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...That's a fine list but there's another stinker out there called "Basketcase." I hope you never see it as it was sooo very aweful, but if you do, I'm confident you'd revise your list within the top 1-5...
Ha--I saw Star Crash when it came out--I'm surprised it wasn't closer to #1. A truly awful movie. The one saving grace was the scantily clad Caroline Munro. Maybe that's what kept it down to #24.
Manos is spanish for hands on Chico and the man, Chico means boy in spanish. Tonto means dumb in spanish, Wonder Woman says hola in spanish is hello but h is silent.
This is a cool movie but the trailer lacks. Has anyone gotten wind of the new book THE ICE GORILLA. I read that producers are looking to take THE ICE GORILLA book to the big screen. Does anyone have the details.???.?
Good list, though personally I don't think old B-movies count since those that made them knew they were bad and never intended them to be anything but cheap entertainment in some lousy drive-in theater. I'd count only those that were made with the uttermost serious tone but ended up ridiculous: Like The Postman, Howard the Duck and Battlefield Earth.
I'd add Star Wars Episode I , Soldier and the utterly ridiculous Equilibrium. The worst copy-and-paste movie ever made with laughable scenes.
Now to clarify why I find Equilibrium to be the worst sci-fi movie ever. It's because it's an incredibly stupid film that thinks it's smart. That is THE cardinal sin when making a movie, or writing a song or book for that matter.
Aside from ripping of famous classic sci-fi movies (based on novels) like Bradbury's "Fahrenheit 451", Orwell's "1984", Metropolis (Fritz Lang's), Bladerunner, THX1138, Matrix and Logan's Run to make a soup, the whole premise is absurd and nonsense.
OK, I'll give you some latitude, (I liked Star Crash and Creeping Terror) but MANOS is NOT scifi in any sense of the word. As for your others, you left off "Wizzard of Mars;" "Doomsday;" & "Devil girl from Mars." While "Teenagers" and "A-go-go" were bad, they have a charm that makes them watchable. These three are just plane bad.
All of them are bad, but, that's what makes them "memorable." The Little Shop of Horrors was awful for its time, but, as my dad and I watched it, I said: "Years from now, someone will remake this movie -- maybe a musical of it." That was in 1962. I was 10. Yeah, so, I'm old.
@Laceykat66 Well, yeah, it's his video so he can do what he wants with it. However, if he's going to make a 25-worst sci-fi movies list, then it should be within bounds to call him on a movie if it's not sci-fi.
Timeline (Book Was better), The Postman (Movie was Better), Catwoman ISNT SCI FI! Yeah Highlander 2 sucked! LOL Battlefield Earth... good god that one sucked. Wait wait... you forgot the WORST ONE EVER! Zardoz
Battlefield Earth - Best Science Fiction book ever written, WORST waste of cinematic celloloid ever filmed. I felt like a kid who had been promised a trip to Disneyland but was taken to the Dentist.
Battlefield Earth waste of film, Postman decent all in all (including Tom Petty) The Shape of Things to Come one of the absolute best (given the time period it was made in ) one of the first great Sci-Fi films and should be seen by every one who wishes to study film and society.
Ah, you have to be referringto H.G. Wells THINGS TO COME, a black and white movie from 1936. THE SHAPE OF THINGS TO COME that I pictured in the video, with the girl sort of crouching, being menaced by a robot is no relation, and is an absolutely horrible movie. The only thing they have in common are the titles.
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I don't know why the Postman was voted as a bad movie, I liked Avatar and the special effects were out standing, but I think the story wasn't that original and it was predictable what was going to happen. I suppose the sequel will be along the lines of "return of the sky people" or something like that. Just like the second and third Terminator movies were more or less re-hash. I think the Sarah Conner Chronicals were alot better.
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I'm a huge lover of film, and both an aspiring actor and film maker. But I must say The Postman was a decent film, and others who've seen it recently have said the same. Definitely shouldn't be on this list, I think.
A few points, and it might seem like nitpicking but, Starcrash DID suck, still Caroline Munro made it at least visually enjoyable. Howard the Duck was clearly spoofing the genre rather than being a serious attempt at sci-fi, although even as a spoof it failed. Manos was horror, or it tried to be horror, not sci-fi. Catwoman was also more supernatural than technology driven, as for Halle Berry, see my Starcrash point. Overall, a respectable list. The MST3K crew has done most of them, so y'know.
Battlefield earth GROSSED 79 MILLION in the box office so I am not the only one to think it was a good movie it was by far one of the best Sci Fi Films in history and if you think it was one of the worse then you are obviously not a sci-fi fan
You have your numbers wrong elf. Battlefield Earth COST $75 million to make, $20 million to merchandise, and made about $29 million. It's net loss was over $66 million making it one of the worst box office bombs in history, on the level of Heaven's Gate. You should not praise what you know nothing about!
@Ghettoelf1971 It's not everything about box office. IMDb rating 2.4 and a Metascore 9/100 means that the movie isn't well received among the majority. I'm also the one who thinks it was a bad movie. But I respect the fact that you think it was a good movie. I know some movies that are not so bad in my opinion although most people think different.
@Ghettoelf1971 Battlefield Earth was a huge flop at the box office. Second, it was a much better book than movie. You are in a huge MINORITY of people who think that it is actually a good movie. Most critics thought that it was one of the worst movies ever made to being one of the worst movies of the year it came out.
there is one monster movie that i saw on tv once with my kids and i dont remember much but there is some blue alien monster hiding in a cave and there is this one guy who goes into and i think fights it but the guy dies and his wife comes to the cave, the monster kills her also and thats the end. i have been looking for this movie since 1998.
