Conference bookie::movies

    ISHTAR

>     ISHTAR

	you actually love it?

	Ishtar is the *only* movie I ever rented and never finished watching!

    I remember some 10 years ago, male friends of mine used to get together
    to watch "The Killer Tomatoes".  It would always play very late at
    night.  I never did see it.
    
    PChaplinsky

> ... to watch "The Killer Tomatoes".

	Actually I believe the full title is

		"The Attack of the Killer Tomatoes"

	When Nashua first got cable my family got the "The Movie Channel"
	and this was a film they used to seem to run alot.  It supposed
	had/has a cult following ...

    
    > 		"The Attack of the Killer Tomatoes"
    
    Really bad, even for a cult movie, a genre I'm partial to.  But one
    great line "Anybody got any ketchup?!?!"  Rolling!
     

    
    	"Killer Klowns from Outer Space" probably falls into this
    	category.  Really stupid, but funny!!
    
    							GTI
    

"The Stuff"

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People meet yoghurt, people eat yoghurt, yoghurt eats people.


I LOVED that movie - saw it only once as a late-night movie, but the memory 
lingers on.... and on...  and on....


Chele

    "Schlock" ... an AUFUL movie about an ape that gets loose in the city
    .. (at least that's what I remember .. haven't seen it in YEARS!)
    
    Holly
    

    My local Blockbusters has a whole category now called "Le Bad Cinema".
    Contains many of the movies mentioned here.
    
    My favorite along these lines is "Dark Star". Very entertaining, and
    the special effects were *very* low budget. The alien was made from a
    beach ball, and one didn't have to look too closely to see that the
    space suits were made from vacuum cleaner hoses and muffin tins :-)
    		Jim

    Good Bad Movies
    
    Army of Darkness
    Bad Taste
    Amazon Women on the Moon
    Chopper Chicks From Zombietown
    Bad Taste ( again, you really gotta see this one )
    The Killer Tomato trilogy ( or is there 4 now? )
    The Return of the Living Dead ( just the first one )
    Re-Animator and Bride of Re-Animator
    The Son the Day of the Night of the Dawn of the Bride of the Attack of
    the Terror of Mutant Hellbound Evil Mutant Dead Part II ( I *know* I
    missed some of the title here, I'll have to check my copy when I get
    home )
    
    ... and on and on and on and on
    
    					- Jimbo

    
    > Army of Darkness
    
    I second it, an absolute riot!
    

    
    "Army of Darkness" was so bad it was still bad.  
    

All the Planet of the Apes movies - remember the one where they found the 
Statue of Liberty buried in the sand at the end?

Chris

I really loved "Drop Dead Fred" with Phoebe Cates and Bridget Fonda!!

Donna

Bridget Fonda?  Not there.  You must mean Carrie Fisher.  
Tim whats'isname from "Home Improvement" plays
the scummy husband.  Very strange to see the geeky 
Tool Guy playing the desirable, cheating spouse.

As a closet Rik Mayall/Ade Edmondson fan, I have to 
admit I liked it too.

dcl

Yes, Bridget Fonda played Anabella. Carrie Fisher was wicked funny too 
when she was stomping on and throttling the air! I never recoginized Tim 
Allen as the husband. Seems weird, I'll have to watch it again. I love 
that movie!

Donna

    
      How About...
    
      "Bambie Meets Godzilla"
    
      that was a real stomper...
    
          Carl S.
    
    

    
    Anyone seen "I bought a Vamire Motorcycle" - I think that's
    the name of the film.
    Obviously it's about a motorbike that runs on blood.
    It's so crap and cheap it's brilliant.
    
    cheers
    rodge.

    BAD TASTE!  Ha!  That was in "bad taste", but I loved it enough to tape
    it!
    
    And how about Flesh Eating Mothers?
    

    
    	That wasn't Tim Allen in "Drop Dead Fred", but rather Tim
    	Matheson.  I believe he was in "Animal House", and I know
    	he was in "Up the Creek" and "Buried Alive".
    
    							GTI
    

    
    	Oh yeah, I saw "Schlock" a couple years ago ... yes, Holly,
    	that was basically the entire plot.  8^)
    
    	A couple of my favorites ... the titles of which caught my
    	attention enough to actually rent and watch them:
    
    	"Stuff Stephanie in the Incinerator"
    	"Over-Sexed Rug-Suckers from Mars"
    	"Crimewave"
    
    	There are a few more, but I don't remember what they were.
    
