What are your favourite so-bad-it's-good films?

Rosie_Scope
Rosie_Scope Posts: 9,370 Online Community Team
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Have you ever seen any films that you thought were so bad they're actually good?

I have to be in the right mood, but I do enjoy a terrible Hallmark movie. It's always a high-flying city girl being drawn back to her home town and meeting a dishy-but-flawed baker who makes her question her life choices. The scripts are terrible, the acting is terrible. It's all terrible, but I can't stop watching 😂

I've also been through the Sharknado films, and Mega Shark vs Giant Octopus, which I found equally entertaining.

Has anyone got any more recommendations for terrible films?

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  • Rachel_Scope
    Rachel_Scope Posts: 4,792 Online Community Team

    There's a series of films called 'Bad Ben' and I need everyone to watch them! We found the first film on Amazon one day, decided to give it a go, and our lives are better for it.

    The film revolves around a man who bought a house in a sheriff's sale. Some weird things start happening so he installs security cameras around the house, and what he discovers is a terrifying poltergeist who wants him out!

    What makes the films amazing is that they are all made by one man. He is the star, director, producer, special effects artist, writer, he's everything! I have lost count at how many films there are but here is the trailer for the first one. Enjoy!

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l1_QXf4Kym0
  • Rosie_Scope
    Rosie_Scope Posts: 9,370 Online Community Team
    edited September 1

    We all have different tastes @SheffieldMan1976!

    I'm not a big Lord of the Rings fan either, but I did sit through most of the films. I haven't seen any of the Hobbit ones though. What made you keep watching them?

    I'm very much looking forward to Bad Ben @Rachel_Scope! It's on my list!

  • Ross1975
    Ross1975 Community Member Posts: 1,608 Championing
    edited September 1

    Chopping Mall, it's corny, it's cheesy, it come across as though it was made on a low budget, but damn it's good! The funny thing is nobody gets chopped up in the entire movie, instead the robots attack people with lasers.

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    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yaBcyxKZjMI
  • Rosie_Scope
    Rosie_Scope Posts: 9,370 Online Community Team

    This looks amazing @Ross1975. That tagline: 'where shopping costs you an arm and a leg'. Brilliant 😂 I'll definitely try and give that a watch!

  • Ross1975
    Ross1975 Community Member Posts: 1,608 Championing
    edited September 1
    https://forum.scope.org.uk/discussion/comment/1147580#Comment_1147580

    The name sounded quite familiar, so I've just gone and watched the trailer for it on Youtube and it looks awesome, totally my kind of movie!

  • Ross1975
    Ross1975 Community Member Posts: 1,608 Championing
    edited September 1

    The Gladiator. Mechanic Rick Benton transforms his pickup truck into an armoured road warrior vehicle to hunt down reckless and drunken drivers after a maniac in a "death car" kills his younger brother.

    It's an 80's made for TV movie with it's faults, but I like it a lot.

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    Trailer

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WEoUgokeiiU
  • Rachel_Scope
    Rachel_Scope Posts: 4,792 Online Community Team

    I'll be adding Ghoulies and Chopping Mall to my terrible film list. Thanks @Ross1975 and @SheffieldMan1976! I absolutely love the practical effects. So much better than CGI.

  • Ross1975
    Ross1975 Community Member Posts: 1,608 Championing

    Rosie_Scope and Rachel_Scope, it's on Tubi, Plex, and Amazon Prime Video, it's also on Youtube for free.

  • Rachel_Scope
    Rachel_Scope Posts: 4,792 Online Community Team

    Oh my goodness, I'm so excited!

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