Top 10 Worst Science Fiction Movies
Published on August 30, 2007 - 99 Comments
So, we have looked at the best science fiction books and movies, but how about the worst? I have scoured the net looking for the worst of the worst, and after a lot of tough decision making, here it is! The ten worst science fiction films ever made - with youtube clips! Ordered from worst to worstest. [Yes, I know that is bad English.]
10. Star Trek: The Final Frontier, Director: William Shatner [1989]
I had to include at least one Star Trek film. It was a tough pick between this and Nemsis, but this one wins. The crew of the Federation starship Enterprise is called to Nimbus III, the Planet of Intergalactic Peace. They are to negotiate in a case of kidnapping only to find out that the kidnapper is a relative of Spock. This man is possessed by his life long search for the planet Shaka-Ri which is supposed to be the source of all life. Together they begin to search for this mysterious planet
9. Superman IV: The Quest for Peace, Director: Sidney Furie [1987]
The clip is short - but you get the point - falling in space? What happened to gravity? Lex Luthor steals a hair of Superman’s head from a museum and uses it to create Nuclear Man, an android that gets energy from the Sun. His purpose of course is to use him as a weapon to kill Superman, so that Luthor will be free to realize his criminal plans.
8. Frankenstein Conquers the World, Director: Ishirô Honda [1965]
During WWII, a human heart taken from a certain lab in Europe (Dr. Frankenstein’s) is kept in a Japanese lab, when it gets exposed to the radiation of the bombing of Hiroshima. The heart grows in size, mutates and sprouts appendages, and eventually grows into a complete body and escapes. Later, a feral boy with a certain physical deformity (a large head with a flat top) is captured by scientists who refer to the boy as Frankenstein. The creature grows to the height of 20 feet, escapes again, fights police and army, and is practically indestructible. Later, a reptilian monster goes on a rampage. Eventually the Frankenstein creature and the reptile face off in a terrible battle.
7. Robot Monster, Director: Phil Tucker [1953]
Watching this clip, I think I understand why women were not in the military in 1953! The Robot Monster has been sent to Earth as the advance party of an impending invasion. Ordered by The Great One to capture several humans, the Robot Monster becomes confused once it learns more about humans.
6. Sant Claus Conquers the Martians, Director: Nicholas Webster [1964]
My favorite line: Martian1: “You stay away from those children!” Martian 2: “That will be easy to do. They’ve escaped!”. Martians, upset that their children have become obsessed with TV shows from Earth which extoll the virtues of Santa Claus, start an expedition to Earth to kidnap the one and only Santa. While on Earth, they kidnap two lively children that lead the group of Martians to the North Pole and Santa. The Martians then take Santa and the two children back to Mars with them.
5. Monster a go-go, Director: Bill Rebane [1965]
“When you walk out, you will wonder what you have seen!” - I think the voice-over guy was having a premonition! An astronaut comes back to Earth and crashes in a field, incredibly irradiated and wreaking havoc. Just as they have him cornered, he disappears, and the “real” astronaut is found 7,500 miles away in the Pacific Ocean, “alive, well, and of normal size.”
4. Turks in Space (Dünyayı Kurtaran Adam in Oglu), Director: Kartal Tibet [2006]
Hmm - where have I seen those light-sabers before? This one is so bad that I can’t even find a synopsis for it! I will just say, this is rated the 6th worst film by IMDB (including non-SF films).
3. Plan 9 from Outer Space, Director: Edward D Wood Jr [1959]
“Can your heart stand the shocking facts about Graverobbers from Outer Space?” That’s the question on the lips of the narrator of this tale about flying saucers, zombies and cardboard tombstones. A pair of aliens, angered by the “stupid minds” of planet Earth, set up shop in a California cemetery. Their plan: to animate an army of the dead to march on the capitals of the world. (The fact that they have only managed to resurrect three zombies to date has not discouraged them.)
2. The Beast of Yucca Flats, Director: Coleman Francis [1961]
A defecting Russian scientist is transformed by an atomic test into a hulking monster, Tor Johnson, of course. Not much else except some people are killed, boys get lost, and a rabbit sniffs Tor’s corpse. If you liked the clip, watch the whole thing here.
