c/bad-movie-night-club

Took me three months to figure out why The Room was so funny to watch.

I kept trying to watch The Room like a normal movie and got so confused. Nothing made sense. Then my buddy said just treat it like a comedy. That changed everything. Has anyone else had a bad movie suddenly click after you stopped taking it seriously?

The dude at the thrift store who tried to sell me on 'Troll 2'

I was digging through a DVD bin in Pittsburgh last Saturday when some guy walks up and hands me a copy of Troll 2. He said it's the only movie where a family fights vegetarian goblins and the acting is so bad it feels like a different language. He insisted I watch it with a group because laughing alone at that corn syrup scene just isn't the same. Has anyone else had a stranger pitch them a bad movie that actually delivered?

Sat through 'The Room' for the first time last night and now I think every bad movie night needs a drinking game

Lost count of how many times I yelled at the screen during the flower shop scene, but I'm wondering if anyone else has a good rule set for movies that are this ridiculously bad or should I just stick to taking a sip every time Tommy Wiseau says 'oh hi'?

My buddy swore The Room was the peak of bad movies...

He kept saying I needed to watch The Room because nothing else could match that level of glorious disaster. So I finally watched it last Friday and yeah, it's a train wreck, but now I'm wondering if something like Troll 2 or Birdemic actually takes the crown for sheer WTF factor. Anyone else think The Room gets too much hype over other classics?

A comment at a thrift store about Birdemic made me rethink bad movie night

Was digging through the DVD bin at Savers last Saturday for like 50 cents each. Some guy next to me saw me grab Birdemic and goes 'oh man you actually pay money for that garbage?' I laughed but then got to thinking. He doesnt get it. For me the joy isnt about the movie being good. Its about the group chat blowing up with reactions. The laugh track we make ourselves. My buddy Mike still quotes 'I got your signal' at least once a week. Has anyone else had someone outside the club totally miss the point of why we watch this stuff?

I used to laugh at Sharknado, now I get the appeal

A few years ago I would've called anyone a moron for sitting through Sharknado. Then my buddy dragged me to a watch party last summer and something clicked. The CGI sharks flying through a tornado are so bad they loop back around to being art. The cast clearly knows it's trash and that sold me. Anyone else have a so-bad-it's-good movie they swore they'd hate but ended up loving?

Why do people keep calling The Room a comedy?

I was at a bad movie night last Friday with some friends and someone said The Room is hilarious on purpose. It's not, Tommy Wiseau genuinely thought he was making a serious drama. The bad acting and weird plot are real mistakes not jokes. If you go in thinking it's a comedy you miss how truly bizarre the whole thing is. Has anyone else had to explain this to someone who just watched it once?

Just realized my favorite bad movie pick is actually a total mess

I was rewatching The Room at 2 AM last week in my apartment in Austin and it hit me that the whole subplot with the drug dealer goes absolutely nowhere. I spent 20 minutes trying to figure out if it was supposed to be a metaphor or just bad writing. Has anyone else sat through a so-bad-it's-good film and suddenly noticed a huge plot hole you never caught before?

The one mistake that ruins a bad movie night every time

I kept picking movies that were just boring instead of entertainingly bad. That is the key difference. A boring movie like "The Room" is a snooze, but something like "Birdemic" with its awful CGI birds is gold. How do you tell the difference before you commit to 90 minutes?

Sat through 'The Room' with my book club and nobody laughed once

I convinced my neighborhood book club to do a movie night instead of our usual discussion. I picked 'The Room' because I figured it would be a riot with all those awkward scenes and bad acting. But six of us sat there in total silence for two hours. Nobody cracked a smile during the football tossing scene or the rooftop stuff. At the end, Barbara said it was 'a thoughtful meditation on betrayal.' I learned that some people just see movies differently, and maybe I should stick to watching bad movies with folks who actually enjoy them. Has anyone else had a group totally miss the point of a so-bad-it's-good film?

Stopped by that old theater on Elm Street that shows dollar flicks and noticed the projector was out of focus for the whole first reel

Nobody in the crowd even flinched during the worst blurry action scene I've seen in years, and it got me wondering if we've all just gotten used to bad quality or if we actually enjoy watching things fall apart on screen more than the movie itself.

Streaming my bad movie night live on Twitch ended with a copyright strike within 15 minutes

Almost lost a group of friends after picking the wrong movie for our bad movie night in Portland

I grabbed The Room without checking the version and we got the dubbed one with terrible lip sync and nobody could stop laughing for all the wrong reasons, has anyone else had a bad movie pick totally backfire on them?

Just realized I wasted 6 months defending a truly awful movie

I used to think The Room was overrated as a 'so bad it's good' flick. My buddy kept pushing it at our bad movie nights, but I was skeptical for like half a year. Then last Friday he finally convinced me to give it a real shot without fast forwarding. That plastic spoon scene alone had me laughing so hard I almost choked on my soda. Now I gotta admit I was dead wrong, that movie is pure gold in its own terrible way. Has anyone else had a movie they hated on until one specific moment changed your mind?

