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Total Recall: It's a Bad, Bad, Bad, Bad World

by Tim Ryan | January 09, 2008

Summary

It's January, Hollywood's annual dumping ground for the most mediocre titles on the studios' shelves. Thus, we at RT thought it was a good time to get into the spirit of things by taking a closer look at some of the most misbegotten, perversely wonderful films of all time. Back to Article

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alarson37 writes:
on Jan 09 2008 05:25 PM

1st Post, WOO HOO.

And one of my favorite topics too, alful movies....

My current fave bad movie is "Gorgo" a 2nd rate Godzilla (if that's possible). I remember seeing it the 1st time about a year before it was on MST3K and thinking "This has to be on there". Nothing better than guys in rubber suits destroying cardboard cities.

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Jimbo93 writes:
on Jan 09 2008 05:28 PM

haven't seen Plan 9 yet, but Ed Wood the movie is great.

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Matanuki writes:
on Jan 09 2008 06:39 PM

What's funny about "Alone in the Dark" is the trailer looks kinda cool. But then you see the movie...

Maybe Boll reversed it this time. The trailer for his "In The Name Of The King: A Dungeon Siege Tale" (a title that's probably longer than the script) looks incredible bad. So maybe the movie itself is actually... Naw, probably not.

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witherwings writes:
on Jan 09 2008 06:49 PM

Manos. The Hands of Fate.

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Mr. Bowler writes:
on Jan 09 2008 07:11 PM

Why does Uwe Boll keep making movies? He makes some of the worst movies and then gets insulted when critics don't like them. Get a clue Boll.

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walkingdead09 writes:
on Jan 09 2008 07:12 PM

Godzilla IMO. So much hype for it to be sooo bad. Casting was bad, plot was bad. Raptors in MSG. Just awful. I hate hollywood, yet can't turn away.

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quigonjim1 writes:
on Jan 09 2008 07:44 PM

Try Luthor the Geek. Dumbest thing ever filmed.

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Nick Hershey writes:
on Jan 09 2008 11:16 PM

So the Manos director was a fertilizer salesman. I believe that was also Scott Peterson's profession.

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vaodsi writes:
on Jan 09 2008 11:36 PM

a friend of mine saw Alone, and i asked him how it was... his answer was "BOLL-*****!"
whatever happened to that very disturbing looking comedy(?) POSTAL? was that even released?

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Young Turk writes:
on Jan 10 2008 12:36 AM

In reply to this comment (#1448700)
He isn't making them for critics or for viewers. The whole thing is a sham, there is a tax law in Germany where movie investors can write off their investment as a tax deduction if it tanks (which all of his movies have so far). This is specifically for movie production however, it does not apply to anything else, therefore he is using it for what it was intended for. If you think the man is a douche, stop watching, whining, paying attention to him and eventually he might go away, but probably not. Though this way you can practically deny his and his horrible work's existence.

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arik1969 writes:
on Jan 10 2008 01:28 AM

Without a doubt the worst movie I've ever seen has to be "The Aurora Encounter." It is truly, jaw-dropping-ly bad. It is almost on an Ed Wood level. You sit there and wonder how anyone could think, at any time, that what they were making was even remotely watchable. My mother subjected my brother and I to this movie when we were kids, and we only made it through 45 minutes. That had to have been at least 20 years ago, and the movie became, over time, a joke in our family. So much so, in fact, that when I gave my brother the DVD for Christmas, the response was so great that it was worth every penny, even if it never makes it into the player. Yes, it was THAT bad.

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kenny356 writes:
on Jan 10 2008 05:54 AM

What, no mention of "Howard te Duck?"

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Spencer1951 writes:
on Jan 10 2008 06:51 AM

Attack of The Killer Tomatoes ranks up there with Plan 9. And then again, there's The Fearless Vampire Killers starring the tragic Sharon Tate. I was just a kid and my dad took me to see Gorgo. I was hooked on monster flicks - but after seeing Gorgo, I always felt bad for the monsters. I am also of an age to have seen the Ed Woods movies in the theaters and not just seeing them in later years as part of a cult group. They wowed me then and they still wow me now. And Johnny Depp as Ed Wood in an angora sweater doesn't hurt the eyes either - LOL.

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Ophiuchus writes:
on Jan 10 2008 06:58 AM

Actually, Wood didn't film those three minutes of Lugosi specifically for Plan 9 - he just decided to use the last footage he'd ever shot of him and build a film around it. Also, the stand-in was actually Mrs Wood's chiropractor.

*is a bad movie geek*

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Ophiuchus writes:
on Jan 10 2008 06:59 AM

Actually, Wood didn't film those three minutes of Lugosi specifically for Plan 9 - he just decided to use the last footage he'd ever shot of him and build a film around it. Also, the stand-in was actually Mrs Wood's chiropractor.

*is a bad movie geek*

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alarson37 writes:
on Jan 10 2008 09:10 AM

Another MST favorite of mine..."Santa Claus Conquers the Martians"...the title alone is classic, and the movie is equally awful.

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Tim Ryan writes:
on Jan 10 2008 09:32 AM

In reply to this comment (#1450103)
Good call. my bad. it's been changed.

