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Movies So Bad They're Good

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  • The Killer Shrews (1959)

    1. The Killer Shrews

    19591h 9mApproved
    4.2 (5.9K)
    On an isolated island, a small group of people is terrorized by giant voracious shrews during a hurricane.
    DirectorRay KelloggStarsJames BestIngrid GoudeKen Curtis
  • John Merivale and Daniela Rocca in Caltiki, the Immortal Monster (1959)

    2. Caltiki, the Immortal Monster

    19591h 17mApproved
    5.9 (1.8K)
    A team of archaeologists in Mexico encounter an amorphous, blob-like monster that appears to be connected with the collapse of the Mayan civilization.
    DirectorsRiccardo FredaMario BavaStarsJohn MerivaleDidi SullivanGérard Herter
  • The Monster That Challenged the World (1957)

    3. The Monster That Challenged the World

    19571h 24mApproved
    5.7 (3.4K)
    When a horde of prehistoric mollusk monsters enter the canal system of the California's Imperial Valley and terrorize the populace.
    DirectorArnold LavenStarsTim HoltAudrey DaltonHans Conried
  • Attack of the Giant Leeches (1959)

    4. Attack of the Giant Leeches

    19591h 2mApproved
    3.7 (5.1K)
    A backwoods game warden and a local doctor discover that giant leeches are responsible for disappearances and deaths in a local swamp, but the local police don't believe them.
    DirectorBernard L. KowalskiStarsKen ClarkYvette VickersJan Shepard
  • The Crowded Sky (1960)

    5. The Crowded Sky

    19601h 45mApproved
    5.7 (1.1K)
    Disaster movie about a Navy jet and a commercial airliner heading for a mid air collision.
    DirectorJoseph PevneyStarsDana AndrewsRhonda FlemingEfrem Zimbalist Jr.
  • The Giant Gila Monster (1959)

    6. The Giant Gila Monster

    19591h 14mApproved
    3.7 (4.6K)
    A giant lizard terrorizes a rural Texas community and a heroic teenager attempts to destroy the creature.
    DirectorRay KelloggStarsDon SullivanFred GrahamLisa Simone
  • Allison Hayes in Attack of the 50 Foot Woman (1958)

    7. Attack of the 50 Foot Woman

    19581h 6mApproved
    5.1 (6.7K)
    When an abused socialite grows to giant size because of an alien encounter and an aborted murder attempt, she goes after her cheating husband with revenge on her mind.
    DirectorNathan JuranStarsAllison HayesWilliam HudsonYvette Vickers
  • Hot Rods to Hell (1966)

    8. Hot Rods to Hell

    19661h 32mApproved
    5.4 (1.2K)
    The new owner of a motel in the California desert has a run-in with a gang of delinquent teenage hot rod drivers.
    DirectorJohn BrahmStarsDana AndrewsJeanne CrainMimsy Farmer
  • Dana Andrews, Linda Darnell, Sterling Hayden, and Peggy King in Zero Hour! (1957)

    9. Zero Hour!

    19571h 21mApproved
    6.6 (2.4K)
    In 1950s Canada, during a commercial flight, the pilots and some passengers suffer food poisoning, thus forcing an ex-WWII fighter pilot (Dana Andrews) to try to land the airliner in heavy fog.
    DirectorHall BartlettStarsDana AndrewsLinda DarnellSterling Hayden
  • Invasion of the Saucer Men (1957)

    10. Invasion of the Saucer Men

    19571h 9mApproved
    5.3 (2.3K)
    Aliens equipped with venomous claws invade a small town but the town's teenage population is mobilized to fight the menace.
    DirectorEdward L. CahnStarsSteven TerrellGloria CastilloFrank Gorshin
  • David Janssen and Joyce Taylor in Ring of Fire (1961)

    11. Ring of Fire

    19611h 31mApproved
    6.2 (718)
    In the 1960s Oregon, two sheriff deputies arrest three teenagers for robbery but are overpowered and taken hostage while forest fires rage all around them.
    DirectorAndrew L. StoneStarsDavid JanssenJoyce TaylorFrank Gorshin
  • James Mason in Cry Terror! (1958)

    12. Cry Terror!

    19581h 36mApproved
    6.7 (1.8K)
    Duped by former Army pal Paul Hoplin into building a time bomb, New York shop owner Jim Molner and his family become hostages of Hoplin who uses bomb threats to extort money from airlines.
    DirectorAndrew L. StoneStarsJames MasonRod SteigerInger Stevens
  • Tormented (1960)

    13. Tormented

    19601h 15mApproved
    4.9 (3.2K)
    A man lets a former flame fall to her death rather than let her interfere with his new relationship, but her ghost returns to disrupt his impending nuptials.
    DirectorBert I. GordonStarsRichard CarlsonSusan GordonLugene Sanders
  • Paul Langton, Barbara Payton, and Tracey Roberts in Murder Is My Beat (1955)

