FabSwingers.com forum: Good bad films

By *ake_or_death OP Man
over a year ago

Manchester

Any other fans of gloriously bad films? The Room is the most famous example of the genre but there are loads of enjoyably terrible films, either low budget b-movies or spectacularly awful big budget ones (Battlefield Earth, The Island Of Dr Moreau).

Do you have any favourites?

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By *cott73Man
over a year ago

brighton

Tremors...

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By *agneto.Man
over a year ago

Bham

A lot of Nicolas cage direct to video films are quite enjoyable.

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

fast track no limits

If you thought fast and the furious was bad look in to the cheesy knock offs that tryed to cash in on the hype

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=ISqueosPMyo

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By *ake_or_death OP Man
over a year ago

Manchester

"Tremors..."

Tremors - a bad film???

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By *ulieAndBeefCouple
over a year ago

Manchester-ish

The Last Sharknado: It's About Time

Also does Con Air count? I love it!

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

"The Last Sharknado: It's About Time

Also does Con Air count? I love it!

J "

Sorry con air dose not count as it’s not a bad movie it’s a really good movie

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By *ools and the brainCouple
over a year ago

couple, us we him her.

Bubba Ho-Tepp is brilliantly bad.

After falling into a lengthy coma following a freak accident involving hip gyration, a now aged Elvis Presley (Bruce Campbell) wakes up in an East Texas nursing home, where he befriends Jack (Ossie Davis), an African-American senior who claims to be President John F. Kennedy. After residents of their quiet retirement community start dying of dubiously unnatural causes, Elvis and Jack discover that the perpetrator is Bubba Ho-Tep (Bob Ivy), an Egyptian mummy with murderous intentions.

It's Bruce Campbell what's not to like

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Check out "Cam" on Netflix. It's dreadfully good.

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By *a LunaWoman
over a year ago

South Wales

I recently enjoyed Cocaine Bear. I think that counts as a WTF sort of film, but it’s quite good.

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

"A lot of Nicolas cage direct to video films are quite enjoyable. "

Cage is my guilty pleasure. Any situation when he gets to over act the shit out of a role gets my vote. I saw Mandy and the colour out of space in the cinema. Was hoping to see "willy's wonderland" on the big screen but covid happened.

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Rubber - the serial killer tyre was nowhere near as bad as I'd imagine.

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By *aizyWoman
over a year ago

west midlands

"Rubber - the serial killer tyre was nowhere near as bad as I'd imagine. "

It is entertaining thats for sure, not as good as The Car but not far off!!

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By *ensuallover1000Man
over a year ago

Somewhere In The Ether…

I especially love the output of IFD films and arts.

Their ‘cut and paste’ ninja themed output from the 1980’s is notoriously bad (but incredibly fun!)

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Flesh Gordon a classic bad good film

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Snakes on a plane

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By *ingle_horny_availableMan
over a year ago

hoylake

Road house

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By *zeroMan
over a year ago

Glasgow

A lot of Tromas movies

Toxic Avenger

Tromeo and Juliette

Kids of Nuke Em High

Surf Nazis Must Die etc

Samurai Cop is one that springs to mind too

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

"Bubba Ho-Tepp is brilliantly bad.

It's Bruce Campbell what's not to like

This is an absolute classic...

I'd also add They Live, and surf Nazis must die

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By *ake_or_death OP Man
over a year ago

Manchester

"A lot of Tromas movies

Toxic Avenger

Tromeo and Juliette

Kids of Nuke Em High

Surf Nazis Must Die etc

Samurai Cop is one that springs to mind too"

Samurai Cop is one of my favourites of this genre.

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

"I recently enjoyed Cocaine Bear. I think that counts as a WTF sort of film, but it’s quite good."

I cried a lot with that

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By *layfullsamMan
over a year ago

Solihull

The human centipede

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By *andy CanesWoman
over a year ago

candy cane lane

Desperately seeking Susan it’s pants but love Madonna

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By *rsMistyPeaksWoman
over a year ago

Essex

Vamp

Hudson Hawk

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

The Greasy Strang ler, so bad it's good

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By *ake_or_death OP Man
over a year ago

Manchester

"Vamp

Hudson Hawk

Oh God, Vamp was not the film I was expecting it to be.

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By *rsMistyPeaksWoman
over a year ago

Essex

"Vamp

Hudson Hawk

Oh God, Vamp was not the film I was expecting it to be."

It was sooooo good

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By *nFairnessMan
over a year ago

The Four Corners

Swiss army man? With Daniel Radcliffe. If I had to sum up the word bizarre in a film...

