Agree on the last two, which is why I questioned the more modern films on here. Was "Cloverfield" a good movie in your opinion? I avoided it at the theatre because I knew the jerky camera would have had me reeling and retching in my seat.
----- Original Message ----- From: "B Smith" <daikaij...@yahoo.com> To: scifinoir2@yahoogroups.com Sent: Monday, August 23, 2010 8:56:11 PM Subject: [scifinoir2] Re: Pirahna 3D's Painful Predecessors: 24 Cheesiest Movies Ever Made Cloverfield doesn't even belong on this list. There's nothing remotely cheesy about it. Tremors and Slither are campy, horror comedies but no cheese was in sight. --- In scifinoir2@yahoogroups.com , Keith Johnson <keithbjohn...@...> wrote: > > Dude, I remember "Lepus" from when I was a kid, and even then it didn't scare > me, but boy was it fun! I mean, you see these bunnies running (hopping?) in > slow motion to make them appear more menacing, and obvious bad FX are used to > make them appear to be giants. But at least sometimes those bunnies are > *real*. When the giant dummy rabbits attack people and slash them with the > teeth, it is camp heaven! Let's not forget other "animals gone wild" movies > from back in the day, such as "Frogs", "Bugs", and "Kingdom of the Spiders" > starring The Shat himself. > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Martin Baxter" <martinbaxt...@...> > To: scifinoir2@yahoogroups.com > Sent: Monday, August 23, 2010 4:36:56 PM > Subject: Re: [scifinoir2] Pirahna 3D's Painful Predecessors: 24 Cheesiest > Movies Ever Made > > > > > > > As I said in the forum where I first found this link, it's another case of > the kids being left alone in the room with Internet access again. No true > research done, just names off the tops of their widdle heads. > > And I laughed just *reading* that synopsis of the scene from "Night of the > Lepus", Keith. > > > On Mon, Aug 23, 2010 at 3:59 PM, Keith Johnson < keithbjohn...@... > wrote: > > > > > > > > > > > I can't *believe* they added relatively new movies like "Clash of the Titans" > and "Cloverfield", while leaving off some true, time tested classics! To wit, > my additions below. > > And I beg you, please go to the included links and watch the brief trailers. > You will *not* be disappointed!: > > * Night of the Lepus - > http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xulXFB3-A3c&feature=related - You have ** to > check out the carnivorous, giant bunny rabbits menacing veteran actors Janet > Leigh, Stuart Whitman, Rory Calhoun, and DeForest Kelley! If you don't laugh > when the rabbit punches through the lady's kitchen window and then slashes > her throat, leaving its giant teeth covered in blood, you don't have a pulse! > > > * The Incredible Two-Headed Transplant. > http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=myvltniwzxI Anyone over 40 has to remember > this really awful movie about an experiment in which a psycho killer's head > is grafted onto the giant body of a gentle simpleton. The killer gets off on > murder, while the big gentle giants sobs "No, No!" all the time. Like all > such classic horror movies, it manages to mix murder and mayhem with nubile > women in various stages of undress. It is priceless! Check out the trailer, > please: > > Runner up: the copycat "The Thing with Two Heads" ( > http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gWHNA_j7h5A&feature=related ), starring > football great Rosie Grier, Don "Mission Impossible" Martin, and veteran > actor Ray Milland! In this one, the head of a white bigot is grafted onto the > body of a black convict. Again, the trailer's a scream! > > * The Food of the Gods - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DuSwwZ1n6KU - people > are trapped on an island where the animals have grown to ginormous size > thanks to eating some kind of special food. I'm not sure if the giant > menacing chickens, the killer big wasps or the crazy giant rats surrounding a > house is the funniest thing, but man what a hoot! And it's so sad to see > veteran actors' having to do films like this. Film great Ida Lupino is one of > the stars. > > > * The Deadly Mantis - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WqEccYXxaAY - freed from > the ice, a giant, supersonic mantis menaces the world, attacking airplanes, > overturning buses with its killer grip, and generally wreaking havoc. Lots of > women grabbing their heads and screaming in mindless terror, of course, but > really fun for the Italian sailor who yells "Mama mia!" as the killer insect > sweeps in for the kill! > > > > > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Martin Baxter" < martinbaxt...@... > > To: "SciFiNoir2" < scifinoir2@yahoogroups.com > > Sent: Monday, August 23, 2010 6:31:47 AM > Subject: [scifinoir2] Pirahna 3D's Painful Predecessors: 24 Cheesiest Movies > Ever Made > > > > > > > Though "Tremors" was cheesy goodness... > > http://www.wired.com/underwire/2010/08/cheesiest-sci-fi-films/ > > -- > "If all the world's a stage and we are merely players, who the bloody hell > wrote the script?" -- Charles E Grant > > http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fQUxw9aUVik > > > > > > -- > "If all the world's a stage and we are merely players, who the bloody hell > wrote the script?" -- Charles E Grant > > http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fQUxw9aUVik >