The Creeping Terror is my choice for the absolute worst monster flick ever made. It was so low budget that the sound for the movie was lost and they had a narrator tell the story. Bobby Bobby Where are you?
"Laser Mission" was much worse than half of these you listed. I've seen a few other Sci-Fi movies that are just about as bad; in fact, most Sci-Fi movies are little better than LM (which is why I no longer like Sci-Fi).
"Timeline" wasn't nearly bad enough to be on this list.
Funny, I own some of them on DVD. Only the 1940's to early 60's films. Manos is very funny (the original one and not the dubbed MSTK version), Robot Monster, Plan 9, The Creeping Terror, etc love those films! I may get some hate response from this but, 2001 Space Odyssey should be #1, maybe even #1 on worst movies of all time.
@Pooua "2001" in my opinion is a soulless, emotionless film I have ever seen and I have seen over a million films. If we are really concerned about storytelling, then read a book. Films are also meant to be watched too. Visually "2001" is a killer. Now the B-flicks were bad too, but I can still enjoy the silliness of them. And be amused on how cheesy they were. Let's not fight over this. Too many hateful YT people out there. The ONLY good kubrick film he ever made was "Killer's Kiss". Rent it!
IMHO, you can't beat those b/w 50's sci-fi films. It's just that there aren't enough of them. When they started adding color to the films, they were nothing more than home videos shot in the woods. For the real cheesy stuff, you needto consult the b/w 50's movies.
I have to admit to enjoying the scientologist's wet dream Battlefield Earth, and Kevin Costner's equivalent The Postman, so obviously tastes differ... but how is Abraxas: Guardian of the Universe not even in this list? I must have missed it :P
some of these movies are really not fair to compare. pluto nash, catwoman, these were big buget, major studio releases that were god awful. Its simply not right to compare them to movies like robot monster and plan 9 that were made on a combined budget of like $27. There really has to be an effort to make a decent movie scale, to compare these. Like a difficulty rating in a diving competition.
Wouldn't 'Manos The Hands Of Fate' be a better contender for "The 25 Worst Horror Films Ever Made"? I don't really seem to remember any Sci-Fi elements in Manos, there were quite a few lame assed attempts at horror though, not to mention the great Torgo in that film ;) Great choices though, although I always get a guilty pleasure out of Star Crash just due to those crazy sexy skimpy spacesuits worn by what's her name throughout that film.
A better list might come with the the caveat "Worst sci-fi films with a plus 20 million dollar budget. Otherwise, on this list I would put my number one worst sci-fi film as "Inseminoid" (Aka "Horror Planet")
MOKWELLA-Thank you so much. "Panic": saw once as a kid-but never forgot it (on holiday in Miami,during cubin Missle crisis-age 3 remember seeing a white dolphin they had a blue screen 30ft high+ all these tanks (what the heck would tanks do in that situation? What an odd time-my cousins said of the tanks:so the Russians don't nuke us. Then 4 yrs later on TV is this family w/a trailer-(Our family camped)4 yrsI feared we,while camping would be "nuked by white dolphins-controlled by computers!
Sci Fi fans HELP ME! I am truing to find 2 either 1950-60,even early 70's films- I saw them so Know they exhist :-) #1 is about the USSR/Russia and the USA ,both have a super computer-the name of the USA's computer is Colalous ( as in huge)-Russia's
Computer-forgot its name-the 2 are allowed to "talk"! #2 is about a family camping-sees a mushroom cloud behind them-there3 hrs out of LA-so mom,pop and kiddies turn into survivalists- If ya know -post please FYI I have DVD 4 When Worlds Colide
@Patti51Lynn "Colossus: The Forbin Project" (AKA "Colossus: 1980" aka "The Day the World Changed Hands") produced in the late '60's, but released in 1970. In the movie the Soviet computer was named "Guardian." It was available on VHS in the the late '90's. Might be on DVD now. The star of the movie was an actor named Eric Braeden.
The second movie you are describing is "Panic in the Year Zero", produced in the late 1950's and starring an actor named Ray Milland.
I would strongly argue that "MANOS" is not a sci-fi film, but a horror movie. However, i am glad to see TIMELINE acknowledged as the total steaming pile of shit it is, and would have put it much higher on the list. THE POSTMAN is really only bad because it's bloated, pretentious, and self-indulgent-- A decent editor could save it, easily, by cutting about an hour of runtime.
Space Truckers?!? You listed that on the worst?!? Now, I KNOW you're getting stoopid now. Message From Space, The Humanoid, X-tro, Zardoz, Trogg, are a few of the garbage that should've made it on that list. Space Truckers?!? Damn, man.
First Spaceship on Venus was an admirable effort, showing international cooperation in a space effort, imaginative beyond its time, and eerie unworldly effects puts this film on my classics list.
@ivor1 Oh it's definitely a keeper. I have it on dvd. I will say the international aspect of it was striking. But the dialogue and acting was laughable. Still, it's worth watching.
I loved "Howard the Duck"...very imaginative and entertaining. As to the all time worst sci fi / horror film it has to be "From Hell it Came". Youtube has some clips here...it's about a Killer Tree.
@zooeyhall While the premise and explanation for the giant bird in that is exceedingly stupid, and I will totally grant how goofy the thing looks, GIANT CLAW actually has a good cast and decent acting (I feel sure none of them knew what the monster was going to end up looking like!) While GIANT CLAW is still very, very bad, it's got better pacing and action than THE DEADLY MANTIS or BEGINNING OF THE END.
