I’ll start: “Happy Death Day”
Tucker and Dave vs. Evil. Looks like another dumb Netflix original, but it was one of the best horror/comedies I’ve seen.
Speaking of the genre, big nods to another one - Little Evil.
It Follows - just read the premise of the film and tell me it doesn’t sound dumb… Then go watch it
Oh and Colossal!!! Ann Hathaway stars in this bizarre and very deep movie about a giant monster that can be controlled from a playground. Amazing movie. Trust me
Triangle looks like a generic “slasher on a ship” horror movie at first, but is actually a lot more twisted and clever than that. >!It’s actually about a time loop.!<
Velocipastor! It looks and seems like it’ll be a parody but it was super engaging and fun. Went into it thinking it would be watched between gaming rounds and eventually turned off, but I ended up quitting the game to full-screen that shit!
yeah i get what you mean. it does look pretty bad 😂
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American Werewolf in London
The title alone makes it sound like a cheesy 80s goofy movie…and it kinda is. But the practical effects are right up there with The Thing. It makes you invested in the characters and the main conflict is really tough. It’s more dark and gritty than you would expect, especially near the end. The werewolf transformation scene has some of the best practical effects in film. It’s stomach churning.
Disco Polo
It’s a very unserious movie and that’s what makes it work. It’s just pure Polish nostalgia-based comedy with nothing to prove
Here’s a bold one: “Atlantic Rim”.
Yes. It is just a low budget cash grab meant to fool grandparents into buying little Johnny the wrong film by accident. (When little Johnny asked for a copy of “Pacific Rim”.)
But somehow it actually has a decent script, and passable acting.
The effects are bonkers cheap, though.
Okay, I’m really stretching it with this one.
But I tried to hate-watch it, and couldn’t actually hate it.
Conan the Barbarian (1982) has no right to be as good as it is. On paper, it’s a dumb sword and sorcery flick with a body builder who could barely speak English in the lead. But everyone involved does an incredible job, from the acting to the directing, to the score. It’s a crime that Destroyer trashed up the formula, and we never got Conan the King.
HOT TUB TIME MACHINE!
Previews and premise made it look like it would be stupid, but that movie is pure gold. I’ve never been able to understand how such an entertaining movie had such a low rotten tomato score. So much great stuff is going on.
Good film that. I was 21ish when it came out and one of my friends at the time said “oh yeah, you still think you’re 18 don’t you…”, pissed me off a bit.
I was old enough to get a bit of nastalgia out of it. Late 80s was pretty fun times.
P.S. I love you.
When we were dating, my wife and I just went to the theater and picked a random movie and I left a blubbering fucking mess. We had to go directly to a bar to get a drink to take the edge off. We usually watch it once a year and it still destroys me.
Clue
Movie based on a board game? Blegh
But it’s awesome. Tim Curry, Madeline Kahn, Christopher Lloyd, Lesley Ann Warren
It is then we’re reminded of the ability of good writers and performers to take even a low-potential idea and fucking kill it. With a pen. In the study.
I also expected a disaster. I wasn’t prepared for how entertaining it was!
This is top 3 of all time for me. There is so much happening in every scene you can watch it multiple times and still catch little jokes or sight gags each viewing.
No matter how many times I see it I can never figure out if it was 1 + 1 + 2 + 1 or 1 + 2 + 1 + 1.
It was 1+2+1+1 or 1+2+2+1
Unless Scarlett is right!
The Suicide Squad from 2021. The previous Suicide Squad movie was a disaster and you’re making ANOTHER ONE? That movie had no right to be as entertaining as it was.
Also The Batman. Comic book movie: check. Comic book character that has been done to death: check. Everything has to be grim and dark and realistic: check. When I say “everything has to be dark” I also mean the visuals: check. But it was fine, surprisingly.
I thought Dude, Where’s My Car? was very entertaining - maybe not a cinematic masterpiece, but way better than the 9 out of 10 reviews I read that all said it was the worst movie they had ever seen. I’m not exaggerating - they didn’t just say it was bad, I remember nine of the ten literally called it “the worst movie I’ve ever seen.”
And then?
I used to love that movie, went to try and rewatch it recently and was hit with a blast of early 2000’s casual transphobia. Couldn’t keep watching after, it put a really sour taste in my mouth.
Event Horizon. The trailers made it seem like just another 90s sci-fi horror flick trying to ride the Alien high, but it ended up being such a good movie with a tight script, beautiful set design, actually smart characters, and great acting.
The Jumanji sequels. You are going to take a cult classic and “revive” it by changing the premise to be a video game? Stupid. But, it was much better than it should have been.
Idk, I thought the idea of the game changing itself to appeal to more people as time went on was a really cool idea.
The second one is more generic, but I agree with the first one
That didn’t bother me at all, I just assumed the video game was a more recent release of the original board game, with the same weird properties.
Tremors
Looks like a B movie, cheesy horror flick.
It’s got a great cast with supurb acting. The script is easily one of the tightest ever written. Every line is important to the overall story. And it’s just fun to watch.
There’s also Tremors 2: Aftershocks.
Plus there’s Tremors 3: Back to Perfection.
Followed by Tremors 4: The Legend Begins.
Then Tremors 5: Bloodlines.
Don’t forget Tremors: A Cold Day in Hell.
One might think Tremors: Shrieker Island, AKA Tremors 7: Island Furry (I spelled that wrong on purpose, it has nothing to do with furries) would be enough for Michael Gross to quit his acting career but how else was he going to pay for his ludicrous railroad memorabilia obsession and also the railroad he owns and the ‘safety first when crossing railroad tracks’ campaign?
So no, it didn’t end there. They kept the franchise going, choo! choo! with the imaginatively titled television series, Tremors: The Series.
If you skip the credits, you can watch all of it in less than 24 hours.
The first sequel is so so, but the others that are all centered around Burt Gummer are plenty of silly fun too.
