OK, so anybody who's seen Gymkata knows how laughably bad a movie it is. I remember Gymkata playing all the time on late night television when I was younger, but sadly times have changed and late night television has been overrun with adult dramas and romantic comedies. So my question to all you bad movie fans is what are some more of your favorite laugh-'til-it-hurts, piece of crap movies?
shareAhhh, so many fond memories of watching Gymkata on late-night USA channel in various states of inebriation during my formative years... As for other favourites -
Hexed
Deathwish III
Rocky II through V
Rambo II
Harley Davidson And The Marlboro Man
Stone Cold
Top Gun (kind of a given, I suppose!)
Cool As Ice
You Got Served
Red Sonja
Street Trash
Junk (japanese film)
Gleaming The Cube, a.k.a. A Brother's Justice
Raw Force
Demons/Demons 2
Wizard
American Yakuza 2, a.k.a. Back To Back
Ninja III: The Domination
Terror Toons (though I don't know if I could watch it a second time)
Violent *beep* pt. III - Infantry Of Doom, a.k.a. Zombie Doom
Oasis Of The Zombies
The Wizard Of Speed And Time
Robot Jox
Gladiator (with Cuba Gooding Jr., NOT russel crowe)
The Gate
Toy Soldiers
Monster Squad
The Garbage Pail Kids Movie
Road House
Blind Fury
Cyborg
Deep Star Six
Blown Away (the Corey Haim/Feldman one, NOT Tommy Lee Jones)
Critters
Klash
Moonchild (japanese)
Care Bears II
Cats & Dogs
The Stoned Age
That's all I can think of off the top of my head right now... but they're all definitely worth watching (at least, as far as I'm concerned).
-Jinxy
Harley Davidson And The Marlboro Man is great! :D
share"Universal Soldier" - My brother and I knew what we were in for when we rented it and we were still disappointed.
We got so bored with taking it seriously that we started making jokes during the movie. I kept saying that the movie was "horse shyt" and he kept calling it "dog shyt" We were bored enough to even start a debate about who'se label was more fitting.
He won the debate by concluding if the horse ATE the dog shyt and THEN took a shyt the end result would be this movie.
We had such a good laugh that it was worth the rent.
Oh man! Classic movies all =) Let me suggest another few classics from that era:
Deathstalker II
Fortress
Rad
Whitewater Summer
I'll also second your vote for these:
Rambo II (of course)
Gleaming The Cube
Ninja III: The Domination
Toy Soldiers
Road House
Blind Fury (glad you put this one, a classic in my book)
Deep Star Six
Blown Away (the Corey Haim/Feldman one)
-Anything with the two Coreys combo
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ROBOT JOX!
MY
MAN!
What was that other dodgy movie (if I remember correctly the trailer was actually on Robot Jox), where those different 'species' fought in space in that futuristic fighting tournament? Yeah bwoi!
soupstar wrote : What was that other dodgy movie (if I remember correctly the trailer was actually on Robot Jox), where those different 'species' fought in space in that futuristic fighting tournament?
Now i`m pissed at you cause i can`t get those images out of my head but i can`t remember the name of that trash film.Some kind of futur Bloodsport with a human winning over aliens etc...with cheesy FX.How could they make so many useless piece of cinema.
I know this is a slightly late response to the film you can't recall, i think you're thinking about the Empire film 'Arena', and it is undoubtably so bad its good. I had to reply, although I fear you may have gone insane in the last 5 years if you still didn't know the title:)
shareHaha just found it.
Arena is the name of that great fighting flick.
Thx again soupstar for the great memories you brought me.
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I can't seem to find Gymkata to enjoy its badness. I'd confirm the above mentioned RAD and would add Flash Gordon. Childhood favorites and security blankets.
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all the previous movies you guys mentioned are great, but everyone is forgetting a few, so i'll throw them in..
