Has anybody ever deliberately watched a movie because it was so bad?

[Morpheus42]

Ok.. i found some new names to search for now..
And yes I've been watching some bad movies too.
Some just because others claim they will knock themselves out when they have to watch it again. e.g.: The Roller blade seven. And no i did not knock myself out the second time. We did discover that the movie sound could be substituted by about any music you like though
Am curious about The Creeping Terror and Santa Claus Conquers the Martians now, will see if i can find them.
Octopus 2 and Octopus 1 are at home, ready to be watched.

 

[Delvo]

I watched "Gigli" just because everyone said it was so horrible. I couldn't really see anything different between it and all other romantic comedies.

But when I did the same thing for the same reason with "Zardoz", I found that it really earned its reputation and much much more...

 

[Nesacat]

Zardoz was awful. I just had to watch it. And yes I watched it because everyone said it was horrible. Was certainly not let down there. What was Connery thinking off and that strange red bikini-like outfit.

 

[iansales]

Some bad films that should watched at least once...
The Humanoid
StarCrash
Bad Channels
Hundra
Galaxina
Cosmos: War of the Planets
Nick Fury, Agent of S.H.I.E.L.D.

 

[roddglenn]

Perverella was one I watched just to see how bad it was. It was so bad it was good!

 

[littlemissattitude]

Roadhouse with Patrick Swayze. A philosopher bouncer (cooler). He's known across the country but he has his dark past. Gloriously awful.

Hey! I like that movie. Yeah, it's silly. But I like it. Of course, it helps that a lot of it was filmed in my area and it's fun to play spot the local landmark.

EDITED TO ADD: And, yes, Zardoz was awful. More than just awful, as a matter of fact.

 

[Pyan]

I've always wondered what on earth Michael Caine was thinking of when he agreed to do The Swarm....

"Attention, a swarm of killer bees is coming this way!"

 

[clovis-man]

.....Did any of y'all ever watch "Mystery Science Theater 3000"? Bad movies were it's RAISON' De ETRE'? (Not 100% on the spelling on that one.)

One of the ones they did was Robot Monster from 1953. But it is so absolutely silly, that it's fun to watch even without the silhouettes in the lower left of the screen and the wisecreacks. Here's a link to a publicity still from the movie, but it actually makes it look too good. It wasn't in color either.

http://www.ineedtostopsoon.com/blog_images/images/02_02_06/marc_horowitz_robot_monster.jpg

Jim

 

[Quokka]

Speaking of Mystery Science Theatre one I did watch knowing it was going to be bad was an Australian movie Hurcules Returns which is never going to be described as quality cinema, funny (in a hit and miss sort of way) but certainly not quality cinema

 

[Ragnar]

I watched Battlefield Earth when it was shown on TV a while ago (I wasn't prepared to spend money to see it) just out of morbid curiosity. I wondered if it was as bad as people said it was. It was worse.

 

[Adasunshine]

One of Blokee's favourite pastimes is watching incredibly bad movies simply because he finds them thoroughly amusing.. among his favourites are the Leprechaun movies (e.g. Leprechaun 4: In Space, Leprechaun in the Hood etc), The Swarm, Jolly Roger: Massacre at Cutters Cove, Killer Klowns from Outer Space... you get the idea...

Personally, no, if I've heard that a film is bad but it still appeals then I'll sit down and give it a go, other people's opinions (especially critics') don't really hold any sway with me but I wouldn't go out of my way to watch a film I knew to be bad. Doesn't make sense... there is so much more you could do with that time than waste it on a bad movie...

xx

 

[williamjm]

Perverella was one I watched just to see how bad it was. It was so bad it was good!

It was a very bad film, although I did find the 'travelling' scenes they did where the vehicles were suspended by strings being pulled along a model city oddly charming in an extremely amateurish way.

among his favourites are the Leprechaun movies (e.g. Leprechaun 4: In Space, Leprechaun in the Hood etc)

One of my friends was so amused by how bad Leprechaun was that he watched it three times in three days, which is real commitment to bad movies.

I've seen a lot of MST3K movies, which are generally quite amusing although I'm not sure I could bear to watch most of them without the sarcastic robot commentary. Manos : The Hands of Fate, Hobgoblins, Santa Claus Conquers the Martians, Puma Man, Agent From H.A.R.M. and Space Mutiny (where all the special effects scenes are taken from the original Battlestar Galactica) were particularly amusingly bad.

 

[The Ace]

At uni, we showed a season of very bad films including 'Doc Savage,' (How could they make such a heap of coprolite with such great source matireal ?) and 'Buckaroo Banzai.' Being with 50 drunken Sci-Fi/Fantasy nuts certainly improves the atmosphere.

 

[jenna]

I LOVE bad movies! I watch them all the time, my two faves being Grease 2 and Showgirls. I will always rush out to rent anything that's gotten universally panned, ie Glitter and Gigli, and I also like to buy random VHS tapes at video store clearances, since they are focusing on DVDs now. I don't know what it is, really crappy movies just make me happy!

 

[j d worthington]

At uni, we showed a season of very bad films including 'Doc Savage,' (How could they make such a heap of coprolite with such great source matireal ?)...

Regular Hollywood I can understand. The real question here is: "How the devil could George Pal make such a heap of coprolite with such great source material?" Granted, The Power is a seriously flawed film, but it does have some very good things going for it, and the main flaw is George Hamilton being cast in the lead -- something the studio insisted on, I understand. But most of Pal's forays into SFF are quite good (The Time Machine [1960], The War of the Worlds [1953], 7 Faces of Dr. Lao [1967], When Worlds Collide [1951]....)

 

[K. Riehl]

I often have some friends over and we try to crack on the movies ala Mystery Science Theater. It takes work, and you have to use the pause/rewind alot to make your point/joke but it's fun for a rainy day (-:

Some recent targets,
Attack of the Giant Leeches
The new version of The Fly
Teenage Space Vampires
W

some are so bad that we admit defeat and have to watch reruns of Firefly "to cleanse the mental palate"

 

[Orion]

Anything by Ewe Boll (sp?). I went to his newest one, In The Name of the King just because it was supposed to be hilariously funny. It kinda was...a lot of bad acting and Burt Reynolds as a king. lol

 

[Sire Of Dragons]

I'm at the moment watching Tombstone with Kurt Russell which I thought I had seen before but haven't.

Aside from a few parts including Doc Holiday its really horribly done and boring. Kurt Russell plays a poor Earp for sure.

Its a fact that Kevin Costner's Wyatt Earp covers the true story closest of any of them. And is stil my favorite western.

 

[Xelebes]

I've watched a few. It's always a good laugh to watch good camp.

 

[ShrubChucker]

I'm at the moment watching Tombstone with Kurt Russell which I thought I had seen before but haven't.

Aside from a few parts including Doc Holiday its really horribly done and boring. Kurt Russell plays a poor Earp for sure.

Its a fact that Kevin Costner's Wyatt Earp covers the true story closest of any of them. And is stil my favorite western.

Oh my god! The Kevin Costners Earp was Horrible and I could never make it through that peice of garbage! Tombstone was fantastic. Earp was alright, but the best was Val Kilmer's Doc Holiday, probably one of my favorite characters of all time.