Stinker Madness - The Podcast for Bad Movie Lovers

Vampire's Kiss - Insane Role = Insane Performace

Academy Award winning Nicolas Coppola (he's not the Nic Cage we know and love yet) stars as a completely insane man and gives a completely insane performance in a movie that seems to be about vampires but....no. It's known as a true stinker but we have a different take.
This film has its flaws for sure. There's some technical flaws, there's some bad shots, way too much stock footage, a piss poor actress with a huge head that isn't deserved but for the most part it's a solid piece. The mystery from Vampire's Kiss stems from the over the top performance by Nic. So let's just discuss his little acting job.
So the film does have it's problems, but Nic Cage is NOT it. He's brilliant and incredibly fun to watch. He nails the role. Whether over the top or not, that's what his job was and he does it. The story is great (in fact, it's a pretty similar story to praised Fight Club) and it's intentionally hilarious. This is a black comedy folks. If you think it's a bad movie then film may not be your thing. Try dirt bikes or backyard wrestling.

Prelude to Vampire's Kiss

We open this week with a look at what could have been if "Superman Lives", starring Nic Cage, had ever been made. Special credits to Kevin Smith's (yes that Kevin Smith) original script. Serious credit to Kevin Mcleod at incomptech.com for the music. We hope you enjoy.
Jackie brings in the supposed "Cagiest of Cages" this week with Vampire's Kiss. Is Nic Cage doing the worst job ever or was his performance something a naive 1989 critical audience just wasn't ready for?
Streaming Do's and Don'ts
Slaughterhouse - Shudder (sorry we said Starz on the podcast)
Poltergeist II - Starz
Horror High - YouTube (sorry we said Starz on the podcast)
The Great Superpower Debate
Clairvoyance of when someone is going to poop next - oofff.... 1 out of 10 - Our worst superpower ever...

Street Trash - An affront to morals and bums

A fairly accurate look into the life and mind of the bum that captures the essence of the transient; 100% crazy. Take a bunch of homeless people and then stuff them full of the worst alcohol ever created and watch them melt. Plus many not safe for children topics including penis keep-away...wait what?
Street Trash really isn't for everyone. On many levels, it is almost too morally offensive. There's several sequences that are almost too uncomfortable. These bums are horrible, horrible people. They truly care about nothing but themselves and have as little regard for human life as Dr. Josef Mengele. Enter at your own risk and do not bring a date to a viewing of Street Trash.
While horribly offensive, including instances of rape, murder, racism to Asians, sexual offensiveness to women, people getting peed and puked on, necrophilia, again...the penis keep-away scene, the presentation of this film is so bonkers and poorly made that Street Trash is still a going to get a recommendation from us. Just go in tentatively and with the right audience.

Prelude to Street Trash

This week Sam brings in an seriously oddball in Street Trash, the tale of many, many, many insane bums that like to do horrible things to others.
Streaming Do's and Don'ts
Prophecy II - Netflix
The Crippled Avengers - Netflix
Best of the Best 4 - Netflix
The Great Superpower Debate
Self-Replication w/many caveats - 6 stars

Q: The Flying Hot Dog Turtle

That ol' nasty Aztec cult living in NYC rears its ugly head again and resurrects a giant flying hotdog-turtle that eats bikini ladies. Meanwhile, a low level criminal butthole douchebag treats his girlfriend poorly and then takes a couple of barely working cops on an egg chase.
Believe it or not, this film shouldn't be called "Q", unless "Q" stand for "Quinn" because this film is not about a flying dinosaur(?) worshipped by an Aztec cult. It's truly about Jimmy Quinn, a low level criminal that doesn't understand how to do his job and his quest for fame and fortune, set to the background of a giant flying serpent attacking NYC. Here's a simple test to verify this: Tell us what the story of Q is in this film and then tell us what the story of Jimmy Quinn is in this film. You have a beginning, middle and end to Quinn; you understand his motivations, his relationships and his desires. Quinn is the main story.
So in short, Q is a total blast and for sure a must see movie. Its hilarious, ridiculous, and non-stop banana business. You can really watch Q multiple times back to back. Don't just watch it online. You should own a copy of this gem.

Prelude to Q

This week its time for a definite must see stinker in Q: The Winged Serpent, starring Michael Moriarty, David Carradine, and Richard Roundtree. Sam and Justin have already proclaimed this as making both their Top 10 Year in Review films so you don't want to miss this one.
Streaming Dos and Dont's
Make sure to pick this 50 movie set Sci-Fi Invasion at Walmart. There's a ton of great bad movies on it and we highly recommend it.
Hands of Steel - Youtube
Top Line - Youtube
Unfriended - HBO Now
The Great Super Power Debate
Never requiring sleep or rest - 4.5 out of 10

