A Top 10 of Vanity Projects - The Best Worst Egosploitation

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  • čas přidán 2. 08. 2024
  • It's the battle of the egos. Will the architect prevail or could there be a conspiracy?
    Credit to nanarland.com for coining the term 'egosploitation'.
    And RIP Steve Barkett, who passed away on March 3rd.
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  • @TK42100
    @TK42100 Před rokem +46

    “I am not of this earth.”
    We’re well aware of that Neil, thanks.

  • @Hundeputzmunter
    @Hundeputzmunter Před rokem +249

    Half of the dialogue in a typical Seagall movie is the characters talking about how awesome Seagall is

    • @bigguy8435
      @bigguy8435 Před rokem

      Well, I'm sorry to hear that
      (30 second pause)
      Cause now, I will snatch every motherfucker birthday

    • @zachflag6506
      @zachflag6506 Před rokem +28

      “I have some ideas for my movie.
      Uhh, one: Steven Seagal needs to be louder, angrier, and have access to a time machine.
      Two: whenever Steven Seagal is not on screen, all the other characters should be asking ‘Where’s Steven Seagal?’”

    • @guiltygearalonecompl
      @guiltygearalonecompl Před rokem +1

      It must have killed Gunny to deliver that cock polishing rant about Segal’s character. Ermey could have broken him in half with his sheer presence

    • @drdarkeny
      @drdarkeny Před rokem +5

      Are you talking about Jonathan Livingston Seagull?

    • @FunkesBlowhard
      @FunkesBlowhard Před rokem +12

      The scene in "On Deady Ground" where actual bad ass R. Lee Ermey has to sing the praises of Steven Seagall's character made me visibly angry while watching it haha.

  • @rayceeya8659
    @rayceeya8659 Před rokem +45

    That quote from New York Ninja:
    "Where did he come from? Where did he go?"
    All I could think is "Where did you run to Cotton Eye Joe?"

    • @Kumek01
      @Kumek01 Před 4 dny

      If it hadn't been for Cotton-Eye Joe
      I'd been married long time ago
      Where did you come from, where did you go?
      Where did you come from, Cotton-Eye Joe?
      If it hadn't been for Cotton-Eye Joe
      I'd been married long time ago
      Where did you come from, where did you go?
      Where did you come from, Cotton-Eye Joe?
      If it hadn't been for Cotton-Eye Joe
      I'd been married long time ago
      Where did you come from, where did you go?
      Where did you come from, Cotton-Eye Joe?
      He came to town like a midwinter storm
      He rode through the fields, so handsome and strong
      His eyes was his tools and his smile was his gun
      But all he had come for was having some fun
      If it hadn't been for Cotton-Eye Joe
      I'd been married long time ago
      Where did you come from, where did you go?
      Where did you come from, Cotton-Eye Joe?
      If it hadn't been for Cotton-Eye Joe
      I'd been married long time ago
      Where did you come from, where did you go?
      Where did you come from, Cotton-Eye Joe?
      He brought disaster wherever he went
      The hearts of the girls was to Hell, broken, sent
      They all ran away so nobody would know
      And left only men 'cause of Cotton-Eye Joe
      If it hadn't been for Cotton-Eye Joe
      I'd been married long time ago
      Where did you come from, where did you go?
      Where did you come from, Cotton-Eye Joe?
      If it hadn't been for Cotton-Eye Joe
      I'd been married long time ago
      Where did you come from, where did you go?
      Where did you come from, Cotton-Eye Joe?
      If it hadn't been for Cotton-Eye Joe
      I'd been married long time ago
      Where did you come from, where did you go?
      Where did you come from, Cotton-Eye Joe?
      If it hadn't been for Cotton-Eye Joe
      I'd been married long time ago
      Where did you come from, where did you go?
      Where did you come from, Cotton-Eye Joe?
      If it hadn't been for Cotton-Eye Joe
      I'd been married long time ago
      Where did you come from, where did you go?
      Where did you come from, Cotton-Eye Joe?

  • @KrasMazovHatesYourGuts
    @KrasMazovHatesYourGuts Před rokem +315

    What I love about Egosploitation is the ambition: these are individuals who are completely inept as the art of filmmaking...but just decide to make a movie anyway.

    • @thetooginator153
      @thetooginator153 Před rokem +6

      I wonder where these guys get the money to make a movie. The camera and film alone are pretty expensive.