    14. Murder Is My Beat

    19551h 17mApproved
    6.0 (865)
    A police detective helps a singer heading to prison for the murder of a man she claims is still alive.
    DirectorEdgar G. UlmerStarsPaul LangtonBarbara PaytonRobert Shayne
  • Magnificent Obsession (1954)

    15. Magnificent Obsession

    19541h 48mApproved77Metascore
    7.0 (8.1K)
    A rich playboy whose recklessness inadvertently causes the death of a prominent doctor tries to make amends to his widow, and falls for her in the process.
    DirectorDouglas SirkStarsJane WymanRock HudsonAgnes Moorehead
  • Die, Monster, Die! (1965)

    16. Die, Monster, Die!

    19651h 20mApproved
    5.6 (3.9K)
    A young man visits his fiancée's estate to discover that her wheelchair-bound scientist father has discovered a meteorite that emits mutating radiation rays that have turned the plants in his greenhouse to giants. When his own wife falls victim to this mysterious power, the old man takes it upon himself to destroy the glowing object with disastrous results.
    DirectorDaniel HallerStarsBoris KarloffNick AdamsFreda Jackson
  • Date with Death (1959)

    17. Date with Death

    19591h 24m
    6.0 (126)
    A Hobo thrown off a train assumes the identity of a big-city police detective, found by him dead, and is assigned to rid an isolated desert town of big-time racketeers.
    DirectorHarold DanielsStarsGerald MohrLiz RenayHarry Lauter
  • Merry Anders and Ron Foster in Secret of Deep Harbor (1961)

    18. Secret of Deep Harbor

    19611h 10mApproved
    5.2 (120)
    A reporter learns that his girlfriend's father, an old sea captain, is being paid by the mob to transport gangsters out of the country.
    DirectorEdward L. CahnStarsRon FosterMerry AndersBarry Kelley
  • Paul Anka, Gigi Perreau, and Ruth Roman in Look in Any Window (1961)

    19. Look in Any Window

    19611h 27m
    5.4 (379)
    A teenager's parents finally realize how bad their home life is when their son is arrested for prowling.
    DirectorWilliam AllandStarsPaul AnkaRuth RomanAlex Nicol
  • Squad Car (1960)

    20. Squad Car

    19601h 2mApproved
    4.7 (104)
    An accused man helps a policeman investigate an airplane mechanic's death and a counterfeit racket.
    DirectorEd LeftwichStarsVici RaafPaul BryarDon Marlowe
  • The Walking Target (1960)

    21. The Walking Target

    19601h 15mApproved
    6.0 (398)
    An ex-con sets out to find the money which was hidden after a payroll robbery but is persuaded to turn it over to the police by his former accomplice's widow.
    DirectorEdward L. CahnStarsJoan EvansRon FosterMerry Anders
  • Shadow of Treason (1964)

    22. Shadow of Treason

    19641h 29m
    5.1 (69)
    Steve, newly arrived in Trieste, saves Tina from being shot in her own night-club. She engages him as a bodyguard cum detective, giving him a list of names and a map she has inherited. Steve discovers that her father was blackmailing a group of traitors and the map locates money hidden in Somaliland with evidence of their guilt. Having contacted all the names, they leave for Africa taking Nadia in place of her father who is killed. Michael tries to persuade her to join him against the others and escapes when she refuses. Later, in the caves he re-appears and in the ensuing fight falls over a cliff edge after the money. Steve throws the incriminating document after him. Melodrama involving a treasure hunt and an old blackmail system during the war, which is cleared up by a bodyguard.
    DirectorGeorge P. BreakstonStarsJohn BentleyFaten HamamaAnita West
  • Merry Anders, James Brown, and Henry Corden in When the Clock Strikes (1961)

    23. When the Clock Strikes

    19611h 12m
    6.2 (293)
    A condemned criminal's acquaintances gather at a remote lodge on the eve of his execution to search for hidden money.
    DirectorEdward L. CahnStarsJames BrownMerry AndersHenry Corden
  • Frankie Avalon, Ray Milland, Richard Bakalyan, Neil Burstyn, Joan Freeman, Jean Hagen, Rex Holman, and Mary Mitchel in Panic in Year Zero! (1962)

    24. Panic in Year Zero!

    19621h 33mApproved
    6.6 (5.2K)
    A family leaves Los Angeles for a camping trip just before hydrogen bombs destroy the city. In the midst of the chaos, the father must fight to keep his family alive along the highway.
    DirectorRay MillandStarsRay MillandJean HagenFrankie Avalon
  • World Without End (1956)

    25. World Without End

    19561h 20mApproved
    5.8 (2.7K)
    Astronauts returning from a voyage to Mars are caught in a time warp and are propelled into a post-Apocalyptic Earth populated by mutants.
    DirectorEdward BerndsStarsHugh MarloweNancy GatesNelson Leigh

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