Was atrocious but somehow worked.

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By *onguesandpunsMan
over a year ago

East Midlands

"Vamp

Hudson Hawk

Did you know that Keith Haring did Grace Jones' body paint in Vamp?

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By *onguesandpunsMan
over a year ago

East Midlands

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By *onguesandpunsMan
over a year ago

East Midlands

"A lot of Tromas movies

Toxic Avenger

Tromeo and Juliette

Kids of Nuke Em High

Surf Nazis Must Die etc

Samurai Cop is one that springs to mind too

Samurai Cop is one of my favourites of this genre."

Another vote for Troma's output here!

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By *ellowrosieTV/TS
over a year ago

Torquay

Earthquake,

Special effects was supposed to make out the cinema was shaking while the film was on.

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By *edeWoman
over a year ago

the abyss

"Vamp

Hudson Hawk

I love Hudson Hawk!!

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By *edeWoman
over a year ago

the abyss

"Swiss army man? With Daniel Radcliffe. If I had to sum up the word bizarre in a film...

Was atrocious but somehow worked."

I still don't understand it!!

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By *ansoffateMan
over a year ago

Sagittarius A

Top Secret.

It's so bad it's good.

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

The killer sofa

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By *tanley FunseekerMan
over a year ago

stanley

"Tremors..."

Blasphemy!!! This is a legendary example of top cinematography

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By *tanley FunseekerMan
over a year ago

stanley

Zoolander

Caddyshack

Casino Royal ( original)

Carry on Cleo ( Amanda Barrie oooftt)

Spaceballs

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Face off - it's so bad but gooooood!

Broken Arrow

The new one with Nicholas Cage in when he is a Dracula and the guy who is in the new Xmen films as Hank was Renfield if I remember right....

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Hobo with a shotgun

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By *ataleMan
over a year ago

Durham

13th Warrior is phenomenal

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By *nFairnessMan
over a year ago

The Four Corners

"Swiss army man? With Daniel Radcliffe. If I had to sum up the word bizarre in a film...

Was atrocious but somehow worked.

I still don't understand it!! "

I don't think the writers even understand it ... didn't know whether to laugh or...grimace

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By *cotsguyyMan
over a year ago

Belfast and Fife

Great thread, some classic films!!

First off, yes, Tremors should feature here, maybe one of the best worst films, so goodly bad that it's teetering on the edge of being accepted as an actually good film.

A few mentions of the Toxic Avenger, currently being remade with Peter Dinklage playing the title role.

Hudson Hawk has a very special place in my heart, love that film.

Loving seeing people talk about lesser known classics like Hobo with a Shotgun, Bubba Ho-Tep, Rubber and SwissArmy Man and I never met anyone who's seen the Greasy Stragler, amazingly bizarre. Took me a while to track down a copy of that after stumbling over it on FilmFour late one night.

If you enjoyed Rubber, I recommend you watch more films from the director. Watch Mandibles. Two hapless robbers find a giant fly and decide to train it to rob banks...

Sadly there's no love lost here for Cocaine Bear, I sat down to watch an hour and a half of a bear going doolally off of its face, skipping through the forest and the consequences when it stumbles over unsuspecting ramblers, my heart sank when things were introduced to the film, like .....characters......and story lines.

Not enough bear.

Let's not forget Big Trouble in Little China, Super, Postal, Howard the Duck, Troll, Wizard of Speed and Time, Spacehunter: Adventures in the Forbidden Zone (3D), Hawk the Slayer, Killer Condom, Gingerdead Man, the Singing Ringing Tree, My Name is Bruce, Buckaroo Banzai, JCVD, Fido, Odd Thomas, Tusk, Cabin Fever, Dark City, Eraserhead, Meet the Feebles, Bad Taste and many many more.

Hopefully including a film I've still to watch and I have on VHS called The Pilot, 1981, about an alcoholic pilot who, after running out of booze and bad weather causing disasters, a change of destination and delayed flights, risks the lives of the passengers to push forward to a different airport where he knows he can get a drink....

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By *hrek101Man
over a year ago

Herts

Piranha

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By *nliveneTV/TS
over a year ago

Selby

Solo

I had a friend staying at home , i turn on the dvd and by lucky the scene of two man naked comes up

! I told her is not porn or anything wrong just a movie i watched suggested by a friend

(I completely forgot there was a dvd in

) , she told me " each one to their own" . I couldn't be arsed to explain the movie to the ignorance

, she may still thinking till this day i was watching gay porn

, btw nothing against gay man porn

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Riki oh the story of Ricky

An absolute classic man fights the rain and wins

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By *imbobaMan
over a year ago

Glasgow

I had a notion last week and rewatched Ice Pirates. So much cheese in one movie. Classic. Bored the better half all weekend retelling scenes from it.

