Entertaining low budget "so bad it's good" movies
You know the type of movie that Sy Fy channel might show which you know is pretty terrible in terms of acting and the story often doesn't make a hoota of sense and everything is so poorly done but is still enjoyable to watch and have a good laugh over
The order is somewhat accurate to my personal enjoyment from watching them
The order is somewhat accurate to my personal enjoyment from watching them
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- DirectorAbram CoxStarsVincent VentrescaConstantin DraganescuSummer GlauOn a hot summer afternoon in the sleepy town of Blackwater, Louisiana locals exiting a retro-fitted theater excitedly watch as a meteor streaks across the sky and crashes through the roof of the local Natural History Museum. No one realizes that the meteor is actually a spaceship containing a shape-shifting life form. In order to adapt to Earth's atmosphere, the life form latches on to the first organism it comes in contact with - a partially frozen Woolly Mammoth found in the historic exhibit for which the town is famous. As a series of uncanny disasters unfold, the town quickly finds itself overrun by the alien-possessed mammoth. Local authorities and Government Investigators join forces with Frank Abernathy, the Museum Curator, and his father Simon, a B-Movie enthusiast to bring down the mighty mammoth, thus saving the town (and the world) in a wild adventure that blends the 50s alien-invasion flick, and the 70s revenge-of-nature opus into a marauding monster mash!Maybe a little too little Mammoth action but the cast makes it worth while
- DirectorSteven R. MonroeStarsGreg GrunbergNeil GraystonCaroline CaveA group of Apocalyptic fanatics must use their knowledge of apocalyptic movies to save the world from a devastating solar flare.Almost too good to be put on this list but it's a Sy Fy channel movie and it possesses everything that a typical "so bad it's good" movie possesses so I had to put it on here
- DirectorMark L. LesterStarsCameron DaddoCoolioAmy SloanA dormant volcano deep with the Turkish forest holds a deadly secret. Perfectly preserved, a nest of pterodactyl eggs are ready to hatch...Coolio killing dinosaurs, nuff said
- DirectorMike MendezStarsSteve GuttenbergNia PeeplesPatrick RennaVolcanic eruptions in Los Angeles unleash a swarm of gigantic, lava-breathing tarantulas.This was pretty darn awesome... Special treat if you are a Police Academy fan as 4 actors from the movies stars, with Steve Guttenberg in the lead... Wrote a full review on the page so go there and look for it if so wanted
- DirectorAnthony HickoxStarsEddie GriffinVinnie JonesBreckin MeyerA terrorist posing as environmentalist hijacks an oil rig off the coast of California with the intent of detonating an electromagnetic bomb over the US.This is on the verge of being too good to be on this list, but whatever, imagine UNDER SIEGE but with loud mouth comedian Eddie Griffin in the lead instead of Steven Segal... This is THAT movie
- DirectorSidney J. FurieStarsCasper Van DienRick FoxCatherine OxenbergShifting alliances put a pair of hardnosed hit men in jeopardy in this 1999 crime caper. A New Orleans mob boss looking to settle scores sends Ray (Rick Fox) and A.K. (Casper Van Dien) to New York City to collect overdue debts.Pretty damn hilarious at times, appears that Rick Fox and Van Dien had a good time making it and I have had many good times watching it
- DirectorJosh OlsonStarsZach GalliganLisa Ann HadleyDaniel JenkinsA funeral for one becomes a deathtrap for many when five old friend are held hostage at a remote summer home infested with killer flies.Zach Galligan from the Gremlins movies and Amy Jo Johnson from the Power Rangers desperatly try to fight off killer bees and a terrible script in this so very unintentional comedy
- DirectorKenneth JohnsonStarsShaquille O'NealAnnabeth GishJudd NelsonA scientist for the military turns himself into a cartoon-like superhero when a version of one of his own weapons is being used against enemies.To be fair this is NOT a low budget flick (although it looks it) but I had to add this as this is one of my favorites in terms of 'so bad they're good' movies... Shaq as a superhero and a young Ray J as his biggest fan and Judd Nelson as the bad guy
- DirectorMark JonesStarsBilly ZaneAnnaLynne McCordViva BiancaA romantic weekend turns horrific and sadistic when Sadie discovers her boyfriend is having an affair with her best friend.Who knew torturing someone could be this fun?
