I need terrible killer and/or lover robot movies, please.
April 7, 2011 3:53 PM Subscribe
For an upcoming party I'd like to show two terrible movies featuring killer and/or loving robots. At previous parties I've shown such movies as Blood Freak, Turkish Star Trek, Hausu and The Dragon Lives Again, just to give you an idea of the quality of film I'm looking for. Easy access on DVD or the Internet a plus.
The one with Farrah Fawcett. Saturn 3. Stinko.
posted by Guy_Inamonkeysuit at 4:11 PM on April 7, 2011
posted by Guy_Inamonkeysuit at 4:11 PM on April 7, 2011
Oh, yeah, Saturn 3: stinko with killerloving robot - two for the price of one!
posted by likeso at 4:22 PM on April 7, 2011
posted by likeso at 4:22 PM on April 7, 2011
Chopping Mall!
Robot actually gives you killer and lover all in one, and features and amazing(ly drawn-out) fight sequence.
posted by Su at 4:30 PM on April 7, 2011
Robot actually gives you killer and lover all in one, and features and amazing(ly drawn-out) fight sequence.
posted by Su at 4:30 PM on April 7, 2011
Oh, and one more:
Runaway, which starred Tom Selleck and Gene Simmons, with some bonus Kirstie Alley.
posted by Su at 4:32 PM on April 7, 2011
Runaway, which starred Tom Selleck and Gene Simmons, with some bonus Kirstie Alley.
posted by Su at 4:32 PM on April 7, 2011
I recently re-watched Death Machine on Netflix Instant. It was one of my favorites as a teenager, and I say it's still a well-crafted, if derivative, b-movie.
It does wear its influences on its sleve, with characters named "Scott Ridley", "John Carpenter", "Sam Raimi", "Weyland" and "Yutani". This was Stephen Norrington's first feature, and all the idol worship sometimes feels like a nerdy kid doodling the names of his favorite bands in the margins of his notebook.
Still, it's fun. Brad Dourif is fun to watch. And Rachel Weisz shows up for a few seconds near the beginning.
posted by brundlefly at 4:35 PM on April 7, 2011
It does wear its influences on its sleve, with characters named "Scott Ridley", "John Carpenter", "Sam Raimi", "Weyland" and "Yutani". This was Stephen Norrington's first feature, and all the idol worship sometimes feels like a nerdy kid doodling the names of his favorite bands in the margins of his notebook.
Still, it's fun. Brad Dourif is fun to watch. And Rachel Weisz shows up for a few seconds near the beginning.
posted by brundlefly at 4:35 PM on April 7, 2011
It got under 50% on Rotten Tomatoes, but a great review from Roger Ebert: Making Mr Right with Ann Magnuson and John Malkovich!
posted by zippy at 4:55 PM on April 7, 2011
posted by zippy at 4:55 PM on April 7, 2011
Deadly Friend is a fair stinker by Wes Craven complete with teen-ridden mid-80's schlock-horror vibe. Robot Holocaust is also suitably wretched but it was screened for MST3k, so no points for obscurity there.
posted by Appropriate Username at 5:27 PM on April 7, 2011
posted by Appropriate Username at 5:27 PM on April 7, 2011
Crap, meant to mention that Endhiran has a robot (made in is creator's image) that falls in love with his creator's fiancée and then tries to kill his creator.
Trailer
Awesomeness!
posted by pupdog at 5:54 PM on April 7, 2011
Trailer
Awesomeness!
posted by pupdog at 5:54 PM on April 7, 2011
If it's robots and love you're after, check out the Drinkbot episode of Tiki Bar TV. It would make a great cartoon before the main features.
posted by drdanger at 6:24 PM on April 7, 2011
posted by drdanger at 6:24 PM on April 7, 2011
The one with Farrah Fawcett. Saturn 3. Stinko.
