This week, head on over to Wandering through the Shelves to see what the others have picked. This week it is about movies that are so bad it's good. There are so many to choose from in this category. There are many creepy-crawly films alone to choose from (Anaconda, Snakes on a Plane, Swarm) but I went with these...
1. ATTACK OF THE 50 FOOT WOMAN-1958
OK, so this is about a snotty brat of a woman who, in a huff, leaves her home only to be found by some alien who looks like Mr. Clean and he somehow is able to make her grow into this gigantic bitch. What's hilarious is just the acting, writing, set design...ugh you name it. What sealed the deal for me was seeing the doctor attending to this gal in her bedroom. Now, she has already grown quite tall because all you see are her huge feet at the edge of the bed but where is the rest of her? Somehow she can still stay in that bed in that 12x12 room..hahahaaa. Who cares about plot just sit back, get some popcorn and enjoy.
2. PLAN 9 FROM OUTER SPACE-1959
This is the mother and father of all bad, bad movies directed by the cross dressing nut, Ed Wood. I am certain Caitlyn Jenner secretly has the hots for this guy. I have a feeling this will be popular today because it is just so bad. Aliens come down on the planet to create Ghouls to keep the humans busy so they don't develop nuclear weapons or something absurd like that. Poor Bela Lugosi was in this film and died during the making of it. Ed Wood decided to hire his wife's much taller, thinner and younger chiropractor for the part. Doors move, car change colour and change makes while they drive to their destination. The spaceship is actually a hubcap that you can see the wires hanging from it. I mean, I lost count with all the issues of this film but it's so totally worth watching.
3. BLACULA-1972
Oh my...this is a blaxploitation film which was big in the 1970's. What's sad is that the star is William Marshall who was actually quite an excellent actor playing Paul Robeson and Frederick Douglas on stage. He had a great voice and could sing as well so somehow he ended up in this flick. he plays Prince Mamuwalde who is made a vampire by Dracula who immediately imprisons him. Give it a 100 years or so and 2 interior designers (of course) go to this castle and find the coffin which they bring back with them to LA. These 2 numb nuts open it and, well, Blacula is hungry. Blacula is wreaking havoc when the police get involved (Gordon Pinsent is one of the cops) and find out about Blacula. Let's also put in a black chick who looks like a dead (sorry) ringer for his Blacula's wife. It's messy but also funny and so funky.
Which 3 would you pick? Oh and if anyone is interested I am doing to A to Z challenge and my theme is Movies. I pick and Old and a modern film and connect them. Today is the letter F. Just go to my older posts to see the others if you wish.
Those are bad all right! Plan 9 was amusing to watch. Not sure what movie I would put in that category. The second Expendables comes to mind...
ReplyDeleteThese are all bad.....the 2nd Expendables is not great by any means and that's why it's a hoot.
DeleteI've never see any of these, but I've always kind of wanted to see Plan 9 just because of its reputation.
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ReplyDeleteThese movies are my thang - "so bad, they're great." I watched Attack of the 50 Foot Woman at least a half dozen times during the 50s and 60s because it made the rounds on television in a syndicated horror movie package. The jumbo leading lady, actress Allison Hayes, died young at age 46/47. I loved the films that cult movie maker Ed Wood unleashed on the public and enjoyed the Ed Wood movie starring Johnny Depp. I saw Blackula when it was released in theaters. It was a hoot and had some surprisingly good acting and very scary scenes in it.
Thank you, dear friend Birgit!
These are such great flicks from the 50's. I love Ed Wood...it's brilliant
DeleteI haven't seen any of these, but Plan 9 sounds like something I'd watch.
ReplyDeleteOh yes, it's a fun flick to see
Deletehaha those are bad ones indeed, sadly seen them all on tv at some point or another.
