Movie Reel — So bad they’re good

Bradley Burgess

We all love watching good movies, but what about the bad ones? What about the movies that are so bad we can’t help but keep our eyes open and laugh at them? Here are some ones to satisfy your appetite for stinkers.

Starship Troopers

A big budget sci-fi epic about an alien war can’t be that bad, right? Well, after this hour and a half of sci-fi, you’ll be begging for bugs to suck your brains out.

Fantastic Four

One of Marvel’s biggest film failures, this long gestating adaptation of Marvel’s first superhero team features a pre-“Captain America” Chris Evans hamming it up and the goofiest action scenes you’ll ever see. Anything but fantastic.

Final Destination 3

If you’ve ever wanted to see a man die from working out, this is the movie for you. This third installment sacrifices subtlety for silliness and features the most over the top death scenes in the franchise’s history and that’s saying a lot coming from a series that decapitated Seann William Scott.

Plan 9 from Outer Space

The masterpiece from worst filmmaker ever Ed Wood, “Plan 9” is laughably cheap with hokey acting and ridiculous aliens. And we love it.

P.S. To see how the film got made, watch the actually good movie, “Ed Wood”.

Freddy Vs. Jason

The much-anticipated showdown between the horror legends is anything but legendary. Freddy and Jason are hardly in their own movie and an incredibly offensive former Destiny’s Child will have you cringing. But if you want to see buckets of blood, give it a watch.

Jason X

Jason Voorhees makes an encore appearance on this list with the laughable attempt to make Jason cool again. Yes folks, it’s Jason in space. I think that speaks for itself.

The Room

This $6 million epic was conceived by the mysterious Tommy Wiseau, who claims to be a vampire. Even if that’s the case, it doesn’t explain the ludicrous acting and non-existent plot. And yet, it’s one of the most unintentionally funny films ever made.

Dude, Where’s My Car

The precursor to “The Hangover,” this stoner comedy features Ashton Kutcher duding it up, a group of people wearing bubble wrap and a giant hot chick exploding. If that isn’t so enjoyably stupid, what is?

Sharknado

Nuff said. Well, not really, as this film made by a rip-off studio is so stupid, they don’t even bother to make the titular disaster a tornado. That’s a new level of stupid.

Charlie and the Chocolate Factory

If you want to view paradise, don’t watch this. Though this remake of the classic film does look impressive, it crashes thanks to Johnny Depp’s awkward performance as Willy Wonka. But if awkward laughter is your thing, it doesn’t get better than this.

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