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Dave · 7th March 2012, 10:23 PM

Someone was telling me about this The Human Centipede film which I don't ever want to see. It just sounds sick.

My son made me watch Wanted the other day. It was bad, very bad! Imagine if you can, a mash-up of the Matrix with the Fast and Furious. He told me to keep watching for the final twist. I jokingly guessed it would be an Empire Strikes Back moment but I wasn't wrong. It was so predictably bad. Angelina Jolie and Morgan Freeman always play exactly the same parts, but I thought James McAvoy was actually very good in The Last King of Scotland so my view of him has been reduced considerably.

But the worst film must be Morons from Outer Space. It is atrocious. What was Mike Hodges thinking? And it is easily the worst mistake Mel Smith and Griff Rhys Jones ever made.

CyBeR · 7th March 2012, 10:35 PM

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Originally Posted by Dave

My son made me watch Wanted the other day. It was bad, very bad! Imagine if you can, a mash-up of the Matrix with the Fast and Furious. He told me to keep watching for the final twist. I jokingly guessed it would be an Empire Strikes Back moment but I wasn't wrong. It was so predictably bad. Angelina Jolie and Morgan Freeman always play exactly the same parts, but I thought James McAvoy was actually very good in The Last King of Scotland so my view of him has been reduced considerably.

I'm just gonna go say that when a film uses a gimmick such as curving bullets by flicking the hand really hard (or whatever), you can expect things to get really **** in the end.
Which is a tad too bad, since the comic book wasn't bad. It was actually quite entertaining, once you got over the absurd level of gore and violence.

Lilmizflashythang · 8th March 2012, 04:03 AM

Skyline. Absolutely no story.

Jammill Khursheed · 8th March 2012, 04:48 AM

Lilmizflashything: I couldn't agree more, but I'd say pointless more than actually bad, and somehow that's worse...

Jammill

Warren_Paul · 8th March 2012, 06:40 AM

The general consensus is that Skyline is terrible, but to be honest, I liked it. I'm sure there are much, much worse movies out there.

Starbeast · 8th March 2012, 07:17 AM

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Originally Posted by Dave

Someone was telling me about this The Human Centipede film which I don't ever want to see. It just sounds sick.

Save your sanity and avoid that film at all costs. I found it too disturbing to finish watching (I fast forward through it). I enjoy a good horror film, but this one, Eee-yuck! Trust me, don't see it!

I can't believe a sequel was made as well...argh...

JunkMonkey · 8th March 2012, 10:05 AM

I don't think you guys are plumbing the depths. I just had a quick read through this thread and most of the films suggested are at least in focus and had scripts. If you want to really see some bad films I would suggest you go see:

Zombie Women of Satan (2009)
'Highlights' include a nude female wheelchair-bound zombie squirting acid from her nipples and a prolonged sequence in which we watch a dwarf crapping in the woods. A very long sequence. We get to see the steaming pile at the end too. Zombie Women of Satan fails at everything. It's not funny, it's not scary, it's not sexy, it's not even dreadful. It's nothing. It's the sort of cinematic farting that comes from people watching a couple of Simon Pegg's films, thinking, "I can do that!" and then proving they can't.

Kannibal (2001) What I learned from watching this film: Shooting out on location guerilla style; out on a London street say, (guerilla style because you have no permissions to be filming on the streets); shooting brief insert panning shots of a character walking round a corner; it's a neat idea to do it from inside a parked car. Passers-by and the police are less likely to spot you, and point at the camera, or try to arrest you. Pretty standard cheapo film making technique. But I'd make sure there's enough money in the budget to run the car through a car wash first. Panning shot with fingerprints and glassy smears over them look like ****.

Invasion Earth: The Aliens Are Here (1988) which was for a long time my most pointless film ever made till Zombie Women of Satan turned up. Zombie Women of Satan makes Zombie Strippers look good.

