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{{trope}}
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{{quote|''"There is hardly a thing I can say in its favor, except that I was cheered by nearly every minute of it. I cannot argue for the script, the direction, the acting or even the mummy, but I can say that I was not bored and sometimes I was unreasonably pleased. There is a little immaturity stuck away in the crannies of even the most judicious of us, and we should treasure it."''|'''[[Roger Ebert]]''', in [http://
There are a lot of really bad movies out there. Some of them are watchable in their own twisted way. In fact, there are studios who make [[B-Movie|movies like this]] almost exclusively. Many of these have been saved through [[Ham and Cheese]].
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Of course this is a very subjective trope, but let's try not to argue, [[Canada, Eh?|eh?]]
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== In-Universe Examples ==
* [[In-Universe]], the ''Springtime For Hitler'' play from ''[[The Producers]]'', ([[Springtime for Hitler|a Trope Namer]]).
** Specifically, it was intended to be just offensive, but the portrayal of Hitler (either by a hippie or the [[Camp Gay]] director) made it [[Crosses the Line Twice|So Offensive It's Hilarious]].
* The whole concept is parodied in the French movie ''La Cité de la Peur'' (The City of Fear): the horror movie ''Red is Dead'' is a textbook example of [[So Bad It's Good]] and critics hate it with a passion. Then someone dressed up as ''Red'' <nowiki>'</nowiki>s serial killer starts hacking projectionists to bits with a hammer and a sickle, and it's instant glory. The star and publicist of the movie get to walk on the red carpet at the Cannes Film Festival.
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* The [[Friday the 13th (film)|''Friday the 13th'']] series eventually settles, and arguably, revels in this.
* Nearly everything on the [[Syfy]] channel is this trope. And what a great channel it is, if you ''love'' that stuff.
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** In the same vein: a certain Spanish video, with the line, "This is my brother, Antonio. [[Shaped Like Itself|We call him 'Antonio'.]]"
* A couple of the [[James Bond (film)|James Bond]] films fall under this:
** ''[[You Only Live Twice]]'' (1967). Blofeld's plot is to capture space pods in the middle of their missions (and this is shown with [[Special Effect Failure|rather stupid-looking special effects]]). Bond is given a short training period to learn the ways of the [[Ninja]] before getting one of the dumbest looking disguises as a Japanese man (which didn't change that he still towers over everybody else). Even the villains weren't fooled. The film ends with a [[Battle Royale With Cheese]] in the famous hollowed out volcano lair, with dozens of ninjas fighting with traditional swords and shuriken against the assault rifle armed [[Mook
** ''[[Diamonds Are Forever]]'' (1971) has [[Ho Yay|gay assassins]], James Bond in a moon buggy with flailing arms, Blofeld dressed as a woman, and missiles exploding due to [[Kill Sat|laser satellite]] with really [[Special Effect Failure|cheap and dated effects]].
** ''[[Live and Let Die (film)|Live and Let Die]]'' (1973). The sheer hilarity of watching Roger Moore as [[James Bond]] trying to infiltrate a soul food shack in ''1970's Harlem'' has to be experienced. Yaphet Kotto turning into a Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade float and then exploding, the weird sub-plot/theme involving voodoo and ''the'' Baron Samedi and the ridiculous alligator pit escape. Paradoxically, it has what may arguably be the best Bond Theme of all the films (by [[Paul McCartney]]) and a fantastic boat chase scene.
** ''[[Moonraker]]'' (1979). The movie where Roger Moore drives a gondola through Venice (complete with double-taking bird) and goes to space. Paradoxically however, it also has some of [[John Barry]]'s best work, impressive visuals (even the space scenes) and the film itself being fun camp.
** ''[[Octopussy]]'' (1983). [https://web.archive.org/web/20131223183008/http://www.popcrunch.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/07/Bond.jpg Nothing else needs to be added, really.] It doesn't cross into any worse category due to the surprisingly solid plotline under all the cheese.
** ''[[A View to a Kill]]'' (1985). [[Duran Duran]]'s hit opening and [[Christopher Walken]]'s hammy performance as the [[Big Bad]] by and large make up for what's otherwise a schlock-laden production.
* The films of Godfrey Ho, or any of his aliases, particularly his later masterworks ''Honor & Glory'' and ''Undefeatable'', both starring Cynthia Rothrock. [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uxkr4wS7XqY The latter film] has [[Memetic Mutation|become something of a sensation]] of late.
** Godfrey Ho and his collaborators churned out so many Ninja films in the '80s and early '90s [[Godfrey Ho Ninja Movies|that there's even a trope named after them]]. While nigh all of them are notorious for their shoddy editing, cheap production values and at times sleazy undertones, they're by and large [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v3brV42_SFg a sight to behold]. Among the more infamous ones is ''Ninja Terminator'', which featured knockoff robot messengers and a Garfield phone.
* John Candy starred in ''quite a few'' movies with this trope during the '90s. Notable examples include ''[[Nothing but Trouble]]'' and ''Once Upon A Crime''.
* Anything by [[John Waters]].
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* The ''[[Carry On]]'' franchise (31 films, 1958 - 1992), as described by film critic Penelope Gilliatt:
{{quote|The usual charge to make against the ''Carry On'' films is to say that they could be so much better done. This is true enough. They look dreadful, they seem to be edited with a bacon slicer, the effects are perfunctory and the comic rhythm jerks along like a cat on a cold morning. But if all these things were more elegant I don't really think the films would be more enjoyable: the badness is part of the funniness.}}
* ''[[Brady Bunch Spin-Offs|The Brady Bunch Movie]]'' and ''A Very Brady Sequel'' were both deliberate, and successful, attempts at So Bad It's Good.
* One French website is entirely dedicated to "nanars", i.e. hilariously bad films. [http://www.nanarland.com You can take a look.]
* Most things featured in [http://www.smitheeawards.com/ The Smithee Awards] are bad but have some entertainment value in their badness. (Long story short: a bunch of people look for bad B-movies, take bad moments from them and "nominate" them in categories like Inane Dialogue and Most Ludicrous Premise. Just read the damn website.) Some of the things on this page have "won" Smithee Awards.
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== 1930s ==
=== 1936 ===
* ''[[Reefer Madness]]'' (1936) is what you get when you try to do an exploitation film with absolute and total ignorance on its subject matter, then try to reframe it as a [[Moral Guardian|educational anti-drug advice]]. It's both so over the top and so completely wrong it becomes completely hilarious. It's said that it's better enjoyed [[Stoner Flick|if you have a joint on you]]. The [[Special Edition]] [[Feelies|box]] even smell like brownies.
== 1950s ==
===1953===
* ''[[Robot Monster]]'' (1953): in which the costumes of the robots comprised a gorilla suit and a diving helmet. [[Special Effect Failure|And they look exactly like what they're made of.]] It also is an [[Ontological Mystery]] whose creators don't quite get that it's an [[Ontological Mystery]], leading to a killer [[Logic Bomb]] and a jarring use of [[
===1955===
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* ''The Phantom Planet'' (1961). Leonard Maltin called it a "fascinatingly terrible movie." With the [[Did Not Do the Research|stupid science]], the [[Special Effects Failure|bad special effects]], and the absolutely terrible acting, it would be a hoot even without the bots. "Good thing there's so much gravity in space." That the main protagonist looks enough like [[King of the Hill|dang ol' Boomhauer]] to be disturbing is the icing on the cake.
* Danish monster movie ''[[Reptilicus]]'' (1961) boasts bad acting, [[Special Effect Failure|horrible special effects]] (the monster is a giant hand-puppet who attacks with Silly String), and a laughably implausible plot. (A forest in the ''Arctic''?)
===1962===
* ''[[Samson vs. the Vampire Women]]'' (1962) is the American name of a Mexican horror film that's [[Exactly What it Says on the Tin]]. While known for its hokey plot, [[Chewing the Scenery|hammy acting]] and general schlock value, the movie is also remembered for being an entertaining romp, helping introduce luchador [[El Santo]] (the titular "Samson") to English-speaking audiences and for being one of the many films covered on [[Mystery Science Theater 3000]].
===1964===
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===1967===
* ''[[Casino Royale 1967]]'' is an odd example, being a shot at ''deliberate'' [[So Bad It's Good]]... that failed miserably, but thanks to [[Development Hell]] (the film went through [[Too Many Cooks Spoil the Soup|six directing teams]], and it ''shows''), a cast studded with wasted talent ranging from [[Woody Allen]] to [[Orson Welles]], an incomprehensibly muddled "plot," and a finale that ''completely defies description'', it manages to be [[So Bad It's Good]] at ''being'' [[So Bad It's Good]].
* ''[[Catalina Caper]]'' (1967), a movie featuring a 3-minute animated opening credits sequence about a water-breathing Frenchman, his relationship with a mermaid, and a shark's attempts to part them. [[
* ''Rita of the West'' (1967), aka ''Little Rita nel West'' is an Italian [[Spaghetti Western]] musical starring [[Non Actor Vehicle|pop singer Rita Pavone]] as a gunslinging cowgirl on a quest to rid the world of gold. The movie however manages to be utterly nonsensical, cheap (complete with Italian actors pretending to be Indians) and laughably entertaining to watch. What also saves it from obscurity are the [[Ear Worm]] [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xV333n06Bfw songs].
===1969===
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== 1970s ==
===1970===
* ''Beyond The Valley of the Dolls'' (1970). A Hollywood camp-fest about a band of female musicians, taken to the Nth power and waaay beyond. Infamously, [[Roger Ebert]] helped write the script.
{{quote|"This is my happening, and it freaks me out!!"}}
** [[Roger Ebert]] co-writing the script actually gave him some credibility in Hollywood - it showed that he could do at least part of the job that he criticized for a living.
* ''[[Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band]]'' (1970), is known for being campy and embarrassing because it ruined the once promising careers of its four main stars, Peter Frampton and The [[Bee Gees]]. Many [[Beatles]] fans and purists just don't like hearing other people (badly) sing their idols songs.
** The movie had so many teenyboppers thinking Frampton and the Bee Gees created Sgt. Pepper that Capitol Records re-released the Beatles' version with an affixed label "The Original Classic." The movie [[Yellow Submarine]] also made new rounds in syndication (with its on-screen credit "Starring Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band").
