Low IMDb Rating Challenge

[psychotronicbeatnik]

Back from my long weekend of turkey gobbling:

75. Attack From Space (1965) Koreyoshi Akasaka, Teruo Ishii, Akira Mitsuwa / FTV / Rating: 7 / IMDb: 3.7
76. Twixt (1965) Francis Ford Coppola / FTV / Rating: 7+ / IMDb: 4.8
77. Attack of the Giant Leeches (1959) Bernard L. Kowalski / Rating: 8 / IMDb: 3.5
78. The Amazing Transparent Man (1960) Edgar G. Ulmer / Rating: 6 / IMDb: 3.8
79. Killers From Space (1954) W. Lee Wilder / Rating: 7+ / IMDb: 3.1
80. Phantom From Space (1953) W. Lee Wilder / Rating: 6+ / IMDb: 4.0
81. Monster a-Go Go (1965) Bill Rebane, Herschell Gordon Lewis / Rating: 5+ / IMDb: 2.3
82. The Beast With 1,000,000 Eyes (1955) David Kramarsky, Roger Corman, Lou Place / Rating: 6+ / IMDb: 3.4
83. Feeders (1996) John & Mark Polonia, Jon McBride / Rating: 7+ / IMDb: 2.0
84. Feeders 2: Slay Bells (1998) John & Mark Polonia / Rating: 7+ / IMDb: 2.2
85. Prehistoric Bimbos in Armageddon City (1991) Todd Sheets / Rating: 2+ / IMDb: 1.6
86. Creature From the Haunted Sea (1961) Roger Corman / Rating: 7+ / IMDb: 3.4
87. Barbarian Queen (1985) Hector Olivera / Rating: 7 / IMDb: 3.9
88. The She Creature (1956) Edward L. Cahn / Rating: 6 / IMDb: 3.2
89. Teenagers From Outer Space (1959) Tom Graeff / Rating: 6 / IMDb: 3.6
90. Dead Space (1991) Fred Gallo / Rating: 4+ / IMDb: 3.3

Total: 90
Total IMDb Rating: 329.7
Average IMDb Rating: 3.66

Turkey Challenge:

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1. Zaat (1971) Don Barton, Arnold Stevens / Rating: 6 / IMDb: 2.5
2. Garm Wars: The Last Druid (2014) Mamoru Oshii / FTV / Rating: 6 / IMDb: 4.8
3. Attack of the Super Monsters (1982) Toru Sotoyama, Tom Wyner / FTV / Rating: 7+ / IMDb: 5.0
4. Dunyayi Kurtaran Adam (1982) Cetin Inanc / FTV / Rating: 7+ / IMDb: 4.9
5. Iron Golem (2011) Paul Ziller / FTV / Rating: 7+ / IMDb: 3.7
6. The Monster (2016) Bryan Bertino / FTV / Rating: 7+ / IMDb: 5.4
7. The Day Mars Invaded Earth (1963) Maury Dexter / FTV / Rating: 6 / IMDb: 4.8
8. El Desierto (2013) Christoph Behl / FTV / Rating: 6 / IMDb: 5.2
9. Max Steel (2016) Stewart Hendler / FTV / Rating: 6 / IMDb: 4.6
10. Gods of Egypt (2016) Alex Proyas / FTV / Rating: 5 / IMDb: 5.4
11. Independence Day: Resurgence (2016) Roland Emmerich / FTV / Rating: 4 / IMDb: 5.2
12. Twilight (2008) Catherine Hardwicke / Rating: 5 / IMDb: 5.2
13. Twilight: New Moon (2009) Chris Weitz / FTV / Rating: 5 / IMDb: 4.7
14. The Emoji Movie (2017) Tony Leondis / FTV / Rating: 6 / IMDb: 2.9
15. Twilight: Eclipse (2010) David Slade / FTV / Rating: 6 / IMDb: 4.9
16. Twilight: Breaking Dawn – Part 1 (2011) Bill Condon / FTV / Rating: 6+ / IMDb: 4.9
17. Moontrap: Target Earth (2017) Robert Dyke / FTV / Rating: 4+ / IMDb: 2.4
18. Crash of Moons (1954) Hollingsworth Morse / FTV / Rating: 6 / IMDb: 3.1
19. The Creeper (1948) Jean Yarbrough / FTV / Rating: 6 / IMDb: 5.0
20. Super Mario Bros. (1993) Annabel Jankel, Rocky Morton / FTV / Rating: 3 / IMDb: 4.0
21. Queen of Outer Space (1958) Edward Bernds / FTV / Rating: 4 / IMDb: 4.6
22. Sky Pirates (1986) Colin Eggleston / FTV / Rating: 4 / IMDb: 4.2
23. Howling III: The Marsupials (1987) Philippe Mora / Rating: 8+ / IMDb: 3.2
24. Robot Monster (1953) Phil Tucker / Rating: 8+ / IMDb: 2.9
25. The Yesterday Machine (1963) Russ Marker / FTV / Rating: 5+ / IMDb: 4.1
26. The Creeping Terror (1964) Vic Savage / Rating: 8+ / IMDb: 2.1
27. Night of the Blood Beast (1958) Bernard L. Kowalski / Rating: 8+ / IMDb: 3.1
28. The Manster (1959) George Breakston, Kenneth Crane / Rating: 8 / IMDb: 5.4
29. Pharaoh’s Curse (1957) Lee Sholem / FTV / Rating: 5+ / IMDb: 4.7
30. The Time Guardian (1987) Brian Hannant / Rating: 5+ / IMDb: 4.3
31. Evil Brain From Outer Space (1965) Koreyoshi Akasaka, Teruo Ishii, Akira Mitsuwa / Rating: 8+ / IMDb: 3.1
32. The Atomic Brain (1963) Joseph Mascelli, Jack Pollexfen / Rating: 8 / IMDb: 2.7
33. Horrors of Spider Island (1960) Fritz Bottger / Rating: 8 / IMDb: 2.4
34. Starship (1984) Roger Christian / FTV / Rating: 4 / IMDb: 3.3
35. The Brain That Wouldn’t Die (1962) Joseph Green / Rating: 8 / IMDb: 4.2
36. Battletruck (1982) Harley Cokeliss / Rating: 8 / IMDb: 5.0
37. Don’t Knock Twice (2016) Caradog James / FTV / Rating: 7 / IMDb: 5.2
38. The Beast of Yucca Flats (1961) Coleman Francis / Rating: 8+ / IMDb: 2.4
39. Boogeyman (2005) Stephen Kay / Rating: 7 / IMDb: 4.1
40. From Hell It Came (1957) Dan Milner / Rating: 7 IMDb: 3.5
41. Warning From Space (1956) Koji Shima / Rating: 5 / IMDb: 4.4
42. Menace From Outer Space (1956) Hollingsworth Morse / FTV / Rating: 6 / IMDb: 3.7
43. Mesa of Lost Women (1953) Ron Ormond, Herbert Tevos / Rating: 8+ / IMDb: 2.5
44. Tobor the Great (1954) Lee Sholem / FTV / Rating: 5+ / IMDb: 5.2
45. Invaders From Space (1965) Koreyoshi Akasaka, Teruo Ishii, Akira Mitsuwa / FTV / Rating: 7+ / IMDb: 4.6
46. Creature With the Atom Brain (1955) Edward L. Cahn / Rating: 7 / IMDb: 5.4
47. They Saved Hitler’s Brain (1968) David Bradley / Rating: 4+ / IMDb: 2.5
48. Doomsday Machine (1972) Harry Hope, Lee Sholem, Herbert J. Leder / FTV / Rating: 6+ / IMDb: 2.5
49. The Demons in My Head (1998) Neil Johnson / Rating: 7 / IMDb: 3.3
50. To Become One (2002) Neil Johnson / Rating: 7 IMDb: 3.3
51. The Madmen of Mandoras (1963) David Bradley / Rating: 5 / IMDb: 2.8
52. Man-Thing (2005) Brett Leonard / Rating: 7 / IMDb: 4.0
53. Battlespace (2006) Neil Johnson / Rating: 2 / IMDb: 2.7
54. Atomic Rulers (1965) Koreyoshi Akasaka, Teruo Ishii, Akira Mitsuwa / FTV / Rating: 6 / IMDb: 4.0
55. The Killer Shrews (1959) Ray Kellogg / Rating: 8+ / IMDb: 3.8
56. The Giant Gila Monster (1959) Ray Kellogg / Rating: 7 / IMDb: 3.3
57. Starship Rising (2014) Neil Johnson / FTV / Rating: 3+ / IMDb: 2.2
58. The Wild Women of Wongo (1958) James L. Wolcott / Rating: 6 / IMDb: 2.1
59. Scooby-Doo (2002) Raja Gosnell / Rating: 7+ / IMDb: 5.0
60. The Saga of the Viking Women and Their Voyage To the Waters of the Great Sea Serpent (1957) Roger Corman / Rating: 7+ / IMDb: 2.8
61. Teenage Caveman (1958) Roger Corman / Rating: 7 / IMDb: 3.0
62. Prehistoric Women (1950) Gregg Tallas / Rating: 5 / IMDb: 2.9
63. One Million AC/DC (1969) Ed De Priest / Rating: 4+ / IMDb: 2.9
64. Bimbos BC (1990) Todd Sheets / Rating: 2 / IMDb: 1.5
65. Eegah (1962) Arch Hall Sr. / Rating: 7 / IMDb: 2.2
66. Voyage To the Prehistoric Planet (1965) Curtis Harrington, Pavel Klushantsev / Rating: 6 / IMDb: 3.6
67. Voyage To the Planet of Prehistoric Women (1968) Peter Bogdanovich, Pavel Klushantsev / Rating: 6 / IMDb: 2.7
68. Three Strong Men (1973) T. Fikret Ucak / FTV / Rating: 6 / IMDb: 4.7
69. Turks in Space (2006) Kartal Tibet / FTV / Rating: 3 / IMDb: 1.9
70. Death Warmed Up (1984) David Blyth / FTV / Rating: 5+ / IMDb: 4.0
71. The Monster Maker (1944) Sam Newfield / Rating: 6 / IMDb: 4.7
72. The Pumaman (1980) Alberto de Martino / FTV / Rating: 4 / IMDb: 2.1
73. Queen of the Amazons (1941) Edward Finney / Rating: 6 / IMDb: 3.2
74. Terror From the Year 5000 (1958) Robert J. Gurney Jr. / FTV / Rating: 6 / IMDb: 2.5
75. Attack From Space (1965) Koreyoshi Akasaka, Teruo Ishii, Akira Mitsuwa / FTV / Rating: 7 / IMDb: 3.7
76. Twixt (1965) Francis Ford Coppola / FTV / Rating: 7+ / IMDb: 4.8
77. Attack of the Giant Leeches (1959) Bernard L. Kowalski / Rating: 8 / IMDb: 3.5
78. The Amazing Transparent Man (1960) Edgar G. Ulmer / Rating: 6 / IMDb: 3.8
79. Killers From Space (1954) W. Lee Wilder / Rating: 7+ / IMDb: 3.1
80. Phantom From Space (1953) W. Lee Wilder / Rating: 6+ / IMDb: 4.0
81. Monster a-Go Go (1965) Bill Rebane, Herschell Gordon Lewis / Rating: 5+ / IMDb: 2.3
82. The Beast With 1,000,000 Eyes (1955) David Kramarsky, Roger Corman, Lou Place / Rating: 6+ / IMDb: 3.4
83. Feeders (1996) John & Mark Polonia, Jon McBride / Rating: 7+ / IMDb: 2.0
84. Feeders 2: Slay Bells (1998) John & Mark Polonia / Rating: 7+ / IMDb: 2.2
85. Prehistoric Bimbos in Armageddon City (1991) Todd Sheets / Rating: 2+ / IMDb: 1.6
86. Creature From the Haunted Sea (1961) Roger Corman / Rating: 7+ / IMDb: 3.4
87. Barbarian Queen (1985) Hector Olivera / Rating: 7 / IMDb: 3.9
88. The She Creature (1956) Edward L. Cahn / Rating: 6 / IMDb: 3.2
89. Teenagers From Outer Space (1959) Tom Graeff / Rating: 6 / IMDb: 3.6
90. Dead Space (1991) Fred Gallo / Rating: 4+ / IMDb: 3.3

Total: 90
Total IMDb Rating: 329.7
Average IMDb Rating: 3.66

[hurluberlu]

9. Jeannette: The Childhood of Joan of Arc / Jeannette, l'enfance de Jeanne d'Arc (Bruno Dumont, 2017) [IMDB: 5.3/10]
Hit and miss but quite a cinematic experience . 7/10

THE END

the landfill

1. Chelsea Walls (Ethan Hawke, 2001) [IMDB: 5.1/10]
I liked the broad gallery of characters and bohemian vibe. Hawke also rather does a good use of the DV camera while so many other movies of the early 2000s have become barely watchable. But after one hour all the mini-stories start to run in circle with really little being said. 6+/10



2. The Sound and the Fury (James Franco, 2014) [IMDB: 4.8/10]
Franco killed his movie inflicting a shaky cam taking close shots of a mentally challenged, yelling character for the first 30 minutes, the rest isnt too bad. 5/10



3. The Toilets were closed from the Inside / Les Vécés étaient fermés de l'Intérieur (Patrice Leconte, 1976) [IMDB: 5.3/10]
A parody of French 50s crime stories, Leconte's first film is lacking pace and the strong argument he had with the lead actor is somehow visible in his acting but it is nicely iconoclast with some funny moments and a colorful cast. 6-/10

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4. The Girl on a Motorcycle (Jack Cardiff, 1968) [IMDB: 5.3/10]
Pure product of 1968... A young lady rides her motorcycle in black leather, visiting her lover and reflecting on life. The cinematography of Jack Cardiff and Marianne Faithful's are saving the film, all outdoor scenes and pyschedelic visions being quite nice to watch, while the script is unfortunately very dull. 6-/10



5. The Monkey's Mask (Samantha Lang, 2000) [IMDB: 5.1/10]
A kind of Australian, lesbian Basic Instinct. It's hard to believe in the lesbian couple involving Kelly McGillis which makes the numerous sex scenes rather cringeworthy. There is also some inspid poetry imposed by various charaters all along. The director keeps digressing before coming up with a very predictable conclusion. Overall, a painful experience. 4/10



6. Twixt (Francis Ford Coppola, 2011) [IMDB: 4.8/10]
Low budget and unambitious, yet entertaining to some degree. 6-/10



7. The Demoniacs / Les Démoniaques (Jean Rollin, 1974) [IMDB: 5.4/10]
Wouldn't be a serious low rating challenge without a film of French master of erotico-horror Jean Rollin. Not one of his best, obviously, but like most, it is saved from total mediocrity by a few mesmerizing shots. 5+/10



8. A Corner of Heaven / Tiantang jiaoluo (Miaoyan Zhang, 2014) [IMDB: 5.3/10]
Shouldn't stay long with that rating: great, experimenting b&w cinematography serving a bleak tale of modern China. 8-/10

[jdidaco]

30. Endgame - Bronx lotta finale (Endgame, Joe D'Amato, 1983) 6.5/10 (5.3)

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1. Beyond the Time Barrier (Edgar G. Ulmer, 1960) 7/10 (5.3)
2. Tayna vechnoy nochi (The Mystery of the Eternal Night, Abram Room & Dmitriy Vasilev, 1956) 7/10 (5.2)
3. La maldición de Frankenstein (The Erotic Rites of Frankenstein, Jesús Franco, 1973) 8.5/10 (5.3)
4. How to Make a Monster (Herbert L. Strock, 1958) 6/10 (5.3)
5. El hombre que logró ser invisible (The New Invisible Man, Alfredo B. Crevenna, 1958) 6.5/10 (5.4)
6. Asaruto gâruzu (Assault Girls, Mamoru Oshii, 2009) 5/10 (3.8)
7. The Strange World of Planet X (Gilbert Gunn, 1958) 5/10 (4.9)
8. The Last Border - viimeisellä rajalla (The Last Border, Mika Kaurismäki, 1993) 4.5/10 (4.4)
9. Je suis une nymphomane (I Am a Nymphomaniac, Max Pécas, 1971) 7/10 (4.8)
10. Chikan densha: Gokuhi honban (Sexy Timetrip Ninjas, Yôjirô Takita, 1984) 6/10 (5.4)
11. Xing xing wang (The Mighty Peking Man, Ho Meng Hua, 1977) 5/10 (5.4)
12. Teknolust (Lynn Hershman-Leeson, 2002) 8/10 (5.3)
13. Diesel (Robert Kramer, 1985) 6.5/10 (4.4)
14. Supergirl - Das Mädchen von den Sternen (Supergirl, Rudolf Thome, 1971) 8/10 (5.2)
15. The City Under the Sea (Jacques Tourneur, 1965) 6/10 (5.4)
16. Memoirs of a Survivor (David Gladwell, 1981) 7/10 (5.3)
17. Ein Unsichtbarer geht durch die Stadt (An Invisible Man Goes Through the City, Harry Piel, 1933) 7/10 (5.1)
18. 4:44 Last Day on Earth (Abel Ferrara, 2011) 8/10 (4.5)
19. The Green Slime/Ganmâ dai-3-gô: Uchû daisakusen (Kinji Fukasaku, 1968) 5.5/10 (4.6)
20. Hundra (Matt Cimber, 1983) 7.5/10 (4.6)
21. Poltergeyst-90 (Poltergeist-90, Vladislav Semernin & Boris Zagryazhsky, 1991) 5/10 (4.8)
22. Ercole contro Moloch (Hercules Against Moloch, Giorgio Ferroni, 1963) 6/10 (4.9)
23. France société anonyme (France Inc., Alain Corneau, 1974) 8/10 (5.3)
24. The Brain (Ed Hunt, 1988) 5/10 (5.4)
25. Invisible Invaders (Edward L. Cahn, 1959) 6/10 (5.0)
26. Buenas noches, España (Raya Martin, 2011) 8/10 (5.4)
27. Pandemonium (Haydn Keenan, 1987) 6.5/10 (5.3)
28. La venganza del sexo (The Curious Dr. Humpp, Emilio Vieyra, 1967/69) 6/10 (5.0)
29. Second Time Lucky (Michael Anderson, 1984) 5/10 (5.2)

[flavo5000]

138. Almost Human (2013) IMDB: 4.6
My Rating: 5
While not terrible, this Fire in the Sky meets Friday the 13th alien slasher is let down by some pretty bad acting in places. It does have some pretty good effects given the budget though.


