tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33110302.post6741466118004475975..comments2024-03-28T08:51:47.164-04:00Comments on Patricia Abbott (pattinase): Worst Movie Titlespattinase (abbott)http://www.blogger.com/profile/02916037185235335846noreply@blogger.comBlogger35125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33110302.post-24333450105344855302013-12-03T00:00:54.965-05:002013-12-03T00:00:54.965-05:00THE LAST MIMZY might just be the most ridiculous r...THE LAST MIMZY might just be the most ridiculous retitling that comes to mind, from the literary source to its film adaptation, in any case. (Based on "Mimsy Were the Borogoves" by Henry Kuttner and Catherine L. Moore, as "Lewis Padgett")Todd Masonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01815516018079824802noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33110302.post-12755195984807027812013-12-02T23:49:20.992-05:002013-12-02T23:49:20.992-05:00PUZZLE OF A DOWNFALL CHILD is definitely redolent ...PUZZLE OF A DOWNFALL CHILD is definitely redolent of its era, but of course means considerably less than was intended.Todd Masonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01815516018079824802noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33110302.post-19602761068746218502013-12-02T23:47:51.673-05:002013-12-02T23:47:51.673-05:00TWILIGHT'S LAST GLEAMING is both terrible and ...TWILIGHT'S LAST GLEAMING is both terrible and also appropriate to its film, as clumsily naive an "expose" as has not been written and produced by Rod Lurie or Oliver Stone.Todd Masonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01815516018079824802noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33110302.post-89367897190365372752013-12-02T23:45:13.956-05:002013-12-02T23:45:13.956-05:00Aggressively foolish movie, SMILLA, too, worthy of...Aggressively foolish movie, SMILLA, too, worthy of such a title. Put me off the book much as the notion, much mooted at the time of translation's publication, that what made this book so special was that it was Art, as opposed to the mere Commerce of Anglophone crime fiction. Uh-huh.Todd Masonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01815516018079824802noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33110302.post-1612843630708906372013-12-02T10:55:46.896-05:002013-12-02T10:55:46.896-05:00IGBY GOES DOWN
Still sounds like porn to me.
Al...IGBY GOES DOWN <br /><br />Still sounds like porn to me.<br /><br />Also SMILLA'S SENSE OF SNOW. Great book, but they should've changed the title. When I saw the trailer for this in the theater ages ago and the VO artist announced the movie at the very end of the trailer the entire audience exploded in uproarious laughter.J F Norrishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06473487417479127354noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33110302.post-40392832183852808232013-12-01T23:49:13.857-05:002013-12-01T23:49:13.857-05:00I may have missed it in the above litanies, but ho...I may have missed it in the above litanies, but how about <i>Space Balls</i>?<br /><br />Erik Donald Francehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02332500850365598564noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33110302.post-43637868809690858862013-12-01T15:16:34.110-05:002013-12-01T15:16:34.110-05:00I LOVE YOU TO DEATH. The title killed a hilarious ...I LOVE YOU TO DEATH. The title killed a hilarious movie with Kevin Cline, Tracy Ullman, Joan Plowright and a great supporting cast.Al Tuchernoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33110302.post-61635099858503604142013-11-30T23:20:23.184-05:002013-11-30T23:20:23.184-05:00Deb:
Brokedown Palace is another. And let's ...Deb:<br /><br />Brokedown Palace is another. And let's not forget the country songs made into movies:<br /><br />Middle Age Crazy<br />Take This Job and Shove It<br />The Night the Lights Went Out in Georgia<br />Nine to Five<br /><br /><br />Jeff M.<br />Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33110302.post-2353249810705704892013-11-30T19:25:46.826-05:002013-11-30T19:25:46.826-05:00There was a spate of movies that used song titles ...There was a spate of movies that used song titles (Things to Do in Denver When You're Dead, Some Kind of Wonderful--I'm sure everyone can come up with others) and, while I make no judgments on the movies themselves, having not seen them, I always think it's a lazy thing to appropriate a title belonging to something else--it makes me think the filmmakers are lazy in other areas. The exception to this would be something like Coal Miner's Daughter, where the title is taken from a song by the subject of the biopic.<br /><br />DebAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33110302.post-46049895842495951792013-11-30T18:43:35.305-05:002013-11-30T18:43:35.305-05:00Mother, May I Sleep With Danger?-a tv movie starri...Mother, May I Sleep With Danger?-a tv movie starring Tori SpellingSteve Oerkfitznoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33110302.post-64928930691634337722013-11-30T17:40:04.836-05:002013-11-30T17:40:04.836-05:00Anders, you have to mention that THEM! (THEY! woul...Anders, you have to mention that THEM! (THEY! would be better) was a film about giant ants. I'm sure there was one spider in it somewhere...Todd Masonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01815516018079824802noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33110302.post-28434829130328601792013-11-30T17:23:00.250-05:002013-11-30T17:23:00.250-05:00THEM! (no, that's a good title) was released i...THEM! (no, that's a good title) was released in Sweden as SPINDLARNA. Which is Swedish for... THE SPIDERS. I could not make this up.Anders Ehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06164550847416446757noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33110302.post-49489480241023391262013-11-30T17:18:45.446-05:002013-11-30T17:18:45.446-05:00Terrible or genius? I can't decide.
