Film guilty pleasures.

Remembered another one:

Reign of Fire. Worth it to see Leonidas and Batman re-enact Star Wars alone.

-Hobo With A Shotgun
-Dead Snow
-Frankenhooker
-Brain Dead
-Reanimator
-Return Of The Living Dead
-Attack Of The Killer Tomatoes
-Toxic Avenger
-Spinal Tap

Independence Day - I forgot about that one.

To me Independence Day is the theatrical equivalent of that infommercial for the Magic Bullet mixer where all the steroetyped characters sit around a kitchen counter while their British(Aussie?) friend and his... wife(girlfriend? American cousin?) make them everything from nachos to chicken salad sandwiches to virgin margaritas in exchange for listening to a 30 minute sales pitch. I just can't look away.

Bride of Chucky - love Jennifer Tilly
Black Sheep - zombie sheep... awesomeness!
Cry-Baby - early Johnny Depp... hot!
Night of the Living Dorks
Airheads
Bubba Ho-Tep
Joe Dirt
... and a couple of things from Troma, which I will not list here >.>

I wish they'd adapt the sequel to The Relic.

Thought of another one:

The Day After Tomorrow - I'm a sucker for apocalyptic, end of the world type movies.

Hmm...

Ishtar (seriously. It was hysterically funny and I love it. "I think something went wrong and now I own a blind camel!")
The Core
Down Periscope
Rocketman (I love Harlan Williams, what can I say)
The Chipmunk Adventure (shut uuuup, I'm a child of the 80s)
Bridget Jones' Diary
Spaceballs

Yeah, I kind of have...eclectic taste.

Down Periscope and Rocketman I can see. Heck I should have put Down Periscope on my list
But, Spaceballs? That's a hard sell, even if many Mel fans see that as the decline of his game, it's still great fun. Heck, I don't think it's any bold statement to say that no Mel Brook's film belongs on a guilty pleasure list. Opinions may vary on Dracula Dead and Loving it, I just happen to know quite a few people that adore it.

Several films mentioned in this thread are not "bad" movies. Some are Cheesy classics, like Flash Gordon and Arnie's Conan. I have several films that most people consider to be bad, but I like:

The Spirit. Widely considered to be terrible, but I thought it was amazingly funny as extremely cheesy.
Roadhouse. Another extremely cheesy movie with great quotes.
League of Extraodinary Gentlemen. I thought LXG was a fun film. I don't care about the comic.
Van Helsing. Another entertaining film -- not great but entertaining.
Daredevil; Director's Cut. One that has been mentioned several times here.
Ghost Rider. Hated by fans of the comic and haters of Nic Cage. I mostly enjoyed it.

Some more...

Killer Klowns from Outer Space
Transylvania 6-5000
House 2
Beastmaster
Krull
Ice Pirates
Fletch Lives
High Spirits

Dunno how bad movies are supposed to be or what have you, however some of the movies in my collection are:

Scott Pilgrim Vs The World
The Spirit
Helboy 1 & 2
The Matrix Trilogy
The Incredible Hulk (Ed Norton version)
Daredevil directors cut only please
The Punisher (Thomas Jane version)
Transformers
Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen
Predator
Predators
Star Trek (latest one)
Dracula, Dead and Loving It...(wrong me! wrong me! wrong my brains out! lol)
oh and
The Chronicles of Riddick.....


cant tell I dont like some hokey scifi and fantasy....lol

I think we need a definition of a "Guilty Pleasure" film. I think of it as a movie that is generally considered to be a "bad" film for one reason or another, but I happen to like it and want to watch it on occasion, and may even have it in my movie collection.

Some are easy: "The Spirit" was widely panned by critics, did poorly in the box office and was the subject of tons of disgust and rage by fans of the old comic strip. I saw it in the theater and thought it was horrible for the first 15 minutes or so . . . until I figured out that it was an extreme campy comedy dressed up as a noir comic book movie. It was advertised all wrong, as an action movie. In many ways, it looked like an action movie with some really stupid stuff in it. Once I realized what director Frank Miller was trying to do, I thought is was funny, much in the same way that the old cheesy Batman television series and the 1980 version of Flash Gordon was cheesy. It went over the top with stereotypes to make fun of them.

The problem is that few people could really appreciate it. The mind-set has changed. If people still considered Nazis as threatening, then Samuel L. Jackson dressed as a Nazi for no valid reason whatsoever would be funny. But today, Nazis are most often seen as the subject of jokes and ridicule (i.e. The Producers), so the impact of that scene is lessened. I bought "The Spirit" on DVD and still think it is funny: corney dialog, gorgeous women treated like objects and ridiculous fight scenes in a parady of movies from the 40's. It is a "guilty pleasure."

Van Helsing was supposed to be the first in a series of films turning Van Helsing into an action hero fighting classic Universal Studio villains. It failed to get the audience and is generally considered a bad movie. I liked it, and actually have the DVD. That is a "guilty pleasure." LXG is another one that clearly fits the definition.

Now, I don't consider a movie that is intentionally bad to be a guilty pleasure. Something like "Killer Klowns from Outer Space" was supposed to be a stupid movie -- obvious from its name. Movies that fit a certain genre and succeed within that genre are not films that I would consider a "guilty pleasure." The first Matrix was very good, and the second two weren't nearly as good, but still had a huge audience. I don't consider those to be a "guilty pleasure."

Spaceballs is considered one of Mel Brook's classic comedy spoofs -- while some people don't like that style of humor, I don't think it is a "guilty pleasure."

Independence Day? It was a huge hit at the time and most people still like it regardless of its weaknesses -- not a guilty pleasure.

Waterworld: It was a flop. A hugely expensive film with a bankable actor . . . that was pretty boring in parts. I didn't like it all that much, which is the common view. So If you are fond of Waterworld, I'd call it a guilty pleasure.

Timeline: I liked the book. Hated the movie. The movie was a flop. If you like the movie, I'd call it a guilty pleasure.

Another possible category of "guilty pleasure" might be if you like a film clearly not intended for your demographic, even if the film was successful within its genre. I happen to love Disney's "The Little Mermaid." It was a landmark film that revived great animation with great voice acting, wonderful music and a new popularity. In an era where no musicals were being made, Disney turned its new, fresh animated films into great musicals with songs like "Part of Your World," "Under the Sea" and "Kiss the Girl."

So, liking a film that is out of your usual demographic might also be considered a "guilty pleasure."

I take my little brother to the cinema for two reasons.

1. He really loves going.
2. I get to watch the latests CGI kids film

Now they're usually very good, the guilty pleasure is how I go about it!

For clearly kids movies love, How to Tame your Dragon and the original Disney Alice in Wonderland, which probably does count.

For more grown up films, I admit I rather like Jingle All the Way as a silly Christmas film and True Lies or The Last Action Hero as absolutely ridiculous but still amusing action films.

They all star Arnie. This isn't a coincidence.

Oh and let's not forget Starship Troopers! For it's over the top machismo.