139. Maciste all'inferno (1962) IMDB: 5.1
My Rating: 3
Maciste descends to Hell to both defeat a witch's curse as well as find various reasons to show off his totally ripped abs. "Let me just... OPEN THIS DOOR AAAARRRGGH" "Gotta lift this ROCK AARRGGH" "These chains won't BIND MEEEEAAAAARRGGH" "How dare you attack me EAGLESNAKESTEERAARRRGGGHGHGHHH"

The Trash Pile

1. Ra.One (2011) IMDB: 4.8
2. The Monster of Piedras Blancas (1959) IMDB: 5.3
3. Zombies on Broadway (1945) IMDB: 5.2
4. The Erotic Witch Project (2000) IMDB: 5.1
5. Arena (1989) IMDB: 5.2
6. Nightfall (1988) IMDB: 2.5
7. Cementerio del terror (1985) IMDB: 5.2
8. Independence Day: Resurgence (2016) IMDB: 5.3
9. The Nest (1988) IMDB: 5.2
10. Electrosex 1975 (1970) IMDB: 3.1
11. The Sword of the Barbarians (1982) IMDB: 3.9
12. Mom and Dad Save the World (1992) IMDB: 5.3
13. Indecent Desires (1968) IMDB: 5.4
14. Gulliver's Travels (2010) IMDB: 4.9
15. Jellyfish Eyes (2013) IMDB: 4.8
16. Cats & Dogs (2001) IMDB: 5.1
17. Konchû daisensô (1968) a.k.a. Genocide IMDB: 4.9
18. Queen of Outer Space (1958) IMDB: 4.5
19. Flesh Feast (1970) IMDB: 2.1
20a. Pupa (2014) Episode 1-12 IMDB: 3.1
20b. Rifftrax: The Flying Saucer Mystery (1950) IMDB: 4.8
21. The Mummy: Tomb of the Dragon Emperor (2008) IMDB: 5.2
22. O Segredo da Múmia (1982) IMDB: 5.0
23. Captain America (1979) IMDB: 3.7
24. Captain America II: Death Too Soon (1979) IMDB: 3.8
25. Captain America (1990) IMDB: 3.3
26. 3 dev adam (1973) IMDB: 5.0
27. Asaruto gâruzu (2009) IMDB: 3.8
28. Mega Piranha (2010) IMDB: 2.4
29. Gas! -Or- It Became Necessary to Destroy the World in Order to Save It. (1970) IMDB: 3.8
30. Battle Beneath the Earth (1967) IMDB: 4.5
31. Brides of Blood (!968) IMDB: 5.1
32. Starcrash (1978) IMDB: 3.9
33. Sleepwalk (9186) IMDB: 5.4
34. The Tuxedo (2002) IMDB: 5.3
35. Rasen (1998) IMDB: 5.3
36. A Clockwork Blue (1972) IMDB: 4.8
37. Invisible Invaders (1959) IMDB: 5.0
38. Glen and Randa (1971) IMDB: 3.8
39. Mighty Morphin Power Rangers: The Movie (1995) IMDB: 5.1
40. Rifftrax: Rock 'n' Roll Nightmare (1987) IMDB: 4.1
41. Universal Soldier: Regeneration (2009) IMDB: 5.2
42. Universal Soldier: Day of Reckoning (2012) IMDB: 5.0
43. Electra Woman and Dyna Girl (2016) IMDB: 5.4
44. Cyborg 2: Glass Shadow (1993) IMDB: 3.8
45. Curse of the Headless Horseman (1972) IMDB: 1.9
46. Frankenstein - 1970 (1958) IMDB: 4.6
47. La tumba de la isla maldita (1973) IMDB: 4.0
48. Curse of the Faceless Man (1958) IMDB: 4.8
49. Blood (1974) IMDB: 5.0
50. ZMD: Zombies of Mass Destruction (2009) IMDB: 5.1
51. 4:44 Last Day on Earth (2011) IMDB: 4.5
52. Howling II: ... Your Sister Is a Werewolf (1985) IMDB: 3.4
53. Legacy of Satan (1974) IMDB: 4.0
54. The Food of the Gods (1976) IMDB: 4.3
55. Zombi Holocaust (1980) IMDB: 5.3
56. Hell of the Living Dead (1980) IMDB: 4.9
57. The Frozen Dead (1966) IMDB: 5.1
58. Dark Sanity (1982) IMDB: 3.4
59. Class of Nuke 'Em High Part II: Subhumanoid Meltdown (1991) IMDB: 4.2
60. Supersoul Brother (1978) IMDB: 4.0
61. New Rose Hotel (1998) IMDB: 4.9
62. Sheena (1984) IMDB: 4.8
63. The Garbage Pail Kids Movie (1987) IMDB: 2.7
64. Superman IV: The Quest for Peace (1987) IMDB: 3.7
65. Edward Penishands (1991) IMDB: 5.1
66. The Visitor (1979) IMDB: 4.9
67. Pulse (2006) IMDB: 4.7
68. American Cyborg: Steel Warrior (1993) IMDB: 3.7
69-72. Fantasista Doll (2013) Ep. 1-12 IMDB: 5.1
73. Hellraiser: Bloodline (1996) IMDB: 5.1
74. Journey to the West: Demon Chapter (2017) IMDB: 5.4
75. Cheonsamong (2001) IMDB: 3.9
76. Cinderella II: Dreams Come True (2002) IMDB: 5.0
77. Scooby-Doo (2002) IMDB: 5.0
78. Alvin and the Chipmunks (2007) IMDB: 5.2
79. Alvin and the Chipmunks: The Squeakquel (2009) IMDB: 4.5
80. Alvin and the Chipmunks: Chipwrecked (2011) IMDB: 4.4
81. Scooby-Doo 2: Monsters Unleashed (2004) IMDB: 5.0
82. The Flying Serpent (1946) IMDB: 4.9
83. School Spirit (1985) IMDB: 4.6
84. House of the Living Dead (1974) IMDB: 2.9
85. The Terror Within (1989) IMDB: 4.9
86. Dead Space (1991) IMDB: 3.4
87. Uchû daikaijû Girara (1967) IMDB: 4.9
88. Carnage (1984) IMDB: 2.9
89. Mars Needs Moms (2011) IMDB: 5.4
90. The Jungle Book 2 (2003) IMDB: 5.4
91. The Smurfs 2 (2013) IMDB: 5.4
92. Freejack (1992) IMDB: 5.3
93. The Killing of Satan (1983) IMDB: 5.0
94. The Guyver (1991) IMDB: 4.9
95. Night of the Demons (2009) IMDB: 4.7
96. Rats: Night of Terror (1984) IMDB: 4.4
97. Neon Maniacs (1986) IMDB: 4.8
98. After Earth (2013) IMDB: 4.9
99. The Velvet Vampire (1971) IMDB: 5.3
100. Survival of the Dead (2009) IMDB: 4.9
101. Amityville II: The Possession (1982) IMDB: 5.4
102. Exorcist II: The Heretic (1977) IMDB: 3.7
103. Transformers: The Last Knight (2017) IMDB: 5.2
104. Scorpion Thunderbolt (1988) IMDB: 4.4
105-109a. Garbage Pail Kids (!987) IMDB: 3.5
109b. Empire of Ache (!996) IMDB: 5.3
109c. The Legend of Hallowdega (2010) IMDB: 5.2
109d. Rifftrax: Measuring Man (1970) IMDB: 3
110. Geostorm (2017) IMDB: 5.4
111. Night of the Demon (1980) IMDB: 4.9
112. Neverland (2003) IMDB: 5.0
113. Satellite in the Sky (1956) IMDB: 5.4
114. Resident Evil: Retribution (2012) IMDB: 5.4
115. Cyborg Cop II (1994) IMDB: 3.7
116. Queen of Blood (1966) IMDB: 5.3
117. Empire of the Ants (1977) IMDB: 4.0
118. Howling III: The Marsupials (1987) IMDB: 3.2
119. Kung Fu Yoga (2017) IMDB: 5.3
120. Cult of Chucky (2017) IMDB: 5.2
121. Blood of the Vampires (1966) IMDB: 4.1
122. Return of the Killer Tomatoes! (1988) IMDB: 5.2
123. The Brain Leeches (1978) IMDB: 4.3
124. Stake Land II: The Stakelander (2016) IMDB: 5.3
125. Killjoy (2000) IMDB: 2.5
126-130a. Glasslip (2014) IMDB: 5.2
130b. Tabeta hito (1963) IMDB: 5.4
130c. Transformers Transformed (2011) IMDB: 5.2
131. Without Warning (1980) IMDB: 5.1
132. Alvin and the Chipmunks: The Road Chip (2015) IMDB: 5.1
133. The Last Airbender (2010) IMDB: 4.2
134. Mission Stardust (1967) IMDB: 3.9
135. Officer Downe (2016) IMDB: 4.1
136. The Alien Dead (1980) IMDB: 2.5
137. Something Weird (!967) IMDB: 5.3
138. Almost Human (2013) IMDB: 4.6
139. Maciste all'inferno (1962) IMDB: 5.1

[VincentPrice]

46. Mindwarp-1992: 7/10 (5.3 on IMDB)
47. Tsunambee-2015: 1/10 (3.6 on IMDB)

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1. Attack of the Lederhosen Zombies-2016: 7/10 (4.5 on IMDB)
2. Don't Sleep-2017: 2/10 (3.2 on IMDB)
3. Terminal Island-1973: 8/10 (5.3 on IMDB)
4. Vampire in Brooklyn-1995: 6/10 (4.5 on IMDB)
5. Primeval-2007: 6/10 (4.7 on IMDB)
6. Queen of Outer Space-1958: 6/10 (4.6 on IMDB)
7. Attack of the 50 Foot Woman-1958: 6/10 (5.0 on IMDB)
8. Don't Knock Twice-2016: 6/10 (5.2 on IMDB)
9. Patient-2016: 4/10 (4.6 on IMDB)
10. The Caretaker-2016: 3/10 (4.2 on IMDB)
11. Abraham Lincoln vs Zombies-2012: 2/10 (3.1 on IMDB)
12. The Invisible Boy-1957: 6/10 (5.3 on IMDB)
13. Gymkata-1985: 7/10 (4.2 on IMDB)
14. I Still Know What You Did Last Summer-1998: 4/10 (4.6 on IMDB)
15. The Twilight People-1972: 6/10 (4.0 on IMDB)
16. Fight Valley-2016: 2/10 (2.8 on IMDB)
17. The Dark Tapes-2016: 8/10 (5.0 on IMDB)
18. King Kong Lives-1986: 7/10 (3.8 on IMDB)
19. Dracula 2000-2000: 6/10 (4.9 on IMDB
20. Sniper 2-2002: 6/10 (5.2 on IMDB))
21. Resident Evil: Retribution-2012: 6/10 (5.4 on IMDB)
22. Wishmaster 3: Beyond the Gates of Hell-2001: 3/10 (3.6 on IMDB)
23. Wishmaster 4: The Prophecy Fulfilled-2002: 3/10 (4.0 on IMDB)
24. Blood Salvage-1990: 8/10 (5.0 on IMDB)
25. Sniper: Special Ops-2016: 4/10 (3.3 on IMDB)
26. The Eyes-2017: 7/10 (4.8 on IMDB)
27. Refuge-2013: 6/10 (5.2 on IMDB)
28. Ghosts of Mars-2001: 9/10 (4.9 on IMDB)
29. Death Spa-1988: 8/10 (5.1 on IMDB)
30. Sniper 3-2004: 4/10 (5.3 on IMDB)
31. Totem-2017: 4/10 (4.4 on IMDB)
32. Rough Night-2017: 7/10 (5.2 on IMDB)
33. Vengeance: A Love Story-2017: 8/10 (5.2 on IMDB)
34. Stickman-2017: 4/10 (4.7 on IMDB)
35. The Sandman-2017: 7/10 (4.9 on IMDB)
36. The Fastest Guitar Alive-1967: 3/10 (4.5 on IMDB)
37. Rupture-2016: 8/10 (4.8 on IMDB)
38. Battlefield Earth-2000: 6/10 (2.4 on IMDB)
39. Aliens: Zone of Silence-2017: 4/10 (3.7 on IMDB)
40. House of the Witch-2017: 7/10 (4.6 on IMDB)
41. Incarnate-2016: 4/10 (5.2 on IMDB)
42. Cursed-2005: 8/10 (5.0 on IMDB)
43. Asylum-2008: 5/10 (4.1 on IMDB)
44. Spiders-2013: 7/10 (3.4 on IMDB)
45. Phoenix Forgotten-2017: 8/10 (5.2 on IMDB)

[sol]

Already Seen

1. Satan's Little Helper (2004) 5.3 on IMDb
2. Big Momma's House (2000) 5.1 on IMDb
3. Inn of the Damned (1975) 4.8 on IMDb
4. The Runestone (1991) 5.0 on IMDb
5. Skidoo (1968) 4.9 on IMDb
6. Child Bride (1938) 4.6 on IMDb
7. The Oscar (1966) 5.1 on IMDb
8. Alison's Birthday (1981) 5.0 on IMDb
9. Wendy Cracked a Walnut (1990) 5.4 on IMDb
10. Bloodsucking Freaks (1976) 4.8 on IMDb
11. Spaced Invaders (1990) 5.3 on IMDb
12. Stiletto Dance (2001) 5.4 on IMDb
13. Galaxy of Terror (1981) 5.1 on IMDb
14. Frogs (1972) 4.3 on IMDb
15. Cyborg (1989) 5.0 on IMDb
16. Sexplorer (1975) 5.1 on IMDb
17. Blood Freak (1972) 3.6 on IMDb
18. Alvin Rides Again (1974) 4.4 on IMDb
19. Melvin, Son of Alvin (1984) 5.4 on IMDb
20. Microwave Massacre (1986) 3.9 on IMDb
21. Grim Prairie Tales (1990) 5.4 on IMDb
22. Casino Royale (1967) 5.2 on IMDb REVISION
23. What the #$*! Do We Know? (2004) 5.3 on IMDb
24. Morons from Outer Space (1985) 4.5 on IMDb REVISION
25. National Lampoon's Class Reunion (1982) 4.6 on IMDb
26. Twixt (2011) 4.8 on IMDb
27. Disorderlies (1987) 4.9 on IMDb
28. Gwendoline (1984) 5.2 on IMDb
29. Starcrash (1978) 3.8 on IMDb
30. Shocker (1989) 5.4 on IMDb
31. Jack Frost (1997) 4.6 on IMDb
32. Jack Frost (1998) 5.3 on IMDb
33. Santa's Slay (2005) 5.4 on IMDb
34. Aberration (1997) 4.7 on IMDb

35. Project: Alien (1990) 3.8 on IMDb

Australian financed mystery thriller set in Norway and following a couple of American reporters trying to uncover a possible NATO conspiracy. While the film is not exactly tightly paced or brilliantly acted, it is moody and atmospheric when it counts and all the UFO conspiracy stuff is quite interesting. The low IMDb rating in this case seems really harsh.