===1972===
* A little-known gem from 1972 called "Blood Freak" is quite possibly the world's only anti-drug mutant-monster horror film with a Christian message. (I'll let you go back and read that again.) It's the saga of a Vietnam Vet who gets introduced to pot by a barely-legal cutie, gets instantly hooked, then starts a job at a local turkey farm where he is asked to eat some experimental turkey meat one day (for quality-control purposes). The hormones in the turkey meat react with the drugs in his system to turn him into a turkey-headed monster who goes on a three-block rampage, killing other addicts and drinking their blood (because, see, that's the only way he can get high now) -- but then at the end he is saved by Faith In Jesus. The production values themselves also make it look like the budget consisted of about twelve cents and a handful of pocket lint.
* ''[[Night of the Lepus]]'' (1972), a film whose plot centers around Arizona being under attack by [[Killer Rabbit|Giant Killer Bunny Rabbits]]. Yes, this is a real movie. Starring real actors, like [[Psycho|Janet Leigh]] and Stuart Whitman (and [[Star Trek: The Original Series|De Forest Kelley]]), and made by real major studio [[MGM]]. It's all made even more surreal by the fact that the '''Giant Killer Bunny Rabbits''' are depicted by either (1) cute domesticated bunnies filmed in extreme close-up running around on scale-model sets, (2) hilariously awful-looking gore-smeared puppets, or (3) guys in tacky-looking bunny suits (for the attack scenes, naturally). In the end, it has to be seen to be believed.
===1973===
* ''[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q6h8WntefD0 3 dev adam]'' (3 Mighty Men) (1973). A Turkish superhero ripoff in the vein of [[Turkish Star Wars]], it stars an inexplicably Turkish Captain America and a Turk- err, Mexican masked wrestler teaming up against a potbellied [[Complete Monster]] version of [[Spider-Man]] with [[Big Ol' Eyebrows]]. It must be seen to be believed.
===1974===
* ''[[The Nine Lives of Fritz the Cat]]'' (1974). Filled with [[Deranged Animation]], [[Hitler]] as a dog, and such genius dialogue as "Jesus Christ, Lucifer's a faggot!", it must be seen to be believed. Also [[Fritz the Cat (animation)|the first one]] (1972), with all the animal sex and the black stereotype crows.
* ''[[Zardoz]]'' (1974). It represents the collision of high ideals and low abilities perfectly, and contains the line: "The gun is good - the penis is '''EVIL'''!" Also notable for featuring [[Sean Connery]] in [[Fan Disservice|a red diaper]].
* ''[[The Man with the Golden Gun]]'' (1974). It's often considered at the very least one of the worse [[James Bond]] films, thanks in part to its enormous amounts of [[Narm]], campiness and ruining one an impressive car stunt with a ''cartoon whistle''. The film manages to overcome some of those flaws in part thanks to [[Christopher Lee]]'s performance, the campiness being entertaining and the catchy opening song.
* ''Karateci Kiz'' (1974), also known as ''Karete Girl'' is a Turkish action film that's considered one of the more peculiar if bizarre entries in the vigilante and rape-revenge subgenres popular during the period. While hilariously over-the-top at points and increasingly insane in execution, the movie is more known these days for [[Memetic Mutation|being the source]] of [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nAdniWncWu4 one of the worst death scenes ever filmed].
===1975===
* Peter Bogdanovich's much reviled musical ''[[At Long Last Love]]'' (1975), realized without lip sync in an attempt to recreate the atmosphere of classic musicals like ''Top Hat''. It was an enormous box-office bomb and gained scathing reviews, yet some have re-evaluated it, at least as an example of this trope. It can be really funny to watch (marvel at the "vocal" stylings of Burt Reynolds and Cybill Shepherd!).
* ''[[The Rocky Horror Picture Show]]'' (1975) is a textbook deliberate case of this. The plot (such as it is) is very like ''[[Manos: The Hands of Fate|Manos the Hands of Fate]]'' (probably unintentional, given ''"Manos"'''s cliched plot and utter obscurity until ''[[Mystery Science Theater 3000]]'' found it) with vast galloping amounts of homoerotica thrown in. The characters were, for the most part, based on those of the Bulgakov novel ''[[The Master and Margarita]]'' - itself a modern masterpiece, partly because all of its failed drama is [[Logic Bomb|deliberate.]]
** Richard O'Brien intentionally made it this way, as a tribute to the campy sci-fi films of the 50s & 60s (as evidenced by the opening number ''Science Fiction, Double Feature'')
===1976===
* In the late seventies, John Candy starred in a drama-horror flick titled ''The Clown Murders'' (1976). The funny thing being that the villain in ''The Clown Murders'' is a guy in a clown mask and only appears ''a few minutes'' later on in the movie.
* ''[https://web.archive.org/web/20131101055212/http://www.agonybooth.com/recaps/Overlords_of_the_UFO_1976.aspx Overlords of the UFO]'' (1976) is a rare [[So Bad It's Good]] ''documentary'', though we do use that term [[Documentary of Lies|lightly]].
===1977===
* [[Death Bed: The Bed That Eats]] (1977). That's right. ''A bed. That'' '''eats.''' And it's not even the weirdest thing about the movie! It must be seen to be believed.
* The animated version of ''[[The Hobbit (animation)|The Hobbit]]'' (1977). [https://web.archive.org/web/20140530231602/http://www.lordotrings.com/images/movies/hobbitbig.jpg Here's Bilbo.] [http://www.cedmagic.com/featured/tolkien/h-1-2441-gollum.jpg And this is Gollum.] Now imagine sitting through 90 minutes of that, including songs.
** Hippie folks songs, at that. Even children watching this movie would have to ask "[[What Do You Mean It Wasn't Made on Drugs?]]"
===1978===
* ''[[Attack of the Killer Tomatoes]]'' (1978) is a ludicrously goofy film that seems to be deliberately aiming for this effect (complete with [[Lampshade Hanging]] of its own absurdity).
* ''[[KISS]] Meets the Phantom of the Park'' (1978). [[Exactly What It Says on the Tin|You need know nothing more than the title.]]
* ''[[Starcrash]]'' (1978) is an Italian [[Star Wars]] [[The Mockbuster|rip-off]] that is just mind numbingly horrible in every single way: acting, continuity, props, special effects, plot, it even has the robot sidekick. It truly is so bad it's good. Or at least endlessly funny. An early appearance of [[David Hasselhoff]]. And Marjoe Gortner with a lightsaber.
* ''[[The Swarm]]'' (1978), an [[Attack of the Killer Whatever]] movie which represents the stupidest of [[Irwin Allen]]'s disaster movies. A cast full of reputable names had their talents wasted on a silly script, one of these names being [[Michael Caine]], who [[No Indoor Voice|shouts his way through the movie]]. The killer bees are made of [[Special Effect Failure]]. [[Every Car Is a Pinto|Helicopters and train cars explode dramatically upon crashing]] (the latter turn into obvious models first).
{{quote|"I never thought it would be the bees. They were always our friends!"}}
===1979===
* The ''[[Captain America]]'' [[TV Movie]] duology, both starring [[Reb Brown]] as the titular First Avenger, are notorious for their [[Narm]] and failed attempts at modernizing the character, be it the hokey acting, ugly costume design or the [[Special Effect Failure|totally-not-fake bike scene]]. At the same time however, the cheesy action and entertaining delivery (as well as having [[Christopher Lee]] be the [[Big Bad]] in the sequel ''Death Too Soon'') manage to save the movies from sliding into being [[So Bad It's Horrible]]. Brown later on even admitted [http://moviepilot.com/posts/1399553 to liking the movies]{{Dead link}} as much as he considered ''[[Captain America: The First Avenger]]'' the superior adaptation.
* ''Goldengirl'' (1979), a sports drama starring Susan Anton and James Coburn about a talented and specially-bred runner's trials to win the then-upcoming Olympic Games in Moscow.<ref>[[Hilarious in Hindsight|Ironically]], the Americans never participated in the real 1980 Olympics [[The Great Politics Mess-Up|due to boycotting the Soviet Union]] at the time.</ref> The film was generally panned at its release for its melodramatic tone, bizarre plot points and [[Narm]]. What saves it however is how said melodrama [[Narm Charm|works to its favor]] and adds to the generally entertaining performances. While it's been largely forgotten over the years, [[Keep Circulating the Tapes|having never received much in the way of home releases]], [[The Cinema Snob]] [http://www.thecinemasnob.com/the-cinema-snob/goldengirl brought it back into the limelight].
== 1980s ==
===1980===
* ''[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0BY9cvgrP1c The Apple]'' (1980): A disco musical about [[Zeerust|the futuristic world of 1994]] that's also an allegory for [[The Bible|the Book of Revelation]]. Really, every single element of this movie will make you say "WTF?".
* ''[http://twitpic.com/3ux7t Galaxina]'' (1980) arguably does this on purpose...when you make ''AVERY FRIKKIN' SCHREIBER'' a starship captain, you've already decided you aren't making the next ''[[Star Wars]]''.
* ''[[Flash Gordon (film)|Flash Gordon]]'' (1980). [http://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/1007517-flash_gordon/ The ratings prove it!]
* ''[[Hawk the Slayer]]'' (1980). "Classic" [[Fantasy]] "epic".
* Bruno Mattei's ''Hell of the Living Dead'' (1980). Have you ever imagined something more ridiculous than a soldier deciding while there are zombies all over the place to put on a tutu and a bowler hat before singing "[[Shout-Out|I'm singing in the rain]]"? Have you ever imagined somebody actually thinking "Yeah, no problem, let's put this in our movie!"?
* ''[[Xanadu]]'' (1980): Olivia Newton-John is a muse who comes to visit a struggling artist (played by Michael Beck, whose career - by his own admittance - died a horrible death upon the film's release), and the two of them decide to make something timeless... a roller disco rink! Add the [[Non Sequitur Scene|random-ass animated sequence]] and some really awesome music, and you have one of the funniest movies ever made. There's a reason it's become a cult classic.
** And a [[One-Scene Wonder]] from [[Gene Kelly]], showing that despite being in his eighties, he is still one of the best dancers in Hollywood.
===1981===
* ''Heartbeeps'' (1981), a somewhat obscure 1981 movie about two robots - played by [[Andy Kaufman]] and Bernadette Peters - who fall in love and build a child (whose beeps and boops were provided by Jerry Garcia). And it's scored by ''John Williams.'' Watchable only for the gorgeous costumes, Stan Winston's Oscar-nominated makeup work, and the excellent soundtrack.
