Dumbest Horror Flick You Ever Saw

[karlhenning]

Not dumb in any agreeable way . . . some dumb movies we revisit for enjoyment.  Dumbest in the sense of Dumb and I ain't sitting through it again, thank you very much.

[Josquin des Prez]

Saw.

[Scarpia]

There was that film version of Dune with Sting.  Everyone had plugs stuck in their noses, eww!

[SonicMan46]

Well, I have to think - there MUST be many that I've seen? 

But one that comes immediately to mind is The Thing w/ Two Heads (1972) w/ Ray Milland and Rosy Grier - not sure that I even sat through this one on my only viewing decades ago; but did garner a few 5* ratings on Amazon! 

 

[Opus106]

Don't remember the name. American movie. College kids (about to enter college or whatever) camp on a Mayan(?) pyramid. Natives won't let them come down. (If they do, they'd end up being killed.) Stupid things happen. Girl survives and escapes in a Jeep. Some more people get ready to camp. Based on a book, if I remember correctly.

[Todd]

One of the Hellraiser sequels.  Maybe it was the first one, I can't remember.

[MN Dave]

Karl, you don't even watch horror!

[Scarpia]

This is the movie that started the trend among young urban black men of wearing middle-aged white men as fashion accessories.

(Yes, I know I stole that line, but I don't remember from where, exactly.)

[karlhenning]

Karl, you don't even watch horror!

Well, it's that time of year when my wife & mom-in-law find they need to be more cautious about channel-surfing, as they may unwitting chance upon some scene which they find appallingly disgusting.  And that reminded me of a movie (don't know the name) which I chanced on, and couldn't watch through to the end. Not for the gore (it wasn't particularly gory), but for the sheer stupidity : )

[karlhenning]

One of the Hellraiser sequels.  Maybe it was the first one, I can't remember.

I did actually watch Hellraiser sometime over the past year. Just out of curiosity.

[MN Dave]

I did actually watch Hellraiser sometime over the past year. Just out of curiosity.

And...?

[karlhenning]

Not really my thing, but (so far as I may judge such a thing) a good sight better a movie than your average horror flick.

[DavidW]

Don't remember the name. American movie. College kids (about to enter college or whatever) camp on a Mayan(?) pyramid. Natives won't let them come down. (If they do, they'd end up being killed.) Stupid things happen. Girl survives and escapes in a Jeep. Some more people get ready to camp. Based on a book, if I remember correctly.

You're thinking of The Ruins, and that was silly bad but oh ho ho I have a better one...

[DavidW]

Ankle Biters.



A story of midget vampires.

[bhodges]

One of my fondest memories is from the 1980s, when my brothers and sister and I got together to watch The Giant Gila Monster.  We laughed ourselves silly.  (So I suppose that implies that we might try to repeat the experience, which is not exactly what you asked.  )

PS, here's a trailer, which is pretty hilarious on its own.

--Bruce

[Brian]

One of my fondest memories is from the 1980s, when my brothers and sister and I got together to watch The Giant Gila Monster.  We laughed ourselves silly.  (So I suppose that implies that we might try to repeat the experience, which is not exactly what you asked.  )

PS, here's a trailer, which is pretty hilarious on its own.

--Bruce

The whole movie's on YouTube! It's the featured video on the right side of that page.

[MDL]

I used to think that I Know What You Did Last Summer was utterly ridiculous. But the sequel, I Still Know What You Did Last Summer, makes an average episode of Scooby Doo look like Citizen Kane.

[drogulus]

     Killer Klowns from Outer Space wasn't really as dumb as all that. It was really quite imaginative. It used "dumb horror flick" as a jumping off place to ponder a deep and urgent issue: What if clowns really were killers from outer space? What, if anything, could we do about it?

[Brian]

     Killer Klowns from Outer Space wasn't really as dumb as all that. It was really quite imaginative. It used "dumb horror flick" as a jumping off place to ponder a deep and urgent issue: What if clowns really were killers from outer space? What, if anything, could we do about it?

I really enjoyed that movie! Would very gladly watch it again. A very funny, enjoyable time.

[Bulldog]

     Killer Klowns from Outer Space wasn't really as dumb as all that. It was really quite imaginative. It used "dumb horror flick" as a jumping off place to ponder a deep and urgent issue: What if clowns really were killers from outer space? What, if anything, could we do about it?

Spray them with seltzer water.