Average IMDb rating so far: 4.83 / 10

[sol]

Already Seen

1. Satan's Little Helper (2004) 5.3 on IMDb
2. Big Momma's House (2000) 5.1 on IMDb
3. Inn of the Damned (1975) 4.8 on IMDb
4. The Runestone (1991) 5.0 on IMDb
5. Skidoo (1968) 4.9 on IMDb
6. Child Bride (1938) 4.6 on IMDb
7. The Oscar (1966) 5.1 on IMDb
8. Alison's Birthday (1981) 5.0 on IMDb
9. Wendy Cracked a Walnut (1990) 5.4 on IMDb
10. Bloodsucking Freaks (1976) 4.8 on IMDb
11. Spaced Invaders (1990) 5.3 on IMDb
12. Stiletto Dance (2001) 5.4 on IMDb
13. Galaxy of Terror (1981) 5.1 on IMDb
14. Frogs (1972) 4.3 on IMDb
15. Cyborg (1989) 5.0 on IMDb
16. Sexplorer (1975) 5.1 on IMDb
17. Blood Freak (1972) 3.6 on IMDb
18. Alvin Rides Again (1974) 4.4 on IMDb
19. Melvin, Son of Alvin (1984) 5.4 on IMDb
20. Microwave Massacre (1986) 3.9 on IMDb
21. Grim Prairie Tales (1990) 5.4 on IMDb
22. Casino Royale (1967) 5.2 on IMDb REVISION
23. What the #$*! Do We Know? (2004) 5.3 on IMDb
24. Morons from Outer Space (1985) 4.5 on IMDb REVISION
25. National Lampoon's Class Reunion (1982) 4.6 on IMDb
26. Twixt (2011) 4.8 on IMDb
27. Disorderlies (1987) 4.9 on IMDb
28. Gwendoline (1984) 5.2 on IMDb
29. Starcrash (1978) 3.8 on IMDb
30. Shocker (1989) 5.4 on IMDb
31. Jack Frost (1997) 4.6 on IMDb
32. Jack Frost (1998) 5.3 on IMDb
33. Santa's Slay (2005) 5.4 on IMDb
34. Aberration (1997) 4.7 on IMDb
35. Project: Alien (1990) 3.8 on IMDb

36. Death Warmed Up (1984) 4.0 on IMDb

This Kiwi horror film had me hooked from early on: neon-lit hospital where crazy lab rat experiments are going on, camerawork running with the characters and turning angular at pivotal points. The opening stretch though is far superior to everything after it. There are a whole bunch of weird and wacky supporting characters, but a little too much of a generic horny teens flick for my liking.

Average IMDb rating so far: 4.81 / 10

[ChrisReynolds]

Previously watched...

1. Boxing Helena (Lynch, 1993) 4.6 on IMDb 2/10
2. Spring Breakers (Korine, 2012) 5.3 on IMDb 6/10
3. Headless (Cullipher, 2015) 5.2 on IMDb 5/10
4. Storage 24 (Roberts, 2012) 4.4 on IMDb 3/10
5. Def by Temptation (Bond, 1990) 4.5 on IMDb 3/10
6. Shorts [Total time = 60 mins]
6a. 6/64: Mama und Papa (Materialaktion Otto Mühl) / 6/64: Mom and Dad (An Otto Mühl Happening) (Kren, 1964) [4 mins] 4.7 on IMDb 1/10
6b. Selective Service System (Haack, 1970) [13 mins] 4.5 on IMDb 4/10
6c. T.G.: Psychic Rally in Heaven (Jarman, 1981) [8 mins] 4.8 on IMDb 3/10
6d. Blow Job (Warhol, 1963) [35 mins] 4.8 on IMDb 2/10
7. Flight of the Living Dead: Outbreak on a Plane / Plane Dead (Thomas, 2007) 5.2 on IMDb 3/10
8. ZMD: Zombies of Mass Destruction (Hamedani, 2009) 5.1 on IMDb 3/10
9. Shorts [Total time = 60 mins]
9a. Place de l'Opéra (Lumière, 1897) [1 min] 5.2 on IMDb
9b. Chamonix: Le Mauvais Pas (1901) [1 min] 5.4 on IMDb
9c. Paris, Champs-Elysées (voitures) (Lumière, 1896) [1 min] 5.4 on IMDb
9d. Retour d'une promenade en mer (Lumière, 1896) [1 min] 5.2 on IMDb
9e. Balançoires (1896) [1 min] 5.2 on IMDb
9f. Intérieur d'une imprimerie (tirage d'une épreuve) (1899) [1 min] 5.3 on IMDb
9g. Bains en mer (Lumière, 1896) [1 min] 5.2 on IMDb
9h. Le maréchal-ferrant (1895) [1 min] 5.2 on IMDb
9i. Alger: rue Bab-Azoun (Promio, 1896) [1 min] 5.1 on IMDb
9j. Radeau avec baigneurs (Lumière, 1896) [1 min] 5.0 on IMDb
9k. Débarquement d'une mouche (1897) [1 min] 5.1 on IMDb
9l. Débarquement (Lumière, 1896) [1 min] 5.1 on IMDb
9m. Stockholm, entrée de l'exposition (Promio, 1897) [1 min] 5.1 on IMDb
9n. Fêtes franco-russes: Cherbourg, Entrée des Souverains russes et du président de la République sous le hall (1896) [1 min] 4.4 on IMDb
9o. Fêtes franco-russes: Paris, la foule sur la place de l'Opéra (Promio, 1896) [1 min] 4.9 on IMDb
9p. Marché indien sur le canal de la Viga [Mexique] (Veyre, 1897) [1 min] 4.6 on IMDb
9q. A Free Ride (Guy, 1915) [10 mins] 5.2 on IMDb 3/10
9r. Film in Which There Appear Edge Lettering, Sprocket Holes, Dirt Particles, Etc. (Landow, 1966) [6 mins] 3.6 on IMDb 1/10
9s. Lamentation (Moselsio, 1943) [8 mins] 5.4 on IMDb 3/10
9t. Black TV (Tambellini, 1968) [10 mins] 5.4 on IMDb 2/10
9u. Gloria! (Frampton, 1979) [10 mins] 5.1 on IMDb 2/10
10. Slasher House (Dixon, 2012) 3.6 on IMDb 2/10
11. Highlander II: The Quickening (Mulcahy, 1991) 4.1 on IMDb 4/10
12. Dracula II: Ascension (Lussier, 2003) 4.7 on IMDb 3/10
13. The Rage: Carrie 2 (Shea, 1999) 4.6 on IMDb 3/10
14. Ibiza Undead / Zombie Spring Breakers (Edwards, 2016) 3.3 on IMDb 2/10
15. Boo (Ferrante, 2005) 4.3 on IMDb 3/10
16. Reeker (Payne, 2005) 5.2 on IMDb 4/10
17. Sinbad of the Seven Seas (Castellari-Cozzi, 1989) 4.3 on IMDb 4/10
18. Rosso sangue / Absurd / Monster Hunter (Newton, 1981) 5.4 on IMDb 3/10
19. Don't Knock Twice (James, 2016) 5.2 on IMDb 3/10
20. Conan the Barbarian (Nispel, 2011) 5.2 on IMDb 3/10
21. Secrets of Sex / Bizarre (Balch, 1970) 4.3 on IMDb 4/10
22. Alligator II: The Mutation (Hess, 1991) 3.5 on IMDb 2/10
23. XX (Benjamin-Kusama-St. Vincent-Vuckovic, 2017) 4.6 on IMDb 3/10
24. Outpost II: Black Sun (Barker, 2012) 5.0 on IMDb 3/10
25. Sorority Row (Hendler, 2009) 5.1 on IMDb 4/10
26. Knucklebones (Wilson, 2016) 3.8 on IMDb 4/10
27. Zombi Holocaust / Doctor Butcher, M.D. / Zombie 3 (Martin, 1980) 5.3 on IMDb 5/10
28. The Human Centipede III (Final Sequence) (Six, 2015) 2.8 on IMDb 1/10
29. Catwoman (Pitof, 2004) 3.3 on IMDb 3/10
30. Abominable (Schifrin, 2006) 5.1 on IMDb 4/10
31. Hellgate (Levey, 1989) 3.2 on IMDb 3/10

32. Funny Man (Sprackling, 1994) 4.7 on IMDb
A strange British take on a Nightmare on Elm Street supernatural slasher. It takes inspiration from Monty Python's surreal sketches, but it's really in the tradition of the working class stand ups of the seventies with its reliance on saucy humour, stereotypes and innuendo. This sort of humour would have been dated at the time of this movie's release but none of that would have mattered if it was funny. Unfortunately it's not. The bizarre kills and weirdness provide some interest but the lack of any plot means that the film wears out its welcome and becomes tiresome.
3/10



33. Phantoms (Chappelle, 1998) 5.4 on IMDb
The population of a town disappear and a group of people investigate, eventually finding out they're in a version of The Thing. Affleck's flat lead performance is one of the worst things about this movie. That, and the directing. Things pick up a lot when O'Toole appears and the monster attacks become more frequent.
4/10



34. Breathing Room (Suits-Cowan, 2008) 4.4 on IMDb
Battle Royale, but filmed in a single warehouse room. The quality of the visuals is horrible, it looks like it was filmed on a cheap camcorder. Anyway, people get killed off one by one while the script brings in twists to the rules that only muddy matters. Eventually the killer is revealed in an ending that is both predictable and lame.
2/10



Average IMDb rating so far: 4.73

[jdidaco]

31. Voyage of the Rock Aliens (James Fargo, 1984) 6.5/10 (5.4)



!seen 31

Thanks for hosting, sol. I notice that I'm a complete chicken, as I barely ventured below the wonders of the 4.0 rated. I hope to gain some courage for the next Low challenge! Congratulations to the true courageous!

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1. Beyond the Time Barrier (Edgar G. Ulmer, 1960) 7/10 (5.3)
2. Tayna vechnoy nochi (The Mystery of the Eternal Night, Abram Room & Dmitriy Vasilev, 1956) 7/10 (5.2)
3. La maldición de Frankenstein (The Erotic Rites of Frankenstein, Jesús Franco, 1973) 8.5/10 (5.3)
4. How to Make a Monster (Herbert L. Strock, 1958) 6/10 (5.3)
5. El hombre que logró ser invisible (The New Invisible Man, Alfredo B. Crevenna, 1958) 6.5/10 (5.4)
6. Asaruto gâruzu (Assault Girls, Mamoru Oshii, 2009) 5/10 (3.8)
7. The Strange World of Planet X (Gilbert Gunn, 1958) 5/10 (4.9)
8. The Last Border - viimeisellä rajalla (The Last Border, Mika Kaurismäki, 1993) 4.5/10 (4.4)
9. Je suis une nymphomane (I Am a Nymphomaniac, Max Pécas, 1971) 7/10 (4.8)
10. Chikan densha: Gokuhi honban (Sexy Timetrip Ninjas, Yôjirô Takita, 1984) 6/10 (5.4)
11. Xing xing wang (The Mighty Peking Man, Ho Meng Hua, 1977) 5/10 (5.4)
12. Teknolust (Lynn Hershman-Leeson, 2002) 8/10 (5.3)
13. Diesel (Robert Kramer, 1985) 6.5/10 (4.4)
14. Supergirl - Das Mädchen von den Sternen (Supergirl, Rudolf Thome, 1971) 8/10 (5.2)
15. The City Under the Sea (Jacques Tourneur, 1965) 6/10 (5.4)
16. Memoirs of a Survivor (David Gladwell, 1981) 7/10 (5.3)
17. Ein Unsichtbarer geht durch die Stadt (An Invisible Man Goes Through the City, Harry Piel, 1933) 7/10 (5.1)
18. 4:44 Last Day on Earth (Abel Ferrara, 2011) 8/10 (4.5)
19. The Green Slime/Ganmâ dai-3-gô: Uchû daisakusen (Kinji Fukasaku, 1968) 5.5/10 (4.6)
20. Hundra (Matt Cimber, 1983) 7.5/10 (4.6)
21. Poltergeyst-90 (Poltergeist-90, Vladislav Semernin & Boris Zagryazhsky, 1991) 5/10 (4.8)
22. Ercole contro Moloch (Hercules Against Moloch, Giorgio Ferroni, 1963) 6/10 (4.9)
23. France société anonyme (France Inc., Alain Corneau, 1974) 8/10 (5.3)
24. The Brain (Ed Hunt, 1988) 5/10 (5.4)
25. Invisible Invaders (Edward L. Cahn, 1959) 6/10 (5.0)
26. Buenas noches, España (Raya Martin, 2011) 8/10 (5.4)
27. Pandemonium (Haydn Keenan, 1987) 6.5/10 (5.3)
28. La venganza del sexo (The Curious Dr. Humpp, Emilio Vieyra, 1967/69) 6/10 (5.0)
29. Second Time Lucky (Michael Anderson, 1984) 5/10 (5.2)
30. Endgame - Bronx lotta finale (Endgame, Joe D'Amato, 1983) 6.5/10 (5.3)

[OldAle1]

Schlock Statistics

By country:

55 - USA
9 - Italy
5 - Australia
2 - UK
1 - India, Japan, Mexico, New Zealand, South Korea

By decade:

1930s - 1
1940s - 1
1950s - 22
1960s - 14
1970s - 8
1980s - 18
1990s - 3
2000s - 5
2010s - 4

1988 is the top year with 5 films seen

Directors with multiple films seen::

5 - Roger Corman
3 - Antonio Margheriti
2 - Terry Marcel
2 - W. Lee Wilder

Best (my rating)

1. Cherry 2000 (8)
2. Space Men
3. Mean Johnny Barrows (7)
4. Battle of the Worlds
5. Chandni Chowk to China
6. The Green Slime
7. Alien from L.A.
8. 5 Guns West
9. Order of the Black Eagle
10. Sky Pirates (6)

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64. Robot Holocaust (1)
65. Lost: The Black Earth
66. Nighfall
67. Maniac
68. Mongjoengae / Dream Affection

Schlock Gone By

Triple-feature of 1950s US Science Fiction - all Double Word Scores being on the SF/Fantasy challenge as well:

1. Unknown World (Terry O. Morse, 1951) 3.9 IMDb rating
2. Mesa of Lost Women (Ron Ormond/Herbert Tevos, 1953) 2.5 IMDb rating
3. Cat-Women of the Moon (Arthur Hilton, 1953) 3.7 IMDb rating

Triple-feature of 1980s Australian Science Fiction - all Triple Words scores on the SF/Fantasy and Oceania challenges

4. Sky Pirates (Colin Eggleston, 1986) 4.2 IMDb rating
5. Starship (Roger Christian, 1984) 3.4 IMDb rating
6. The Time Guardian (Brian Hannant, 1987) 4.3 IMDb rating

60s Italian Triple Feature

7. La strada per Forte Alamo / The Road to Fort Alamo (Mario Bava, 1964) 5.0 IMDb rating
8. Space-Men / Assignment Outer Space (Antonio Margheriti, 1960) 3.4 IMDb rating
9. Il pianeta degli uomini spenti / Battle of the Worlds (Antonio Margheriti, 1961) 4.3 on IMDb

More American schlock from the past 30 years:

10. Nightfall (Paul Mayersberg, 1988) 2.4 IMDb rating
11. Independence Day: Resurgence (Roland Emmerich, 2016) 5.2 IMDb rating
12. Cherry 2000 (Steve DeJarnatt, 1987) 5.4 IMDb rating

Continuing in the sewers of sci-fi, with 2 from W. Lee Wilder, Billy's older and significantly less-talented bro:

13. Phantom From Space (1953) 4.0 on IMDb
14. Killers from Space (1954) 3.1 on IMdb

Roger Corman and His Disciples 3fer:

15. The Wasp Woman (Roger Corman/Jack Hill, 1959) 4.6 on IMDb
16. Voyage to the Prehistoric Planet (Curtis Harrington/Pavel Klushantsev (uncr), 1965) 3.6 on IMDb
17. Voyage to the Planet of Prehistoric Women (Peter Bogdanovich as Derek Thomas, others uncredited, see below, 1968) 2.7 on IMDb

rounding out the day with an American Eurospy, or something

18. Agent for H.A.R.M. (Gerd Oswald, 1965) 2 on IMDb

more from the endless piles of 50s American sci-fi stupidity

19. Terror from the Year 5000 (Robert J. Gurney Jr., 1958) 2.5 on IMDb
20. War of the Satellites (Roger Corman, 1958) 5.0 on IMDb
21. From the Earth to the Moon (Byron Haskin, 1958) 5.1 on IMDb

another trio of crap from Downunder

22. Incident at Raven's Gate (Rolf de Heer, 1988) 5.4 on IMDb
23. Lost: The Black Earth (James Cole, 2004) 4.3 on IMDb
24. Angel Mine (David Blyth, 1978) 5.0 on IMDb

Four genres of crap from two years and two countries in the 1950s

25. The Brain Eaters (Bruno VeSota, 1958) 4.0 on IMDb
26. Bullwhip (Harmon Jones, 1958) 5.1 on IMDb
27. La momia azteca contra el robot humano / The Robot vs. the Aztec Mummy (Rafael Portillo, 1958) 2.3 on IMDb
28. Prisoners of the Casbah (Richard Bare, 1958) 5.4 on IMDb

1970s-80s: Action! Crime! Action! Spies! Action! Nazis! Action! Baboons! Action?