** In its defense, some scenes are quite [[Tear Jerker|touching]]...
* ''[[Heavy Metal (animation)|Heavy Metal]]'' (1981) is like a parody of those drawings that most of us guys used to draw in 5th grade of guns, dismemberment, and boobs. None of the characters act like human beings. The women are invariably naked or half-naked. The animation is all over the place. It has quite the cult following and [[Black Sabbath|one]] [[Blue Öyster Cult|sweet]] [[Cheap Trick|soundtrack]].
* ''[[Dragonslayer]]'' (1981) was groundbreaking in its day. That doesn't stop it from being absolutely friggin' ''hilarious''.
** The part where the evil knight gives a (completely logical) rant about how stupidly credulous everyone's being about the wizard? And the wizard asks him to stab him if he truly thinks he's powerless? And when he does, the wizard keels over and dies? Priceless.
===1982===
* ''[[The Beastmaster]]'' (1982).
* One can only assume that ''[[Mystery Science Theater 3000]]'' never attempted to riff on ''Dünyayi kurtaran adam'' (''[[The Man Who Saves the World]]'', a.k.a. ''Turkish Star Wars'') (1982) because no running commentary could possibly make this movie any funnier.
** There are no words that can adequately describe the horror of this film; after you recover from the numbing shock of it all you can do is laugh endlessly.
* ''[[Grease 2]]'' (1982) makes the first one look like ''[[Les Miserables]]'' by comparison. Among the changes: an inferior script, much less angst (and most of what is there qualifies as Wangst), far less actual sex, much more singing about sex. It's a good time!
* ''Liquid Sky'', a 1982 midnight movie involving aliens who feed on endorphins released from heroin and sex. It stars Margret, a cocaine-addicted fashion model who "kills with her cunt". The clothing and soundtrack is based off the trashiest parts of the early 80s, complete with glow in the dark makeup.
* A certain Asian grindhouse gem of a movie called ''Ninja Wars'' (1982) is a fantastic example of this trope. The plot involves a prophecy: "He who wins the heart of Lady Ukyodaio [sic] will hold the world in his hands" and an evil Japanese warlord concocting an aphrodisiac using the famous '''SPIDER''' teakettle to further his aims. The movie then veers off wildly and confusingly every which way, including several fight scenes involving the Five Devil Monks, one of whom vomits acid to attack, a plan to put Ukyodaio's severed head on the hero's girlfriend's body to fulfill the prophesy, and more hilariously bad dubbing than you can shake a stick at. The movie ends {{spoiler|With a [[Crucified Hero Shot]] in a rather confusing case of [[Faux Symbolism]].}} The dubbing is universally terrible.
* ''[[The Slumber Party Massacre]],'' (1982) a hilariously cheesy slasher flick. It contains [[Panty Shot|panty shots]], nudity, gore, and more fake-outs than you can shake a stick at. Oh, and it was originally written by a feminist as a spoof of slasher flicks - but the directors filmed it straight. The result is unbelievably goofy.
===1983===
* Lou Ferrigno as ''[[Hercules (film)|Hercules]]'' (1983). Apollo's chariot which was a sloppily constructed chariot wrapped in aluminum foil, Zeus's thunderbolts which were hand-drawn overlays with a cheesy sound effect, scenes where a tin crown falls to the floor and dents itself because it is too flimsy to bounce while a portentous voice-over intones ''"And the kingdom fell"'', all form the perfect background to the "acting" of Lou Ferrigno. The only time he was even the slightest bit believable was in one scene where Cassiopeia (played by the stunning [[Heroes Want Redheads|Ingrid Anderson]]) drops her face veil and Lou stands there dumbfounded at her beauty. Truly So Bad Its Good.
* ''Fantasy Mission Force'' (1983) is a completely incoherent mess that tries to be a war movie about a band of mercenaries trying to rescue Allied generals (including [[Abraham Lincoln]]) from the Axis, who took them to Canada. Just watch the [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7BfMgEa40tY restaurant scene]. [[Jackie Chan]] himself gets about fifteen minutes of screen time as a minor character, who apparently wins at the end after all the main characters die. The movie includes such gems as sudden and inexplicable barbarian raiders, the Great American General Abraham Lincoln, and the deep and startling realization that a Chinese actor will never ever make a convincing Scotsman, even if you do dress him in a kilt. Watching the dubbed version just makes it all better.
* ''[[Krull]]'' (1983). A critical and financial disaster that probably contains some of the best British actors available at the time. James Horner's film score is also highly regarded.
* ''[[Pod People]]'' (1983). If all of humanity could love as [[Messianic Archetype|Trumpy]] does, then there would be world peace. And many many potatoes.
* The German movie ''Die unglaublichen Abenteuer des Guru Jakob'' (''The Incredible Adventures of Jakob the Guru'') (1983). Starring German ex-child star Tommi Ohrner as the [[High School Hustler]] (wannabe) [[The Danza|Tommi]] and Israeli Zachi Noy, veteran of the soft-sex comedy film series ''Lemon Popsicle'', as the titular Jakob Feierabend, who spent his time [[Why Do You Keep Changing Jobs?|getting fired from various jobs]] and being rejected by girls, until he is mistaken for an Indian guru, like Baghwan, by the people of an Upper Bavarian village, who are looking for somebody to buy the old castle of the village, and soon unwillingly starts [[Church of Happyology|his own cult]], with Tommi as his manager. Add porn star Sibylle Rauch as [[Ms. Fanservice]] and [[Ethnic Scrappy|a Chinese restaurant owner]] for [[Chop Sockey]] kung fu action and [[Unfortunate Implications]]. It's like a mixture of slapstick, sex comedy, [[wikipedia:Heimatfilm|Bavarian Heimatfilm]], youth movie and "let's pretend we warn people of the danger of strange sects"-film. Oh, and the repeatedly played song "Hey, ho, nochmal Schwein gehabt" (Hey, ho, got lucky again).
* ''[[Yor, the Hunter from the Future]]'' (1983); One of the funniest ''[[Conan the Barbarian]]'' rip-offs of its time, featuring the star of ''[[Space Mutiny]]'', and an incomprehensible yet [[Crazy Awesome]] theme song:
{{quote|Yor's world, he's the man!
Yor's world, he's the man! }}
** [http://ie.youtube.com/watch?v=VvicLz4wLn8 And THE GREATEST THING EVER CAPTURED ON FILM.]
===1984===
* ''[[Conan the Barbarian|Conan The Destroyer]]'' (1984). Another action film of [[The Eighties]]. Featured the classic line "Fine magician ''you'' are! Go back to juggling apples!" and [[Giant Mook|Pat Roach]] in a [[Special Effects Failure|Halloween mask]] lifting Arnie on his shoulders and trying to pull his arms off. Also, Grace Jones in a [[Fur Bikini]].
* ''Body Rock''. A 1984 break dancing movie about a guy named Chilly who finds fame and then forgets his friends, although it takes a few viewings to actually comprehend this. Features terrible dialogue, an ostensibly crackhead mother who doesn't care what her son does with his time, a random black child who inexplicably hangs out with 20 year olds and gives dancing lessons in the street, a gigantic boombox, rhinestones adorning the face of the male protagonist, a pleather trench coat with "Chilly" graffitied on the back, and a really frightening song.
* The movie ''Runaway'' (1984) is a really bad movie set [[Twenty Minutes Into the Future]] involving Tom Selleck, Gene Simmons, [[Michael Crichton]] and acid spitting spider robots. How could you go wrong?
* ''[[Sheena]]'' (1984), where Tanya Roberts stars as a [[Faux Action Girl]] who rides around [[Darkest Africa]] on a horse with zebra stripes painted on, while an implausible plot and [[Special Effect Failure|bad special effects]] happen all around her. Roberts' nude scene compensates for her lack of acting skills.
* ''[[Streets of Fire]]'' (1984). Willem Defoe looking like a vampire is the least of your worries in this film.
* ''[https://web.archive.org/web/20130918014245/http://www.agonybooth.com/recaps/Mr__T_s_Be_Somebody____Or_Be_Somebody_s_Fool_1984.aspx Mister T's Be Somebody...or Be Somebody's Fool]'' (1984). Considering that in many ways T. is either the [[Anthropomorphic Personification]] or the patron saint of [[So Bad It's Good]] You better watch this, [[This Is for Emphasis, Bitch|fool!]]
===1985===
* ''Berry Gordy's [[The Last Dragon]]'' (1985). The Hero is a Bruce Lee fanboy and the main villain claims to be "The Shogun Of Harlem". And then there's [[Ki Attacks|The Glow]]. How can you '''not''' love this movie!?
* ''Ninja Terminator'' (1985). Richard Harrison communicating with the Ninja Empire via a Garfield phone. "I must reform the Ninja Empire!"
* ''[[A View to a Kill]]'' (1985). Roger Moore's last movie as [[James Bond]] is arguably his worst. [[Duran Duran]]'s opening number, [[Christopher Walken]] as the [[Big Bad]] and some of the wackier antics on display however manage to make the film hilariously tolerable.
* ''[[Once Bitten]]''; campy movie about a teenage boy desperate to lose his virginity (cause [[A Man Is Not a Virgin| being a male virgin is regarded as unusual and undesirable]] in these films) meets a lady vampire who [[Virgin Sacrifice| needs virgin blood to stay young]]. Campy, cheesy, but yet, oddly entertaining.
===1986===
* ''[[Cobra]]'' (1986). It's a [[Cliché Storm]] starring [[Sylvester Stallone]] using every single trope from [[Dirty Harry]] and the renegade cop films it inspired. [[Cowboy Cop]] main character with an endless stream of one liners. Ethnic sidekick who gets injured in the line of duty? Check. [[Da Chief|Overbearing chief]] who insists upon doing things by the book? Check. Antagonizing fellow cop who has the audacity to stand up for the criminals rights? Check. Love interest caught up in the case but otherwise useless? Check. [[Ax Crazy]] serial killer villian? Check. Car chases, gun fights, explosions, and a final fight in a steam factory with [[No OSHA Compliance]]? Very check. [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G5fUOxPyt5U Just watch the opening action sequence.]
