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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].
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* ''[[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===
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===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?]]"
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* ''[[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.
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* ''[[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!
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* 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]]
** 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.
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===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
* 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 [[
* 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.
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* ''[[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===
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** [[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 [[
* [[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.
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===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
* 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===
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* ''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.
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===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
** [[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.
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** 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]]...
* ''[[
** 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]]...)
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''"Everything has a heart."''
''"I don't."''}}
* ''[[
* ''[[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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