History SoBadItsGood / Film

* 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 dialoge]], [[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.

* ''Film/CoolAsIce'', which can best be described as "''Film/TheRoom''... with Music/VanillaIce".

* ''Film/{{Dolemite}}'', a 1975 blaxploitation movie starring noted standup comedian Rudy Ray Moore as the titular character, the self-styled 'baddest pimp in town' out for revenge after being released from prison against a gangster that set him up on a phony drug charge and stole his nightclub. It is by all accounts a terrible film with laughable dialogue, hammy acting, horrible editing/directing, and a nonsensical, convoluted plot, but it is so over-the-top in its badness that it becomes one of the most unintentionally hilarious comedy films of all time. One might consider it ''Film/TheRoom'' of blaxploitation movies.

* ''Film/TheRoom'', which is supposedly "the best worst movie ever made", dubbed by one ''Entertainment Weekly'' reviewer "the Citizen Kane of bad movies." Website/TheOnion explains it [[http://www.avclub.com/articles/the-room,25723/ here]]. ''The Room'' supposedly has more than just a bad plot and bad acting - it's full of failed drama and has terrible focus and transitions. It's not clear if the director did so on purpose. Creator/TommyWiseau, the film's creator (director-writer-producer-star ''and'' main advertiser) [[ParodyRetcon claims it was intentional]]; an actor from the film says instead that Wiseau was very sincere. Many find it easier to believe the actor, especially as it was originally advertised as a serious melodrama. The film has proven to be so popular just on the basis of how hilariously terrible it is that it ''still'' gets AudienceParticipation screenings to this day, similar to ''Film/TheRockyHorrorPictureShow''.

* The 1999 made-for-TV film adaptation of ''Literature/AnimalFarm'' is this, because despite featuring an all-star cast, the animatronic animals are extremely [[UnintentionalUncannyValley scary-looking]] despite being from Creator/JimHenson's Creature Shop. It features ridiculous, campy musical numbers and generally tries to go more for the essence of ''Film/{{Babe}}'' and other feel-good family films rather than the book, which was an allegorical satire of the Russian Revolution that would go over the heads of most children.

** There's often two voice actors in the English dubs, one male, one female, who both technically can speak and understand English, albeit imperfectly, which often results in [[{{Malaproper}} absolutely ridiculous mispronunciations and word choices]] [[AlternativeCharacterInterpretation that unintentionally add]] [[AmbiguouslyEvil moral questionability]]. In their ''WesternAnimation/{{Balto}}'' mockbuster, the title character, '''the hero''", says about one of his human friends: "Doc said that ''Nico must die!''" It doesn't help that Balto [[LarynxDissonance has an]] ObviouslyEvil voice.

* ''WesternAnimation/JoshuaAndThePromisedLand'' is essentially an animated retelling of stories from Literature/TheBible with anthropomorphic animals rendered in eye-searingly bad animation with voice acting that rarely goes above DullSurprise. On the other hand, the ineptitude of the animation becomes hilarious after a while, there's just enough unintentionally hilarious dialogue to prevent it from being a complete snoozefest, and there's a certain bizarre charm to it due to the creator DoingItForTheArt.

* ''Film/DeadlyPrey''. A Vietnam vet gets kidnapped by garbage men, stripped down to his pants, and has to survive being hunted by mercenaries. Rambo meets Running Man minus any sort of budget. Mike Danton cuts a man's arm off and beats him around the head with his own severed limb and then finishes by scalping him. The best insults are directed at the DarkChick such as "Kiss my ass", "Bitch". And a personal favourite "Fuck You!" before knocking her out cold with one hand.

* ''Film/GIJoeTheRiseOfCobra''. It looked like they just stuck their arm in the Trope Bag, and then tried to make the cheesiest version possible of everything they pulled out. (DefrostingIceQueen, GratuitousNinja, SpectacularSpinning, PoweredArmor, SlaveMooks, GreyGoo, GunsAreWorthless, DarkChick...)