===1987===
* The Italian masterpiece: "La croce dalle sette pietre" (The Seven Stones Cross) (1987), commonly known as: "L'uomo lupo contro la Camorra", which means "The [[Werewolf]] versus the Mafia" (Camorra is a specific, localized kind of Mafia). [[Exactly What It Says on the Tin|Yeah, that's right]]. It was (poorly) funded by exploiting a loophole in the Government policies, which financially encouraged those creative works highlighting the Mafia problem. The same guy was director, writer and protagonist actor, so you know ''exactly'' who to blame for [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B611ROsP7Vc this sequence] and [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lPBMENu_fQI&feature=related this one] (the language is for the most part irrelevant).
** The movie got a small but devoted group of amused fans, which caused the author to be regularly invited to a lot of trash movies conventions in Italy. His own "fans" then proceed to systematically and ''brutally'' mock his movie. Poor bastard.
* ''[[Deadly Prey]]'' (1987). A Vietnam vet gets kidnapped by garbage men stripped down to his pants and has to survive being hunted by mercenaries. Rambo meets Running man minus any sort of budget.
** Mike Danton cuts a man's arm of and beats him around the head with his own severed limb and then finishes by scalping him.
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** The first ''Deathstalker'' (1983) belongs here too. Where else can you get a movie with an immortal guy being killed, a random fight scene in a brothel where everyone pauses to let Deathstalker and the immortal guy chat before going right back to fighting, and the witch who Deathstalker tells not to speak in riddles, although everything she says is perfectly understandable?
** ''Deathstalker 4'' (1991), also known as ''Troll 3''. What kind of idiot tries to capitalize on ''[[Troll 2]]''?
* ''Ghost Fever'' (1987), starring Sherman Hemsley, is absolutely worth the search.
* ''Rock 'n' Roll Nightmare'', also known as ''The Edge of Hell.'' It's a 1987 Canadian horror film that was filmed in seven days and went straight to video. Features Jon Mikl Thor as Triton, lead singer for a metal band, who fights Satan himself. Clad a cape, studded codpiece and tons of makeup and hairspray. Includes Muppet demons, cycloptic starfish creatures and the line:
** [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LmxtDl-u1aQ " Ah, you've killed no one bub- or is it less familiar to call you BEELZEBUB!"]
* ''[[Silent Night, Deadly Night]] Part 2'' (1987) was made up from scenes from the original ''Silent Night Deadly Night'' and some of the [[Chewing the Scenery|most hilarious overacting]] of all time. [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i7gIpuIVE3k&NR=1 The "Garbage Day" scene] [[Memetic Mutation|became an Internet meme.]]
* ''[[Superman IV]]'' (1987). ''Terrible'' if you watch it with the mindset that it's a serious movie; ''hilarious'' if you watch it with the mindset that it's endearingly and unbelievably bad. See: Christopher Reeve's delivery of the line "''Stop'', don't ''do'' it, the ''people''!". [[Special Effect Failure|Incredibly obvious wires]]. Jon Cryer calling Superman "The Dude of Steel!". [[New Powers as the Plot Demands|Superman's Rebuilding-the-Great-Wall-of-China-vision]]...
** And all that without even ''mentioning'' the whole [[Batman Can Breathe in Space|everybody-breathing-in-space]] thing...honestly. Space has an atmosphere, in this movie. You really haven't lived until you've seen Supes posing heroically against the star-spangled void, cape flapping madly.
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* ''[[Surf Nazis Must Die]]'' (1987) has scary scary gangs consisting of about three twelve year olds, stock surfing film for padding, camp Nazis ... and it's terribly entertaining.
===1988===
* ''Collision Course'' (1988). A buddy cop comedy that has [[Jay Leno]] teaming up with Pat "[[The Karate Kid|Mr Miyagi]]" Morita to restore a stolen car.
* ''Dead Heat'' (1988) is the best [[Overly Narrow Superlative|80s zombie buddy cop action horror comedy]] you will ever see. A cop investigating jewelry store heists (performed by zombies) is killed and brought back from the dead and has 12 hours before he melts into goo. His partner is Joe Piscopo, whose entire existence is dedicated to terrible one-liners. [[They Fight Crime]]. It also includes bad acting, obvious continuity errors, a plot that makes little sense and reanimated Chinese food.
* ''[[Killer Klowns From Outer Space]]'' (1988).
** One hilarious quote from the movie: A tough biker has just crushed a Klown's tricycle. The Klown retaliates by putting on a pair of boxing gloves. "What are you gonna do, knock my block off?" And yes, the Klown does just that.
* ''[[Mac and Me]]'' (1988) is a [[Follow the Leader|blatant ripoff]] of ''[[E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial|ET the Extraterrestrial]]'' which takes shamelessness to hitherto unexplored depths. If you thought Elliot feeding E.T. Reese's Pieces was unwarranted [[Product Placement]]...hoo boy. The aliens here ''require Coke to live''! There's a [[Non Sequitur Scene]] scene of Mac and his human companions at [[McDonald's]]...with ''Ronald McDonald himself'' appearing! For more [[Head Desk|head slamming]] without risk of (further) brain damage, read the [[Something Awful]] review of this POS available on the link.
** Ron would later go on to win the Worst Newcomer [[Golden Raspberry Awards|Razzie]] for 1988 (as "[[The Danza|Himself]]").
* ''[[Space Mutiny]]'' (1988). Special effects lifted wholesale from [[Battlestar Galactica (1978 TV series)|the original ''Battlestar Galactica'']], and a host of goofy nicknames for protagonist David Ryder [[Mystery Science Theater 3000|("We put our faith in Blast Hardcheese!")]]
===1989===
* ''[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JdEoyNi5I9w Laser Mission]'' (1989)
* The 1989 film ''Listen To Me''. Other than [[Denzel Washington]]'s ''The Great Debaters'', it's the ''only'' mainstream American film (eg not documentary etc.) about debating, and it is so bad it's absolutely hilarious, especially if you're a debater. It's a cult classic in university debating circles, many debating societies holding regular screenings of it.
* ''[[Road House]]'' (1989) has been described as "[[Overly Narrow Superlative|The best movie ever made in which a philosophical bouncer finds love and confronts his demons while working at a rowdy honkytonk outside Kansas City.]]" That should tell you everything you need to know about it. ''[[Road House]]'' was one of a number of movies recommended by a self-help book called ''The Psychopath's Bible.''
* The Lou Ferrigno version of ''Sinbad Of The Seven Seas'' (1989). How else would you describe a movie where [[The Incredible Hulk]] escapes prison by escaping on a chain of snakes?
** John Steiner's performance in this film. Why? One exclamation: "HA!" Also..."For the last time: I command you, in the name of all that is evil...Budge! BUDGE!"
* ''[[Star Trek V: The Final Frontier]]'' (1989) is only awful if you're a ''[[Star Trek]]'' fan, but it does have its moments.
* ''[[The Wizard (film)]]'' (1989). A film about an autistic kid who wants nothing more than to play video games. 90 minutes of [[Product Placement]] for [[Nintendo]]'s finest (''[[Ninja Gaiden]]'', ''[[Double Dragon]]'', and ''[[Super Mario Bros 3]]'', which hadn't even come out in America at the time yet) and, uh...not-so-finest ("I love the Power Glove, it's so bad.")
** This classic bit of dialogue:
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** It's an awesome film, just because it features Fred Savage from ''[[The Wonder Years]]'' and Jenny Lewis (of the band [[Rilo Kiley]]). You can't ''not'' love it at least a little.
*** There was a radio interview with Rilo Kiley where the host brought up ''The Wizard''. Jenny Lewis's reaction was the kind of, "Oh" you make when you've just been caught farting. The rest of the interview went downhill from there.
== 1990s ==
===1990===
* Back in the 90s [[Archie Comics]] made a [[Made for TV]] movie based on the cartoon named ''Archie: To Riverdale and Back Again'' (1990). One of the scenes [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XBojt6fDVvw features a middle aged Jughead attempting to dance to hiphop]. It's as awkward as you'd expect.
* The Pakistani movie ''International Guerrillas'' (1990). It shows the story of three Pakistani guys who, after seeing how one of their relatives is killed by the police during the demonstrations against Salman Rushdie's ''Satanic Verses'', decided to go and [[Comically Missing the Point|murder the famous writer]]. The movie becomes a cat and mouse game, with the guerrillas being always a few seconds too late, allowing Rushdie to run away while they are stuck fighting his armies of thugs. With some (hilariously bad) [[Bollywood]] dance segments in between. And a bunch of cut and paste action sequences (more like copy and paste, since all the sequences play at least three times before moving on to the following one). Finally, Rushdie catches the protagonists, but suddenly a literal [[Deus Ex Machina]] ([[What Do You Mean It Wasn't Made on Drugs?|a flying Ku'ran, symbolizing Allah]]) appears to save the 'heroes' and kill Rushdie with some [[Dramatic Thunder]]. All in glorious VHS quality. It has to be seen to be believed.
** Watch the final scene [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-eoNLlHzPhI&feature=related here]. Words, there are none.
* ''Rockula'' (1990). A vampire is cursed to experience the death of his true love (by ham bone) every 20 or so years. His mom is a nymphomaniac cougar. He courts his true love by becoming a rock star vampire. So wrong, and yet so right.
** [[Serious Business|Good lord, man!]] It's a ham bone wielded by a [[Pirate]] with a rhinestone pegleg! It's all an [[Excuse Plot]] to string together a bunch of music videos amid the [[Cliché Storm]], with a large dose of [[Our Vampires Are Different]] for spice.
*** The vampire in question also has a [[Vitriolic Best Buds]] relationship with his independent reflection (who may or may not be the ghost of Elvis). His mother is played by Toni Basil (of ''Hey Mickey'' fame), the girlfriend's manager is played by Thomas Dolby (yes, ''that'' one) who sells new-age coffins in his day job (and his advertisements are pure comedy genius) and it includes the unforgettable sight of Bo Diddley in skintight neon-yellow spandex.
* "Time Barbarians" (1990). What a terrible gem. At one point, {{spoiler|the main character pimp slaps the villain with the villain's dismembered hand. Yeah.}}
* ''[[Troll 2]]'' (1990) is considered a cinematic masterpiece by some, due to how hilariously bad it is. It features vegetarian monsters that turn people into lumpy green Jello (a plant-based version, apparently) so they can eat them. The monsters appear to be dwarves running around in cheap Halloween masks (actually designed, along with the costumes, by '70s erotica actress Laura Gemser). There is a sex scene that has to be seen to be believed (and then may require multiple viewings). The line, "You can't piss on hospitality! I won't allow it!" is included and is meant literally. Also, there are no trolls in the movie. Not a single one.
