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urgeok2

12-17-2013, 03:32 AM

I generally try to be positive about anything shell out $$$ for .. but one movie stood out as the biggest pieces of fecal-cake I've seen in 2013 let alone since 2000 - and that was : The Mortal Instruments - City of Bones.

Pains me to say this, it shot in Toronto and i know the FX guy and another friend had a roll in it - but great googly-moogly it was a flaming turd.

most of the fault lay in the source material ... it was nothing more than a cheap rip off of Harry Potter + Twilight + Star Wars.

awful.

Ferox13

12-17-2013, 04:48 AM

HATE CRIME - awful, found footage Home Invasion film. It managed to be offense and tame at the same time.

The Villain

12-17-2013, 07:19 AM

I'm sure there's more I can think of but right now what comes to mind is Hansel and Gretel: Witch Hunters

urgeok2

12-17-2013, 07:39 AM

I'm sure there's more I can think of but right now what comes to mind is Hansel and Gretel: Witch Hunters

I had all kinds of fun with this one - enjoyed it far more than I thought I would.

Elvis_Christ

12-17-2013, 08:10 AM

Argento's Dracula flick was a shocker. Thought The Family was average too. I really hate seeing actors like De Niro phoning it in... not completely awful but it had just been done before and was a little tired for me.

I'm sure there's more I can think of but right now what comes to mind is Hansel and Gretel: Witch Hunters

I thought that one along with R.I.P.D were two of the better horror comedies of the year.

The Villain

12-17-2013, 08:18 AM

I had all kinds of fun with this one - enjoyed it far more than I thought I would.

I'm sure if I really thought about it I could cone up with another but I remember it being boring and stupid.

I thought that one along with R.I.P.D were two of the better horror comedies of the year.

Well if you think about it that way ::big grin::

urgeok2

12-17-2013, 08:25 AM

Argento's Dracula flick was a shocker. Thought The Family was average too. I really hate seeing actors like De Niro phoning it in... not completely awful but it had just been done before and was a little tired for me.

I thought that one along with R.I.P.D were two of the better horror comedies of the year.

RIPD really surprised me - I thought it was going to be a paint by numbers men in black rip off but it ended up being a lot better

Tahrgat

12-17-2013, 10:27 AM

Kandarian Demon

12-17-2013, 01:01 PM

It was so bad that I don't even remember what it was called!

The Villain

12-17-2013, 01:13 PM

Thought of some more:

Gangster Squad
Iron Man 3
The Purge

knife_fight

12-17-2013, 02:44 PM

So, is RIPD basically a Dead Heat ripoff? I've been wondering that since I first saw the previews.

urgeok2

12-17-2013, 05:35 PM

So, is RIPD basically a Dead Heat ripoff? I've been wondering that since I first saw the previews.

much more like men in black ....

not at all like Dead Heat

Despare

12-17-2013, 08:48 PM

Movie 43... by a wide margin

urgeok2

12-19-2013, 12:42 PM

Movie 43... by a wide margin

I laughed quite a bit at that one

fortunato

12-19-2013, 03:27 PM

Had to be The Book Thief. Total garbage.

Despare

12-19-2013, 06:19 PM

I laughed quite a bit at that one

One man's trash is another man's treasure. :)

NightOfTheLiving_Sam

12-20-2013, 07:27 PM

The worst horror movie that I saw this year would have to be Grave Encounters 2. I decided to check it out cause I loved the first film and it sadly disappointed me.

_____V_____

12-22-2013, 09:31 AM

After Earth.

A distant second would be The Mortal Instruments: City of Bones. Third? Hummm... A Good Day To Die Hard.

urgeok2

12-22-2013, 12:49 PM

Changing mine to Zombie Hunter

This is the kind of shit that makes me hate
Horror and the idiots that make it

Anthropophagus

12-23-2013, 05:02 AM

Hands down the worst movie I saw this year was Zombie Ass: Toilet of the Dead. I mentioned how bad this was in another thread, but this thread seems far more appropriate. This film is so bad that it is the kinda bad you can't simply forget. I am amazed that netflix picked this sort of trash up. I know that they have many a bad film, but this really takes the frosted fecal matter cake.

Right,now here`s my problem.The title alone tells you how shit this movie will be,and from your comment i am correct.The real question should be......WHY?

Why even contemplate watching this,hell,i wouldn't even bother with any trailers for such crap.

