History SoBadItsGood / Film

* ''Film/{{Torque}}'' - 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. Crystal meth, bike fights, and motorcycles that move so fast, they can ignite gasoline from '''driving over it'''.

* ''Film/RockNRollNightmare'', 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 " Ah, you've killed no one bub- or is it less familiar to call you BEELZEBUB!"

* Danish monster movie ''Film/{{Reptilicus}}'' boasts bad acting, [[SpecialEffectFailure horrible special effects]] (the monster is a giant hand-puppet), and a laughably implausible plot. (A forest in the ''Arctic''?) [[http://jabootu.net/?p=620 See jabootu.com for more details.]] Its cheesiness caused it to be honored by being the first movie aired in the revival of ''Series/MysteryScienceTheater3000''.

Of course, this is a very subjective trope, but let's try not to argue, [[CanadaEh eh]]?

* ''Film/{{Ape}}'' (aka ''Attack of the Giant Horny Gorilla''; no, seriously): A 1976 South Korean ''Franchise/KingKong'' ripoff that must be seen to be believed. Its special effects are so awful, the story is so shallow, the acting is so flat, and the eponymous primate is so goofy-looking that the whole damn thing becomes utterly hilarious. It's almost criminal that ''Series/MysteryScienceTheater3000'' didn't feature this one. When the creator of the Usefulnotes/GoldenRaspberryAward wrote a book on SoBadItsGood movies, [[FlippingTheBird its cover]] came from the movie.

* ''Film/{{Cats}}'', a musical adaptation that gets so much wrong, and yet, [[{{Narm}} so much right]]. With its [[UnintentionalUncannyValley infamously hideous CGI]], attempts at AdaptationExpansion when there [[ExcusePlot was little to expand upon in the first place]], [[FetishRetardant bizarre eroticism for something with a]] [[WhatDoYouMeanItsForKids PG rating]], hammy performances from Music/TaylorSwift and Creator/IanMcKellen when everyone else TookTheBadFilmSeriously, and the entire thing looking like a pure Kafkaesque spectacle, it's endearing all the same. Its status as a new addition to the camp canon was cemented with nine [[UsefulNotes/GoldenRaspberryAward Razzie]] nominations and six wins, including Worst Picture.

* The Pakistani movie ''Film/InternationalGuerillas''. It shows the story of three Pakistani guys who, after seeing how one of their relatives is killed by the police during the demonstrations against Salman Rushdie's ''Satanic Verses'', decided to go and [[DisproportionateRetribution murder the famous writer]]. The movie becomes a cat and mouse game, with the guerrillas being always a few seconds too late, allowing Rushdie to run away while they are stuck fighting his armies of thugs. With some (hilariously bad) UsefulNotes/{{Bollywood}} dance segments in between. And a bunch of cut-and-paste action sequences (more like copy and paste, since all the sequences play at least three times before moving on to the following one). Finally, Rushdie catches the protagonists, but suddenly a literal DeusExMachina (a flying Ku'ran, symbolizing Allah) appears to save the 'heroes' and kill Rushdie with some DramaticThunder. All in glorious VHS quality. It has to be seen to be believed. Watch the final scene [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-eoNLlHzPhI here]]. Words, there are none.

* ''Film/MacAndMe'' is a [[FollowTheLeader blatant ripoff]] of ''Film/ETTheExtraTerrestrial'' which takes shamelessness to unexplored depths. If you thought Elliot feeding E.T. Reese's Pieces was unwarranted ProductPlacement... hoo boy. The aliens here ''require Coke to live''! There's a BigLippedAlligatorMoment scene of Mac and his human companions at UsefulNotes/McDonalds... with ''Ronald [=McDonald=] himself'' appearing! For more [[HeadDesk head slamming]] without risk of (further) brain damage, read the Website/SomethingAwful review of this POS [[https://www.somethingawful.com/movie-reviews/mac-and-me/1/ here.]] Ron would later go on to win the Worst Newcomer [[UsefulNotes/GoldenRaspberryAward Razzie]] for 1988 (as "[[CharacterAsHimself Himself]]").

