Bad Movies You Liked

Raunalyn · Jul 22, 2019

I won't say it underperformed in the box office, or that it was a bad movie, but it is certainly a movie that deserves better recognition.

Sneakers. Robert Redford, Sidney Poitier, River Phoenix, Dan Ackroyd, Mary McDonald, James Earl Jones, Ben Kingsley...yeah, some serious star power. It was fun, funny ("I want peace on Earth and good will toward men," and hearing James Earl Jones with his great and deep stentorian voice saying, "We are the United States Government...we don't do that sort of thing!"), and completely under-rated.

One more...a bad, cheesy movie that I absolutely loved...Krull. Didn't age well, though.

Zardnaar · Jul 22, 2019

I enjoyed Krull, haven't seen it for years though.

It hadn't aged well in the 90s.

SolitonMan · Jul 22, 2019

I've always enjoyed Deep Rising. It would make for a good RPG adventure scenario. It did pretty poorly at the box office and was one of Roger Ebert's most hated films, but for simple cheesy monster action it was great!

Ralif Redhammer · Jul 22, 2019

Watched this a ton back in the day, on a VHS taped from HBO, I think. I’m almost entirely indiscriminate in my enjoyment of 80s fantasy films. Even stuff like Deathstalker II and Red Sonja. About the only one I’ve come across that I truly hated was Thor the Conqueror.

So, I’ll put forward Deathstalker II. How can I not love a movie that started with the premise of “What if we replaced Conan the Barbarian with Bugs Bunny?”

Also, Silent Night Deadly Night. For their review Siskel and Ebert simply read the name of each person involved and intoned "shame" after each one.

monsmord said:
Conan the Destroyer. I am not proud.

Tonguez · Jul 22, 2019

Sinister Squad

[video=youtube;C_QcAHiLS24]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C_QcAHiLS24[/video]

an Asylum movie that ended up being better than the movie it was meant to parody/ripoff (which really indicatws just how bad Suicide Squad is imho). I think the difference with this movie is that it was actually intended to be cheap and the actors know its never going to be a great film, but they get in and have fun with it anyway.

(NB The asylum is an independent studio famous for is low budget Mockbuster parodies, best known being Sharknado and Z Nation)

Raunalyn · Jul 22, 2019

Ralif Redhammer said:
Also, Silent Night Deadly Night. For their review Siskel and Ebert simply read the name of each person involved and intoned "shame" after each one.

That...that is simply awesome. I have never seen this movie, and now I am compelled to watch it. It's almost a moral obligation now...

Raunalyn · Jul 22, 2019

Oh! I did forget one.

In the Mouth of Madness. God, I love this movie!!! When I run a Mage: The Awakening or Ascension game, I make my players watch this movie first. Sam Neil is absolutely perfect.

Umbran · Jul 22, 2019

trappedslider said:
define under performed

Well, Labyrinth is estimated as having a $25 million dollar production budget, but made about $13 million at the box office. That's... not good financial performance.

Ralif Redhammer · Jul 22, 2019

Silent Night Deadly Night is great and trashy Christmas viewing.

Raunalyn said:
That...that is simply awesome. I have never seen this movie, and now I am compelled to watch it. It's almost a moral obligation now...

Ryujin · Jul 22, 2019

"Legend" (the 1985 film with Tom Cruise, Mia Sara, and Tim Curry)
"The Adventures of Buckaroo Banzai Across the 8th Dimension"
I wanted to say "Hansel and Gretal; Witch Hunters", but apparently it did pretty well financially.