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Valiant Dancer
Forum Goalie
USA
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 Posted - 05/01/2002 : 13:39:44 [Permalink]
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Oops. It was Joel Grey. Serves me right for trying to think so early in the day.
"Wizards"! I had forgotten about it, but I would rank it up near the greats of RBM's.
Here's one for you, that I'll be surprised if any have seen: "The Ninth Configuration" with Stacy Keach.
My kids still love me.
seen it.
on the back of a St. Christopher medal: I am a Buddhist, in case of emergency call a lama.
(from that movie) (twitch) (twitch)
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Snake
SFN Addict
USA
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Posted - 05/01/2002 : 21:40:35 [Permalink]
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I just got "Fritz the Cat" and its sequel on DVD, and can't stop watching them.
WOW! Really, I saw that when it 1st came out in the theater. Didn't know it was available. Would love to see it again. Don't remember all of it only that it was funny.
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Snake
SFN Addict
USA
2511 Posts |
Posted - 05/01/2002 : 21:51:26 [Permalink]
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Bruce Campbell has an autobiography out. Has anybody read it?
No, I'll have to pick it up. I'm a fan of Bruce Campbell and he seems like a genuine, humble chap in interviews. I thought Brisco County Jr. was wonderfully dark and subtle, but I suppose that's why the mainstream public didn't like it. I still watch it whenever it comes on Sci-Fi.
Brisco County Jr. was a fabulous show, I was so angry when they took it off air. THAT'S why I don't watch TV much, not to mention most shows are so bad but when they get a good one they don't keep it. Instead they have a show like 'Friends' which is so stupid and yet it's on for a long time. Have to admit I've never seen it, but the commericals are not funny. And the few times I have seen a moment of it, it was so dumb.
Back to Bruce, he's so handsome too.
Someone mentioned his show can still be seen? Damn, it's times like this I do wish I had cable!
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Snake
SFN Addict
USA
2511 Posts |
Posted - 05/01/2002 : 21:59:53 [Permalink]
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In addition to all of the Mystery Science Theater stuff in my collection, here are some that I own that may make the list. Any votes for any of the following?
Logan's Run, Freaks, Daughters of Satan, Devil's Rain, Altered States, Island of the Burning Doomed, Night of the Lepus, The Aboninmable Dr. Phibes (and its sequal), Equinox, Horror at 37,000 Feet, The Frozen Dead, THX-1138, Soylent Green, ANY of the Thunderbirds movies, Five Million Years to Earth--this just scratches the surface. Also, has anybody ever heard of Coffin Joe?
Mr. Spock!!! What am I going to do with you?
'Five Million Years to Earth' and 'Soylent Green' are two of my favorite movies and not bad ones at all. Logan's Run although not a great movie, was not bad. What's next, are you going to say 'West World' is something to laugh at?
BTW, 'Freaks' is a 'cult' classic and IMO not in the same catagory.
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Mr. Spock
Skeptic Friend
USA
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Posted - 05/02/2002 : 03:57:30 [Permalink]
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Snake: I really don't consider many of those films to be "bad" either. I actually love Soylent Green (and Omega Man) and some of the others you mention, and consider them to be excellent flicks. We have to take our present milieu into account, however. Most people under 30 would automatically dismiss these as "bad" because there are no bitchin' special effects, no mega pop star soundtracks, etc. etc. If you read my evaluation of "Armegeddon" earlier in this discussion, you'll see that my standards for good and bad movies are out of keeping with the times. I should have probably said "probably percieved as bad by your average modern movie-goer."
While we are talking about cult classics, let me add 200 Motels to the mix.
BTW, you can get "Fritz the Cat" and its sequel on VHS or DVD on Amozon.com. It's the funniest X-rated cartoon I've ever seen.
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Mespo_man
Skeptic Friend
USA
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Posted - 05/02/2002 : 05:07:12 [Permalink]
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Well, since "Fritz the Cat" has been mentioned, then I'm gonna hafta throw in "Flesh Gordon". Where science fiction, soap opera and porn, uhhh, co-mingle.
"Carry out my orders IMMEDIATELY"
"Yes, your Ass-Holiness."
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Kil
Evil Skeptic
USA
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Posted - 05/02/2002 : 18:34:02 [Permalink]
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While these movies may be so obvious for a list of really bad movies worth seeing, I would feel remise if I did not mention "Plan 9 from Outer Space" which is generally considered to be the worst movie ever made, and "Glen or Glenda." As Ed Wood Films go, and as bad as "Plan 9" is, I really must recommend "Glen or Glenda." The angora sweater scene probably makes me happier than any moment in any comedy I have ever seen.
