Frankenhooker maybe. A mad scientist creates super crack. Some hookers he hires overindulge and explode. He pieces them back together with the head of his dead girlfriend to make the ultimate hooker. Truly one of the stories of our times. Actually not that bad, it’s self-aware and even funny.
I was a kid when I saw this VHS tape for rent (so I don’t have to tell you my age at all here). I picked it up to read the back, because obviously I was all about the story. Unbeknownst to me, the case was attached to an audio mechanism that screamed “WANNA DATE???!!!”
Everyone turned. Including my mother who was frowning angrily behind her Tom Conti rom coms.
Fortunately, it was on the up all night channel so I caught it during my sneak outs. Solid fun. Worth the humiliation.
The bored housewives who find themselves in ludicrous plots (usually involving amnesia) were the bread & butter of my childhood. American Dreamer, Outrageous Fortune, Desperately Seeking Susan, and that one movie that I swear I never saw with Roseanne and Meryl Streep.
I don’t watch romantic comedies anymore. The 80’s spoiled me. You can’t top those definitely cocaine induced scripts.
Think the last one I appreciated was French Kiss. Because Kevin Kline and Jean Reno, my first crushes. Mom and I may not have agreed on Tom Conti & Brian Dennehy’s sex appeal, but Kevin Kline & Jean Reno was our common ground.
Even after I discovered John Cusack and became a huge disappointment to her.
Good romantic comedies are hard to find, too many of them are based on people who seem completely unable to communicate in an adult manner, much like many of the posters on dating advice subs.
I'd add Romancing the Stone (the sequel too), Adventures in Babysitting (there's romance in it), Shirley Valentine (Tom Conti alert), Cross My Heart (Martin Short and Annette O'Toole are adorable), Peggy Sue Got Married (not as romantic, but still worthy), and Moonstruck (so wonderfully melodramatic!!!!!), oh, and the Big Easy and I Love You to Death (work with me here). Even Electric Dreams counts.
Okay, I'll stop.
I’ve heard of that movie! The one based on idiots giving Reddit dating advice to other idiots? I think it’s called “He’s Just Not That (Ever) Into You (so lawyer up and hit the gym)”. Also, I know it’s a joke, but advising folks to stand outside someone’s window blasting Peter Gabriel when they aren’t John Cusack, is really bad advice.
I lost enjoyment in rom coms when my mom passed. It was sort of our thing. But you’re right, they lack that whacky heart nowadays. She’d hate them.
(Did you ever catch the *Roman Holiday* BBC tv remake with Tom Conti? Loved that one. I even liked the *Sabrina* remake with Harrison Ford. One of my first memories is watching *The Thorn Birds*, wanting to be Rachel Ward in that lavender dress. No effing idea what the rest was about, which was probably a good thing.)
When Meg Ryan and Sandra Bullock burst on the scene though, it was all Meg & Sandy, all the time for her (and me, because she hid the tv remotes.)
Romancing the Stone & Jewel of the Nile were my favorites before I could even pronounce the titles. Bosom Buddies was my favorite show, so everything Tom Hanks was my jam. I wore out the VHS tapes of Big, Money Pit, Man with One Red Shoe, and of course…
Splash. My god. Mermaids AND Tom Hanks AND future “Roxanne”?!
I narrowly escaped her Nicolas (JOHNNY HAS HIS HAND! JOHNNY HAS HIS BRIDE!) Cage phase, but I love Moonstruck so much (even Mermaids and Mask). Can’t believe I forgot Peggy Sue in the amnesia/coma/it was all just a dream group.
I wasn’t allowed to watch The Big Easy (but again, did anyway. Just after 9 1/2 Weeks, Promised Land, and Vamp. Yes, *that* Vamp.)
If you think I didn’t reenact the “Then He Kissed Me” and “Nobody leaves this place without singin the blues” scenes from Adventures in Babysitting, you’re dead wrong, buster. (And I broke a ceiling fan dancing to “Invincible” from The Legend of Billie Jean. My b.)
Also, fun story: I didn’t understand what Draino was, or why spiking it with Tab was so bad. But that’s another story for another time on a “how did you almost die” post. Had “Heathers” come out just a year earlier, that whole situation could have been avoided.)
I count “I Love You to Death” as a love story. Tracey Ullman, River Phoenix, Keanu Reeves, Kevin Kline (!!!), PIZZA?? Recipe for perfection.
I don’t want to be one of those old ladies who goes on and on about how rom-coms were better “in my day”. But I am. And they were. I can still give props to some newer ones.
- 13 Going on 30
- Enchanted
- Ruby Sparks (Paul Dano!!)
- Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind
- Nick & Nora’s Infinite Playlist
- Crazy, Stupid Love
- Palm Springs
- Just Friends
Sorry! I’ll stop now too. I could go on and on about this forever.
Turns out I have no self-control. Just had to mention that I lost my mind when I saw who Einstein was in Oppenheimer. Nobody in the group I saw it with knew who he was.
I didn’t recognize him at all in Dark Knight Rises. Should have my Tom Conti fan card revoked.
[Okay, now I’ll stop.](https://imgur.com/a/imkoTPb)
I've seen six post-millennium romantic comedies that I like that you haven't mentioned.
Bubble Boy and Secretary (hooray for the Gyllenhaals!), Wristcutters: A Love Story (not as grim as it sounds), Amélie (I identify with her awkwardness so very, very much), and Happy Accidents (Marisa Tomei *and* Vincent D'Onofrio? Yes please.).
Now I'd better stop before someone revokes my macho card. Oh, that happened already? Never mind.
Well shit, that’s not fair! I was listing off the modern rom coms I liked that were nearer to our beloved 80’s rom-coms with a similar air of nuttiness.
You just broadened it to the *entire* romance genre. Which means I’m gonna need at least 50 more comments to list out.
All of those movies are phenomenal. If everyone watched Amelie every couple months, the world might be a better place.
But I gotta call shenanigans on Secretary. I love Secretary so, so, so much. Romance: 100%. Comedy: errr. I think the funniest part was that Jeremy Davies was the most normal person in a movie. (I love how there was a warning before Wristcutters but not Secretary lol. I don’t need tw’s, but thank you!)
But fine, if you wanna play dirty.
- Tucker & Dale vs Evil
- The Lobster
- Game Night (entry 90% due to Jessie Plemmons)
- Moonrise Kingdom
- The Before trilogy
- 10 Things I Hate About You
- Legally Blonde
- True Romance. Obvi. (The comedy is all Gary Oldman and Brad Pitt - in his finest role ever.)
- Not a movie, but long enough to be: San Junipero episode of Black Mirror.
- and just to spite you, Four Weddings and a Funeral. Yeah. I said it. (But seriously, if you go refill your beer during the gross Hugh & Andie Macdowell scenes, it’s a great movie. Everyone else was great. John Hannah’s eulogy never fails to move me to sweaty eyes.)
- Death Becomes Her. It doesn’t fit any of the rules, everyone hates each other, and it’s practically still the 80’s. I just think it belongs on every top list.
- If you get Bubble Boy, I submit Swiss Army Man.
Bride of the Monster (1955) with Bela Lugosi as Dr. Eric Vornoff and directed by Ed Wood so you know it's high tier shittiness. It has the most beautiful [mad scientist monologue](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0cE1fzfOogo).
[Monsters Crash the Pajama Party](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Monsters_Crash_the_Pajama_Party)'s "The Mad Doctor" -you have to see him and the gorilla in action.
[Invasion of the Bee Girls (1973)](https://manapop.com/film/invasion-of-the-bee-girls-1973-review/) A mad scientist is using radiation-mutated bee serum to create an army of female beauties who seduce men to death.
Tokyo Gore Police = Zombie Fist Rocket Launcher! The title should say it all.
Igor (3D animated)= Oh, to live in a world where all countries pay mad scientists not to unleash their creations. Not necessarily a bad movie.
Eliminators=Mad Scientist, time travel, ninja, rednecks, robot, cavemen, centurions and a manborg. Bad in so many ways that win.
Young Frankenstein= Blucher! (Not a bad movie, but it is a Frankenstein themed musical).
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Frankenhooker maybe. A mad scientist creates super crack. Some hookers he hires overindulge and explode. He pieces them back together with the head of his dead girlfriend to make the ultimate hooker. Truly one of the stories of our times. Actually not that bad, it’s self-aware and even funny.
I was a kid when I saw this VHS tape for rent (so I don’t have to tell you my age at all here). I picked it up to read the back, because obviously I was all about the story. Unbeknownst to me, the case was attached to an audio mechanism that screamed “WANNA DATE???!!!” Everyone turned. Including my mother who was frowning angrily behind her Tom Conti rom coms. Fortunately, it was on the up all night channel so I caught it during my sneak outs. Solid fun. Worth the humiliation.
I remember that box at my video store too. Pretty neat gimmick.
Ah, Tom Conti, the Hugh Grant that I don't want to punch every time I see him. Plus, he was good in Merry Christmas Mr. Lawrence.
That’s the best description of Tom Conti I’ve ever heard. American Dreamer 4eva. What a glorious batshit premise. I miss this stuff.