    • @mattiassvanberg8292
      @mattiassvanberg8292 Před rokem +13

      @@thetooginator153 Well Steven Seagal got it from the mafia...

    • @TwoLeftThumbs
      @TwoLeftThumbs Před rokem +17

      It’s incredibly hard to get a film made at all. So, I’m impressed by anyone who manages it, regardless of quality.

    • @ozmond
      @ozmond Před rokem +1

      Which honestly takes a lot of effort

    • @jo-annfat-bricks2471
      @jo-annfat-bricks2471 Před rokem

      Eggsploitation with a heavy side of Ham

  • @RealCrazyDiamond
    @RealCrazyDiamond Před rokem +198

    Neil Breen is an American treasure, and his movies bring me such joy and laughter. My favorite genre in the last few years has become "Writer/Directors Who Don't Know They Aren't Good At Making Movies."

    • @patricklapointe4979
      @patricklapointe4979 Před rokem +10

      Can anybody answer the question: where the hell does he get the money!?!?!

    • @brianthomas2434
      @brianthomas2434 Před rokem +13

      ​@patricklapointe4979 Mr. Breen is apparently very successful in real estate. The dude who made the "Easy Rider sequel " also financed it himself. If these characters could get other's money, then they would really deserve respect.

    • @3baxcb
      @3baxcb Před rokem +9

      @@brianthomas2434 The IMDB makes mention that Breen's Double Down was shot on 35mm film and with Arriflex cameras so at least he offered a real cinematographic look for his film.

    • @josephbrown9685
      @josephbrown9685 Před rokem +12

      @@patricklapointe4979 Per Red Letter Media, who watched Breen’s filmmaking tutorial DVD, Neil is an architect, which is something I never expected him to be. So I suppose he has had at least some success in that field.

    • @richerthanastronauts
      @richerthanastronauts Před rokem

      I've never cried with laughter so much in my life

  • @ExUSSailor
    @ExUSSailor Před rokem +106

    I don't think Hauser was actually cast in "Champagne & Bullets". I think he just drunkenly stumbled onto the set, and, everybody was too scared to ask him to leave.

    • @3baxcb
      @3baxcb Před rokem

      I am sure there a story about how they were able to get him in a role.

    • @henryettacollins9095
      @henryettacollins9095 Před rokem +2

      @@3baxcb the follow him in secret. He didn't know he was in the movie. They used his cousin in other shots.

    • @3baxcb
      @3baxcb Před rokem

      @Henryetta Collins Does anyone have a picture of the two cousins, which shows how similar they looked at the time?

    • @tomaszwitkowski9507
      @tomaszwitkowski9507 Před 11 měsíci +1

      I think Brandon Tenold is gonna sue somebody.

    • @kyleellis1825
      @kyleellis1825 Před 11 měsíci

      How, Brandon Mandela effected them into believing it.@@tomaszwitkowski9507

  • @MrTheMighty
    @MrTheMighty Před rokem +258

    Thank you so much for teaching me the terms "Egosploitation" and "Delusioneer." They're words I never knew I needed until I received them.

    • @TheBadMovieBible
      @TheBadMovieBible  Před rokem +27

      I love to hear this!

    • @BlackSeranna
      @BlackSeranna Před rokem +2

      I love good phrases also! Always on the lookout for them.

    • @rubberneckinc.8937
      @rubberneckinc.8937 Před rokem +3

      Delusioneer is ready to be jammed into my current vocabulary.

    • @DrWhom
      @DrWhom Před rokem

      If they are wealthy they becomes delusionaires

    • @captainlengthwidth6692
      @captainlengthwidth6692 Před 8 měsíci +1

      'Delusioneer' is now my word of the week - I doubt if I will find a way of slipping into any everyday conversation but I will have it ready just in case. It's a brilliant word. Thank you.

  • @Talisguy
    @Talisguy Před rokem +88

    Another way Y.K. Kim is different from everyone on the list: he actually realised how bad his film turned out and before it became a cult classic, he was embarrassed by it (when Alamo Draft House called him to get the rights, he kept hanging up on them because he assumed they had to be joking.) As fun as Miami Connection is, you made the right call, he's too self-aware to be on this list.

    • @feralart
      @feralart Před rokem +17

      He was perfectly fine with Mike, Bill, and Kevin doing a Rifftrax take of the movie. He even said he planned to watch what they did with it.

