Stinker Madness - The Podcast for Bad Movie Lovers

The Fast and the Furious (1955) - No Relation

In one of Roger Corman's first films, one guy gets framed for manslaughter (as best as we can guess) and must steal a Jag and a lady to escape to Mexico. He somehow ends up getting sidetracked by entering into an auto race and by falling in love with said stolen lady. Zowie!
Well, this movie stinks. It's not worth your time at all. Its painfully boring all while trying to be super sophisticated and smart. It's neither of those things. The plot is not very flushed out and the series of events that happen to put the main guy (Frank Webster) on the path to the end are dubious at best. There's far too many things that just don't make any sense and kind of need to, even going by bad movie fan standards.
And for those of you hoping that there might be some ancient secret living in this movie that ties together to the current Fast franchise, well sorry to dash your hopes. The title and that they center around people driving cars is about the best you can do. Steer clear here (get it?)!
Individual Ratings:
Over the top action:Cheesy effects:Horrendous acting:Laugh-out-loud-ability:Ridiculous stunts:Gratuitous nudity:Memorable one-liners:
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Prelude to The Fast and the Furious (1955)

Brought to you by Fast and Furious 74, in the future the Fast crew cast is completely replaced by robots, except Kurt Russell.
This week we travel back in time to 1955 to watch the Roger Corman classic, The Fast and the Furious. What's the tie-in to the current franchise? It appears to be a film about a car guy so maybe they are related?
Stinker Dos and Don'ts
Blood of Beasts
The Chaperone
Dangerous Curves
Friday the 13th Part 8: Jason Takes Manhattan
Pop Quiz Hot Shot
What is a:
Line Producer
Rigger
Wrangler
Sabre Artist

Year 1: Year in Review: Part 1

If you listen to just 1 episode of Stinker Madness this year, it needs to be this one (oh and part 2).
Its been an entire year of Stinker Madness and we put this extra special episode together in honor of the occasion. It's the Top Ten Bad Movies we saw in the last year. Each of us put down our favorites and we each recap what we loved about them. These are the films that cannot be missed. We highly recommend any movie fan to sit down with any of these films. We dare you to not like them. Dare! Dare!
In part 1, we each go through numbers 10 through 5.
Jackie's 10 though 5 Best Bad Movies
10. The Wicker Man
9. Deadly Prey
8. The Vineyard
7. Soultaker
6. Dead Heat
5. Winter's Tale
Sam's 10 though 5 Best Bad Movies
10. Young Warriors
9. Never Too Young Too Die
8. Malibu Express
7. Hell Squad
6. Deathrace 2000
5. The Man from Hong Kong
Justins's 10 though 5 Best Bad Movies
10. Teen Witch
9. No Holds Barred
8. Dead Heat
7. Ninja III: The Domination
6. The Beastmaster
5. Machete
Thanks for listening to us over the last year and we look forward to the next year of stinkers.

Xanadu - A Microcosm of Itself

We dare to tackle 1980's danceical/musical/drama/romance/comedy/disaster that is Xanadu. We all know the story. Its that old tale of an artist that has no talent or motivation or confidence meets a magical roller skating deity that gives him the ability to meet a guy who has all the money and to woo him into investing several millions of dollars into building a roller-skating club/disco. You know that old tale.
Lets get straight to the mustard. This movie stinks. Its one of the worst ideas ever created. Let's take a the above idea, write a script that is 3 pages long, take a current hot "talent" who is mediocre at singing, dancing, and acting, intentionally put in bad special effects and throw in Gene Kelly just so you can feel bad for him. Xanadu is not so much a train wreck and more of a genocide of puppies. You really want to take your eyes off it.
Don't waste your time with Xanadu.
Individual Ratings:
Over the top action:Cheesy effects:Horrendous acting:Laugh-out-loud-ability:Ridiculous stunts:Gratuitous nudity:Memorable one-liners:
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Prelude to Xanadu

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Jackie picks one of the all time well known worst musicals of all time, 1981's Xanadu. Its part of the pantheon of terrible roller skating movies with Skatetown USA, Roller Boogie and Solar Babies. Does it stack up to the other three?
Streaming Do's and Don'ts
Armour of God
Knives of the Avenger
Dracula 3000
Pop Quiz Hot Shot
What is a ........?
Production Assistant
Production Coordinator
Production Manager
Production Designer
Production Illustrator

