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* ''Film/IvanTheTerrible'' (1945)

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* ''Film/IvanTheTerrible'' (1945)(1944)
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* SarcasmMode: Happens quite a few times, such as inserting quotes directly from the movie in a section called "Immortal Dialogue".

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* SarcasmMode: Happens quite a few times, such as inserting quotes directly from the movie in a section called "Immortal Dialogue".Dialogue".
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* ''Film/AbrahamLincoln'' (1930)

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* ''Film/AbrahamLincoln'' ''[[Film/AbrahamLincoln1930 Abraham Lincoln]]'' (1930)
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* MisplacedAccent: One criticism about ''Solomon And Sheba'' is how all the main characters speak in different anachronistic accents.
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And "of all time", it means "as of the writing of 1978", of course.

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And "of all time", it means "as "[[TheSeventies as of the writing of 1978", 1978]]", of course.
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* ''Film/TheTrialOfBillyJack'' (1974)
* ''Film/Airport1975'' (1974)

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* ''Film/TheTrialOfBillyJack'' ''[[Film/BillyJack The Trial of Billy Jack]]'' (1974)
* ''Film/Airport1975'' ''[[Film/{{Airport}} Airport 1975]]'' (1974)



* ''Film/TheOmen1976'' (1976)

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* ''Film/TheOmen1976'' ''Film/{{The Omen|1976}}'' (1976)



* AmbiguouslyGay: Che and Castro from ''Che!'' are interpreted as a married couple of which the relationship is in danger of falling apart.
* DancingBear: Invoked as the main defining trait of ''Terror of Tiny Town''.
* GratuitousFrench: A viewer of ''Ivan The Terrible'' is described as heckling at the screen: ''"Well, ''mon vieux'', kick the bucket and then we can all go home!"''

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* AmbiguouslyGay: Che Guevara and Fidel Castro from ''Che!'' are interpreted as a married couple of which the relationship is in danger of falling apart.
* DancingBear: Invoked as the main defining trait of ''Terror of Tiny Town''.Town'': The entire cast consists of little people.
* GratuitousFrench: A viewer of ''Ivan The the Terrible'' is described as heckling at the screen: ''"Well, ''mon vieux'', kick the bucket and then we can all go home!"''



* IfItWasFunnyTheFirstTime: The Che! review jokes about Omar Sharif's performance being his best when he plays Che Guevara's dead body... ''thrice''.

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* IfItWasFunnyTheFirstTime: The Che! ''Che!'' review jokes about Omar Sharif's performance being his best when he plays Che Guevara's dead body... ''thrice''.
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''The Fifty Worst Films Of All Time (And How They Got That Way)'' is a 1978 non-fiction book by Harry Medved and Randy Dreyfuss that lists, according to them, [[ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin what are the fifty worst movies of all time]].

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''The Fifty Worst Films Of of All Time (And (and How They Got That Way)'' is a 1978 non-fiction book by Harry Medved and Randy Dreyfuss that lists, according to them, [[ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin what are the fifty worst movies of all time]].

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* ''Film/TheTerrorofTinyTown'' (1938)

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* ''Film/TheTerrorofTinyTown'' ''Film/TheTerrorOfTinyTown'' (1938)



* AccidentalNightmareFuel: Invoked with Creator/MaeWest looking like a creepy, barely alive corpse in ''Myra Breckinridge''.



* DancingBear: Invoked as the main defining trait of ''Terror of Tiny Town''.



* ItIsDehumanizing: Elvis' character in ''Spinout'' describes a girl as ''"it has to be someone I pick"'' and the text calls him out on referring to her as "it".

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* ItIsDehumanizing: Elvis' character in ''Spinout'' describes a girl as ''"it has to be someone I pick"'' and the text calls him out on referring to her as "it"."it".
* NightmareRetardant: Invoked with Ro-Man from ''Film/RobotMonster'', how pathetic his design is and that the only scary thing about his appearance is his fatness.
* SarcasmMode: Happens quite a few times, such as inserting quotes directly from the movie in a section called "Immortal Dialogue".
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* ''Film/AlakazamTheGreat'' (1960)