* ''Order of the Black Eagle'', as was featured on ''WebVideo/BestOfTheWorst'' (and handily won). A Neo-Nazi group with plans to revive [[HumanPopsicle a frozen Adolf Hitler]] uses Nazi ninjas to kidnap a brilliant "Laser Scientist" (as the movie itself describes him) and force him to build them a DeathRay. The only thing standing in their way is an elite paramilitary force that includes a secret agent, a cowboy-action gunslinger, an old guy with a crossbow, a pair of Amazonian ladies, a ScaryBlackMan who tosses mooks around like ragdolls, and a baboon who wears clothes, flies a plane, and drives his own little baboon-sized tank (yes, ''really''). We know, that sounds like the best idea for an [[UsefulNotes/NintendoEntertainmentSystem NES]] game ''ever'', but instead it got made into a movie which is almost as much fun.

* ''Film/{{Venom|2018}}'' takes the poster child of the UsefulNotes/TheDarkAgeOfComicBooks and makes no effort in updating it for 2018, [[https://editorial.rottentomatoes.com/article/venom-social-buzz-bizarre-and-cartoonish-but-tom-hardy-is-fun-to-watch/ making it entertaining for the wrong reasons.]] It is violent, attempts so hard to be edgy (especially in its dialogue) that it cannot be taken seriously, and above all things, has Creator/TomHardy [[HamAndCheese going absolutely insane]], as after being infected by a Symbiote he goes wild as both Eddie Brock (highlight: entering a restaurant, diving into a fish tank and eating one of the lobsters there) and Venom (whose [[EvilSoundsDeep deep voice]] is always delivering insults and over-the-top utterances).

* The obscure kids' movie ''Film/Napoleon1995'', which seems to be ''Film/{{Homeward Bound|TheIncredibleJourney}}''-inspired. Where to start? The RandomEventsPlot filled with [[WackyWaysideTribe 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 [[Film/MadMax1 made in Australia]]? Here's the kicker: It came free in a box of cereal. And yet, there is something about it that draws attention: The main villain is an AxCrazy female cat who [[ThroughTheEyesOfMadness is insane enough to imagine every animal she encounters as a mouse she needs to kill]] and chases Napoleon in all TheHerosJourney. The owl describes the cat as Napoleon's EvilCounterpart: a [[GoingNative domesticated pet who escaped to the wilderness, learned how to kill]], [[DrivenToMadness and didn't know when to stop]]. A decent development, until you realize that out of all domesticated animal species, cats are the most accustomed to killing, which makes the villain's descent into madness redundant.

* ''Film/TheCatInTheHat'' is a GuiltyPleasure for many, and with good reason. The adult humor and crude jokes, as well as the numerous pop culture references, are incredibly out of place in an adaptation for Dr. Seuss and often funny for the wrong reasons; the Cat and Things 1 and 2 look unnecessarily creepy to the point where it comes around and becomes funny instead (on top of also the questionable choice of casting Creator/MikeMeyers as the Cat); the acting is terrible to the point of {{Narm}}; the Cat's reinterpretation as a screwball {{Jerkass}} is utterly ridiculous. The whole thing plays out more as a parody of the original book than true adaptation. Small wonder it became an Internet meme in the late 2010s and subsequently amassed an ironic fandom.

* ''Film/{{Cobra}}''. It's a ClicheStorm starring Creator/SylvesterStallone using every single trope from ''Film/DirtyHarry'' and the renegade cop films it inspired. CowboyCop main character with an endless stream of one-liners who's called in to do the dirty work? Cobra is the trope image. An ethnic sidekick who gets injured in the line of duty? Check. [[DaChief 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. AxCrazy serial-killer villain? Check. Car chases, gunfights, explosions, and a final fight in a steam factory with NoOSHACompliance? Very check. [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G5fUOxPyt5U Just watch the opening action sequence.]]