American Ninja w/ Joe Fulgham from Caustic Soda

Private Joe Armstrong (Michael Dudikoff) makes his dramatic debut to Stinker Madness with enough cool guy stares to melt a polar bear when he and Steve James team-up to punch and kick guys....and shoot them...and blow them up....sometimes run them over....and other ways you can kill guys.
Joining us for this episode is Joe Fulgham from the always funny and sometimes grody podcast, Caustic Soda. If you've never heard or had the chance to listen to these guys you are blowing it. As in "not ever having seen No Holds Barred blowing it". We listen to each and every episode, its that good.
Check out Caustic Soda
Website - https://causticsodapodcast.com/
iTunes - https://itunes.apple.com/podcast/caustic-soda/id365188217
PodFeed - https://causticsodapodcast.com/feed/podcast/
American Ninja is one of those golden bad movies. It's non-stop fun from beginning to end with no shortage of head slapping stupidity. Cannon Group again wows us with the complete lack of knowledge on their favorite subject, the ninja. For silent assassins, these ninjas sure blow a lot of stuff up.
American Ninja is a landmark in bad movies and shouldn't be missed by anyone.

Turkey Shoot - You failed at Bad Guy School, didn't you?

The deadliest game comes to Stinker Madness once again in the form of "Ozploitation" with 1982's Turkey Shoot. Brian Trenchard-Smith delivers a classic stinker with some seriously insane sequences and a hell of lot of fun.
Turkey Shoot has a reputation for being pretty hardcore with heavy exploitative tones and excessive gore. We're not really seeing it. This is a fairly tame movie (in relative terms) to other "exploitation" films (see Cannibal Ferox, Mad Foxes, Killer Elephants et al.) So no one should go into this one thinking they are gonna get really offended or grossed out.
The end of the movie is truly epic and glorious. If the first 3/4 of the movie is a 7 then end is 9. It's fantastic and puts this one in the must watch list.

Prelude to Turkey Shoot

Finally we get to another Ozploitation film. This time it comes in the form of a dystopian society that hasn't learned to "NEVER HUNT A MAN" in Turkey Shoot or Escape 2000 from Brian-Trenchard Smith. The full movie is finally on YouTube so be sure to watch this one. It's a hoot.
Streaming Do's and Don'ts
The Prophecy - Netflix
The Worst Sports Movies We've Ever
Ed - The further we get away from Ed, the more we like it. It's a strange phenomenon.
No Holds Barred - Imaginary Non-People Sanctioned Street Fighting on TV
The Babe - John Goodman stars as Babe Ruth and it completely doesn't work. Hokey and cheesy.
Over the Top - Arm Wrestling Truckers....that's a sport right? Ruining your child's future may also be a sport.
Rocky V - Rocky is suddenly poor....after defeating Communism...huh...
Mathilda the Boxing Kangaroo - How did Eliott Gould get involved in this? Future Stinker Madness episode
The Fish that Saved Pittsburgh - People born under the sign of pisces team up to save basketball in Pittsburgh with their star powers...Future Stinker Madness episode.
The Great Super Power Debate
Immunity to poison gas - 2.5 out of 10

2015 SMABFAs

The hottest awards for bad films in 2015 are here and the winners are all set. Listen to the 2015 SMABFA Podcast and check out all the nominees and winners below.
And the Nominees  & Winners are (winner in bold):
Best Bad Movie - The Most Enjoyable Bad Movie
Paul Blart Mall Cop 2
The Transporter Refueled
Furious 7
Jupiter Ascending
The Last Witch Hunter
Worst Bad Movie - The Least Enjoyable Bad Movie
Hot Pursuit
Mortdecai
Aloha
Fantastic Four
The Gallows
Best Bad Actor - Most Enjoyable Performance by a Male Actor
Ray Stevenson - Transporter Refueled
Eddie Redmayne - Jupiter Ascending
Paul Bettany - Mortdecai
Rupert Friend - Hitman: Agent 47
Jason Statham - Furious 7
Paul Walker - Furious 7
Best Bad Actress - Most Enjoyable Performance by a Female Actor
Emma Stone - Aloha
Dakota Johnson - 50 Shades
Julianne Moore - Seventh Son
Rose Leslie - Last Witch Hunter
Juliette Lewis - Jem and the Holograms
MST3K Most Riffable - The easiest and most fun to make fun of film while viewing
Jupiter Ascending
50 Shades of Grey
Last Witch Hunter
Point Break
Seventh Son
New SMABFA Categories:
Worst Bad Actor - Least Enjoyable Performance by a Male Actor
Johnny Depp - Mortdecai
Eddie Redmayne - Jupiter Ascending
Edgar Ramirez - Point Break
Jeff Bridges - Seventh Son
Ryan Shoos - The Gallows
Worst Bad Actress - Least Enjoyable Performance by a Female Actor
Teresa Palmer - Point Break
Sofia Vergara - Hot Pursuit
Kate Mara - Fantastic Four
Reese Witherspoon - Hot Pursuit
Julianne Moore - Seventh Son
Least Funny Comedy - The "Comedy" movie that is the least humorous
Hot Pursuit
Pixels
Paul Blart Mall Cop 2
Mortdecai