Yeah the original Things to come 35 released 36 was way ahead of it's time, equal
to Metropolis.The 79 sequel was just shit,and would embaress a high school project.
However The Postman I found to be a very good film,and a realistic protrayal of a post apocalyptic scenerio where Warlords would rule over the wastelands.
i strongly disagree with orson wells shape of things to come being a worse science fiction film i've seen it many times and found it insightful meaningful and hopeful
I think we may be talking about different movies. The 1936 film, which is based on the book, is awesome. The awful 1979 version, filmed up in Canada, with no connection to the book at all is really just horrible.
@mokwella i assumed it was the 1936 original you were basing your list on your assumption is right on,indeed i was not aware of a remake having been done glad you like the original i could watch the 1936 movie again no problem and thank you for the clarification
@azzorroww You don't mean Orson Welles, do you? You mean HG Wells. Do you know, though, that Arthur C Clarke showed Things To Come to Stanley Kubrick and Kubrick thought it was rubbish? Just shows how people can differ.
@ZoeEGraceexcuse me my over sight, i found it quite interesting that clark showed this film and that kubrick did nor like it indeed as you say people can differ.
@azzorroww You're thinking of H G Wells THINGS TO COME, a black and white movie from 1936. THE SHAPE OF THINGS TO COME was pictured in the video, with the girl sort of crouching, being menaced by a robot. No relation.
I do believe that you are talking about H.G.Wells the original author of the novel "The Shape of Things to come" 1933, and one of the greatest Sci Fi. writers of all time. He gave us: The Time Machine, War of the Worlds, The Invisible Man, and Food of the G-ds and The Island of Dr Moreau. He was actually involved in the scripting of the 1936 movie. The Orson Welles connection is the 1938 radio drama that spooked America, based on H.G.Wells novel, War of the Worlds.
I do believe that you are talking about H.G.Wells the original author of the novel "The Shape of Things to come" 1933, and one of the greatest Sci Fi. writers of all time. He gave us: The Time Machine, War of the Worlds, The Invisible Man, and Food of the G-ds and The Island of Dr Moreau. He was actually involved in the scripting of the 1936 movie. The Orson Welles connection is the 1938 radio drama that spooked America, based on H.G.Wells novel, War of the Worlds.
In my mind what you really need are two lists. One for movies like "Santa Claus Conquers the Martians" that don't pretend to be serious movies and were made on shoestring budgets. Another list for pretentious, overblown, crap, like "The Postman" and especially "Battlefield Earth". There's a difference between movies that were bad because they couldn't help it and movies that didn't have to be but were anyway.
mosty lightweight list. about 1/2 of the films or more are just dull b-movies & not pure crap eg. robot holocaust, robot vs the aztec mummy, voyage to the planet of prehistoric women, earth minus zero, the slime people, war of the robots, UFO: target earth, cosmos: war of the planets, eyes beyond the stars, abraxas, hardware, digital man, ice pirates, astro zombies, galaxina & battle queen 2020 etc.
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catwoman is better than batman begins too as at least it doesn't cheat all of IT'S fight scenes
i didn't have space to mention that, but unlike many of the films listed, at least it truly IS bad eg. robot monster is so bad IT'S GOOD! it's a fun film to watch. a truly bad movie is pure boring torture to endure. i've seen a lot worse than most of this list, but many of the films are so bad & boring, i can't even remember them after they induced brain damage watching them. LOL
that's what i'm saying, many of the films that aren't just bland are actually fun! i had a real hoot watching the last 10 minutes of "starcrash" & want to see the whole film. you want to see some REALLY BAD SCI-FI? watch anything made in italy & get back to me. LOL turkey makes other really bad movies besides dunyayi kurtaran adam (funniest movie EVER! including actual comedies) too like turkish captain america, superman & star trek & brazilian star wars looks pretty bad too.
I'm pleasantly surprised to see that A Sound of Thunder is not on this list. Everyone hates it, but I actually love it, despite the bad special effects.
in defense of superman 4, they chopped up christopher reeves script. he had bizzarro, not some crazy blonde in tights. also he had bizzarro kill a bunch of people in what would have been the greatest super fight in history. he also wanted annette o'tool to come back as lana lang and have bizzarro go after her, stupid studios!
space truckers is awesome!
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themannydanny 1 month ago
I want to watch turkish star wars!
stage898ya 1 month ago
the list is ok, but i don't Space Truckers should be on it,
Roysterdoyster98 1 month ago
Basketcase isn't on the list cos it isn't a Sci Fi movie
Roysterdoyster98 1 month ago
...That's a fine list but there's another stinker out there called "Basketcase." I hope you never see it as it was sooo very aweful, but if you do, I'm confident you'd revise your list within the top 1-5...
arromac 2 months ago
What, no Phantom Menace?
tausti 2 months ago
Ha--I saw Star Crash when it came out--I'm surprised it wasn't closer to #1. A truly awful movie. The one saving grace was the scantily clad Caroline Munro. Maybe that's what kept it down to #24.
DandAinTac 2 months ago
Manos is spanish for hands on Chico and the man, Chico means boy in spanish. Tonto means dumb in spanish, Wonder Woman says hola in spanish is hello but h is silent.
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Where is THE HUMANOID?
abuzadote 3 months ago
Wow..can't believe "LaserBlast" wasn't on the list. Really bad 1970 something
gunslinger072 4 months ago
CatWoman is Fantasy NOT Sci Fi fool.