Space herpes.

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By *tephTV67TV/TS
over a year ago

Cheshire

Vamp, should not be on this list, apart from recommending it as worth a watch.

My own personal favourite so bad its good film is ‘Night of the Lepus’ 1972 a horror film about giant rabbits.

Another one which isn’t a bad film but some would disagree, is ….

‘The Beast must Die’ 1974, a millionaire invites several people to his mansion as one of them is a werewolf. This film even has a break near the end for you to guess which one is the werewolf.

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By *ake_or_death OP Man
over a year ago

Manchester

"Great thread, some classic films!!

First off, yes, Tremors should feature here, maybe one of the best worst films, so goodly bad that it's teetering on the edge of being accepted as an actually good film.

A few mentions of the Toxic Avenger, currently being remade with Peter Dinklage playing the title role.

Hudson Hawk has a very special place in my heart, love that film.

If you enjoyed Rubber, I recommend you watch more films from the director. Watch Mandibles. Two hapless robbers find a giant fly and decide to train it to rob banks...

Not enough bear.

Wait...Dark City? That's a brilliant film - what's bad about it? Big Trouble

In Little China...is a spoof rather than a bad film, I'd argue.

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By *avinaTVTV/TS
over a year ago

Transsexual Transylvania

"I had a notion last week and rewatched Ice Pirates. So much cheese in one movie. Classic. Bored the better half all weekend retelling scenes from it.

Space herpes.

I love Ice Pirates!

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By *avinaTVTV/TS
over a year ago

Transsexual Transylvania

Right - a bunch of us at uni used to have movie evenings where the idea was to find movies so bad they're art. For your viewing pleasure, I submit:

Love At Stake

A Man Called Sarge

Russ Meyer's "Up!"

Dracula, Dead and Loving It

Night Hunter

Dark Star

They Live

Repo! The Genetic Opera

... I'm sure there are loads I've forgotten!

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By *avinaTVTV/TS
over a year ago

Transsexual Transylvania

How can I forget...

Plan 9 From Outer Space

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By *ick-Dastardly-Man
over a year ago

A whole world of Shit.

No Hard Feelings because of Jennifer Lawrence...

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By *ensuallover1000Man
over a year ago

Somewhere In The Ether…

Yor: Hunter From The Future.

The pure zenith of the cinematic art it be!

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By *ambertMan
over a year ago

Cheltenham

Killer klowns from outerspace

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By *cotsguyyMan
over a year ago

Belfast and Fife

"Great thread, some classic films!!

First off, yes, Tremors should feature here, maybe one of the best worst films, so goodly bad that it's teetering on the edge of being accepted as an actually good film.

A few mentions of the Toxic Avenger, currently being remade with Peter Dinklage playing the title role.

Hudson Hawk has a very special place in my heart, love that film.

If you enjoyed Rubber, I recommend you watch more films from the director. Watch Mandibles. Two hapless robbers find a giant fly and decide to train it to rob banks...

Not enough bear.

Wait...Dark City? That's a brilliant film - what's bad about it? Big Trouble

In Little China...is a spoof rather than a bad film, I'd argue. "

Nothing wrong with Dark City, it's just a little OTT at times, dare I say a little overacted or even camp. I loved it though.

Yeah, Big Trouble they were definitely having fun but the producers and studio took it seriously and released it as a serious action film. If you listen to the commentary with Kurt Russell and John Carpenter they are openly laughing how the studio didn't get the joke. Again another film I love. Was a little worried when they announced they were thinking about doing a remake with the Rock, but a little reassured when I heard it would be John Carpenter along the director seat again. I'd be interested to see how he's make the film nowadays.

And yes!! Killer Klowns! Amazing

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By *ensuallover1000Man
over a year ago

Somewhere In The Ether…

The Ator series: Miles O’Keeffe (Tarzan himself!) fights giant spiders, invisible warriors and works out with boulders. It’s pure class!

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By *mma29Couple
over a year ago

wirral

Dusk till dawn with George Clooney.

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By *otTheReal01Man
over a year ago

London

"A lot of Tromas movies

Toxic Avenger

Tromeo and Juliette

Kids of Nuke Em High

Surf Nazis Must Die etc"

Loved those films as a teenager!

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