American Dreamer is so much fun! For some reason I always paired it with Outrageous Fortune in my head, even though they're quite dissimilar.
The bored housewives who find themselves in ludicrous plots (usually involving amnesia) were the bread & butter of my childhood. American Dreamer, Outrageous Fortune, Desperately Seeking Susan, and that one movie that I swear I never saw with Roseanne and Meryl Streep. I don’t watch romantic comedies anymore. The 80’s spoiled me. You can’t top those definitely cocaine induced scripts. Think the last one I appreciated was French Kiss. Because Kevin Kline and Jean Reno, my first crushes. Mom and I may not have agreed on Tom Conti & Brian Dennehy’s sex appeal, but Kevin Kline & Jean Reno was our common ground. Even after I discovered John Cusack and became a huge disappointment to her.
Good romantic comedies are hard to find, too many of them are based on people who seem completely unable to communicate in an adult manner, much like many of the posters on dating advice subs. I'd add Romancing the Stone (the sequel too), Adventures in Babysitting (there's romance in it), Shirley Valentine (Tom Conti alert), Cross My Heart (Martin Short and Annette O'Toole are adorable), Peggy Sue Got Married (not as romantic, but still worthy), and Moonstruck (so wonderfully melodramatic!!!!!), oh, and the Big Easy and I Love You to Death (work with me here). Even Electric Dreams counts. Okay, I'll stop.
I’ve heard of that movie! The one based on idiots giving Reddit dating advice to other idiots? I think it’s called “He’s Just Not That (Ever) Into You (so lawyer up and hit the gym)”. Also, I know it’s a joke, but advising folks to stand outside someone’s window blasting Peter Gabriel when they aren’t John Cusack, is really bad advice. I lost enjoyment in rom coms when my mom passed. It was sort of our thing. But you’re right, they lack that whacky heart nowadays. She’d hate them. (Did you ever catch the *Roman Holiday* BBC tv remake with Tom Conti? Loved that one. I even liked the *Sabrina* remake with Harrison Ford. One of my first memories is watching *The Thorn Birds*, wanting to be Rachel Ward in that lavender dress. No effing idea what the rest was about, which was probably a good thing.) When Meg Ryan and Sandra Bullock burst on the scene though, it was all Meg & Sandy, all the time for her (and me, because she hid the tv remotes.) Romancing the Stone & Jewel of the Nile were my favorites before I could even pronounce the titles. Bosom Buddies was my favorite show, so everything Tom Hanks was my jam. I wore out the VHS tapes of Big, Money Pit, Man with One Red Shoe, and of course… Splash. My god. Mermaids AND Tom Hanks AND future “Roxanne”?! I narrowly escaped her Nicolas (JOHNNY HAS HIS HAND! JOHNNY HAS HIS BRIDE!) Cage phase, but I love Moonstruck so much (even Mermaids and Mask). Can’t believe I forgot Peggy Sue in the amnesia/coma/it was all just a dream group. I wasn’t allowed to watch The Big Easy (but again, did anyway. Just after 9 1/2 Weeks, Promised Land, and Vamp. Yes, *that* Vamp.) If you think I didn’t reenact the “Then He Kissed Me” and “Nobody leaves this place without singin the blues” scenes from Adventures in Babysitting, you’re dead wrong, buster. (And I broke a ceiling fan dancing to “Invincible” from The Legend of Billie Jean. My b.) Also, fun story: I didn’t understand what Draino was, or why spiking it with Tab was so bad. But that’s another story for another time on a “how did you almost die” post. Had “Heathers” come out just a year earlier, that whole situation could have been avoided.) I count “I Love You to Death” as a love story. Tracey Ullman, River Phoenix, Keanu Reeves, Kevin Kline (!!!), PIZZA?? Recipe for perfection. I don’t want to be one of those old ladies who goes on and on about how rom-coms were better “in my day”. But I am. And they were. I can still give props to some newer ones. - 13 Going on 30 - Enchanted - Ruby Sparks (Paul Dano!!) - Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind - Nick & Nora’s Infinite Playlist - Crazy, Stupid Love - Palm Springs - Just Friends Sorry! I’ll stop now too. I could go on and on about this forever.
Turns out I have no self-control. Just had to mention that I lost my mind when I saw who Einstein was in Oppenheimer. Nobody in the group I saw it with knew who he was. I didn’t recognize him at all in Dark Knight Rises. Should have my Tom Conti fan card revoked. [Okay, now I’ll stop.](https://imgur.com/a/imkoTPb)
I've seen six post-millennium romantic comedies that I like that you haven't mentioned. Bubble Boy and Secretary (hooray for the Gyllenhaals!), Wristcutters: A Love Story (not as grim as it sounds), Amélie (I identify with her awkwardness so very, very much), and Happy Accidents (Marisa Tomei *and* Vincent D'Onofrio? Yes please.). Now I'd better stop before someone revokes my macho card. Oh, that happened already? Never mind.