    • @homelessjesse9453
      @homelessjesse9453 Před rokem +21

      Also, Jack from RLM nailed it when he described it more as a passion project, as the entire movie is an ensemble project including his school - rather than making a movie purely to show how great he is.

  • @SocialObscure
    @SocialObscure Před rokem +20

    Nothing can ever prepare you for the first time you hear the Shimmy Slide.

  • @oneinathousand2156
    @oneinathousand2156 Před rokem +88

    “High functioning cinematic egomaniac” is probably the best description of Breen I’ve ever heard. Few others of his ilk have been able to somehow balance the business and artistic aspects of low-budget filmmaking… kind of.

    • @zetetick395
      @zetetick395 Před rokem +1

      Hmmm,
      not too sure about the 'High functioning' bit though.

    • @BarryHart-xo1oy
      @BarryHart-xo1oy Před 4 měsíci +1

      You are quite right-l’m kind of impressed by Breen,as he seems to be successful enough(financially,at least)that he can keep financing his movies.Granted,working as a Las Vegas realtor could (l would suppose)be quite lucrative.

  • @ProfArmitage218
    @ProfArmitage218 Před rokem +494

    Kung Fu Hustle is one of the rare examples that works well, largely because Stephen Chow created the movie as a love letter to the genre rather than one to himself. Plus he's far more talented than any of the people on this list.

    • @mintonmedia
      @mintonmedia Před rokem +96

      "Kung Fu Hustle" isn't egosploitation at all. There are many filmmakers, from Orson Welles to Mel Brooks and Woody Allen, who have routinely taken on all three roles without being overly egotistical about it. There are also individual attempts, like Billy Bob Thornton's "Sling Blade" and Ben Affleck's "The Town", that deliver what they intend to without the flaws that ego inevitably brings to a production.

    • @lalalarose8197
      @lalalarose8197 Před rokem +73

      Kung Fu Hustle doesn’t fall under the category at all.

    • @paulnolan4971
      @paulnolan4971 Před rokem +2

      lol Wrong.

    • @RossM3838
      @RossM3838 Před rokem +6

      @@mintonmediaa touch of evil is a pure vanity project for wells. Wells, though was actually talented and made a very good movie So not all belong on this video

    • @lexx2847
      @lexx2847 Před rokem +5

      There are plenty of good movies where the star is also the director. When the results are competent-to-good/very good, it’s not an issue.
      It’s when the star/auteur is woefully out of their depth that you get the kinds of movies on this list.

  • @Symmetriad
    @Symmetriad Před rokem +9

    I don't know why, but "I just eat tuna out of the can and live in the car" makes me absolutely die laughing.

    • @hedgehog3180
      @hedgehog3180 Před 6 měsíci +1

      I really wonder if he realized that this just sounded like he's broke.

  • @kungfew1396
    @kungfew1396 Před rokem +27

    "Sadly The Astrologer only saw a limited theatrical run and due to stealing all of it's music never saw a home release." Many many sadder things have happened the stars foretell me.

  • @doublep1980
    @doublep1980 Před rokem +17

    The RLM guys coined the term "black wife beater shirt-movies" for these movies, but "'egosploitation" fits perfectly.

  • @danielvandersall6756
    @danielvandersall6756 Před rokem +14

    Met Tommy Wiseau a few years ago--still looks and sounds exactly the same. If you ever get a chance to see the room in a crowded theatre where half the crowd is clinically mad and armed with 5000 pack boxes of Plastic spoons, do it. Well worth the experience.

    • @amorgus
      @amorgus Před 5 měsíci

      Did this two weeks ago. If you thought The Room was crazy, wait til you see Big Shark.

    • @danielvandersall6756
      @danielvandersall6756 Před 5 měsíci

      @@amorgusexcellent--I'll be watching for that. And any Niel Breen film festivals in my area...

  • @feralart
    @feralart Před rokem +43

    "Friends for eternity, sharing utilities, picking pubes off bars of soap!" Rifftrax does a fantastically hilarious commentary of Miami Connection.

    • @karnerblue7658
      @karnerblue7658 Před rokem +2

      😂 One of my favorite riffed movies!

    • @RichardX1
      @RichardX1 Před 11 měsíci +3

      RiffTrax needs to take on every movie on this list that they haven't already.

