Editing Cult film (section)

==="So bad it's good"===
{{See also|Z movie}}
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The critic [[Michael Medved]] characterized examples of the "so bad it's good" class of low-budget cult film through books such as ''[[The Golden Turkey Awards]].'' These films include financially fruitless and critically scorned films that have become inadvertent comedies to film buffs, such as ''[[Plan 9 from Outer Space]]'' (1957),<ref name=plan9>{{cite news|last=Palopoli|first=Steve|title=Cult Leader: "Plan 9 from Outer Space"|url=http://www.metroactive.com/metro/05.31.06/cult-0622.html|access-date=2013-05-03|newspaper=[[Metro Silicon Valley]]|date=2006-05-31}}</ref> ''[[Mommie Dearest (film)|Mommie Dearest]]'' (1981),<ref>{{cite web |author=QueenB |url=http://lbcinema.org/mommie-dearest/ |title=MOMMIE DEAREST – Midnight Screening of 1981 Cult Classic! « Long-standing Beach Cinematheque |publisher=Lbcinema.org |access-date=January 12, 2014 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131203011824/http://lbcinema.org/mommie-dearest/ |archive-date=December 3, 2013 |df=mdy-all }}</ref> ''[[The Room]]'' (2003),<ref>{{cite magazine|last=Collis|first=Clark|title=The Crazy Cult of "The Room"|url=https://ew.com/article/2008/12/12/crazy-cult-room/|magazine=[[Entertainment Weekly]]|access-date=2019-11-08|date=2008-12-12|issue=1026}}</ref> and the Ugandan action comedy film ''[[Who Killed Captain Alex?]]'' (2010).<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.huffingtonpost.com/brandon-judell/who-killed-captain-alex-t_b_7918892.html|title='Who Killed Captain Alex?': The Best Worst Film of 2010, Uganda-Style|last=Judell|first=Brandon|date=2015-08-04|website=Huffington Post|language=en-US|access-date=2019-01-06}}</ref> Similarly, [[Paul Verhoeven]]'s ''[[Showgirls]]'' (1995) bombed in theaters but developed a cult following on video. Catching on, [[Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer]] capitalized on the film's ironic appeal and marketed it as a cult film.<ref>{{cite web|last=Heitmueller|first=Karl|title=Rewind: Major-Studio Flicks That Belong In The Grind House|url=http://www.mtv.com/news/1556111/rewind-major-studio-flicks-that-belong-in-the-grind-house/|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141013213715/http://www.mtv.com/news/1556111/rewind-major-studio-flicks-that-belong-in-the-grind-house/|url-status=dead|archive-date=October 13, 2014|work=[[MTV]]|access-date=2013-05-04|date=2007-04-03}}</ref> Sometimes, fans will impose their own interpretation of films which have attracted derision, such as reinterpreting an earnest melodrama as a comedy.<ref name=spoons />{{rp|212}} {{proper name|Jacob deNobel}} of the ''[[Carroll County Times]]'' states that films can be perceived as nonsensical or inept when audiences misunderstand avant-garde filmmaking or misinterpret parody. Films such as ''Rocky Horror'' can be misinterpreted as "weird for weirdness' sake" by people unfamiliar with the cult films that they parody. {{proper name||deNobel}} ultimately rejects the use of the label "so bad it's good" as mean-spirited and often misapplied.<ref>{{cite news|last=deNobel |first=Jacob |title=Good Bad Taste: 'Rocky Horror Picture Show' and the So Bad It's Good Fallacy |url=http://localbiz.carrollcountytimes.com/community_times/blogs/goodbadtaste/good-bad-taste-rocky-horror-picture-show-and-the-so/article_58a28700-b2fe-50bf-9890-8429a2c6a9a5.html |archive-url=https://archive.today/20141122174800/http://localbiz.carrollcountytimes.com/community_times/blogs/goodbadtaste/good-bad-taste-rocky-horror-picture-show-and-the-so/article_58a28700-b2fe-50bf-9890-8429a2c6a9a5.html |url-status=dead |archive-date=2014-11-22 |access-date=2013-05-28 |newspaper=[[Carroll County Times]] |date=2013-05-26 }}</ref> [[Alamo Drafthouse Cinema|Alamo Drafthouse]] programmer Zack Carlson has further said that any film which succeeds in entertaining an audience is good, regardless of irony.<ref>{{cite web|last=Carlson|first=Zack|title=Miami Connection Destroys the Myth of 'So Bad They're Good' Movies|url=https://www.wired.com/2012/10/opinion-miami-connection/all/|work=[[Wired (website)|Wired]]|access-date=2013-05-19|date=2012-10-25}}</ref> In [[francophone]] culture, "so bad it's good" films, known as {{Interlanguage link|nanar|lt=nanars|Fr||WD=}}, have given rise to a [[subculture]] with dedicated websites such as ''Nanarland'', film festivals and viewings in theaters, as well as various books analyzing the phenomenon. The rise of the Internet and on-demand films has led critics to question whether "so bad it's good" films have a future now that people have such diverse options in both availability and catalog,<ref>{{cite news|last=Doerksen|first=Cliff|title="So Bad It's Good" Isn't All That Bad|url=http://www.chicagoreader.com/Bleader/archives/2010/08/02/so-bad-its-good-isnt-all-that-bad|access-date=2013-05-19|newspaper=[[Chicago Reader]]|date=2010-08-02}}</ref> though fans eager to experience the worst films ever made can lead to lucrative showings for local theaters<ref>{{cite news|last=Anderman|first=Joan|title=Cult film Is Good Business at Coolidge Corner Theatre|url=http://www.boston.com/ae/movies/articles/2010/06/19/cult_film_is_good_business_at_coolidge_corner_theatre/|access-date=2013-05-31|newspaper=[[The Boston Globe]]|date=2010-06-19}}</ref> and merchandisers.<ref>{{cite news|last=Patel|first=Nihar|title='The Room': A Cult Hit So Bad, It's Good|url=https://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=5384997|access-date=2013-06-16|newspaper=[[National Public Radio]]|date=2006-05-05}}</ref>