Just what is it that makes some of you guys want to spend 90 minutes of your life watching purile garbage as this.

::mad::

Elvis_Christ

12-23-2013, 05:49 AM

Just what is it that makes some of you guys want to spend 90 minutes of your life watching purile garbage as this.

::mad::

Because every now and then you'll strike a Street Trash or a Toxic Avenger. 9/10 times the film is shit but you still find gems. Speaking of which Father's Day was pretty top notch if you like your trashy flicks.

urgeok2

12-23-2013, 12:26 PM

Because every now and then you'll strike a Street Trash or a Toxic Avenger. 9/10 times the film is shit but you still find gems. Speaking of which Father's Day was pretty top notch if you like your trashy flicks.

yup - you just never know ..

sometimes the odd clever filmmaker finds the right twist and they end up being funny. it's rare - but they're out there, and you don't know which ones they are until you see them.

I recall Monsturd as being pretty amusing

Elvis_Christ

12-23-2013, 12:46 PM

I recall Monsturd as being pretty amusing

Got that sitting here for when I'm in a mood for some lowbrow flicks.

I've actually been watching a lot more big budget Hollywood stuff more than I used to. But once every couple of months I'll dig out some low budget stuff.

Will probably get caught out with Zombie Hunter because it's got Danny Trejo in it... just can't help myself ::big grin::

urgeok2

12-23-2013, 01:17 PM

Got that sitting here for when I'm in a mood for some lowbrow flicks.

I've actually been watching a lot more big budget Hollywood stuff more than I used to. But once every couple of months I'll dig out some low budget stuff.

Will probably get caught out with Zombie Hunter because it's got Danny Trejo in it... just can't help myself ::big grin::

Try not to kick your foot through the TV set

newb

12-23-2013, 04:11 PM

maybe not the worst....but definitely disappointing

I love the old school action flicks and Die Hard has been a great series...I even like "Live Free or Die Hard"...but I never even made it through the last one and I don't think I'm gonna bother to watch the rest.

also Taken 2 was a big letdown

Sculpt

12-23-2013, 09:33 PM

Worst 2013 film I've seen this year?

No question: Evil Dead

I was peaking at some lists for 2013, and I didn't see many films at the theater this year, and not many 2013 on DVD/Netflix.

To me, most films of I've seen in 2000's have been fairly poor. But the 2013s I've seen have all been decent. Maybe I've just been better selecting films. ::wink::

Anthropophagus

12-24-2013, 02:41 AM

Because every now and then you'll strike a Street Trash or a Toxic Avenger. 9/10 times the film is shit but you still find gems. Speaking of which Father's Day was pretty top notch if you like your trashy flicks.

Ok,i get your point.Yes you can find the odd gem but the two you mentioned are not one of those i`m afraid.I bought Street Trash a few years ago on a nostalgia trip,thinking it was a good movie back from what i remembered,sadly it isn't.As for Toxie...............:shocked:

But as you said,the odd gem can come through.Its a pity you have to watch hours upon hours of crap to find them.

ChronoGrl

01-03-2014, 04:09 AM

To be fair, Toilet of the Dead was done by the same director who did Machine Girl and Robogeisha so I can understand that if you liked those movies, you'd want to see it. He's all about schlock and there's nothing wrong with that.

I found Beautiful Creatures to be unwatchable.

Movie 43 was pretty bad but it was what it was.

Admission was a huge disappointment (really bad/unbelievable story)

The Purge had an interesting concept but failed in execution.

Man of Steel. Ohhh, boy, this didn't work for me.

Kickass 2 was a mess.

Sculpt

01-03-2014, 11:21 AM

Ok,i get your point.Yes you can find the odd gem but the two you mentioned are not one of those i`m afraid.I bought Street Trash a few years ago on a nostalgia trip,thinking it was a good movie back from what i remembered,sadly it isn't.As for Toxie...............:shocked:

But as you said,the odd gem can come through.Its a pity you have to watch hours upon hours of crap to find them.
Didn't like Toxic Avenger? I didn't see it when I was younger (lets say 5-22), but heard my friends talk about it; so I knew what it was about, and a lot of the scenes. It sounded like some of the comics drew when I was a kid.