* ''Freedom Force'', also known as ''Fantastic 4orce'' in the UK, is an English localized version of a Peruvian animated film called ''Animation/TheIllusionauts''. [[labelnote:*]]There is, in fact, an alternate English version of the movie which keeps the film's original title, but it's the ''Freedom Force'' version which truly belongs on this page[[/labelnote]]The cast contains Creator/ChristopherLloyd, Creator/SarahMichelleGellar and a host of established American voice actors (including Eric Stuart and Jason Griffith) which help elevate the work to a watchable state. However, it has slipshod editing, terribly corny jokes which are either completely off-beat or dragged out far too long, and a completely insane story involving repairing the stories of Jules Verne which have been meddled with by a villain, but these flaws make the film far more enjoyable rather than drag it down. The internal logic is questionable at best, the writing is hilariously contrived and the dialogue is insipid, making for an utterly bewildering but very entertaining experience.

** There's often two German voice actors in the English dubs, one male, one female, who both technically can speak and understand English, albeit imperfectly, which often results in [[{{Malaproper}} absolutely ridiculous mispronunciations and word choices]] [[AlternativeCharacterInterpretation that unintentionally add]] [[AmbiguouslyEvil moral questionability]]. In their ''WesternAnimation/{{Balto}}'' mockbuster, the title character, '''the hero''", says about one of his human friends: "Doc said that ''Nico must die!''" It doesn't help that Balto [[LarynxDissonance has an]] ObviouslyEvil voice.

* ''WesternAnimation/TheReturnOfTheKing'' condenses the entire plot of the third book into just the final third, reduces Aragorn (the title character) to a walk-on role, deletes several important characters, adds weird comic relief, makes the Ringwraiths into [[WesternAnimation/HeManAndTheMastersOfTheUniverse1983 Skeletors]] in fright wigs riding on black pegasi, features just plain odd voice casting (like John Stephenson, the voice of [[WesternAnimation/TheFlintstones Mr. Slate]] as the ''Witch King'') and implies that hobbits are growing and evolving into men. But what makes it so bad it's good is the songs, with even the ''orcs'' getting one: ''Where there's a whip'' [[WhipItGood WHIZZ-CRACK!]] ''there's a way!'' Though the books included quite a few songs (though these are original), it's reasonable to assume that none of them are [[GratuitousDiscoSequence Disco]]. The first time you watch it, you'll have a permanent "WTF?" look on your face. The second time, you'll be singing along and grinning like an idiot.

* ''Stop The Wedding'' is a 2016 Hallmark movie starring Rachel Boston which has a pleasant enough cast, but is [[ClicheStorm full of the usual Hallmark cliches]] and rated at 60%, but it's still full of unintentional hilarity due to the plotline.

* ''Film/SgtPeppersLonelyHeartsClubBand'', is known for being campy and embarrassing because it ruined the once-promising careers of its four main stars, Music/PeterFrampton, and Music/TheBeeGees, and many [[Music/TheBeatles Beatles]] fans and purists just don't like hearing other people (badly) sing their idols' songs. The movie had so many teenyboppers thinking Frampton and the Bee Gees created ''Sgt. Pepper'' that Capitol records re-released the Beatles' version [[https://img.discogs.com/JZuH68WOmJlpfyT1O72Sd8fm-qY=/fit-in/600x595/filters:strip_icc():format(jpeg):mode_rgb():quality(90)/discogs-images/R-7302630-1438400557-1022.jpeg.jpg with an affixed label "The Original Classic".]] The movie ''WesternAnimation/YellowSubmarine'' also made new rounds in syndication (with its on-screen credit "Starring Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band").

* ''Film/{{Fahrenheit 451}}'' struggled to have [[InNameOnly anything to do with the book]], instead focusing on a romance that didn't have much to do with the rest of the plot, which alone would have made it just sort of bad, or even possibly okay. Add in the special effects, though, particularly the amazing jetpack river crossing scene towards the end, and it suddenly becomes ''hilarious''.

There are a lot of mediocre films out there that are watchable [[SoBadItsGood in their own twisted way]]. In fact, there are [[Creator/TheAsylum studios]] who make [[BMovie movies like this]] almost exclusively. Many of these have been saved through HamAndCheese.

* ''Film/QuestForTheMightySword'' aka Ator 4 aka Troll 3. Yes, someone thought it was a good idea to try and capitalize on ''Film/Troll 2'' to sell a sword-and-sorcery movie that recycled some of the props.

