Weird/Stupid Movie Titles

Robert Clark · 09-15-09, 07:29 PM

What are some of the movie titles (not the movie themselves, necessarily) that either had you cringing at the sound of them, or scratching your head in bewilderment? I suppose you could count something like "Inglourious Basterds", but I was thinking of two off the top of my head:

"Mother, May I Sleep With Danger?"
"At Play In the Field of the Lord"

Any more?

eweiss · 09-15-09, 08:09 PM

Can Hieronymus Merkin Ever Forget Mercy Humppe and Find True Happiness?

Run4two · 09-15-09, 08:22 PM

Dr. Strangelove or How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb.

tkmedia2 · 09-15-09, 08:24 PM

Don't be a menace to south central while drinking your juice in the hood.
The Englishman Who Went Up a Hill But Came Down a Mountain

lwright84 · 09-15-09, 08:53 PM

Funny I was having this convo with someone the other day.. from what I recall:

Leslie, My Name Is Evil
Norbit
What the Bleep Do We Know?
I Love You, Beth Cooper
The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford
Too Wong Foo, Thanks For Everything, Julie Newmar
You Don't Mess With The Zohan
Manos (Hands): The Hands of Fate
The Hudsucker Proxy
I Still Know What You Did Last Summer
Snakes On a Plane
From Justin to Kelly

mproper · 09-15-09, 09:21 PM

LOL, I've had this conversation too....of the ones not mentioned, here are a few that spring to mind:

Orgasmo
Howling III: The Marsupials (ooooh....marsupials. Scary)
Ballistic: Ecks Vs. Sever
Octopussy
Breakin 2: Electric Boogaloo
Stop! Or My Mom Will Shoot.
Phffft!
You Only Live Twice
I'm Gonna Git You Sucka
The Good, The Bad, and The Ugly (great title, I think, but still weird)
Zombie Strippers (or is that a good title?)
Leonard, Part 6 (there are no parts 1-5....thankfully)
Killer Clowns From Outer Space
The Devine Secrets of the Yaya Sisterhood
Freddy Got Fingered
Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind
Sky Captain and the World of Tomorrow (Although I personally think this fits the style of the movie)
2 Fast 2 Furious
Raising Arizona
She's The Man
Lucky Number Slevin
Dude, Where's My Car? (admittedly, I love this move and quote it endlessly)
Ten Things To Do In Denver When You're Dead
Naked Lunch (there are 2 things wrong with that title)
Attack of the Killer Tomatoes (although this definitely fits the style of the movie)
XXX
KISS Meets the Phantom of the Park
Blacula
Mega Shark vs. Giant Octupus (c'mon, you knew that was coming)
Hell Comes To Frogtown
Cannibal Women in the Avocado Jungle of Death

And of course....

The Incredibly Strange Creatures Who Stopped Living and Became Mixed-Up Zombies

and then:
Night of the Day of the Dawn of the Son of the Bride of the Return of the Revenge of the Terror of the Attack of the Evil, Mutant, Alien, Flesh Eating, Hellbound, Zombified Living Dead Part 2: In Shocking 2-D

mproper · 09-15-09, 09:36 PM

Ok, worst movie title I've seen, I think:

I am only going to post a link to the poster and the IMDB entry, because I don't want to offend anyone here (warning: may offend)
Poster. If you look closely, it stars none other than Will Smith!
IMDB Entry

Edit. forget the above. This one offends two groups of people instead!
Poster
IMDB Entry

srw1000 · 09-15-09, 09:44 PM

How about Children Shouldn't Play with Dead Things?

JeffKB · 09-15-09, 09:58 PM

Lots of good (bad?) titles in the 70's. Here's two examples:

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0070622/
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0067810/

Robert Clark · 09-16-09, 01:54 AM

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Franin · 09-16-09, 06:59 AM

The rundown was a silly name over here in Australia it was called Welcome to the jungle which I thought was more appropiate as the characters spent more time in the Jungle.