1. Battlefield Earth, Director: Roger Christian [2000]
How could this have not been a disaster? It is effectively a Scientology advert in film format. Someone put together a nice little clip of the best/worst bits so I have used that here. In the year 3000, man is no match for the Psychlo’s, a greedy, manipulative race of aliens on a quest for ultimate profit. Led by the seductive and powerful Terl (Travolta), the Psychlo’s are stripping Earth clean of its natural resources, using the broken remnants of humanity as slaves. What is left of the human race has descended into a near primitive state, believing the invaders to be demons and technology to be evil.
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1. RobS - August 30th, 2007 at 6:41 am
Ooooooohhh, Battlefield Earth as the worst Science Fiction movie! I bow to your superior Kung Fu. I had erased that film from my mind.
But now it’s back. Damn…
Santa Claus Conquers the Martians. An exquisitely horrible movie, which starred that 80’s alleged sexpot, Pia Zadora as one of the chidren.
I think it’s safe to assume her career peaked with this film.
Robot Monster. Sadly, I have never made it through the whole movie. Usually, after the first ten or fifteen minutes, I’ll begin to feel a bit… urpy, then my entire lymphatic system will be filled with deep ennui, at which point, I will feel the overwhelming urge to massage my skull with a ballpeen hammer.
Ultimately, I will need to be resuscitated by the Swedish Bikini Team.
Thank God for bad movies.
Star Trek: The Final Frontier. Another movie I’ve not had the misfortune to watch all the way through, as my wife always turns off the TV when it gets to the scene where Shatner falls off the mountain and Spock dives to save him and I begin shouting, “DON’T DO IT, SPOCK! DO US ALL A FAVOR AND LET HIM FALL! SPOOOOOOOOOCK!!!”
(Oh, and apropos to nuthin’, why was there no mention of that excellent 60’s film, Bambi Meets Godzilla” in the best movies thread? See for yourself! http://vids.myspace.com/index......ID=9179558)
2. jfrater - August 30th, 2007 at 7:02 am
RobS: haha - Bambi and Godzilla - who comes up with this stuff?
3. Andre du Plessis - August 30th, 2007 at 7:07 am
Actually pretty cool movies :
I loved the special effects on Frankenstein and Baragon - awesome.
The robot monster had me riveted to the screen, I must see the rest
How did they make those martian guys look so real ? Bit brutal this flick, lots of swearing and violence.
Digged the pretty girls on Monster a Go Go - it rocked and socked me.
The love scene in Yucca Flats was a bit uneccesary
Good list well done…
4. jfrater - August 30th, 2007 at 7:23 am
Andre: Thanks
I am amazed you have seen so many of them all the way through 
5. Joe - August 30th, 2007 at 7:26 am
No Jar Jar binks movies made the list?
6. jfrater - August 30th, 2007 at 8:22 am
Joe: tempting - but I think the others were worse
7. steve - August 30th, 2007 at 8:22 am
Good list, not supprisingly, i’ve only seen a few of these movies.
As for the Star Trek pick, good choice, but i think Nemisis, or Star Trek I would have been a better choice.
Battlefield earth, i agree, wow, that was one other movie.
The thing that supprised me was 1998’s Americanized version of Godzilla IMDb
that wasn’t very good, at all. And the best part of it was that they set it up for a major sequel, that never happened…
8. jfrater - August 30th, 2007 at 8:34 am
steve: It was a toss up between nemesis and final frontier. I don’t think I have seen the American Godzilla - and based on your comments, I don’t think I will
9. Rishtardo - August 30th, 2007 at 12:59 pm
How dare you rate “Star Trek: The Final Frontier” as one of your 10 worst! I think that it’s the best “Star Trek” movie of them all!
10. jfrater - August 30th, 2007 at 1:23 pm
Rishtardo: are you from earth?
11. dalandzadgad - August 30th, 2007 at 2:14 pm
this is great, i needed a good laugh. “Battlefield Earth” was the best (or worst).
