FrightFest screams into London this week for five days of frantic fear flicks.
From 27 - 31 August, FrightFest will bring a mixture of highbrow horror films and trashy terror movies to gore-hungry audiences from across the globe.
Some will be brilliantly made, others will be awesomely awful.
We saw Audition at the festival. But then we also saw Day Of The Dead 2 there. We loved both, for very different reasons.
So, to celebrate FrightFest's imminent arrival, we’ve rifled through our VHS collection to bring you the best of the bad horror flicks we hold close to our pus-filled hearts.
We recommend you keep a sick bag handy for some of the clips and trailers.
And some headache tablets.
32. Street Trash (1987)
The Movie
A liquor store owner finds a free crate full of booze that gets his hobo customers really drunk. Sadly, it also melts them from the inside-out.
Why So Bad?
It’s just, well, disgusting. And not in a cool way. In a ‘Wow, I just saw someone melt on a toilet’ way.
If that sounds like something you'd like to watch, check out the clip below. Keep an eye out for the arbitrary Evil Dead style camera-work.
But this isn't one of those, 'The scene featuring a gloopy head gurning in a toilet bowl was the only good bit' films, there are so many insanely disgusting moments in Street Trash, we lost count after the fifth time we vomited. One day, we hope to turn it into a stage play.
So Bad It’s Good?
Absolutely. You haven’t lived until you’ve seen a couple of hobos play catch with the penis of their freshly melted mate.
The Toilet Meltdown
31. The Dentist (1996)
The Movie
An under pressure dentist totally loses his marbles when he discovers his wife is having an affair with the pool boy.
He decides to use his dental equipment… to kill.
Why So Bad?
It’s not so much a horror flick as a melodrama with bloody drills.
The first half of the movie is so concerned with the day-to-day running of a dental surgery you forget you're watching a horror film. Which, obviously, isn’t all that exciting.
So Bad It’s Good?
Yes, if only because once it gets going, the cast really gives it their all. This is literally the most stressed out dentist we’ve ever seen.
The Trailer
Next: Motel Hell, Galaxy Of Terror
Comments
minorityreport
Aug 24th 2009, 12:48
Great feature TF. I saw Chopping Mall recently and thought it was great fun, especially the nods to Roger Corman. But how have you missed Hollywood Chainsaw Hookers? That's got to be there.
Alert a moderator
hughjass1970
Aug 24th 2009, 21:12
WTF is April Fools Day doing in this list?! The original is a classic compared to the by numbers DVD premiere remake. The twist in the orginal is part of it's charm.
Alert a moderator
CatSchrodinger
Aug 25th 2009, 0:01
Ah! The Melting scene from Dead Heat - now we see where they got the idea for that F.A.S.T stroke-awareness campaign...
Alert a moderator
Propaganja
Aug 25th 2009, 13:28
Has any of you ever seen S.S. Doomtrooper, that's a amusing bad horror flick. Or The Crow Wicked Prayer, which is even worse...
Alert a moderator
espontaneo
Aug 28th 2009, 19:25
C'mon "The Stuff" is a great film! Well maybe not great, but it certainly has enough satirical content to raise it above the other dross on this list.
Alert a moderator
oui3d
Aug 28th 2009, 22:44
Having just watched Treat Williams' bird melt all I could hear was him delivering the line "Now what?"
Alert a moderator
LeisSuit
Aug 29th 2009, 0:22
Great list, but there are a few glaring omissions: -The Guardian: a Druid nanny sacrifices babies to a killer tree...classic bad movie! -Alone in the Dark: Tara Reid as an expert in ancient artifacts, and Christian Slater as the world's dumbest detective. -Deep Blue Sea: Samuel L. Jackson delivers his Best. Speech. EVER!!
Alert a moderator
kc.sim@virgin.net
Aug 29th 2009, 9:34
two classics from the eighties stick out for me 1st Big meat eater 2nd the micro wave massacre with that great line "and i'll bring the snacks"
Alert a moderator
ManMadeMonkey
Aug 30th 2009, 18:26
Brilliant feature, I will now have to hunt down every last one of these films to witness their genius with my own eyes. Thanks for the feature.
Alert a moderator
welsh williams
Aug 31st 2009, 14:37
nostalgia overload, where was "Satan Little Helper" though??
Alert a moderator
drhthomas
Sep 1st 2009, 10:53
Awesome list, some good oldies and even some new stuff to peruse. You failed to mention the greatest Alien rip off ever though XTRO - Part alien, part predator, all s**t! There's 3 of them too, thats hours no plotted, horribly acted terribleness, enjoy if you can find them.
Alert a moderator
starwars4life
Sep 5th 2009, 14:03
Great list, but you missed out a major player - where's Twilight?
Alert a moderator