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FOT Community => General Discussion => Topic started by: buffcoat on June 29, 2011, 10:42:39 AM
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I mean literally. Terrible movies that, due to the time you watched them (mostly childhood or adolescence) you have large swaths of in your memories.
Mine include:
Police Academy 2, especially Mahoney's Jughead/Fudpuckers bit and nearly everything that Bobcat Goldthwait said.
Moving Violations, a little-seen Bill Murray's brother's vehicle
I suppose I'm lucky that somehow I never learned any dialogue from Ice Pirates.
I'll add more later. Speaking of the pharmaceutical industry, why can't they invent something to erase these from my mind.
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Moving Violations, a little-seen Bill Murray's brother's vehicle
I've seen that piece. Many times. It was sort of fascinating, watching John Murray (I think that's his name, I ain't gonna go look it up). It's like when you try and make another cup of tea with the tea bag.
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Moving Violations, a little-seen Bill Murray's brother's vehicle
I've seen that piece. Many times. It was sort of fascinating, watching John Murray (I think that's his name, I ain't gonna go look it up). It's like when you try and make another cup of tea with the tea bag.
And Sally Kellerman!
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Saw Moving Violations in the theater, and it burned a few key moments into my psyche:
-John Murray driving along groovin to some rock n' roll, and at one point his head is wedged in the steering wheel.
-The chubby lady chugging a bottle of cooking oil.
-The zero gravity sex scene. More specifically, John Murray kind of doing a little groovin' shuffle in zero gravity.
aw man: so sad: John Murray doesn't even have a pic up at IMDB.
Good lord, someone has posted the entire movie up at youtube:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J3ke9Ipfc34&feature=player_detailpage#t=139s (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J3ke9Ipfc34&feature=player_detailpage#t=139s)
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An animated atrocity called Orbit The Astro Dog. That may not even be the title because I can't find anything online by searching, but that was definitely the character's name.
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As kid, this scene in Snow Day stuck with me for obvious reasons.
(http://www.puresexycelebs.com/celebpics/emmanuelle_chriqui/pics/ak-chriqui-snow_day-01.jpg)
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Phantasm. Italian Graffiti. The Double McGuffin. Night of the Comet. Tourist Trap.
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Phantasm. Italian Graffiti. The Double McGuffin. Night of the Comet. Tourist Trap.
i rented a copy of phantasm on dvd years ago that had a deleted scene with the guys hanging out in the dude's ice cream shop and they're just eating ice cream and laughing maniacally. i don't know if they were drunk or what the point of it was, but i loved it.
must. find. clip!
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"Real Men" with Jim Belushi. I think my parent's rented it or it was on cable in the early 90's and I only have fleeting memories of the movie itself. It took me a long time to figure out it wasn't Bill Murray as the lead role.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Real_Men (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Real_Men)
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The Delta Force
Even now, if I'm flipping through the channels and find that this particular film is on, I will stop whatever I'm doing and watch it. It's one of those films that is so bad it's good.
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Robert Frank, my favorite photographer, made a movie called "Big Candy Mountain" with Tom Waits, whom I love. I really looked forward to seeing it. 20 years later I still think of it as the only movie that ever made my life worse not only for the time it took to watch it but for years afterward.
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Night of the Comet.
This one, too!
The whole scene with Willy the Stockboy. "Isn't that a SCARY noise?"
"The entire place is a monument to consumerism."
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I think Salo 120 Days of Sodom goes without saying.
Trash Humpers.
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Salem's Lot. My Dad's friend who was a police officer, left me with his 18 year old son who insisted on watching that miserable tv movie. After viewing it I couldn't be left alone for what seemed like a year, nightmares, the worst! Fast forward to a few years ago, I watched that movie and had to fast forward through most of it because it was so slow and boring.
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I think Salo 120 Days of Sodom goes without saying.
I would probably remember that one even more vividly if I hadn't bailed 45 minutes in.
