Thursday Movie Picks: So-Bad-It's-Good

Hello there, and welcome to Thursday Movie Picks, a weekly series hosted by Wandering Through the Shelves where you share three movies to fit the theme of the week each Thursday.

For this first week of April we have to pick three films that are so bad they are actually good. I don't usually enjoy bad films, but there are some exceptions, and here they are, my three favourite bad/good films:

Staying Alive (1983)

Imagine a sequel to “Saturday Night Fever” that sees Tony Manero trying to succeed as a professional dancer on Broadway, and that is directed by Sylvester Stallone. Okay, now add a terribly hilarious play called “Satan’s Alley”, where a man descent into hell made of laser lights, and scantily clad women. Probably the only Broadway play ever made that is just about dancing. No singing, or talking, or character development. But it’s funny as hell. Sorry for that.

Friday the 13th Part V: A New Beginning (1985)

Five years after a kid finally killed Jason, a series of grisly murders begin anew as another hockey-masked killer begins killing off everyone. Well, the world didn’t really need another Friday the 13th, but since we all love money, they decided to make this script-less thing, thrown in some of the worst plot twists ever, add some useless, one dimensional, and unlikable characters, and not even show Jason. But like every single film, this one too has its highlight. The name is Ethel, she is tremendously hilarious, and I doubt I’ve ever had so much fun and laughed so hard while watching a horror.

The Wicker Man (2006)

This American remake stars Nicolas Cage as a sheriff that investigates the disappearance of a young girl from a small island.  While I’ve haven’t seen the original – though I’ve heard it’s good -, this one features a paper-thin and unengaging plot, ankle-deep motivation, and an awful soundtrack. To cheer everyone up there’s Nicolas Cage unintentionally hilarious acting that makes up from his character, so badly written that one feels anything but compassion for him. And the man’s clothes are perfect throughout the whole film, if that doesn't make this film great, I don't know what it does.