* ''Siavash's Secret'' is a CGI-animated Iranian movie made at the peak of the country's anti-Western media propaganda, created to show the younger generation that the characters from Iran's mythology are cooler than any Western-made characters -- complete with unauthorized usage of characters from ''Franchise/Ben10'' to prove it. It goes a long way towards explaining why the movie can be basically summed up as every bad "the author's Gary Stu OC comes in and saves the day while [[AlwaysSomeoneBetter showing up the established characters]]" fanfic ever written. Combine it with a confusing plot, passable but still off-looking CGI, and a number of HoYay moments (especially with the lack of female characters -- most jarringly, Kevin has some relevance early on but Gwen is nowhere in sight), and it's this trope. Watch [=KuroTheArtist=] and Diamondbolt suffer through it [[https://youtu.be/RA_tOwrmHY8 here]].

* Danish monster movie ''Film/{{Reptilicus}}'' boasts bad acting, [[SpecialEffectFailure 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''?) [[http://jabootu.net/?p=620 See jabootu.com for more details.]] Its cheesiness caused it to be honored by being the first movie aired in the revival of ''Series/MysteryScienceTheater3000''.

* ''Film/DayOfTheAnimals''. Animals' aggressive behavior is caused by depletion of the ozone layer, which for some reason only affects the higher altitudes. Animals seemingly have the knowledge that humans are to blame for everything (and must be killed), the cast has laughable dynamics between them (one girl notes "She's so pretty. I hope she's not scarred for life!" after one woman is savagely mauled by a wolf), and the crowner of it all is Creator/LeslieNielsen, most famous for his roles in comedies, acting like a domineering douchebag who tries to wrestle ''a bear''. It all makes for an enjoyable romp.

* ''[[https://youtu.be/YzUdtaOy5RY?t=1 The Karate Dog]]'', a movie directed by Creator/BobClark ([[Film/AChristmasStory yes, THAT Bob Clark]]) that was his second to last movie before his death (his last was, sadly, ''Superbabies''). It was about a talking dog who knows martial arts (voiced by Creator/ChevyChase) teaming up with a police officer played by Simon Rex ([[PornCreatorGoingMainstream an ex-gay porn star]]) to solve the murder of his owner (played by Creator/PatMorita). Yes, this is a real movie. Also contains scenes of Creator/JonVoight breakdancing.

* ''[[https://youtu.be/YzUdtaOy5RY?t=1 The Karate Dog]]'', a movie directed by Creator/BobClark ([[Film/AChristmasStory yes, THAT Bob Clark]]) that was his second to last movie before his death (his last was, sadly, ''Superbabies''). It was about a talking dog who knows martial arts (voiced by Creator/ChevyChase) teaming up with a police officer played by Simon Rex ([[BleachedUnderpants an ex-gay porn star]]) to solve the murder of his owner (played by Creator/PatMorita). Yes, this is a real movie. Also contains scenes of Creator/JonVoight breakdancing.

* ''Film/Armageddon1998'': Between the transparent attempts to tug on the viewers' heartstrings and a contempt for scientific accuracy so blatant that NASA uses it to quiz new recruits by having them name as many inaccuracies as possible, it may be one of the best unintentional comedy movies ever made.

* ''Film/{{Troll 2}}'' is considered a cinematic masterpiece by some, due to how hilariously bad it is. It features vegetarian monsters that turn people into lumpy green Jello (a plant-based version, apparently) so they can eat them. The monsters appear to be dwarves running around in cheap Halloween masks (actually designed, along with the costumes, by '70s erotica actress Laura Gemser). There is a sex scene that has to be seen to be believed (and then may require multiple viewings). There's also a scene with some of the cast watching another movie called ''Grunt'' (which tethers between this and DarthWiki/SoBadItsHorrible) [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QUS-T5BmMQU where most of them laugh at a scene afterward that had a monkey fly up in the sky.]] The line, "You can't piss on hospitality! I won't allow it!" is included and is meant literally. Also, there are no trolls in the movie. Not a single one.

