Camp movies stand the test of time. They're kitschy, they're earnest, they're of a certian time and place. They are about audience involvement and, most of all, they're fun. What's your favorite campy movie?
Frogs
A wealthy man who has been wantonly destroying wildlife in the Florida Bayou finds that a swarm of murderous frogs is closing in on his own mansion habitat.
Corvette Summer
http://corvette.cabbagestew.com/
The movie begins with the shop class at McArthur High School scavenging around an auto junkyard. They are looking for parts in order to build a vehicle this coming year. The focus of the class is 5th-year Senior Kenny Dantley (LUKE SKYWALKER). He's not satisfied with any of the selections until a "Corvette" emblem drops in front of him. The class decides to remodel the Stingray.
Plan 9 From Outer Space
Aliens whose first 8 plans for getting mankind's attention
didn't work, try to re-animate corpses and explode sunlight.
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Skunky
All are classics. I remember reading that Frogs played as a double feature with Godzilla vs the Smog Monster as a way early eco-horror show.:clap_1:
SoWal Insider
Either of of the Dr. Phibes movies
and Basket Case
Both are mild horror but are deliberately campy. Such funn to watch!
and Basket Case
Both are mild horror but are deliberately campy. Such funn to watch!
Beach Lover
Body Snatchers and The Fog. The originals, not remakes. Scared the pi$$ out of me.
Beach Lover
wasn't "Frogs" filmed in part at Eden State Gardens?
FunnChef - AlisonCooks.com
Oh My Gosh...I remember The Frogs 
fartblossom
kurt- catch me at the soiree to talk about campy movies - i have quite the collection......just ask mr audie
FunnChef - AlisonCooks.com
kurt- catch me at the soiree to talk about campy movies - i have quite the collection......just ask mr audieI knew you would chime in......
fartblossom
you should see the crappy - i mean campy - movies i own.....
Beach Fanatic
Corvetter Summer- "It's not how fast you go. It's how good you look."
In the chick flick category, I'll nominate "The Cutting Edge". Because how can't you love an over the top romantic comedy about figure skaters?
In the chick flick category, I'll nominate "The Cutting Edge". Because how can't you love an over the top romantic comedy about figure skaters?
SoWal Insider
fear me!!!!!!!!!
Meow
fear me!!!!!!!!!
...I do!!!!
Beach Fanatic
I liked Invasion of the Body Snatchers too. Although, I might have them confused - so long ago! I can't remember if it was a dog or centaur that had the head of a person on it and the body wiggled when the head turned around. Does anybody remember that? My dog makes that same move!
I also liked Hush Hush Sweet Charlotte, also saw when I was a kid, the head rolling down the stairs scared me to death. Same with the people that lived under the stairs (can't remember the name.) After that movie, my brother would not take a bath or shower without the door cracked because we had a vent in the floor in the bathroom. He never told me that until he was an adult! We used to watch really bad scary movies, couldn't get enough of them!
I also liked Hush Hush Sweet Charlotte, also saw when I was a kid, the head rolling down the stairs scared me to death. Same with the people that lived under the stairs (can't remember the name.) After that movie, my brother would not take a bath or shower without the door cracked because we had a vent in the floor in the bathroom. He never told me that until he was an adult! We used to watch really bad scary movies, couldn't get enough of them!
Beach Fanatic
Do you remember the Twilight Zone - the episode when the kid crawled under her bed and fell into the wall - as into the twilight zone. Makes my skin crawl just thinking about it.
SoWal Guide
Mars Attacks! is a [ame="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Black_comedy"]black comedy[/ame] and [ame="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Science_fiction"]science fiction[/ame] [ame="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Film"]film[/ame] by [ame="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tim_Burton"]Tim Burton[/ame] based on the popular card series [ame="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mars_Attacks"]Mars Attacks[/ame]. It was released in [ame="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1996"]1996[/ame] by Warner Bros.