-Ice Pirates...great cheesy comedy/sci fi before anyone ever said 'Spaceballs'
-Beast Master
-Revenge of the Ninja. Hey, anything with Sho Kosugi for that matter
Night Patrol (Pat Morita, and the girl from Exorcist)
Spacehunter ...Forbidden Zone (Molly Ringwald)
SolarBabies (Jami Gertz, Jason Patric)
Howard The Duck
North Shore (Nia Peeples, Mario's sister)
Fortress (The one about the school kids in Australia)
BMX Bandits (Nicole Kidman)
My Bodyguard (one of the Baldwins)
The Octagon (Chuck Norris)
Just a few that I would add to the list
You forgot Patrick Swayze in his greatest adventure STEEL DAWN (not to be confused with RED DAWN, which he was also in).
Mutronics (aka Guyver the Movie)
Split Second ('we need bigger *beep* guns!!')
Cannonball Run ('It's the blimp. The blimp next to him. When he puts that mask on...he'll blow your goddamned doors off!')
I'm Gonna Git You Sucka ('So...just you 57 punks against Kung-Fu Joe?!')
Ice Pirates and Beast Master are freakin' awweeessooommmee... and so is Split Second (gotta love Rutger Hauer!). Also worth picking up, in a variety of genres:
North Shore
No Holds Barred
The Convent
Prayer of the Rollerboys (has this been mentioned yet?)
Bikini Carwash
If Looks Could Kill
Street Trash
Every episode of "21 Jump Street", EVER
Demons
Demons 2
Night of the Demons
Night of the Demons 2 (anyone sensing a theme here?)
Sidekicks (yes, the Jonathon Brandis/Chuck Norris vehicle)
The Last Dragon
Breakin'
Breakin' 2: Electric Boogaloo
Bloodsport
Necronomicon (Deep Ones wear sombreros!!)
Django
Mr. Vampire (though it's worth noting that this movie is legitimately awesome)
Dolemite
Trippin'
The Band of The Hand
Only the Strong
House Party
Fist of the North Star (ONLY the *animated* movie!)
Freeway 2: Confessions of a Trickbaby
Deathrace 2000
Young Guns
Cool World
and many many others!
-jinxy
HA HA HA PMSL!!!
jinxy!!! this is great man!!!!
can i step up and bat for "some" of these films?????
ok first off
Street trash! this film is mega. can anyone really explain what is going on here??? believe!!! this film is beyond ANYTHING you could imagine!!
Watch it now!!! in fact just buy it!! get on ebay and buy it!
demons and demons 2. we talking the dario argento films??? if we are see above!
i cant imagine why but i have a friend who thinks THE LAST DRAGON is the greatest film ever!! i cant think why its a horrible nightmare of a film, but its the same friend of mine who has actually spoken to boogaloo shrimp, which brings it on to the whole "breakin" thing. avoid them. its not like watchin mr wiggles on the rollin video.
fist of the north star... ok the live action with gary daniels is a insult. the 12 part tv series where ken is fighting a "pack of cards" is worth watching.... the first full length feature film is very good and worth whatching as is the new 3 part full length feature films.
ok
house party 2 and 3
young guns 2
dead end drive thru
suicide
class of nukem high
class of 84
demons 3
best defense
perfect gentleman
silent rage
no retreat no surrender
karate kid 2
body slam
beast master
the new barbarians
jungle burger
the big bang
xtro
life force
ok thats enough for now
I've only got one to add that I didn't see listed.
Airborne
It's about rollerblading. I like the race at the end, but the rest of the movie is cheesy in an entertaining way.
Oh yes, Airnorne classic for its time. If we are talking about late night TV, does anyone remember DoubleCross with Patrick Bergin, Kelly Preston, and Jennifer Tilly??
shareGood choices so far. I'll add mine
YOR: THE HUNTER FROM THE FUTURE
MEGAFORCE
FINAL JUSTICE
YOUNG WARRIORS
NUMBER ONE WITH A BULLET
ZONE TROOPERS
METALSTORM: THE DESTRUCTION OF JARED SYN
DOUBLE TROUBLE
THINK BIG
TWINSITTERS
LIBERTY & BASH
TROLL 2
I miss the 80s... :(
Ah yes Final Justice - with JD Baker as the fantastically named, Deputy Sheriff Thomas Jefferson Geronimo III.