    							GTI
    

One video I picked up was your typical "nice girls get slashed/mashed/diced,
with one surviving to beat the bad guys", but it was the title that made it
for me:

	Sorority Babes at the Slimeball Bowl-a-rama

cheers

	..klaas..

    
      Deathrace 2000
    
      Race car drivers score points by running over people.   
    
      
    

    I especially liked the "cow car".  :)
    
    
    And everytime I see someone with a baby carriage crossing the street in
    front of me, I can't help but think "25 points!".  ( I dunno was the
    actual "point total" was in the movie, but 25 is what always pops
    up...).  
    
    
    Cheers,
    
    kim

    And how could we forget the stunning performances by Sly Stallone, 
    David Carridine, and... that Gopher guy from love boat.
    
    kc

    
>      Deathrace 2000

And it was the first film of an increasingly (and distressingly)
popular trend:  movie-as-videogame/videogame-as-movie.

    Re: .24
    
    This sounds like an old Art Buchwald column on pedestrian polo,
    apparently played in either France or Italy.

    
    "Get Crazy"
    
    The first Spinal Tap as far as I'm concerned.  
    
    - Sean
    

    
    
    Re " Drop Dead Fred ".
    
    
    Pheobe Cates played alongside Rik Mayall , not Bridget Fonda.
    
    Keith.
    

    
    	They're saying that Bridget Fonda played one of the other char-
    	acters ... not the main character, who was played by Phoebe Cates.
    
    	I haven't seen it since, so I haven't had a chance to verify it
    	yet.
    
    							GTI
    

It's a puerile, annoying, rather stupid movie.  It
couldn't be otherwise, starring Rik Mayall, but 
I like him.  Bridget Fonda's Annabelle role is not
even a cameo, it goes by so fast.

  From the Internet Movie Database copy at MS U.
	http://www.msstate.edu/Movies/

   Directed by
          Ate De Jong
          
   Cast in credits order. Believed to be complete
          Phoebe Cates ......Elizabeth
          Rik Mayall ......Drop Dead Fred
          Marsha Mason ......Polly
          Tim Matheson ......Charles
          Carrie Fisher ......Janie
          Keith Charles ......Murray
          Ashley Peldon ......Young Elizabeth
          Daniel Gerroll ......Nigel
          Ron Eldard ......Mickey Bunce
          Eleanor Mondale ......Attractive Custoner
          Bob Reid ......Judge Dubben
          Peter Thoemke ......Arsonist
          Paul Holmes ......Man in Speedboat
          Steve Cochran ......Waiter #1
          Robert Meyzen ......Waiter #2
          Daniel Buchen ......Doctor Ryland
          Marie Mathay ......Concerned Mom
          Peter Breitmayer ......Go to Hell Herman
          Clark Niederjohn ......Velcro Head
          Tom Bethke ......Graggy
          Elizabeth Gray ......Namby Pamby
          Cheryl Hawker ......Nurse
          Michael Welker ......Waiter at Wine Gala
          Kelly Benson ......Natalie
          Cathy Lynn Hayes ......Ms. Fuzzock
          Bridget Fonda ......Annabelle (uncredited)
          
   Music by
          Randy Edelman
          
   Written by
          Carlos Davis
          Anthony Fingleton
          
   Edited by
          Marshall Harvey
          
   Produced by
          Paul Webster
   [email protected]

    Attack of the killer shrews
    
    A classic, loaded with cheap props and fx. This gem I love so much
    even had the ( very young in this ) deputy from the Dukes of Hazzard
    as it's hero/tuff guy. The killer shrews were dogs with shag rug and
    yarn tied, glued, stapled,( however they did it), to thier bodies.
    The shrews also appear as stuffed deer heads with fangs, poked thru
    holes in a fence. 
    
                              A must see!
                                          
                                         ED
    
                                     
    
      

    I've got two-
    
    Serial Mom- corny movie, but some of the murder weapons and reasons are
                a riot!!
    
    Dead-Alive- This is a movie about some weird disease that kills people,
                but they remain alive as weird people-eating zomies. Extremely
                gory, so don't eat before you watch this.
    
           I consider myself a horror movie buff, able to stomach the worst
    of gory effects and gruesome details, but Dead Alive must be honored
    with my "Extreme Warning" label. For example, (more funny than gross) a
    zombie's intestines and other guts were chasing the hero through a
    house. And also, the hero defeats a horde of zombie's with a lawn
    mower. Very messy..EWWWWWW!
    