12. Crimanon - August 30th, 2007 at 3:07 pm
As a Trekker, I stand by JFs number 10. Not just because of the bad acting, but because of the science within it. The “Galactic Core”, You mean the Blackhole From which there is no escape. It Sucks, if you can’t see that with your own eyes, ask the cast. They thought they had ended their careers with that movie. And Bravo for pointing out why I have yet to see “Battlefield Earth.”
13. Beeyotch - August 30th, 2007 at 3:13 pm
What’s worrying is that I have seen ‘em all, bar one…I so had no social life growing…
14. RobS - August 30th, 2007 at 5:57 pm
Beeyotch (May I call you that?),
I feel your pain.
I’ve spent so much of my time through my life watching perfectly horrible sci/fi movies, possibly due to the belief, “That which does not kill you, makes you cranky”.
Or maybe just because I’ve always found them hilarious.
Probably why I was drawn to MST3K.
Another good one is, “Teenagers From Space”, which boasts a cast of tired, jaded, 30-something year old “teenagers” and a giant lobster thermidor, called a “Gargon”.
A truly memorable flick.
15. jfrater - August 30th, 2007 at 9:02 pm
Beeyotch: in a horrifying way that is impressive!
RobS: Thanks for the mention of Teenagers from Space - I will be sure to keep my eyes peeled for that… or not!
16. Daniel - August 30th, 2007 at 10:29 pm
what about Howard the Duck!!!?
17. jfrater - August 31st, 2007 at 1:37 am
Daniel: I haven’t seen that - synopsis?
18. James Smith - August 31st, 2007 at 3:51 am
For me, the worst film of all time, not just Sci-Fi, was “Nightfall” based on the classic Isaac Asimov story. Because Asimov’s work was so good, I thought the film would be at least passable. Wrong!!!
The film, starring David Birney, was so bad instead of walking out, I stayed. I kept thinking it HAS to get better! Wrong again, it only got worse.
To be fair, I have not seen all the films on your list, but Nightfall could surely replace several of them, it was so bad.
19. jfrater - August 31st, 2007 at 4:06 am
James: that would bother me a lot as I love Asimov’s books. I didn’t mind I Robot too much but it did have a bit of a b-grade feel I thought.
20. RobS - August 31st, 2007 at 4:51 am
Jamie,
YOU HAVEN’T SEEN HOWARD THE DUCK???!!??!
Quickly, drop whatever it is you’re doing this very instant and hie thee hence to your nearest video store.
Now, before you actually watch the movie, you will need to…erm… prepare yourself.
Remember the scene in Clockwork Orange, where Alex is being forced to watch videos while undergoing the “Ludivigo Treatment”?
OK, you’ll need to have someone strap you down, clamp your eyes open with those really gross eye clamps, and drop saline solution into them so they won’t dry out.
The effects of actually watching Howard the Duck will be surprisingly similar to Alex’s after undergoing the treatment, but don’t worry… you too will heal.
I’ve seen the movie and look how normal I am.
Rob
21. jfrater - August 31st, 2007 at 5:25 am
RobS: haha - I don’t know if that is high praise or utter horror! I will be sure to add it to my amazon wishlist….
22. Chris - August 31st, 2007 at 8:36 am
Where the hell was “The Phantom Menance”??! That’s GOTTA be on the list!!!
23. jfrater - August 31st, 2007 at 8:46 am
Chris: it was sooo close!
24. heather - August 31st, 2007 at 11:24 am
starship invaders. one of the very few films that i have ever, ever, walked out of before experiencing the excruciating ending. (i later saw it again nd it was all still terrible.) no lie, it would top this list. plan 9 is a classic, despite its horribleness.
25. jfrater - August 31st, 2007 at 12:32 pm
heather: I haven’t seen it - I will add it to my list of must-sees
26. Alli - August 31st, 2007 at 5:55 pm
Thank you thank you thank you! I have been trying to remember the name of a movie I loved as a kid; and there it is, on your list. Frankenstein Conquers the World *happy sigh* I’m going to have to add that to my Amazon wishlist.
