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Post by mortsahlfan on May 19, 2020 1:05:40 GMT
I have one in mind, but wondering how long it will be before something guesses. I'm sure I'll think of more by the time I wake up tomorrow.
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Post by bravomailer on May 19, 2020 1:34:54 GMT
The Exorcist spawned a slew of bad horror flicks.
Platoon and Full Metal Jacket did the same for Vietnam movies.
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Post by BATouttaheck on May 19, 2020 1:40:38 GMT
JAWS most likely can be blamed for
Tentacles: A mutated giant octopus wreaks havoc on a California seaside community.
Orca: A hunter squares off against a killer whale seeking vengeance for the death of its mate.
not to mention the Jaws sequels
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Post by bravomailer on May 19, 2020 1:45:24 GMT
Saturday Night Fever ----> Roller Boogie
Working the other way, several cheap biker movies led to Easy Rider.
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Post by Deleted on May 19, 2020 2:28:27 GMT
Aliens, Escape From New York, Jaws, Star Wars, and Gremlins probably inspired the most bad movies.
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Post by ck100 on May 19, 2020 2:32:26 GMT
A good/great movie will always inspire cheap knockoffs.
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Post by twothousandonemark on May 19, 2020 3:15:38 GMT
Die Hard
Halloween
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Post by marianne48 on May 19, 2020 4:19:04 GMT
In the documentary 78/52, several filmmakers cite Psycho as the inspiration for their own schlocky gorefest movies.
Hitchcock's The Birds probably led to such epics as The Swarm, Roar, Night of the Lepus, Frogs,, and other crazed-animals-run-amok films.
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Post by mikef6 on May 19, 2020 4:32:04 GMT
Die Hard:
Under Siege - Die Hard on a ship
Passenger 57 and Executive Decision - Die Hard on an airplane
Sudden Death - Die Hard at a hockey game
And many others
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Post by someguy on May 19, 2020 5:08:56 GMT
Pulp Fiction.
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Post by Fox in the Snow on May 19, 2020 8:41:56 GMT
JAWS most likely can be blamed for Tentacles: A mutated giant octopus wreaks havoc on a California seaside community. Orca: A hunter squares off against a killer whale seeking vengeance for the death of its mate. not to mention the Jaws sequels ...and theoretically every summer blockbuster. How many "bad" films that equates to, will no doubt vary from person to person.
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Post by stefancrosscoe on May 19, 2020 9:30:47 GMT
The Warriors (1979), Escape From New York (1981) and The Road Warrior (1981) sure did influence a whole lot of very, very bad but also at times very enjoyable italian b-movie rip-offs, and where I think stuff like 1990: The Bronx Warriors (1982), The New Barbarians (1983) and 2019, After the Fall of New York (1983) stand among those I have had the pleasure of watching maybe a few times too "many", but they are just so damn funny and entertaining, so I sure do not mind.
I do love the whole post-apocalyptic genre of the 80s and early 90s, but yeah, few of the movies that came from being heavily influence or who "ripped" off from the classic films mentioned earlier, ever came close of "matching" the originals in quality or entertainment. I have been fooled so many times, by awesome movie posters, striking titles and hot babes, but the films have sadly often ended up as incredible boring and terrible, which really is the absolute worst way of wasting time on a film.
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Post by stefancrosscoe on May 19, 2020 9:42:33 GMT
Die Hard: Under Siege - Die Hard on a shipPassenger 57 and Executive Decision - Die Hard on an airplane Sudden Death - Die Hard at a hockey gameAnd many others Surprised you would put Seagals maybe best or most critically acclaimed movie in there, also Sudden Death, which of course is nowwhere near Die Hard in quality, but when it comes to sheer entertainment, for me, they are up there with the most enjoyable action films of the 90s, and certainly one of the better Die Hard "rip-offs" having been made at that time. If you want to have go at a really, really "great" Die Hard clone, then be sure to try out the "classic" that is Skyscraper (1996) starring Anna Nicole Smith.   or No Contest (1995) with Shannon Tweed.
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Post by stefancrosscoe on May 19, 2020 9:50:29 GMT
Aliens, Escape From New York, Jaws, Star Wars, and Gremlins probably inspired the most bad movies. Oh yeah, I have recently gone through a couple of too-many Gremlins "rip-offs", such as the Roger Corman produced Munchie films, but Hobgoblins (1988), now that was really something "else".
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Post by stefancrosscoe on May 19, 2020 9:54:22 GMT
Conan The Barbarian, Rambo: First Blood and of course 48 Hrs. all having been made in 1982, and who would go on to soon be followed by a large number of terrible rip-offs, but then again, there also came a lot of very funny and enjoyable ones as well, and once again, the italians did it often "better" than everyone else, at making enjoyable crap.
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Post by sostie on May 19, 2020 10:58:17 GMT
The Warriors (1979), Escape From New York (1981) and The Road Warrior (1981) sure did influence a whole lot of very, very bad but also at times very enjoyable italian b-movie rip-offs, and where I think stuff like 1990: The Bronx Warriors (1982), The New Barbarians (1983) and 2019, After the Fall of New York (1983) stand among those I have had the pleasure of watching maybe a few times too "many", but they are just so damn funny and entertaining, so I sure do not mind. I do love the whole post-apocalyptic genre of the 80s and early 90s, but yeah, few of the movies that came from being heavily influence or who "ripped" off from the classic films mentioned earlier, ever came close of "matching" the originals in quality or entertainment. I have been fooled so many times, by awesome movie posters, striking titles and hot babes, but the films have sadly often ended up as incredible boring and terrible, which really is the absolute worst way of wasting time on a film. It's probably the only sub-genre where I love the cheap knock off's nearly as much as those that influenced them.
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Post by Catman on May 19, 2020 11:08:14 GMT
Godzilla (1954) spawned a slew of bad giant monster movies included some Godzilla sequels.
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Post by politicidal on May 19, 2020 14:03:35 GMT
JAWS most likely can be blamed for Tentacles: A mutated giant octopus wreaks havoc on a California seaside community. Orca: A hunter squares off against a killer whale seeking vengeance for the death of its mate. not to mention the Jaws sequels Don’t forget Grizzly which came out the next year and followed the Jaws plot to the letter. |
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Post by mortsahlfan on May 19, 2020 18:08:40 GMT
I would say "The Godfather"... There hasn't been any great mobster movies since. But Brando had so much influence, even in TV shows, every old mobster talks like he just got shot in the throat (which is in the original book).. Brando also said "A man with so much power doesn't have to speak loudly"
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Post by Prime etc. on May 19, 2020 19:00:36 GMT
I would say "The Godfather"... There hasn't been any great mobster movies since. But Brando had so much influence, even in TV shows, every old mobster talks like he just got shot in the throat (which is in the original book).. Brando also said "A man with so much power doesn't have to speak loudly" The Italian knock offs of the time (though maybe that is unfair since they were making mafia films before Puzo wrote his book).
I KISS THE HAND with Arthur Kennedy as the godfather and John Saxon is a pretty good Godfather cash-in.
THE BOSS with Henry Silva and Richard Conte is another.
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