29. Laser Mission (BJ Davis, 1989) 3.5 on IMDb
30. Mitchell (Andrew V. McLaglen, 1975) 2.4 on IMDb
31. Order of the Black Eagle (Wolf Keeter, 1987) 4.5 on IMDb

1970s time-travel adventures

32. The Time Machine (Henning Schellerup, 1978) 5.3 on IMDb
33. Idaho Transfer (Peter Fonda, 1973) 5.4 on IMDb

to the center of the earth and to alien brains

34. Alien from L.A. (Albert Pyun, 1988) 3.1 on IMDb
35. Journey to the Center of the Earth (Albert Pyun/Rusty Lemorande, 1988) 2.8 on IMDb
36. The Brain from Planet Arous (Nathan Juran, 1957) 5.3 on IMDb

Eurospies and Asian?-American martialartsvideogame action

37. New York chiama Superdrago / Secret Agent Super Dragon (Giorgio Ferroni, 1966) 2.0 on IMDb
38. Operazione Goldman / Lightning Bolt (Antonio Margheriti, 1966) 4.9 on IMDb
39. Il raggio infernale / Danger!! Death Ray (Gianfranco Baldanello, 1967) 2.2 on IMDb
40. Double Dragon (James Yukich, 1994) 3.7 on IMDb

2 Cormans and a Maniac

41. Gunslinger (Roger Corman, 1956) 3.1 on IMDb
42. The Saga of the Viking Women and Their Voyage to the Waters of the Great Sea Serpent (Roger Corman, 1957) 2.8 on IMDb
43. Maniac (Dwain Esper, 1934) 3.4 on IMDb

Blaxploitation! a few "educational" (but really propaganda) shorts, and more schlock sci-fi from the 80s

44. Mean Johnny Burrows (Fred Williamson, 1976) 5.0 on IMDb
45. Lady Cocoa (Matt Cimber, 1975) 4.7 on IMDb
46. Mandinga (Mario Pinzauit, 1976) 3.2 on IMDb
47. SHORTS average rating 4.225 on IMDb 61 minutes total
a) Girls Beware (1961)
b) The Terrible Truth (1951)
c) LSD: Insight or Insanity (1967) l
d) Know for Sure (1941)

48. Prisoners of the Lost Universe (Terry Marcel, 1983) 3.7 on IMDb

More sci-fi and some spy babes

49. Robot Holocaust (Tim Kincaid, 1986) 2.1 on IMDb
50. D.E.B.S. (Angela Robinson, 2004) 5.3 on IMDb
51. Skyline (Strause brothers, 2010) 4.4 on IMDb
52. Space Mutiny (David Winters/Neal Sundstrom, 1988) 2.0 on IMDb
53. The Killer Shrews (Ray Kellogg, 1959) 3.8 on IMDb

Tribute to Dorothy Malone, and 80s sword and sorcery

54. 5 Guns West (Roger Corman, 1955) 4.5 on IMDb
55. The Magic Sword (Bert I. Gordon, 1962)) 4.3 on IMDb
56. Ator l'invincilbile / Ator the Fighting Eagle (Joe D'Amato, 1982) 3.1 on IMDb

miscellany of junk

57. Out for a Kill (Michael Oblowitz, 2003) 3.4 on IMDb
58. Pirates of Tripoli (Felix Feist, 1955) 5.0 on IMDb
59. The Green Slime (Kinji Fukasaku, 1968) 4.6 on IMDb

action in mostly lower registers and something not erotic

60. Proud Mary (Babak Najafi, 2018) 5.1 on IMDb
61. BloodRayne (Uwe Boll, 2005) 2.9 on IMDb
62. Chandni Chowk to China (Nikkhil Advani, 2009) 4.0 on IMDb
63. Mongjeongae / Dream Affection (Soong-Hwan Lee, 2011) 2.8 on IMDb

Various kinds of bad sci-fi and fantasy, mostly 80s

64. Sorceress (Jack Hill, 1982) 4.2 on IMDb
65. Dr. Goldfoot & the Bikini Machine (Norman Taurog, 1965) 5.1 on IMDb
66. Eliminators (Peter Manoogian, 1986) 4.5 on IMDb
67. The Avengers (Jeremiah Chechik, 1998) 3.7 on IMDb
68. Sangraal, la spada di fuoco / Sword of the Barbarians (Michele Massimo Tarantini, 1982) 3.9 on IMDb

69. The Galaxy Invader (Don Dohler, 1985) 3.0 on IMDb



I most likely first learned about this from RedLetterMedia, but I had the feeling before I watched it and a couple of times during it that I'd seen it before, perhaps at the b-movie fest I went to at Northwestern U in the 1980s? But would they have had such a new movie at the time? Anyway, this and the next film are on that 50 Sci Fi Classics box from Mill Creek that I mentioned many, many bad movies ago, and they were both among the more fun terrible films I saw. In this case there's a meteor or something that crashes to the earth in some hick part of...Maryland, I think? And a bunch of rednecks find the "monster" (guy in a green latex suit of course) and take him and exhibit him or something. But the "leader" is a drunken psychotic dude who fucks things up for everybody and there's lots of death and maiming to finish this off (though none of it very explicit). This actually ends up being something of a parable about racism and a critique of redneck culture, if you can believe it - at least it seemed so to me - but it's so ridiculously incompetent and cheap that the message isn't going to be noticed much. Or maybe I was just reaching. Richard Buxton as "Joe" the crazy redneck who most of the action centers around has to be seen to be believed, one of the great bad performances of all time. Rating, jeez, I dunno. 2 as a production, 10 for hilariousness.

70. The Astral Factor (John Florea/Gene Fowler Jr/Arthur C. Pierce, 1978) 3.7 on IMDb

A guy learns the mystic secrets of the East, matter transmission and ESP and psychokinesis and such, by studying books in the prison library where he's locked up for killing his mother, intending to break out and kill anybody who looks like her or who wronged him. At least I think that's basically it - the sound was poor and I may not be completely accurate. Doesn't matter, this is basically an excuse for us the viewer to look at hot babes of the era like Stefanie Powers and Elke Sommer in revealing clothes, and watch clueless cops bicker with each other. Some cool cars and LA scenery, not unwatchable but still in the end not good at all. 4 from this lascivious viewer.

71. Fire Maidens from Outer Space (Cy Roth, 1956) 2.1 on IMDb



Cheesecake is also the attraction in this cheap British b/w production about an expedition to the hidden 13th moon of Jupiter which turns out to have an ancient Atlantean civilization, refugees from Earth thousands of years ago, all but one of them women. Of course they want to kill or hold the men, of course the planet is totally earthlike and everybody speaks English, and of course it's deeply sexist and stupid throughout. And there's an alien critter (not too different looking than THE GALAXY INVADER above who kills people sometimes. There are some amusing bits - the lead actor Anthony Dexter as the ship's commander seems to be aware that he's in a piece of crap and smiles or laughs or winks at strange places throughout the flick. It's worth a 3

72. Beast from Haunted Cave (Monte Hellman, 1959) 4.1 on IMDb

This cheapo film noir cum creature horror is Hellman's first film, with production credited to Gene Corman, Roger's younger brother. So you know it's good! So good they felt they didn't need to put a "the" in the title, I guess. Anyway like I say it mostly is a film noir, with a gang of thieves that have the brilliant idea to make a bank heist while blowing up a mine in Deadwood, SD, then escaping by ski over the mountains. All would be well except for the GIANT SPIDER that just inexplicably exists here and decides to track one of the men and kill everybody. The more noirish crime elements and some of the interactions between characters early on are actually decent, but the monster is one of the worst ever and the last third of this is just idiotic. Also 3.


Average IMDb rating so far (72): 3.965
Average OldAle rating so far (72): 3.947

[psychotronicbeatnik]

91. White Pongo (1945) Sam Newfield / FTV / Rating: 5 / IMDb: 2.8

Total: 91
Total IMDb Rating: 332.5
Average IMDb Rating: 3.65

And that's it for me. I love many of these flicks and could easily make this a two month long challenge. I hope it returns to the schedule next year. Thanks for hosting, sol. And to all the other foolhardy turkey pluckers who participated. Congrats to Flavo for really gorging and to albajos for going so low!

Turkey Challenge:

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1. Zaat (1971) Don Barton, Arnold Stevens / Rating: 6 / IMDb: 2.5
2. Garm Wars: The Last Druid (2014) Mamoru Oshii / FTV / Rating: 6 / IMDb: 4.8
3. Attack of the Super Monsters (1982) Toru Sotoyama, Tom Wyner / FTV / Rating: 7+ / IMDb: 5.0
4. Dunyayi Kurtaran Adam (1982) Cetin Inanc / FTV / Rating: 7+ / IMDb: 4.9
5. Iron Golem (2011) Paul Ziller / FTV / Rating: 7+ / IMDb: 3.7
6. The Monster (2016) Bryan Bertino / FTV / Rating: 7+ / IMDb: 5.4
7. The Day Mars Invaded Earth (1963) Maury Dexter / FTV / Rating: 6 / IMDb: 4.8
8. El Desierto (2013) Christoph Behl / FTV / Rating: 6 / IMDb: 5.2
9. Max Steel (2016) Stewart Hendler / FTV / Rating: 6 / IMDb: 4.6
10. Gods of Egypt (2016) Alex Proyas / FTV / Rating: 5 / IMDb: 5.4
11. Independence Day: Resurgence (2016) Roland Emmerich / FTV / Rating: 4 / IMDb: 5.2
12. Twilight (2008) Catherine Hardwicke / Rating: 5 / IMDb: 5.2
13. Twilight: New Moon (2009) Chris Weitz / FTV / Rating: 5 / IMDb: 4.7
14. The Emoji Movie (2017) Tony Leondis / FTV / Rating: 6 / IMDb: 2.9
15. Twilight: Eclipse (2010) David Slade / FTV / Rating: 6 / IMDb: 4.9
16. Twilight: Breaking Dawn – Part 1 (2011) Bill Condon / FTV / Rating: 6+ / IMDb: 4.9
17. Moontrap: Target Earth (2017) Robert Dyke / FTV / Rating: 4+ / IMDb: 2.4
18. Crash of Moons (1954) Hollingsworth Morse / FTV / Rating: 6 / IMDb: 3.1
19. The Creeper (1948) Jean Yarbrough / FTV / Rating: 6 / IMDb: 5.0
20. Super Mario Bros. (1993) Annabel Jankel, Rocky Morton / FTV / Rating: 3 / IMDb: 4.0
21. Queen of Outer Space (1958) Edward Bernds / FTV / Rating: 4 / IMDb: 4.6
22. Sky Pirates (1986) Colin Eggleston / FTV / Rating: 4 / IMDb: 4.2
23. Howling III: The Marsupials (1987) Philippe Mora / Rating: 8+ / IMDb: 3.2
24. Robot Monster (1953) Phil Tucker / Rating: 8+ / IMDb: 2.9
25. The Yesterday Machine (1963) Russ Marker / FTV / Rating: 5+ / IMDb: 4.1
26. The Creeping Terror (1964) Vic Savage / Rating: 8+ / IMDb: 2.1
27. Night of the Blood Beast (1958) Bernard L. Kowalski / Rating: 8+ / IMDb: 3.1
28. The Manster (1959) George Breakston, Kenneth Crane / Rating: 8 / IMDb: 5.4
29. Pharaoh’s Curse (1957) Lee Sholem / FTV / Rating: 5+ / IMDb: 4.7
30. The Time Guardian (1987) Brian Hannant / Rating: 5+ / IMDb: 4.3
31. Evil Brain From Outer Space (1965) Koreyoshi Akasaka, Teruo Ishii, Akira Mitsuwa / Rating: 8+ / IMDb: 3.1
32. The Atomic Brain (1963) Joseph Mascelli, Jack Pollexfen / Rating: 8 / IMDb: 2.7
33. Horrors of Spider Island (1960) Fritz Bottger / Rating: 8 / IMDb: 2.4
34. Starship (1984) Roger Christian / FTV / Rating: 4 / IMDb: 3.3
35. The Brain That Wouldn’t Die (1962) Joseph Green / Rating: 8 / IMDb: 4.2
36. Battletruck (1982) Harley Cokeliss / Rating: 8 / IMDb: 5.0
37. Don’t Knock Twice (2016) Caradog James / FTV / Rating: 7 / IMDb: 5.2
38. The Beast of Yucca Flats (1961) Coleman Francis / Rating: 8+ / IMDb: 2.4
39. Boogeyman (2005) Stephen Kay / Rating: 7 / IMDb: 4.1
40. From Hell It Came (1957) Dan Milner / Rating: 7 IMDb: 3.5
41. Warning From Space (1956) Koji Shima / Rating: 5 / IMDb: 4.4
42. Menace From Outer Space (1956) Hollingsworth Morse / FTV / Rating: 6 / IMDb: 3.7
43. Mesa of Lost Women (1953) Ron Ormond, Herbert Tevos / Rating: 8+ / IMDb: 2.5
44. Tobor the Great (1954) Lee Sholem / FTV / Rating: 5+ / IMDb: 5.2
45. Invaders From Space (1965) Koreyoshi Akasaka, Teruo Ishii, Akira Mitsuwa / FTV / Rating: 7+ / IMDb: 4.6
46. Creature With the Atom Brain (1955) Edward L. Cahn / Rating: 7 / IMDb: 5.4
47. They Saved Hitler’s Brain (1968) David Bradley / Rating: 4+ / IMDb: 2.5
48. Doomsday Machine (1972) Harry Hope, Lee Sholem, Herbert J. Leder / FTV / Rating: 6+ / IMDb: 2.5
49. The Demons in My Head (1998) Neil Johnson / Rating: 7 / IMDb: 3.3
50. To Become One (2002) Neil Johnson / Rating: 7 IMDb: 3.3
51. The Madmen of Mandoras (1963) David Bradley / Rating: 5 / IMDb: 2.8
52. Man-Thing (2005) Brett Leonard / Rating: 7 / IMDb: 4.0
53. Battlespace (2006) Neil Johnson / Rating: 2 / IMDb: 2.7
54. Atomic Rulers (1965) Koreyoshi Akasaka, Teruo Ishii, Akira Mitsuwa / FTV / Rating: 6 / IMDb: 4.0
55. The Killer Shrews (1959) Ray Kellogg / Rating: 8+ / IMDb: 3.8
56. The Giant Gila Monster (1959) Ray Kellogg / Rating: 7 / IMDb: 3.3
57. Starship Rising (2014) Neil Johnson / FTV / Rating: 3+ / IMDb: 2.2
58. The Wild Women of Wongo (1958) James L. Wolcott / Rating: 6 / IMDb: 2.1
59. Scooby-Doo (2002) Raja Gosnell / Rating: 7+ / IMDb: 5.0
60. The Saga of the Viking Women and Their Voyage To the Waters of the Great Sea Serpent (1957) Roger Corman / Rating: 7+ / IMDb: 2.8
61. Teenage Caveman (1958) Roger Corman / Rating: 7 / IMDb: 3.0
62. Prehistoric Women (1950) Gregg Tallas / Rating: 5 / IMDb: 2.9
63. One Million AC/DC (1969) Ed De Priest / Rating: 4+ / IMDb: 2.9
64. Bimbos BC (1990) Todd Sheets / Rating: 2 / IMDb: 1.5
65. Eegah (1962) Arch Hall Sr. / Rating: 7 / IMDb: 2.2
66. Voyage To the Prehistoric Planet (1965) Curtis Harrington, Pavel Klushantsev / Rating: 6 / IMDb: 3.6
67. Voyage To the Planet of Prehistoric Women (1968) Peter Bogdanovich, Pavel Klushantsev / Rating: 6 / IMDb: 2.7
68. Three Strong Men (1973) T. Fikret Ucak / FTV / Rating: 6 / IMDb: 4.7
69. Turks in Space (2006) Kartal Tibet / FTV / Rating: 3 / IMDb: 1.9
70. Death Warmed Up (1984) David Blyth / FTV / Rating: 5+ / IMDb: 4.0
71. The Monster Maker (1944) Sam Newfield / Rating: 6 / IMDb: 4.7
72. The Pumaman (1980) Alberto de Martino / FTV / Rating: 4 / IMDb: 2.1
73. Queen of the Amazons (1941) Edward Finney / Rating: 6 / IMDb: 3.2
74. Terror From the Year 5000 (1958) Robert J. Gurney Jr. / FTV / Rating: 6 / IMDb: 2.5
75. Attack From Space (1965) Koreyoshi Akasaka, Teruo Ishii, Akira Mitsuwa / FTV / Rating: 7 / IMDb: 3.7
76. Twixt (1965) Francis Ford Coppola / FTV / Rating: 7+ / IMDb: 4.8
77. Attack of the Giant Leeches (1959) Bernard L. Kowalski / Rating: 8 / IMDb: 3.5
78. The Amazing Transparent Man (1960) Edgar G. Ulmer / Rating: 6 / IMDb: 3.8
79. Killers From Space (1954) W. Lee Wilder / Rating: 7+ / IMDb: 3.1
80. Phantom From Space (1953) W. Lee Wilder / Rating: 6+ / IMDb: 4.0
81. Monster a-Go Go (1965) Bill Rebane, Herschell Gordon Lewis / Rating: 5+ / IMDb: 2.3
82. The Beast With 1,000,000 Eyes (1955) David Kramarsky, Roger Corman, Lou Place / Rating: 6+ / IMDb: 3.4
83. Feeders (1996) John & Mark Polonia, Jon McBride / Rating: 7+ / IMDb: 2.0
84. Feeders 2: Slay Bells (1998) John & Mark Polonia / Rating: 7+ / IMDb: 2.2
85. Prehistoric Bimbos in Armageddon City (1991) Todd Sheets / Rating: 2+ / IMDb: 1.6
86. Creature From the Haunted Sea (1961) Roger Corman / Rating: 7+ / IMDb: 3.4
87. Barbarian Queen (1985) Hector Olivera / Rating: 7 / IMDb: 3.9
88. The She Creature (1956) Edward L. Cahn / Rating: 6 / IMDb: 3.2
89. Teenagers From Outer Space (1959) Tom Graeff / Rating: 6 / IMDb: 3.6
90. Dead Space (1991) Fred Gallo / Rating: 4+ / IMDb: 3.3
91. White Pongo (1945) Sam Newfield / FTV / Rating: 5 / IMDb: 2.8