27. RobS - August 31st, 2007 at 6:49 pm
Alli!
ARE YOU MAD?!?!?!
They were using that movie as a torture device at Gitmo, until the U.N. Commission said, “Roight! Knock that off right now and we’ll give you a wave on the water boarding!”
Actually… that was all a lie.
But, I have to admit, watching movies like “Frankenstein Conquers the World”* is a harmless bit of fun, isn’t it?
Unless people find out, that is.
And I’ll be keeping my eye on you from now on…
*He doesn’t actually conquer much of anything, though, does he? Sad, really…
28. Alli - August 31st, 2007 at 8:45 pm
*grins* I am insane, but that’s another story.
As for Frankenstein Conquers, it was one of many monster/sci fi flicks we watched with my dad Sunday afternoons in the late 70s. Godzilla, Rodan, Gamera, we watched em all. This was the only one I could not remember and I can finally put it to bed (after I locate it, call dad and we watch it again).
29. jfrater - September 1st, 2007 at 1:01 am
Alli: I am very pleased that this list of awful movies has helped you so much
30. RobS - September 1st, 2007 at 5:54 pm
Alli,
Those terrible Japanese rubber-suited monster flicks are… quite special aren’t they?
I can recall staying up late on Friday nights with some of my buddies, watching Godzilla first be a bad guy and then be a good guy…
Remember the one where Godzilla meets Mothra and there were those two tiny Japanese girls in the ornate box?
Those kinds of images can do wierd things to 12 year old boys.
31. Che - September 1st, 2007 at 8:28 pm
*an experiment gone horribly wrong
*loads of car crashes
*Ray Milland (the Oscar winner)
*a socially responsible message
Ladies and gentlemen, I give you…
…The Thing with Two Heads!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gWHNA_j7h5A
32. jfrater - September 2nd, 2007 at 12:19 am
RobS: hah you describe that so well
Che - thanks for the worthy addition
33. bluebandit - September 2nd, 2007 at 9:15 am
no way does battlefeild earth belong on this list. that was an awesome movie. you wanna talk about the worst sci fi movie ever, watch the new hitchhikers guide to the galaxy movie. you’ll stab your own eyes out before the end
34. jfrater - September 2nd, 2007 at 9:34 am
bluebandit: I haven’t seen that one yet - I will try to see it soon so I can post an informed opinion.
35. RobS - September 2nd, 2007 at 6:24 pm
It’s too bad about Hitchiker’s Guide, because the book is just so gosh-darned funny.
But, some things just don’t translate well to the screen.
And as for Ray Milland… wasn’t he also in “The Night of the Lepus”, where humanity is in danger of being eaten by giant rabbits? Or was he in the one with the giant frogs? Well, be that as it may, I remember watching the “Thing With Two Heads”, thinking, “The Lost Weekend” was a long, long time ago, wasn’t it Ray?”
36. AvaAdore - September 3rd, 2007 at 12:45 pm
Ghost of Mars
terrible…
37. jfrater - September 3rd, 2007 at 1:30 pm
Rob: I haven’t seen that - I will see if I can find it.
AvaAdore: I haven’t seen that either - consider it included in my to-watch list.
38. RobS - September 3rd, 2007 at 6:11 pm
Jamie,
You like to torture yourself, don’t you? :^)
Rob
39. jfrater - September 3rd, 2007 at 11:05 pm
RobS: I owe it to the users here
40. watson - September 5th, 2007 at 7:54 am
my little brother allways did describe Battlefield Earth as “Star Wars meets the smell of Ass”
A very good(bad)list overall
41. jfrater - September 5th, 2007 at 8:02 am
watson: hah thanks for sharing
42. jack - September 5th, 2007 at 12:00 pm
I have to say that the worst s/f movie of all time is ‘The Day After Tomorrow’.