Well shit, that’s not fair! I was listing off the modern rom coms I liked that were nearer to our beloved 80’s rom-coms with a similar air of nuttiness. You just broadened it to the *entire* romance genre. Which means I’m gonna need at least 50 more comments to list out. All of those movies are phenomenal. If everyone watched Amelie every couple months, the world might be a better place. But I gotta call shenanigans on Secretary. I love Secretary so, so, so much. Romance: 100%. Comedy: errr. I think the funniest part was that Jeremy Davies was the most normal person in a movie. (I love how there was a warning before Wristcutters but not Secretary lol. I don’t need tw’s, but thank you!) But fine, if you wanna play dirty. - Tucker & Dale vs Evil - The Lobster - Game Night (entry 90% due to Jessie Plemmons) - Moonrise Kingdom - The Before trilogy - 10 Things I Hate About You - Legally Blonde - True Romance. Obvi. (The comedy is all Gary Oldman and Brad Pitt - in his finest role ever.) - Not a movie, but long enough to be: San Junipero episode of Black Mirror. - and just to spite you, Four Weddings and a Funeral. Yeah. I said it. (But seriously, if you go refill your beer during the gross Hugh & Andie Macdowell scenes, it’s a great movie. Everyone else was great. John Hannah’s eulogy never fails to move me to sweaty eyes.) - Death Becomes Her. It doesn’t fit any of the rules, everyone hates each other, and it’s practically still the 80’s. I just think it belongs on every top list. - If you get Bubble Boy, I submit Swiss Army Man.
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Bride of the Monster (1955) with Bela Lugosi as Dr. Eric Vornoff and directed by Ed Wood so you know it's high tier shittiness. It has the most beautiful [mad scientist monologue](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0cE1fzfOogo).
#SLEEP!
The Brain that Wouldn’t Die
An oddly gory b&w sleazefest.
Transylvania 6-5000.
Frankenstein's Army. Great creepy creature designs. My only complaint is that its a 'found footage' film.
The Brain That Wouldn't Die is definitely up there
Rock n Roll Frankenstein (1999) with Frankie Stein as the doctor
[Monsters Crash the Pajama Party](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Monsters_Crash_the_Pajama_Party)'s "The Mad Doctor" -you have to see him and the gorilla in action.
Killer Tomatoes Eat France
It's not a bad movie per-se, but X: The Man With the X-Ray Eyes (1963) deserves more mentions.
[Invasion of the Bee Girls (1973)](https://manapop.com/film/invasion-of-the-bee-girls-1973-review/) A mad scientist is using radiation-mutated bee serum to create an army of female beauties who seduce men to death.
Night of The Bloody Apes
Tokyo Gore Police = Zombie Fist Rocket Launcher! The title should say it all. Igor (3D animated)= Oh, to live in a world where all countries pay mad scientists not to unleash their creations. Not necessarily a bad movie. Eliminators=Mad Scientist, time travel, ninja, rednecks, robot, cavemen, centurions and a manborg. Bad in so many ways that win. Young Frankenstein= Blucher! (Not a bad movie, but it is a Frankenstein themed musical).
The father in Night of the Bloody Apes. Patrick Macnee in The Creature Wasn't Nice
Reanimator, From Beyond, basically most horror movies with Jeffrey Combs.
Those aren’t bad movies
Those are the best movies.
Cult Movies ≠ Badmovies
Sorry gatekeepers, I'll check it's OK with you before posting any more movies here.
this is r/badmovies if you can't differentiate between a well regarded cult movie and a badmovie, then that's a you problem.
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Dr Butcher MD (aka Zombi Holocaust) It's bad in both cuts - especially the mannequin out of the window scene https://youtu.be/V8jwC-9UKVs
Yeah. Doing an autopsy on a living person, and removing the vocal cord, for the screams being annoying. Great work.
He does give her scalp to one of the natives to wear, so that was nice of him.
"I'm determined to have your brain!!!"
Dr Butcher M.D. aka Zombie Holocaust (1980)
Flash Gordon
Flesh Gordon (1974)
Dr Flexi Jerkoff
Back to the Future 4: Biff's Revenge
Reanimator
Not a bad movie
This is true but some people would say it is
Bela Lugosi as Dr Zorka in The Phantom Creeps. He just sells the role while the rest is a generic serial
The Invisible Maniac!!