ReplyDeleteThat's where I've seen them and more too...perfect
DeletePlan 9 is a perfect pick. Soon as you see those strings you know you're watching something special. I've only seen the remake of the 50 Ft. Woman that starred Daryl Hannah. It was also bad. I love Blacula. If you think it's bad, see the sequel, Scream Blacula Scream. Pam Grier is in that one.
ReplyDeletePlan 9 is a great bad movie. I have never seen the remake of 50ft but will stick with the original. I have always wanted to see the sequel to Blacula
DeleteOh God I've wanted to see Attack of the 50 Foot Woman for a while now but haven't. Plan 9 I've seen and.... I honestly don't think it lived up to the hype. It was just a failure. Blacula just looks amazing, and I didn't know that about the lead actor!
ReplyDeleteOh...Plan 9 is a failure but such a great one. I think it's like the Mona Lisa of film....one raves about it so much that when you finally seen it you are underwhelmed but that doesn't mean it's not great:) hope you see the other two
DeleteI haven't seen (nor heard) of these movies. Maybe it was better than I hadn't, considering your take of them :)
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That's what's great about them...they are so bad
DeleteI watched the 50foot woman for about 50 seconds :)
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DeleteHaven't seen Attack of the 50ft Woman but started watching Attack of the Killer Tomatoes! by accident - didn't watch it for long! There was one on a Sky channel the other night called Nude Nuns With Big Guns. Didn't watch that one for long either! Appalling! That's Purrfect
ReplyDeleteNude Nuns sound funny just like Ilse, She-Wolf of the SS. Gotta love horrible
DeletePerfect choices for the theme! 50 Ft. Woman is so typical of those 50's scare flicks that warned of all kind of imminent disasters from alien encounters with grim seriousness and are hilarious now.
ReplyDeleteI found Plan 9 sort of a trial but I think its reputation as the ne plus ultra of crap has affected viewing it. You're so prepared for the awfulness of it that it's hard to be surprised by the cheapjack production when you see it.
Blacula is again typical of that odd phenomenon of blaxploitation cinema. It's crap but you just can't seem to turn away once you start watching and it is good for a laugh or two.
You are so right about the 50's flicks because so many were like this and I gobbled them up. Plan 9 is the Mona Lisa of bad movies. It has been so much talked about that when you do finally see it, you're underwhelmed by its horribleness. Yes the blaxploitation films of the early 70's are in a class of their own.
DeleteI'm going to have to split my comment in half since I warmed to the theme and could only get my choices down to five and still had to leave off overripe twaddle like Joan Collins' The Bitch and Joan Crawford's Torch Song.
ReplyDelete*The Best of the Worst*
Valley of the Dolls (1967)-“You've got to climb Mount Everest to reach the Valley of the Dolls.” And when you do you face plant right into this hooty mess based on Jaqueline Susann’s notorious best seller. A roman a clef about the messy backstage lives of three career girls looking to make it in showbiz in NY and Hollywood is scuttled by leaden direction and absurdly overdone or somnambulant performances. Susan Hayward is terrific as vicious stage star Helen Lawson, based on Ethel Merman and Sharon Tate touching as the doomed Jennifer but everyone and everything else is a shambles. The worst offender and therefore the most fun is Patty Duke (RIP Patty, you’ll be missed!) as Neely O’Hara, an amalgam of the tortured souls of Judy Garland, Betty Hutton and Frances Farmer, there is no scenery left unchewed when she’s done with it. The hairspray and makeup costs alone must have taken up half the budget!
*Getting In Touch With Your Inner Bad Movie*
Skidoo (1968)-Crime boss “God” (Groucho Marx) forces retired mobster Tony Banks (Jackie Gleason) to perform a hit on an incarcerated prisoner by kidnapping Tony’s daughter and holding her on his yacht. But the plan goes awry when Tony unknowingly drops acid and goes on a mind-blowing trip. Things go downhill from there! What begins as a silly but not dreadful generation gap comedy devolves into an incoherent mess capped by the horrifying sight of Carol Channing, playing Gleason’s wife Flo Banks (no, really), in long platinum wig, admiral's hat and red hot pants singing the title tune. Just when you think it can't get any worse Frankie Avalon sings the credits! ALL OF THEM! It's as ghastly as it sounds and yet hilarious at the same time. A great many respected actors, Peter Lawford, George Raft and Mickey Rooney among them, shred their reputations for a paycheck.
