Guilty Pleasures/Bad Movies
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Originally posted by Aeryn Crichton:
[b]What movies or shows are guilty pleasures for you? What movies do you just consider bad?[/b]
Guilty pleasures…hmm…that’s hard because I don’t feel guilty about anything I like, but there are a number of movies/shows that I like that make other people leave the room…
1. The Films of Russ Meyer. Hard to defend in today’s “politically correct” times, but I love these movies to death. [i]Faster, Pussycat! Kill! Kill![/i] and [i]Beyond the Valley of the Dolls[/i] will live forever.
2. [i]Rod Serling’s Night Gallery[/i]. Most people dismiss this series as a poor man’s [i]Twilight Zone[/i], but most of the episodes were extremely effective little shockers, and I have fond memories of getting the pants scared off me several times by this show as a wee one.
3. [i]Forbidden Zone[/i]. 1980 (I believe) film by nearly the entire Elfman family, and basically an early project by the Mystic Knights of the Oingo Boingo (before they dropped the first 2/3 of their name). Utterly twisted, incredibly offensive, and contains Herve “Tattoo” Villachaize’s best performance. Don’t miss Danny Elfman stealing the show as Satan!
4. Of course, every film Edward D. Wood, Jr. has ever made.
5. The Films of Pam Grier and Jack Hill. Jack wrote and directed Pam’s best films. [i]Coffy[/i] and [i]Foxy Brown[/i] are two of the most incredibly witty and outrageous films of the 70’s. Their work for Roger Corman stands out as well: [i]The Big Bird Cage[/i] and [i]The Big Doll House[/i] had the good sense to team Pam up with Sid Haig.
6. John Waters. The Man, The Myth, The Legend. Bow down before him, for you are not worthy.
7. The Blood Trilogy of Herschell Gordon Lewis. [i]Blood Feast[/i], [i]2000 Maniacs![/i] and [i]Color Me Blood Red[/i]. Beautiful.
The Bad:
1. Anything Joel Schumacher has done.
2. Universal’s 1998 version of [i]Godzilla[/i]. Everyone involved should be shot.
3. [i]Lost in Space[/i]. The movie. A waste of time for everyone involved, and 2 hours I’ll never get back.
4. Mandy Patinkin.
quote[quote][b]4.Last House on the Left – Campy, but has an intriguing story – my mom even enjoyed it (especially getting to see where Loreena Bobbitt got her idea from)[/b][/quote]
You’ll be pleased to know that next year will see a restored DVD release of this film (which, not many people know, was based on Ingmar Bergman’s [i]The Virgin Spring[/i]).
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2.The Texas Chainsaw Massacre – people say that it’s a cult classic, but I hate it.[/b]
Oh, you’re talkin’ smack about one of my top 5 favorite films of all time! You’ll pay for that one!
–Aleck