Riffmeister · 09-16-09, 08:25 AM

Sssssss
I Dismember Mama
Krakatoa: East of Java

jdrumm · 09-16-09, 10:06 AM

My personal Whiskey Tango Foxtrot moment came when I read about the new Clooney/Spacey/Bridges/McGregor film "The Men Who Stare at Goats."

Airboss · 09-16-09, 10:47 AM

A couple from Italy:

"Don't Torture a Duckling", the UK title of the same movie was "Don't Torture Donald Duck" and "The House with Laughing Windows"

bviss · 09-16-09, 12:13 PM

State of Play--This movie would have done better at the box office with a better title.

Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants
Bless the Beasts and Children
My own Private Idaho
O Brother, Where Art Thou

Mac The Knife · 09-16-09, 03:50 PM

I'll add The Brown Bunny since the title leaves you totally clueless as to what the movie is about.

mboomgaarden · 09-16-09, 08:01 PM

I saw the preview in the theater, and thought, "hey this might be cool..", and then they said the name: Gamer.

Boy did that sound stupid to me. Haven't seen it, so I can't comment on whether it is decent or not regardless of its name.

bigbare · 09-16-09, 08:45 PM

Squirms

Airboss · 09-16-09, 10:25 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Mac The Knife

I'll add The Brown Bunny since the title leaves you totally clueless as to what the movie is about.

Yea, but what a performance by Chloë Sevigny!

yankeeman · 09-17-09, 04:27 PM

Satanic Sluts - The Black Order Cometh

I spotted that one day on Amazon, and somehow managed NOT to buy it

Kram Sacul · 09-17-09, 07:46 PM

Any title that is just one word even though there are some great movies but they still strike me as lazy, generic, and unimaginative. Examples:

Speed
Twister
Volcano
Crash
Traffic
Click
Crank
Pulse
Push
Scream
Next
Knowing
Gladiator
Legend
Gamer
Jumper
Vertigo
Psycho
Duel
Saw
Jaws
Up
Cars
Drive
Blow
Wanted
Fame
Rent
Hole
Big
Ransom
Quills
Wolf
Casino
Alien
Species
Bats
House
Snatch
Monster
Ghost
Vacancy
Shutter
Whiteout

I also don't care for titles that are a person's name although I give a pass to unique names (ie Forrest Gump).

Mac The Knife · 09-18-09, 04:55 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Airboss

Yea, but what a performance by Chloë Sevigny!

I've been trying to come up with a snappy comeback to that comment but I'm not coming up with anything.

johnathanwinter · 09-19-09, 07:16 AM

A Fish Called Wanda.

TheCableMan · 09-19-09, 12:59 PM

Monsturd

Robert Clark · 09-19-09, 01:10 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by TheCableMan

Monsturd

Ha! And it's star's name is Paul Weiner...

TheCableMan · 09-19-09, 01:17 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Robert Clark

Ha! And it's star's name is Paul Weiner...

LOL good catch. I surprised I didn't catch that. Me and my friend rented that movie one day and we were hyped up on Mountain Dew and cookie dough ice cream. Movie was not even funny but we laughed through the whole movie.

jbug · 09-21-09, 04:32 PM

Someone mentioned Sisters (or Sisterhood) of the Traveling Pants. Even if that has some meaning it still sounds stupid. Another mentioned Killer Clowns From Outer Space, I think that was a cool title and fits the 50's outer space sci-fi them perfectly.

yankeeman · 09-22-09, 12:00 PM

Eight Heads in a Duffle Bag is a good one, although there really ARE eight heads in a duffle bag in this really funny comedy.

juancmjr · 09-22-09, 02:13 PM

Sorority Babes in the Slimeball Bowl-O-Rama. Definite Oscar winner.

flop · 09-22-09, 03:50 PM

Synecdoche, New York (2008)

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