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* ''Film/AlakazamTheGreat'' ''Anime/AlakazamTheGreat'' (1960)
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* Film/AbrahamLincoln (1930)
* Film/{{Parnell}} (1937)
* Film/TheGoldwynFollies (1938)
* Film/SwingYourLady (1938)
* Film/TheTerrorofTinyTown (1938)
* Film/JamaicaInn (1939)
* Film/New Moon (1940)
* Film/NorthWestMountedPolice (1940)
* Film/TheBigNoise (1944)
* Film/IvanTheTerrible (1945)
* Film/DickTracyVSCueball (1946)
* Film/ThatHagenGirl (1947)
* Film/TwilightOnTheRioGrande (1947)
* Film/DaughterOfTheJungle (1949)
* Film/RobotMonster (1953)
* Film/KingRichardAndTheCrusaders (1954)
* Film/SwampWomen (1955)
* Film/TheConqueror (1956)
* Film/TheStoryOfMankind (1957)
* Film/JetAttack (1958)
* Film/SayOneForMe (1959)
* Film/SolomonAndSheba (1959)
* Film/AlakazamTheGreat (1960)
* Film/{{Dondi}} (1961)
* Film/LastYearAtMarienbad (1961)
* Film/{{Eegah}} (1962)
* Film/TheHorrorOfPartyBeach (1964)
* Film/SantaClausConquersTheMartians (1964)
* Film/BoyDidIGetAWrongNumber! (1966)
* Film/{{Spinout}} (1966)
* Film/ThreeOnACouch (1966)
* Film/TheAmbushers (1967)
* Film/HurrySundown (1967)
* Film/ValleyOfTheDolls (1967)
* Film/APlaceForLovers (1968)
* Film/Che1969 (1969)
* Film/MyraBreckinridge (1970)
* Film/ZabriskiePoint (1970)
* Film/GodzillaVSTheSmogMonster (1971)
* Film/TheLastMovie (1971)
* Film/ReturnOfSabata (1971)
* Film/TheAssassinationOfTrotsky (1972)
* Film/TroubleMan (1972)
* Film/JonathanLivingstonSeagull (1973)
* Film/LostHorizon (1973)
* Film/BringMeTheHeadOfAlfredoGarcia (1974)
* Film/TheTrialOfBillyJack (1974)
* Airport1975 (1974)
* Film/AtLongLastLove (1975)
* Film/TheOmen1976 (1976)

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* Film/AbrahamLincoln ''Film/AbrahamLincoln'' (1930)
* Film/{{Parnell}} ''Film/{{Parnell}}'' (1937)
* Film/TheGoldwynFollies ''Film/TheGoldwynFollies'' (1938)
* Film/SwingYourLady ''Film/SwingYourLady'' (1938)
* Film/TheTerrorofTinyTown ''Film/TheTerrorofTinyTown'' (1938)
* Film/JamaicaInn ''Film/JamaicaInn'' (1939)
* Film/New Moon ''Film/NewMoon'' (1940)
* Film/NorthWestMountedPolice ''Film/NorthWestMountedPolice'' (1940)
* Film/TheBigNoise ''Film/TheBigNoise'' (1944)
* Film/IvanTheTerrible ''Film/IvanTheTerrible'' (1945)
* Film/DickTracyVSCueball ''Film/DickTracyVSCueball'' (1946)
* Film/ThatHagenGirl ''Film/ThatHagenGirl'' (1947)
* Film/TwilightOnTheRioGrande ''Film/TwilightOnTheRioGrande'' (1947)
* Film/DaughterOfTheJungle ''Film/DaughterOfTheJungle'' (1949)
* Film/RobotMonster ''Film/RobotMonster'' (1953)
* Film/KingRichardAndTheCrusaders ''Film/KingRichardAndTheCrusaders'' (1954)
* Film/SwampWomen ''Film/SwampWomen'' (1955)
* Film/TheConqueror ''Film/TheConqueror'' (1956)
* Film/TheStoryOfMankind ''Film/TheStoryOfMankind'' (1957)
* Film/JetAttack ''Film/JetAttack'' (1958)
* Film/SayOneForMe ''Film/SayOneForMe'' (1959)
* Film/SolomonAndSheba ''Film/SolomonAndSheba'' (1959)
* Film/AlakazamTheGreat ''Film/AlakazamTheGreat'' (1960)
* Film/{{Dondi}} ''Film/{{Dondi}}'' (1961)
* Film/LastYearAtMarienbad ''Film/LastYearAtMarienbad'' (1961)
* Film/{{Eegah}} ''Film/{{Eegah}}'' (1962)
* Film/TheHorrorOfPartyBeach ''Film/TheHorrorOfPartyBeach'' (1964)
* Film/SantaClausConquersTheMartians ''Film/SantaClausConquersTheMartians'' (1964)
* Film/BoyDidIGetAWrongNumber! ''Film/BoyDidIGetAWrongNumber!'' (1966)
* Film/{{Spinout}} ''Film/{{Spinout}}'' (1966)
* Film/ThreeOnACouch ''Film/ThreeOnACouch'' (1966)
* Film/TheAmbushers ''Film/TheAmbushers'' (1967)
* Film/HurrySundown ''Film/HurrySundown'' (1967)
* Film/ValleyOfTheDolls ''Film/ValleyOfTheDolls'' (1967)
* Film/APlaceForLovers ''Film/APlaceForLovers'' (1968)
* Film/Che1969 ''Film/Che1969'' (1969)
* Film/MyraBreckinridge ''Film/MyraBreckinridge'' (1970)
* Film/ZabriskiePoint ''Film/ZabriskiePoint'' (1970)
* Film/GodzillaVSTheSmogMonster ''Film/GodzillaVSTheSmogMonster'' (1971)
* Film/TheLastMovie ''Film/TheLastMovie'' (1971)
* Film/ReturnOfSabata ''Film/ReturnOfSabata'' (1971)
* Film/TheAssassinationOfTrotsky ''Film/TheAssassinationOfTrotsky'' (1972)
* Film/TroubleMan ''Film/TroubleMan'' (1972)
* Film/JonathanLivingstonSeagull ''Film/JonathanLivingstonSeagull'' (1973)
* Film/LostHorizon ''Film/LostHorizon'' (1973)
* Film/BringMeTheHeadOfAlfredoGarcia ''Film/BringMeTheHeadOfAlfredoGarcia'' (1974)
* Film/TheTrialOfBillyJack ''Film/TheTrialOfBillyJack'' (1974)
* Airport1975 ''Film/Airport1975'' (1974)
* Film/AtLongLastLove ''Film/AtLongLastLove'' (1975)
* Film/TheOmen1976 ''Film/TheOmen1976'' (1976)
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''The Fifty Worst Films Of All Time (And How They Got That Way)'' is a 1978 non-fiction book by Harry Medved and Randy Dreyfuss that lists, according to them, [[ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin what are the fifty worst movies of all time]].

