IMDB Bottom 100
Bob Congdon was surprised to find that he had only seen 2 of the ‘films’ on the IMDB Bottom 100. I guessed that I could beat that record, and I was right.
First up, the two entries I own copies of. Howling III: The Marsupials is one of my all-time favourite werewolf movies. Not because it’s scary, mind you, but because it’s a cheesy and fun Australian werewolf movie. I also own a copy of Howling II: Your Sister Is A Werewolf, which is not scary, not fun, and not cheesy, but it does have Christopher Lee, and, well, if you own #1 and #3 it just makes sense to own #2.
Now, also in the cheesy-but-good category, but not in my video collection is Spice World; the downside to working in a video store is that you see movies you would never choose to see, the upside is that some of them are surprisingly good. Unfortunately, only Howling III and Spice World fall into the ’so bad they’re good’ category. The rest are just bad. Filling out the list of entries I have seen but do not own are: Santa With Muscles, It’s Pat, Jaws: The Revenge, Teen Wolf Too, and Werewolf.
Which leaves the count at eight. However, I have a secret weapon: Mystery Science Theatre 3000, and its ilk. If I add in the titles I recognize from those fine shows, I can pad the list out to thirteen horrible movies, which seems a fitting number. MST3K films: ‘Manos’: The Hands of Fate, Hobgoblins, Santa Claus Conquers the Martians, Laserblast, and The Beast of Yucca Flats.