*The Frightfully Atrocious Big Star Debacle*
The Conqueror (1956)-John Wayne is GENGHIS KHAN!!...battling the Tartar armies where he takes redheaded (?) Tartar princess Susan Hayward and her servant, an equally Caucasian Agnes Moorehead prisoner. I repeat John Wayne is Genghis Khan! Yeesh. As absurd and ridiculous as the film is it has a somber aftermath. It was filmed in Utah near a nuclear testing site and about half the company, including all the principal players, died from cancer linked to fallout exposure.
*Screamingly Awful Runner-Up*
Scorchy (1976)-This tacky turkey is bargain-basement claptrap starring Connie Stevens as Seattle narc Jackie Parker aka Scorchy, with a voice one octave below Minnie Mouse, a frosted wing hairdo that is both a marvel and a testament to the bad taste of the 70’s and a wardrobe straight out of Frederick’s of Hollywood. She’s about to blow the lid off an international heroin ring but when she’s not chasing bad guys down in a high speed-dune buggy or chopper she finds time for a long steamy shower or a nooner with a lover who is harpooned on top of her as she screams like Fay Wray! AIP exploitation flick is cheesy beyond belief all the way up to its self-important finale…but don’t worry “Scorchy” is on the case!!!
*The Abominably Infamous Bonus*
Can’t Stop the Music (1980)-This musical purporting to tell the story of how The Village People formed starts with Steve Guttenberg getting his boogie on by roller-skating under the credits down a New York street in ultra-short shorts and only gets wackier from there. Includes a performance of Danny Boy in full cop drag, a production number devoted entirely to milk and other jaw dropping items including a rendering of Y.M.C.A., part of which takes place in a packed men’s shower! Ya gotta see it to believe it!!
One of my dreams is to see The Conquerer. It is so sad that so many died from making this movie especially since this movie is so bad. I didn't know the one character fromValley is based on Ethel Merman. I haven't even heard of Skidoo or Scorchy. I almost picked Killer Bees with Gloria Swanson. There are som wonderful bad movies out there
DeleteI haven't seen Blacula. Attack of the 50 Foot Woman terrified me as a kid.
ReplyDeleteI can't laugh about you being scared as I had nightmares over Godzilla and Ultraman
DeleteI'm sorry but this post is just bad, Bad, BAD!!!
ReplyDeleteWhich is what makes it great!!!! :) :D
I've heard of all these films but have never actually seen them. Plan 9 is on my list of shows I'd like to watch, but is this even on DVD?
I love movies so bad they are good.
Plan 9 is on dvd but hard to find...I have it but it is part of a huge 50 film CD which is great!
Delete'PLAN 9' is hard to find on DVD? Shoot! It didn't used to be. I have two copies on DVD: one that I bought independently, and one that came in my pink angora-covered Ed Wood boxed-set of movies.
DeleteBirgit, if you ever get a chance to watch the short Ed Wood documentary 'LOOK BACK IN ANGORA', do NOT miss it! I have it on VHS and it cracks me up.
~ D-FensDogG
I. Have seen pieces of it and it is great!
DeleteI haven't seen any of these. Though I have seen the biopic Ed Wood.
ReplyDeleteI love Ed Wood
DeleteWasn't there a "Blackenstein," too? I'm being serious.
ReplyDeleteNOTE: One of the side-effects from the type of stuff that I write is that I need to remind people I'm being serious when I'm being serious. :-)
I think there was a film called Blackenstein but I never saw it. You're funny...true...but funny
DeleteWasn't there a "Blackenstein," too? I'm being serious.