I didn't end up seeing it until well into adulthood. And for me, that mattered a lot. I had to force myself to watch it; could only get through about 40 mins, and decided I'd just read the rest for my cultural education. Having the protagonist act like a 5 year old, the lavish crudeness and cruelty... I got the idea in the first 10 mins, didn't find it entertaining.

I know a lot of people love it. I'm not saying only a teen mind would like it. I'm just saying for me that was the case. I wonder how many people saw for the first time older than 29 years old and really liked it?

Giganticface

01-03-2014, 02:00 PM

Man of Steel. Ohhh, boy, this didn't work for me.

No doubt. I can only take so much cartoon fighting.

These are the worst movies I saw this year:

Salo, or the 120 Days of Sodom (1975)
The Final (2010)
The Hills Have Eyes Part II (1984)
American Psycho II (2002)
Sharknado (2013)
Guinea Pig 3: He Never Dies (1986)
Children of the Corn (2009)
Baise Moi (2000)
The House on the Edge of the Park (1980)
Terrifying Girl’s High School Lynch Law Classroom (1973)
Hostel: Part III (2011)
Troll (1986)
Ghosts of Mars (2001)
Friday the 13th (2009)

urgeok2

01-03-2014, 02:39 PM

I was on set for Hostel 3. I have to admit - I didn't mind it
It was Hostel-lite. But I still thought it was interesting

Giganticface

01-03-2014, 03:23 PM

I was on set for Hostel 3. I have to admit - I didn't mind it
It was Hostel-lite. But I still thought it was interesting

It had some redeeming qualities, but nowhere near as good as the other two. My biggest beef with it was that it eliminated the single most interesting (and scary) theme from the first two films: our fear of other cultures, especially war-torn and desperate ones. Personally, I found Hostel to be very scary when I first saw it, mostly purely because of the concept. It made me afraid to travel to certain areas of the world. Hostel III petered away that one most redeeming quality by locating it in Las Vegas.

Also, overall it just seemed pretty amateur, the sets felt cheap, it had no child gangs shaking victims down for candy, and minus the vast, dingy, war-destructed factory locations, all it really had was a bit of mildly creative torture. Meh.

urgeok2

01-03-2014, 03:33 PM

It was shot in a really cool building - a huge Masonic temple in Detroit city
As far as demonizing foreign cultures goes - I saw it as a parallel to 911 - "it can't happen here"
I liked that idea.
I also liked the twist at the beginning

It was definitely less vicious but I didn't mind do much

It's also kind of fun to watch knowing you were stsnding right there
I was inside one of the holding tanks/cages while they filmed the escape right across from me in the others :)
It adds a fun perspective

Giganticface

01-03-2014, 07:22 PM

It's also kind of fun to watch knowing you were stsnding right there
I was inside one of the holding tanks/cages while they filmed the escape right across from me in the others :)
It adds a fun perspective

That's pretty awesome. That would definitely make it fun to watch, knowing you were right there.

I thought the twist at the beginning was pretty good too.

Evermoredarkly_

01-04-2014, 08:10 AM

Its this film Netflix had call The Haunted Doll house and had snippets of all these other horror movies the last snippet was the worst.

The Villain

01-04-2014, 09:33 AM

No doubt. I can only take so much cartoon fighting.

These are the worst movies I saw this year:

Salo, or the 120 Days of Sodom (1975)
The Final (2010)
The Hills Have Eyes Part II (1984)
American Psycho II (2002)
Sharknado (2013)
Guinea Pig 3: He Never Dies (1986)
Children of the Corn (2009)
Baise Moi (2000)
The House on the Edge of the Park (1980)
Terrifying Girl’s High School Lynch Law Classroom (1973)
Hostel: Part III (2011)
Troll (1986)
Ghosts of Mars (2001)
Friday the 13th (2009)

Really Troll? Its not great or anything but i've always liked it

Giganticface

01-04-2014, 11:16 AM

Really Troll? Its not great or anything but i've always liked it

Troll 2 is brilliant -- the best worst movie of all time!

Troll 1... eck. Bad, and not in the good way. My opinion at least.

urgeok2

01-04-2014, 12:24 PM

The older i get - the less i appreciate the - 'so bad they're good films'.

you would think that Manborg would fall into that category but it doesn't - it was a brilliant parody..

Ferox13

01-05-2014, 02:02 AM

No doubt. I can only take so much cartoon fighting.
The House on the Edge of the Park (1980)

WHAT?