They were chased by >cold
43. Randy - September 6th, 2007 at 2:22 pm
I would have to agree with bluebandit. Now, Battlefield earth was horrible. I remember seeing that on my friend’s birthday, and I really wanted to see Rules of Engagement. But alas, my friend wanted to see Battlefield Earth. Terrible movie, the bad thing is, is that he actually bought it when it came out on DVD. I do believe, however, that The Hitchhikers Guide to the Galaxy was a terrible movie. What other movie do you have that the world is financially backed by mice and the smartest creatures are dolphins that talk to aliens? I tried to make sense of the movie, but just couldn’t. The robot is the only reason why I wanted to see this movie, being a depressed, sad sap robot. But no, even he could not make up for a laugh in that movie. Battlefield Earth was a horrible movie, but The Hitchhikers Guide to the Galaxy was far worse. It was possibly the worse film put on 90 minutes of tape in the history of man. Period.
44. jfrater - September 6th, 2007 at 11:08 pm
Randy: thanks for that truly impassioned perspective
45. Randy - September 7th, 2007 at 5:11 am
Your welcome jfrater….but I can say it was probably worse than Spice World…another film that I was dragged to go see….uggghhh…women…lol
46. jfrater - September 7th, 2007 at 5:27 am
Randy: I am incredibly pleased to say I have not seen Spiceworld!
47. Randy - September 7th, 2007 at 8:06 am
unfortunatly i’m not
what about that movie that had tim allen in it. sort of like a star trek spoof. that was pretty awful. damn, now if i can only remember the name. arrggg
48. jfrater - September 7th, 2007 at 8:17 am
Randy: oh - I remember that film too - I don’t think I watched it but I did see a trailer.
49. brlove - September 7th, 2007 at 8:35 am
You missed Mission to Mars… arguably the worst movie ever sf or otherwise
50. jfrater - September 7th, 2007 at 8:44 am
briove: thanks for the addition - maybe we will have to do another few top 10s!
51. Randy - September 7th, 2007 at 10:39 am
I do also remember a movie from when I was six, I think, about a gigantic boob coming down and attacking a city. Quite facinating, and probably a good one to put on the list. I don’t think that it would have been ever nominated for any academy awards….well, unless there is a catagory for the-biggest-breast-in-a-movie award.
Ahhhh, memories.
52. jfrater - September 7th, 2007 at 11:12 am
Randy - how hilarious and how bizarre!
53. Randy - September 7th, 2007 at 11:34 am
hey, i try
54. jfrater - September 7th, 2007 at 11:38 am
Randy
55. Cyph0n - September 9th, 2007 at 11:09 am
I can’t believe you didn’t mention The Adventures of Pluto Nash. And I have to admit, I LOVED Howard The Duck.
56. Aaron - September 9th, 2007 at 12:31 pm
First of all, sorry for the harsh language, but you’re missing one of the worst sci-fi, nay, the worst MOVIES of all time: “Gay N*ggers from Outer Space”.
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0274518/
57. Matt - September 9th, 2007 at 6:35 pm
I think either Star Wars Episode I or II could easily make the list. I think one could also make the case that Star Trek I was worse than V. Mars Attacks could be on there as well.
58. jfrater - September 9th, 2007 at 10:54 pm
Cyph0n: I haven’t seen Pluto Nash - when did it come out?
Aaron: Unbelievably Gayniggers From Out of Space seems to have quite a following on IMDB!
Matt: I did consider Mars Attacks - thanks for mentioning it
59. Özhan - September 9th, 2007 at 11:34 pm
I guess SuperMan IV wasnt part of orginal movie series, right? ’cause i cant remember it. By the way, “falling space” ? Well Earth still could pull it. But what about being able to survive in space!! Is that girl a android?
And “Dünyayı Kurtaran Adam’in Oglu” is an absurd comedy. I actully laughed in 1st half. But yeah, it’s a bad movie…
60. jfrater - September 9th, 2007 at 11:56 pm
Özhan: I am not sure if it was done by the same people but Christopher Reeve is playing Superman.
61. Che - September 11th, 2007 at 6:23 am
Just watched GayN-Words from Outer-Space.
It truly is awful - in an unfunny way. Maybe it’s funnier in Danish. As satire goes, this is pretty lame. Tries hard to offend just about everybody - and fails miserably.