* ''Film/ChuckECheeseInTheGalaxy5000'' is a DirectToVideo film about Creator/ChuckECheese and pals attempting to win the titular race to win $50,000 for a little boy's aunt and uncle to replace a broken tractor. The plot is as [[{{Pun}} cheesy]] as it sounds (not to mention a blatant cash-in on the podracing scenes in ''[[Film/ThePhantomMenace Star Wars: Episode I - The Phantom Menace]]''), its CGI looks like a UsefulNotes/{{PlayStation}} video game, the songs and humor are corny, and the costume heads often have the eyelids or mouth move when the other part should instead. The best part? Creator/{{Funimation}} produced this film, years before hitting its stride in the English anime dubbing industry. A real cheesy space adventure, indeed.

* ''WesternAnimation/TransformersTheMovie'' is as much about ultra-manly and [[HamAndCheese hammy]] giant robots with [[GutturalGrowler guttural voices]] beating the stuffing out of each other as the later-released ''Film/TransformersRevengeOfTheFallen'' (see Live-Action). Instead of SugarWiki/VisualEffectsOfAwesome, however, it has a [[AutobotsRockOut completely kickass hair-metal soundtrack]] and a ''brilliant'' performance by Creator/LeonardNimoy as Galvatron.

* In a similar vein to ''Film/AVPAlienVsPredator'' (see above) is Creator/MichaelBay's ''Film/{{Transformers|FilmSeries}}'' movies. Infamous for their CriticalDissonance, but can be a blast for people willing to take in the ridiculousness and sheer overblown bombast of Bay's filmmaking style, featuring extremely manly giant robots with deep GutturalGrowler voices beating the crap out of each other for two hours. The various HamAndCheese performances (Simmons, Jetfire, etc.) also make the {{Padding}} scenes somewhat watchable. Bay's entire filmography pretty much sums up what this trope would be like with a $200 million budget and box office receipts big enough to justify it.

* ''Film/{{Venom|2018}}'' takes the poster child of the UsefulNotes/TheDarkAgeOfComicBooks and makes no effort in updating it for 2018, [[https://editorial.rottentomatoes.com/article/venom-social-buzz-bizarre-and-cartoonish-but-tom-hardy-is-fun-to-watch/ making it entertaining for the wrong reasons.]] It is violent, attempts so hard to be edgy (specially in its dialogue) that it cannot be taken seriously, and above all things, has Creator/TomHardy [[HamAndCheese going absolutely insane]], as after being infected by a Symbiote he goes wild as both Eddie Brock (highlight: entering a restaurant, diving into a fish tank and eating one of the lobsters there) and Venom (whose [[EvilSoundsDeep deep voice]] is always delivering insults and over-the-top utterances).

* ''Film/RoboCop3'' is quite substandard when compared to the first two films, but when taken by itself, the film is ''hilarious''. A Japanese competitor of OCP's sends over robot ninjas to stop Robocop, a 9-year-old girl uses a computer terminal to hack an [[TheDragon ED-209]] unit and there's SpecialEffectFailure galore. Add to that unintentionally funny moments (including Robo commandeering a pimp's car (complete with reaction shot), [[SuicideAsComedy a man's suicide is played for comedy]], a children's tricycle being used for barricade material, Robocop [[BigDamnHeroes flying in]] [[MerchandiseDriven on a jetpack]] and two robots who simultaneously cut each other's heads off and script howlers ("Come and get me, Mr. Robocop!", "Oh my God, Johnson, our stocks have dropped to nothing!", "You got a ghost cop? A vampire cop?" and Robo's immortal line "Don't count on it, chum!"), along with a score that makes these moments epic, and you've got the perfect storm for SBIG. And Jill Hennessy as eye candy.