I did, however, gain an astonishing new insight from what I saw of it. It had never previously occurred to me that Fascists were kind of sexually all fucked up.
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Anything by Andy Sidaris
Texas Chainsaw Massacre 2
Faces of Death
Thank God It's Friday
And I second Tourist Trap (scared the crap out of me), Salem's Lot (which still scares me), Moving Violations, and Ice Pirates.
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Anything by Andy Sidaris
Me and my highschool friends so a movie nite while chatting over mIrc. We recently watched Malibu Express and Hard Ticket to Hawaii. My theory is he made movies for the sole purpose of seeing women's breasts.
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Mondo Africa. Luther the Geek. Ilsa, She-Devil of the SS. The Devil's Rain.
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The horror comedy (I guess? haven't seen it since) House (not Hausu). My cousin showed that to me when I was waay too young. Freaked me OUT. Also, same cousin showed me Fulci's Zombie Flesh Eaters when I was maybe 11.
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Phantasm. Tourist Trap. Mondo Africa. Ilsa, She-Devil of the SS. The Devil's Rain.
I think all of these are great, Dave. You're hitting them out of the park (unless you think these are crummy).
By rights, Tourist Trap shouldn't be as creepy as it is. It sounds stupid on paper but has atmosphere to spare.
I saw the The Devil's Rain as a "creature feature" on late-night UHF TV as a kid. It definitely stuck with me as well. It's ridiculous, but something about the tone of the thing is intriguing. And the ending is very funny.
Salo
Incredible movie. I like Morricone's score a lot.
Fulci's Zombie Flesh Eaters
I'm relucatant to admit that I love this movie, given how inescapable zombie-related business is nowadays. The Beyond and The New York Ripper are probably better movies, but I like that most of Zombi 2 takes place during the day and in the tropics. And Fabio Frizzi's music is something else!
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"Nothing But Trouble" Chevy Chase, Akroyd, John Candy, Demi Moore.
It's not funny and terrible but it so, so bad, and I think I had really been looking forward to seeing it (because of my age and then-reverence for Chase, Candy, Akroyd) that I seem to remember whole chunks of this movie.
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The horror comedy (I guess? haven't seen it since) House (not Hausu). My cousin showed that to me when I was waay too young. Freaked me OUT.
I saw that in the theater! If memory serves, I believe it stars the Greatest American Hero and Bull from Night Court?
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Sleepaway Camp
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Fulci's Zombie Flesh Eaters
I'm relucatant to admit that I love this movie, given how inescapable zombie-related business is nowadays. The Beyond and The New York Ripper are probably better movies, but I like that most of Zombi 2 takes place during the day and in the tropics. And Fabio Frizzi's music is something else!
I have since seen Zombi 2 aka Zombie Flesh Eaters a couple of times, and I wholeheartedly agree - it's one of my favorite zombie movies. The Beyond didn't really do it for me.
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For some reason, The Annihilators has stuck with me for over twenty-five years. I think it's because it contains the first quasi-rape scene I'd ever seen and it horrified me as a seven-year-old. I'm willing to bet it's actually pretty tame, but it got to me at the time.
I haven't seen it since.
I saw The Evil Dead around the same time and weirdly thought the reel-to-reel machine was very creepy. Like every other sad nerd, I like that series a lot now.
Sleepaway Camp
Good god, another great one!
I recently made the mistake of watching Return to Sleepaway Camp, though. It was unsurprisingly horrible!
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Pink Flamingos. I probably saw it when I was 8 or 9 years old. Good rental choice, Mom and Dad!
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I actually don't remember the name or most of the movie I can't forget but there is definitely an image I can't get out of my head. I was watching this movie real young with my truck driving uncle. It was about a high school prom or reunion or something. There was a guy with a long blonde ponytail and he wore glasses. Eventually he winds up dead and I think hung by the ponytail.
Any idea what this might be?
