William Shatner has been known to lift the presence of some bad movies. Here’s Cinemassacre’s Top 10 picks of movies that we wouldn’t give a damn about, had it not been for the Shat!
O.K. First of all, I think I've actually seen about half of these films, and yes,,, they're all pretty horrible. I'm older than most of the folks on this site, and I remember seeing Star Trek, when it was on prime time, when I was a kid. I loved Shatner for his work on that show, and on Twilight Zone. He disappeared for awhile after that, then started showing up in a lot of lousy movies in the 70's. Most of which I saw at the local Drive in Movies. I remember seeing The Devils' Rain at the drive in, and, I dunno,,? It was crummy, and kinda sick. Very much like a Kenneth Anger film. Disturbing, at best. I also remember seeing a movie starring Shatner called R.I.P. somewhere around 1974, which sucked too, but I cannot find any reference to it on the web. It was horrible, and I figured it would definitely be in James' top 10. Hmmm? Weird. I never saw Shatners' Incubus, but I remember another film called Incubus in the 70's that starred a very young Sharon Stone. It reminded me of the Devils' Rain. Same kinda feel.
But definitely,, hands down,, the goofiest, most horrible, embarrassing, ever performance by William Shatner, would be this.....
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DvQwXOCKNLY
Rocket Man. Just like Plan 9 From Outer Space,,,, it's soooo bad,,, it's good. Enjoy!!
I want to see incubus, but i can't find it anywhere :(
Real spiders? OH SHIT!
The curse of Incubus also claimed The Shat's third wife. She drowned in a swimming pool in 1999.
Night of the (Motherfuckin) Lepus. Damn I need to watch that now . JAMES PLEASE DO A REVIEW FOR THAT. And no not for "That" you wise ass.
You Cant Shat on The Shatner!
Poor Shatner
thought i grab something to eat and watch a couple movie reviews, had to put the fork down at that people melting part.
I actually read the novelization of Kingdom of the Spiders sometime around the fourth or fifth grade. I can remember thinking to myself "Damn, I bet this is the greatest movie ever made!" Boy was I wrong.
speaking of the boom mic i saw the movie little fockers and u could easily the mic that was fuckin cheap
Damn! Crazy aftermatch of that last one
The First time i knew about William Shatner was on Fresh Prince of Bel Air. Awesome episode.
Im going to watch number one (i already forgot what its called, lol) and Devils Rain, because that looks interesting, and Impulse, because he plays the perfect manic with an impulse control problem, as youve stated.
lol poor shatner. At least hes famous for being bad....
I've never even heard of most of these. At least I remember Airplane II.
"Notice the ass shitting gold coins...."
HAHAHA!!
Great video but why the trash on 'The Devils Rain' ... this is an excellent and unique movie that seriously pushed the envelope on satanic worship along the lines of "The Devil Rides Out" with Christopher Lee.
As a b movie fanatic this was my only real problem with the list. Great job and continue the amazing work.
Wish List for Toxic Avenger remains brother!
Loved watching this, did anyone see him getting Roasted, man were those people rude http://www.vizzed.com/vizzedboard/vizzedindex.php?...
That's a great way to impress an art teacher! Love that one, too funny!
Like the movie list, and the details behind Incubus were very interesting "... and William Shatner went on to make a lot of shitty movies!" Great! :D
review paranha
I'm suprised you didn't mention Groom Lake.
Nice one james ^_^
btw, i've got a very strong feeling that i've read or heard something about the egg sucking and frog holding thing. I dont remember where i read or heard about it but i think i remember its some sort of superstition for guarding against satan or evil spirits and shit (like duh... i know). thing is, i just did a quick search on google and i didnt find anything.
anyway, i dont think its the filmmakers inspiration or just random, i think its a pretty classic superstition, just not well known.
that was great! very informative and entertaining. that last one, incubus, was pretty freaky:-D
Wow. So basically, they slaughtered a ton of helpless tarantulas to make a really, really shitty Shatner movie. That is pretty sick.
It's really John Travolta's 2nd flim. His first would be "The Tenth Level."
I feel sorry for those spiders. The terror they induce is funny considering that they look so passive, just milling about oblivious to the danger of being flung across a room, blown up, shot at etc. Saying that, I am scared of spiders - good job I don't own a gun.