    Happy Viewing now that I sparked everyone's curiosity,
    
    Joe

    
    Dead-Alive,
    
    	One of my all time favorites. Probably the bloodiest movie of all
    time. 
    
    	Don't forget the dining room scene and the lady eating her food
    through her neck.
    
    ed

    Re .33,.34
    
    	_Dead Alive_?  *Why* haven't I heard of this one before???  Does it
    rank up there with _Bad Taste_?  Thanks for the pointer - we'll have to
    rent it this weekend . . .
    
    					Cheers,
    
    

    Depending on where you're from you may have heard of "Dead Alive" under
    its original title of "Brain Dead".  Yes, it is from the same director
    that brought you "Bad Taste", "Meet the Feebles", and "Heavenly
    Creatures" -- Peter Jackson.
    
    - Dave

Went through about half the topics to see if this
type of category had already been created. Didn't
see it so....

I rented a movie last night that was totally 
mindless, had some bad acting and worse dialogue
and yet.... I still enjoyed it and actually
watched parts of it twice.  The movie in question
was "Aspen Extreme" and I rented it because of
a discussion on "Due South" in the tv conference.
I had seen a couple of movies with Paul Gross
(Cold Comfort is pretty good if anyone is interested
in others he has been in) and noticed this one
on the video shelf. It also starred Finola Hughes
and Peter Berg. I guess sometimes we (I) are just
in the mood for a *tres* light piece of fluff!

What movies have you watched and enjoyed (although
you wouldn't want to admit it)?

    
    Lifeforce - Gorgeous, naked Vampire aliens are brought to earth by
    Astronauts and take over London! Panned by most, but I think a lot 
    of people took it seriously, rather than as a spoof, schlock horror 
    B film, which it works really well as (maybe _I_ misunderstood it?)
    
    Saw it recently on German TV and noticed none other than Jean-Luc
    Picard as the lunatic asylum head (That's Patrick Stewart to anyone 
    who doesn't watch ST:TNG :^)).
    
    Mark
    
    PS Another favourite film of mine is Le Mans...No plot (well a paper
    thin one), but really evocative scenes from the race - if you've been
    there (especially before they demolised the old pits), you'll
    understand :^) 

      Lifeforce is truly a classic. I haven't seen it in years but
    remember it well. One nude, very attractive female vampire, is
    brought back to earth by an astronaut who has fallen in love with,
    or under the power of her. The rest is just classic vampire / alien
    movie stuff. Not as cheesy of a monster movie as I normally like
    but this gets a thumbs up!
    
                                                           Lil Ed

    
    Re .39
    
    Ed,
    
    Whilst the female alien sticks in the mind (can't think why :^)), there
    were also 2 male aliens too...
    
    Mark 

    Re .40
    
     Didn't they die aboard the ship?
     
    
                                        Lil Ed

    
    Mmmmmmm....
    
    I thought they came to Earth, too and that a lot of the finale was to
    do with the aliens getting together at St Pauls, but I'm a bit vague
    now you've questioned my memory :^) (and the 'recently' I saw the film
    was almost a year ago, now I think about it!).
    
    Mark 

    re .last couple
    
    A British shuttle mission to Halley's Comet discovers an alien
    spaceship inside the comet. The shuttle crew retrieve 3 bodies, 2 male
    and 1 female. During the return journey to Earth, the contact is lost
    with the shuttle. When the shuttle arrives an investigating team
    discovers burnt corpses and 3 alien bodies which are taken to London
    for investigation. At the same time, one of the shuttle crew is found
    having left the shuttle in an escape capsule.
    
    The aliens escape, go on the rampage and take up residence in St Pauls
    cathedral. Alien spaceship approaches Earth and human "lifeforce" is
    beamed up to it from the aliens in St Pauls.
    
    Corny fun and I love it :^)
    
    Clive

    RE. the last few.
    
    
    	The vampires attack a victim and drain the lifeforce,
    	leaving a shell of skin and bones. Then a hour (maybe
    	more..maybe less) later then shell comes alive and has to feed
    	or explode. Great visual effects!  And the "plague" of vampires
    	is a good horror storyline. 
    
    
    
    				Roger

    re - Lifeforce..
    
    	Based on a damn good book by Colin Wilson called 'The Space
    Vampires'.  Okay, so he could've picked a better title... :-)
    
    					- Jim