Favorite bad movie

[MagratheanCookie]

Manos the Hands of Fate is amazingly terrible. The pointless and long catfight, Torgo and his raccoon stuffed trousers, the pointlessly long driving scene, and the random couple that only exists to make out and be caught by the police. Acting, plot, filming...all terrible and a blast to watch.

Birdemic: Shock and Terror (shockingly terrible that is) is also a favourite of mine. It even opened up with a boring and long driving scene, just like Manos! I sometimes use the line "I hear a mountain lion! I gotta get back to my house and you better get to your car," to indicate that I need to leave.

I found The Room entertaining, but two viewings is enough for me. Another viewing would be painful.

 

[brookykatt]

rambo, haha its so siwly

 

[el_kabong]

I have many shitty movies that I adore. I'd be hard-pressed to pick a true favorite, but one that comes to the immediate forefront is Megashark vs. Giant Octopus. For sheer levels of mind-bending absurdity, there's nothing greater than this:

 

[SonOfMethuselah]

I legitimately enjoyed Priest. I think it's because growing up, vampires were really the only movie monsters that actually scared me, and then popular culture when and made them fantasies for teens with stuff like Twilight, Vampire Diaries and True Blood (I think). Priest was the first movie I'd seen in a while to portray vampires in a manner that a normal teen-aged girl wouldn't want to wrap her legs around. I actually didn't realize it was considered a 'bad' movie until a few months after it came out. I kind of avoid reviews for movies I really want to see, so my enthusiasm doesn't get ruined. My friend rather rudely burst my bubble about it one day, but I still enjoy it.

But a 'so bad, it's good,' movie? I actually don't really know. Nothing jumps to the top of my mind. I liked Van Helsing. A lot of people tell me that it wasn't that great, either, but I don't really think it's in the realm of 'so bad, it's good.' I'll have to mull this one over a little bit more.

 

[lacktheknack]

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It's not a joke, it's an actual movie. It's GLORIOUS. GLO. RI. OUS.

As for my personal favorite, though, I think I'll have to go with "Vampire's Kiss".

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[SquirePB]

So recently, I watched the movie Birdemic. I though that no movie could be either the enjoyable awfulness of either the Twilight Saga or The Room, but it has. If you haven't seen it, you see it on Youtube. It so horrific, from the acting, editing, camera shots, the effects, and so much.... I absolutely love it for being so bad. Are their any bad movies that you just love for being horrific?

Haha Birdemic was the very first movie that jumped into my head when I saw the title of this!

Other than that I'd say the best bad movie ever is Lake Placid. Not sure which one of the series is the worst cos I still can't get over the fact that someone thought it was a good idea to make more of them. I highly recommend it for a good laugh.

 

[Mikejames]

I still think that Van Helsing was fun despite the heavy CGI and admittedly hammy bits.

 

[babinro]

I love a ton of movies that are critically 'bad'. A few that come to mind:

IT - My favorite of this list.
UHF
Cube
The Good Son
Sphere

- Almost every natural disaster movie. Armageddon, Twister, The Core, Volcano.
To me, these movies are kind of like what Marvel Comic films are to people today. The movie can be cheesy and over the top and sometimes just silly, but it's super entertaining and often re-watchable. Unlike Marvel movies though I don't think there's a natural disaster movie that's legitimately great among the masses.

 

[Jfswift]

The first Mortal Kombat movie. It is so awful but amusing to watch at the same time.

 

[Master_of_Oldskool]

Alien Apocalypse, starring Bruce Campbell. It's an objectively awful movie with terrible dialogue, but it's got Bruce Campbell as Machete-Wielding Space Jesus.

So, y'know, fair trade.

 

[Dangit2019]

I have many shitty movies that I adore. I'd be hard-pressed to pick a true favorite, but one that comes to the immediate forefront is Megashark vs. Giant Octopus. For sheer levels of mind-bending absurdity, there's nothing greater than this:

Damn! Foiled again.

Anything made by the Asylum is riffing fodder in the highest manner.

 

[SeeIn2D]

MEGA SHARK VS. GIANT OCTOPUS! MEGA SHARK VS. GIANT OCTOPUS! MEGA SHARK VS. GIANT OCTOPUS!

 

[White Lightning]

Lesbian Vampire Killers is the first one that came to mind, I mean look at the title. How can it not be amazingly bad?

 

[Ieyke]

So recently, I watched the movie Birdemic. I though that no movie could be either the enjoyable awfulness of either the Twilight Saga or The Room, but it has. If you haven't seen it, you can see it on Youtube. It so horrific, from the acting, editing, camera shots, the effects, and so much more.... and I absolutely love it for being so bad. Are their any bad movies that you just love for being horrific?

Damn!
My response was ninja'd in the first seven words of the OP...

 

[userwhoquitthesite]

Ghost Rider 2, currently.

"This is DAMN GOOD WINE!"

*nick cage swigs a shot, discovers the wine is pure vinegar*

 

[crazy_coug99]

Deep Blue Sea. Need I say more?

 

[Yabu]

Ski patrol, so bad, so funny.


Also, as a second choice, Primer, this movie won a bunch of awards, is really obscure, but one of the best nerdy, time traveler movies of all time. It is so good, but was made on a very cheap budget.

 

[ZPowers]

^Marry me, please.

Rocky Horror is the only movie that's near the top of both my ' best bad/over the top movies' and 'favorite/best movies' list.

In addition to that, I'd have to add Pink Flamingo and Reanimator.

I don't think these count. Bad movies do not equal over-the-top or schlocky or odd movies, unless those movies didn't MEAN to be those things. The Room is clearly trying to be a legitimate drama, Troll 2 and the Happening are trying to be really scary movies, Road House wants to be some badass action film and all just come off as stupid and silly and incredibly inept.

I think all three of the movies you listed knew very exactly what they wanted to do: you list them as "favorite bad movies" because you had a lot of crazy fun with them, but those movies were all very consciously aiming for that kind of crazy fun and succeeded at achieving it. If a movie is aiming to do a certain thing, it does it, and you as an audience member enjoy watching it for the reasons you were meant to, then that's clearly the sign of a good movie.