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I actually don't remember the name or most of the movie I can't forget but there is definitely an image I can't get out of my head. I was watching this movie real young with my truck driving uncle. It was about a high school prom or reunion or something. There was a guy with a long blonde ponytail and he wore glasses. Eventually he winds up dead and I think hung by the ponytail.
Any idea what this might be?
I do not know that movie, but I totally get what you mean about snippets that stick with you. So many times in my youth I would be channel surfing through ALL 13 CHANNELS and I would hit upon something deeply disturbing on channels 5,9, or 11. I remembered some movie in which a bunch of people floated up into the air and then exploded while onlookers cheered (I only found out later it was Logan's Run) but that scene terrified me for a long, long time afterwards.
I also remember an old black and white movie in which a tree with a face slowly follows some people through the woods and one of the people gets caught in quicksand. I still have no idea what that movie was, but it messed me up but good.
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Junebug. I've only seen it once, and I went into the theater knowing nothing other than that Stanley Kauffmann liked it. I still think about it all the time. I'm sure if I saw it again I would see a bunch of flaws in it so I've avoided seeing it again.
Bad Boys 2. I went into this one cold too. I didn't know who Michael Bay was. It felt like getting punched in the back of the head. In the last couple of years I've noticed that it's often cited as the ultimate in aggressively terrible movies (Hot Fuzz, How Did This Get Made, etc), so I take some comfort in that.
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Salem's Lot - Vanishing Point (original) - Apocalypse Now - Hud - The Verdict - Magic - The Horsemen - Cold Turkey
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The Butter Cream Gang memorable quotes: "The widow Jenkins fell down again!" "You got the wrong guy!" and "You got the right on baby... uh huh!"
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The Cross and the Switchblade
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Junebug. I've only seen it once, and I went into the theater knowing nothing other than that Stanley Kauffmann liked it. I still think about it all the time. I'm sure if I saw it again I would see a bunch of flaws in it so I've avoided seeing it again.
Bad Boys 2. I went into this one cold too. I didn't know who Michael Bay was. It felt like getting punched in the back of the head. In the last couple of years I've noticed that it's often cited as the ultimate in aggressively terrible movies (Hot Fuzz, How Did This Get Made, etc), so I take some comfort in that.
I have to admit at first I thought you were calling Hot Fuzz terrible. And then I regained my reading comprehension and put down my gun that shoots bullets through the internet.
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The Butter Cream Gang memorable quotes: "The widow Jenkins fell down again!" "You got the wrong guy!" and "You got the right on baby... uh huh!"
Poor, misguided Pete. Going to the big city, joining the Blades, becoming a street tough, and stealing treats from the general store.
It's a shame the sequel isn't nearly as great!
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Police Academy 2, especially Mahoney's Jughead/Fudpuckers bit and nearly everything that Bobcat Goldthwait said.
I would like to hear your thoughts on Howard Hesseman's Captain Peter Lassard and his place in the Police Academy Universe.
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Junebug. I've only seen it once, and I went into the theater knowing nothing other than that Stanley Kauffmann liked it. I still think about it all the time. I'm sure if I saw it again I would see a bunch of flaws in it so I've avoided seeing it again.
Bad Boys 2. I went into this one cold too. I didn't know who Michael Bay was. It felt like getting punched in the back of the head. In the last couple of years I've noticed that it's often cited as the ultimate in aggressively terrible movies (Hot Fuzz, How Did This Get Made, etc), so I take some comfort in that.
I have to admit at first I thought you were calling Hot Fuzz terrible. And then I regained my reading comprehension and put down my gun that shoots bullets through the internet.
After re-reading my post, it comes off way too violent and aggro. I can assure you, I am no Joe Rogan.
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Junebug. I've only seen it once, and I went into the theater knowing nothing other than that Stanley Kauffmann liked it. I still think about it all the time. I'm sure if I saw it again I would see a bunch of flaws in it so I've avoided seeing it again.
