So I have a weird interest in a specific set of movies. I am after a horror movie where the writer/director actually tried hard to make something decent, but you could tell they didn't have much of a budget and therefore could only really afford terrible actors. And for all their efforts in writing and planning the move ends up absolutely terrible to the point of being funny. Killer Sofa comes to mind.
However I would like to avoid movies that become self aware that they are a bad horror movie like I was a Teenage Wereskunk or Inhumanwich, or the terrible on purpose Sharknados.
Beneath was the closest to what I'm really after as far as trying to have props that were not great but splashing water helps hide the CGI that was used otherwise there was an actual something they used for some scenes. Though the story was half hearted.
There are numerous movies like this. The most famous of them is probably Troll 2.
I'm a fan of bad movies myself so I can recommend a few examples. The Being Sting of Death The Strangeness Star Crystal Unknown Origin
All of these were monster-movies with actual aspirations but shockingly low budgets made apparent by the actual laughable-looking monsters.
Evan Bennett
>Killer Sofa That sounds exactly like the kind of movie that is self aware that it is a bad horror movie.
Dominic Jackson
The trailer for the Greasy Strangler looks cash!
Nicholas Clark
absolute unfiltered trash kino, the killer is admirably shit. Feels like something you'd make with your mates in highscool, but that oddly makes it fun to watch
Ah but there weren't any silly fourth wall breaks or likes about like "even if we stop the sofa, the cops won't believe a sofa did it, we'll have to figure out how to get rid of the bodies, we can try hiding them in the river!" Like in Killer Pinata.
Which actually started out pretty good, then halfway through became self aware and went way down hill. Much like that action flick 4 Brothers. 1st half, pretty solid. 2nd half, aw fuck... this is bad.
Alexander Gonzalez
why the fuck was a woman playing an elderly man
Jonathan Hill
This is what I'm looking for, only I'd like it more contemporary. I like older ones like that from time to time. My roommate is a huge fan of old horror like this.
I don't know why I want it to be newer, maybe just to see what can be done, albeit poorly, with today's technology.
Thomas Sanchez
Because Jews? I don't know what to tell you.
They literally added a "Jews are good and we are going to apologize to you a Jew." It's about as Jewish as you can get. I wish I had a different answer.
However the movie is objectively the worst movie I have ever watched and I've watched some shitty fucking horror movies. Hell I own like two hundred something horror movies from when Hastings went bankrupt and i was able to buy out almost the entire movie section for only like two hundred dollars or so.
I've watched so many horror movies that I like bad ones more than good ones most the time. They are fucking fun, but not this steaming pile of garbage.
Suspiria 2018 is the worst movie I have ever watched in my life. Yet they tried so hard.
Justin Garcia
Bro that's the newer one I posted. (Suspiria 2018)
My bad, I didn't know they redid it. I will 100% give it a peak.
Jackson Wright
I can suggest Howling 2, they unironically went for their very best and tried to make something scary, Christopher Lee even gives it his all in this one, and it ends up so terrible he outright apologized to the original creator.
Sweetheart might also be what you want, since while it does have some nice effects sometimes and tries to take itself seriously, the budget ran out so hard in the finale it pretty much became a comedy.
Kayden Peterson
I can agree with you one that. I can see they put work into making it look good, but it just feels like arthouse shlock. But not the good kind, just the pretentious kind that's absolute garbage. Kind of like that one kid in film school who has the money to make budgeted short films, but they're all way too try hard and bland
Nathan King
>I am after a horror movie where the writer/director actually tried hard to make something decent, but you could tell they didn't have much of a budget and therefore could only really afford terrible actors Dustwalker is EXACTLY what you're looking for, like exactly. They had a pretty good idea even, they had the location, and they tried their damndest, but holy shit did it all fall apart on them thanks mostly in part to some really bad acting and the effects starting off okay and then rapidly becoming sub-cutscene in one of the most jarring cuts you'll ever see.
Juan Rogers
How willing are you to read subtitles?
Camden White
Creating a list for future to check out!
Ian Murphy
Pretty willing. What's up?
John Green
Well then you are in luck, in recent years China's film industry boomed quite a bit, and as a result they've started churning out a lot of movies. In particular in the last two years they really got into crocodile movies, and they gave them big sets and locations and lots and lots of CGI. And a lot of them got put up on Youtube.
Here's probably the "Best' of the bunch I've seen so far, as in it has some of the most CGI and not to spoil anything but I think the filmmakers mixed up a Resident Evil script into theirs about the halfway mark.
This wasn't some syfy channel production, they tried to make something big with this and that just makes it all the more funny. If you like it there's also Crocodile Island or The Blood Alligator, neither of which are as "Ambitious", but still have the same pretty bad CGI.
Benjamin Torres
Seems reasonable. Sounds like an adventure worth the trip down the rabbit hole for sure.
Zachary Reyes
>I'm 3 minutes in >a big crocodile just walked up to a guy on an open beach without any obstructions in broad daylight and bit off his arm. >Nobody saw this thing and within 10 seconds they're completely surrounded by bad CGI crocodiles
I get the feeling this is a ride.
Cameron Collins
You have no idea how weird shit is about to get.
Xavier Cook
>pretentious Is a good word for it.
I agree.
Also the whole "i'm actually a good witch here to control my people" thing and like I said force feeding us Jewish drama was just uncalled for.
I was ok with it until the half way point and that's where it turns into the biggest turd i've ever had to eat.
