Weirdest Movies I'm Ashamed to Admit That I've Seen
Submitted by AJDaGreat on Sat, 10/26/2002 - 11:28
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- Ace Ventura: When Nature Calls (1995) - I can't believe I actually called this my favorite movie at one point in my life.
- And Now For Something Completely Different (1971) - This is not from that period, but it is one of the weirdest movies I've ever seen. Funny as hell though.
- Another You (1991) - I liked "See No Evil, Hear No Evil" so much that I had to see all the Wilder / Pryor movies.
- Barton Fink (1991) - Past the period, but this Coen Bros. movie is so freakin' weird I had to put it on here.
- The Big Lebowski (1998) - See above.
- Black Sheep (1996) - Of all of Chris Farley's movies, this is the black sheep.
- Blues Brothers 2000 (1998) - It sucks, yes...but what I'm wondering is, why was it called 2000 when it was made 2 years before 2000?
- The Brady Bunch Movie and A Very Brady Sequel - I actually watched some of the latter the other day. I didn't remember it being that satirical. Very strange movie.
- Brewster McCloud (1970) - This is directed by WHO?! WHAT?! I thought he could do so much better.
- Bulletproof (1996) - In the words of Adam Again, "Unfunny."
- Critical Condition (1987) - At one point in this movie, Richard Pryor offers someone a Lifesaver. The person asks for a red one. Pryor gives it to him, but complains that he likes the red ones too. Later, Pryor offers another person a Lifesaver. The person asks for a red one. Pryor says something like, "Aw, everyone likes the red ones." This was the most interesting part of the movie.
- Delirious (1991) - From that period. It actually had an interesting concept that might've worked (soap writer finds himself inside his own soap opera and sees that he can alter reality) if not for the lousy script.
- Dirty Work (1998) - One of my favorites at one point. (sigh)
- The Distinguished Gentleman (1992) - Some weird political satire with Eddie Murphy, I dunno.
- Doctor Detroit (1983) - My mom actually recommended this movie to me. I actually bought it. Even during the period, I didn't like it.
- Down Periscope (1996) - So weird.
- Dracula: Dead and Loving It (1996) - What a terrible movie.
- Eating Raoul (1982) - Not from the period. I enjoyed this weird movie.
- Erik the Viking (1989) - Reaches new levels of mediocrity.
- Fathers' Day (1997) - Ewwww.
- Fear of a Black Hat (1993) - Take "This Is Spinal Tap." Turn Spinal Tap into a rap group. Script it rather than doing improv. Then make it much less funny. And you get "Fear of a Black Hat."
- Funny Farm (1988) - Roger Ebert actually gave it a glowing review. I usually have such respect for Roger Ebert.
- Good Burger (1997) - I was a big fan of the sketch on "All That" at the time. What a weird movie.
- The Great Outdoors (1988) - It's sad to see so many John Candy and Dan Aykroyd movies on the list. I think both are very talented, they just choose a lot of bad scripts. Avoid this one at all costs.
- The Groove Tube (1974) - Not from the period. It's a sketch movie like "Kentucky Fried Movie", only not as funny. A nice guilty pleasure though.
- Jane Austen's "Mafia!" (1998) - From the "period", but I still manage to enjoy this movie. There are so many jokes in it that some of them just have to work. Also very odd.
- Josie and the Pussycats (2001) - Incredibly bizarre. This is similiar to many movies from "the period" but I actually enjoyed it. A guilty pleasure indeed. Random Tidbit: Marc Platt, one producer of this movie (along with "Legally Blonde" and TV series "MDs"), is the brother of some of our family friends.
- Kazaam (1996) - 3 wishes from Shaq? I wish this movie had never existed.
- Krippendorf's Tribe (1998) - Retch.
- Loaded Weapon 1 (1993) - I thought this was funny at the time.
- The Lonely Guy (1984) - Not period, but weird. This was actually a funny movie. I'm not ashamed of this one.
- Loose Cannons (1990) - Yukkk.
- A Man Called Sarge (1990) - Do we really need more "Naked Gun" ripoffs in our lives?
- Master of Disguise (2002) - I guess when I walked into this theater, I was trying to revisit my past love of really strange, bad movies (although during "the period", I didn't think they were bad). I didn't enjoy it.