Bad Boys 2. I went into this one cold too. I didn't know who Michael Bay was. It felt like getting punched in the back of the head. In the last couple of years I've noticed that it's often cited as the ultimate in aggressively terrible movies (Hot Fuzz, How Did This Get Made, etc), so I take some comfort in that.
I have to admit at first I thought you were calling Hot Fuzz terrible. And then I regained my reading comprehension and put down my gun that shoots bullets through the internet.
After re-reading my post, it comes off way too violent and aggro. I can assure you, I am no Joe Rogan.
Of course not, Joe Rogan doesn't use bullets.
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Probably make you eat a junebug, though.
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Police Academy 2, especially Mahoney's Jughead/Fudpuckers bit and nearly everything that Bobcat Goldthwait said.
I would like to hear your thoughts on Howard Hesseman's Captain Peter Lassard and his place in the Police Academy Universe.
Given short shrift! Smacked in the face with a shrimp. Went along with a very bad idea for a street fair. Concerned, but powerless. Overwhelmed by a gang of graffiti artists. Written out of all the sequels.
Of course, the big and completely unaddressed question: why was his brother British?
Howard Hesseman has to look at Michael McKean's career and say, "why not me?"
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I don't know if TV movies count but I Know My Name Is Steven haunts me to this day. That movie's a party hit among some of my friends and is frequently reenacted. I watch it anytime it pops up on Lifetime Movie Network.
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I don't know if TV movies count but I Know My Name Is Steven haunts me to this day. That movie's a party hit among some of my friends and is frequently reenacted. I watch it anytime it pops up on Lifetime Movie Network.
My girlfriend was traumatized by Sybil as a highschooler.
She still thinks it's creepy.
I think it's no Cake Secret.
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"SICK: The Life & Death of Bob Flanagan, Supermasochist", the only movie where I have heard the audience scream in actual horror...
If the video shown behind the band during a 1980's Butthole Surfers show counts I'll throw that in as well. They actually managed to drive about half the audience out of the venue...
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I'm waiting for Step On Me: The True Story of Giorgio The Human Carpet.
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If the video shown behind the band during a 1680's Butthole Surfers show counts I'll throw that in as well. They actually managed to drive about half the audience out of the venue...
go on...
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If the video shown behind the band during a 1680's Butthole Surfers show counts I'll throw that in as well. They actually managed to drive about half the audience out of the venue...
go on...
After Gibby gave up squirting lighter fluid at the crowd and trying to set shit on fire the started showing a series of movies behind them. The visuals started out kinda goofy with cartoons and altered footage of Tanya Roberts running in a scene from her stint on "Charlie's Angels" contibued on to innocuous footage of bugs eating each other and then nuclear testing footage. We then go to some graphic footage of car accidents and mangled people, bodies without heads, heads in search of the bodies they once occupied. Kinda like the original cover to Big Black's "Headache" e.p.. Near the end of the show the screens behind them went dark red for about five minutes. A camera pulled back revealing the red to be a blood soaked... cotton or something. Eventually the footage became a man, his cock in close-up, with the skin being pulled back, pulled forward, pulled back again and various muscles being sewn together. Once the skin started being pulled back people left in droves.
Several years later I read an interview in which they said the footage was from a medical film in which a man was having his cock reattached after being caught in farming equipment...
If you remember late 80's Butthole Surfers you should get the picture... They were such a great band at one point...
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There where movies in the Seventeenth century?
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I have to admit at first I thought you were calling Hot Fuzz terrible. And then I regained my reading comprehension and put down my gun that shoots bullets through the internet.
Yeah, I could have phrased that better. I felt like Hot Fuzz singled out BB2 and for that I felt like I wasn't the only one. I loved Hot Fuzz, btw. The first time I saw it I wasn't so sure during the first half hour, but then it got funny. I read later that they did that on purpose, because Shawn of the Dead didn't have any jokes towards the end, and they wanted to reverse it. There's not a ton of laughs at the beginning of Hot Fuzz, and a whole lot of John Woo slow motion bullets hitting the pavement type stuff.