What was the WORST movie you've ever seen?

[Kerrybuchanan]

@Vlad67 I watched the Lone Ranger recently and it wasn't too bad. My husband says it's because I've a thing for Johnny Depp (he's right).

It seemed to be trying too hard to be two different films, one with a serious message and the other a comedy, and ended up failing slightly on both counts. I would watch it again though which I cannot say about the Green Hornet!

 

[BAYLOR]

Troll2 is a masterpiece of bad filmmaking, but I can kind of forgive its awfulness, and at least it has a wafer-thin plot. In my mind it has latterly been usurped by Tommy Wiseau's The Room, which is a staggering filmmaking achievement, inasmuch as it isn't actually about anything, in any way. Definitely worth watching.

The first Troll film was fun to watch . Troll 2 was quite the opposite.

 

[J Riff]

Troll2, if you look into it, was made by some special people. It is agonizing. I have a review in here somewhere, but it is so awesomely inane that it is difficult to remember... oh, wait.... Nilbog. Gramps. The Goblin stone.... oh no, it's all coming baaaaaaaaaack*

 

[BAYLOR]

Troll2, if you look into it, was made by some special people. It is agonizing. I have a review in here somewhere, but it is so awesomely inane that it is difficult to remember... oh, wait.... Nilbog. Gramps. The Goblin stone.... oh no, it's all coming baaaaaaaaaack*

They gave no thought to the writing.

 

[HanaBi]

Cannibal Holocaust - Wikipedia

I recall watching this on old VHS tape back in the 80s and the era of "video nasties" was all the rage in the UK.

This film had been banned by the BBFC, but if you knew where to look there were plenty of pirate copies doing the rounds. The gore I didn't mind quite so much; although the cruelty to animals (real not fake) was hard going/totally unnecessary; and the violent rapes were just appalling.

 

[Paul_C]

I haven't read the whole thread so apologies if it's been mentioned already, but the worst film I've seen was Batman Begins.

I've been told it gets better but I've only seen it up to the point where he comes out of the trees after burning down the temple and Albert's waiting for him with a plane. I was so outraged at the ridiculousness of this that I turned it off. I did try again to placate friends but it annoyed me just as much the second time

I will admit I may not be the best judge as I haven't been to the cinema since 2001 (Gosford Park) but I have seen occasional films on TV and DVD

 

[Steven Sorrels]

Thankskilling.

Don't look it up. Don't watch it. Just trust me on this. The ONLY good thing about that movie is there is a rather attractive topless girl in the very beginning. After watching the rest, you'll want to burn your house down just to have some warmth back in your life again.

 

[JunkMonkey]

Thankskilling.

Don't look it up. Don't watch it. Just trust me on this. The ONLY good thing about that movie is there is a rather attractive topless girl in the very beginning. After watching the rest, you'll want to burn your house down just to have some warmth back in your life again.

They made a sequel: ThanksKilling 3 (2012) - IMDb

 

[J Riff]

Burn the house down to have some warmth back.... Heh* you should write movie reviews, JM... * )
A forgotten bad one? Errr.... uhm, Rat Scratch Fever. Neverminnnd...

 

[BAYLOR]

Has anyone ever seen The Incredible Melting Man ? The film came out in 1975 and was in the theaters very briefly . An astronaut returns from Saturn infected with a virus which causes his flesh to melt . The only way he can keep himself alive is to eat human flesh. This film has it all, bad writing, diabolical acting , Crappy editing and directing. It got the Mystery Science Theater 3000 Treatment.

 

[JunkMonkey]

"My God! It's his EAR!"

 

[HanaBi]

Has anyone ever seen The Incredible Melting Man ? The film came out in 1975 and was in the theaters very briefly . An astronaut returns from Saturn infected with a virus which causes his flesh to melt . The only way he can keep himself alive is to eat human flesh. This film has it all, bad writing, diabolical acting , Crappy editing and directing. It got the Mystery Science Theater 3000 Treatment.

Oh my!

Yes, I remember seeing that very same film back in the late 70s. I recall it well because I was only 13 at the time, and it was my first "AA" rated film I managed to get into ("AA" rating is now called a "15" in the UK - no one under 15 allowed). To be honest I was more chuffed at getting past the box-officer manager kidding him that I was old enough to get in (memorizing a fake date of birth just in case) than the film itself. Although I did quite like the bloody gore, even if the sfx were pretty naff.

