Bad Movie Night Rocks
Swansea comedians Nicola Vaughan, 31, and Joe Timmins, 33, formed the Bad Films Club which meets every month at Swansea's Dylan Thomas Theatre and at the Chapter Arts Centre in Cardiff.
Nicola Vaughan, who styles herself on-stage as Nicko, used to be in the movie business as an insider, working as a script supervisor.
"We all know movies we just hate and which are just plain bad.,” she says. "Joe and myself decided to form a club where people could whinge or heckle out loud as the films were being played on a big screen. We do a running commentary as the movies are being played pointing out the really, really bad bits and the audience, or club members, join in too with comments of their own."
SCREEN INFAMY
Movies the Bad Film Club have screened include films like the infamous Plan 9 From Outer Space (1959) or Santa Claus Conquers the Martians (1964).and Santa Claus Conquers the Martians, in which the parents of Martian children abduct Santa.
"There is an endless supply of bad films as they are being made all the time,” Vaughan says. "There are different types of bad, from the plain silly sci-fi movies of the 1950s and '60s to sequels which just go a bit too far like Shark Attack 3 Megalodon which is completely bizarre.
JAW DROPPERS
"There are some films which are just very, very boring and others which are completely overhyped , like Horror at 37,000 Feet starring William Shatner, which are packed with bad special effects, bad acting and jaw dropping dialogue.”
The formula has been so successful Vaughan and Timmins have adapted it to a stage show and they are also to hold talks with a production company about a possible TV series.
GROUP FILM THERAPY
The former continuity girl says, "There is nothing people like better than a good group whinge and making fun of people trying to be serious while being attacked by giant cardboard spiders, or silver-painted people pretending to be robots, is obviously something a lot of people want to do - our bad film clubs in Swansea and Cardiff have been a big success.
"The formula can be transferred to TV very easily and we are in talks with a production company about a show. There are lots of awful movies out there waiting to be the subject of bad film club meetings."
So, what are the Ten Worst Films as voted by Bad Film regulars?
WORST OF THE BEST BAD FILMS!!!
Godzilla versus the Smog Monster (1971) Hedorah (the smog monster) rises from the gutters of Japan, a mixture of air, sea and earth pollution but is challenged by dinosaur Godzilla. Inappropriate trombone music and a final psychedelic disco scene propelled it to number one.
Plan 9 From Outer Space (1959)Legendary inept movie from eccentric cross dressing director Edward D Wood about aliens resurrecting dead humans as zombies and vampires to stop human kind from creating the Solaranite (a sort of sun-driven bomb).
The Barbaric Beast of Boggy Creek, Part II (1985) Professor and students camp out to find Bigfoot-type creature. Full of bad acting, unnecessary toplessness.
They Saved Hitler's Brain (1966) World War II is over, and Nazi officials remove Adolf Hitler's living head and hide it in the South American country of Mandoras, so that they can resurrect the Third Reich for the future.
Shark Attack 3 Megalodon (2002) In a once serene African fishing village, a marine biologist goes in search of some answers when his friend becomes a victim in one of a series of brutal shark attacks.
Frankenhooker (1990) When his pretty fiancee goes to pieces under the blades of a runaway lawnmower, aspiring mad scientist Jeffrey Franken hatches an unorthodox scheme to bring his beloved back to life.
Attack of the Killer Tomatoes (1978) Music, comedy and spoof horror are all combined in this uniquely low-budget attack on conventional horror movies.
Octopus (2000) While on a secret mission to deliver a shadowy international terrorist to America the crew of a nuclear sub including a young female octopus expert, face terror in the Bermuda Triangle-like portal known as the Devil's Eye.
Attack of the 50ft Woman (1958) One of the worst 50s sci-fi flicks a woman has an alien encounter which leads to a growth spurt.
Robot Monster (1953) An Ed Wood-style science fiction film featuring an actor dressed in a gorilla suit with a diving helmet. The director attempted suicide shortly after its release.
EDITORS NOTE
Seems like a pretty appalling Top Ten Worst.
Or do you know something even worse?
Let us know about your own Worst Film Ever Preferences and we'll add them to the list....!!!