But if y’all really want to waste 30 minutes of your life, like I did, here’s the YouTube link. Complete with gratuitous Carlsberg advert.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hAW5NRj2YhE
Thanks, though, Aaron.
You owe me thirty minutes. ;+)
62. RobS - September 11th, 2007 at 6:35 am
Randy,
The Tim Allen movie you’re thinking of is “Galaxy Quest”, which I thought was a fairly funny movie. But, as in all things, your milage may vary.
The giant boob you mentioned reminds me of a scene from Woody Allen’s “Everything You Ever Wanted To Know About Sex”. You might be remembering that.
Rob
63. jfrater - September 11th, 2007 at 8:39 am
Che hah I can’t believe you found a copy to watch! Thanks for the link
64. Che - September 11th, 2007 at 9:02 am
No reason you have to do all the hard work Jamie.
:+)
65. jfrater - September 11th, 2007 at 9:25 am
Che: Thanks
66. Klaatu - September 18th, 2007 at 9:56 am
Amazing list. Quite inspired.
One thing about “Battlefield: Earth” is not just how bad the movie was, but how incredibly wrong they got the book.
The movie story is so lame, there are so many aspects of the book that just didn’t make it to the screen… I felt violated.
It’s like releasing “Tremmors” with the title “Dune” (not that Tremors was bad, I loved it, actually).
There you go. My mood is ruined for the day.
67. Pulsarav - September 19th, 2007 at 4:11 pm
My favorite “worst” Sci-Fi flick I can remember in my 50 years is Laserblast: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0077834/
Too many “bad” things to list but here are a couple of examples:
Beams from the aliens’ ray guns are purple with green lightning bolts in the center of the ray.
In Roddy McDowall’s scene the microphone is in view. They even spelled his name wrong in the credits (Roddy McDowell).
It’s available on Netflix, so if you want to torture yourself (or have a great laugh) check it out.
68. JJ - September 24th, 2007 at 10:51 am
battlefeild earth should have stayed on the page say what you want about Hubbard this was a good book the movie on the other hand was so bad i walked out half way through and demanded my money back
69. Punjar - September 26th, 2007 at 8:00 am
Battlefield Earth definitely belongs at number 1. The book was just way too long to make into a good movie. I don’t know how anyone who didn’t read it followed the plot at all. I vaguely remember it jumping all over the place. (It’s been a while since I’ve seen it.)
Also, there’s a really funny episode of Mystery Science Theater: 3000 where they show Santa Claus Conquers the Martians. I’d recommend watching it.
70. specter - October 1st, 2007 at 9:21 am
Evidently, nobody’s seen “Space Mutiny”. Just awful, all the space shots to include the ship is reused footage from the original Battlestar Galactica. And let’s not forget brick walls on a space ship.
71. stephen - October 3rd, 2007 at 10:14 am
you have forgotten to include Star wars 1,2,3,4,5 and 6
72. jfrater - October 3rd, 2007 at 11:20 am
specter: haha - I loved the original battlestar gallactica! I wanted to be starbuck - he was so cool.
Stephen: I didn’t forget - they are number 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, and 16
73. Punjar - October 4th, 2007 at 6:56 pm
I don’t know if it’s one of the 10 worst, but Logan’s Run was pretty stupid at times.
74. aplspud - October 21st, 2007 at 4:24 pm
I think some band did a song using sound clips from “Santa Claus Conquers the Martians” but I may be wrong. Anyone know it?
75. jfrater - October 22nd, 2007 at 1:26 am
Punjar: I remember Logans run - it was bad.
aplspud: I am not familiar with it but I would be very curious to hear it. Let us know if you find out what it is.
76. IMSA12 - October 22nd, 2007 at 2:58 pm
I nominate “The Creeping Terror”, an early 60s B&W flic that was so profoundly bad that, even though I viewed it only once, I still remember it fondly 25+ years later. The title creature resembled a shag carpet/compost heap whose mode of attack was to engulf its victims, although I recall that some of its intended prey had to literally push themselves into its maw (which resembled a “doggy door”). One poor fellow tried to escape this fate by beating the creature with an acoustic guitar, but alas, he and his girlfriend are thusly consumed. This movie was wonderfully awful in every possible way. Unfortunately this terrible treasure has been lost; at least I can’t find it anywhere!