And every scene with Bela Lugosi, well, what can I say? "Pull the string! Pull the sting!!"
The Evil Skeptic
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Bradley
Skeptic Friend
USA
147 Posts |
Posted - 05/06/2002 : 09:31:44 [Permalink]
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Look in your video rental store for "Psycho Beach Party." It's a real howler that freely pirates characters and situations from "Gidget."
Other favorites of mine are "Plan Nine from Outer Space," "Surf Nazis Must Die," "Blue Velvet," and "Cecil B. Demented," just to name a few.
"Too much doubt is better than too much credulity."
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Valiant Dancer
Forum Goalie
USA
4826 Posts |
Posted - 05/06/2002 : 11:41:46 [Permalink]
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Look in your video rental store for "Psycho Beach Party." It's a real howler that freely pirates characters and situations from "Gidget."
Other favorites of mine are "Plan Nine from Outer Space," "Surf Nazis Must Die," "Blue Velvet," and "Cecil B. Demented," just to name a few.
"Too much doubt is better than too much credulity."
-Robert Green Ingersoll (1833 - 1899)
I almost had drunk enough to forget "Surf Nazis Must Die". I must now sic Leroy's Momma on you. (The pain. Oh, the pain.)
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Chippewa
SFN Regular
USA
1496 Posts |
Posted - 05/06/2002 : 14:40:14 [Permalink]
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My nominee for most underrated movie, assumed to be bad but actually very good, is: "I Walked with a Zombie" Produced by Val Lewton, directed by Jacques Tourneur ("Curse of the Demon" "Cat People" "Leopard Man"). Starring Francis Dee, James Ellison, and Tome Conway. It's a strangely beautiful film. Script and cinematography are weird and wonderful.
Video stores, (if they have it,) don't know what to do with it, so it ends up in "Midnight Movies" assumed to be kitsh.
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Wiley
Skeptic Friend
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Posted - 05/06/2002 : 16:18:13 [Permalink]
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My nominee for most underrated movie, assumed to be bad but actually very good, is: "I Walked with a Zombie" Produced by Val Lewton, directed by Jacques Tourneur ("Curse of the Demon" "Cat People" "Leopard Man"). Starring Francis Dee, James Ellison, and Tome Conway. It's a strangely beautiful film. Script and cinematography are weird and wonderful.
"Cat People" is the only movie of his I've seen, and it's very good. (This is not the remake with Natasha Skinski.) It seems like any sci-fi or horror movie made before 1968 is classified as "kitsh", regardless of its quality. Movies like "The Day the Earth Stood Still" and "The Thing from Outer Space" are very good today, yet would be classified in the "Midnite Movie" section. Alas.
P.S. 1968 was year Rosemary's Baby was released.
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chee
New Member
USA
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Posted - 05/07/2002 : 10:54:21 [Permalink]
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Was waiting for someone to mention Plan Nine From Outer Space. Absolutely love watching it just to look for all the things that don't work. It's so truly bad, it's funny. Also would add to the list Earth Girls Are Easy and the Garbage Pail Kids.
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DVF
Skeptic Friend
USA
96 Posts |
Posted - 05/07/2002 : 11:02:31 [Permalink]
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Howard the Duck. One of the worst movies ever.
"Know what, if you were in a building, and it was on fire, I'd rescue you."
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Trish
SFN Addict
USA
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Posted - 05/07/2002 : 11:47:42 [Permalink]
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Howard the Duck. One of the worst movies ever.
I keep trying to forget this one. Fortunately, I didn't pay to see it at the theaters, it was a sneak preview with questionaire at the end.
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Donnie B.
Skeptic Friend
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Posted - 05/08/2002 : 08:38:33 [Permalink]
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Howard the Duck. One of the worst movies ever.
What a shameful thing it was. The comic on which it was based was and is one of the best ever created. The movie even had a decent cast (the very watchable Leah Thompson before "Back To the Future"). And yet, somehow, they managed to make it a truly Biblically bad movie.
Speaking of which, how about "The Ten Commandments"? Didn't you just love Edward G. Robinson as a Jewish heavy? Or the bit players who delivered their lines in heavy Bronx accents? Or the over-the-top acting in general? It has to rank right up there among the baddest movies of all time.
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