E.T.N.: The Extraterrestrial Nastie aka Night Fright (1967) my IMDB review

The Treasure of the Living Dead (1981) a Jesus Franco masterpiece in which Nazi zombies guard a hidden treasure somewhere in the North American desert.

go watch some of those. Event Horizon, Skyline, Morons from outer Space and even Ed Wood's Glen or Glenda start to look watch-able.

gully_foyle · 8th March 2012, 12:33 PM

Buckaroo Banzai across the 8th dimension. It was supposed to be some kind of cult film, but it was soooooo bad. I tried on several occassions to watch it and each time I failed miserably.

JunkMonkey · 8th March 2012, 03:27 PM

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Originally Posted by gully_foyle

Buckaroo Banzai across the 8th dimension. It was supposed to be some kind of cult film, but it was soooooo bad. I tried on several occassions to watch it and each time I failed miserably.

But.. but... but...

Starbeast · 8th March 2012, 07:23 PM

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The Treasure of the Living Dead (1981) a Jesus Franco masterpiece in which Nazi zombies guard a hidden treasure somewhere in the North American desert.

Ever see Oasis of the Zombies (1981)? Jesus Franco along with second director A.M. Frank borrowed footage from The Treasure of the Living Dead. In this story a bunch of treasure seekers face-off to find Rommel's fortune hidden in North Africa, but find death from WW2 Nazi zombies. The film's quick pace made it a watchable movie. I liked it.

Oh, and most people either like or dislike Buckaroo Banzai. Great weird/cool movie.

JunkMonkey · 9th March 2012, 10:09 AM

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Originally Posted by Starbeast

Ever see Oasis of the Zombies (1981)? Jesus Franco along with second director A.M. Frank borrowed footage from The Treasure of the Living Dead. In this story a bunch of treasure seekers face-off to find Rommel's fortune hidden in North Africa, but find death from WW2 Nazi zombies. The film's quick pace made it a watchable movie. I liked it.

As I understand it, Oasis of the Zombies and The Treasure of the Living Dead is the same film with different titles:
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0474531/releaseinfo#akas
(There might have been slight editorial differences for different releases.)

Jess Franco and AM Frank are the same person. Franco used several Pseudonyms in his career; A M Frank was just one of them.

The Adventures of Buckaroo Banzai Across the 8th Dimension is just great.

Alex, The G and T · 15th March 2012, 06:45 AM

The most astonishingly awful thing cropped up on one of the satellite movie channels tonight.
Blubberella. http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1756427/http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1756427/
It tried so hard to capture the delightful ugliness of an early John Waters piece, and failed dismally. This Lindsay Hollister person struggled admirably to emulate Divine, yet failed to capture the Divinity. The least of her problems was that she was not a he.

The writing was clumsy and trite; struggling so hard to be deliciously outrageous, yet missing the mark. Mostly.

Killing people by smothering them in collossal bazoombas, and repetitive jokes about premature ejaculation can be funny; but in this case they grew tedious.

There were just enough jokes that worked, to keep my attention. Mostly. I can't believe I watched the whole thing. Mostly. Oddly, my wife was the one who refused to change the channel.

The highlight, other than a lot of Nazis meeting hideous deaths, being Ron "Opie" Howard's weird-ass brother, Clint. Clint Howard is mostly known for bizarre, random cameos. In this flick Clint carries a near-leading role, with style and hilarious grace. It's a pity he gets wasted in the end. (That was a spoiler; but who cares, in this turkey?)

Fans of Pink Flamingos, Female Troubles, and Desperate Living will be alternately titillated and embarrassed by the abortive attempts to pastiche the inimitable John Waters.

Postmortem websearch sez that it intended to be spoofing BloodRayne. I don't know from Bloodrayne. Perhaps Bloodrayne fans, who don't carry the baggage of the memory for early John Waters films might appreciate this more for what it is.

Diggler · 15th March 2012, 10:16 AM

Pretty much anything from Joe D'Amato fits into this category. Though D'Amato's films have that certain schlock factor that add another dimension of unintentional comedy.

The worst films I would have to say are Cannibal Ferox and Cannibal Holocaust. Any movie that has animal killing for pure entertainment value is lower than anything imaginable. I have also just read recently that the director of Cannibal Holocaust (Deodato) actually had a sadistic hands on role in the brutal stabbing of a native monkey that was in the film. Sick, disgusting and completely incomprehensible crap that should have never even been considered, let alone made.