77. aplspud - October 22nd, 2007 at 8:42 pm
Ok, so after hours of searching (instead of writing a paper of course) I’ve figured out the name of the band is The Laziest Men on Mars (of All Your Base fame). There are actually several songs that feature clips from Santa Clause Conquers the Martians. “Nothing Can Stop Torg!” can be found on YouTube, though that’s not the one I was originally thinking of. A write up on the group with a list of their songs can be found at http://www.evilintellect.com/clarph/aybabtu.html If anyone can find MP3s of the songs, I would be sooo happy!
78. Ogre - October 24th, 2007 at 8:04 pm
I think you kinda cheated here, I mean come on, let’s stick to SERIOUS sci fi, or at least, Sci Fi that takes itself seriously. I wouldn’t include Santa Claus Conquers the Martians or Monster a Go Go in this list, and Plan 9 has always been considered camp theatre. There’s plenty of really bad Sci Fi out there to go around… Every Aliens after II, Solaris, Lost in Space and the Hellraiser in space movie are all good candidates.
79. ChuChu353 - October 25th, 2007 at 11:40 am
“The Beast of Yucca Flats” is completely, utterly, thoroughly unwatchable without the MST3K commentary.
80. ChuChu353 - October 25th, 2007 at 11:45 am
And while we’re on ghastly sci-fi film, here is part of a commentary I recently left on another website concerning that classic “The Incredible Two-Headed Transplant”
“…the great MST3K episode that never was. As romantic leads, you had Casey Kasem and Pat Priest. Kasem’s experience as the voice of Shaggy on Scooby Doo no doubt sealed his cartoonish creature credentials, while Priest, of course, had tons of experience sharing screen time with big, lumbering stupid monsters. As for the two-headed transplant of the title, that was none other than future Academy Award nominee Bruce “what the hell am I doing in this film” Dern.”
81. ChuChu353 - October 25th, 2007 at 2:30 pm
Sorry, Dern played the scientist, not the monster. My bad
82. Peggy - October 26th, 2007 at 5:08 am
I liked Battlefield Earth,but the rest,no.Some ive never heard of.
How do you find time for this??
83. jfrater - October 26th, 2007 at 5:40 am
Peggy: I seriously don’t know
84. Dangerous Dan - November 4th, 2007 at 5:07 am
Two films far worse than the worst Star Trek ever offered: 1) Disney’s “The Black Hole” which was the only movie I ever wanted to walk out on. This movie contained two appallingly annoying hyper-cute robots, no science content to its fiction, and, the violent scene where a robot cuts a man’s heart out with a spinning blade spills not a drop of blood. The movie has no redeeming features that I can recall.
2)Wing Commander, a retooled WWII ships-and-submarines movie in which, at one point, a crashed fighter is bulldozed off of the carrier’s landing deck and it falls. Both of these movies hammered my bullshit button until the circuit breaker blew.
Also, if you ever get a chance to see the obscure film “Yor, Hunter from the Future”, AKA Mondo di Yor, Il, you’ll want to find a place for it on this list.
BTW, I have to agree that Plan 9 and The Beast of Yucca Flats are more enjoyable less painful than Battlefield.
85. eye_snap - November 7th, 2007 at 5:21 am
well, dünyayı kurtaran adamın oğlu is the sequel to the movie ‘dünyayı kurtaran adam’ and it is very famous in turkey with the effects being so funny and such. the real funny thing about it is in fact that; in 80’s, when asked cüneyt arkın (the lead actor) used to say stuff like ‘we didnt have enough money but i think the effort still counts, you dont have the right to laugh at it! we worked our asses off, people!’ but when nobody took him seriously and when the movie ‘dünyayı kurtaran adamın oğlu’ was shot just for the laughs, he started giving interviews like ‘oh sure we deliberatly made it so funny. so we re doing a sequel now.’ cüneyt arkın is a really wierd person. i am a cinema student in istanbul and i want to finish saying this: we were made to watch and study this movie as the worst turkish film ever made..