And "of all time", it means "as of the writing of 1978", of course.

This book can kinda be seen as an early precursor of "bad movie riffing" that would later be made popular by the likes of the UsefulNotes/GoldenRaspberryAward, ''Series/MysteryScienceTheater3000'' and many internet reviewers starting from the TurnOfTheMillennium.

The movies listed include:
*Film/AbrahamLincoln (1930)
*Film/{{Parnell}} (1937)
*Film/TheGoldwynFollies (1938)
*Film/SwingYourLady (1938)
*Film/TheTerrorofTinyTown (1938)
*Film/JamaicaInn (1939)
*Film/New Moon (1940)
*Film/NorthWestMountedPolice (1940)
*Film/TheBigNoise (1944)
*Film/IvanTheTerrible (1945)
*Film/DickTracyVSCueball (1946)
*Film/ThatHagenGirl (1947)
*Film/TwilightOnTheRioGrande (1947)
*Film/DaughterOfTheJungle (1949)
*Film/RobotMonster (1953)
*Film/KingRichardAndTheCrusaders (1954)
*Film/SwampWomen (1955)
*Film/TheConqueror (1956)
*Film/TheStoryOfMankind (1957)
*Film/JetAttack (1958)
*Film/SayOneForMe (1959)
*Film/SolomonAndSheba (1959)
*Film/AlakazamTheGreat (1960)
*Film/{{Dondi}} (1961)
*Film/LastYearAtMarienbad (1961)
*Film/{{Eegah}} (1962)
*Film/TheHorrorOfPartyBeach (1964)
*Film/SantaClausConquersTheMartians (1964)
*Film/BoyDidIGetAWrongNumber! (1966)
*Film/{{Spinout}} (1966)
*Film/ThreeOnACouch (1966)
*Film/TheAmbushers (1967)
*Film/HurrySundown (1967)
*Film/ValleyOfTheDolls (1967)
*Film/APlaceForLovers (1968)
*Film/Che1969 (1969)
*Film/MyraBreckinridge (1970)
*Film/ZabriskiePoint (1970)
*Film/GodzillaVSTheSmogMonster (1971)
*Film/TheLastMovie (1971)
*Film/ReturnOfSabata (1971)
*Film/TheAssassinationOfTrotsky (1972)
*Film/TroubleMan (1972)
*Film/JonathanLivingstonSeagull (1973)
*Film/LostHorizon (1973)
*Film/BringMeTheHeadOfAlfredoGarcia (1974)
*Film/TheTrialOfBillyJack (1974)
*Airport1975 (1974)
*Film/AtLongLastLove (1975)
*Film/TheOmen1976 (1976)

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*AccentuateTheNegative: The text certainly likes to nitpick and mock any flaw it can find in the movies. After all, what do you expect with the title?
*AmbiguouslyGay: Che and Castro from ''Che!'' are interpreted as a married couple of which the relationship is in danger of falling apart.
*GratuitousFrench: A viewer of ''Ivan The Terrible'' is described as heckling at the screen: ''"Well, ''mon vieux'', kick the bucket and then we can all go home!"''
*HollywoodHeartAttack: An old lady in ''Hurry Sundown'' is described as supposedly having a heart attack... but flailing around more like she is having a severe case of epilepsy.
*IfItWasFunnyTheFirstTime: The Che! review jokes about Omar Sharif's performance being his best when he plays Che Guevara's dead body... ''thrice''.
*ItIsDehumanizing: Elvis' character in ''Spinout'' describes a girl as ''"it has to be someone I pick"'' and the text calls him out on referring to her as "it".

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