Robocop 3
Stroker Ace
The Video Dead
Black Eagle
Ah yes Final Justice - with JD Baker as the fantastically named, Deputy Sheriff Thomas Jefferson Geronimo III.
Robocop 3
Stroker Ace
The Video Dead
Black Eagle
No one said 'Over the Top'.But the worst is,and will always be "Wizards of the Lost Kingdom" (1985,Bo Svenson)Look it up on IMDB.
shareOoh, "Over the Top" is SWEET... anyone ever seen "P.K. and the Kid" which also revolves around armwrestling championships?
I haven't seen "Wizards of the Lost Kingdom" (at least, not that I can remember), but it reminded me of the great steaming pile of cinema known as "The Wizard of Speed and Time", a film I still make titular references to, even now.
-jinxy
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I'm very upset that the American Ninja movies have not yet been mentioned. Shame on all of you.
Also,
XTRO II
Tiger Claws
Dark Side of the Moon
Moontrap
The Hero and the Terror
Street Justice
Warriors of the Wasteland
Steel Dawn
Leviathan
Blood Beach
Chopping Mall
etc.
The Sword and the Sorcerer
Krull
The Challenge
Oasis of the Zombies was not "good" It was so bad, that it has the distinction of being the first of only a few movies I've ever rented and not watched all the way through.
Now for my favorite 'bad' movies.
Zombie vs Ninja
Lobsterman from mars
Hexed
Robo C.H.I.C (satan's onions anyone!!)
No retreat, No surrender (just the first one)
I can't believe people would put Flash Gordon on here. That movie was, in every way, awesome.
Another one to avoid is Naked Space, with Leslie Nielson.
It only has one mildly amusing scene which involves an alien singing "I want to eat your face" and the rest of the film is an utter waste of time.
Snakes On A Train!!!
Donnie: [to his mother] How's it feel to have a wacko for a son?
Rose Darko: It feels wonderful.
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For those who are in their 20s and grew up in the 80s in Los Angeles, you guys will be able to relate.
Channel 5- KTLA rotation...(in no particular order)
1. Gymkata
2. Red Sonja
3. Ninja III: The Domination
4. The Last Dragon
5. Howard the Duck
6. Critters 2
7. Death Wish III(this one always scared me...like where the *beep* did that take place? What city was that? It was a freaking war zone!)
8. Any movie produced by Menahem Golan and Yoran Globus! HAHA! (Chuck Norris, I'm pointing at you)
Channel 13- KCOP
8. Leviathon/Deep Star Six(sometimes aired on Channel 11, KTTV)
9. Terror Vision
There are others but I can't remember them right now. Someone help me out.
The Divine Enforcer
Samurai Cop
Killing American Style
Skyscraper
I am the Duke of IMDb bio writers! I am A#1!
In the middle of viewing "Gymkata" now and there are many "WTF Were They Thinking?" moments.
The bad/good films in this thread are mostly action/adventure misfires that are pretty funny.
Let's not forget Ed Wood films. Or "Santa Claus Conquers the Martians"
These are my favorite "So Bad It's Good" films. The type that you catch by yourself when you're up too late or stoned and you have to get a friend to watch it with you to make sure you really did see what you saw.
Valley of the Dolls
Cobra Woman
Johnny Guitar
The Oscar
Mommie Dearest
Girls Town
Also, if you like this type of film, check out "It Came From Hollywood" which features Dan Ayckroyd, John Candy and others introducing clips from badly funny films.
"Victor, what are we going to do to stop this fiendish tit?"