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* ''Xtro II: The Second Encounter'' is a low-budget 1990 Canadian film that shamelessly rips off ''[[Alien]]''. Poor special effects, [[Large Ham|over-the-top]] acting, and a melodramatic score somehow combine to make [[Narm Charm]] rather than straight-up [[Narm]]. Extra amusing for anyone who's ever watched ''[[The X-Files]]'', as among the cast is a very young Nicholas Lea, who would go on to play recurring bad guy [[Chronic Backstabbing Disorder|Alex]] [[The Chew Toy|Krycek]]. The [[Totally Radical]] dialogue and [[Eighties Hair]] just make it even funnier.
===1991===
* ''[[Cool as Ice]]'' (1991), which can best be described as '[[The Room]] with [[Vanilla Ice]]'.
* The Chinese adaptation ''[[Dragon Ball]]: The Magic Begins'' (1991).
* The Hong-Kong-Funded-Japanese-Manga-Adaptation called ''[[Riki-Oh: The Story of Ricky]]'' (''Riki-oh'') (1991) is best described as "''[[The Shawshank Redemption]]'' meets ''[[The Itchy and Scratchy Show]]'', meets ''[[Fist of the North Star]]'', in ''live action.'' And the violence is as ridiculously bloody as you think it is.
* The obscure [[Sharon Stone]] film ''Scissors'' (1991) is full of bad acting and just plain hilarious plot threads like a pair of identical twins whose conflict just comes across as bizarre...but what it pushes it over the top is the ending, {{spoiler|where a pair of minor characters, one of whom had only been seen on the side of a ''bus'' previously, are revealed out of nowhere as the true villains and the hilariously awful twin plotline made all the more inexplicable for being so irrelevant}}.
* The film ''Zombi 7'' (1991) (also known as ''Zombie '90: Extreme Pestilence''), made by The Violent Shitters of [[Violent Shit]] fame has over the top low budget German [[Gorn]] combined with some [[So Unfunny It's Funny]] [[Gag Dub|English dubbing]] that it saves the film from entering Violent Shit's territory. [https://web.archive.org/web/20131023171916/http://thecinemasnob.com/2010/12/08/zombi-7-aka-zombie-90-extreme-pestilence.aspx You can trust The Cinema Snob about this film with his great review here.]
===1992===
* The original ''[[Buffy the Vampire Slayer (film)|Buffy the Vampire Slayer]]'' movie (1992). She's blonde, she's a cheerleader, and she slays vampires. Cheese at its finest.
* ''[[Cool World]]''. Despite the various flaws and abysmal ratings, [[Ralph Bakshi]]'s [[Darker and Edgier]] response to ''[[Who Framed Roger Rabbit?]]'' still manages to be entertaining piece of cinema.
* ''[[Mom and Dad Save The World]]'' (1992). In one word, this film is SILLY...and we wouldn't have it any other way!
===1993===
* ''Deadfall'', a trashy 1993 noir/comedy film that would be terrible if not for [[Nicolas Cage]]'s [[Large Ham|hilarious overacting]]. His delicious [[Ham and Cheese]] performance is considered to be among his best performances not to be taken seriously. See [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bZhciDUvnlY&feature=related here] and [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z1fEnhawu_k&feature=related here] to see just how bad the acting is.
* The 1993 [[Made for TV Movie]] ''The Man from Left Field''. A bunch of poor kids looking for a baseball coach find Burt Reynolds, a Mysterious Figure who has gotten [[Easy Amnesia]] and forgotten everything but his Good Solid Values. Since it's three times as long as your typical [[Very Special Episode]], they compensate by having three Very Special Storylines. One kid is teased by the obligatory rich rival team about his working-class father, cuing an [[Author Filibuster]] from Burt about how Money doesn't matter as much as Values. Another kid is abused at home (his alcoholic father beats him with his fists, which somehow results in the kid getting lash marks on his back) so Burt [[Right Makes Might|kicks the dad's butt]]. The [[Token Minority|token black kid]] loses his grandfather to [[Soap Opera Disease]], which is somehow resolved by Burt saving the kid from drowning (no, you read that right). In the midst of all this, the film achingly struggles to be "cute" and there's also a lame [[Token Romance]] with [[Reba McEntire]] thrown in for good measure, even though the film seems to be aimed at ten-year-old boys (the kids have no girls on their team). Finally, the scene where Burt regains his memories has to be seen to be believed.
* ''[[RoboCop]] 3'' (1993) is quite substandard when compared to its previous entries, but when taken by itself, the film is ''hilarious''. A Japanese competitor of OCP's sends over robot ninjas to stop Robocop, a 9-year old girl uses a computer terminal to hack an [[The Dragon|ED-209]] unit and there's [[Special Effect Failure]] galore. Add to that unintentionally funny moments (including Robo commandeering a pimp's car (complete with reaction shot), a man's suicide is played for comedy, a children's tricycle being used for barricade material, Robocop [[Big Damn Heroes|flying in]] [[Merchandise-Driven|on a jetpack]] and two robots who simultaneously cut each other's heads off) and script howlers ("Come and get me, Mr. Robocop!", "Oh my God, Johnson, our stocks have dropped to nothing!", "You got a ghost cop? A vampire cop?" and Robo's immortal line "Don't count on it, chum!"), along with a score that makes these moments epic, and you've got the perfect storm for SBIG. And Jill Hennessy as eye candy.
* ''[[Super Mario Bros. (film)|Super Mario Bros]]'' (1993). An infamous "adaptation" of the hit [[Super Mario Bros|video game]] for the [[NES]]. It's a punchline of the gaming world and a pioneer of the [[Video Game Movies Suck|awful video-game-to-movie trend.]] It doesn't keep it from having absolutely insane scenes featuring [[Dennis Hopper]], though.
* [[Edgar Wright]], director of ''[[Spaced]]'', ''[[Shaun of the Dead]]'', and ''[[Hot Fuzz]],'' did quite a few little amateur films when he was younger. A notable one is ''Dead Right'' (1993), a cop movie that parodies and homages ''[[Dirty Harry]]'' (the main character is nicknamed "Dirty Barry"), among other movies. The movie itself is schizophrenic, switching between, as Wright describes it, "sub-Zucker Brothers nonsense" with random humor, a cop movie parody, and a splatter film.
** Notable scenes include the killer, wearing a bright orange raincoat, hiding from a woman by simply pressing up against a doorway (she walks straight past him despite his being in plain sight with no camouflage); Detective Barry Stern being assaulted by a cat; a very lengthy, gory (if [[Kensington Gore|food colouring]] counts as gore) fight scene where Barry and an MI5 undercover agent (who looks like "every sound-man" according to Frost) decimate a gang of "box-monsters" (all in the killer's gang; the killer kills people who buy Weetabix, so he's a ''cereal'' killer); and a scene of almighty [[Fourth Wall]] breaking where the murderer kills Edgar Wright himself.
===1994===
* ''[[Double Dragon (film)|Double Dragon]]'' (1994) would be a tremendous case of [[Video Game Movies Suck]], only this one sucks in such an energetic and flamboyant way as to be hilarious and stylish. Despite its backstory being set in a dystopian, post-apocalyptic Los Angeles, the film often subverts the expected gritty aesthetic and goes for some of the most colorful, goofy, and oftentimes disproportionately elaborate visuals ever in an action film, from goofy costumes to nice cameos by actual Double Dragon arcade cabinets. The finale has a hilarious scene that looks essentially like a bunch of dressed-up circus performers engaged in a mass-melee, and the fact that the stars have genuine martial arts talent even extends the ordeal into [[Crazy Awesome]] territory.
** Adding to this, for some reason [[Germans Love David Hasselhoff|the film is still rather popular on Latin American television]], and some viewers claim that being dubbed in Spanish makes it even funnier.
* The Hong Kong movie ''[[Future Cops]]'' (1994). [[What the Hell, Casting Agency?]] with Hong Kong pop singers, every character is a [[Captain Ersatz]] of [[Street Fighter]] characters, silly humors, messed up character alignments like the above movie and a lot of wacky nonsensical scenes just doesn't even begin with this movie that takes itself even less seriously than ''[[Street Fighter (film)|Street Fighter]]'' above. Certainly this movie lives on the further end of 'Bad' of [[So Bad It's Good]] compared to that movie above. However, some still consider it a good movie for some senseless laughs.
* The American remake of ''[[Godzilla (film)|Godzilla]]'' (1994) is laughably bad to the point of hilarity.
* ''[[The Shadow (film)|The Shadow]]'' (1994).
* ''[[Street Fighter (film)|Street Fighter]]'' (1994) is the epitome of this trope. While normally this movie would be another case of [[Video Game Movies Suck]], it casts [[Raul Julia]]—who, dying of cancer, asked his children to choose his final film role—as M. Bison. Raul plays it as a crazy [[Large Ham|over the top]] villain with such memorable lines as "For you, the day Bison graced your village is the most important day of your life. [[But for Me It Was Tuesday|But for me...it was Tuesday]]," and "A Bison dollar. It's worth five British pounds... For that is the exchange rate the Bank of England will set once I kidnap their Queen!" For God's sake, he has a chandelier [[Nothing but Skulls|made out of human bones]] and he wonders why people [[Obviously Evil|think he's a villain]]?
** One of M. Bison's lines was a Screw Attack.com movie quote of the week, done by [[The Angry Video Game Nerd]]: "FOR I BEHELD SATAN '''AS HE FELL FROM HEAVEN''' '''''LIKE LIGHTNING!'''''"
*** There's also just a whiff of [[Stealth Parody]] about the script, especially with regard to Guile's gung-ho motivational speech.
** "QUICK! CHANGE THE CHANNEL!"
* [[Roger Corman]]'s ''[[The Fantastic Four]]'' (1994) is as notorious for its quality as it is for its very existence, as the film is one of the more bizarre cases of [[Executive Meddling]] in action.<ref>The movie, unknown to its cast and crew, [http://entertainment.ie/cinema/news/Heres-why-the-1994-Fantastic-Four-movie-was-never-released-in-cinemas/368720.htm was never intended to be released] and was created largely so that the producers could keep hold over licensing rights.</ref> But even with a low budget and strange circumstances, it more than makes up for it with [[Narm Charm]] and by being surprisingly faithful to the source material, ironically proving itself to be an improvement over ''later'' adaptations that were actually released. While there was an initial attempt to make sure the movie would never see the light of day, [[Keep Circulating the Tapes|it lives on in tape copies and later on, online]].
