The world's worst movies

Quality Cucumber · 03-02-2015, 07:21 PM

I met David Decoteau at a convention in January. Really nice guy, and he takes care of his talent from what I could see. He claims to have made A Talking Cat!?! as a joke (Quoth Mr. Decoteau as we were about to take a group picture while holding the DVD, "I'll hold this up and pretend I'm proud of it."), and by his admission, Bigfoot vs. D.B. Cooper was made in one weekend. I assume that the people in the production team, which is consistent across many of these films, share similar attitudes.

He has done a couple of decent films (Puppet Master 3 being the best I've seen, if only for Guy Rolfe's immersive performance as André Toulon), but the sheer volume of D grade cinema that he puts forth makes me wonder if he even wants to make movies with a budget and things like plot. In Hollywood, everybody puts up a façade and will lead you on before ultimately flaking. It is a pain in the ass trying to collaborate in Los Angeles (or doing something as simple as grabbing a drink together) because you'll make plans with someone and they will bail on you at the last minute, claiming that something came up, or worse yet, they won't even contact you and you'll be left high and dry. I imagine that Mr. Decoteau and his constituents don't want to have to deal with that and would rather churn out 4 crap movies a year than deliberate on a project for a decade only to have it fall through because nobody can keep a commitment. Part of me suspects that there is a money laundering scheme funding his projects, but I cannot substantiate that suspicion. He makes some residuals. I know that a few of his films are available on Netflix, and his connections with that stalwart of cult cinema, Charles Band, means that at least some of his content is distributed through Full Moon Pictures. Is it enough to sustain an empire of abysmal cinema? I'm not sure.

03-02-2015, 07:21 PM	#11 (permalink)
Quality Cucumber Music Addict Join Date: Feb 2015 Posts: 60	I met David Decoteau at a convention in January. Really nice guy, and he takes care of his talent from what I could see. He claims to have made A Talking Cat!?! as a joke (Quoth Mr. Decoteau as we were about to take a group picture while holding the DVD, "I'll hold this up and pretend I'm proud of it."), and by his admission, Bigfoot vs. D.B. Cooper was made in one weekend. I assume that the people in the production team, which is consistent across many of these films, share similar attitudes. He has done a couple of decent films (Puppet Master 3 being the best I've seen, if only for Guy Rolfe's immersive performance as André Toulon), but the sheer volume of D grade cinema that he puts forth makes me wonder if he even wants to make movies with a budget and things like plot. In Hollywood, everybody puts up a façade and will lead you on before ultimately flaking. It is a pain in the ass trying to collaborate in Los Angeles (or doing something as simple as grabbing a drink together) because you'll make plans with someone and they will bail on you at the last minute, claiming that something came up, or worse yet, they won't even contact you and you'll be left high and dry. I imagine that Mr. Decoteau and his constituents don't want to have to deal with that and would rather churn out 4 crap movies a year than deliberate on a project for a decade only to have it fall through because nobody can keep a commitment. Part of me suspects that there is a money laundering scheme funding his projects, but I cannot substantiate that suspicion. He makes some residuals. I know that a few of his films are available on Netflix, and his connections with that stalwart of cult cinema, Charles Band, means that at least some of his content is distributed through Full Moon Pictures. Is it enough to sustain an empire of abysmal cinema? I'm not sure. __________________ http://i60.tinypic.com/b6awes.gif