ASSAULT O...Terrible or genius? I can't decide.<br /><br />ASSAULT OF THE PARTY NERDS 2: THE HEAVY PETTING DETECTIVE<br />THE COMPUTER WORE TENNIS SHOES<br />HAMBURGER... THE MOTION PICTURE<br />THE KINKY COACHES AND THE POM POM PUSSYCATS<br />SORORITY BABES IN THE SLIMEBALL BOWL-O-RAMA<br />BALLS OUT: GARY THE TENNIS COACH<br /><br />...of which I have only seen the last one.Anders Ehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06164550847416446757noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33110302.post-85580327840788729802013-11-30T17:12:29.513-05:002013-11-30T17:12:29.513-05:00Hm. IMDb doesn't list a REPTILICUS! with excla...Hm. IMDb doesn't list a REPTILICUS! with exclamation point (but either way, it's a bad title for the worst giant monster movie I've seen so far, and that's saying something)(a Danish film, which IMDb does note had its US debut in Bismarck, ND).Todd Masonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01815516018079824802noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33110302.post-36019926106849604902013-11-30T17:04:46.770-05:002013-11-30T17:04:46.770-05:00The Ferlin Husky films presumably lay some groundw...The Ferlin Husky films presumably lay some groundwork for THE BEVERLY HILLBILLIES...and for that alone they are to be damned. It is remarkable how the often not-bad ANDY GRIFFITH SHOW spun off so much (and so-popular) trash. <br /><br />There's another subset of titles like the worthy EEGAH (which was also offered as EEGAH! and EEGAH: THE NAME WRITTEN IN BLOOD), the exclamation point titles, such as ZOTZ! and DINOSAURUS! and REPTILICUS!which almost guarantee an alternate sort of pleasure at best...TROG lacked the exclamation point, but otherwise fits the bill.<br /><br />Todd Masonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01815516018079824802noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33110302.post-75752900786837064192013-11-30T16:06:30.423-05:002013-11-30T16:06:30.423-05:00Las Vegas Hillbillys, by the way, had a sequel, th...Las Vegas Hillbillys, by the way, had a sequel, the legendary Hillbillies in a Haunted House. Both starred country singer Ferlin Husky and yes, I've seen them both. Haunted House had John Carradine, Lon Chaney Jr. and Basil Rathbone (his last pathetic role) as well as Joi Lansing and Molly Bee. Las Vegas had Jayne Mansfield & Mamie Van Doren.<br /><br />I forgot to mention EEGAH, with Richard Kiel ("Jaws" in a couple of James Bond movies and "Mr. Eddie" in SO FINE) in the title role.<br /><br />Kiel was also in Las Vegas Hillbillys, by the way.<br /><br />Jeff M.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33110302.post-81983227350381700942013-11-30T15:55:34.861-05:002013-11-30T15:55:34.861-05:00How about Jackass.
Stupid title.
Stupid movie.
