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Subject: Re: More on Totally Bad Movies
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Date: Mon, 7-Oct-85 14:38:16 EDT
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> The list, in order of badness, now stands at:
> 
> *(1) Felicity
>  (2) Silent Night, Deadly Night
> *(3) Glen or Glenda
> *(4) Star Crush
> *(5) First Family
>  (6) Sheena of the Jungle (on the "doubtful" list, however; see below)
> 
> * Asterisk means new entry.
> -----------------------------------------------------------------------
> 
> Comments on new entries, from the people who nominated them:
> 
> Felicity ("Did you see the scene in "Batchelor Party" where Tom Hanks'
>     fiancee mutilated their porno movies? You'd be watching some guy
>     and girl take their clothes off, and the next thing you knew, they
>     were putting their clothes back on. Well, that's exactly what happens
>     in Felicity! I think this was an X-rated movie that was later turned
>     into an R. There isn't even any good T&A.

I don't know what version you saw, but the one I saw was a definite hard R
or soft X.  If the list of totally bad movies is open to "Adult" flicks, then
have I got a list for you!!

>     The acting is uniformly bad...

Mediocre, I'd say.

>     They can't even show an occasional nipple without bad lighting...

Again, you didn't see the uncut version.

>     They re-used one panorama of Hong Kong FIVE times! ...They would
>     typically have one scene where some people were walking down the
>     street shopping, having a conversation (not correctly lip-synched,
>     either); they would later repeat the scene, but instead of dialog,
>     they would have lush porno music... Bad acting, bad direction, bad
>     cinematography, bad music,

I take exception to the music.  The theme song ("You're not Daddy's little
Girl No More" I believe is the title) is pretty good.

>     no plot, bad continuity, repeated footage,
>     and bad film quality. What more could you want?" -Hank Walker)

If the Sheena movie on this list is the one with Tanya Roberts, then it
certainly doesn't belong.  It may have been a box office bomb and you may
not like it, but it isn't totally bad (at least it's not in the same league
as "Plan Nine").

I'll make some nominations of my own.  There are two movies that I remember
from my young and wild college days (early 60's) that I thought were bad
even at a young age.  The first is "Atlantis, the Lost Continent".  Poor
plot, bad acting, inane story, etc.  The other is Andy Warhaul's (SP?)
movie which I believe was titled "Western".  This film was so bad that it
became an instant cult flick.  I was rolling in the isle with laughter
while watching it due to the total lack of plot, no acting, and Andy's
personal anti-editing job which left pops, clicks and flashes between
scenes.