When I was younger (under 10) I remember lying on the floor in my parents' lounge on a rainy Saturday afternoon watching a black and white film called "The Monolith Monsters".

Since that day I haven't met a single person who has seen it. It's a film about crystals which, when they come into contact with water grow out of all proportion, fall over and smash things (like buildings), then the fragments themselves grow out of all proportion, fall over and smash things, then the fragments..... ARGHHH!

I think I've remembered that right.

Anyone else seen it? I enjoyed it back then. Are then any films that you've seen that draw a blank when you mention them to others?

I haven't seen it myself, but there's plenty of info on the web:

Google Search: +"Monolith Monsters"

Yes, it's one of those films.

Crystaline stuff that melts in the rain. (flood from dam)

Yes, I have seen it, like kronos, it's a cute film.

One film I always remember from my youth was "Quebec".
It seems to of been shot at night and I couldn't figure out what was going on. I looked it up in a film book recently, but nobody else has heard of it.
At about the same time I saw "Latin Lovers" which I remember because young boys hate titles like that.

I saw some movie when I was too young to fully remember, but I remember that I watched it alone, and it was some sort of rip-off of Superman. It was a guy in a white/grey tights, and I think either some big hair, or a hat, or something on his shoulders too(I was young)

The most notable thing, was that in the middle of the movie there was some song that was the word "--------" or "bullcr**" over and over again, and I thought it was PG!!!!!!

The first time my virgin ears heard cussing and I never told my parents.... has anyone seen that?

Taking a slight diversion here, my favorite bad movie of all time was Ishtar, with Warren Beatty and Dustin Hoffman. It wasn't quite as bad as everyone made it out to be; I found it to be a nice, little "B" buddy movie. But it certainly wasn't worth the budget they poured into it.

What made the movie my all-time favorite, however, was Gene Shalit's review on the "Today" show. It was fashionable to pan the flick, but Shalit outdid them all, with two words. He stared at the camera and said, "Ishtar ishtarrible."

(It's moments like that that stick with me.)

I remember an episode of "Growing Pains" where Maggie Seaver was waiting to broadcast a live feed in the rain, and it kept getting put off, and she was miserable. The movie that she was waiting to interrupt when the station went to her live feed was "Ishtar". That's all I know about the movie!

There is a great movie called "Magicians" that is only available on video/DVD at Blockbuster Video. It's a great movie about magicians...you should see what their idea of a magic club is (imagine what a layperson would picture a magic club as...that's what it is). It's funny and is an overall good movie that no one has seen.

There was also a TV movie called "The Man In the Santa Clause Suit" (I think). It had Fred Astaire who played about 7 different characters (who were really all Santa).

No-one except my sister (who watched it with me when we were about 7) remembers it.

Anyone else?

The DVD is sitting on our entertainment center right now, waiting for me to watch it. This is the second time I have rented it and I still have not seen it.

Oh man.

"Magicians" is the worst movie.

Ever.

Seriously. Borrow a book, keep it overdue for three months, and spend the money on late fees before you think about renting this stinker.

Are you kidding? I thought it was great!

Just my two cents worth on the movie "Magicians". I have the DVD and I hated it the first time I watched it. But I actually enjoyed it on the second viewing a few weeks later. It is far from my favorite movie but it does seem to get a little better each time I watch it. If you really want to see a lame movie, watch "Plan 9 From Outerspace". It is so bad, that it is fun to watch.
Iven

Enjoying bad movies for their extreme badness is NOT something I enjoy. This movie wasn't even trying to be campy. The direction was sad and uninspired; the plot was like every other "crossing the country with a dream, enduring pitfalls along the way" movie; minor plot points were unbelievable (they left behind one of their illusions at the veterans show); other than Claire Forlani and Alan Arkin, the acting was just downright annoying; and it was quite apparent that very little research was done into the field of magic.

For the love of Pete, the protagonist (Max) thinks of Siegfried and Roy as gods. Alan Arkin, a lifer, is convinced that they will have a serious magic act good enough for Vegas within a week. Oh sure, we'll just put together a few (overdone) illusions, we'll put in a lot of practice but still manage to mess them up at small gigs on the road to Vegas, and by the time we get there, they will greet us with champagne and caviar as they marvel at our greatness.

Magicians is the quintessential "straight to video" movie. No amount of publicity would get enough people into theatres to watch a bunch of no-names, and the story is so bad that word-of mouth publicity was out of the question. So, off to video you go.

*
1 out of 5 stars.

No Names? Alan Arkin is a well-known and well-respected actor. Actually, he is one of the (I believe) 7 people to be nominated for an Academy Award on their first feature film. It's quintessential, yes, but what makes it funny to magicians IS that they did very little research. It's humorous. Just the magic club alone...

The Lawnmower man.

I remember growing up and watching what I thought was the funniest movie I had ever seen. I rented it nonstop for about two years from the age of 6 to 8. It was called "Moving Violations." I haven't seen or heard about it since then.

Ok-- Here's some (not many have heard of):

Food of the Gods

the groove tube

Ishtar _loved the song lyrics--too funny!

(my husband liked--DISCO BEAVER FROM OUTER SPACE)

The ESCAPE artist (Harry's first film!)
They made him jump into ice-cold water many times to get the shot. (him upside-down and handcuffed in h20)

Watership down

I'll think of some more.

Ellen

How about "Sliding Doors"? Really cool movie with a great premise. Also a really good movie that not many people have seen is "The Cat's Meow" with my all time favorite comedian Eddie Izzard.
Jason

My mother has warts!