* ''Deathstalker 4'', also known as ''Troll 3''. What kind of fool tries to capitalize on ''Film/Troll2''?

* ''Agent Ranjid rettet die Welt'' was a fame engine for the German comedian Kana Yagar that can best be described as ''Film/JohnnyEnglish'' if it was not serious at all. With one of the most inept protagonists ever, satire that is oh so [[SmallReferencePools one-dimensional]] (one of the jokes revolves around the German chancellor Angela Merkel, who speaks slowly and horribly, while the secret agency that works for her in India praises her), a hot chick[[note]] called ''Viagra'' van den Hupen[[/note]] that drains the blood of every man and concentrates it in their penises (with only her soulmate immune to it, mind you), one of the stupidest uses of a main villain as the WellIntentionedExtremist ever that goes as far as to punch [[Franchise/{{Batman}} The Joker]] out of a building in which a conference is held together with supervillains to make sure that every citizen becomes a Straw Dutchman, so many {{take that}}s to [[AcceptableEthnicTargets the Dutch]] that even Belgians would take pity on them and some of the most blatant recycling of jokes ever, you are guaranteed to have a satire of ''Franchise/JamesBond'' that brilliantly succeeds in being comedic but absolutely falls flat as a satire. [[NoExportForYou It seems however that the movie was only released in Germany]] [[JustifiedTrope for fairly good reasons]].

* ''WesternAnimation/HappilyEverAfter'' is a... ''unique'' take on the "Literature/SnowWhite" fable. The evil queen had an evil brother named [[NamesToRunAwayFromReallyFast Lord Maliss]] ('''[[Creator/MalcolmMcDowell Malcolm [=McDowell=]]]) who lives in a desolate wasteland called "The Realm of {{Doom|yDoomsOfDoom}}" and can shapeshift into a dragon at will, and the seven dwarves have moved away and left behind their cousins "The Seven Dwarfelles", who happen to all be female and all have special elemental powers given to them by Mother Nature. Maliss' henchmen are a cigar-smoking talking owl and a {{cloudcuckoolander}} talking bat, and the prince has a bizarre resemblance to [[Franchise/MastersOfTheUniverse He-Man]] (not surprising considering it's produced by Creator/{{Filmation}}. The plot is Snow White teaming up with the elemental dwarfelles while she journeys to the Realm of Doom in an attempt to find out what happened to the prince after they got separated, unaware that the prince is now the creepy Shadowman that follows her. It bombed at the box office and was Filmation's last project, but since then, it has gained a small cult following that finds the delightfully entertainment in its cheesy badness. [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tCLV0__2r9s Watch here, at your own risk.]]

* ''Netforce'' features the most horrible technical jargon and computer mumbo-jumbo a scriptwriter can come up with while maintaining a high degree of CriticalResearchFailure of how computers, the Internet, and hacking works. And just like a big rig collision on the information superway, it's impossible to look away!

* ''Film/SuperMarioBros'' had almost nothing to do with the games. Bowser/King Koopa was a ''human'', Yoshi was a velociraptor instead of his own species of dinosaur, the "Goombas" were humans with dinosaur heads, and the movie didn't even take place in the Mushroom Kingdom at all. And yet, it's kind of... [[BileFascination entertaining, in a way.]]

* ''Film/DeadHeat'' is the best [[OverlyNarrowSuperlative '80s zombie buddy cop action horror comedy]] you will ever see. A cop investigating jewelry store heists (performed by zombies) is killed and brought back from the dead and has 12 hours before he melts into goo. His partner is Joe Piscopo whose entire existence is dedicated to terrible one-liners. TheyFightCrime. It also includes bad acting, obvious continuity errors, a plot that makes little sense, and reanimated Chinese food.

* ''Film/BatmanAndRobin'' [[{{Pun}} ice]] one of the most terribly hilarious films of all time. The costume design is incredibly bad, with things like [[WTHCostumingDepartment Bat-nipples]]. The acting is hammy and corny, with things like Mr. Freeze [[PungeonMaster constantly making bad ice puns]]. In hindsight, it does have some [[https://www.google.com/amp/s/whatculture.com/amp/film/batman-robin-10-reasons-its-criminally-underrated redeeming qualities]].