No, no, no. Saturn 3 is in the same planet as Zardoz: actually a halfway-decent movie with some reasonably good ideas, but so afflicted with the trappings of its time that it ends up unbearably goofy. But the underlying story of Saturn 3 isn't bad, and Keitel and Douglas at least act passably well. OTOH, it does have the lines "WHEEL AND PEDITATE!" and "NO TACTION CONTACT!"
posted by ROU_Xenophobe at 7:59 PM on April 7, 2011
No, no, no. Saturn 3 is in the same planet as Zardoz: actually a halfway-decent movie with some reasonably good ideas, but so afflicted with the trappings of its time that it ends up unbearably goofy. But the underlying story of Saturn 3 isn't bad, and Keitel and Douglas at least act passably well. OTOH, it does have the lines "WHEEL AND PEDITATE!" and "NO TACTION CONTACT!"
posted by ROU_Xenophobe at 7:59 PM on April 7, 2011
Ahh, Saturn 3... actually one of the last movies by Stanley Donen, who directed 'Singin' In the Rain'.
posted by ovvl at 8:29 PM on April 7, 2011
posted by ovvl at 8:29 PM on April 7, 2011
Hausu! What a great movie. I'm sorry I'm kind of blanking on bad robot movies right now. Would you count Tokyo Gore Police? It's on Netflix Instant. It's not robots per se, but there is a lot of machine-human fusion (Engineers = evil!). Warning: it's so, so bad.
An awful made-for-TV Disney Channel movie is Smart House, if you care to screen it. A kid wins a house for his family that is equipped with a motherly presence who soon becomes very menacing. But because it's Disney, that's about all that happens. Directed by LeVar Burton. Here's Part I. I suggest playing a drinking game (e.g., every time there's a horrible line of dialogue, SHOTS).
The next best thing I can offer (as a palate cleanser) is a brilliant short film called Blinky, about a robot/human friendship. A masterpiece in 13 minutes. Save that for the end of the night. Have fun!
posted by therewolf at 9:43 PM on April 7, 2011
An awful made-for-TV Disney Channel movie is Smart House, if you care to screen it. A kid wins a house for his family that is equipped with a motherly presence who soon becomes very menacing. But because it's Disney, that's about all that happens. Directed by LeVar Burton. Here's Part I. I suggest playing a drinking game (e.g., every time there's a horrible line of dialogue, SHOTS).
The next best thing I can offer (as a palate cleanser) is a brilliant short film called Blinky, about a robot/human friendship. A masterpiece in 13 minutes. Save that for the end of the night. Have fun!
posted by therewolf at 9:43 PM on April 7, 2011
I came in here to recommend Robogeisha, but MegoSteve has beaten me to it. So terrible it was fascinating. Come for the robot geisha's, stay for the armpit and butthole katana's.
posted by ninazer0 at 11:15 PM on April 7, 2011
posted by ninazer0 at 11:15 PM on April 7, 2011
Robot Monster? Certainly terrible, although arguably not actually a robot, in spite of the name.
posted by Infinite Jest at 11:56 PM on April 7, 2011
posted by Infinite Jest at 11:56 PM on April 7, 2011
I want to second Chopping Mall and suggest Eliminators. There's a Mandroid!
posted by troika at 6:27 AM on April 8, 2011
posted by troika at 6:27 AM on April 8, 2011
Response by poster: Thanks for all the good ideas. I think RoboGeisha is exactly what I'm looking for. I'd thought about Endhiran/The Robot, but it has the downside of being 3 hours long, and most of that is not nearly as awesome as the giant fight scene at the end.
I'd forgotten about Saturn 3, that's definitely a movie that I wanted to see as a kid. I'll have to check that out soon. Galaxina & Android look pretty spectacular as well.
posted by iwhitney at 7:27 AM on April 8, 2011
I'd forgotten about Saturn 3, that's definitely a movie that I wanted to see as a kid. I'll have to check that out soon. Galaxina & Android look pretty spectacular as well.
posted by iwhitney at 7:27 AM on April 8, 2011
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