20 years on I watched it on VHS just for old times sake. And dear oh dear oh dear. What a complete mess of a film! Doesn't quite rank as the worst I've ever seen, but search hard enough and it will be near the bottom of the barrel someplace.

 

[juelz4sure]

Basket case, absolutely dreadful! Negative 5 stars

 

[HanaBi]

Can I throw "Morons from Outer Space" into the mix please?

I was reminded of this only by accident earlier this morning when a work colleague mentioned the old BBC TV show "Smith & Jones" with Mel Smith and Griff Rhys Jones. (great show, btw)

I vividly recall the trailers for this film way back in 1985, when Mel & Griff were probably at their peek. Had such high hopes based purely on those trailers. But as it turned out the trailers contained all the best/funny bits. The film itself was about as funny as a party political broadcast, despite the promising cast, and Mike Hodges, the director.

But I suspect the weakest link here was in the writing. Stand up Mel Smith and Griff Rhys Jones! They can certainly write TV comedy, but alas it all rather fell apart on the big screen.

 

[JunkMonkey]

Can I throw "Morons from Outer Space" into the mix please?

I was reminded of this only by accident earlier this morning when a work colleague mentioned the old BBC TV show "Smith & Jones" with Mel Smith and Griff Rhys Jones. (great show, btw)

I vividly recall the trailers for this film way back in 1985, when Mel & Griff were probably at their peek. Had such high hopes based purely on those trailers. But as it turned out the trailers contained all the best/funny bits. The film itself was about as funny as a party political broadcast, despite the promising cast, and Mike Hodges, the director.

But I suspect the weakest link here was in the writing. Stand up Mel Smith and Griff Rhys Jones! They can certainly write TV comedy, but alas it all rather fell apart on the big screen.

I had forgotten that one. (Damn you for reminding me!) As I have said before I have a very high pain threshold when it comes to bad films, even bad British SF / Fantasy 'comedies', but Morons From Outer Space defeated me. Totally dreadful. I still have a copy so I may have another go, some day when I'm feeling particularly masochistic.

 

[J Riff]

Same here. Had forgotten the Morons, wonder why..* Should it be revisited? Nay, nae, nahhhh...* But, what fresh, or forgotten, rubbish is still out there? Watched The Flying Serpent, good old Quetzacoatl flying around on a wire in black and white, and Beast of Borneo... but keep those inane suggestions coming, fans of quality rubbish. *)
And now, off to watch War of the Insects, and The Woman Eater (1957).

 

[TWErvin2]

Message from Space, from the late 1970s.

Some sort of Star Wars type ripoff, with horrible acting, horrible plot line and the special effects...while they could be cheesy in a good way, weren't.

 

[BAYLOR]

Message from Space, from the late 1970s.

Some sort of Star Wars type ripoff, with horrible acting, horrible plot line and the special effects...while they could be cheesy in a good way, weren't.

And who can forget such memorable dialogue as " Im a human being from planet Earth " and " They don't call me Kamikaze for nothing "

 

[HanaBi]

"Pluto Nash" (2002)

I remember watching this on DVD 10 years ago during a flight to Montreal, Canada, and starring Eddie "way past his sell-by date" Murphy.

About as funny/entertaining as a two hour trip to a drunk proctologist!

A $100m budget and about $2 worth of laughs!

Awful script, dreadful editing, poor direction, incredibly bad miscasting and a disinterested Murphy in it purely for the cash, and about as convincing as a politician telling the truth!


0.5/5

 

[BAYLOR]

"Pluto Nash" (2002)

I remember watching this on DVD 10 years ago during a flight to Montreal, Canada, and starring Eddie "way past his sell-by date" Murphy.

About as funny/entertaining as a two hour trip to a drunk proctologist!

A $100m budget and about $2 worth of laughs!

Awful script, dreadful editing, poor direction, incredibly bad miscasting and a disinterested Murphy in it purely for the cash, and about as convincing as a politician telling the truth!


0.5/5

It makes Pixels look like an academy award winning film.