I'll let you off with Superman being that there is some element of Science in the plot. ^_^
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This is a cool movie but the trailer lacks. Has anyone gotten wind of the new book THE ICE GORILLA. I read that producers are looking to take THE ICE GORILLA book to the big screen. Does anyone have the details.???.?
prehistoric28 4 months ago
Good list, though personally I don't think old B-movies count since those that made them knew they were bad and never intended them to be anything but cheap entertainment in some lousy drive-in theater. I'd count only those that were made with the uttermost serious tone but ended up ridiculous: Like The Postman, Howard the Duck and Battlefield Earth.
I'd add Star Wars Episode I , Soldier and the utterly ridiculous Equilibrium. The worst copy-and-paste movie ever made with laughable scenes.
McLarenMercedes 4 months ago
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Now to clarify why I find Equilibrium to be the worst sci-fi movie ever. It's because it's an incredibly stupid film that thinks it's smart. That is THE cardinal sin when making a movie, or writing a song or book for that matter.
Aside from ripping of famous classic sci-fi movies (based on novels) like Bradbury's "Fahrenheit 451", Orwell's "1984", Metropolis (Fritz Lang's), Bladerunner, THX1138, Matrix and Logan's Run to make a soup, the whole premise is absurd and nonsense.
McLarenMercedes 4 months ago
The Killer Shrews should be listed, that is a true festival of suck.
Darrylizer1 5 months ago
@Darrylizer1 No way Night of the Lepus was worse, giant bunnies take over earth!
duaneburnett 5 months ago
I could probably argue with this list given time. There are so many really really bad scifi films how could you possibly narrow it down to a top 25?
FerretJohn 5 months ago
Yep. It's the "erotic parody" called Flesh Gordon that came out in 1974.
mokwella 5 months ago
How Could "Attack of the Killer Tomatoes " be left off this list?
Starbase16 5 months ago 3
Ah -- I love Attack of the Killer Tomatoes. So bad it's good.
mokwella 5 months ago 2
@mokwella What is the music in this video?
Tralman1965 4 months ago
@Starbase16 Probably because they KNEW it was supposed to be bad! LOL LOL LOL
whatuswattingat 3 months ago
OK, I'll give you some latitude, (I liked Star Crash and Creeping Terror) but MANOS is NOT scifi in any sense of the word. As for your others, you left off "Wizzard of Mars;" "Doomsday;" & "Devil girl from Mars." While "Teenagers" and "A-go-go" were bad, they have a charm that makes them watchable. These three are just plane bad.
Laceykat66 5 months ago
All of them are bad, but, that's what makes them "memorable." The Little Shop of Horrors was awful for its time, but, as my dad and I watched it, I said: "Years from now, someone will remake this movie -- maybe a musical of it." That was in 1962. I was 10. Yeah, so, I'm old.
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What about The Food of the Gods?
coystrill 5 months ago
What about The Food of the Gods?
coystrill 5 months ago
Turkish Star Wars shoould be on the top 10.
breseemaxwell 5 months ago
No, Yor the Hunter from the Future..
dkempf1 5 months ago
The hell? Superman and Catwoman aren't Sci-fi.
alekesam 6 months ago
@alekesam Neither is "hobgoblins, but it is his post so he has the latitude.
Laceykat66 5 months ago
@Laceykat66 Well, yeah, it's his video so he can do what he wants with it. However, if he's going to make a 25-worst sci-fi movies list, then it should be within bounds to call him on a movie if it's not sci-fi.
alekesam 5 months ago
Timeline (Book Was better), The Postman (Movie was Better), Catwoman ISNT SCI FI! Yeah Highlander 2 sucked! LOL Battlefield Earth... good god that one sucked. Wait wait... you forgot the WORST ONE EVER! Zardoz
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Mathadar 6 months ago
The Postman was actually quite good !! Maybe someone has a thing against Kevin Costner?
SNLGUY 6 months ago
Howard the duck ruled Timeline ruled Barb wire was awesome
The postman was awesome
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Howard the duck ruled Timeline ruled Barb wire was awesome
JamesBurdin2010 6 months ago
Howard the duck ruled Timeline ruled
JamesBurdin2010 6 months ago
Battlefield Earth - Best Science Fiction book ever written, WORST waste of cinematic celloloid ever filmed. I felt like a kid who had been promised a trip to Disneyland but was taken to the Dentist.
richardharleman 6 months ago
I am then sorry and in error I thought you were referring to the bw with Raymond Massey ect
bluetardis40 6 months ago
Battlefield Earth waste of film, Postman decent all in all (including Tom Petty) The Shape of Things to Come one of the absolute best (given the time period it was made in ) one of the first great Sci-Fi films and should be seen by every one who wishes to study film and society.
bluetardis40 6 months ago
Ah, you have to be referringto H.G. Wells THINGS TO COME, a black and white movie from 1936. THE SHAPE OF THINGS TO COME that I pictured in the video, with the girl sort of crouching, being menaced by a robot is no relation, and is an absolutely horrible movie. The only thing they have in common are the titles.
