In college, we had this tradition of Terrible Movie Tuesday. A big group of us would get together and watch some movies that were so terrible they were good.
Think:
What are some of your favorite so-bad-they’re-good movies?
D’Aiuto’s was in business since 1924 til they closed a couple years back. Allegedly the cheesecake name was the marketing genius of the son who took it over from the founders and based on a picture of himself as a baby.
¯\_(ツ)_/¯
Edit: Poking around the interwebs I found a forum thread that alleges that the cheesecake sold at Baby Watson’s was trucked in from the D’Aiuto bakery in NYC daily.
@jbartus You’re from Boston, right? You’ve heard of the place, right? So what the fuck are you arguing about? The movie theater was in Harvard Square. It’s probably a vegan cafe now.
@sammydog01 Let’s reset, I feel like you’ve gotten an adversarial vibe that wasn’t intended.
Prior to your posting of the Best of Boston link from 15 years before I was born I had no knowledge of that place existing. Hence, when you referenced Boston people I was confused because the only Baby Watson cheesecake I am familiar with comes (came? haven’t looked since D’Aiuto’s shut down) from New York where it was invented, hence it being more of a New York thing and my confusion about your reference to Boston people. I know my parents had told me D’Aiuto’s had had a Boston location back in the day, maybe they named it Baby Watson’s Cheesecake or something, or it could have been wholly unrelated, IDK.
¯\_(ツ)_/¯
I’m still curious if the cheesecake was from the movie theater or the radio station or what. I’d totally frequent a movie theater who gave out cheesecake.
@capguncowboy Is it really terrible? I recall it actually being funny, at least for it’s time, and a clever look at sex through the ages. Or maybe that’s just because I saw it decades ago as well?
If so, lump Sleeper into this category too, I guess.
Bitch Slap (2009) - experienced the world premiere at TIFF. Met the gorgeous leading ladies at an insider party that I was invited to. Got to sit with them at the screening. Most excellent.
@ACraigL I remember as a teenage boy, I was simultaneously hacked-off by (especially given the name of the film) and applauded this clever turn.
I think this actually beats “Crying Game”, “Sixth Sense”, “Soylent Green” and every other movie in history, for the biggest plot twist I didn’t see coming.
— is any indication, the film has no sense of pacing whatsoever. What cracks me up is that it’s an official promo from Touchstone suggesting we go watch it on demand… They should probably just put the whole thing on Youtube for free and encourage people to take credit for it…
Andy Warhol’s films, for the patient. If you can get Frankenstein in 3D…well, it’s Warhol. He made the movies he wanted to make, and from the right POV they’re hilarious.
@f00l I got to see this in the theater. Actually, I was kind of forced to for school. But of all the early 3D crap I was forced to see in the theater for school, this was pretty legit.
@brhfl
The other early 3D film you want to see is Dial M For Murder.
Want more proof Hitch was a total fucking monster genius? It’s here. His use of 3D was subtle, unlike everyone else’s, and psychologically and artistically, it puts modern 3D in the corner for a time-out.
Hitch could school most of today’s directors without learning a thing about updated filmmaking tech.
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Get this:
I saw these at an art-house special 3D festival triple bill somewhere in the Village, decades ago.
The lineup was:
Andy Warhol’s Frankenstein in 3D
Three Stooges 3D
Dial M For Murder 3D
I can’t agree with the suggestion of Cronenberg’s The Fly above, but some of his earlier work may fit the bill for some people (not me, I love him), such as
VIDEODROME
Seriously, it’s a lot weirder than this trailer would have you believe. The first time I saw it was on a UHF station around 1990 and my mind was blown by both the film and the fact that someone was actually broadcasting it during prime time hours on a Saturday.
Surf Nazis Must Die
@carl669 I was on the fence until I saw boobs. Now I’m sold!
Does this include movies that were intentionally terrible ? Kung Pow, Sharknado, 8 Legged Freaks, Kung Fury, etc?
@capguncowboy yes!
@capguncowboy you had to bring my eight legged freaks into it. Best worst movie ever!
