HUMANOIDS from the DEEP
60.ROCK AND ROLL HIGH SCHOOL
61.REPTILICUS
62.The ANGRY RED PLANET
63.VOYAGE to the PREHISTORIC PLANET
64.QUEEN of BLOOD
65.KILLING SPREE
66.TRUTH or DARE (not the Madonna film!)
67.COMBAT SHOCK
68.EVIL SPAWN
69.RETURN of the ALIENS DEADLY SPAWN
70.DEVIL MASTER (aka DEMON LOVER)
71.NIGHT of BLOODY HORROR
72.NIGHT BEAST
73.LASERBLAST
74.the EXECUTIONERS
75.NIGHT OF THE BLOODY APES
76.VOODO MAN
77.EEAGH!
78.SQUIRM
79.LAST HOUSE ON THE LEFT
80.FRANKENSTEIN MEETS THE SPACE MONSTER
81.PSYCHIC KILLER
82.SLEEPAWAY CAMP
83.The ROBOT vs. The AZTEC MUMMY
84.BLACKENSTEIN
85.FACE of the SCREAMING WEREWOLF
86.GALAXY of TERROR
87.DR.BUTCHER M.D.
88.MAKE THEM DIE SLOWLEY
89.GHOST IN THE INVISABLE BIKINI
90.REEFER MADNESS
91.TEENAGE CAVEMAN
92.RAT PHINK A BOO BOO
93.The WILD and the NAKED
96.SSSSS....
97.the MASK (1960 version)
98.BURIAL GROUND
99.REVOLTof the ZOMBIES (the one with Mantan Moreland!)
100.WILD IN THE STREETS

whew!

venomx · July 22, 2009, 06:04:11 PM

I'm surprised Count Yorga is not on anyone's list.

I've never seen Frankenstein Meets the Space Monster, I need to see that as well.

hellbilly · July 23, 2009, 03:05:48 AM

Wow, love your list RCMerchant! Quite a few I should've added to mine, and quite a few I'm not familiar with. Going to use your Top 100 to find and explore new stuff. Thanks

Leah · July 23, 2009, 07:10:16 PM

Quote from: hellbilly on July 22, 2009, 05:54:54 AM

005 - The Wicker Man
WARNER/2006/PG-13 (Neil LaBute)

that movie is NOTHING like the original!

RCMerchant · July 23, 2009, 07:34:10 PM

Quote from: hellbilly on July 23, 2009, 03:05:48 AM
Wow, love your list RCMerchant! Quite a few I should've added to mine, and quite a few I'm not familiar with. Going to use your Top 100 to find and explore new stuff. Thanks

The reason my list is so much different is more than likey due to my age. I'm 47 (in August of next month)-I'm guessing you are younger. My list is based on the films I saw at the theater and old Creature Feature films of that period. I am not predjudice against newer films-I'm just not familiar with them. I'm very curious about the titles you mention! I'm just old.

hellbilly · July 24, 2009, 12:51:12 AM

Quote from: RCMerchant on July 23, 2009, 07:34:10 PM
Quote from: hellbilly on July 23, 2009, 03:05:48 AM
Wow, love your list RCMerchant! Quite a few I should've added to mine, and quite a few I'm not familiar with. Going to use your Top 100 to find and explore new stuff. Thanks

The reason my list is so much different is more than likey due to my age. I'm 47 (in August of next month)-I'm guessing you are younger. My list is based on the films I saw at the theater and old Creature Feature films of that period. I am not predjudice against newer films-I'm just not familiar with them. I'm very curious about the titles you mention! I'm just old.