Anyway, I enjoyed the reviews! ^^
You could have mentioned the new priceline.com commercial. They usually have Shatner in it, but in this one he appears with his "evil twin"!!!
Lol, I guess that seeing two Shatners on screen is a tradition that doesn't die.
It's funny, but why do Evil Twins always have a "Goatee"?
That is simply too funny. Gotta love, 'The Shat'!
Real spiders?! Gee, this freaks me out more than Poltergeist.
Haha, I so love you for making this.
Shatner is the best!
When you said that Gene was a fan of Esperanto and thought about making Star Trek in that language I almost choked. Could you imagine that! haha.
You can't go wrong with Shatner. Ever.
I noticed you mentioned The Intruder. The bulk of that movie was actually made in my hometown.
Ah! Horror at 37,000 feet!
For 30 odd years I've been remembering snippets of that film but could never remember the title or enough about it to do a proper search! Thank you!!
Now, if only I could find a copy....
I watched Star Trek series but never knew that old guy was shatner.. I guess he aged well for a more comedic appeal
That spider movie came on once on TV, and because of my hatred of spiders I didnt watch it, I had known William Shatner was in it I would have kept watching it.
Shatner drinks, shatner plays an alcoholic... LOL every single movie!
Its actually true that the Michael Myers mask is a Captain Kurk mask paited white. It has 2 do with the production value of the original movie.
now all they need to do is make a film where a man is sucking an egg while holding a frog.
Nice but it should have been "Here’s Cinemassacre’s Top 10 picks of movies that we wouldn’t give a Shat about.
"Notice the ass sh*tting gold coins." That made me laughed so hard.
I'm not familiar with William Shatner myself but wow, what a great video. I love it! I had no idea he was in so many sh*tty movies. My fav is the The Devil's Rain. I need to see that movie myself.
It's true, Incubus is pretty freakin' crazy, but i like it. i tend to like avant garde stuff, so there's that. the DVD for Incubus also has Shatner commentary which is great.
i'm somewhat convinced that Shatner is not really a bad actor at all. i think the whole thing is an art hoax, perpetrated by a guy who got his start in avant garde theatre. there's no way he's so delusional as to think that his spoken word albums and such are "good". he's totally in on it.
DUDE! Seriously James, being a horror fan, especially Hammer films and satanic cult genre movies i MUST disagree with you. THE DEVIL'S RAIN IS A CLASSIC!!! of 70's genre films!
Good piece, however you missed one MAJOR Shatner film, PRAY FOR THE WILDCATS! Shat, Andy Griffith and Robert Reed running around in the desert on dirt bikes. The shirts speak for themselves!
OMG!!!! I remember this one!! This was such a weird movie, mainly because it was impossible to imagine Andy Griffith as a bad guy...... and why does his gang, consisting of Greg Bradys' dad, Marjoe Gortner, and Shatner all wear Star Trek shirts???
...... on a side note. My older brother lives near Manteo, N.C.
The home of Andy Griffith. Everybody down there, pretty much sees him around town, and it's a normal thing. (Hey, there's Andy Griffith!!) Anyway, my brother reached the age of 50, and decided to see his doctor, because,,, that's what you do at that age, and the doctor needs to stick his finger,,, somewhere. While my brother was waiting for his turn,,,,, Andy Griffith came walking out. Then the Dr. told my brother it was his "turn". My brother asked the Dr. ,, "Are you gonna use the same finger on me, that you just used on Andy Griffith?" The Dr. replied,,,"Indeed, I am." He called me that night.
I guess that was his brush with greatness.
avgn avgn where are they and finilly another top 10 but seriesly avgn avgn or moivei reveiw horro please cant wait for mm
All those movies are AWESOME because Shatner is in them!
Airplane II:The Sequel, You know I think James should do a list of the Top 10 Parody or Spoof films, if he does though I will consider him to be not quite right in the head if he 1.puts any film my Jason Friedburg and Aaron Seltzer on the list and 2. doesn't put either Airplane or one of Mel Brooks' films at the top.
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James is aware of that. He wasn't implying that the name was a direct reference to Star Trek. Romulus and Remus are also the names of the Romulan home worlds in Star Trek.
the spider movie looks kinda cool
I don't know any of those movies. I'd like to see Airplane, for its jokes.
I only know William Shatner from Star Trek, Boston Legal and Over the Hedge.
I'm surprised American Psycho 2 isn't on this list.
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