Memnoch · 24th March 2012, 02:16 AM

New Years Eve . . . Unbelievably bad, truly awful, most things with Sarah Jessica Parker are though, I always feel a cavity coming on following watching anything she does!

Starbeast · 29th March 2012, 03:46 AM

Robin Hood: Men in Tights (1993)

I finally watched the entire movie...and it was tough to sit through. It was just awful and unfunny. The movie had potential and great comedians in it, but the creators of the film wasted everything on lame jokes. David Chappelle is a very funny comedian, he always cracks me up, but in this film he was completely subdued, he would have been my choice to play Robin Hood.

7th March 2012, 10:23 PM	#271 (permalink)
Dave Wherever I Am, I'm There Join Date: Jan 2001 Location: Greater London Posts: 13,781 Blog Entries: 1	Re: What was the WORST movie you've ever seen? Someone was telling me about this The Human Centipede film which I don't ever want to see. It just sounds sick. My son made me watch Wanted the other day. It was bad, very bad! Imagine if you can, a mash-up of the Matrix with the Fast and Furious. He told me to keep watching for the final twist. I jokingly guessed it would be an Empire Strikes Back moment but I wasn't wrong. It was so predictably bad. Angelina Jolie and Morgan Freeman always play exactly the same parts, but I thought James McAvoy was actually very good in The Last King of Scotland so my view of him has been reduced considerably. But the worst film must be Morons from Outer Space. It is atrocious. What was Mike Hodges thinking? And it is easily the worst mistake Mel Smith and Griff Rhys Jones ever made.

8th March 2012, 04:03 AM	#273 (permalink)
Lilmizflashythang Senior Member Join Date: Jun 2007 Location: Texas Posts: 371	Re: What was the WORST movie you've ever seen? Skyline. Absolutely no story.

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Jammill Khursheed Smell your own dam finger Join Date: Feb 2012 Location: Greater Manchester Posts: 146	Re: What was the WORST movie you've ever seen? Lilmizflashything: I couldn't agree more, but I'd say pointless more than actually bad, and somehow that's worse... Jammill

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Warren_Paul Banishment this world! Join Date: Jan 2012 Location: New Zealand (Aotearoa) Posts: 2,469 Blog Entries: 10	Re: What was the WORST movie you've ever seen? The general consensus is that Skyline is terrible, but to be honest, I liked it. I'm sure there are much, much worse movies out there.

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JunkMonkey Lord High Vizier of Nowt Join Date: Dec 2010 Location: Highland Posts: 561	Re: What was the WORST movie you've ever seen? I don't think you guys are plumbing the depths. I just had a quick read through this thread and most of the films suggested are at least in focus and had scripts. If you want to really see some bad films I would suggest you go see: Zombie Women of Satan (2009) 'Highlights' include a nude female wheelchair-bound zombie squirting acid from her nipples and a prolonged sequence in which we watch a dwarf crapping in the woods. A very long sequence. We get to see the steaming pile at the end too. Zombie Women of Satan fails at everything. It's not funny, it's not scary, it's not sexy, it's not even dreadful. It's nothing. It's the sort of cinematic farting that comes from people watching a couple of Simon Pegg's films, thinking, "I can do that!" and then proving they can't. Kannibal (2001) What I learned from watching this film: Shooting out on location guerilla style; out on a London street say, (guerilla style because you have no permissions to be filming on the streets); shooting brief insert panning shots of a character walking round a corner; it's a neat idea to do it from inside a parked car. Passers-by and the police are less likely to spot you, and point at the camera, or try to arrest you. Pretty standard cheapo film making technique. But I'd make sure there's enough money in the budget to run the car through a car wash first. Panning shot with fingerprints and glassy smears over them look like **. Invasion Earth: The Aliens Are Here** (1988) which was for a long time my most pointless film ever made till Zombie Women of Satan turned up. Zombie Women of Satan makes Zombie Strippers look good. E.T.N.: The Extraterrestrial Nastie aka Night Fright (1967) my IMDB review The Treasure of the Living Dead (1981) a Jesus Franco masterpiece in which Nazi zombies guard a hidden treasure somewhere in the North American desert. go watch some of those. Event Horizon, Skyline, Morons from outer Space and even Ed Wood's Glen or Glenda start to look watch-able.