@capguncowboy
Snakes
On
A
Plane
Plan 9 from Outer Space
Los manos the hands of fate
@Roblais Manos is bad, but it’s no Monster-A-Go-Go
Slither. Also, Rubber.
(love this topic BTW.)
/image Attack of the Killer Tomatoes
I love Sleepaway Camp. I make everyone watch it.
/image Sleepaway Camp
Beyond the Valley of the Dolls
Dark Star. Look at this scary-ass alien:
Zombeavers.
Steel belted tires. Look Out. Rubber:
Any such list must contain the winner for Best Monster Outfit.
Robot Monster From Mars, 1953
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robot_Monster
Full movie
Reefer Madness, 1938
Full movie
Sex Madness, 1938
Full movie
Attack of the 50 Foot Woman
The original, 1958, trailer
The remake, 1993, HBO, full film
Apparently, very tall women are serious babes and have incredible hair.
@f00l Where do they find a giant hairbrush?
Ulta 3, of course
/youtube At Long Last Love
I won tickets to this one from a radio station:
They even gave us Baby Watson cheesecake, Boston people.
@sammydog01 the radio station you mean? D’Aiuto’s was principally a New York family-run chain FYI.
@jbartus Best of Boston, 1975.
http://www.bestofboston.com/winner/best-cheesecake/baby-watsons-bakery-1975/
@sammydog01 that didn’t answer who provided it.
D’Aiuto’s was in business since 1924 til they closed a couple years back. Allegedly the cheesecake name was the marketing genius of the son who took it over from the founders and based on a picture of himself as a baby.
¯\_(ツ)_/¯
Edit: Poking around the interwebs I found a forum thread that alleges that the cheesecake sold at Baby Watson’s was trucked in from the D’Aiuto bakery in NYC daily.
@jbartus You’re from Boston, right? You’ve heard of the place, right? So what the fuck are you arguing about? The movie theater was in Harvard Square. It’s probably a vegan cafe now.
@sammydog01 Let’s reset, I feel like you’ve gotten an adversarial vibe that wasn’t intended.
Prior to your posting of the Best of Boston link from 15 years before I was born I had no knowledge of that place existing. Hence, when you referenced Boston people I was confused because the only Baby Watson cheesecake I am familiar with comes (came? haven’t looked since D’Aiuto’s shut down) from New York where it was invented, hence it being more of a New York thing and my confusion about your reference to Boston people. I know my parents had told me D’Aiuto’s had had a Boston location back in the day, maybe they named it Baby Watson’s Cheesecake or something, or it could have been wholly unrelated, IDK.
¯\_(ツ)_/¯
I’m still curious if the cheesecake was from the movie theater or the radio station or what. I’d totally frequent a movie theater who gave out cheesecake.
**
ANYTHING by Tommy Wiseau.
**
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tommy_Wiseau
@MrsPavlov
Blood Freak. The story of a man who becomes a turkey chimaera who must feed off the blood of reefer fiends
/image blood Freak movie
Bonus awful points - the turkey monster is a guy wearing a paper mache mask.
I had to search Google for this. I remember staying up late one night to watch this on USA’s Up All Night . I think I was about 9.
Everything You Wanted to Know About Sex But Were Afraid To Ask
@capguncowboy Is it really terrible? I recall it actually being funny, at least for it’s time, and a clever look at sex through the ages. Or maybe that’s just because I saw it decades ago as well?
If so, lump Sleeper into this category too, I guess.
Transformation movies don’t always go well.
@heartny Hey, I have The Fly on Laser Videodisc! They weren’t lying!
@heartny clearly you have never seen “The Fly (1986)” if you think it was a terrible movie.
@brhfl Do you have “Fly II”, like father like son?
@thismyusername I saw it and still think it was terrible. But not nearly as bad as “Sssssss”.
Bitch Slap (2009) - experienced the world premiere at TIFF. Met the gorgeous leading ladies at an insider party that I was invited to. Got to sit with them at the screening. Most excellent.
"Ram this in your clambake, bitchcake!"