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lastnoteproductions 6 months ago
You left out Meteor Monster and who could forget The Brain That Wouldn't Die. The
Giant Claw was also was really bad. But the number one spot should be awarded to....... Battlefield Earth.
rlr50 6 months ago
Howard the Duck ? I loved that movie...does anyone else like it?
whiskeyify 7 months ago
That movie really wasn't all it was quacked up to be...
mokwella 7 months ago
@mokwella I still like it...not sure why. Another favorite of mine is "Terror Vision". I don't think you listed that one...it's another bad film.
whiskeyify 6 months ago
@whiskeyify I love Howard the Duck
tabun38 6 months ago
@whiskeyify Only movie I ever walked out of (I had read some of the comics and didn't expect the movie to suck)
terrythecensor 6 months ago
I don't know why the Postman was voted as a bad movie, I liked Avatar and the special effects were out standing, but I think the story wasn't that original and it was predictable what was going to happen. I suppose the sequel will be along the lines of "return of the sky people" or something like that. Just like the second and third Terminator movies were more or less re-hash. I think the Sarah Conner Chronicals were alot better.
MrBigfan007 7 months ago
@MrBigfan007 you mean pocahontas in blue fi??bleh
SchitzzEnGiggles 6 months ago
Battlefield Earth was a great satire depicting corporate America. It nailed it.
There were films on this list that just don't belong there, IMHO.
wait4itandwait4it 7 months ago
The only one I watched that was on the list was The Postman ,and I liked it.
MrBigfan007 7 months ago
@MrBigfan007 I liked it, too.
wait4itandwait4it 7 months ago
Is Blair Witch project scifi and did anyone like it? Blair Witch 2 was better but first so bad few went to see it.
hydrolito 7 months ago
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eddiewilson11 7 months ago
You forgot Barbarella !! (I actually liked Star Crash & Superman4.)
raindance74 8 months ago
I'm a huge lover of film, and both an aspiring actor and film maker. But I must say The Postman was a decent film, and others who've seen it recently have said the same. Definitely shouldn't be on this list, I think.
HendrixRules27 8 months ago
Oh it was horrid alright!
mokwella 8 months ago
@mokwella You sure hate it haha. :P
The rest of this list is spot on though.
HendrixRules27 8 months ago
A few points, and it might seem like nitpicking but, Starcrash DID suck, still Caroline Munro made it at least visually enjoyable. Howard the Duck was clearly spoofing the genre rather than being a serious attempt at sci-fi, although even as a spoof it failed. Manos was horror, or it tried to be horror, not sci-fi. Catwoman was also more supernatural than technology driven, as for Halle Berry, see my Starcrash point. Overall, a respectable list. The MST3K crew has done most of them, so y'know.
BigDaddyVa0 8 months ago
I've seen all but six of these. Sadly, my first thought upon making that observation is "I'd better get on that."
ironychan 8 months ago
you should not critique that which you know nothing about!
Ghettoelf1971 8 months ago
Ugly, campy, and poorly acted, Battlefield Earth is a stunningly misguided, aggressively bad sci-fi folly.
mokwella 8 months ago 4
@mokwella Dude, i read the exact text from wikipedia. no joke.
scaryhorror333 2 months ago
Battlefield earth GROSSED 79 MILLION in the box office so I am not the only one to think it was a good movie it was by far one of the best Sci Fi Films in history and if you think it was one of the worse then you are obviously not a sci-fi fan
Ghettoelf1971 8 months ago
You have your numbers wrong elf. Battlefield Earth COST $75 million to make, $20 million to merchandise, and made about $29 million. It's net loss was over $66 million making it one of the worst box office bombs in history, on the level of Heaven's Gate. You should not praise what you know nothing about!
mokwella 8 months ago 5
@Ghettoelf1971 It's not everything about box office. IMDb rating 2.4 and a Metascore 9/100 means that the movie isn't well received among the majority. I'm also the one who thinks it was a bad movie. But I respect the fact that you think it was a good movie. I know some movies that are not so bad in my opinion although most people think different.
VWgolfR1 8 months ago
@Ghettoelf1971 You're only saying that because you're a scientologist.
Sadisticjellyfish73 7 months ago
@Ghettoelf1971 Battlefield Earth was a huge flop at the box office. Second, it was a much better book than movie. You are in a huge MINORITY of people who think that it is actually a good movie. Most critics thought that it was one of the worst movies ever made to being one of the worst movies of the year it came out.
ARepublicanVictory 7 months ago
@Ghettoelf1971 His info says "in his honest opinion" and you may be the only person EVER to think Battlefield Earth was a good film.
Tralman1965 8 months ago
"Teenagers from Outer Space" wasn't that bad. Really, the worst part of it was the godawful lobster monster.
FiendsInRedSatin1 8 months ago
there is one monster movie that i saw on tv once with my kids and i dont remember much but there is some blue alien monster hiding in a cave and there is this one guy who goes into and i think fights it but the guy dies and his wife comes to the cave, the monster kills her also and thats the end. i have been looking for this movie since 1998.
ClassicFilmSource1 9 months ago
The Creeping Terror is my choice for the absolute worst monster flick ever made. It was so low budget that the sound for the movie was lost and they had a narrator tell the story. Bobby Bobby Where are you?
fiddlerpin 9 months ago
"Laser Mission" was much worse than half of these you listed. I've seen a few other Sci-Fi movies that are just about as bad; in fact, most Sci-Fi movies are little better than LM (which is why I no longer like Sci-Fi).
"Timeline" wasn't nearly bad enough to be on this list.
Pooua 9 months ago
Wait, are you rating them from best to worse or vice versa? Because, in my not so humble opinion, Pluto Nash, and Space Truckers were great movies!
Nomoreidsleft 9 months ago
Least Worst to Most Worst.
mokwella 9 months ago
Frankenstein Conquers The World is an awesome movie unless your talking about the american version and not the awesome japanese version.