8th March 2012, 12:33 PM	#278 (permalink)
gully_foyle Here kitty kitty kitty! Join Date: Feb 2007 Location: Australia, Queensland Posts: 1,218	Re: What was the WORST movie you've ever seen? Buckaroo Banzai across the 8th dimension. It was supposed to be some kind of cult film, but it was soooooo bad. I tried on several occassions to watch it and each time I failed miserably.

15th March 2012, 06:45 AM	#282 (permalink)
Alex, The G and T Thar! That Blows. Join Date: Jan 2012 Location: California Posts: 363 Blog Entries: 1	Re: What was the WORST movie you've ever seen? The most astonishingly awful thing cropped up on one of the satellite movie channels tonight. Blubberella. http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1756427/http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1756427/ It tried so hard to capture the delightful ugliness of an early John Waters piece, and failed dismally. This Lindsay Hollister person struggled admirably to emulate Divine, yet failed to capture the Divinity. The least of her problems was that she was not a he. The writing was clumsy and trite; struggling so hard to be deliciously outrageous, yet missing the mark. Mostly. Killing people by smothering them in collossal bazoombas, and repetitive jokes about premature ejaculation can be funny; but in this case they grew tedious. There were just enough jokes that worked, to keep my attention. Mostly. I can't believe I watched the whole thing. Mostly. Oddly, my wife was the one who refused to change the channel. The highlight, other than a lot of Nazis meeting hideous deaths, being Ron "Opie" Howard's weird-ass brother, Clint. Clint Howard is mostly known for bizarre, random cameos. In this flick Clint carries a near-leading role, with style and hilarious grace. It's a pity he gets wasted in the end. (That was a spoiler; but who cares, in this turkey?) Fans of Pink Flamingos, Female Troubles, and Desperate Living will be alternately titillated and embarrassed by the abortive attempts to pastiche the inimitable John Waters. Postmortem websearch sez that it intended to be spoofing BloodRayne. I don't know from Bloodrayne. Perhaps Bloodrayne fans, who don't carry the baggage of the memory for early John Waters films might appreciate this more for what it is.

15th March 2012, 10:16 AM	#283 (permalink)
Diggler Beam Me Up Scotty Join Date: Aug 2009 Location: Australia, New South Wales Posts: 612	Re: What was the WORST movie you've ever seen? Pretty much anything from Joe D'Amato fits into this category. Though D'Amato's films have that certain schlock factor that add another dimension of unintentional comedy. The worst films I would have to say are Cannibal Ferox and Cannibal Holocaust. Any movie that has animal killing for pure entertainment value is lower than anything imaginable. I have also just read recently that the director of Cannibal Holocaust (Deodato) actually had a sadistic hands on role in the brutal stabbing of a native monkey that was in the film. Sick, disgusting and completely incomprehensible crap that should have never even been considered, let alone made.

24th March 2012, 02:16 AM	#284 (permalink)
Memnoch Devilish in a fun way! Join Date: Sep 2006 Location: Lancashire Posts: 280	Re: What was the WORST movie you've ever seen? New Years Eve . . . Unbelievably bad, truly awful, most things with Sarah Jessica Parker are though, I always feel a cavity coming on following watching anything she does!

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Starbeast Benevolent Galaxy Being Join Date: Mar 2010 Location: Illinois Posts: 2,657	Re: What was the WORST movie you've ever seen? Robin Hood: Men in Tights (1993) I finally watched the entire movie...and it was tough to sit through. It was just awful and unfunny. The movie had potential and great comedians in it, but the creators of the film wasted everything on lame jokes. David Chappelle is a very funny comedian, he always cracks me up, but in this film he was completely subdued, he would have been my choice to play Robin Hood.

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