The film combines the storyline and tone of a B-movie (or B-movie spoof) with the budget of a [ame="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blockbuster_movie"]blockbuster movie[/ame]. It features an [ame="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ensemble_cast"]ensemble cast[/ame] of major stars including [ame="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jack_Nicholson"]Jack Nicholson[/ame], [ame="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Glenn_Close"]Glenn Close[/ame], [ame="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pierce_Brosnan"]Pierce Brosnan[/ame], [ame="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joe_Don_Baker"]Joe Don Baker[/ame], [ame="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Annette_Bening"]Annette Bening[/ame], [ame="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Danny_DeVito"]Danny DeVito[/ame], [ame="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Martin_Short"]Martin Short[/ame], Michael J. Fox, [ame="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Christina_Applegate"]Christina Applegate[/ame], [ame="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Natalie_Portman"]Natalie Portman[/ame], [ame="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lukas_Haas"]Lukas Haas[/ame], [ame="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sarah_Jessica_Parker"]Sarah Jessica Parker[/ame], [ame="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jim_Brown"]Jim Brown[/ame], [ame="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pam_Grier"]Pam Grier[/ame], [ame="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ray_J"]Ray J[/ame], Tom Jones and Jack Black. The film is highly dependent upon [ame="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special_effect"]special effects[/ame]. Every member of the top-billed cast except Bening has their character killed in the movie ? twice, in Nicholson's case.
FunnChef - AlisonCooks.com
what a cast of characters!!!!:clap_1:
fartblossom
anyone else here love mystery science theater 3000 ? what a funny show about campy movies !
Beach Fanatic
Attack of the Killer Tomatoes!
The Hills Have Eyes!
Any Drive-In Movie from the 70's
There is a Woody Allen movie that I would like to say, but just don't want to type it out!
The Hills Have Eyes!
Any Drive-In Movie from the 70's
There is a Woody Allen movie that I would like to say, but just don't want to type it out!
Beach Fanatic
wasn't "Frogs" filmed in part at Eden State Gardens?
I thought it was totally filmed at Eden SP. I would love to get a copy!
SoWal Insider
I thought it was totally filmed at Eden SP. I would love to get a copy!
Read the "Sowal in film" thread! I have the movie and we are gonna watch it one night at my house. DKA will be there!:clap_1:
come on over!
Beach Fanatic
Read the "Sowal in film" thread! I have the movie and we are gonna watch it one night at my house. DKA will be there!:clap_1:
come on over!
:clap_1: :clap_1: Can we turn the lights down and make scarey noises???
Maybe bring over some rubbery frogs!!!:funn:Beach Lover
I liked Invasion of the Body Snatchers too. Although, I might have them confused - so long ago! I can't remember if it was a dog or centaur that had the head of a person on it and the body wiggled when the head turned around. Does anybody remember that? My dog makes that same move!
I also liked Hush Hush Sweet Charlotte, also saw when I was a kid, the head rolling down the stairs scared me to death. Same with the people that lived under the stairs (can't remember the name.) After that movie, my brother would not take a bath or shower without the door cracked because we had a vent in the floor in the bathroom. He never told me that until he was an adult! We used to watch really bad scary movies, couldn't get enough of them!
There was a creepy movie called "The People Under the Stairs". I also loved the first? Halloween movie, the one with the masks that melted on their faces and bugs crawled out.
Another one that scared me was "Ghost Stories". Does anyone remember that one?
Darlene is my middle name, not my nickname
Okay I will admit something. My older sister was babysitting my twin and I when we were about 8. There was a scary movie on tv about someone's hands being chopped off, and the hands were crawling around the floor with a pair of scissors. They crawled under the bed and would grab people. They also crawled up the back of someone and stabbed them with the scissors. TO THIS DAY, I GET IN MY BED AS FAST AS I CAN SO NOTHING WILL GRAB ME!!!!! AND I NEVER, EVER LET MY FEET OR HANDS DANGLE OFF THE SIDE OF THE BED!!!! I am such a wiener and scaredy cat!!!! I don't like scary movies.
Beach Lover
If I have to get up in the night, I leap from my bed so that my feed are not close the the underneath of my bed. I would also as a child, not let my feet touch the floor of the school bus. I thought something would rip my toe nails off one by one. Talk about a scaredy cat.
fartblossom
Attack of the Killer Tomatoes!
The Hills Have Eyes!
Any Drive-In Movie from the 70's
There is a Woody Allen movie that I would like to say, but just don't want to type it out!
i have quite a few of these in my collection - complete with the sound of bugs, people laughing, and the gravel crunching from people walking by - they are so cool !
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