- Moving (1988) - Take "National Lampoon's Vacation." Instead of going to a theme park, make them going to a new house. Replace Chevy Chase with Richard Pryor. Then make it much less funny. And you have "Moving."
- Mr. Magoo (1997) - I didn't even think this was funny when I saw it in theaters. When Leslie Nielsen can't make an 11-year-old like me laugh, you know that something is terribly wrong with the movie.
- National Lampoon's Dad's Week Off (1997) - Even as a kid, I didn't laugh at all during this, at least not until the end when someone says something about testicles, if I recall correctly.
- Not Another Teen Movie (2001) - Not period. This actually had some funny jokes, but not enough.
- Nothing But Trouble (1991) - Hated it then, still hate it now. My least favorite movie of all time.
- Nothing to Lose (1997) - Except for 98 precious minutes of your life.
- Paulie (1998) - A parrot that actually CAN think and talk? Hilarious! >:-( From the period.
- Pee-Wee's Big Adventure (1985) - I still enjoy this bizarre movie. I think this predates "the period."
- Pootie Tang (2001) - Past the period. Why did I ever see this?
- the Problem Child movies - Yes, I actually watched these and thought they were funny. (Shame!)
- Psycho Beach Party (2000) - The part of this movie that made the most sense was when a random girl in a bikini dances through the opening credits. It just gets stranger from there. (not a period piece though)
- Raising Arizona (1987) - On the AFI's list of the funniest movies. Pretty funny and definitely strange. I'm not ashamed of this one.
- Real Life (1979) - Not from "the period", but strange nonetheless. It has a certain twisted sense of humor. I thought it was occasionally funny, but this movie is definitely not for a mainstream audience.
- Repo Man (1984) - Not in the period. This is supposed to be a cult classic. I don't get it.
- Repossessed (1990) - (shudder)
- Screwed (2000) - Towards the end of the period. I can't believe the crappy movies that I enjoyed.
- Screw Loose (1999) - From the period. It was a part of my continuing quest to see all of Mel Brooks's movies. But this isn't a Mel Brooks movie. It's an Ezio Greggio movie with Mel Brooks in it. And it sucks.
- See No Evil, Hear No Evil (1989) - Heh, making fun of disabilities is funny. Like the part when the car crashes into a garbage heap, but the blind man pretends not to smell anything because he thought the deaf man just farted.
- A Simple Wish (1997) - This was actually one of my favorite movies at the time. Ugh.
- Snowboard Academy (1996) - Yick.
- Sour Grapes (1998) - It's hard to get a 0% on rottentomatoes.com, but this movie manages.
- Splitting Heirs (1993) - The only thing I really remember about this movie is the stripper scene. I was younger then, and nudity (even partial nudity) in movies always got me really excited. Not that it doesn't today, but I'm more mature about it, at least...
- Spy Hard (1996) - Ack.
- Superstar (1999) - Ewwww.
- Surf Ninjas (1996) - Bleccch.
- The Survivors (1983) - Hurrl!
- There Goes the Neighborhood (1992) - Definitely a period piece. I actually thought the ending was clever at one point.
- Time Bandits (1981) - Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs meets Bill and Ted's Excellent Adventure. Million-dollar sets and costumes, two-bit script.
- Trapped in Paradise (1994) - I used to want to see every Dana Carvey movie. Now, I'll stick to the Church Lady and Garth, thank you very much.
- Used Cars (1980) - Not from the period. Actually, it's a half-decent movie.
- Watermelon Man (1970) - Not from the period. White man suddenly wakes up black. Strange.
- Weird Science (1985) - Past the period, methinks. Weird movie.
- Who's Harry Crumb? (1989) - I wish I never found out.
- What Planet Are You From? (2000) - Clearly not from the Planet of Good Movies. Okay, I'm sorry, that was weak.
- What's the Worst That Could Happen? (2001) - Seeing this movie. Past the period though.
- Where's Poppa? (1970) - After the period. Really weird? Yes. Tasteless? Yes. Funny? Hell yes.
- Wholly Moses! (1980) - Moses is rolling around in his grave.
- Wrongfully Accused (1998) - I was a huge Leslie Nielsen fan (gee, can you tell?). I still kinda am, but now I only see his good movies.
Author Comments:
A work in progress.