The House on the Edge of the Park is an amazing film.

Giganticface

01-05-2014, 02:59 AM

WHAT?

The House on the Edge of the Park is an amazing film.

I was pretty disappointed considering Deodato's other good film goes by the name of Cannibal Holocaust. Books could be written about that film, while Edge of the Park, to me was a fairly mediocre snippet of throwaway exploitation.

My biggest two beefs were that I thought it was annoying and far-fetched that the women got sexually involved with the attackers. I also thought the twist ending was ridiculous, way beyond the limits of credibility. (SPOILERS) There's no way they would put themselves at that level of risk, resulting in rape, torture and death, just to pull off that revenge gag. If they wanted to get revenge, there are much easier and safer ways to do it. That kinda ruined it for me. (/SPOILERS)

However, from a purely exploitation film, no-logic-required standpoint, I agree I'm severely low-balling this classic. The fact that I would be happy to watch it again, even looking forward to it, means I rated it too low.

Elvis_Christ

01-05-2014, 03:29 AM

The House on the Edge of the Park is miles ahead of Cannibal Holocaust.

David Hess was one of the genre's best method actors. No one has or ever will do menacing sleaze better.

Sculpt

01-05-2014, 09:06 PM

I was pretty disappointed considering Deodato's other good film goes by the name of Cannibal Holocaust. Books could be written about that film, while Edge of the Park, to me was a fairly mediocre snippet of throwaway exploitation.

My biggest two beefs were that I thought it was annoying and far-fetched that the women got sexually involved with the attackers. I also thought the twist ending was ridiculous, way beyond the limits of credibility. (SPOILERS) There's no way they would put themselves at that level of risk, resulting in rape, torture and death, just to pull off that revenge gag. If they wanted to get revenge, there are much easier and safer ways to do it. That kinda ruined it for me. (/SPOILERS)

However, from a purely exploitation film, no-logic-required standpoint, I agree I'm severely low-balling this classic. The fact that I would be happy to watch it again, even looking forward to it, means I rated it too low.

I know what you mean about lack of basic logic credibility (with films in general, I didn't see Edge of Park). Unless the characters are popping LSD or they're shown falling asleep and begin dreaming, it really bugs me when things don't make logical sense, especially within the film's own reality. It just seems sloopy to me. When I see it, simple and quick ideas pop in my head about how they could have had it make sense, but don't bother. It increases the perception I'm getting handed a formulaic, cheap "crack" titilation, quick-cash rip-off film. To me, if the makers don't care enough about the story making sense, I'm really not interested.

realdealblues

01-07-2014, 07:02 AM

These are the worst movies I saw this year:

Salo, or the 120 Days of Sodom (1975)
The Final (2010)
The Hills Have Eyes Part II (1984)
American Psycho II (2002)
Sharknado (2013)
Guinea Pig 3: He Never Dies (1986)
Children of the Corn (2009)
Baise Moi (2000)
The House on the Edge of the Park (1980)
Terrifying Girl’s High School Lynch Law Classroom (1973)
Hostel: Part III (2011)
Troll (1986)
Ghosts of Mars (2001)
Friday the 13th (2009)

Nothing in that list that I necessarily absolutely "love", but over half of them I still watch and enjoy. Some of them aren't meant to be "good" or "enjoyed".

I remember seeing a special showing of Salo almost 20 years ago. Several people literally threw up and left. It's not exactly a "great" film you watch to "enjoy" but it was a definite statement from Pasolini on several frontiers. Same thing with Baise Moi. While Baise Moi was no where near as artistic as Salo or with such deep rooted ideas of ideology, morality or corruption, it was never meant to be a "good movie". Sharknado and Troll were never meant to be great cinema either, but I still find them enjoyable. I'm also starting to think I must be the only person who actually enjoyed the Friday The 13th remake...lol.

Anyway, worst film I saw this year.

Lords Of Salem by a landslide.

ferretchucker

01-10-2014, 08:00 PM

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Giganticface

01-11-2014, 09:01 AM

Nothing in that list that I necessarily absolutely "love", but over half of them I still watch and enjoy. Some of them aren't meant to be "good" or "enjoyed".