Total: 91
Total IMDb Rating: 332.5
Average IMDb Rating: 3.65

[ChrisReynolds]

I'm finishing off this challenge by ending with some more shorts. Thanks for hosting, sol.

Previously watched...

1. Boxing Helena (Lynch, 1993) 4.6 on IMDb 2/10
2. Spring Breakers (Korine, 2012) 5.3 on IMDb 6/10
3. Headless (Cullipher, 2015) 5.2 on IMDb 5/10
4. Storage 24 (Roberts, 2012) 4.4 on IMDb 3/10
5. Def by Temptation (Bond, 1990) 4.5 on IMDb 3/10
6. Shorts [Total time = 60 mins]
6a. 6/64: Mama und Papa (Materialaktion Otto Mühl) / 6/64: Mom and Dad (An Otto Mühl Happening) (Kren, 1964) [4 mins] 4.7 on IMDb 1/10
6b. Selective Service System (Haack, 1970) [13 mins] 4.5 on IMDb 4/10
6c. T.G.: Psychic Rally in Heaven (Jarman, 1981) [8 mins] 4.8 on IMDb 3/10
6d. Blow Job (Warhol, 1963) [35 mins] 4.8 on IMDb 2/10
7. Flight of the Living Dead: Outbreak on a Plane / Plane Dead (Thomas, 2007) 5.2 on IMDb 3/10
8. ZMD: Zombies of Mass Destruction (Hamedani, 2009) 5.1 on IMDb 3/10
9. Shorts [Total time = 60 mins]
9a. Place de l'Opéra (Lumière, 1897) [1 min] 5.2 on IMDb
9b. Chamonix: Le Mauvais Pas (1901) [1 min] 5.4 on IMDb
9c. Paris, Champs-Elysées (voitures) (Lumière, 1896) [1 min] 5.4 on IMDb
9d. Retour d'une promenade en mer (Lumière, 1896) [1 min] 5.2 on IMDb
9e. Balançoires (1896) [1 min] 5.2 on IMDb
9f. Intérieur d'une imprimerie (tirage d'une épreuve) (1899) [1 min] 5.3 on IMDb
9g. Bains en mer (Lumière, 1896) [1 min] 5.2 on IMDb
9h. Le maréchal-ferrant (1895) [1 min] 5.2 on IMDb
9i. Alger: rue Bab-Azoun (Promio, 1896) [1 min] 5.1 on IMDb
9j. Radeau avec baigneurs (Lumière, 1896) [1 min] 5.0 on IMDb
9k. Débarquement d'une mouche (1897) [1 min] 5.1 on IMDb
9l. Débarquement (Lumière, 1896) [1 min] 5.1 on IMDb
9m. Stockholm, entrée de l'exposition (Promio, 1897) [1 min] 5.1 on IMDb
9n. Fêtes franco-russes: Cherbourg, Entrée des Souverains russes et du président de la République sous le hall (1896) [1 min] 4.4 on IMDb
9o. Fêtes franco-russes: Paris, la foule sur la place de l'Opéra (Promio, 1896) [1 min] 4.9 on IMDb
9p. Marché indien sur le canal de la Viga [Mexique] (Veyre, 1897) [1 min] 4.6 on IMDb
9q. A Free Ride (Guy, 1915) [10 mins] 5.2 on IMDb 3/10
9r. Film in Which There Appear Edge Lettering, Sprocket Holes, Dirt Particles, Etc. (Landow, 1966) [6 mins] 3.6 on IMDb 1/10
9s. Lamentation (Moselsio, 1943) [8 mins] 5.4 on IMDb 3/10
9t. Black TV (Tambellini, 1968) [10 mins] 5.4 on IMDb 2/10
9u. Gloria! (Frampton, 1979) [10 mins] 5.1 on IMDb 2/10
10. Slasher House (Dixon, 2012) 3.6 on IMDb 2/10
11. Highlander II: The Quickening (Mulcahy, 1991) 4.1 on IMDb 4/10
12. Dracula II: Ascension (Lussier, 2003) 4.7 on IMDb 3/10
13. The Rage: Carrie 2 (Shea, 1999) 4.6 on IMDb 3/10
14. Ibiza Undead / Zombie Spring Breakers (Edwards, 2016) 3.3 on IMDb 2/10
15. Boo (Ferrante, 2005) 4.3 on IMDb 3/10
16. Reeker (Payne, 2005) 5.2 on IMDb 4/10
17. Sinbad of the Seven Seas (Castellari-Cozzi, 1989) 4.3 on IMDb 4/10
18. Rosso sangue / Absurd / Monster Hunter (Newton, 1981) 5.4 on IMDb 3/10
19. Don't Knock Twice (James, 2016) 5.2 on IMDb 3/10
20. Conan the Barbarian (Nispel, 2011) 5.2 on IMDb 3/10
21. Secrets of Sex / Bizarre (Balch, 1970) 4.3 on IMDb 4/10
22. Alligator II: The Mutation (Hess, 1991) 3.5 on IMDb 2/10
23. XX (Benjamin-Kusama-St. Vincent-Vuckovic, 2017) 4.6 on IMDb 3/10
24. Outpost II: Black Sun (Barker, 2012) 5.0 on IMDb 3/10
25. Sorority Row (Hendler, 2009) 5.1 on IMDb 4/10
26. Knucklebones (Wilson, 2016) 3.8 on IMDb 4/10
27. Zombi Holocaust / Doctor Butcher, M.D. / Zombie 3 (Martin, 1980) 5.3 on IMDb 5/10
28. The Human Centipede III (Final Sequence) (Six, 2015) 2.8 on IMDb 1/10
29. Catwoman (Pitof, 2004) 3.3 on IMDb 3/10
30. Abominable (Schifrin, 2006) 5.1 on IMDb 4/10
31. Hellgate (Levey, 1989) 3.2 on IMDb 3/10
32. Funny Man (Sprackling, 1994) 4.7 on IMDb 3/10
33. Phantoms (Chappelle, 1998) 5.4 on IMDb 4/10
34. Breathing Room (Suits-Cowan, 2008) 4.4 on IMDb 2/10

35. Shorts [Total time = 60 mins]

35a. New York, Whitehall Street (Promio, 1896) [1 min] 5.2 on IMDb
35b. Dresden, August-Brücke (1896) [1 min] 5.1 on IMDb
35c. Entrée d'une noce à l'église (1897) [1 min] 5.1 on IMDb
35d. Sortie d'une noce à l'église (1896) [1 min] 5.1 on IMDb
35e. Paris, le Pont-Neuf (1897) [1 min] 5.1 on IMDb
35f. Transport de la cloche de l'indépendance (Veyre, 1896) [1 min] 5.1 on IMDb
35g. Panagur (Manaki-Manaki, 1905) [1 min] 4.3 on IMDb
35h. Domashna rabota (predilki) (Manaki-Manaki, 1905) [1 min] 5.1 on IMDb

35i. Europa 1900 (Nilsson, 1968) [25 mins] 5.4 on IMDb
Suprisingly OK for such a low-rated short. Nice cinematography captures the melancholy feel of the off-season in a seaside town.
5/10

35j. Sort of a Commercial for an Icebag (Hugo, 1970) [15 mins] 5.2 on IMDb
I thought it might be a parody while watching it, but looking it up it's a genuine artist with a weird obsession for making giant copies of household objects (ice bags in this case).
3/10

35k. Dresden Dynamo (Rhodes, 1971) [5 mins] 5.2 on IMDb
I don't particularly like it, but it has a rhythm, a pattern and it looks like it took genuine effort to make it, which is more than I can say for some of these experimental shorts...
4/10

35l. Recreation (Breer, 1956) [2 mins] 5.4 on IMDb
... like this one for instance (a random series of flashing images, while a voiceover encourages us to find associations)...
2/10

35m. Remedial Reading Comprehension (Landow, 1970) [5 mins] 5.0 on IMDb
... or this one. What the hell is going on here? People in a lecture theatre, then some sort of informercial for rice, then a man jogging, then flashing words. I give up.
2/10

Average IMDb rating: 4.80

[flavo5000]

91. White Pongo (1945) Sam Newfield / FTV / Rating: 5 / IMDb: 2.8

Total: 91
Total IMDb Rating: 332.5
Average IMDb Rating: 3.65

And that's it for me. I love many of these flicks and could easily make this a two month long challenge. I hope it returns to the schedule next year. Thanks for hosting, sol. And to all the other foolhardy turkey pluckers who participated. Congrats to Flavo for really gorging and to albajos for going so low!

Turkey Challenge:

Spoiler: click to toggle

1. Zaat (1971) Don Barton, Arnold Stevens / Rating: 6 / IMDb: 2.5
2. Garm Wars: The Last Druid (2014) Mamoru Oshii / FTV / Rating: 6 / IMDb: 4.8
3. Attack of the Super Monsters (1982) Toru Sotoyama, Tom Wyner / FTV / Rating: 7+ / IMDb: 5.0
4. Dunyayi Kurtaran Adam (1982) Cetin Inanc / FTV / Rating: 7+ / IMDb: 4.9
5. Iron Golem (2011) Paul Ziller / FTV / Rating: 7+ / IMDb: 3.7
6. The Monster (2016) Bryan Bertino / FTV / Rating: 7+ / IMDb: 5.4
7. The Day Mars Invaded Earth (1963) Maury Dexter / FTV / Rating: 6 / IMDb: 4.8
8. El Desierto (2013) Christoph Behl / FTV / Rating: 6 / IMDb: 5.2
9. Max Steel (2016) Stewart Hendler / FTV / Rating: 6 / IMDb: 4.6
10. Gods of Egypt (2016) Alex Proyas / FTV / Rating: 5 / IMDb: 5.4
11. Independence Day: Resurgence (2016) Roland Emmerich / FTV / Rating: 4 / IMDb: 5.2
12. Twilight (2008) Catherine Hardwicke / Rating: 5 / IMDb: 5.2
13. Twilight: New Moon (2009) Chris Weitz / FTV / Rating: 5 / IMDb: 4.7
14. The Emoji Movie (2017) Tony Leondis / FTV / Rating: 6 / IMDb: 2.9
15. Twilight: Eclipse (2010) David Slade / FTV / Rating: 6 / IMDb: 4.9
16. Twilight: Breaking Dawn – Part 1 (2011) Bill Condon / FTV / Rating: 6+ / IMDb: 4.9
17. Moontrap: Target Earth (2017) Robert Dyke / FTV / Rating: 4+ / IMDb: 2.4
18. Crash of Moons (1954) Hollingsworth Morse / FTV / Rating: 6 / IMDb: 3.1
19. The Creeper (1948) Jean Yarbrough / FTV / Rating: 6 / IMDb: 5.0
20. Super Mario Bros. (1993) Annabel Jankel, Rocky Morton / FTV / Rating: 3 / IMDb: 4.0
21. Queen of Outer Space (1958) Edward Bernds / FTV / Rating: 4 / IMDb: 4.6
22. Sky Pirates (1986) Colin Eggleston / FTV / Rating: 4 / IMDb: 4.2
23. Howling III: The Marsupials (1987) Philippe Mora / Rating: 8+ / IMDb: 3.2
24. Robot Monster (1953) Phil Tucker / Rating: 8+ / IMDb: 2.9
25. The Yesterday Machine (1963) Russ Marker / FTV / Rating: 5+ / IMDb: 4.1
26. The Creeping Terror (1964) Vic Savage / Rating: 8+ / IMDb: 2.1
27. Night of the Blood Beast (1958) Bernard L. Kowalski / Rating: 8+ / IMDb: 3.1
28. The Manster (1959) George Breakston, Kenneth Crane / Rating: 8 / IMDb: 5.4
29. Pharaoh’s Curse (1957) Lee Sholem / FTV / Rating: 5+ / IMDb: 4.7
30. The Time Guardian (1987) Brian Hannant / Rating: 5+ / IMDb: 4.3
31. Evil Brain From Outer Space (1965) Koreyoshi Akasaka, Teruo Ishii, Akira Mitsuwa / Rating: 8+ / IMDb: 3.1
32. The Atomic Brain (1963) Joseph Mascelli, Jack Pollexfen / Rating: 8 / IMDb: 2.7
33. Horrors of Spider Island (1960) Fritz Bottger / Rating: 8 / IMDb: 2.4
34. Starship (1984) Roger Christian / FTV / Rating: 4 / IMDb: 3.3
35. The Brain That Wouldn’t Die (1962) Joseph Green / Rating: 8 / IMDb: 4.2
36. Battletruck (1982) Harley Cokeliss / Rating: 8 / IMDb: 5.0
37. Don’t Knock Twice (2016) Caradog James / FTV / Rating: 7 / IMDb: 5.2
38. The Beast of Yucca Flats (1961) Coleman Francis / Rating: 8+ / IMDb: 2.4
39. Boogeyman (2005) Stephen Kay / Rating: 7 / IMDb: 4.1
40. From Hell It Came (1957) Dan Milner / Rating: 7 IMDb: 3.5
41. Warning From Space (1956) Koji Shima / Rating: 5 / IMDb: 4.4
42. Menace From Outer Space (1956) Hollingsworth Morse / FTV / Rating: 6 / IMDb: 3.7
43. Mesa of Lost Women (1953) Ron Ormond, Herbert Tevos / Rating: 8+ / IMDb: 2.5
44. Tobor the Great (1954) Lee Sholem / FTV / Rating: 5+ / IMDb: 5.2
45. Invaders From Space (1965) Koreyoshi Akasaka, Teruo Ishii, Akira Mitsuwa / FTV / Rating: 7+ / IMDb: 4.6
46. Creature With the Atom Brain (1955) Edward L. Cahn / Rating: 7 / IMDb: 5.4
47. They Saved Hitler’s Brain (1968) David Bradley / Rating: 4+ / IMDb: 2.5
48. Doomsday Machine (1972) Harry Hope, Lee Sholem, Herbert J. Leder / FTV / Rating: 6+ / IMDb: 2.5
49. The Demons in My Head (1998) Neil Johnson / Rating: 7 / IMDb: 3.3
50. To Become One (2002) Neil Johnson / Rating: 7 IMDb: 3.3
51. The Madmen of Mandoras (1963) David Bradley / Rating: 5 / IMDb: 2.8
52. Man-Thing (2005) Brett Leonard / Rating: 7 / IMDb: 4.0
53. Battlespace (2006) Neil Johnson / Rating: 2 / IMDb: 2.7
54. Atomic Rulers (1965) Koreyoshi Akasaka, Teruo Ishii, Akira Mitsuwa / FTV / Rating: 6 / IMDb: 4.0
55. The Killer Shrews (1959) Ray Kellogg / Rating: 8+ / IMDb: 3.8
56. The Giant Gila Monster (1959) Ray Kellogg / Rating: 7 / IMDb: 3.3
57. Starship Rising (2014) Neil Johnson / FTV / Rating: 3+ / IMDb: 2.2
58. The Wild Women of Wongo (1958) James L. Wolcott / Rating: 6 / IMDb: 2.1
59. Scooby-Doo (2002) Raja Gosnell / Rating: 7+ / IMDb: 5.0
60. The Saga of the Viking Women and Their Voyage To the Waters of the Great Sea Serpent (1957) Roger Corman / Rating: 7+ / IMDb: 2.8
61. Teenage Caveman (1958) Roger Corman / Rating: 7 / IMDb: 3.0
62. Prehistoric Women (1950) Gregg Tallas / Rating: 5 / IMDb: 2.9
63. One Million AC/DC (1969) Ed De Priest / Rating: 4+ / IMDb: 2.9
64. Bimbos BC (1990) Todd Sheets / Rating: 2 / IMDb: 1.5
65. Eegah (1962) Arch Hall Sr. / Rating: 7 / IMDb: 2.2
66. Voyage To the Prehistoric Planet (1965) Curtis Harrington, Pavel Klushantsev / Rating: 6 / IMDb: 3.6
67. Voyage To the Planet of Prehistoric Women (1968) Peter Bogdanovich, Pavel Klushantsev / Rating: 6 / IMDb: 2.7
68. Three Strong Men (1973) T. Fikret Ucak / FTV / Rating: 6 / IMDb: 4.7
69. Turks in Space (2006) Kartal Tibet / FTV / Rating: 3 / IMDb: 1.9
70. Death Warmed Up (1984) David Blyth / FTV / Rating: 5+ / IMDb: 4.0
71. The Monster Maker (1944) Sam Newfield / Rating: 6 / IMDb: 4.7
72. The Pumaman (1980) Alberto de Martino / FTV / Rating: 4 / IMDb: 2.1
73. Queen of the Amazons (1941) Edward Finney / Rating: 6 / IMDb: 3.2
74. Terror From the Year 5000 (1958) Robert J. Gurney Jr. / FTV / Rating: 6 / IMDb: 2.5
75. Attack From Space (1965) Koreyoshi Akasaka, Teruo Ishii, Akira Mitsuwa / FTV / Rating: 7 / IMDb: 3.7
76. Twixt (1965) Francis Ford Coppola / FTV / Rating: 7+ / IMDb: 4.8
77. Attack of the Giant Leeches (1959) Bernard L. Kowalski / Rating: 8 / IMDb: 3.5
78. The Amazing Transparent Man (1960) Edgar G. Ulmer / Rating: 6 / IMDb: 3.8
79. Killers From Space (1954) W. Lee Wilder / Rating: 7+ / IMDb: 3.1
80. Phantom From Space (1953) W. Lee Wilder / Rating: 6+ / IMDb: 4.0
81. Monster a-Go Go (1965) Bill Rebane, Herschell Gordon Lewis / Rating: 5+ / IMDb: 2.3
82. The Beast With 1,000,000 Eyes (1955) David Kramarsky, Roger Corman, Lou Place / Rating: 6+ / IMDb: 3.4
83. Feeders (1996) John & Mark Polonia, Jon McBride / Rating: 7+ / IMDb: 2.0
84. Feeders 2: Slay Bells (1998) John & Mark Polonia / Rating: 7+ / IMDb: 2.2
85. Prehistoric Bimbos in Armageddon City (1991) Todd Sheets / Rating: 2+ / IMDb: 1.6
86. Creature From the Haunted Sea (1961) Roger Corman / Rating: 7+ / IMDb: 3.4
87. Barbarian Queen (1985) Hector Olivera / Rating: 7 / IMDb: 3.9
88. The She Creature (1956) Edward L. Cahn / Rating: 6 / IMDb: 3.2
89. Teenagers From Outer Space (1959) Tom Graeff / Rating: 6 / IMDb: 3.6
90. Dead Space (1991) Fred Gallo / Rating: 4+ / IMDb: 3.3
91. White Pongo (1945) Sam Newfield / FTV / Rating: 5 / IMDb: 2.8

