Angelina Jolie and Jonny Lee Miller are l33t Hackers
The 1995 movie Hackers is so bad that you have to watch it on purpose. You could not, having seen the poster artwork, assume that it might actually be good.
Awesomely Bad
The Awesomely Bad category contains blog posts about all the science fiction titles that are so bad that they’re good, or at least fun to watch. These are the titles that we love to hate or secretly, hate to love.
Interstellar: Wormholes are Alright Alright Alright!
Interstellar received a lot of praise from both critics and scientists. Seldom do I find a movie of such critical acclaim to be awesomely bad.
Event Horizon is a spaceship from hell
How can a movie starring Laurence Fishburne possibly go wrong? A wrong turn at Neptune takes Event Horizon on an inter-dimensional trip… to Hell!
Westworld: Yul Brynner is a killer robot cowboy
Westworld is a 1973 action drama. Things go very wrong in a high tech resort which allows guests to explore one of three historically themed environments.
The Green Lantern: Ryan Reynold’s digital bodysuit
Maybe my lack of interest in Green Lantern is based on some kind of juvenile rivalry which once existed between Marvel and DC.
REC: Manuela Velasco’s found news footage
+Rec is a 2007 Spanish language horror movie starring Manuela Velasco, which was remade in 2008 as the remarkably similar English language film Quarantine.
Damnation Alley: a post-apocalyptic road trip
Damnation Alley? I haven’t seen this awesomely bad sci-fi movie in a few years. I thought it was about time to suffer though “Damnation Alley” again.
Skyline: Stephen Hawking warned us
NASA sent a message deep into space, where aliens live. And they got the message: Delicious humans still available on Earth? Yum!
Lifeforce: Mathilda May is a naked space vampire
LifeForce is an awesomely bad sci-fi film from 1985. It’s based on the 1976 book Space Vampires by Colin Wilson. I can only hope its better than this movie.
Johnny Mnemonic: Keanu Reeves, its all in your head
Do you Remember Keanu Reeves in the 1995 Johnny Mnemonic movie? It was a low budget adaptation of a short story by William Gibson. Even with strong source material this film managed to fail.