...How about Jackass.<br />Stupid title.<br />Stupid movie.<br />'Nuff said.R.T.https://www.blogger.com/profile/13220814349193561823noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33110302.post-81578389315963288312013-11-30T15:53:06.776-05:002013-11-30T15:53:06.776-05:00I msut admit I've seen a number of Todd's ...I msut admit I've seen a number of Todd's choices, including the semi-classic BELA LUGOSI MEETS A BROOKLYN GORILLA, which I considered including.<br /><br />Yes, the Tori Spelling title (MOTHER MAY I...) is indeed classic, and I remember LITTLE LADIES OF THE NIGHT - a TV movie about teen hookers, I believe. Yep, David Soul and Linda Purl. I DISMEMBER MAMA was Zooey Hall, right?<br /><br />It's amazing what trivia I retain.<br /><br />Jeff M.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33110302.post-84344993642686229122013-11-30T15:19:13.163-05:002013-11-30T15:19:13.163-05:00Cinderella Man. Great flick, but no one went to se...<i>Cinderella Man</i>. Great flick, but no one went to see it because of the title.Loren Eatonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12488412683340389286noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33110302.post-42974501152984450592013-11-30T14:15:12.337-05:002013-11-30T14:15:12.337-05:00I DISMEMBER MAMA, actually. I laughed till I didn&...I DISMEMBER MAMA, actually. I laughed till I didn't.Todd Masonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01815516018079824802noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33110302.post-81052524764672448062013-11-30T14:12:16.408-05:002013-11-30T14:12:16.408-05:00Yes, when an attempt at irony or intentional awkwa...Yes, when an attempt at irony or intentional awkwardness is successful, or arguably so (cf OH DAD, POOR DAD, MAMMA'S HUNG YOU IN THE CLOSET AND I'M FEELIN' SO SAD), it might just manage to set itself apart from the merely ugly, if deft (I DISMEMBER MOMMA) or the simply overwrought (THOSE FANTASTIC FLYING FOOLS).Todd Masonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01815516018079824802noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33110302.post-56311424635934869702013-11-30T14:08:25.751-05:002013-11-30T14:08:25.751-05:00The majority of the filmographies of:
Jesus/"...The majority of the filmographies of:<br /><br />Jesus/"Jess" Franco:<br />http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0001238/?ref_=tt_ov_dr<br />Bill's favorite: REVENGE OF THE ALLIGATOR LADIES<br /><br />Andy Milligan:<br />http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0288958/?ref_=fn_al_nm_1<br />Everyone's favorite: THE RATS ARE COMING! THE WEREWOLVES ARE HERE!<br /><br />Paul Naschy:<br />http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0596701/?ref_=nv_sr_1<br />My favorite English title: COUNTESS DRACULA'S ORGY OF BLOOD<br /><br />and Fred Olen Ray:<br />http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0676248/?ref_=nv_sr_1<br />Popular choice: HOLLYWOOD CHAINSAW HOOKERS...<br />which brings us to the edge of porn, not that the Anthony Newley film, ILSAs and some others didn't, and all the parody and intentionally bad titles there...<br />Todd Masonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01815516018079824802noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33110302.post-37039680063859325372013-11-30T13:48:32.199-05:002013-11-30T13:48:32.199-05:00Fine line between great and awful.Fine line between great and awful.pattinase (abbott)https://www.blogger.com/profile/02916037185235335846noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33110302.post-75428622675845208992013-11-30T13:19:12.364-05:002013-11-30T13:19:12.364-05:00CHU CHU AND THE PHILLY FLASH
ABBOTT AND COSTELLO M...CHU CHU AND THE PHILLY FLASH<br />ABBOTT AND COSTELLO MEET THE KILLER, BORIS KARLOFF<br />MOTHER, JUGS AND SPEED<br />TORTURE GARDEN (particularly as this anthology film of Robert Bloch stories adapted had nothing to do with Octave Mirbeau's THE TORTURE GARDEN, nor any torture gardens)<br />FRANKENSTEIN CONQUERS THE WORLD<br />THE POPPY IS ALSO A FLOWER<br />The fine EYES WITHOUT A FACE was first marketed in the US as _The Horror Chamber of Dr. Faustus_...<br />Todd Masonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01815516018079824802noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33110302.post-91676340355708848732013-11-30T13:05:05.521-05:002013-11-30T13:05:05.521-05:00But GOATS is at least both funny and true.
All t...But GOATS is at least both funny and true. <br /><br />All those ILSA torture-camp films (in at least four senses of the two components of the compound word) were marketed in the US as ILSA rather than ILSE, just in case you were prone to mistake them for something bearing any resemblance to reality.<br /><br />I endorse a number of the suggestions, though HE'S JUST NOT THAT INTO YOU is a good title for what isn't really that bad a self-help book (didn't see the film, despite the cast). As the Brothers Medved enjoyed noting, JESSE JAMES involves him meeting Frankenstein's granddaughter, making it ridiculous and inaccurate. <br /><br />GODZILLA VS. THE SMOG MONSTER (inevitably retitled "Snot Monster" in our household)<br />RAT PFINK A BOO BOO (as the Medveds noted, they couldn't be bothered to proofread their own title card, having meant AND)<br />BOGGY CREEK: THE LEGEND IS TRUE<br />CHARIOTS OF THE GODS (particularly with the ?)<br />MARIHUANA: WEED WITH ROOTS IN HELL (a variant title on one of Jeff's)<br />_Can Heironymus Merkin Ever Forget Mercy Humppe and Find True Happiness?_ (copied from IMDb since I refuse to retype it)<br />I STILL KNOW WHAT YOU DID LAST SUMMER<br />MOTHER MAY I SLEEP WITH DANGER? (my favorite tv movie title so far)<br />LITTLE LADIES OF THE NIGHT (a close second)<br />_Lemon Grove Kids Meet the Green Grasshopper and the Vampire Lady from Outer Space_ (from the same bunch who had just done THE INCREDIBLY STRANGE CREATURES WHO STOPPED LIVING AND BECAME MIXED UP ZOMBIES)<br />BELA LUGOSI MEETS A BROOKLYN GORILLATodd Masonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01815516018079824802noreply@blogger.com