Worst Film Week – Worst Film Titles (A Short List)

WORST FILM TITLES

Whether it’s a great film or not, sometimes you have to wonder at the reasoning behind some of history’s worst film titles. We thought we’d put together a list of some of those that jumped out at us (from a very long list) as being the stupidest, most inane titles you’d ever use. Some film titles have no meaning whatsoever, some are just unpronouncable, some just plain stupid. In this list, some of the films are actually quite good, it’s just they’ve been saddled with some of the most awful cinematic titling ever bestowed upon the film artform.

Here’s our list of some of the worst titles for a film, ever! Imagine, you turn up to the cinema and have to tell the ticket office guy the name of the film you want to see. Could you look him in the eye and say any of the following?

1. Can Heironymus Merkin Ever Forget Humpee and Find True Happiness?
2. Those Magnificent Men in Their Flying Machines or How I Flew From London To Paris in 25 Hours 11 minutes.
3. Freddie Got Fingered
4. Too Wong Fu: Thanks For Everything Julie Newmar
5. Chumscrubber
6. Chu Chu And The Philly Flash
7. The Divine Secrets Of The Ya-Ya Sisterhood
8. Monsturd
9. Rat Pfink a Boo Boo
10. Santa Claus Conquers The Martians
11. Smilla’s Sense of Snow
12. The Englishman Who Went Up A Hill But Came Down A Mountain
13. Jesse James Meets Frankensteins Daughter
14. Ballistic: Ecks vs Server

We’d also like to make special mention of all those films that have non-specific, generic titles. We think the following titles should never be titles; they’re simply segments of a conversation, people! They do not describe a film, nor do they invite you to watch it based on the title alone. At least “Vampire Killers From Saturn” would be descriptive, if not derivative. Anyway, these are some examples:

• Get Over It
• Step Up
• Make A Stand
• She’s All That
• Are We There Yet?
• Bring It On

Please feel free to add your own in the comments box!!! Simply click on “comments” below, and start typing!

Who wrote this?

Rodney Twelftree

“Some people say I like films. Those people are wrong. I *love* films.” – Me. I said this.

Rodney has been writing about films for well over two decades, appreciates a good wine, the love of his wife and kids, and the affection of his dog and cats. He has a fondness of cheesy 90’s action and classic Hollywood, hates that physical media is disappearing, and wishes somebody would make a high-budget series of The Neverending Story.

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