Total: 91
Total IMDb Rating: 332.5
Average IMDb Rating: 3.65

Gorging indeed. I'm seriously going to take a month off from challenges and try to take in some quality cinema for a little while in February.

[flavo5000]

LAST POST OF THE CHALLENGE, FOLKS!!


140. Fantastic Four (2015) IMDB: 4.3
My Rating: 5.5
I feel like this one has gotten a little of a raw deal from the critics and nerds on the internet. A guy at work told me it was the worst superhero movie he'd ever seen. Off the top of my head and then started rattling off: Captain America (1978), Fantastic Four (1994), Daredevil, Elektra, Catwoman, Batman & Robin, Captain America (1990), etc. My point being, this is far from actively awful, settling into a very mediocre groove. The pacing is definitely off (and from what I've read it sounds like studio interference may be partially to blame there) taking forever to get to the meat of the movie. It reminded me of Ang Lee's Hulk in that respect which didn't get quite as much hate as this one did. It also had some hackneyed dialogue and some of the effects weren't good. BUT much of the acting was solid with a cast that was well above much of the material and Doom was a pretty cool villain for the 10 seconds he was in the movie. I think there's probably a pretty decent Fantastic Four movie buried in here, it's just not this.


141. Monster High (1989) IMDB: 3.3
My Rating: 3
Like some kind of sub-Troma effort gone wrong, Monster High tries desperately to be funny and fails pretty consistently. The production values are terrible. The acting is bad. The story barely makes any sense. There's just not much reason to bother with this.


142. Jupiter Ascending (2015) IMDB: 5.3
My Rating: 5
I remember a time when I was excited about a new Wachowskis movie but nowadays it almost feels like an obligatory chore. And its because of stuff like this. Despite the basic plot of a woman not realizing she's secretly royalty, forced into a world greater than what she ever thought possible (which is like the plot of over half of a YA novels), this movie tries to complicate the shit of things by throwing all kinds of random characters, archaic terminology and blustery action (oddly enough all traits of a certain kind of anime that annoys me too) in an effort to feel bigger than it really is. Also, somebody seriously needs to give Eddie Redmayne a throat lozenge.


AAAAANNNDDD on that note, I am done! It's been super fun watching all these crappy movies (sometimes anyway) and I've enjoyed the comments from you guys on all the crappy ones I've missed (I'm taking notes for next year possibly). Thanks to sol for hosting the challenge!

The Trash Pile

1. Ra.One (2011) IMDB: 4.8
2. The Monster of Piedras Blancas (1959) IMDB: 5.3
3. Zombies on Broadway (1945) IMDB: 5.2
4. The Erotic Witch Project (2000) IMDB: 5.1
5. Arena (1989) IMDB: 5.2
6. Nightfall (1988) IMDB: 2.5
7. Cementerio del terror (1985) IMDB: 5.2
8. Independence Day: Resurgence (2016) IMDB: 5.3
9. The Nest (1988) IMDB: 5.2
10. Electrosex 1975 (1970) IMDB: 3.1
11. The Sword of the Barbarians (1982) IMDB: 3.9
12. Mom and Dad Save the World (1992) IMDB: 5.3
13. Indecent Desires (1968) IMDB: 5.4
14. Gulliver's Travels (2010) IMDB: 4.9
15. Jellyfish Eyes (2013) IMDB: 4.8
16. Cats & Dogs (2001) IMDB: 5.1
17. Konchû daisensô (1968) a.k.a. Genocide IMDB: 4.9
18. Queen of Outer Space (1958) IMDB: 4.5
19. Flesh Feast (1970) IMDB: 2.1
20a. Pupa (2014) Episode 1-12 IMDB: 3.1
20b. Rifftrax: The Flying Saucer Mystery (1950) IMDB: 4.8
21. The Mummy: Tomb of the Dragon Emperor (2008) IMDB: 5.2
22. O Segredo da Múmia (1982) IMDB: 5.0
23. Captain America (1979) IMDB: 3.7
24. Captain America II: Death Too Soon (1979) IMDB: 3.8
25. Captain America (1990) IMDB: 3.3
26. 3 dev adam (1973) IMDB: 5.0
27. Asaruto gâruzu (2009) IMDB: 3.8
28. Mega Piranha (2010) IMDB: 2.4
29. Gas! -Or- It Became Necessary to Destroy the World in Order to Save It. (1970) IMDB: 3.8
30. Battle Beneath the Earth (1967) IMDB: 4.5
31. Brides of Blood (!968) IMDB: 5.1
32. Starcrash (1978) IMDB: 3.9
33. Sleepwalk (9186) IMDB: 5.4
34. The Tuxedo (2002) IMDB: 5.3
35. Rasen (1998) IMDB: 5.3
36. A Clockwork Blue (1972) IMDB: 4.8
37. Invisible Invaders (1959) IMDB: 5.0
38. Glen and Randa (1971) IMDB: 3.8
39. Mighty Morphin Power Rangers: The Movie (1995) IMDB: 5.1
40. Rifftrax: Rock 'n' Roll Nightmare (1987) IMDB: 4.1
41. Universal Soldier: Regeneration (2009) IMDB: 5.2
42. Universal Soldier: Day of Reckoning (2012) IMDB: 5.0
43. Electra Woman and Dyna Girl (2016) IMDB: 5.4
44. Cyborg 2: Glass Shadow (1993) IMDB: 3.8
45. Curse of the Headless Horseman (1972) IMDB: 1.9
46. Frankenstein - 1970 (1958) IMDB: 4.6
47. La tumba de la isla maldita (1973) IMDB: 4.0
48. Curse of the Faceless Man (1958) IMDB: 4.8
49. Blood (1974) IMDB: 5.0
50. ZMD: Zombies of Mass Destruction (2009) IMDB: 5.1
51. 4:44 Last Day on Earth (2011) IMDB: 4.5
52. Howling II: ... Your Sister Is a Werewolf (1985) IMDB: 3.4
53. Legacy of Satan (1974) IMDB: 4.0
54. The Food of the Gods (1976) IMDB: 4.3
55. Zombi Holocaust (1980) IMDB: 5.3
56. Hell of the Living Dead (1980) IMDB: 4.9
57. The Frozen Dead (1966) IMDB: 5.1
58. Dark Sanity (1982) IMDB: 3.4
59. Class of Nuke 'Em High Part II: Subhumanoid Meltdown (1991) IMDB: 4.2
60. Supersoul Brother (1978) IMDB: 4.0
61. New Rose Hotel (1998) IMDB: 4.9
62. Sheena (1984) IMDB: 4.8
63. The Garbage Pail Kids Movie (1987) IMDB: 2.7
64. Superman IV: The Quest for Peace (1987) IMDB: 3.7
65. Edward Penishands (1991) IMDB: 5.1
66. The Visitor (1979) IMDB: 4.9
67. Pulse (2006) IMDB: 4.7
68. American Cyborg: Steel Warrior (1993) IMDB: 3.7
69-72. Fantasista Doll (2013) Ep. 1-12 IMDB: 5.1
73. Hellraiser: Bloodline (1996) IMDB: 5.1
74. Journey to the West: Demon Chapter (2017) IMDB: 5.4
75. Cheonsamong (2001) IMDB: 3.9
76. Cinderella II: Dreams Come True (2002) IMDB: 5.0
77. Scooby-Doo (2002) IMDB: 5.0
78. Alvin and the Chipmunks (2007) IMDB: 5.2
79. Alvin and the Chipmunks: The Squeakquel (2009) IMDB: 4.5
80. Alvin and the Chipmunks: Chipwrecked (2011) IMDB: 4.4
81. Scooby-Doo 2: Monsters Unleashed (2004) IMDB: 5.0
82. The Flying Serpent (1946) IMDB: 4.9
83. School Spirit (1985) IMDB: 4.6
84. House of the Living Dead (1974) IMDB: 2.9
85. The Terror Within (1989) IMDB: 4.9
86. Dead Space (1991) IMDB: 3.4
87. Uchû daikaijû Girara (1967) IMDB: 4.9
88. Carnage (1984) IMDB: 2.9
89. Mars Needs Moms (2011) IMDB: 5.4
90. The Jungle Book 2 (2003) IMDB: 5.4
91. The Smurfs 2 (2013) IMDB: 5.4
92. Freejack (1992) IMDB: 5.3
93. The Killing of Satan (1983) IMDB: 5.0
94. The Guyver (1991) IMDB: 4.9
95. Night of the Demons (2009) IMDB: 4.7
96. Rats: Night of Terror (1984) IMDB: 4.4
97. Neon Maniacs (1986) IMDB: 4.8
98. After Earth (2013) IMDB: 4.9
99. The Velvet Vampire (1971) IMDB: 5.3
100. Survival of the Dead (2009) IMDB: 4.9
101. Amityville II: The Possession (1982) IMDB: 5.4
102. Exorcist II: The Heretic (1977) IMDB: 3.7
103. Transformers: The Last Knight (2017) IMDB: 5.2
104. Scorpion Thunderbolt (1988) IMDB: 4.4
105-109a. Garbage Pail Kids (!987) IMDB: 3.5
109b. Empire of Ache (!996) IMDB: 5.3
109c. The Legend of Hallowdega (2010) IMDB: 5.2
109d. Rifftrax: Measuring Man (1970) IMDB: 3
110. Geostorm (2017) IMDB: 5.4
111. Night of the Demon (1980) IMDB: 4.9
112. Neverland (2003) IMDB: 5.0
113. Satellite in the Sky (1956) IMDB: 5.4
114. Resident Evil: Retribution (2012) IMDB: 5.4
115. Cyborg Cop II (1994) IMDB: 3.7
116. Queen of Blood (1966) IMDB: 5.3
117. Empire of the Ants (1977) IMDB: 4.0
118. Howling III: The Marsupials (1987) IMDB: 3.2
119. Kung Fu Yoga (2017) IMDB: 5.3
120. Cult of Chucky (2017) IMDB: 5.2
121. Blood of the Vampires (1966) IMDB: 4.1
122. Return of the Killer Tomatoes! (1988) IMDB: 5.2
123. The Brain Leeches (1978) IMDB: 4.3
124. Stake Land II: The Stakelander (2016) IMDB: 5.3
125. Killjoy (2000) IMDB: 2.5
126-130a. Glasslip (2014) IMDB: 5.2
130b. Tabeta hito (1963) IMDB: 5.4
130c. Transformers Transformed (2011) IMDB: 5.2
131. Without Warning (1980) IMDB: 5.1
132. Alvin and the Chipmunks: The Road Chip (2015) IMDB: 5.1
133. The Last Airbender (2010) IMDB: 4.2
134. Mission Stardust (1967) IMDB: 3.9
135. Officer Downe (2016) IMDB: 4.1
136. The Alien Dead (1980) IMDB: 2.5
137. Something Weird (!967) IMDB: 5.3
138. Almost Human (2013) IMDB: 4.6
139. Maciste all'inferno (1962) IMDB: 5.1
140. Fantastic Four (2015) IMDB: 4.3
141. Monster High (1989) IMDB: 3.3
142. Jupiter Ascending (2015) IMDB: 5.3

[maxwelldeux]

18. Sharknado 5: Global Swarming (2017) - 4.1

They stopped trying. That's the only explanation for this. Now they're just fighting sharks in tornadoes all over the world, but without any plot structure to get them there. It's absurd and not even fun.

19. Malibu High (1979) - 5.0

This was almost bad enough to be good. A timeless tale of the young woman who's failing at high school, so she decides to sleep with her teachers to get good grades. Then starts smoking pot because why not? Then starts hooking to make money. Then starts contract killing to get out of hooking. If my high school experience was 5% as intriguing as hers, I might consider going to a class reunion.