===1995===
* ''[[Hackers]]'' (1995). A completely clueless look at hacker subculture that still manages to be amusing. Practically defines the [[Everything Is Online]] trope and the Hollywood version of the [[Playful Hacker]]. Little known fact: cracking systems always involves [[Hollywood Hacking|flying through a 3D environment filled with floating incomprehensible algebraic equations and psychedelic backdrops]].
* ''[[Judge Dredd (film)|Judge Dredd]]'' (1995) may not exactly be a faithful adaptation of the comics (especially in contrast to the 2012 film ''[[Dredd]]''), but the [[Large Ham|hammy]] [[Chewing the Scenery|performances]] of Sylvester Stallone and Armand Assante as well as the laughably bad attempts at drama more than make up for it.
* The 1995 film "Mosquito" with Gunnar Hansen is hands down one of the funniest movies ever made. Unfortunately, it's supposed to be a horror movie.
* The obscure kids' movie ''Napoleon'' (1995), which seems to be ''[[Homeward Bound: The Incredible Journey]]''-inspired. Where to start? The [[Random Events Plot]] filled with [[Wacky Wayside Tribe|Wacky Wayside Critters]]? The very loud musical score? The fact that the animals seem to have not so much been trained to act as placed on the sets and filmed doing whatever they feel like until something close enough to what's in the script happens? The fact that it was re-dubbed in America despite being [[Mad Max|made in Australia]]? Here's the kicker: It came free in a box of cereal.
* ''[[Showgirls]]'' (1995).
===1996===
* ''[[Jingle All the Way]]'' (1996), starring [[Arnold Schwarzenegger]]. The "Turbo Man" stuff is particularly hilariously bad, but Ah-nold is a pretty good comedic [[Straight Man]].
* ''[[Kazaam]]'', a 1996 movie about a [[Totally Radical|rapping genie]] that's released by a kid. Some of the scenes are strange and [[Nightmare Fuel|extremely creepy]]. And Shaq's god-awful rapping skills. "Let's [[Green Eggs and Ham]] it" indeed.
* ''[[Space Jam]]'' (1996). Something about [[Michael Jordan]]'s super-mellow attempts at acting whilst surrounded by the biggest hams of [[Looney Tunes]].
** The part where Daffy kisses his own, Warner Bros.-emblazoned arse suggests [[Lampshade Hanging|they knew]] the film was blatant marketing fodder for all the attached [[Merchandise-Driven]]. Cemented by the point later on, where Bugs and Daffy complain that they don't get any royalties.
*** [[Barkley, Shut Up and Jam: Gaiden|It's completely canon.]]
* ''[[Space Marines (film)|Space Marines]]'', a 1996 film with warp effects stolen from ''[[Babylon 5]]'', a grenade blast that launches a mook like a rocket and space pirates with eye patches and AK-47s. Has John Pyper-Ferguson of ''[[Caprica]]'' as an over the top villain looking like a confederate officer with a handlebar mustache, goatee and a habit of recording himself then playing it back. Glorious.
* ''[[Twister]]'' (1996) is a goldmine of misplayed drama to the point of so-bad-it's-goodness. The iconic flying cows, bad dialogue, and the inexplicable slurping sound the tornadoes make when they retract back into the clouds.
===1998===
* 1998's ''[[Wild Things]]''. It was billed as a thriller, but it plays like a spoof. In addition to some truly horribly staged scenes and awful dialogue, it has some exceptional scenery chewing from Denise Richards and [[Kevin Bacon]]. Only [[Bill Murray]] seemed to be aware that the movie was meant to be tongue in cheek. The film's twist ending, though not too difficult to either see coming or figure out once revealed, {{spoiler|was fully explained with supplemental scenes in the end credits that fill in the gaps}}.
** It also has a great story buried under bad writing and mediocre acting. It's like watching a movie of a Carl Hiaasen novel, certainly more than the [[Film of the Book]] of ''Strip Tease''.
===1999===
* ''[[Baseketball]]'' (1999).
* ''[[Deuce Bigalow]]: Male Gigolo'' (1999). C'mon, you know it is. A ridiculously offensive blind person stereotype is able to "see" after having sex with a stereotypical black guy? And then saying "You're black?! I knew it."
* ''[[The Rage: Carrie 2]]'' (1999). A [[Dolled-Up Installment|dolled-up]] sequel to [[Carrie|a horror classic]], made over two decades after said movie came out in order to cash in on the success of ''[[Scream (film)|Scream]]'' and other teen horror films in the late '90s. While it doesn't hold a candle to the original in terms of quality or tension, it makes up for this with buckets of blood ([[Accidental Pun|no pun intended]]) and every late-'90s [[Teen Drama]]/horror cliche in the books.
* The first ''[[The Omega Code]]'' (1999) also qualifies, with Casper Van Dien and Micheal Ironside in addition to Micheal York. Their performances are so fun to watch. Its also rather subtle for being a End Times film (until the end). It's a bad flim, but an enjoyable one.
== 2000s ==
* The DVD compilation ''Sleazy Slashers'' (2000-2001, DVD released in 2004) has four movies, each of which fall into this trope. Maybe not ''Backwoods'', though.
* Noboru Iguchi's films are Japanese exploitation action shlock, with young girls and lots of gore.
** ''[[The Machine Girl]]'' (2008). Gatling Gun Arm attached to a schoolgirl, Ninjas that look like Football players, and 1970s violence despite being a 2008 movie, and a Drill Bra. What makes this so hilarious, is its genre is listed Action/Adventure. A lot of schlocky movies are hard to watch because of [[padding]]. This film replaces padding with [[High-Pressure Blood]].
** ''[[Robo Geisha]]'' (2009) is just so ridiculous, it's hilarious. [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Wo-gGes6qig (Trailer)]
===2000===
* ''[[The Blair Witch Project|Book Of Shadows: Blair Witch 2]]'' (2000) makes no sense, has nothing to do with the original, has unlikable characters and a ton of unanswered questions. However, there's something oddly... charming about it. Many critics claim it might have been a good movie if it had not been intended as a sequel to anything; as in, it was an okay movie, but a bad sequel.
* ''Duets'' (2000) can't make up its mind between being a corny but endearing spoof of karaoke and the people who take it seriously, and being a drama. To paraphrase [[Seanbaby]], it is to karaoke fans what ''Over the Top'' (1987) was to arm wrestling fans: a brutal and lasting reminder of why you shouldn't make movies about those people.
* ''[[Dungeons & Dragons (film)|Dungeons and Dragons]]'' (2000).
* The film ''Killjoy'' (2000) is a prime example of this. A killer clown offers drugs to "gangstas" in an effort to entice them into the back of his magical ice cream truck so he can kill them when they are transported to an abandoned warehouse. The special effects are laughable, the acting is terrible, the plot is ludicrous, and the whole film is so bad it is awesome.
* ''Max Knight: Ultra Spy'' (2000). From unintelligible [[Techno Babble|hacker speak]] to a climax filmed using a ''[[Half Life]] mod'', the movie is completely terrible and completely awesome at the same time.
* ''Ready to Rumble'' (2000), a movie made to capitalize on the [[Professional Wrestling]] phenomenon of the late '90s thanks to the [[World Wrestling Entertainment|WWF]]'s [[Attitude Era]], was produced '''with their competition!''' [[WCW]] used this to try to regain their popularity after [[Memetic Mutation|Mick Foley put their fans' asses in the WWF's seats]], and boy did it bomb! The only redeeming qualities about this movie is the unintentional humor and future WCW Champion David Arquette attempting the Spear.
* The Japanese film ''[[Versus]]'' (2000) is like this as far as its acting, plot, and setting go. The action scenes, however, are spectacular. Another hallmark of it being [[So Bad It's Good]] is that the commentary features the director, the producer, and three of the actors, and they were probably all drunk when they recorded it. Japanese B movies seem to have an incredible ability to take a really silly premise, fill it with gore then play everything without a hint of irony.
===2001===
* ''[[Jesus Christ Vampire Hunter]]'' (2001) qualifies intentionally. It's a movie about how Jesus returns to Earth to fight [[Lesbian Vampire|lesbian vampires]] that are [[Our Vampires Are Different|immune to sunlight]]. With the help of an [[Mask Power|overweight Mexican wrestler]]. And it's got a few musical numbers. Also the only movie in which you'll hear someone say, "We're running low on skin. I suggest we harvest another lesbian!"
* ''[[Pootie Tang]]'' (2001). Perhaps the single greatest concentration of stupid in any one film since the introduction of sound. It's also hilarious.
** Stupid doesn't begin to describe it. There is one scene where the main character's father is killed in the steel mill where he works... by a gorilla. Or should we say, a man in a gorilla costume. No explanation, just a Gorilla runs in and starts killing him. It is described as "the third Gorilla-related death at that Steel mill". Him screaming "Gorilla!" while he's being killed has to be heard to be believed.
* ''Star Ballz'' (2001), a parody of [[Star Wars]] is probably the worst animated porn film ever made, but it is incredibly hilarious. The dubbing is bad, the animation is bad, the dialogue is... astounding but it is absolutely hilarious. Especially since you can make a brain-killing drinking game by naming all the references to popular movies and anime of the time.
* ''[[The Lost Skeleton of Cadavra]]'' (2001) is one of those rare ''intentional'' examples of this trope, an [[Affectionate Parody]] of the worst of the worst B-movies of the '50s and '60s, with nonsensical dialogue, wooden acting, and plenty of [[Special Effect Failure]].
** ''AND IT IS'' '''GLORIOUS!'''
* ''[[Freddy Got Fingered]]'' is a highly intentional example that parodies the [[Refuge in Vulgarity|trashy and stupid nature]] of its fellow 2000s comedies...and [[Understatement|goes ''way'' too far]] in the process.
===2002===
* ''Bloody Mallory'' (2002) is a French "horror" flick about a woman trying to save the pope from [[Our Demons Are Different|demons]]. She does such with a [[Wholesome Crossdresser|transvestite]], a government agent and a [[Psychic Powers|mute telepathic girl]] who has a mind battle with one of the enemies, complete with over the top music and intense staring. Mallory's dead demon husband shows up here and the entire English dub is on par with the ''Godzilla'' dubs.