That time the projector died 20 minutes into The Room at my place

Hosted a bad movie night back in 2019 and my old Epson bulb just gave out right as Tommy Wiseau was throwing that football. Ended up gathering everyone around my 13 inch laptop screen for the rest of the movie, which honestly made the bad acting feel even more intimate. Anyone else have a viewing party fall apart on them mid-movie?

I finally hit 50 bad movies in my collection and I didn't even realize it

Was just organizing my shelf and counted them up for fun, never thought I'd own that many. Has anyone else just sort of let their collection grow without noticing how big it got?

That movie "The Room" seemed like overhyped garbage until my buddy made me watch it at 2 AM

I swear, I heard people talking about how it was 'so bad it's good' for years and I just rolled my eyes. Thought it was some hipster thing. Then last month my friend dragged me to his place after a few beers, put it on, and I couldn't stop laughing. The football scene? The flower shop? I had to admit it's legit funny bad. Has anyone else had a movie they dismissed for years finally win them over?

Shoutout to watching The Room at a midnight showing in Austin that totally split my friend group

So I got a group of 6 together to see The Room at the Alamo Drafthouse in Austin back in March. Half of them had never seen it before and thought it was just a boring terrible movie. The other half (including me) were tossing plastic spoons and yelling lines at the screen. The people who hated it said we were ruining the experience by making jokes and being loud. But isn't the whole point of bad movies that you're supposed to laugh at them together? Now I can't figure out if I should warn new people what to expect or just let them go in blind. Has anyone else had a bad movie night where half the crowd didn't get the vibe?

That one Friday where "The Room" broke our movie night streak

I planned this big bad movie marathon for my friends last Friday, and we kicked it off with "The Room" at 7 PM. By 9 PM, three people had actually walked out because they said it was too painful to sit through, and one guy fell asleep on my couch. I spent $40 on snacks nobody touched because everyone was just staring at the TV in disbelief. Has anyone else had a planned movie night just totally bomb like that? What movie did it?

Vent: My neighborhood watch group ruined movie night for me forever

Last month our block hosted a park screening of 'The Room' for the bad movie club. The HOA president stood up during the spoon scene and started lecturing everyone about proper utensil usage at cookouts. Like dude, that's the point, the movie is already ridiculous. I brought my own speaker but some guy kept yelling about plot holes in a Tommy Wiseau film. Now I just watch these gems alone in my basement with the volume turned down. Anyone else have a group that takes bad movies way too seriously?

Appreciation post: Friend told me my bad movie picks were "too predictable"

I always picked so-bad-they're-good movies with big explosions or cheesy monsters. My buddy Mike finally said "you always pick the same kind of crap." So last week I grabbed The Room instead. Complete game changer. The awkward silences and bad acting had us crying laughing. Has anyone else had their movie night saved by a specific suggestion?

Rant: Why old VHS rips beat these new digital remasters every time

I watched a bootleg of "The Room" from 2003 last night on a crummy VHS transfer... and it looked way more fun than the Blu-ray copy my buddy owns. The tracking lines and fuzzy colors actually made the bad acting feel more alive somehow. The remaster scrubbed all that character out, made it look too clean and boring. Has anyone else noticed that the nastier the print, the better a bad movie actually plays?

I just walked out of a screening of The Room in Portland and I think I'm the only person who doesn't love it

I went to the midnight showing at Cinema 21 last Friday, and everyone was throwing spoons and yelling lines like it was a religious experience. But honestly, I spent half the movie bored because the pacing drags so much between the weird scenes. Am I missing something or does anyone else think the hype overshadows how dull most of it actually is?

My projector died 10 minutes into The Room at a watch party

I hosted a bad movie night at my apartment in Austin last Friday, about 15 people showed up ready to laugh. I had my old projector set up and the Blu-ray of The Room cued up, everyone was hyped for the football scene. But 10 minutes in, the projector just went dark and started flashing a red light like it was having a seizure. I tried unplugging it and plugging it back in twice, nothing changed. So I grabbed my roommate's 24 inch monitor from his desk and set it on the coffee table, everyone had to crowd around it like we were watching a tiny TV from the 90s. Honestly it made the movie funnier, people were passing popcorn over each other's heads and someone spilled ranch dressing on my carpet. Has anyone else had their whole setup fall apart mid-screening and just had to wing it?

Sat through The Room last night and the projector broke 20 minutes in

Hosted a bad movie night at my place in Austin and the old projector gave out right as Tommy Wiseau started his first weird scene. We ended up watching the rest on a laptop with tinny speakers, which ruined the whole vibe. Has anyone else had their viewing setup fail mid-movie and what did you use as a backup?