Bronson. Definitely Bronson. So messed up you can not stop watching. But awesome! Tom Hardy before game & even better naked. .
Thankskilling
@gilar1ja Gobble gobble motherfuc#er!
Re-Animator
Killer Klowns from Outer Space
@ACraigL I love Killer Klowns. Reanimator… Not so much.
Student Bodies.
And it wins all with this scene (no spoilers, FWIW)
@ACraigL I remember as a teenage boy, I was simultaneously hacked-off by (especially given the name of the film) and applauded this clever turn.
I think this actually beats “Crying Game”, “Sixth Sense”, “Soylent Green” and every other movie in history, for the biggest plot twist I didn’t see coming.
@ACraigL yes!
Return of the living dead series
ZARDOZ.
Ishtar
@f00l Ishtarrible
Human Highway! A “comedy” by Neil Young, starring Neil Young, Dean Stockwell, Dennis Hopper, Russ Tamblyn, and the band Devo.
Guarantee you’ve never seen anything quite like it.
Jouney to Promethea. Got it at Red Box once, based on the cover… Nothing like “Stone” walls that you can see flexing when someone runs into them.
The most awful film of all time is…
Slapstick of Another Kind
There, I said it. It’s painful even writing the movie title, much less watching it.
Baby: Secret of the Lost Legend
No one has probably seen this, but in my family it’s the go-to comparison for worst movie ever.
@KDemo I have not seen it, but I love it already. Hah!
@KDemo I remember my mom told my I cried like crazy during this movie when we saw it in the theater. I think I have it on DVD somewhere.
@conandlibrarian - I can see why it would make you cry, it’s just so awful.
@KDemo @conandlibrarian If this clip —
— is any indication, the film has no sense of pacing whatsoever. What cracks me up is that it’s an official promo from Touchstone suggesting we go watch it on demand… They should probably just put the whole thing on Youtube for free and encourage people to take credit for it…
@KDemo 7 year old Conan was a sensitive little librarian.
by far the best/worst movie ever is Robot Monster in 3D from 1953.
@don
Mentioned Robot Monster earlier, didn’t know there was a 3D version too. Good to know.
Best monster costume conceivable.
Andy Warhol’s films, for the patient. If you can get Frankenstein in 3D…well, it’s Warhol. He made the movies he wanted to make, and from the right POV they’re hilarious.
Not a terrible movie at all…but, perhaps in the spirit of things, one of my very favs…
Do you have 3D? If you do, you MUST see the 3D Three Stooges film.
If you don’t have 3D, even if you love the Stooges, hold out, don’t watch till you get access to 3D. It’s worth the wait to see it properly.
This film is Everything You Think It Is.
I imagine that’s all the info anyone might need.
https://www.amazon.com/Three-Stooges-Blu-ray-Moe-Howard/dp/B008W8TO9U
@f00l I got to see this in the theater. Actually, I was kind of forced to for school. But of all the early 3D crap I was forced to see in the theater for school, this was pretty legit.
@brhfl
The other early 3D film you want to see is Dial M For Murder.
Want more proof Hitch was a total fucking monster genius? It’s here. His use of 3D was subtle, unlike everyone else’s, and psychologically and artistically, it puts modern 3D in the corner for a time-out.
Hitch could school most of today’s directors without learning a thing about updated filmmaking tech.
;
Get this:
I saw these at an art-house special 3D festival triple bill somewhere in the Village, decades ago.
The lineup was:
Andy Warhol’s Frankenstein in 3D
Three Stooges 3D
Dial M For Murder 3D
Quite an evening.
Can’t go wrong with Trolls 2 or The Room
I can’t agree with the suggestion of Cronenberg’s The Fly above, but some of his earlier work may fit the bill for some people (not me, I love him), such as
VIDEODROME
Seriously, it’s a lot weirder than this trailer would have you believe. The first time I saw it was on a UHF station around 1990 and my mind was blown by both the film and the fact that someone was actually broadcasting it during prime time hours on a Saturday.
http://horrornews.net/45630/top-20-horror-christmas-movies/
Surely there are some bad ones on the list.