* ''Crocodile 2: Death Swamp'' (2002) should definitely count. The deaths are ''completely'' predictable for the [[Genre Savvy]]. Also, there were several laugh out loud moments. For instance, {{spoiler|the pilot dying; the lawyer screaming "I have shoes! I'm more afraid of than you!" before being eaten; the Crocodile jumping at least 50 meters out of the water to latch onto a helicopter and drag it down so it explodes; and the finale with the line "LIGHT UP MY LIFE, MOTHERFUCKER".}} No, it doesn't make sense in context either.
* The [[Gag Dub]] movie ''[[Kung Pow]]: Enter The Fist'' (2002) is so profoundly, mind-bogglingly idiotic it's hilarious with the right mindset. [[Love It or Hate It|Others will just hate it.]]
* You want a real Christian preaching [[MST|MST3Kable]] film? Look no further than ''Megiddo: [[The Omega Code]] 2'' (2002). This movie truly has it all: acting and dialogue so awkward and bad you wonder if the writers, actors and the director were somehow [[Wild Child|deprived of human contact]] and think people actually act like that; Udo Kier playing a character that does nothing but follow the [[Big Bad]] around wearing a [[Black Cloak]] and sounding like he had just left the ''[[Command & Conquer]]: Yuri's Revenge'' soundstage; [[R. Lee Ermey]] playing the ''President of the United States'' (sadly {{spoiler|only doing so for 5 minutes before getting offed by the [[Big Bad]]}}); and best of all, Michael "[[Austin Powers|Basil Exposition]]" York playing ''the Antichrist'' as a [[Large Ham]] of truly planetary proportions.
* ''[[The Scorpion King]]'' (2002). Probably the most [[Cliché Storm|cliché-laden movie in history]], but still watchable.
* ''[[Shark Attack 3: Megalodon]]'' (2002) is most notable for featuring [[Special Effects Failure|some of the most stupidly hilarious special effects]] and an infamously cheesy line from a pre-''[[Doctor Who]]'' [[John Barrowman]], among other silly things.
* The [[Syfy]] original film ''Vampires: Los Muertos'' (2002) starring Bon Jovi as a surfer/vampire slayer. He tries to stop a vampire takeover with the help of a naive teenage boy, a half-turned woman, a priest {{spoiler|Or is he?}} and a big black guy with a machine gun. What more do you want?!
===2003===
* ''[[The Core]]'' (2003). As [[Roger Ebert]] puts it: ''"I have such an unreasonable affection for this movie, indeed, that it is only by slapping myself alongside the head and drinking black coffee that I can restrain myself from recommending it."''
* ''Fatal Deviation'' (2003) is without a doubt the most incredibly awesome Irish martial arts movie to ever exist. [http://ie.youtube.com/watch?v=uUHSCNMH4wE See for yourself!].
* ''Netforce'' (2003) features the most horrible technical jargon and computer [[Techno Babble|mumbo-jumbo]] a script writer can come up with while maintaining a high degree of [[Critical Research Failure]] of how computers, the internet and hacking works. And just like a big rig collision on the information superway, it's impossible to look away!
** Not to be confused with the 1999 [[TV Movie]] based on a book series by [[Tom Clancy]].
* ''[[The Room]]'' (2003), which is supposedly "the best worst movie ever made", dubbed by one ''Entertainment Weekly'' reviewer "the Citizen Kane of bad movies." [[The Onion]] explains it [http://www.avclub.com/articles/the-room,25723/ here]. ''[[The Room]]'' supposedly has more than just a bad plot and bad acting - its full of failed drama and has terrible focus and transitions. It not clear if the director did so on purpose.
{{quote|"You're tearing me APART, Lisa!"}}
** [[Tommy Wiseau]], the films creator (director-writer-producer-star ''and'' main advertiser) [[Parody Retcon|claims it was intentional]]; an actor from the film says instead that Wiseau was very sincere. Many find it easier to believe the actor, especially as it was originally advertised as a serious melodrama.
* Depending on who you ask, Colombian animated disaster ''[[Bolívar el héroe]]'' (2003) can be this, as the narmtastic plot, the irregular voice acting (being surprisingly competent for the main character but terrible for everybody else), and the hilariously incompetent and [[Off-Model]] animation makes for the kind of film you watch with your MST-inclined friends with beer and snacks.
===2004===
* The first ''[[Alien vs. Predator (film)|Alien vs. Predator]]'' movie (2004). Alien and Predator going [[World Wrestling Entertainment|World Wrestling Federation]] on one another? ''Priceless''. (It's worth mentioning that the commentary for ''Alien vs. Predator'' is genuinely entertaining, which is more than can be said for the movie.) Even worse (thus better) was the sequel (2007).
* [[Resident Evil: Apocalypse]] (2004) is several orders of magnitude worse than the original film, and all the more enjoyable for it (at least until [[Uncle Tomfoolery|L.J. opens his mouth]]). Sienna Guillory helped.
* ''Torque'' (2004) - a movie for those who thought ''[[The Fast and the Furious]]'' was too highbrow and grounded in reality. Hypnotically stupid. That [[Ice Cube]] is the best actor in the entire movie (by far) is just gravy.
** Crystal meth, bike fights, and motorcycles that move so fast, they can ignite gasoline from '''DRIVING OVER IT'''. To put it in a word: [[Ansem Retort|"retardalicious"]].
* The ''[[Van Helsing]]'' movie (2004). [[Big Bad]] [[Dracula]] is over-acted; the only guy who gets any action is the sidekick; and there's a Frankensteinsicle. Plus, an [[Impossibly Cool Weapon|automatic crossbow]]. Stephen Sommers' other writing tends towards this trope.
===2005===
* ''Absolute Zero'' (2005) is like ''[[The Day After Tomorrow]]'' ''but even worse''. Think new [[Ice Age]] in Miami.
* You though [[Spy Kids]] 3D was bad? Well, that one was peanuts compared to ''[[The Adventures of Sharkboy and Lavagirl]]'' (2005), starring a pre-''[[Twilight (novel)|Twilight]]'' Taylor Lautner. Based on Rodriguez's son's dreams, it contains cookie giants, bad CG slime, a planet named "Drool," [[The Dragon]] being George Lopez as a giant evil light bulb, and the [[Narm]]tacular line "[[Badass Boast|I'm King of the Ocean.]]"
* The 2005 [[Syfy]] channel original movie ''Alien Apocalypse'', starring [[Bruce Campbell]]. Astronauts return to Earth after 40 years in suspended animation to find it conquered by alien termites who have enslaved humanity to... harvest wood? Cue [[La Résistance]], cheesy special effects, Dr. Ivan kicking ass, bad acting, and lots of green ichor.
* Wes Craven's ''[[Cursed (2005 film)|Cursed]]''. Kinda tragic, considering it was supposed to be to werewolf movies what ''[[Scream (film)|Scream]]'' was to slasher movies...
* ''DeVour'' (2005), starring [[Jensen Ackles]], is known as a hot, yet entertaining, mess.
* ''Return of the Living Dead: Rave to the Grave'' (2005): It's [[Exactly What It Says on the Tin]]. Spectacularly cheesy plot? Beautifully bad acting and effects? '''ZOMBIE RAVES?'''
* [[Lifetime]]'s original movie ''Cyberseduction: His Secret Life'' is a hilariously funny movie about a horny teen addicted to softcore porn; sadly, Lifetime intended it to be a completely serious anti-porn [[Scare'Em Straight]] [[Edutainment]] movie, portraying the teen as a troubled victim of such media. Which nobody learned a thing from, except that badly-made propaganda can be rather funny and counterproductive. In fact, this may be the type of movie you'd watch with friends at a party ''before'' you intend to show actual porn, because it will make you feel a lot less guilty for doing so.
===2006===
* ''Black Sheep'' (2006) has some hammy acting, a cheesy plot, and horri-awesome special affects that, separately, would make it a very bad movie. But, all together, they make something that is pure campy and self-aware B-Movie fun.
* ''[[The Marine]]'' (2006), starring [[John Cena]], has a pretty generic action plot and decent special effects. It could probably be considered [[So Okay It's Average]] were it not for the hilarious acting of [[Dull Surprise|Cena]] and Robert Patrick (who is fully aware what kind of movie he is in and [[Evil Is Hammy|earns his pay]]) as the crime boss. The supporting cast is equally hilarious and the dialogue?
{{quote|'''Giant Mook''' (blows up a police car with a bazooka and is met with disbelieving stares from his comrades): What? Too much?}}
** Special mention goes out to the scene where the [[Big Bad]] threatens at gunpoint the hostage who's currently piloting the helicopter they're both sitting in hundreds of feet above the street. (note that the reason she's flying it, is because ''he doesn't know how'')
* Troma is responsible for ''Poultrygeist: Night of the Living Chicken'' (2006), a movie that combines [[So Bad It's Good]], [[Crosses the Line Twice]] and possible brain damage for the viewer.
* ''[[Shadow Man]]'' (2006), produced, written by and starring [[Steven Seagal]]. The movie is a hilarious patchwork of badly shot exposition, cheaply done action scenes, over-the-top terrible acting and the ineffable Seagal himself, playing himself. Himself as an ultra-sexy, uber-badass, martial artist, special agent, MacGyver-esque business genius. Naturally. Not one to share the limelight, he decided against hiring decent actors. It's awesome!
* ''[[Snakes on a Plane]]'' (2006). The premise itself attracted a massive internet following based on its [[So Bad It's Good]]-ness, leading the makers to reshoot certain scenes to make them [[Refuge in Audacity|even more outlandish]]. Notable additions include a snake slithering out of the toilet bowl to latch onto the expected area of a man using the facilities, and [[Samuel L. Jackson]]'s (in)famous line "I have ''had it'' with these ''motherfuckin' snakes'' on this ''motherfuckin' plane''!".
** Did we mention how {{spoiler|''Kenan Thompson'' lands the plane safely because [[I Know Mortal Kombat|he's been playing a flight simulator on his PlayStation Portable for the entire flight?]] And that upon said safe landing, Samuel L. Jackson shouts in his unparalleled badassedness, "ALL PRAISES TO THE PLAYSTATION!"?}}
* The remake of ''[[The Wicker Man]]'' (2006), starring [[Nicolas Cage]]. As far as some viewers are concerned, it was the best [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e6i2WRreARo comedy] of the year.
