The 25 Cheesiest Films Ever Made!
 

Piranha 3D's Painful Predecessors!

What is it about science-fiction and horror movies that unleashes the cinematic cheese? From hilarious atomic monsters to UFOs dangling from strings, the history of genre films is riddled with patently absurd imagery.

With Piranha 3D chewing its way into theaters Friday, the flesh-ripping–fish franchise — which got its start in the '70s at the hands of schlock-shock producer Roger Corman — aims for a bloodletting upgrade by showcasing the carnage in three-dimensional splendor.

Director Alexander Aja's modern-day reboot brings to mind a welter of predecessors that made melodramatic mincemeat from mutant DNA, flimsy rocket science, stiff acting and hilariously un-special "special effects."

To assemble this round-up of sci-fi's cheesiest hits, Wired.com recruited Pyschotronic Film Society founder Mike Flores, a specialist in B movies. Also weighing in are the movie-mocking madmen from Mystery Science Theater 3000 spinoff RiffTrax.

• The Creeping Terror
  Killer Shrews
  Troll 2
  The Giant Spider Invasion
  The Horror of Party Beach
  The Happening
  Robot Monster
  The Amazing Colossal Man
  Cloverfield
  The Brain That Wouldn't Die
  Barbarella
  Galaxy Of Terror
  Battlefield Earth
  The Beast of Yucca Flats
  The Avengers
  Slither
  Plan 9 From Outer Space
  Sins of the Fleshapoids
  Tremors
  Clash of the Titans (remake)
  Attack of the Puppet People
  The Aztec Mummy vs the Human Robot
  The Monster's Ship
  Slave Girls From Beyond Infinity
  Attack of the Crab Monsters

http://www.wired.com/underwire/2010/...-sci-fi-films/


Bet they forgot a few good ones. If you ask me, I wouldn't add Tremors, Cloverfield or the Titans remake to this list. They aren't painfully cheesy for chrissakes!

No Killer Klowns or Frankenfish? Come on...

Doc and NE should chip in with some good vintage ones.

Elvis and Ferox note - check out the cover of Slave Girls From Beyond Infinity.

only movie on that list I have seen is tremors

favorite part seems to have been looped over and over on youtube:

You should check out Slither, MD, lots of fun to watch.

I'd have put Eight Legged Freaks on that list.

I don't feel as though Slither belongs on that list right next to Troll 2... I actually thought that Slither was a blast... Most of those movies seem unintentionally funny, but Slither was purposefully so.

And how is Cloverfield cheesy? Its on the same list as BARBARELLS for Christ's sake.

Maybe they're just trying to piss diehard fans off...

Personally, I think "The Evil Brain From Outer Space" should be on the list, that movies was hilariously cheesy, almost as bad as Plan 9 from Outer Space.

Gotta check that out!

I thought Barbarella was really lame. It just flat out sucks.

I didn't think much of Slither the first time I watched it but it's grown on me and now i think it's solid. Wouldn't class it as cheesy... not sure why Cloverfield is on there?

Actually, which Slither is it referring to?

I'd say the recent one.

The 1973 one with James Caan isn't a sci-fi/horror flick.

if anyone takes a video of themselves (has a friend/coworker film it) quitting a job kevin bacon in tremors style I will totally send you 200$

more if it's a great video


chopping off the tip of your pinky gets you 5000$, that offer is always on the table.

I'll keep that in mind next time I quit a job. I'll probably need the $200.

Kinda need my pinky tho so someone else will have to step up to that challenge.

$5000 for just the tip... That's a pretty good deal...

just before the nail starts.

it would look weird, but who needs the tip of their pinky?

Me. So I can play guitar

hmm that's true.

I would never do it either, not for 1,000,000 dollars.

Ah, right. Good, that's the one I meant. Haven't seen the old one.

There should be a differentiation between "cheesy" and "corny" as well. "Cheesy" is the tongue-in-cheek nod towards the audience that the film is not taking itself too seriously, and everyone is in on the joke; "corny" is a preposterous film that is unaware of how bad it actually is.

Hmmmm - I always thought of "Cheesy" and "Corny" as being reversed... But I understand your point.

Slither is definitely intentional... Barbarella - Unintentional... It's the reason why I'm having such a hard time with this list...

But still - WHAT IS CLOVERFIELD DOING IN THERE?!?!?!?!?!?!?!

$1,000,000 - That's a WHOLE lotta dollar menu... ;)

I think the makers of Barbarella were well aware of the preposterous nature of the film....

Ok. Touchee.

Somehow Squirm(one of my faves) got left off of your list "Hey there's a worm in my egg cream"

It's not our list- it's from an article linked in the first post.

I think that's where my problem with it lies. It just goes for that angle and it seems to forced.

Being a student of drive-in cult classics I can think of a couple you didnt mention:
Squirm(apersonal fave)
Frogs
Rattlers
Death Curse of Tartu(That was a classic I saw it on Chiller theatre
Tentacles

FLASH - ahaaaaa - he is the INCREDIBLE!!

Gordon's alive-live-live-live...

I would say the Flash Gordon feature is camp more than cheese. It too is quite aware of its preposterous nature, and pushes it to the max with a totally straight face!

"What happened...?"

"I don't know, but it was pretty sensational!"

Cheesy song for a cheesy movie:http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LHdMXzVMrF0