That was my favourite part of She’s All That, too. That isn’t saying much, though.
I love Darkman. :|
And thanks for reminding me of The Car, that movie used to give me nightmares! ><
Yeah… Re-Animator is awesome. That doesn’t belong on this list at all. Nothing comes to mind, though I have a soft spot for The Great White Hype.
Erik J.
Jesus Christ, sorry to have given you the vapors.
Sgt Kabukiman NYPD and Silent Night, Deadly Night.
PUNISH!
I much prefer From Beyond myself which had the same director (Stuart Gordon) and lead actor (Jeffrey Combs) and was also based on Lovecraft, but this one never gets mentioned with nearly the same enthusiasm as Re-Animator.
I think because From Beyond isn’t anywhere near as funny as Re-Animator. Re-Animator has some of the most darkly comic bits in any 80s gore movie, including that great moment when Coombs realizes he’s never tried re-animating parts of people.
Awesome sauce. My fav mid 80’s movie of all time.
Yeah, I saw Re-Animator a few years back, and I was expecting it to be awesomely bad, but it turned out to be kind of good actually. In particular, I thought the last shot of the movie was a nice touch.
I guess my standards are pretty low for Lovecraft-based movies. I think it’s by far the best in that category, unless we give Ghostbusters an honorary membership.
Hey, hey, hey. That’s a FINE movie, no shame involved.
“Two bits, four bits, six bits, a peso; All for Zorro, stand up and say so!”
H.
Yeah, this. I’ve seen and enjoyed From Beyond, but Re-Animator is still #1 in my heart.
Cat People?
Careful there. That movie is classic, and easily one of the best Kung Fu movies thats been made in the past two decades.
I got Delta Force and Commando together for the price of a Single movie (Probably less) At BJ’s for easter.
An awesome gift. Delta Force is hilariously stupid.
Yay! Another one! I think AoD sucks, too. It’s forced and striving where EDII is original and unapologetically dorky; it goes for what it thinks is funny, not what it thinks OTHERS will think of funny.
Which is always way funnier than the faux-camp/pretend-ironic “badass” quote, “Gimme some sugar, baby.” Which is a great line, but set up and delivered terribly in the movie. WAY too self-conscious, AoD is. None of the verve or passion of Evil Dead II.
Man, you people are crazy. Sure, it’s not quite as good as Evil Dead II, but come on: “Listen up, you primates! This is my BOOM STICK!!!” is Grade-A prime Ash. Evil Ash is awesome, the Necronomicon bit is awesome, the fight with the devil-hag in the pit is awesome, turning his station wagon into a Flaming Death Car is awesome. “Well, that’s just what we call pillow talk, baby.”
Dude. Those are great movies, like Re-animator and the return of the living dead. And the Adventures of Buckaroo Banzai.
Now if you want to see some TRULY great BAD movies, check this out (linking the ones I´ve seen):
- Jesse Ventura is… Abraxas, guardian of the universe!
- Apocalyptic sexy action in : Cherry 2000!
- Computer geek vs Satan: Dungeonmaster!
4. Frankenfish: the chinesse military conduct secrect experiments in the swamps of Louisiana. - Jesus Christ Vampire hunter
And a lot more. Also, the Badmovie site is great and has given me hours of fun. watching bad movies is like a sport for me.
Sweet Liberty, a retarded 80s star vehicle for Alan Alda. Alda plays a writer of civil war history, whose book gets adapted for film. Of course, it’s adapted horribly and Alda rails against the changes in a tepid bit of fluff I adore because Alan Alda’s Hawkeye Pierce was my childhool idol.
Cold Blooded. Maybe this film is actually good, but probably not since it stars Jason Preistley as a hitman. I have a love for hitman films (the one based on the game excepted, what a piece of trash that was) and Preistley, along with the rest of the cast, is just quirky enough to make it work for me. His hitman tutor is a disarmingly friendly, helpful (yet thorough) hitman by day, a degenerate raging alcoholic by night. His best (and only) friend is a hooker. Whoever made Grosse Pointe Blank probably saw this film, it borrows in places from it.
Gettin’ Off! I really don’t know what this film is about, except tits. I’ve seen it several times (ahem) since childhood and I still don’t know the plot. I mean, it’s just nonstop tits. Most films try to excuse the crass exploitation of the female form, set up fairly absurd plot devices and so forth; not this film. It’s just boobs. 2/3 of the way through the film for no reason at all, one particularly well-endowed girl takes off her shirt and rides a horse. In slow motion. For 5 minutes. I love this film, it doesn’t have a whiff of pretense. It’s also pretty much porn (not a strike against it).
Spacehunter: Adventures in the Forbidden Zone. Aw yeah, you dudes all know about this film. Probably in the “so bad it’s good” category. Features Molly Ringwald and Michael Ironsides, what’s not to like. Also, it was in 3-D, hahaha. OH, EIGHTIES!
“the Legend of Billie Jean”…
Good pull. I always get a kick out of this movie and it’s a shame it’s not on the normal classic 80’s rotation play list. Has it all. Jackets with sleeves ripped off, chicks wearing one long dangly earring. Fun soundtrack. Permed hair. good times.
“fair is fair”
Cherry 2000
:)
Damnation Alley?