World Movies Cult: Best of the Worst
Demi Moore, Patrick Swayze, Linda Lovelace and one from Stephan Elliot. Movies so bad they are good?
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Movies so bad they are good?
Next week World Movies presents “WM Cult: Best of the Worst.”
TV and film historian Andrew Mercado, will present turkeys that are right for all the wrong reasons including films with Demi Moore, Patrick Swayze, Linda Lovelace and one from Stephan Elliot.
And he’s even getting in on the act with this cheeky clip.
“Once again, World Movies is giving me a platform to screen some of my favourite guilty pleasures – and make no mistake; some of these films are so bad they are fantastic! I am particularly excited to present Welcome to Woop Woop, one of my all- time Aussie classics, which I think is way overdue for a new re-evaluation” he said.
Striptease– Monday 10 August 9.30pm
Demi Moore stars as former FBI secretary Erin Grant, who loses custody of her young daughter Angela to her ex-husband Darrell. In order to afford an appeal, Erin becomes a stripper at the Eager Beaver, a Miami strip club.
“The film’s premise is thinner than the heroine’s G-string.” – Washington Post
The Room Tuesday 11 August 9.30pm
Generous, caring Johnny is beloved by everyone – everyone except for his sociopathic fiancée Lisa, who decides to seduce his best friend. A bona fide classic of midnight cinema, Tommy Wiseau’s misguided masterpiece is full off inept acting, moronic one liners and an atrocious plot.
“A movie so bad, so inept, so unbelievably painful, it’s almost impossible to comprehend anyone thought it would be great on-screen.” – Cinema Crazed
Welcome to Woop Woop – Wednesday 12 August 9.30pm
An Australian woman kidnaps an American man and keeps him prisoner in her odd village, where denizens drink beer, curse and listen to U.S. show tunes. Rageous and raucous, Stephan Elliott’s long-awaited follow-up to The Adventures Of Priscilla Queen Of The Desert is deliberately designed to offend.
“Finally a Rocky Horror Show to greet the millennium” – America Online
Road House – Thursday 13 August 9.30pm
James Dalton (Patrick Swayze) is a professional bouncer with a mysterious past who is enticed from his current job at a club in New York to take over security at a club, in Jasper, Missouri. In the 25 years since its release, the films has become a cult classic, both for its over-the-top fight scenes and Swayze’s mock-philosophical dialogue and awesome hair.
“Mindless entertainment of the highest order.” – Timeout
Deep Throat – Friday 14 August 9.30pm
A young woman tries everything to cure her sexual frustration, until she discovers the key to her satisfaction is in her throat. The film stars Linda Lovelace, and became the most famous movie of its time.
“No star rating.” – Roger Ebert
One Response
As soon as I read the first sentence I thought, “Man, I hope Road House gets a mention.” Lo and behold, it’s on the list. You can’t go wrong with lines like “Pain don’t hurt.”
However, I have to confess disappointment that Showgirls is not going to be shown. It’s far better (worse) than Striptease. I guess that even by the standards of SBS, a 2.5 hour movie where the star is naked the whole time is pushing the envelope. On the other hand, they are going to show Deep Throat. Is that going to be the “Full Monty” version?
If you haven’t read the book The Disaster Artist, which is about the making of The Room by Tommy Wiseau, then you’re not a true connoisseur of craptacular movies.