Oh yeah, I saw all of the AFI's funniest movies, but there was a long period before that when I would only want to watch the crappiest comedies from the 80's and 90's. Here is the strangest of the strange. (There are also some other ones not from this period of my movie career, but that are also very strange)
Hmm, after making this much of the list I realized it's not so much for the weirdest movies as the worst weird movies, with some exceptions for very weird but good movies. I'm sure there are plenty of really good weird movies out there. But I've seen more bad ones (although there are some good movies here). Ah, oh well. I hope it helps you get a glimpse of my taste during "the period."
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This is now officially one of my very favorite lists on this site.
Thanks!
Shalom, y'all!
L. Bangs
Aww, thank you, lbangs.
No offence, but you seem to have confused "weirdest" with "most awful". Most of these movies are simply terrible, but not weird. I suggest if you want to see real weirdness, you watch Kenneth Anger, or maybe see "Infra Man"
Yeah, it started off as a real weirdest movies list (an idea I cloned from jenhowel), but it gradually evolved into a crappiest weird movies list. The comments should explain it. I do think all the movies on this list are genuinely weird though.
So... what are the 'good' Leslie Neilson movies of which you speak?
Well, let's see. There's Airplane, The Naked Gun.... uh... the Naked Gun sequels are decent... hmm... I, uh, liked his narration in The Unknown Marx Brothers (yes, I have seen that movie). I guess that's it.
Hmmm. Okay.
As a victim forced to sit through the film at the theater, I have to point out that "Father's Day" is actually "Fathers' Day," even if many sources misplace the apostrophe.
Two fathers, plural possessive.
And that, ladies and gentlemen, is the nicest thing I can say about that film - the makers at least punctuated the title correctly...
Shalom, y'all!
L. Bangs
Thanks. I fixed it. And yeah, what an awful movie.
I still contend that Ski School (not on list) is misunderstood genius.
Pootie Tang, now that's a weird one. The belt, the endless amount of unintelligable mumbo-jumbo, David Spade in bad make-up. What the hell was going on there. Did you know that the director still contends that he made a cut of the film that was a great movie but the studio wouldn't release it. I'm wondering how you could cut that into a great film?
And what about Leonard 6, time bandits and my personal favorite and contender for worst film ever made "8 heads in a duffel bag".
T'ho
:?)
You know, it's weird, I don't really remember most of these terrible films all that well, but a few key moments in each film really stick out in my brain for some reason. For Pootie Tang, one of the only parts I remember was when Pootie and some other guy are facing each other, waiting to draw Old-West-style, and the camera keeps cutting away and then cutting back to them, and each time they get closer and closer together, until their backs are facing each other.
I've never wanted to see Leonard Part 6, but actually, when I was a kid, I really wanted to see 8 Heads in a Duffel Bag. I probably would've if not for the R rating. Then I'd have one more film that I would regret seeing and could add to this list.
I have seen Time Bandits though (unfortunately). That is a weird movie and a good call for this list.
I agree with you on Time Bandits, but just wanted to point out a favorite Gilliam moment in the movie - when they're walking through the desert and bump into the invisible wall. Don't know why it sticks out as a favorite of mine, but it does.
Oh yeah. And don't they break the invisible wall by throwing a rock at it or something? Nice impenetrable forcefield, guys.
Well just in case you wanted to know (probably don't) 8 Heads is about Joe Pesci as a hitman carrying a duffle-bag of heads (proof of killings) who loses them to 2 morons and light-hearted comedy ensues (seriously). Probably the only movie to use decapitation as fodder for comedy. Anyway all turns out well as he manages to get his heads onto his plane and fly away into the sunset (with his rotting, stinking heads). Cue laugh track. :?\
Disturbing is not the word for it. My favorite scene is where Pesci tries to catch his heads (that look like hard furry pompoms) from rolling away and ends up putting his thumb in an eye hole. The movie is just plain revolting.
I'll let Jim decide on whether to add a spoiler to my ending give-away. It's not really the ending in a movie like this, it's the amount of grossness in the middle.
Too bad about Leonard P6, it's a really odd one.
T'ho
:?)
It certainly sounds like a movie that arrives spoiled on arrival. I feel like I need to rotate the contents of my veggie bin just reading about it.
Jim doesn't like to do sequels to his movies. He likes to be able to play all sorts of different characters. The sequel to Ace Ventura is the only he was in.