1984
Directed by: Jeff Kanew
Starring: John Goodman, Robert Carradine, Anthony Edwards

If there was a better "Animal House" rip-off ever made, then I haven't found it. Granted, there's just no beating "Animal House", that movie is excellent, and if you disagree, then I'd like you to say that to my face. Moving on, doomed to the depths of remake hell very soon, "Revenge of the Nerds", the original is a fun, albeit cheesy, bit of eighties fodder that takes off from a successful formula, yet adds its own distinction. Louis and Gilbert are now college men. And they're nerds. And they're pushed around by jocks who refuse to let them form a fraternity. That's the basic gist, and the remainder of the film is based around pranks derivative from "Animal House" including a large climactic face off, a dorm raid, a pot smoking sequence, a toga party, and a fraternity initiation. Plus, there's the lovable oath of the outcast fraternity (e.g. Booger).

Robert Carradine and Edwards earned cult status for their portrayals of the hilariously depictions of nerds that giggle weirdly, and wear bad clothing, and "Nerds" is pretty damn entertaining, especially when watching them raid the girls' dorms and stay up for days watching them undress on hidden cameras, and it's funniest we're supposed to believe that Louis could woo the head jocks hot girlfriend. And I dare you not to enjoy the final musical number where the nerds perform for everyone. The film for some reason begat three sequels, all of which were really bad, but "Nerds" stands alone as the best and the funniest. It's a must see.

1994
Directed by: Peter Wang

I don't know what's more heart-wrenching, that my favorite anime hero of all time was completely snubbed by Hollywood whom missed a golden opportunity for a big budget adaptation ripe with so many possibilities for making money, or that my favorite anime character was reduced to being a carbon copy hero in two straight to video movies, one of which was incredibly awful. The original film was a really bad comedy involving a wimpy karate student who ends up becoming this hero while evading a secret organization, and two bumbling idiots chasing him, whom become monsters.

With obvious costumes, and really bad special effects, the first film sucked bad, and it's embarrassing to watch. "Guyver 2" however took a better turn in the right direction. This time, in a rather bleak and dramatic tone, the holder of the guyver unit has moved away from his home and hitches a ride on an archaeological expedition with a sexy archaeologist. They're mining in a cave and come across a large wall they believe is alien, but he knows it has a connection to his guyver unit. Granted, this film can be boring at times, but "Guyver 2" is a better more serious film with some rather good action sequences, including one that takes place in the forest, and his inevitable battle against a rival guyver unit.

1991
Directed by: Rachel Talalay
Starring: Robert Englund, Lisa Zane, Alice Cooper

Yes. I like this movie. A lot. It's fun! Freddy Krueger with an NES wrist wizard remote control killing someone over a video game, come on! That's great! I first saw this when I was seven or eight. My dad took my brother and I to see this one Sunday afternoon at the local multiplex monstrosity, and we saw it in the ever cheesy 3D wearing uncomfortable 3D glasses throughout the film. That was a time when movie theaters took an effort in giving their audience a good time. Either way, "Freddy's Dead" is the final film of the NOES series (Hah! Right) which is a semi-prequel/sequel about Freddy Krueger's origin, and how he learned that killing kids was fun. And hell, we're even given a glimpse in to Freddy's father, a certain Alice Cooper who abuses his son and brings him up as a nice killer, and his worst enemy here is his daughter who so happens to be a child counselor.

"Freddy's Dead" is a pretty fun movie and it's an especially fun time watching how he tortures everyone with the weirdest methods that will make many laugh and cringe at the same time. Tearing off a deaf guy's ear, and giving him a fake one which amplifies everything that inevitably makes his head explode, death by video game, and the lot. Oh, how sweet it is. It was clear by then that Freddy stopped being the dream demon and started being the clown prince of nightmares. I wouldn't have taken that road though, I'd have had Freddy as more of a behind the scenes presence and focus on the characters, but then I subscribe to less is more, instead of show it all and the audience be damned. Englund never really got tired of Freddy, but audiences did as they describe this as the worst of the series, but I have to disagree. This is a fun time killer. Screw you.

2000
Directed by: Joe Berlinger
Starring: Kim Director, Jeffrey Donovan, Erica Leerhsen

Yes, I admit it, I can sit through this movie more than once and still feel as if I've left a quality picture. And the reason for that is because it's such a mind fuck, it's not even funny. Okay, it's a little funny. Though, "Book of Shadows" is the opposite of everything "The Blair Witch Project" strived to be, it's a very fun movie that has an interesting premise to it. The original film left me stunned, and this sequel pretty much succeeded in pulling the same trick. It's kind of a sequel, but more of a spin-off, but not really. It was panned, critically, so imagine my surprise when I discovered I really liked it. In the reality in which the film takes place, "The Blair Witch Project" is a movie that was actually reality, so in their reality, a bunch of college students decide to go and find the real witch. But while camping out and discovering the witches legend, weird things begin happening, and what emerges is possibly one of the freakiest and surprising endings I've ever seen. And I've seen a lot of them. Though its filled with your typical one-dimensional characters and archetypes, it's a fun and interesting sequel that took its original story and added a great twist that I haven't seen since "Session 9".