BTW, it appears Postal is getting a spring release.

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Blade501 writes:
on Jan 10 2008 11:09 AM

You guys want bad, I got bad for you.

Killer Condom

No joke. It's a real movie. Check it out. Be either drunk or high when you see it too. It's THAT bad.

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Blade501 writes:
on Jan 10 2008 11:10 AM

You guys want bad, I got bad for you.

Killer Condom

No joke. It's a real movie. Check it out. Be either drunk or high when you see it too. It's THAT bad.

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acton acton writes:
on Jan 10 2008 11:31 AM

I saw the trailer for in the name of the king and it looked really good then i saw directed by boll. damn it damn it damn it damn it, what in the hell, all his trailers look great, then you see the film and it sucks. And usaully ruins the careers of the actors involved in it, I like stathum, and ray I guess i mine as well see this expected crapfest cause it will probally be the last time to see those actors, thanks ewe boll I really hate your guts I hope someone assasinates you really soon, you have destroyed too many careers I hope someone destroys you, your name even says S*H*I*T*.

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acton acton writes:
on Jan 10 2008 11:36 AM

Napolian dynamite I would say is up there with the worst movies ever made Not a funny movie no good acting, just looks like some white trash junior high made film. It only sold so good cause that year coke was really big. Next would be every single ewe boll movie they suck on the same level.

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SPfan79 writes:
on Jan 10 2008 12:28 PM

"Killer Condom" is a Troma movie so when I first saw it I knew exactly what to expect

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nogard46 writes:
on Jan 10 2008 12:34 PM

you guys should check out Jack Frost, whats her face gets it good with a carrot!

man I love bad movies!

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dethburger writes:
on Jan 10 2008 02:36 PM

I saw the preview for Postal before The Orphanage....the contrast between the two makes one wonder why the hell the would even show the TRAILER before such a better film. Its like eating a mouthful of turd right before you dine on lobster.

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iheartbrucecampbell writes:
on Jan 10 2008 08:31 PM

acton acton, are you kidding? the trailer for in the name of the king looks awful on so many different levels. it looks like it was shot with a 15 year old video camera. i didnt even need to know who directed it to know it's one to avoid.

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ohmemercylard writes:
on Jan 10 2008 08:53 PM

I highly recommend the dirt-cheap 15-movie recent release, WEIRD CINEMA. It includes Wood's brilliant GLEN OR GLENDA and 14 other hideously hokey and devilishly entertaining so-bad-they're-great"classics."

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knowingtoast85 writes:
on Jan 10 2008 09:20 PM

In my opinion, the worst movie I could think of wouldn't possess any entertainment value...it has to pin you to your seat with its awfulness, yet never make you laugh derisively or imprint anything memorable onto your brain. With this as my criteria, it means most bad drama's out, because bad drama can be funny. But bad comedy is just bad.

Therefore, I submit John Leguizamo's "The Pest." "Kung Pow: Enter the Fist" came close, but it did in fact make me genuinely laugh once.

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lurchthing writes:
on Jan 11 2008 12:07 AM

killer klowns from outer space is 1 that comes to mind but the worst movie i ever saw (we even demanded our money back from the drive -in) is Wanda Nevada (1979)it had peter fonda and brook shields in it.

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Pengoo writes:
on Jan 11 2008 10:42 AM

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hahaha the Pest was awesome.

One of the absolute worst movies I've seen recently that treads dangerously close to being so bad it's worth watching because of it was the forgettable dance movie starring Omarion.

Not only was there no dancing, the music was terrible, the acting was hilarious, it didn't feel finished at all, and the movie just all sorts of sucked. You Got Served was terrible, but it was campy terrible and had amazing dancing to boot. For shame Omarion.

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knowingtoast85 writes:
on Jan 11 2008 02:44 PM

But if we're talking about so-bad-it's-good, I'm hard-pressed to think of a movie that I've had more fun with at a party than "Wishmaster." "Leprechaun in the Hood" was great the first time, too.

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knowingtoast85 writes:
on Jan 12 2008 03:39 AM

Also, can't forget "S.I.C.K. -- Serial Insane Clown Killer."

Or "Supernova," which featured guest directing by none other than Francis Ford Coppola, and benefited not at all.

Or anything by Ray Dennis Steckler ("The Incredibly Strange Creatures Who Stopped Living and Became Mixed-Up Zombies," "Rat Pfink A Boo-Boo," "Wild Guitar").

Or "Jack Frost 2" (The horror series, not the cutesy family comedy).

And then there's "Deadfall," "Baby Geniuses 2: Superbabies," the remake of "The Wicker Man," "Undiscovered," "Fear Dot Com," "The Adventures of Pluto Nash," "Because I Said So," "The In Crowd," "Antitrust," "John Carpenter's Shadowbuilder," Roberto Benigni's "Pinocchio," "Virtuosity," "Boa Vs. Python," "Rollerball," "The Marine," "Date Movie," "Epic Movie," and "Meet the Spartans" because I already know.

Oh, and "Chairman of the Board."

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