20. Cindy and Donna (1970) - 4.6

This is the soft-core-porniest of all the films I've seen for this challenge. I also want to be a fly on the wall when they pitch a shot-for-shot remake of this film today. "OK. We have this beautiful coming of age story. This 15yo girl (Cindy) observes her 17yo sister (Donna) drinking, smoking pot, and having a bunch of sex. So Cindy starts exploring her body and herself, spending oodles of time naked. Donna keeps exhibiting while behavior, also naked a lot. For a side story, we have a 17yo stripper who's sleeping with Cindy and Donna's father. Then, Cindy and her friend go to the beach and pick up some dudes, but Cindy is too nervous to actually have sex. But then they go home, and Cindy and her friend have a lesbian experience after getting high. Her friend convinces Cindy (remember, she's 15) to sleep with someone, so of course she chooses Donna's boyfriend. But wait - there's a twist ending that literally comes out of nowhere and makes zero sense."

Average = 4.165

What hath god wrought?

1. Attack of the Killer Tomatoes! (1978) - 4.6
2. Slaughtered (2010) - 3.2
3. Sharknado (2013) - 3.3
4. Sharknado 2: The Second One (2014) - 4.1
5. Sharknado 3: Oh Hell No! (2015) - 4.2
6. Mazes and Monsters (1982) - 4.2
7. Pick-up (1975) - 4.8
8. The Teacher (1974) - 4.9
9. Best Friends (1975) - 5.0
10. Trip with the Teacher (1975) - 4.1
11. Dinosaur Island (2014) - 3.4
12. The Stepmother (1972) - 4.2
13. The Sister-in-Law (1974) - 4.9
14. Manos: The Hands of Fate (1966) - 1.9
15. Charlie's Farm (2014) - 4.6
16. Pipe Dream (2015) - 4.2
17. Sharknado 4: The 4th Awakens (2016) - 4.0
18. Sharknado 5: Global Swarming (2017) - 4.1
19. Malibu High (1979) - 5.0
20. Cindy and Donna (1970) - 4.6

[OldAle1]

Schlock Statistics

By country:

58 - USA
9 - Italy
5 - Australia
2 - UK
1 - India, Japan, Mexico, New Zealand, South Korea

By decade:

1930s - 1
1940s - 1
1950s - 24
1960s - 15
1970s - 8
1980s - 18
1990s - 3
2000s - 5
2010s - 4

1988 is the top year with 5 films seen

Directors with multiple films seen::

5 - Roger Corman
3 - Antonio Margheriti
3 - Edward D. Wood, Jr.
2 - Terry Marcel
2 - W. Lee Wilder

Best (my rating)

1. Cherry 2000 (8)
2. Space Men
3. Mean Johnny Barrows (7)
4. Battle of the Worlds
5. Chandni Chowk to China
6. The Green Slime
7. Alien from L.A.
8. 5 Guns West
9. Order of the Black Eagle
10. Sky Pirates (6)

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64. Robot Holocaust (1)
65. Lost: The Black Earth
66. Nighfall
67. Maniac
68. Mongjoengae / Dream Affection

Schlock Gone By

Triple-feature of 1950s US Science Fiction - all Double Word Scores being on the SF/Fantasy challenge as well:

1. Unknown World (Terry O. Morse, 1951) 3.9 IMDb rating
2. Mesa of Lost Women (Ron Ormond/Herbert Tevos, 1953) 2.5 IMDb rating
3. Cat-Women of the Moon (Arthur Hilton, 1953) 3.7 IMDb rating

Triple-feature of 1980s Australian Science Fiction - all Triple Words scores on the SF/Fantasy and Oceania challenges

4. Sky Pirates (Colin Eggleston, 1986) 4.2 IMDb rating
5. Starship (Roger Christian, 1984) 3.4 IMDb rating
6. The Time Guardian (Brian Hannant, 1987) 4.3 IMDb rating

60s Italian Triple Feature

7. La strada per Forte Alamo / The Road to Fort Alamo (Mario Bava, 1964) 5.0 IMDb rating
8. Space-Men / Assignment Outer Space (Antonio Margheriti, 1960) 3.4 IMDb rating
9. Il pianeta degli uomini spenti / Battle of the Worlds (Antonio Margheriti, 1961) 4.3 on IMDb

More American schlock from the past 30 years:

10. Nightfall (Paul Mayersberg, 1988) 2.4 IMDb rating
11. Independence Day: Resurgence (Roland Emmerich, 2016) 5.2 IMDb rating
12. Cherry 2000 (Steve DeJarnatt, 1987) 5.4 IMDb rating

Continuing in the sewers of sci-fi, with 2 from W. Lee Wilder, Billy's older and significantly less-talented bro:

13. Phantom From Space (1953) 4.0 on IMDb
14. Killers from Space (1954) 3.1 on IMdb

Roger Corman and His Disciples 3fer:

15. The Wasp Woman (Roger Corman/Jack Hill, 1959) 4.6 on IMDb
16. Voyage to the Prehistoric Planet (Curtis Harrington/Pavel Klushantsev (uncr), 1965) 3.6 on IMDb
17. Voyage to the Planet of Prehistoric Women (Peter Bogdanovich as Derek Thomas, others uncredited, see below, 1968) 2.7 on IMDb

rounding out the day with an American Eurospy, or something

18. Agent for H.A.R.M. (Gerd Oswald, 1965) 2 on IMDb

more from the endless piles of 50s American sci-fi stupidity

19. Terror from the Year 5000 (Robert J. Gurney Jr., 1958) 2.5 on IMDb
20. War of the Satellites (Roger Corman, 1958) 5.0 on IMDb
21. From the Earth to the Moon (Byron Haskin, 1958) 5.1 on IMDb

another trio of crap from Downunder

22. Incident at Raven's Gate (Rolf de Heer, 1988) 5.4 on IMDb
23. Lost: The Black Earth (James Cole, 2004) 4.3 on IMDb
24. Angel Mine (David Blyth, 1978) 5.0 on IMDb

Four genres of crap from two years and two countries in the 1950s

25. The Brain Eaters (Bruno VeSota, 1958) 4.0 on IMDb
26. Bullwhip (Harmon Jones, 1958) 5.1 on IMDb
27. La momia azteca contra el robot humano / The Robot vs. the Aztec Mummy (Rafael Portillo, 1958) 2.3 on IMDb
28. Prisoners of the Casbah (Richard Bare, 1958) 5.4 on IMDb

1970s-80s: Action! Crime! Action! Spies! Action! Nazis! Action! Baboons! Action?

29. Laser Mission (BJ Davis, 1989) 3.5 on IMDb
30. Mitchell (Andrew V. McLaglen, 1975) 2.4 on IMDb
31. Order of the Black Eagle (Wolf Keeter, 1987) 4.5 on IMDb

1970s time-travel adventures

32. The Time Machine (Henning Schellerup, 1978) 5.3 on IMDb
33. Idaho Transfer (Peter Fonda, 1973) 5.4 on IMDb

to the center of the earth and to alien brains

34. Alien from L.A. (Albert Pyun, 1988) 3.1 on IMDb
35. Journey to the Center of the Earth (Albert Pyun/Rusty Lemorande, 1988) 2.8 on IMDb
36. The Brain from Planet Arous (Nathan Juran, 1957) 5.3 on IMDb

Eurospies and Asian?-American martialartsvideogame action

37. New York chiama Superdrago / Secret Agent Super Dragon (Giorgio Ferroni, 1966) 2.0 on IMDb
38. Operazione Goldman / Lightning Bolt (Antonio Margheriti, 1966) 4.9 on IMDb
39. Il raggio infernale / Danger!! Death Ray (Gianfranco Baldanello, 1967) 2.2 on IMDb
40. Double Dragon (James Yukich, 1994) 3.7 on IMDb

2 Cormans and a Maniac

41. Gunslinger (Roger Corman, 1956) 3.1 on IMDb
42. The Saga of the Viking Women and Their Voyage to the Waters of the Great Sea Serpent (Roger Corman, 1957) 2.8 on IMDb
43. Maniac (Dwain Esper, 1934) 3.4 on IMDb

Blaxploitation! a few "educational" (but really propaganda) shorts, and more schlock sci-fi from the 80s

44. Mean Johnny Burrows (Fred Williamson, 1976) 5.0 on IMDb
45. Lady Cocoa (Matt Cimber, 1975) 4.7 on IMDb
46. Mandinga (Mario Pinzauit, 1976) 3.2 on IMDb
47. SHORTS average rating 4.225 on IMDb 61 minutes total
a) Girls Beware (1961)
b) The Terrible Truth (1951)
c) LSD: Insight or Insanity (1967) l
d) Know for Sure (1941)

48. Prisoners of the Lost Universe (Terry Marcel, 1983) 3.7 on IMDb

More sci-fi and some spy babes

49. Robot Holocaust (Tim Kincaid, 1986) 2.1 on IMDb
50. D.E.B.S. (Angela Robinson, 2004) 5.3 on IMDb
51. Skyline (Strause brothers, 2010) 4.4 on IMDb
52. Space Mutiny (David Winters/Neal Sundstrom, 1988) 2.0 on IMDb
53. The Killer Shrews (Ray Kellogg, 1959) 3.8 on IMDb

Tribute to Dorothy Malone, and 80s sword and sorcery

54. 5 Guns West (Roger Corman, 1955) 4.5 on IMDb
55. The Magic Sword (Bert I. Gordon, 1962)) 4.3 on IMDb
56. Ator l'invincilbile / Ator the Fighting Eagle (Joe D'Amato, 1982) 3.1 on IMDb

miscellany of junk

57. Out for a Kill (Michael Oblowitz, 2003) 3.4 on IMDb
58. Pirates of Tripoli (Felix Feist, 1955) 5.0 on IMDb
59. The Green Slime (Kinji Fukasaku, 1968) 4.6 on IMDb

action in mostly lower registers and something not erotic

60. Proud Mary (Babak Najafi, 2018) 5.1 on IMDb
61. BloodRayne (Uwe Boll, 2005) 2.9 on IMDb
62. Chandni Chowk to China (Nikkhil Advani, 2009) 4.0 on IMDb
63. Mongjeongae / Dream Affection (Soong-Hwan Lee, 2011) 2.8 on IMDb

Various kinds of bad sci-fi and fantasy, mostly 80s

64. Sorceress (Jack Hill, 1982) 4.2 on IMDb
65. Dr. Goldfoot & the Bikini Machine (Norman Taurog, 1965) 5.1 on IMDb
66. Eliminators (Peter Manoogian, 1986) 4.5 on IMDb
67. The Avengers (Jeremiah Chechik, 1998) 3.7 on IMDb
68. Sangraal, la spada di fuoco / Sword of the Barbarians (Michele Massimo Tarantini, 1982) 3.9 on IMDb

69. The Galaxy Invader (Don Dohler, 1985) 3.0 on IMDb
70. The Astral Factor (John Florea/Gene Fowler Jr/Arthur C. Pierce, 1978) 3.7 on IMDb
71. Fire Maidens from Outer Space (Cy Roth, 1956) 2.1 on IMDb
72. Beast from Haunted Cave (Monte Hellman, 1959) 4.1 on IMDb

an appropriate finishing trio from the Master, Edward D. Wood, Jr

73. Plan 9 From Outer Space (Edward D. Wood Jr., 1959)) 4.0 on IMDb



5th viewing or so since ca 1986. I first saw this at a Northwestern University B-Movie Fest when I was a Junior or Senior there; saw it again at least once at b-fest, and probably once more in the cinema in the 90s and once on VHS. The prints Northwestern got usually weren't very good, and of course VHS... so it felt in some ways like this was a first viewing, on DVD courtesy of the lovely Image Wood box set. For the first time I could clearly see the strings holding up the "flying saucers" and see the fabric background in front of which Col. Edwards stands as he "made that decision". Criswell's narration is the greatest in the history of film. Hilarious as always, I'm fully with the Medveds and others on this one, the best bad b-movie ever. Rating 1. Or 10. Both.

74. Bride of the Monster (Edward D. Wood Jr., 1956) 4.1 on IMDb

2nd viewing I think. Also saw this long ago, perhaps at a b-fest; only remembered bits and pieces like the awful Harvey Dunn as the police captain, the rubber octopus of course, Lugosi's hypnotism, Tor. It's a little better than memory placed it, perhaps; the stock footage (apart from the gators) is less glaring than in Plan 9, there's little day-night-day problem, and the production looks a little less chintzy, perhaps because it's mostly just supposed to take place in an old house rather than an alien spacecraft. So on the whole it's a slightly better film, but also somewhat less funny. 2 on a "critical" scale.

75. The Sinister Urge (Edward D. Wood Jr., 1960) 2.4 on IMDb



Probably the only "major" Wood film I hadn't seen, this alas isn't on the Wood box and I had to make do with a mediocre downloaded copy. It's an interesting film historically, at least to someone without a huge knowledge of the sexploitation or juvie subgenres of this era, both of which it falls into to some extent, though in it's last few minutes it's closer to straight (late) noir. A maniac is going around killing nubile young girls in a park, and it turns out he's connected to a porno production house that's run by femme fatale Gloria (Jean Fontaine) for "the syndicate", the same faceless mob I've seen in, oh, 1822 or so 40s-60s crime films. There's an interesting little bit where one of the cops is describing the kind of girl who falls into porn and then for the next 10-15 minutes we get that story essentially - kind of a cool bit of narrative exploration here for Mr. Wood. Otherwise it's pretty schlocky and as usual very poorly acted with occasional unintentionally hilarious dialogue. Pretty strange to see Wood making an overtly moralistic, anti-porn film...OR IS IT??? 2 is what it deserves I think.


Average IMDb rating DONE (75): 3.947
Average OldAle rating DONE (75): 3.859

Thanks for running this sol, it's more fun than I've had in a long time, here's to making it a yearly tradition!

[India Istanbul]

27. Revenge of the Zombies 4.6 on imdb
28. Bride of the Monster 4.1 on imdb
29. Plan 9 From Outer Space 4.0 on imdb
30. The Loch Ness Horror 2.8 on imdb
31. Attack of the Beast Creatures 4.1 on imdb
32. Curse of the Swamp Monster 2.5 on imdb
33. The Naked Witch 3.2 on imdb
34. What Waits Below 4.9 on imdb
35. The Giant Gila Monster 3.3 on imdb

Total: 35 points

Lots of FTVs for me--this turkey was delish!

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1. Mutiny in Outer Space (1965) 5.1 on imdb--Fabulous space fungus and good acting, good script. Rating: 8
2. The Day Mars Invaded Earth (1963) 4.8 on imdb--Kent Taylor, Marie Windsor and human drama made this a winner. Rating: 8
3. Beyond the Moon (1954) 4.6 on imdb--Great f/x, shoddy story. Rating: 5
4. The Gypsy Moon (1954) 3.9 on imdb--Great f/x, shoddy story. Rating: 5
5. Silver Needle in the Sky (1954) 4.6 on imdb--Great f/x, shoddy story. Rating 5
6. Radar Men From the Moon (1952) 4.5 on imdb
7. Life Returns (1935) 4.2 on imdb
8. Invaders From Space (1965) 4.6 on imdb
9. Atomic Rulers (1965) 4.6 on imdb
10. The Lost Missile (1958) 5.3 on imdb
11. The Frozen Dead (1966) 5.1 on imdb
12. Planet Outlaws (1953) 3.8 on imdb
2. 13. Terror of the Bloodhunters 3.0 in imdb
14. Beyond the Time Barrier 5.3 on imdb
15. Missile to the Moon 3.6 on imdb
16. Cat-Women of the Moon 3.7 on imdb
17. The Head 5.3 on imdb
18. High School Big Shot 2.6 on imdb
19. The Monster Maker 4.7 on imdb
20. The Man With Two Lives 5.3 on imdb
21. Beast of Yucca Flats 2.4 on imdb
22. Killer Shrews 3.8 on imdb
23. Unknown World 3.9 on imdb
24. The Phantom Planet 3.3 on imdb
25. Mutant Hunt 3.6 on imdb
26. Zone Troopers 5.3 on imdb

[klaus78]

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1. The Room (3.6 on IMDb) 4/10
2. Body Melt (5.0 on IMDb) 5/10
3. Il mondo di Yor [Yor, the Hunter from the Future] (4.2 on IMDb) 4/10
4. I criminali della galassia [Wild, Wild Planet] (4.6 on IMDb) 4/10
5. The Beast of Yucca Flats (2.4 on IMDb) 5/10
6. Santa Claus (2.5 on IMDb) 1/10
7. Der schweigende Stern [The Silent Star] (4.3 on IMDb) 5/10
8. The Giant Claw (4.2 on IMDb) 4/10
9. I Am Here... Now (4.6 on IMDb) 6/10

10. Robot Monster (2.9 on IMDb) 4/10


Average IMDb rating: 3.83

[sol]

DEADLINE
Final results will be posted between 11:30am and 12:00pm GMT on February 2 - at which point it will have been February everywhere in the world for almost a whole day. While you are welcome to post updates beyond this point, any such updates will not be included in the final results. Your choice whether you miss the deadline or not; besides, if it's February on your side of the world, shouldn't you be starting on one of next month's challenges, mm?