13. PITCH BLACK

2000
Directed by:
Starring: Radha Mitchell, Vin Diesel, Cole Hauser

How did the aliens eat before the characters here came along? How did the aliens eat at all before anyone came along? That large gaping, embarrassing plot hole really stares you in the face throughout the entire run time of "Pitch Black", but the good thing is, that's okay. Because this is a fun movie. A crew shipping a lethal convict accidentally crashes on Saturn, only to be ravaged by night seeking hordes of aliens intent on eating them. And the bitch of it all? There's a long eclipse that's just started, and it's feeding time. Now they have to rely on the lethal, and possibly traitorous convict, Riddick. Radha Mitchell is hot. Cole Hauser is bad-ass.

And Vin Diesel's only true career defining role to date is a good one. I like Vin Diesel. He's good in small portions here and there, when you think about it. His only really performances were when he was only secondary. "Boiler Room",  "Saving Private Ryan", and "Iron Giant", but beyond that, the bald bloke steals the show here as Riddick, which propelled him into a sub-par spin-off. "Pitch Black", though, for all its faults, is still a damn fun B science fiction film about the remaining ships survivors fighting off the nocturnal aliens whom communicate with loud squeaks and squeals. "Pitch Black" is pure bullshit entertainment.

1959
Directed by: William Castle
Starring: Vincent Price, Judith Evelyn, Darryl Hickman

One of my best friends who is also a film critic, once attended a screening of "The Tingler" in a revival house somewhere in Manhattan. Director William Castle always reveled in using fun gimmicks during his films to help improve the experience in theaters. He needed no such gimmicks because his films were great, but that doesn't mean the gimmicks weren't ingenious. Whether handing out death certificates, warning audiences that ambulances are on stand-by, he knew how to have fun. With "The Tingler" he used a vibrating seat which meant that the tingler was on you. And my friend experienced the same incident in the revival house during a screening of my childhood favorite "The Tingler". Whether it's having floating heads screaming incessantly, or having a small monster on a string dash by the screen,

"The Tingler" is a consistently fun, and cheesy event that has to be experienced. This is was great movie when I was little, and the best scene involves the screen blacking out and hearing star Price's voice urging the audience to scream because the tingler is around you, while we hear many screams emerge from nowhere. That kind of theatrics really does deserve to be acknowledged. Price is a scientist who has discovered a new demon in a dead woman, a demon that thrives on fear, and its weakness is a loud scream. He then tries to rig the demon to kill helpless victims, but now that the tingler has turned on him, he has to stop it once and for all. Price's vehicle is a fun little B monster movie that is just too fun to missed, and features one of the most ridiculous final scenes I've ever witnessed. Yet another childhood fav.

11. JASON X

2001
Directed by: James Isaac
Starring: Kane Hodder, Lex Doig, Lisa Ryder

What did we discover in "Jason X"? Jason is not really a zombie, but a superhuman with abilities to heal, and regenerate. Scientists want to know how he does it and succeed in trapping him. The scientists fail. Jason can transcend time through cryogenics, and that uber-Jason really isn't a necessary addition to the series. I love the "Friday the 13th" series, and much like people whom love "Godfather 3", I'm in the minority when I say that I really enjoy "Jason X". Kane Hodder, the most famous Jason actor of the series returns to play Jason and uber-Jason in the futuristic plot involving his pursuit of a young female scientist. While chasing her, and offing a bunch of people, she hides in a room holding a cryogenic chamber, which she locks Jason in.

He sticks her through the glass, and the two freeze later to be discovered by a salvage team far in to the future. How come no one discovered them in all these years? Who knows? Jason is re-incarnated, off's the horny teen crew, and is killed by the resident android who makes him her bitch. He's brought back by nanobots which turn him in to Robo-Jason where he returns in the climax. "Jason X" is not without faults, but it's a lot of fun to see Jason battling the living while battling future technology. He marvels at a 3D game scenario, gets used to his bio-armor very quickly, takes joy in slaughtering two horny girls in a Camp Crystal Lake simulation scenario which fails to distract him. How did they know what Crystal Lake looked like? Who knows? Hodder is a great Jason, and his last hurrah as the masked killer is a fun one.