Mike55loveshisgecko 10 months ago
Funny, I own some of them on DVD. Only the 1940's to early 60's films. Manos is very funny (the original one and not the dubbed MSTK version), Robot Monster, Plan 9, The Creeping Terror, etc love those films! I may get some hate response from this but, 2001 Space Odyssey should be #1, maybe even #1 on worst movies of all time.
AgooArt 10 months ago
@AgooArt "2001" is brilliant and beautiful. People who complain about it usually need to learn introspection and storytelling.
Pooua 9 months ago 3
@Pooua "2001" in my opinion is a soulless, emotionless film I have ever seen and I have seen over a million films. If we are really concerned about storytelling, then read a book. Films are also meant to be watched too. Visually "2001" is a killer. Now the B-flicks were bad too, but I can still enjoy the silliness of them. And be amused on how cheesy they were. Let's not fight over this. Too many hateful YT people out there. The ONLY good kubrick film he ever made was "Killer's Kiss". Rent it!
AgooArt 6 months ago
Yes, yes..! Teenagers from Outer Space--haha
BrokenAeroVT 11 months ago
Contrary to popular belief Sci-fi fans are a lot smarter than the mainstream gives them credit for....
TangibleImages 1 year ago
@TangibleImages Sure. They just lack artistic taste.
Pooua 9 months ago
Turkish Star Wars!? What the frak!
townsendtwins 1 year ago
IMHO, you can't beat those b/w 50's sci-fi films. It's just that there aren't enough of them. When they started adding color to the films, they were nothing more than home videos shot in the woods. For the real cheesy stuff, you needto consult the b/w 50's movies.
InsanityHere 1 year ago
Lol @ 21, 18, 15, 6 and 4
moepskie 1 year ago
star wars prequel trilogy anyone?
Dgamer21 1 year ago
I'm surprised that Dark Planet (1996) and Alien resurrection (1997) aren't on this list.
Maxthemetalkid 1 year ago
I have to admit to enjoying the scientologist's wet dream Battlefield Earth, and Kevin Costner's equivalent The Postman, so obviously tastes differ... but how is Abraxas: Guardian of the Universe not even in this list? I must have missed it :P
oneofthefew82 1 year ago
I really don't think catwoman should be rated as a sci-fi movie.And how come Laserblast isn't on the list?
koala7g 1 year ago
ah - truth be told I sort of found Laserblast amusing. I would put it the bottom 40, but not the bottom 25.
mokwella 1 year ago
@mokwella and how about the humanoid,moon zero two and.................the phantom menace.
karlydoc 1 year ago
WTH??!! SANTA CLAUSE CONQUERS THE MARTIANS? SOUNDS CRUDDY!
Dinozilla626 1 year ago
some of these movies are really not fair to compare. pluto nash, catwoman, these were big buget, major studio releases that were god awful. Its simply not right to compare them to movies like robot monster and plan 9 that were made on a combined budget of like $27. There really has to be an effort to make a decent movie scale, to compare these. Like a difficulty rating in a diving competition.
jleslie48 1 year ago
Wouldn't 'Manos The Hands Of Fate' be a better contender for "The 25 Worst Horror Films Ever Made"? I don't really seem to remember any Sci-Fi elements in Manos, there were quite a few lame assed attempts at horror though, not to mention the great Torgo in that film ;) Great choices though, although I always get a guilty pleasure out of Star Crash just due to those crazy sexy skimpy spacesuits worn by what's her name throughout that film.
cha5 1 year ago
A better list might come with the the caveat "Worst sci-fi films with a plus 20 million dollar budget. Otherwise, on this list I would put my number one worst sci-fi film as "Inseminoid" (Aka "Horror Planet")
alexalex3131 1 year ago
MOKWELLA-Thank you so much. "Panic": saw once as a kid-but never forgot it (on holiday in Miami,during cubin Missle crisis-age 3 remember seeing a white dolphin they had a blue screen 30ft high+ all these tanks (what the heck would tanks do in that situation? What an odd time-my cousins said of the tanks:so the Russians don't nuke us. Then 4 yrs later on TV is this family w/a trailer-(Our family camped)4 yrsI feared we,while camping would be "nuked by white dolphins-controlled by computers!
Patti51Lynn 1 year ago
Sci Fi fans HELP ME! I am truing to find 2 either 1950-60,even early 70's films- I saw them so Know they exhist :-) #1 is about the USSR/Russia and the USA ,both have a super computer-the name of the USA's computer is Colalous ( as in huge)-Russia's
Computer-forgot its name-the 2 are allowed to "talk"! #2 is about a family camping-sees a mushroom cloud behind them-there3 hrs out of LA-so mom,pop and kiddies turn into survivalists- If ya know -post please FYI I have DVD 4 When Worlds Colide
Patti51Lynn 1 year ago
#1 is Colossus: The Forbin Project (1970). #2 is Panic is Year Zero (1962).
mokwella 1 year ago
sorry -- meant Panic In Year Zero!
mokwella 1 year ago
@Patti51Lynn "Colossus: The Forbin Project" (AKA "Colossus: 1980" aka "The Day the World Changed Hands") produced in the late '60's, but released in 1970. In the movie the Soviet computer was named "Guardian." It was available on VHS in the the late '90's. Might be on DVD now. The star of the movie was an actor named Eric Braeden.
The second movie you are describing is "Panic in the Year Zero", produced in the late 1950's and starring an actor named Ray Milland.
TheRebel2007 1 year ago
@Patti51Lynn I think the first one you mentioned is called `The Forbin Project`.