ReplyDeleteNOTE: One of the side-effects from the type of stuff that I write is that I need to remind people I'm being serious when I'm being serious. :-)
I've heard of every movie you mentioned, but haven't seen any, nor do I plan to. Not a big fan of bad films, but they might be fun as pure high camp. ☺
ReplyDeleteThey are great to see with like minded people but I like these bad flicks even on my own
DeleteAs a rule, I try not to watch bad movies. But I could be persuaded to make an exception for the infamous Plan 9...
ReplyDeleteIt's a film that just defies description because you can't think anyone would do things truly that horrible
DeleteI've never heard of Plan 9 from Outer Space.
ReplyDeleteAnimal with Rob Schneider was just awful. I didn't really like Reservoir Dogs, though it was supposed to be so good. Very disappointed in Spanglish.
I think anything with Rob Scheider would be bad. There are so many bad movies
DeletePlan Nine IS pretty bad, but so are Ed Wood's other films, whether the well-known ones he produced and directed, or the lesser-known ones he wrote.
ReplyDeleteAll of them are horrible, I just picked the most famous but Glen or Glenda is another bad one
DeleteI think I'd enjoy watching the Attack of the 50 Ft Woman. The others just look too bad for me to watch. I get it, sometimes it's funny watching bad movies because you get a good laugh, but I try to watch good movies in the essence of time worth spending...
ReplyDeleteAlthough I might give Plan 9 a shot too. That sounds like it's full of belly-laughs...
Michele at Angels Bark
They are all truly, truly bad
DeletePlan 9 is one of my fav's! You can go wrong with any of those picks.
ReplyDeletePlan 9 is one of my fav's! You can go wrong with any of those picks.
ReplyDeleteThanks . It is such a fun truly bad film to see
DeleteI have tried to sit through the so-bad-they're-good-movies, and I just can't do it. Not sure why.
ReplyDeleteMy hubby can't either. He sees no fun in it.
DeleteThere are so many bad-they're-good horror movies. Jeepers Creepers, Waxworks (hilarious!) and The Cabin in the Woods, which was intentionally designed to be so-bad-it's-good, spring to mind.
ReplyDeleteI have not seen any of these but heard fun things about Cabin In the Woods
DeleteThe only one I've ever seen is Plan 9, which is just fantastic(ally awful). If you haven't yet, see The Room. It's in my opinion truly the worst movie ever made, and it's so laugh out loud funny that my cohort and I watch it once a year. They have a festival here where you can watch it and they encourage everyone to yell at the screen, Mystery Science Theater 3000 style. It's a blast.
ReplyDeleteI have seen The Room pop up everywhere for this weeks theme. I should check it out
DeleteBIRGIT ~
ReplyDeleteThis topic is right up my alley! Love it! And this ain't easy, either.
I'm tempted to go for the ED WOOD, JR. hat-trick:
'PLAN 9 FROM OUTER SPACE'
'JAIL BAIT'
'GLEN OR GLENDA'
But Beer Boy Bryan turned me onto 'THE ROOM' about a year and a half ago, and I would be remiss not to include that one on my list as well. (It's a horrible movie that you can't help but laugh at. I swear, the guy who made 'THE ROOM' has to be channeling - or is possessed by - Ed Wood!)
So, my final list will go like this:
'PLAN 9...' (because the first 8 failed)
'JAIL BAIT' (hideously funny dialogue and "acting"!)
'THE ROOM' (because all guys toss a football back and forth from 2 feet away)
~ D-FensDogG
'Loyal American Underground'
POSTSCRIPT: I was planning to put 'THE ROOM' on my list even before I read 6-B's comment. I did NOT forget it and need reminding.
Plan 9 is so good and Glen or Glenda is just horrible also. The Room is now something I must see since its heralded as so bad
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