Now whether a movie is good or not is a highly subjective thing. Almost any film has ardent supporters and savage detractors. I think all of use have some movies we’d put into the category of “guilty pleasures.” Sometimes people will use the term “cult film” to make it sound a bit more respectable as if you only dislike it because you just don’t “get” it. I have a number of these, “Big Trouble in Little China” for example. Some people despise the Monty Python films or even “The Big Lebowski.” (Yes, I know that seems inconceivable). Some people run screaming from the room when “Beach Blanket Bingo” comes on. But that’s not really the type of film I’m currently writing about. I mean films like you see on Mystery Science Theater 3000.

You know, bona fide crap.

            I love those movies, I don’t know why. I also have friends and relatives who love them. It’s hard to explain and we’ve never been able to. We can happily watch “Night of the Lepus” or “Attack of the Killer Shrews” and even rewatch them the way others might rewatch “Cassablanca” (I also watch that over and over. Enjoying undeniably bad films doesn’t numb me to quality work).

            They seem to center around the science fiction and so-called horror genres. How can you not love the Styrofoam boulders, the Muppet-like monsters, the spaceship control rooms that look like your living room? The actors, who occasionally are someone who moves up to B films and even A films or television, should all deserve accolades for being able to deliver the inane dialogue without laughing or cringing.

            I know you must have favorite crappy films. Try to think of few that you really love. Don’t go easy with “Plan 9 From Outer Space” or “Killer Clowns From Outer Space.” Dig a little deeper and see what you’ve got.