Crap films you love for some weird reason ?
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As usual for this type of thread, posters list films that have been critically acclaimed and done very well for their time into the mix of 'Crap Films'. (Evil Dead and Tremors stand out for that one).
Sometimes, Low-Budget does not equate to 'crap'
One film I (and most) would consider crap is a mid-Eighties film called Chopping Mall. Terrible, but I can always watch it..
Sometimes, Low-Budget does not equate to 'crap'
One film I (and most) would consider crap is a mid-Eighties film called Chopping Mall. Terrible, but I can always watch it..
chris watton said:
As usual for this type of thread, posters list films that have been critically acclaimed and done very well for their time into the mix of 'Crap Films'. (Evil Dead and Tremors stand out for that one).
Sometimes, Low-Budget does not equate to 'crap'
One film I (and most) would consider crap is a mid-Eighties film called Chopping Mall. Terrible, but I can always watch it..
Who made youths grand high arbiter of crappiness? Munich got an Oscar nomination. To many critics, it was a good film. The soundtrack, acting and camera work was no doubt brilliant.Sometimes, Low-Budget does not equate to 'crap'
One film I (and most) would consider crap is a mid-Eighties film called Chopping Mall. Terrible, but I can always watch it..
Thing is, it wasn't entertaining. It was crap.
Everything about tremors is crap. The plot isn't that believable. The acting is often crap (the dad from road trip stands out as a guy who can portray 1 emotion). The effects are comically naff.
Thing is, it's entertaining. Road trip dad is crap in All his films, but entertainingly crap. I hold him in the same class as brion whatshisfsce, who was the frozen general in 5th element, and the bad guy in rumble in the Bronx, and the other guy in steel dawn. He doesn't have to be good at acting, he can just be himself.
But... Tremors is entertaining. We can all overlook it's crappiness because it's great at the important bits - making you enjoy the film.
TL;DR? Crappiness is in the (brown) eye of the beholder
chris watton said:
As usual for this type of thread, posters list films that have been critically acclaimed and done very well for their time into the mix of 'Crap Films'. (Evil Dead and Tremors stand out for that one).
Sometimes, Low-Budget does not equate to 'crap'
One film I (and most) would consider crap is a mid-Eighties film called Chopping Mall. Terrible, but I can always watch it..
Oh dearSometimes, Low-Budget does not equate to 'crap'
One film I (and most) would consider crap is a mid-Eighties film called Chopping Mall. Terrible, but I can always watch it..
Just my humble opinion re: Evil Dead, but what do I know?
Fury RS said:
Oh dear
Just my humble opinion re: Evil Dead, but what do I know?
All subjective, I guess, but I have seen (and actually own) some real stinkers that can justifiably be called 'crap films', but are so funny to watch. A couple of examples:Just my humble opinion re: Evil Dead, but what do I know?
Blood feast:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Pdq5VZGXic4&in...
Jess Franco's Bloody Moon, worth it for the laughable dialogue alone:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=edWFfzmBBaI&in...
Or, one of the worst of the crap. Frozen Scream. This is a 'crap film', and one that I do not own..:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xImyL9x2b1k&li...
Some Gump said:
chris watton said:
As usual for this type of thread, posters list films that have been critically acclaimed and done very well for their time into the mix of 'Crap Films'. (Evil Dead and Tremors stand out for that one).
Sometimes, Low-Budget does not equate to 'crap'
One film I (and most) would consider crap is a mid-Eighties film called Chopping Mall. Terrible, but I can always watch it..
Who made youths grand high arbiter of crappiness? Munich got an Oscar nomination. To many critics, it was a good film. The soundtrack, acting and camera work was no doubt brilliant.Sometimes, Low-Budget does not equate to 'crap'
One film I (and most) would consider crap is a mid-Eighties film called Chopping Mall. Terrible, but I can always watch it..
Thing is, it wasn't entertaining. It was crap.