- DirectorScott WheelerStarsAlexander MendelukKate NautaBenjamin EasterdayAvalanche Sharks tells the story of a bikini contest that turns into a horrifying affair when it is hit by a shark avalanche.The title says it all really
- DirectorJim WynorskiStarsIce-TCostas MandylorErika EleniakIce-T stars as a naval pilot that fakes his own death, and later ends up employed by a Latin American arms dealer. He steals a stealth fighter from a U.S.A.F. base in the Phillippines, and uses the stealth fighter to target certain military installations around the world. A naval reserve officer is recruited to infiltrate his plans, and succeeds.Ice T and Costas Mandylor are hilarious when they try to be ultra macho and Ice T's whole delivery of his lines is priceless in this one... Watch out for Saddam Hussein
- DirectorMichael MartinStarsSnoop DoggDarryl BrunsonTray DeeeKilla Pop (Snoop Dogg), Young Loc (Darryl Brunson), Crackle (Tray Deee), and Snap (Goldie Loc) are top dogs in the Eastsidaz gang in Long Beach, California. Pop, also known as Killa Pop, is the alpha dog. He has Crackle and Big Long Beach (RBX), set up a big Jamaican drug deal that's going to put him on easy street. But Crackle and Big Long Beach have their own agenda: they kill the suppliers, take a suitcase of money, and set up Killa to take the fall. Stuck in the state pen in Chino, Killa has his gang figure out what really happened while he hatches an escape plan. Meanwhile, Crackle & Big Long Beach has kidnaped Killa's sweetie, Booboo (Larissa Bordore), and the government has confiscated his assets. Can Killa Pop escape Chino, rescue Booboo, exact revenge, find the loot, and elude the police?Snoop Dogg's movie Tha Eastsidaz is so low budget that he just had his friends play all the roles, and played not only the lead but another 2 role as well himself and by the looks of it he had his friends film it too with cheap cams... Rapslotation at it's finest... Or worst... You decide
- DirectorHenry SaineStarsMatthew MarsdenKristanna LokenChristian PitreBounty killers compete for body count, fame and a fat stack of cash. They're ending the plague of corporate greed and providing the survivors of the apocalypse with retribution. This is the age of the BOUNTY KILLER.
- DirectorLucky McKeeChris SivertsonStarsSidney AllisonCharon R. ArnoldShay AstarA rebel girl signs up a group of cheerleaders to help her take down the captain of their high school football team, but a supernatural turn of events thrusts the girls into a different battle.Might be a little too self-aware and too well made to be on the list, but whatever it fits neatly in with the rest
- DirectorMike MendezStarsGreg GrunbergLin ShayeRuben PlaA giant alien spider escapes from a military lab and rampages the city of Los Angeles. When a massive military strike fails, it is up to a team of scientists and one clever exterminator to kill the creature before the city is destroyed.
- DirectorJoseph SargentStarsLorraine GaryLance GuestMario Van PeeblesChief Brody's widow believes that her family is deliberately being targeted by another shark in search of revenge.Don't you just hate it when you piss off a shark so bad that they decide to stalk you halfway across the globe to get revenge?
- DirectorJordan RubinStarsRachel MelvinCortney PalmLexi AtkinsA fun weekend turns into madness and horror for a bunch of groupies looking for fun in a beaver infested swamp.Another one where the title says it all
- DirectorPaul ZillerStarsBrian KrauseNiall MatterDon S. DavisA rash of suspiciously gruesome murders in a sleepy lakeside town has authorities stumped. They soon realize the culprit is not only connected to the lake, but in it. They must figure out what it is and how to stop it before it's too late.Terrible CGI and some terrible (fake) Scottish accents (as it's all filmed in Canada with Canadians) all adds up to one hilarious movie
- DirectorLogan McMillanStarsMorgan WilliamsRobert FaithAshleigh SouthamA contagious virus is turning everyone into zombies, and the only hope for survival lies in the hands of three couch potatoes.New Zealand zombie flick which is one of the better zom coms IMO
- DirectorDanny RoewStarsNick CarterCarrie KeaganJoey FatoneA post-apocalyptic Western that follows a group of gunslingers as they look to rid a small town of a zombie plague.If it's tearing up your heart to the point that you are inconsolable that most boybands of the 90's are no more, fright not... Because here's a bunch of them, ready to kick some zombie ass black & blue.