A friendly reminder that you have approximately 24 hours in which make any final submissions before I close this challenge and post the final results.

[Fergenaprido]

I wasn't planning to participate, but I ended up seeing a couple of bad films due to the other challenges, so why not.

0. Crocodile Dundee II (1988 - 5.5 on imdb) - also Australia - 5.8 - just a smidgen too high for the challenge, but it's still bad. Mind you, not as bad as...
1. Crocodile Dundee III (2001 - 4.8 on imdb) - also Australia - 5.4 - It's been 15 years, he can't still play the ignorant backwater boy card.
0. Pembalasan ratu pantai selatan/Lady Terminator (1989 - 5.7 on imdb) - also scifi - 2.4 - An Indonesian attempt at American scifi, it's so bad I was shocked that it was rated so highly. Similar American films are usually in the 2-3 range. Definitely falls in the "so bad it's good" category, though. But it's still bad. They even lift the line "come with me if you want to live".
2. Pulgasari (1985 - 5.2 on imdb) - also scifi - 3.4 - The (in)famous North Korean Godzilla copycat made by the kidnapped South Korean director. It wasn't half-bad... but it was still bad. Better than Lady Terminator
3. En vildfågel/Give Me My Son (1921 - 5.4 on imdb) - 5.8 - Boring little-seen Swedish silent drama.
4. Resident Evil 5: Retribution (2012 - 5.4 on imdb) - also scifi - 4.0 - The first 4 ranged from good to acceptable, but this one was just plain ridiculous. Mildly interesting way to bring back Rain and Carlos, two of the better characters from the universe, but not enough to salvage the film. I'll still watch the final one eventually.
5. Maniac (1934 - 3.4 on imdb) - also scifi - 4.2 - Seriously, wtf? Odd little film that only gets credit for actually getting completed and screened in the 1930s; I guess they needed some serious escapism to get over the Depression.

If I can manage to unintentionally see 5 films that fit this challenge, I should be able to see 5 in all.

[Pretentious Hipster]

4. Resident Evil 5: Retribution (2012 - 5.4 on imdb) - also scifi - 4.0 - The first 4 ranged from good to acceptable, but this one was just plain ridiculous. Mildly interesting way to bring back Rain and Carlos, two of the better characters from the universe, but not enough to salvage the film. I'll still watch the final one eventually.

I've seen this being called one of the greatest action films of all time by quite a few people. I guess I can see why, because it's practically watching a video game. I mean, they even go through different scenarios which felt like levels in a game. I still didn't like it though.

[psychotronicbeatnik]

91. White Pongo (1945) Sam Newfield / FTV / Rating: 5 / IMDb: 2.8

Total: 91
Total IMDb Rating: 332.5
Average IMDb Rating: 3.65

And that's it for me. I love many of these flicks and could easily make this a two month long challenge. I hope it returns to the schedule next year. Thanks for hosting, sol. And to all the other foolhardy turkey pluckers who participated. Congrats to Flavo for really gorging and to albajos for going so low!

Turkey Challenge:

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1. Zaat (1971) Don Barton, Arnold Stevens / Rating: 6 / IMDb: 2.5
2. Garm Wars: The Last Druid (2014) Mamoru Oshii / FTV / Rating: 6 / IMDb: 4.8
3. Attack of the Super Monsters (1982) Toru Sotoyama, Tom Wyner / FTV / Rating: 7+ / IMDb: 5.0
4. Dunyayi Kurtaran Adam (1982) Cetin Inanc / FTV / Rating: 7+ / IMDb: 4.9
5. Iron Golem (2011) Paul Ziller / FTV / Rating: 7+ / IMDb: 3.7
6. The Monster (2016) Bryan Bertino / FTV / Rating: 7+ / IMDb: 5.4
7. The Day Mars Invaded Earth (1963) Maury Dexter / FTV / Rating: 6 / IMDb: 4.8
8. El Desierto (2013) Christoph Behl / FTV / Rating: 6 / IMDb: 5.2
9. Max Steel (2016) Stewart Hendler / FTV / Rating: 6 / IMDb: 4.6
10. Gods of Egypt (2016) Alex Proyas / FTV / Rating: 5 / IMDb: 5.4
11. Independence Day: Resurgence (2016) Roland Emmerich / FTV / Rating: 4 / IMDb: 5.2
12. Twilight (2008) Catherine Hardwicke / Rating: 5 / IMDb: 5.2
13. Twilight: New Moon (2009) Chris Weitz / FTV / Rating: 5 / IMDb: 4.7
14. The Emoji Movie (2017) Tony Leondis / FTV / Rating: 6 / IMDb: 2.9
15. Twilight: Eclipse (2010) David Slade / FTV / Rating: 6 / IMDb: 4.9
16. Twilight: Breaking Dawn – Part 1 (2011) Bill Condon / FTV / Rating: 6+ / IMDb: 4.9
17. Moontrap: Target Earth (2017) Robert Dyke / FTV / Rating: 4+ / IMDb: 2.4
18. Crash of Moons (1954) Hollingsworth Morse / FTV / Rating: 6 / IMDb: 3.1
19. The Creeper (1948) Jean Yarbrough / FTV / Rating: 6 / IMDb: 5.0
20. Super Mario Bros. (1993) Annabel Jankel, Rocky Morton / FTV / Rating: 3 / IMDb: 4.0
21. Queen of Outer Space (1958) Edward Bernds / FTV / Rating: 4 / IMDb: 4.6
22. Sky Pirates (1986) Colin Eggleston / FTV / Rating: 4 / IMDb: 4.2
23. Howling III: The Marsupials (1987) Philippe Mora / Rating: 8+ / IMDb: 3.2
24. Robot Monster (1953) Phil Tucker / Rating: 8+ / IMDb: 2.9
25. The Yesterday Machine (1963) Russ Marker / FTV / Rating: 5+ / IMDb: 4.1
26. The Creeping Terror (1964) Vic Savage / Rating: 8+ / IMDb: 2.1
27. Night of the Blood Beast (1958) Bernard L. Kowalski / Rating: 8+ / IMDb: 3.1
28. The Manster (1959) George Breakston, Kenneth Crane / Rating: 8 / IMDb: 5.4
29. Pharaoh’s Curse (1957) Lee Sholem / FTV / Rating: 5+ / IMDb: 4.7
30. The Time Guardian (1987) Brian Hannant / Rating: 5+ / IMDb: 4.3
31. Evil Brain From Outer Space (1965) Koreyoshi Akasaka, Teruo Ishii, Akira Mitsuwa / Rating: 8+ / IMDb: 3.1
32. The Atomic Brain (1963) Joseph Mascelli, Jack Pollexfen / Rating: 8 / IMDb: 2.7
33. Horrors of Spider Island (1960) Fritz Bottger / Rating: 8 / IMDb: 2.4
34. Starship (1984) Roger Christian / FTV / Rating: 4 / IMDb: 3.3
35. The Brain That Wouldn’t Die (1962) Joseph Green / Rating: 8 / IMDb: 4.2
36. Battletruck (1982) Harley Cokeliss / Rating: 8 / IMDb: 5.0
37. Don’t Knock Twice (2016) Caradog James / FTV / Rating: 7 / IMDb: 5.2
38. The Beast of Yucca Flats (1961) Coleman Francis / Rating: 8+ / IMDb: 2.4
39. Boogeyman (2005) Stephen Kay / Rating: 7 / IMDb: 4.1
40. From Hell It Came (1957) Dan Milner / Rating: 7 IMDb: 3.5
41. Warning From Space (1956) Koji Shima / Rating: 5 / IMDb: 4.4
42. Menace From Outer Space (1956) Hollingsworth Morse / FTV / Rating: 6 / IMDb: 3.7
43. Mesa of Lost Women (1953) Ron Ormond, Herbert Tevos / Rating: 8+ / IMDb: 2.5
44. Tobor the Great (1954) Lee Sholem / FTV / Rating: 5+ / IMDb: 5.2
45. Invaders From Space (1965) Koreyoshi Akasaka, Teruo Ishii, Akira Mitsuwa / FTV / Rating: 7+ / IMDb: 4.6
46. Creature With the Atom Brain (1955) Edward L. Cahn / Rating: 7 / IMDb: 5.4
47. They Saved Hitler’s Brain (1968) David Bradley / Rating: 4+ / IMDb: 2.5
48. Doomsday Machine (1972) Harry Hope, Lee Sholem, Herbert J. Leder / FTV / Rating: 6+ / IMDb: 2.5
49. The Demons in My Head (1998) Neil Johnson / Rating: 7 / IMDb: 3.3
50. To Become One (2002) Neil Johnson / Rating: 7 IMDb: 3.3
51. The Madmen of Mandoras (1963) David Bradley / Rating: 5 / IMDb: 2.8
52. Man-Thing (2005) Brett Leonard / Rating: 7 / IMDb: 4.0
53. Battlespace (2006) Neil Johnson / Rating: 2 / IMDb: 2.7
54. Atomic Rulers (1965) Koreyoshi Akasaka, Teruo Ishii, Akira Mitsuwa / FTV / Rating: 6 / IMDb: 4.0
55. The Killer Shrews (1959) Ray Kellogg / Rating: 8+ / IMDb: 3.8
56. The Giant Gila Monster (1959) Ray Kellogg / Rating: 7 / IMDb: 3.3
57. Starship Rising (2014) Neil Johnson / FTV / Rating: 3+ / IMDb: 2.2
58. The Wild Women of Wongo (1958) James L. Wolcott / Rating: 6 / IMDb: 2.1
59. Scooby-Doo (2002) Raja Gosnell / Rating: 7+ / IMDb: 5.0
60. The Saga of the Viking Women and Their Voyage To the Waters of the Great Sea Serpent (1957) Roger Corman / Rating: 7+ / IMDb: 2.8
61. Teenage Caveman (1958) Roger Corman / Rating: 7 / IMDb: 3.0
62. Prehistoric Women (1950) Gregg Tallas / Rating: 5 / IMDb: 2.9
63. One Million AC/DC (1969) Ed De Priest / Rating: 4+ / IMDb: 2.9
64. Bimbos BC (1990) Todd Sheets / Rating: 2 / IMDb: 1.5
65. Eegah (1962) Arch Hall Sr. / Rating: 7 / IMDb: 2.2
66. Voyage To the Prehistoric Planet (1965) Curtis Harrington, Pavel Klushantsev / Rating: 6 / IMDb: 3.6
67. Voyage To the Planet of Prehistoric Women (1968) Peter Bogdanovich, Pavel Klushantsev / Rating: 6 / IMDb: 2.7
68. Three Strong Men (1973) T. Fikret Ucak / FTV / Rating: 6 / IMDb: 4.7
69. Turks in Space (2006) Kartal Tibet / FTV / Rating: 3 / IMDb: 1.9
70. Death Warmed Up (1984) David Blyth / FTV / Rating: 5+ / IMDb: 4.0
71. The Monster Maker (1944) Sam Newfield / Rating: 6 / IMDb: 4.7
72. The Pumaman (1980) Alberto de Martino / FTV / Rating: 4 / IMDb: 2.1
73. Queen of the Amazons (1941) Edward Finney / Rating: 6 / IMDb: 3.2
74. Terror From the Year 5000 (1958) Robert J. Gurney Jr. / FTV / Rating: 6 / IMDb: 2.5
75. Attack From Space (1965) Koreyoshi Akasaka, Teruo Ishii, Akira Mitsuwa / FTV / Rating: 7 / IMDb: 3.7
76. Twixt (1965) Francis Ford Coppola / FTV / Rating: 7+ / IMDb: 4.8
77. Attack of the Giant Leeches (1959) Bernard L. Kowalski / Rating: 8 / IMDb: 3.5
78. The Amazing Transparent Man (1960) Edgar G. Ulmer / Rating: 6 / IMDb: 3.8
79. Killers From Space (1954) W. Lee Wilder / Rating: 7+ / IMDb: 3.1
80. Phantom From Space (1953) W. Lee Wilder / Rating: 6+ / IMDb: 4.0
81. Monster a-Go Go (1965) Bill Rebane, Herschell Gordon Lewis / Rating: 5+ / IMDb: 2.3
82. The Beast With 1,000,000 Eyes (1955) David Kramarsky, Roger Corman, Lou Place / Rating: 6+ / IMDb: 3.4
83. Feeders (1996) John & Mark Polonia, Jon McBride / Rating: 7+ / IMDb: 2.0
84. Feeders 2: Slay Bells (1998) John & Mark Polonia / Rating: 7+ / IMDb: 2.2
85. Prehistoric Bimbos in Armageddon City (1991) Todd Sheets / Rating: 2+ / IMDb: 1.6
86. Creature From the Haunted Sea (1961) Roger Corman / Rating: 7+ / IMDb: 3.4
87. Barbarian Queen (1985) Hector Olivera / Rating: 7 / IMDb: 3.9
88. The She Creature (1956) Edward L. Cahn / Rating: 6 / IMDb: 3.2
89. Teenagers From Outer Space (1959) Tom Graeff / Rating: 6 / IMDb: 3.6
90. Dead Space (1991) Fred Gallo / Rating: 4+ / IMDb: 3.3
91. White Pongo (1945) Sam Newfield / FTV / Rating: 5 / IMDb: 2.8

Total: 91
Total IMDb Rating: 332.5
Average IMDb Rating: 3.65

Gorging indeed. I'm seriously going to take a month off from challenges and try to take in some quality cinema for a little while in February.

All three of the February challenges offer a chance for "quality cinema." As much as I love turkeys it was a relief to watch a couple of Oscar Micheaux silents and follow them up with Sounder.

[RogerTheMovieManiac88]

I was kinda still full of Turkey after the yearly November challenge over on Trash Epics but a few low-flyers did come my way over the opening month of 2018.

1. Once in a New Moon / 1935, Anthony Kimmins / 5.0 on IMDb
2. Rose of Cimarron / 1952, Harry Keller / 5.2 on IMDb
3. Tiger by the Tail / 1954, John Gilling / 5.4 on IMDb
4. The Giant Gila Monster / 1959, Ray Kellogg / 3.4 on IMDb
5. Naked Fury / 1959, Charles Saunders / 5.3 on IMDb
6. Out of the Shadow / 1961, Michael Winner / 5.1 on IMDb
7. Uho te Uka, La Leyenda / 2012, Waitiare Kaltenegger Icka / 3.9 on IMDb

Cheers!

[sol]

FINAL RESULTS


Top 10 participants

1st ... flavo5000 (142)
2nd ... psychotronicbeatnik (91)
3rd ... OldAle (75)
4th ... Gorro (71)
5th ... albajos (62)
6th ... VincentPrice (47)
7th ... te18 (37)
8th ... sol (36)
9th ... ChrisReynolds (35)
9th ... India Istanbul (35)

Full results available, maintained and up-to-date on the opening post.

GET LOW BONUS CHALLENGE

Congrats to albajos for winning this one by a golden mile. An average of 2.73 across the whole month.

Runners-up: jeroeno (3.53); psychotronicbeatnik (3.65); te18 (3.67); klaus78 (3.83)



Well, that's it from me. It's been exhausting hosting this challenge, but I am absolutely chuffed that Low IMDb Rating (one of my own challenge ideas) managed to be the busiest challenge this month.

[OldAle1]

It's been exhausting hosting this challenge, but I am absolutely chuffed that Low IMDb Rating (one of my own challenge ideas) managed to be the busiest challenge this month.

I'm also very happy that it was a hit, and look forward to it being a regular thing. There's gold in them there bad movies! Well, silver at least.

[3eyes]

I can't comb the thread to see if anyone watched this, but check out the cast:

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0051016/

[VincentPrice]

I can't comb the thread to see if anyone watched this, but check out the cast:

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0051016/

I did, it's...very just okay.

You can tell the bright spots by the cast.

[Torgo]

It's much fun just to scroll through the covers in this thread!