A Skunk by Any Other Name
Horror seems to generate more than its fair share of Bad Titles. Perhaps it's the nature of the material or perhaps
more simply, it has dwelt in the B-Film range for so long that we expect them. Either way, we've given quite a few
skulls for bad titles and we thought it might be fun to list them all for your perusing pleasure.
Usually, puns or wordplay are the major culprits here (Chopping Mall, Nighty Nightmare, Cutting
Class, Slayride, etc.), but every once in a while, there's a title that's bad on its own merits
(Leprechaun 4: In Space, Halloween:H20, or Hello Mary Lou: Prom Night 2). Certain titles are
good while the movies are not (ie Spider Baby, C.H.U.D., or The Boogens). Still, this is the matter
of opinion, as one man's Children Shouldn't Play With Dead Things is another man's I Still Know What You Did
Last Summer.
- A
- Alone in the Dark (1982)
- The Amazing Colossal Man (1957) TWO SKULLS
- The Astronaut's Wife (1999)
- B
- Bad Moon (1996)
- Basket Case (1981)
- Bleeders (1997)
- Blood Sisters (1987)
- Bloody New Year (1986)
- Blue Monkey (1987) TWO SKULLS
- Body Bags (1993)
- The Boogens (1981)
- Breeders (1986)
- Breeders (1997)
- The Burning (1981)
- C
- Carnosaur (1993)
- Castle Freak (1995)
- Cemetery Man (1994)
- Child's Play (1988)
- Chopping Mall (1986)
- C.H.U.D. II: Bud the Chud (1988) TWO SKULLS
- Christmas Evil (1980)
- The Clown at Midnight (1998)
- Creature (1985)
- Cutting Class (1988)
- D
- Deadtime Stories (1985)
- The Deathhead Virgin (1985)
- Deep Blue Sea (1999)
- Deep Rising (1998)
- Don't Look Now (1973)
- Don't Open the Door (1974) TWO SKULLS
- Dr. Giggles (1992)
- E-->
- Embrace of the Vampire (1994)
- Evil Laugh (1986) TWO SKULLS
- The Evilmaker (2000)
- F
- Fatal Pulse (1988)
- Final Examination (2002)
- Friday the 13th Part VIII: Jason Takes Manhattan (1989)
- The Fury (1978)
- G
- Ginger Snaps (2001) TWO SKULLS
- Gothic (1986)
- Grave Secrets (1989)
- H
- Halloween III: Season of the Witch (1983)
- Halloween H20: 20 Years Later (1998)
- Hard to Die (1990)
- Head of the Family (1996)
- Hello Mary Lou: Prom Night II (1987)
- House II: The Second Story (1987)
- House of Death (1981)
- House of Frankenstein (1944)
- Humanoids from the Deep (1980)
- Huntress: Spirit of the Night (1991)
- I
- I Married a Monster (1998)
- I Still Know What You Did Last Summer (1998)
- Innocent Blood (1992)
- J
- Jack Frost (1997)
- Jack Frost 2: The Revenge of the Mutant Killer Snowman (2000)
- Jack-O (1995)
- Jason Goes to Hell: The Final Friday (1993) TWO SKULLS
- Jeepers Creepers (2001) TWO SKULLS
- Jugular Wine: A Vampire Odyssey (1994)
- K-->
- Killer Party (1986)
- L
- Leprechaun 4: In Space (1996)
- Leprechaun in the Hood (2000) TWO SKULLS
- Leprechaun Back 2 tha Hood (2003) TWO SKULLS
- Lisa and the Devil (1972)
- Long Time Dead (2001)
- Lost Souls (2000)
- M
- Mirror of Death (1987)
- Mountaintop Motel Massacre (1983)
- Mr. Stitch (1995)
- Murder by Phone (1981)
- Mutant Man (1996) TWO SKULLS
- N
- Night Life (1989)
- O
- Only Darkness (1996)
- P
- Phantom of the Mall: Eric's Revenge (1988)
- Pieces (1981)
- Piranha II: The Spawning (1981)
- Planet of the Vampires (1965)
- Popcorn (1991)
- R
- The Regenerated Man (1994)
- The Relic (1997)
- Retro Puppet Master (1999)
- S
- Severed Ties (1992)
- Shocker (1989)
- Shriek If You Know What I Did Last Friday the 13th (2000) TWO SKULLS
- Sleepaway Camp (1983)
- Sleepaway Camp II: Unhappy Campers (1988)
- Sometimes They Come Back . . . For More (1998)
- Sorority Babes in the Slimeball Bowl-o-rama (1988)
- Sorority House Massacre 2: Nighty Nightmare (1990)
- Spirits (1990)
- Splatter University (1984)
- Split Second (1991)
- Subspecies (1991)
- T
- Tenderness of the Wolves (1973)
- The Terror (1963)
- Terror Tract (2000)
- TerrorVision (1986)
- To All a Goodnight (1983)
- Toxic Spawn (1981)
- Trilogy of Terror (1975)
- U
- The Unholy (1987)
- The Unnamable 2: The Statement of Randolph Carter (1992)
- V
- Vampires and Other Steretypes (1994)
- Virus (1999)
- W
- Watch Me When I Kill (1981)
- Watchers Reborn (1998)
- Wolfen (1981)
- X
- Xtro (1983)
- Z
- Zoltan, Hound of Dracula (1977)