- DirectorAlex Craig MannStarsJacob ZacharAlexa NikolasChrista B. AllenA group of oddball high school students find themselves trapped in detention with their classmates having turned into a horde of Zombies.Another zom com
- DirectorLawrence SilversteinStarsSam AotakiCatherine Hyein KimMinnie ScarletAfter four Asian schoolgirls are drugged and gangraped by members of a crime syndicate, they train to hunt them down and exact revenge.Is a little too dramatic a couple times but overall it's amusing cheese
- DirectorChristopher RayStarsZoë BellKristanna LokenVivica A. FoxThe President's daughter is captured and imprisoned while touring a war zone, so a team of elite female commandos is assembled to infiltrate a women's prison for a daring rescue.A cheap rip off of Expendables with women instead of men, surprisingly amusing... If many times for the wrong reasons
- DirectorApril MullenStarsDevon BostickMartha MacIsaacChristopher LloydA group of college kids accidentally create, and then unleash, a curse that makes anyone they come into contact with kill themselves and then turn into zombie demons.Another zom com but with a twist
- DirectorKyle RankinStarsChristopher Rodriguez MarquetteBrooke NevinKinsey PackardA slacker awakes to find himself weak and wrapped in a webbing; after realizing that the world has been taken over by giant alien insects, he wakes a ragtag group of strangers and together they fight for survival.
- DirectorThunder LevinStarsC. Thomas HowellTyshawn BryantRachel Montez MinorIn the wake of a solar flare of unusual properties, a mismatched group of inner-city survivors must put aside their animosity to escape a Los Angeles now free of gang-bangers, but infested instead with blood-sucking zombies.
- DirectorK. KingStarsDanny TrejoMartin CoppingClare NiederpruemWhen a street drug turns junkies into an army of zombies, a man named Hunter finds himself with nothing but a beat-up car and a trunk full of guns and booze, until he stumbles across a small band of survivors.(really) Dumb fun
- DirectorGriff FurstStarsRobert AberdeenJayme BohnEliot BrasseauxWhen rednecks on a fishing trip kill a great white shark, its spirit comes back for revenge, and soon turns its sights on the town of Smallport.Ghosts are scary, so are sharks... But you know what's even scarier? me neither but it's not ghost sharks, that's for sure
- DirectorPatrice DinhutStarsJohn BillingsleyDean CainColleen CampAfter he's bitten by a scorpion carrying a zombie virus, a tough soldier survives the infection, becoming only half zombie. Once back in the US, he finds himself fighting his former comrades in arms, all of whom are turning into zombies!
- DirectorSean CainStarsRay WiseKevin GageVernon WellsPrehistoric animals emerge from a science lab and tear up most of Los Angeles.Nothing amazing but still more entertaining than Godzilla (2014)
- DirectorTyler GlodtStarsMatthew AlbrechtPhillip AlbrechtWhit AlbrechtA hunting vacation goes horribly awry for 4 friends after they accidentally shoot the lease's land owner.
- DirectorChristopher RayStarsCarmen ElectraCharlie O'ConnellBrooke HoganSurvivors escape to a deserted atoll, after their boat during a Semester at Sea ship is sunk by a mutated two-headed shark. But when the atoll starts flooding, no one is safe from the double jaws of the monster.
- DirectorBrian SkibaStarsDean CainChristie BursonMichael MadsenSarah "the dirty little bitch" pulls a dirty little trick on Danny, using Peter, while attempting to pin it on Michael. But it all falls apart when Michael realizes he's been set up.
- DirectorGriff FurstStarsKristy SwansonD.B. SweeneyJason RogelAn animal smuggling deal goes wrong, resulting in a large shark escaping into the swampy backwoods river.
- DirectorW.D. HoganStarsRyan MerrimanAndrea BrooksEmily HolmesWhen Earth is attacked by a hostile alien force, a small town firefighter and a rogue SETI scientist team up to activate the only technology capable of defeating the invaders.Somewhat amusing Independence Day rip off
- DirectorTimothy Woodward Jr.John Michael ElfersStarsVerne TroyerKerry KnuppeBill Oberst Jr.When Zoe inherits the magical protection of a bewitched Gnome, she quickly realizes that he isn't your garden variety gnome, when he begins eliminating her enemies in extravagant displays of revenge.
- DirectorJoseph J. LawsonStarsDominique SwainJake BuseyJoshua Michael AllenResearchers in Antarctica are abducted and dragged underground by a team of Nazi survivors planning the revival of the Third Reich.A lot of just plain bad moments but the so bad it's good moments make up for it