Everything about tremors is crap. The plot isn't that believable. The acting is often crap (the dad from road trip stands out as a guy who can portray 1 emotion). The effects are comically naff.
Thing is, it's entertaining. Road trip dad is crap in All his films, but entertainingly crap. I hold him in the same class as brion whatshisfsce, who was the frozen general in 5th element, and the bad guy in rumble in the Bronx, and the other guy in steel dawn. He doesn't have to be good at acting, he can just be himself.
But... Tremors is entertaining. We can all overlook it's crappiness because it's great at the important bits - making you enjoy the film.
TL;DR? Crappiness is in the (brown) eye of the beholder
Can I also add the ludicrous 'Dealers' to this thread. Sort of a feature length spin-off of the equally ludicrous (and wonderfully dated) TV series 'Capital City'.
So crap it's wonderful, and features the gorgeous Rebecca De Mornay. Paul McGann is in the lead role who post 'Withnail and I' went into a spiral of films made for this thread including the also crap-but-I-love-it 'Paper Mask'.
So crap it's wonderful, and features the gorgeous Rebecca De Mornay. Paul McGann is in the lead role who post 'Withnail and I' went into a spiral of films made for this thread including the also crap-but-I-love-it 'Paper Mask'.
chris watton said:
As usual for this type of thread, posters list films that have been critically acclaimed and done very well for their time into the mix of 'Crap Films'. (Evil Dead and Tremors stand out for that one).
Sometimes, Low-Budget does not equate to 'crap'
One film I (and most) would consider crap is a mid-Eighties film called Chopping Mall. Terrible, but I can always watch it..
Spot on.Sometimes, Low-Budget does not equate to 'crap'
One film I (and most) would consider crap is a mid-Eighties film called Chopping Mall. Terrible, but I can always watch it..
Fury RS said:
Scanners with Michael Ironside.
Re-Animator, From Beyond, Evil Dead. Enjoyed these for some twisted reason.
The Man with Two Brains. Funny as...
Scanners with the exploding head.Still oddly unexpected.Re-Animator, From Beyond, Evil Dead. Enjoyed these for some twisted reason.
The Man with Two Brains. Funny as...
Re-Animator is a classic. Doctor Weesssssssssssstttttt.
Evil Dead the classic video nasty.
Scanners is not crap, it's just er.....cheaply made when compared to today's standards.
It was the very first video cover I remember seeing in a early video rental shop, 2nd being Basket Case. I was too young to see them then, never seen Basket Case still, that might happen now that memory have been triggered again.
Expect Basket Case to be mentioned on here next week
It was the very first video cover I remember seeing in a early video rental shop, 2nd being Basket Case. I was too young to see them then, never seen Basket Case still, that might happen now that memory have been triggered again.
Expect Basket Case to be mentioned on here next week
FourWheelDrift said:
Scanners is not crap, it's just er.....cheaply made when compared to today's standards.
It was the very first video cover I remember seeing in a early video rental shop, 2nd being Basket Case. I was too young to see them then, never seen Basket Case still, that might happen now that memory have been triggered again.
Expect Basket Case to be mentioned on here next week
I think that Basket Case may indeed be crap. I remember renting it out when in my teens and not being very impressed with it (and I do have a higher than average crap-tolerance level), that film never stayed with me so I assume instantly forgettable, probably worse today, over thirty years' on - if it was crap then, it must be even worse now.. It was the very first video cover I remember seeing in a early video rental shop, 2nd being Basket Case. I was too young to see them then, never seen Basket Case still, that might happen now that memory have been triggered again.
Expect Basket Case to be mentioned on here next week
chris watton said:
I think that Basket Case may indeed be crap. I remember renting it out when in my teens and not being very impressed with it (and I do have a higher than average crap-tolerance level), that film never stayed with me so I assume instantly forgettable, probably worse today, over thirty years' on - if it was crap then, it must be even worse now..
Basket CaseNow your talking. Forgot about this classic lol...
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