86. Harsha - November 16th, 2007 at 10:47 am
Nah!! I always felt Santa conquers the martians worse than Battlefield Earth…….How they made a movie wid that title I’ll never know!….Thanx for letting me know about the existance of “Bambi meets godzilla”….Ugh!
87. swampsnake - December 1st, 2007 at 7:48 pm
plan 9 from outer space is concidered by most movie reviewers as the worst movie ever si-fi or otherwise.
“space truckers”…Dennis Hopper why did you do it to uswe love you so.
and let it not be forgotten “attack of the killer tomatoes” its just so …so …so…there’s no saying just how bad it is.
88. Alexandra - December 3rd, 2007 at 1:26 am
I haven’t seen any of these movies, and have never shown the least bit of interest in them - thank goodness.
89. D - December 6th, 2007 at 2:53 pm
OK, if you can include Superman, then I feel free to nominate Roger Korman’s version of “The Fantastic Four” - so bad it didn’t even make it out of the studio! (A friend has a bootleg copy)
I would also like to recommend “Oblivion” - a really cheezy wild-west-on-some-other-planet-we’ve-colonized movie. Cliches from two genres, it doesn’t get much better than this! George Takai as the town doctor (and drunk!) saying things like ‘I’m a doctor, not a mechanic!’ and Julie Newmar as Miss Kitty, the owner of the town’s saloon (and brothel), with the line “Sherrrrrriff! How perrrfectly wonderful to see you again!” Androids, empaths, reptilian aliens, a creepy undertaker, a “native” that looks like a really bad version of Tonto, evil female henchman (henchwoman?) wearing skintight patent leather and a whip…….and if this movie wasn’t enough for you, there’s a sequal, “Backlash” that’s just as bad as the first….
Great things to watch on a rainy Satuday afternoon.
90. eric n.Er - December 19th, 2007 at 12:43 pm
how about “attack of the killer tomatoes”!?!?
love adding things bro…
91. Mike - December 28th, 2007 at 4:11 pm
damn, they really overused angled shots.
92. copperdragon - January 3rd, 2008 at 9:16 pm
I agree with adding Pluto Nash.
The Core (or whatever, with Hilary Swank) was pretty bad.
Mars Attacks was hilarious!
I need to go watch it right NOW!
93. Mystern - January 8th, 2008 at 1:17 pm
hm. Turks in Space actually looks interesting. I might have to rot my brain watching it. Battlefield looks like a good comedy flick. And I loved the new Hitch Hikers Guide to the Galaxy. It’s about as close to Terry Pratchett as you can get on film . . .
94. Ozhan - January 9th, 2008 at 1:36 am
The plot is Turkish space patroling ship intercepted by pirates. And a crew member kidnapped. In the quest of rescuing her, they discover a planet with civilization. And it turns out a Turk MIA astronaut is also there and leading an uprising against tyranny. And furthermore they also finds frozen body of “The man who saved Earth”. The movie’s 2nd half all takes on planet and filmed as a historical movie. So you dont need to buy 2nd CD
95. luckyaz - January 10th, 2008 at 3:05 pm
hey, if santa claus can conquer the martians, why cant we conquer al quaida?
96. Drogo - March 14th, 2008 at 5:52 am
If the “Creeping Terror” that IMSA12(#76) is the movie I think it is, it ranks close to “Plan 9…” It had little, or no dialogue. A guy described what had happened in a Voice-over for the whole movie. The only dialogue I remember is girls screaming when they lose a shoe, fall down, then get eaten by what looked like 5 guys draped in a giant shag rug, holding it over their heads with broomsticks. There’s a scene where teenagers go to a “hootenanny.” I thought, “What the heck is a hootenanny?”
97. Cathal Brugha - April 22nd, 2008 at 12:50 pm
Ray Milland in Frogs. A wretched piece of film. As Leonard Pinth Garmell would say “Bad Cinema”.
But I’ll watch it anytime it’s on