Well, I'm old too but my access to these classics were kind of limited because I grew up in Europe. Dracula Vs Frankenstein, The Killer Shrews etc you couldn't find here on local TV or at the cinema. As a military brat I did have access to countless US video stores meant for American soldiers and personnel stationed here overseas, but I was always on the lookout for the latest releases back in the 80s. And I'm still on the lookout these days. Old habits are hard to break

Allhallowsday · July 24, 2009, 01:02:50 AM

Quote from: RCMerchant on July 22, 2009, 05:51:04 PM
I'm glad you included NIGHT OF THE DEMON.
And HELL OF THE LIVING DEAD is great too.
My A List of B Movies:
1.BRIDE of the MONSTER
2.The BRAIN THAT WOULDN'T DIE
3.2000 MANIACS
4.ROBOT MONSTER
5.PLAN 9 FROM OUTER SPACE
6.DON'T LOOK IN THE BASEMENT
7.the KILLER SHREWS
8.MANIAC (1934)
9.HORRORS of SPIDER ISLAND
10.BLOODY PIT OF HORROR
12.the GATES OF HELL
13.the ASTOUNDING SHE-MONSTER
14.BLOOD FREAK
15.TEENAGE FRANKENSTEIN
16.ABBY
17.BLACK SHAMPOO
18.MANOS-the HANDS OF FATE
19.KILLERS FROM SPACE
20.SATAN'S SADISTS
21.DRACULA VS FRANKENSTEIN
22.HORROR OF THE BLOOD MONSTERS
23.WAR of the COLLASALL BEAST
24.ATTACK of the GIANT LEECHES
25.the DEVIL BAT
26.SPIDER BABY
27.the HORROR of PARTY BEACH
28.TNT JACKSON
29.NINJA TERMINATOR
30.AVENGING DISCO GODFATHER
31.SANTO and the BLUE DEMON vs. The MONSTERS
32.BRAINIAC
33.NIGHT of the DEMON (1980)
34.the SCEAMING SKULL
35.the WEREWOLF vs the VAMPIRE WOMAN
36.HELL OF THE LIVING DEAD
37.The BRAIN from PLANET AROS
38.the CRAWLING HAND
39.DESTROY ALL MONSTERS
40.YOG-MONSTER FROM OUTER SPACE
41.The BLOB
42.IT CONQUERED THE WORLD
43.The DAY THE WORLD ENDED
44.FRANKENSTEIN'S DAUGHTER
45.The CREEPING TERROR
46.MONSTER A GO-GO
47.CURSE of the DOLL PEOPLE
48.the SNAKE PEOPLE
49.I DRINK YOUR BLOOD
50.the MANSTER
51. DESTROY ALL PLANETS-(with Gamera)
52.HERCULES vs. the MOONMEN
53.FANGS of the LIVING DEAD
54.the DEVIL'S NIGHTMARE
55.EQUINOX
56.FRANKENSTEIN and the MONSTER from HELL
57.CHAINED HEAT
58.DEATHRACE 2000
59.HUMANOIDS from the DEEP
60.ROCK AND ROLL HIGH SCHOOL
61.REPTILICUS
62.The ANGRY RED PLANET
63.VOYAGE to the PREHISTORIC PLANET
64.QUEEN of BLOOD
65.KILLING SPREE
66.TRUTH or DARE (not the Madonna film!)
67.COMBAT SHOCK
68.EVIL SPAWN
69.RETURN of the ALIENS DEADLY SPAWN
70.DEVIL MASTER (aka DEMON LOVER)
71.NIGHT of BLOODY HORROR
72.NIGHT BEAST
73.LASERBLAST
74.the EXECUTIONERS
75.NIGHT OF THE BLOODY APES
76.VOODO MAN
77.EEAGH!
78.SQUIRM
79.LAST HOUSE ON THE LEFT
80.FRANKENSTEIN MEETS THE SPACE MONSTER
81.PSYCHIC KILLER
82.SLEEPAWAY CAMP
83.The ROBOT vs. The AZTEC MUMMY
84.BLACKENSTEIN
85.FACE of the SCREAMING WEREWOLF
86.GALAXY of TERROR
87.DR.BUTCHER M.D.
88.MAKE THEM DIE SLOWLEY
89.GHOST IN THE INVISABLE BIKINI
90.REEFER MADNESS
91.TEENAGE CAVEMAN
92.RAT PHINK A BOO BOO
93.The WILD and the NAKED
96.SSSSS....
97.the MASK (1960 version)
98.BURIAL GROUND
99.REVOLTof the ZOMBIES (the one with Mantan Moreland!)
100.WILD IN THE STREETS

whew!

"Whew" is right... this from a man who has admitted he has not seen FASTER p***yCAT! KILL! KILL!