Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10.1 6/24/83; site decwrl.UUCP Path: utzoo!linus!decvax!decwrl!daemon From: daemon@decwrl.UUCP Newsgroups: net.movies Subject: Bad films. Message-ID: <3274@decwrl.UUCP> Date: Fri, 23-Sep-83 06:33:41 EDT Article-I.D.: decwrl.3274 Posted: Fri Sep 23 06:33:41 1983 Date-Received: Sat, 24-Sep-83 03:22:00 EDT Sender: daemon@decwrl.UUCP Organization: DEC Western Research Lab, Los Altos, CA Lines: 38 From: Ed Featherston HL01-1/P06 225-5241 Begin Forwarded Message: ------------------------------------------- Newsgroup : net.movies >From : EIFFEL::BLICKSTEIN "Dave Blickstein" 22-SEP-1983 12:00 * Organization : Digital Equipment Corp. Subject: Bad films. I would like to see a good discussion of "Bad Films". I am a self-confessed "Bad Movie Buff" and have been known to go to extreme lengths (such as staying up the night before a final to watch a known stinker) to see bad films. Anyone who is even mildly interested in bad films should read "The Golden Turkey Awards" by Harry and Michael Medved, which is the definitive work on this genre. Most people who subscribe to net.movies are probably familiar with "Plan 9 from Outer Space" the undisputed all-time stinker. It is so bad that it is almost constantly entertaining. But one of my favorite bad films is Robot Monster, which is about an invasion from the Moon. The "robot monster" is nothing more than a guy dressed in a gorilla suit with a diving helmet who communicates back to the moon via a Philco TV complete with rabbit ears. It gets worse from there, and it would take too long to describe everything about the movie, but I can't resist reproducing a credit line to give you the flavor of the movie (and an idea of the budget which is less then 5K): Special Effects: Zillion Bubble Machine, Ideal Toy Co. db Mail address : ...decvax!decwrl!"EIFFEL::BLICKSTEIN" ------------------------------------------- End Forwarded Message