MrValiant61 9 months ago
@MrValiant61 No, "Colossus: The Forbin Project" did not have any robots, just computers linked to our nuke missiles.
Pooua 9 months ago
@Patti51Lynn It was called "Collosus the Forbin Project" about a computer that took over the world. Don't know about other movie though.
hydrolito 9 months ago
@Patti51Lynn the first movie you're after is "Colossus: The Forbin Project". I'm pretty sure it's on DVD.
FiendsInRedSatin1 8 months ago
I may add "Mario Bros" and "Ultraviolet"
vucubcaxis 1 year ago
Someones an MST3K fan
gunnare123 1 year ago
I would strongly argue that "MANOS" is not a sci-fi film, but a horror movie. However, i am glad to see TIMELINE acknowledged as the total steaming pile of shit it is, and would have put it much higher on the list. THE POSTMAN is really only bad because it's bloated, pretentious, and self-indulgent-- A decent editor could save it, easily, by cutting about an hour of runtime.
GoblinXXX 1 year ago
You could have told us much, much more if you'd mentioned what year those films were released
Strawberry7Lynn 1 year ago
Space Truckers?!? You listed that on the worst?!? Now, I KNOW you're getting stoopid now. Message From Space, The Humanoid, X-tro, Zardoz, Trogg, are a few of the garbage that should've made it on that list. Space Truckers?!? Damn, man.
Khultan 1 year ago
Interesting list.
FamilyOfMan1975 1 year ago
wtf santa claus defeats the martians #@&$ THAT
wahow100 1 year ago
Plan Nine from Outer Space is so bad it's good. You forgot "First Spaceship on Venus".
blkchk 1 year ago
@blkchk
First Spaceship on Venus was an admirable effort, showing international cooperation in a space effort, imaginative beyond its time, and eerie unworldly effects puts this film on my classics list.
ivor1 1 year ago
@ivor1 Oh it's definitely a keeper. I have it on dvd. I will say the international aspect of it was striking. But the dialogue and acting was laughable. Still, it's worth watching.
blkchk 1 year ago
@ivor1 And it had a robot that looked like R2 D2 if he'd been run over by a steamroller.
GoblinXXX 1 year ago
loved Space truckers, and both Frankenstein movies mentioned. Just added a couple of others to my Netflix cue.
Adom 1 year ago
I loved "Howard the Duck"...very imaginative and entertaining. As to the all time worst sci fi / horror film it has to be "From Hell it Came". Youtube has some clips here...it's about a Killer Tree.
whiskeyify 1 year ago
This makes the top 25 list of bad top 25 lists of bad sci-fi movies....
s0undch4ser 1 year ago
bullshit i liked catwoman
sammy7819 1 year ago
some of those got mst3-ked
Bullfr0g174 1 year ago
You left out one of the worst stinkers ever: "The Giant Claw". A huge ugly-ass bird that looks like some paper-mache turkey threatens the world.
zooeyhall 1 year ago
@zooeyhall While the premise and explanation for the giant bird in that is exceedingly stupid, and I will totally grant how goofy the thing looks, GIANT CLAW actually has a good cast and decent acting (I feel sure none of them knew what the monster was going to end up looking like!) While GIANT CLAW is still very, very bad, it's got better pacing and action than THE DEADLY MANTIS or BEGINNING OF THE END.
GoblinXXX 1 year ago
Yeah the original Things to come 35 released 36 was way ahead of it's time, equal
to Metropolis.The 79 sequel was just shit,and would embaress a high school project.
However The Postman I found to be a very good film,and a realistic protrayal of a post apocalyptic scenerio where Warlords would rule over the wastelands.
reticulan5 1 year ago
thank god for the ability to mute
googleeaterwoot 1 year ago
i strongly disagree with orson wells shape of things to come being a worse science fiction film i've seen it many times and found it insightful meaningful and hopeful
azzorroww 1 year ago
I think we may be talking about different movies. The 1936 film, which is based on the book, is awesome. The awful 1979 version, filmed up in Canada, with no connection to the book at all is really just horrible.
mokwella 1 year ago
@mokwella i assumed it was the 1936 original you were basing your list on your assumption is right on,indeed i was not aware of a remake having been done glad you like the original i could watch the 1936 movie again no problem and thank you for the clarification
azzorroww 1 year ago
@azzorroww You don't mean Orson Welles, do you? You mean HG Wells. Do you know, though, that Arthur C Clarke showed Things To Come to Stanley Kubrick and Kubrick thought it was rubbish? Just shows how people can differ.
ZoeEGrace 1 year ago
@ZoeEGraceexcuse me my over sight, i found it quite interesting that clark showed this film and that kubrick did nor like it indeed as you say people can differ.
azzorroww 1 year ago
@azzorroww You're thinking of H G Wells THINGS TO COME, a black and white movie from 1936. THE SHAPE OF THINGS TO COME was pictured in the video, with the girl sort of crouching, being menaced by a robot. No relation.