===2007===
* ''Dragon Wars'', also known as ''[[D-War]].'' (2007) Lots of convoluted Korean mythology, plot holes as far as the eye can see. It's unintentionally hilarious.
* ''Flight Of The Living Dead'' (2007). ''[[Snakes on a Plane]]'' with zombies instead of snakes, and without high production values and any shred of self-awareness.
* The ''[[Grindhouse]]'' movies (2007), ''Planet Terror'' and ''Death Proof'', were generally regarded as [[So Bad It's Good]] by critics. ''Death Proof'' was actually criticized a bit for not being stupid enough. The director [[Quentin Tarantino]] has a different opinion: [https://web.archive.org/web/20131020035831/http://www.cinemastrikesback.com/?cat=126 he doesn't believe in so bad it's good].
* ''[[Stan Lee]]'s Harpies'' (2007): Bad acting, ridiculous plot, and the cheesiest special effects in town. It screams "TV movie".
** The Romanians of several centuries ago in the film somehow speak American-accented English.
* ''[[Ben 10]] Race Against Time'' (2007): The TV show was cliche enough but as a live action flick, it fall flat on its [[Fridge Logic]] face. At least it had some decent SFX. And then there's Lee Majors as Grandpa Max.
===2008===
* ''Babylon A.D.'' (2008) is notable for Vin Diesel dragging a [[The Load|shrieking, flailing, judgmental pseudo-Messiah]] across post-apocalyptic Russia, only to find out {{spoiler|she's pregnant with psychic babies. Yeah.}}. It has one of the most poorly explained/edited [[Gainax Ending]]s this side of Japan, but it's still an entertaining Vin-Diesel-punches-people movie.
** [[Executive Meddling|You can thank]] [[Twentieth Century Fox]] for that, as they wanted an action blockbuster without the [[Viewers are Morons|"complicated"]] sci-fi themes.
* The 2008 film ''[[Doomsday]]''. Scottish cannibal ninja strippers? Check. [[Large Ham|Malcolm McDowell]] as the nutty king of Medieval Land ([[One-Scene Wonder|for about five minutes]])? Check. Auto-targeting machine gun turrets vaporizing a cute widdle bunny-wunny? Check. If there was ever, ''ever'' a film [[Snark Bait|crying out]] for the [[Mystery Science Theater 3000|MST3K]] treatment, THIS IS THE ONE.
** It could also be argued as a deliberately over-the-top [[Refuge in Cool]].
** Also contributing to the effect is the crippling multiple-genre-disorder ''Doomsday'' suffers from: Epidemic Movie --> Search-and-Rescue Team Movie --> Dystopian Apocalypse Movie --> Zombie Movie --> Swords & Sorcery Movie --> Car-Racing Movie --> It's-All-A-Government-Conspiracy Movie, and that's not even the half of it.
** The movie was taking ''[[28 Days Later]]'', ''[[Escape from New York]]'', ''[[Damnation Alley]]'', and ''[[Mad Max]] 2'', putting them in a blender and seeing what happened. Apparently, the lead character was essentially supposed to be a female version of Snake Plissken.
* If you watch ''[[The Happening]]'' (2008) as a comedy rather than a horror film, then it's one of the best movies ever made. As one person put it: "Never before has a movie made people dying so hilarious."
** ''"What?! No!"''
* ''100 Million B.C.'' (2008), a [[Sci-Fi]] original movie, is so bad that it's funny. Complete with cheesy acting and special effects. The sound of time travel was the same sound effect of a [[Pokémon|Pokeball]] opening!
* [[Prom Night 2008|The 2008 remake]] of the 1980 slasher flick ''[[Prom Night]]'' is hilariously bad. First off, it's a ''slasher flick'' rated PG-13. As if that wasn't bad enough, the movie plays out almost every possible applicable cliché, but in a tremendously boring way. The plot is lousy, the acting is bad, even for this genre, the suspense is as exciting as watching grass grow, and the teenage melodrama bullshit is pathetic.
** Also, it tried really, really hard to jump-scare the audience with bedroom decor. [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Nc7ZaZz4CoU Lamp DUN!]
* [[Frank Miller]]'s directorial debut ''[[The Spirit (film)|The Spirit]]'' (2008) is by all rights, a terrible film. However, Miller dials the cheesiness up to such ludicrous levels that one can't help but be at least slightly entertained by it.
{{quote|"[[And This Is For|This is for Sand! This is for me! And this...is for MUFFIN!]]"}}
** [[Samuel L. Jackson]] plays The Octopus as [[Large Ham|over-the top as possible]]. It's a significant surprise when he appears for the first time, you expect a menacing character...and then he whacks The Spirit over the head with a toilet while explaining that [[Toilet Humor|toilet humor]] is always funny.
* ''[[Tokyo Gore Police]]'' (2008), a movie about a virus that has people getting limbs cut off and growing back weaponised, includes gun barrels coming out of someone's eye sockets, a stripper with her legs replaced by the top and bottom of a crocodile mouth with vagina in between, a cannon penis, an amputee gimp that walks on four swords placed on each of her stumps. There is lots of blood-colored water. Everywhere.
===2009===
* ''[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5g46Ntg38cc C Me Dance]'' (2009). It's so unbelievable, most people think the trailer is a fake one or at least a [[Stealth Parody]] until they discover otherwise. At first it just seems like your run-of-the-mill shitty cancer story, but then the cancer patient is the Messiah and then this makes the devil angry so then it turns into a horror movie, except Satan doesn't ''do'' anything. He buggers off to nurse his hurt feelings because the lead calls him a "loser." And the tagline is "A Dance That Shines Through Darkness." It has more to do with Christianity than dancing, though...
* An intentional example is ''[[Dead Snow]]'' (2009), a Norwegian zombie/splatter-movie about a group of students on a camping trip in northern Norway who encounter a battalion of zombiefied Nazi soldiers. Writer/director Tommy Wirkola is a huge fan of classic horror b-movies such as Evil Dead, and Dead Snow is something of a tribute.
** A lot of critics made the mistake of thinking it was meant to be a serious film, [[Comically Missing the Point|unfortunately.]] Given how over-the-top the gore factor is, one wonders ''how'' they could have thought that, but as a result even some of the ''reviews'' are hilarious.
** There is a brief argument about whether one of the characters, a Jew, would come back as one of the [[Ninja Pirate Robot Zombie|Nazi zombies]]...
* ''[[Dragonball Evolution]]'' (2009) is possibly the most over the top film ever made, yet it sucks so hard it's just funny to watch to see what they got wrong. In fact, this movie is [[So Bad It's Good]] only when you '''[[In Name Only|don't]]''' see it as ''[[Dragon Ball]]''.
** This movie is [[So Bad It's Good]] even by some critics' standards (at least those who knew not to [[Took the Bad Film Seriously|take the film seriously]]). For example, Alfonso Duralde of MSNBC, who generally doesn't like ''anything'' save very few exceptions, said the movie was "both entertainingly ridiculous and ridiculously entertaining."
* ''[[G.I. Joe: The Rise of Cobra]]'' (2009). It looked like they just stuck their arm in the Trope Bag, and then tried to make the cheesiest version possible of everything they pulled out. ([[Defrosting Ice Queen]], [[Instant Awesome, Just Add Ninja]], [[Everything's Better with Spinning]], [[Powered Armor]], [[Slave Mooks]], [[Grey Goo]], [[Guns Are Worthless]], [[Dark Chick]]...)
* ''[[Ninja Assassin]]'' (2009): A glorious example of martial arts cinema, complete with [[Ludicrous Gibs]], nonsensical backstories about warring ninja clans, overdramatic angst, a fight in a laundromat that ends with a girl's severed head in a washing machine, and immortal dialogue such as:
{{quote|''"Plants don't have hearts."''
''"Everything has a heart."''
''"I don't."''}}
* ''[[ThanksKilling]]'' (2009) is intentionally terrible. It was clearly made by someone that loves the classic slashers, but was wondering the same thing everyone else was: "Why isn't there a Thanksgiving slasher?" The acting sucks, the plot sucks, the special effects suck, but that turkey killer is a riot to watch.
* ''[[Ultraviolet (film)|Ultraviolet]]'' (2006). A worldwide vampire epidemic where they ''[[Not Using the Z Word|never mention the word "vampire"]]''. Plus they walk around in the daylight. And when she meets up with the bad guy, he gives her a very swishy, "Oh, it is ''on''" before the big final battle. And there's a giant Nestle Wonderball full of vampire ninjas. And the [[Mama Bear]] turned up to 11. The coolness of the gravity belt and Violet's arsenal [and her fiber optic hairdos] offset it enough, maybe.
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** One thing makes it awesome: one of the women had some kind of power that related to her virginity, so when she and the samurai were trapped, she told him to bang her so that blood from her ''torn hymen'' would fall on his sword and save them.
===2012===
* ''Foodfight'' (2012) is a mainly [[Direct to DVD]] CGI cartoon film in which the [[Troubled Production|backstory behind its production]] (be it in its large budget, planned 2003 theatrical release or the original computer files going missing in an act of "corporate espionage") is much more fascinating than the movie itself. Notable for trying hard to be the next ''[[Toy Story (franchise)|Toy Story]]'' but falling ''well below'' the mark, with [[Obvious Beta|unfinished and glitchy graphics]], [[Uncanny Valley]], a nonsensical plot and one of the sleaziest attempts at [[Product Placement]] in existence. While its badness has to be seen to be believed and best seen with commentary, it also slides into [[So Bad It's Horrible]].
===2013===
* ''Birdemic 2: the Resurrection'' (2013) succeeds in surpassing ''[[Birdemic]]'' in being somehow [[Up to Eleven|even more inept and insane]], despite technically having better camerawork. All the while rehashing many of the same elements of the first film.
===2015===
* ''Jupiter Ascending'' (2015) may be the best thing [[the Wachowskis]] may have ever done not titled ''[[The Matrix]]'' or ''[[Speed Racer (film)|Speed Racer]]''. A film with intentions of serious [[Space Opera]] filled with characters that are [[Deviant ART]]-level OCs, where between the legitimately fantastic space sequences there are plot threads like bees recognizing royalty, and an angel-winged werewolf being the bodyguard of the heroine ([[Bodyguard Crush|crush included]]). It's so batshit it goes back into awesome.
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