I remember seeing a special showing of Salo almost 20 years ago. Several people literally threw up and left. It's not exactly a "great" film you watch to "enjoy" but it was a definite statement from Pasolini on several frontiers. Same thing with Baise Moi. While Baise Moi was no where near as artistic as Salo or with such deep rooted ideas of ideology, morality or corruption, it was never meant to be a "good movie". Sharknado and Troll were never meant to be great cinema either, but I still find them enjoyable. I'm also starting to think I must be the only person who actually enjoyed the Friday The 13th remake...lol.

Anyway, worst film I saw this year.

Lords Of Salem by a landslide.

Yeah, I don't really hate any of these films either, except maybe The Final and Guinea Pig 3 (zzzzz). I don't watch many films that I end up disliking because I do some research before each film, and save myself the time of sitting through garbage. It wouldn't surprise me if most of these films are enjoyed by a good number of people, it's just the bottom of my barrel for the year (and easy to query because I keep a list with my personal ratings). Most of these are rated somewhere around 5/10 for me.

My problem with Salo was all that artsy fartsy poetry reading. I had such a hard time staying awake. If not for those long, boring stretches I would have liked it much better, and I'm actually a big fan of arthouse cinema. Base Moi just annoyed me. I guess I don't need to see unsimulated sex in a film. Friday the 13th started out promising... in fact I first watched only the first half in the theater (waiting for another film to start) and I actually really liked it. But when I finally watched the whole thing I thought it was pretty cliché.

A lot of this, of course, comes down to personal taste. I loved Lords of Salem. :)

Sculpt

01-12-2014, 12:41 AM

http://www.raucousrecords.com/products/600px/young-ones-cliff-richard-movie-poster.jpg
What you saying about the record?

Oh ya, and worst 2013 movie I saw in 2013 was Sharknado, although, I must admit, my buddy and I couldn't stand watching more than some 30 mins. I loved the concept, but not the execution, which wasn't a budget issue.

urgeok2

01-12-2014, 06:28 AM

Oh ya, and worst 2013 movie I saw in 2013 was Sharknado, although, I must admit, my buddy and I couldn't stand watching more than some 30 mins. I loved the concept, but not the execution, which wasn't a budget issue.

same exact thing for me ..
when i saw the ads i thought - holy crap - The Asylum finally figured it out.

The movie on the other hand - was just like all the rest - inexcusably inept CGI, and their most pathetic hallmark - abusing a once great - but now obviously starving actor - in a way that would embarrass Ed Wood Jr

adamhenderson

01-21-2014, 03:43 PM

I have to say my worst of the year was 'The World's End'. I went in with high hopes and thought it was a really lazy film. I wrote a review in my blog, which you can read here. (http://www.adamhendersonhorror.blogspot.com.au/2013/11/movie-showdown-4-internship-2013-vs.html)

I don't get how a bunch of middle-class Englishmen can all of a sudden be experts in kung-fu, despite not being in physical shape. I know that the response to this will be: 'it's just a movie'. BUT, I'm not buying it this time. And here is why:

If you are going to be a comedy film in which the rules of logic don't apply, that is fine, but don't try and shoe-horn in an emotional message, because it just doesn't work. It felt phony and I spent the whole time waiting for the movie to end.

Was thoroughly disappointed by this one.

metternich1815

01-21-2014, 06:29 PM

I actually kind of liked The Purge, but I guess I would go with that as the worst 2013 film I saw in 2013, at least that I can think of. I actually loved Lords of Salem, Evil Dead (2013), and Iron Man 3.

urgeok2

01-24-2014, 04:53 AM

Sculpt

01-24-2014, 11:38 AM

NightOfTheLiving_Sam

01-24-2014, 12:09 PM

World War Z: This movie really disappointed me. The book was so much better than the film. It hardly showed any zombies at all which sadden me. Mostly concentrated on finding the cure which is great, but I would have loved to see a lot more zombie attacks.

The Villain

01-24-2014, 12:46 PM

ozzy554

03-31-2014, 11:15 AM

Die hard 5
Texas chainsaw 3d

totem

03-31-2014, 12:40 PM

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Ferox13

03-31-2014, 11:53 PM

The House on the Edge of the Park is miles ahead of Cannibal Holocaust.

David Hess was one of the genre's best method actors. No one has or ever will do menacing sleaze better.

I think there is more to CH - it's hypocritical jab at mondo film makers and it's very early use of found footage. That said The House on the Edge of the Park is an amazing visceral exploration of Class War :-)