GoblinXXX 1 year ago
@GoblinXXX your right, and i thank you for the clarrification.
azzorroww 1 year ago
@azzorroww
I do believe that you are talking about H.G.Wells the original author of the novel "The Shape of Things to come" 1933, and one of the greatest Sci Fi. writers of all time. He gave us: The Time Machine, War of the Worlds, The Invisible Man, and Food of the G-ds and The Island of Dr Moreau. He was actually involved in the scripting of the 1936 movie. The Orson Welles connection is the 1938 radio drama that spooked America, based on H.G.Wells novel, War of the Worlds.
ivor1 1 year ago
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@azzorroww
I do believe that you are talking about H.G.Wells the original author of the novel "The Shape of Things to come" 1933, and one of the greatest Sci Fi. writers of all time. He gave us: The Time Machine, War of the Worlds, The Invisible Man, and Food of the G-ds and The Island of Dr Moreau. He was actually involved in the scripting of the 1936 movie. The Orson Welles connection is the 1938 radio drama that spooked America, based on H.G.Wells novel, War of the Worlds.
ivor1 1 year ago
Nonsense to Frankenstein Conquers the World. :/ nowhere near the worst, in fact it's pretty rad.
MekaGojira3k 1 year ago
In my mind what you really need are two lists. One for movies like "Santa Claus Conquers the Martians" that don't pretend to be serious movies and were made on shoestring budgets. Another list for pretentious, overblown, crap, like "The Postman" and especially "Battlefield Earth". There's a difference between movies that were bad because they couldn't help it and movies that didn't have to be but were anyway.
mduncan36 1 year ago
Manos is considered Science Fiction now?
Actually, I liked Postman and Space Truckers.
Orlor 1 year ago
Forcing POW's to watch "Manos: The Hands of Fate" is a violation of the Geneva Convention!!! (At least it should be!)
TheRebel2007 1 year ago
@TheRebel2007 The Master wouldn't approve!
GoblinXXX 1 year ago
mosty lightweight list. about 1/2 of the films or more are just dull b-movies & not pure crap eg. robot holocaust, robot vs the aztec mummy, voyage to the planet of prehistoric women, earth minus zero, the slime people, war of the robots, UFO: target earth, cosmos: war of the planets, eyes beyond the stars, abraxas, hardware, digital man, ice pirates, astro zombies, galaxina & battle queen 2020 etc.
&
catwoman is better than batman begins too as at least it doesn't cheat all of IT'S fight scenes
djgambitron 1 year ago
That's a fantastic list. Although, I did actually kind of like Ice Pirates. lol.
mokwella 1 year ago
@mokwella
if the list is "fantastic", then i totally failed.
djgambitron 1 year ago
@djgambitron Ice Pirates = Awesome.
10072018 1 year ago
@10072018
hate ice pirates! never watching it again. it's sooooooooo BORING! even galaxina is better, and that's not saying much! LOL
djgambitron 1 year ago
Manos is not sci fi
jpdt007 1 year ago
@jpdt007
i didn't have space to mention that, but unlike many of the films listed, at least it truly IS bad eg. robot monster is so bad IT'S GOOD! it's a fun film to watch. a truly bad movie is pure boring torture to endure. i've seen a lot worse than most of this list, but many of the films are so bad & boring, i can't even remember them after they induced brain damage watching them. LOL
djgambitron 1 year ago
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Had ta agree on #1. So bad that Mike Nelson made it fun to watch ALA MST3K!
m22af91 1 year ago
Had ta agree on #1. So bad that Mike Nelson made it fun to watch ALA MST3K!
m22af91 1 year ago
Someone dragged me to Howard the Duck, and like an idiot I went. Now every time I see a duck I throw up.
terransage 1 year ago
that's what i'm saying, many of the films that aren't just bland are actually fun! i had a real hoot watching the last 10 minutes of "starcrash" & want to see the whole film. you want to see some REALLY BAD SCI-FI? watch anything made in italy & get back to me. LOL turkey makes other really bad movies besides dunyayi kurtaran adam (funniest movie EVER! including actual comedies) too like turkish captain america, superman & star trek & brazilian star wars looks pretty bad too.
djgambitron 1 year ago
Pluto Nash and Space Truckers were good movies. How can you put them on a list of Worst...
justynfeeney 1 year ago
Bloody awful music means I had to turn this one off.
Cyberschizoid 1 year ago 7
music swapped
mokwella 1 year ago
music swapped
mokwella 1 year ago
@mokwella Thanks! This is a bit more chill-out. Great list!
Cyberschizoid 1 year ago
@Cyberschizoid It beats rap ... then again, listening to a car crash beats rap.
stringbenderE2E 1 year ago
this song is such a cliche.....
ajl36117 1 year ago
what about the ones on sci fi?
TheBlackhawk205 1 year ago
I've got Space Mutiny on VHS !!! How 'Plan 9 From Outta Space' isn't #1 is a mystery ...
joshjohnson55 1 year ago
I'm pleasantly surprised to see that A Sound of Thunder is not on this list. Everyone hates it, but I actually love it, despite the bad special effects.
peterfinnfilms 1 year ago
But I liked Howard The Duck.
supressorgrid 1 year ago
@supressorgrid You cannot be sane!
limokontore 1 year ago
in defense of superman 4, they chopped up christopher reeves script. he had bizzarro, not some crazy blonde in tights. also he had bizzarro kill a bunch of people in what would have been the greatest super fight in history. he also wanted annette o'tool to come back as lana lang and have bizzarro go after her, stupid studios!
Akirajay38 1 year ago
Turkish Star Wars?
TomatoeAssassin 2 years ago
Where is spece hunter? And I kind of liked the postman.
BUDDY6414724297 2 years ago
Howard the Duck does not deserve to exist.
DannyGrowth 2 years ago
Space Mutiny, oh yeah. Hard to watch without laughing. It would take me a long time to tell you everything that is stupid about that movie.
"Put you helmet on, we'll be reaching speeds of three!"
vigo894 2 years ago
NIce list! I should know; I've suffered through most of those.
clarimacy 2 years ago