* ''Film/{{Armageddon}}'' is this, for some. Four words: "[[NarmCharm I LOVE YOU, HARRY!!!]]"

* ''WesternAnimation/TheMagicVoyage'' documented the voyages of UsefulNotes/ChristopherColumbus and his friend Pico the woodworm as they sailed with Columbus' crew of three or possibly four men to the New World to rescue Pico's girlfriend, Marian the firefly, enduring various hardships such as bizarre dream sequences and wacky musical numbers. And it never shuts up.

** And of course, the CreatorsFavorite is [[RascallyRaccoon Wabuu the Raccoon]], an AxCrazy DesignatedHero who [[TakeThatScrappy pranks all the other characters in his titular film]] and [[AnAxToGrind even slings an ax around]]. Many have noted he sounds quite like Creator/PeterLorre. These traits even made him become an EnsembleDarkhorse!

* Most Creator/{{Syfy}} [[Film/SyfyChannelOriginalMovie Original Movies]] in general shoot for the So Bad It's Good Trope.

* ''Alice in Wonderland: What's the Matter with Hatter?''. As the title obviously implies, it's an adaptation of ''Literature/AlicesAdventuresInWonderland''. While there have been many a stinker to butcher the story when it comes to film, animated or otherwise, nothing speaks "AdaptationDistillation" like this one. The CGI is, at best, laughably amateurish, the characters that are supposed to be human have mostly been replaced by anthropomorphic animals (e.g. Tweedle Dee & Tweedle Dum, the Queen of Hearts, etc.) but the Cheshire Cat in this thing is ''so'' [[NightmareFace creepy]] [[MoreTeethThanTheOsmondFamily looking]] [[UncannyValley in its]] [[SlasherSmile design]] that it gives the shit-eating grin a whole new level. [[http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_FRuD1CxzEL0/S-0FdQV83DI/AAAAAAAAAmw/TkOTfLKV0Hw/s400/vlcsnap-2010-05-14-17h59m53s186.jpg Must be seen]] [[http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_FRuD1CxzEL0/S-0FcvZNreI/AAAAAAAAAmg/3lfh7WJcRCE/s400/vlcsnap-2010-05-14-17h58m24s63.jpg to be believed.]] There's also the preposterous portrayal of the Mad Hatter as some sort of Literature/PeterPan expy, ChickMagnet and naturally, hints of Hatter/Alice are pushed in there, and this film came out ''[[OlderThanTheyThink before]]'' Creator/TimBurton's [[Film/AliceInWonderland2010 version]]. But what makes this so bad but still enjoyable in the tiniest speck of dust of hope is its clever wordplay set in WorldOfSnark (in this case, Wonderland), and they're all voiced by Americans which of course, Alice in this version, has a tendency to speak TotallyRadical on some occasions. In addition, [[http://animationramblings.blogspot.com/2010/05/walrus-and-carpenter-walk-into-bar.html get a bit more info in this review of the worst Alice adaptations]] by ''Animation Ramblings''.

* ''Defenders'' of ''WesternAnimation/{{Foodfight}}'' claim this with its dated animation, scattered writing and weird casting choices that satisfy one's BileFascination. The puns are lame, the plot -- if you can call it that -- seems to be a complete ripoff of ''Film/{{Casablanca}}'', and the UncannyValley gets turned up all the way.

* The 1999 made-for-TV film adaptation of ''Literature/AnimalFarm'' is this, because despite featuring an all-star cast, the animatronic animals are extremely [[UncannyValley scary-looking]] despite being from Creator/JimHenson's Creature Shop. It features ridiculous, campy musical numbers and generally tries to go more for the essence of ''Film/{{Babe}}'' and other feel-good family films rather than the book, which was an allegorical satire of the Russian Revolution that would go over the heads of most children.

* ''Film/{{Cats}}'', a musical adaptation that gets so much wrong, and yet, [[{{Narm}} so much right]]. With its [[UncannyValley 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 [[WhatDoYouMeanItWasntMadeOnDrugs 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.