* Creator/LouFerrigno in ''Film/{{Hercules 1983}}''. Apollo's chariot, which was a sloppily constructed cart 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 (sic) of Lou Ferrigno. The only time he is even the slightest bit believable is in one scene where Cassiopeia (played by the stunning [[HeroesWantRedheads Ingrid Anderson]]) drops her face veil and Lou stands there dumbfounded at her beauty. Hercules also has a [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mkDTE6s1E9A funny fight with a bear]].

* ''Film/GhostsCantDoIt'' already has the questionable "legacy" of ''Film/{{Bolero}}'' and ''Film/TarzanTheApeMan'', where John Derek delivered laughable schlock that clearly only wants to show off his wife Creator/BoDerek naked. But this one has an absurd plot, regarding a woman and the spirit of her elderly husband who want to kill a young man so he can possess the body, the ridiculous effect trying to convey the "ghost", and the unexpected appearance of Usefulnotes/DonaldTrump as himself.

* Creator/DingoPictures was a German animation studio known for making absolutely '''awful''' mockbusters of Creator/{{Disney}} films, Creator/DonBluth films, and even other animated films like ''WesternAnimation/TheFearlessFour'' and ''WesternAnimation/CharlottesWeb''. However, the [[{{Malaproper}} extremely awkward and technically coherent but incomprehensible dialogue]], [[DullSurprise underacting]] (and ''[[HamAndCheese over]]''[[HamAndCheese acting]]), and [[{{Narm}} hilariously inept attempts at drama]] make it absolutely entertaining. Not to mention, their English dubs were mostly released as ''video games'' by Creator/PhoenixGames. WebVideo/{{Phelous}} has regularly had field days reviewing their "films". Highlights include:

** But wait, [[SincerityMode it gets]] [[SoBadItsGood better]]! Some of Dingo's English dubs ''don't'' have those two voice actors, but have voice actors who ''barely'' speak any English, often a boy and an older adult, but also occasionally a boy and a younger teen or adult, all of whom are male. They're referred to as [[FanNickname "EastWest" dubs]] after Dingo's English dub distributor, [=EastWestDVD=], since there are also some non-Dingo properties those actors have voiced for. The most notable of these "dubs" include ''Animal Soccer World'', ''Wabuu'' and ''Aladdin''--sorry, "Alladin". They often have [[SoundtrackDissonance looped background tracks playing throughout the entire "film"]], and they have ''even worse'' pronunciation. "Can you image India, China?" "China" in this case gets pronounced "Chin-uh". The dub of ''Animal Soccer World'' is their most notorious.

* The Italian masterpiece: ''La croce dalle sette pietre'' (The Seven Stones Cross), commonly known as: "L'uomo lupo contro la Camorra", which means "The Werewolf versus the Mafia" (Camorra is a specific, localized kind of Mafia). [[ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin 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. Marco Antonio Andolfi served as [[CopiouslyCredictedCreator director, writer, and lead actor]], so you know ''exactly'' who to blame for [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B611ROsP7Vc this sequence]] and [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lPBMENu_fQI 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.

* The Italian masterpiece: ''La croce dalle sette pietre'' (The Seven Stones Cross), commonly known as: "L'uomo lupo contro la Camorra", which means "The Werewolf versus the Mafia" (Camorra is a specific, localized kind of Mafia). [[ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin 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 [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B611ROsP7Vc this sequence]] and [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lPBMENu_fQI 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.

* ''Film/MaxKnightUltraSpy''. From unintelligible hacker speak to a climax filmed using a ''VideoGame/HalfLife mod'', the movie is completely terrible and completely awesome at the same time. And then the main character claiming that ''[[EpicFail he's never been able to beat the first level of HL1!]]''

* The ''Film/{{Gamera}}'' films of the 1960s had [[SpecialEffectFailure even worse effects than the Godzilla films of the '70s]], really bad dubbing, and some of the most ludicrous plots ever. (For example, the ending of the first movie has [[spoiler:Gamera being tricked into a giant spaceship and launched into outer space.]]) This doesn't stop the movies from being cheesy fun for people of all ages.