2 Movies for the Price of 1 - The Delta Force

Part 2 of Carl's Inaction in Action series, we look at Chuck Norris and Lee Marvin in the Cannon Group's The Delta Force. It's part best hijacking movie ever and then part iconic Chuck Norris ridiculous action. Sometimes you in suspense and then other times your slapping your head in how preposterous it is.
So in review, this is a mega must-view movie. It's got all the things a fan of bad movies goes for and we recommend it. Just be warned about the first 100 minutes being bullet free.
Individual Ratings:
Over the top action:Cheesy effects:Horrendous acting:Laugh-out-loud-ability:Ridiculous stunts:Gratuitous nudity:Memorable one-liners:
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Prelude to The Delta Force

Brought to you by The Delta Force 4: Phoentigeddon
It's time to pack up the dune buggies and the motorcycles with rocket launchers and prepare for part 2 of "Carl's Inaction in Action" trilogy started by Hell Squad and finishing with Megaforce.
This time it's Chuck Norris & Lee Marvin (his last film) vs The Middle East as Cannon Films makes their 4th appearance on Stinker Madness. Golan himself directed this nugget. Which Chuck Norris will we get? Bearded, Mulleted, or Clean Cut?
Streaming Do's and Don'ts
The Town that Dreaded Sundown (2014)
Full Moon High
Robocop 2
Robocop 3
Jackie's Rant - assorted trivia questions
and a brief tribute to Leonard Nimoy because everyone else is doing it.

It's Kitty Litter - Catwoman

Episode audio warning: there is a weird bumping the mic sound for the first 20 minutes of this episode. We completely apologize but we can't fix it. Its annoying and I hate it and want it to die but we can't fix it.
We are just going to say right out the gate that Catwoman sucks. It's awful. Pure garbage and terrible film-making. It very well may be the worst made movie that we have viewed on this podcast. This belongs in the bottom 20 on IMDB. Blech.
This is an atrocious pile of trash and at no point should it be viewed by mankind.
Individual Ratings:
Over the top action:Cheesy effects:Horrendous acting:Laugh-out-loud-ability:Ridiculous stunts:Gratuitous nudity:Memorable one-liners:
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It's Turkey Time! - Gigli

The Razzie sweeping film chock full of idiots, invades! We get Bennifer all over the place and its icky. This film currently (as of Feb. 2015) sits at #71 on the IMDB Bottom 100, so is it the as bad as it's setup or is it just Bennifer backlash?
The plot concept of the film is that one low level mafia guy (whose job is to make phone calls and hang out at restaurants) hires two other lower level mafia guys (Affleck and JLO) to kidnap and babysit a mentally handicapped teen brother, Brian, of a federal prosecutor. The hope is that this federal prosecutor will back off of the head mafia guy (Al Pacino). This plot is the first flaw with Gigli as it is completely dumb. Its revealed later that even Al Pacino's character thinks this was a terrible plan as it wouldn't work so therefore its just best to get rid of Brian and pretend like nothing happened....so there is no plot then?
This is not good but there is a certain level of charm to it. It's easily riffable, moves very fast for a 2 hour film and at no point are you ever bored. There is very little technically wrong with the film. It's just a terrible story with terribly dumb characters. But there's lots of very memorable moments ("Suck-my-dick-dot-com", "I would do you big time" and "Turkey Time, Gobble, Gobble" for example) and we all liked it and recommend it.
Individual Ratings:
Over the top action:Cheesy effects:Horrendous acting:Laugh-out-loud-ability:Ridiculous stunts:Gratuitous nudity:Memorable one-liners:
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Prelude to Gigli

Brought to you by Larry Gigli's "The Hits Keep Coming" Hitman Services....sorta.
Gigli won MANY Razzie awards including Worst Picture. It sits at #71 on the IMDB Bottom 100. So we thought we'd give it a go. The plot seems awesome so we're pretty excited. Can it be THAT bad or was its poor reception be caused by "Beniffer" backlash?
Streaming Do's and Don'ts
Detective Bureau 2-3: Go To Hell Bastards
Sasquatch
The Deadly Bees
Jackie's Rant
If you were going to remake The Beastmaster, who would you cast as Dar (Marc Singer), Kiri (Tanya Roberts), Maax (Rip Torn), and Seth (John Amos)?