    • @BarryHart-xo1oy
      @BarryHart-xo1oy Před 4 měsíci

      Very,very true.

  • @maskoolio5824
    @maskoolio5824 Před rokem +20

    Egosploitation is a term I never knew I needed until now. The deluded writer/director/star is the essential component of so many great/bad films and needed a shorthand.

  • @cujoedaman
    @cujoedaman Před rokem +23

    Segal's ego was so big that when he wrote the script, he didn't think that in order to save the environment, maaaaybe he shouldn't blow up a major oil rig that will spew all the oil onto the ground and choking black smoke in the air.
    I give Shatner a pass on bad egosploitation simply because I'm sure it was very, very difficult to shake his role as Kirk and that's all anyone would see him as.

    • @shanester1832
      @shanester1832 Před 4 měsíci +1

      - I just read the greatest script I've ever read my life.
      - Who wrote it?
      - I did.

    • @punkgoestheweasel
      @punkgoestheweasel Před 2 měsíci +1

      I give Shatner a pass because I believe that he’s genuinely not all there mentally

    • @cujoedaman
      @cujoedaman Před měsícem +1

      @@punkgoestheweasel There certainly was a point there that he seemed a bit "not all there" :D

  • @liamroddy420
    @liamroddy420 Před rokem +79

    This channel is criminally underrated. The fact you don’t have a million subs baffles me. Keep up the great work

    • @TheBadMovieBible
      @TheBadMovieBible  Před rokem +21

      One day...

    • @liamroddy420
      @liamroddy420 Před rokem +7

      @@TheBadMovieBible that’s the attitude

    • @rootfish2671
      @rootfish2671 Před rokem

      No doubt. This guy actually knows what he talks about and does the research which is more than I can say for much bigger channels that talk about movies who give their half baked ignorant opinions on a movie

  • @aVerveQuest
    @aVerveQuest Před rokem +16

    DeHart is the one I find most interesting as he almost seems to have an air of sadness at times, as if he becomes self aware somewhere along the line

    • @3baxcb
      @3baxcb Před rokem

      He could have been a fit in a revisionist Western film.

    • @ApeOfMyIdeal
      @ApeOfMyIdeal Před rokem +1

      ​@@3baxcb poo o😊😊o😊

  • @fernandomaron87
    @fernandomaron87 Před rokem +85

    Breen, Wiseau and De Hart should join and make the Avengers of bad movies

    • @OrontesRM
      @OrontesRM Před rokem +4

      our eyes are not ready XD

    • @jlarrybrewer1149
      @jlarrybrewer1149 Před rokem +12

      I’m pretty sure that they are three of the four horsemen of the apocalypse

    • @3baxcb
      @3baxcb Před rokem +1

      Got an idea for a title and synopsis?

    • @ubergnu
      @ubergnu Před rokem +11

      The light of the ego clash would be visible from the moon.

    • @3baxcb
      @3baxcb Před rokem +3

      @@jlarrybrewer1149 Then who would be the fourth member?

  • @jorgeprietomartinez1918
    @jorgeprietomartinez1918 Před 3 měsíci +3

    5:27 Repeating the textual movie information in the movie-within-a-movie is just... perfect. Absolutely perfect. Well done.

  • @atomiccrusader4560
    @atomiccrusader4560 Před rokem +56

    Vanity projects are one of my favorite kinds of b-movie. It's cathartic to so someone so narcissistic fails so miserably to make themselves cool. Hilarious stuff.

    • @eatmywords
      @eatmywords Před rokem +13

      i think you're confusing catharsis with schadenfreude buddy.

    • @atomiccrusader4560
      @atomiccrusader4560 Před rokem +9

      @@eatmywords ah your right, I didn't remember the word and that was the only one I could think of

    • @eatmywords
      @eatmywords Před rokem

      @@atomiccrusader4560 yes, i doubt anyone can come away from watching these travesties feeling better 😄

  • @user-hf6vy8xc4i
    @user-hf6vy8xc4i Před rokem +25

    Neil Breen is an accidental genius when it comes to comedy 🎭

  • @csmadisun
    @csmadisun Před rokem +13

    A new Bad Movie Bible video? About 'triple threats'? Instant click, right there.

  • @hazonku
    @hazonku Před rokem +55

    I love the weird egosploitation genre. So much so that my wife bought me a poster of the lyrics to friends from Miami Connection & blown photo of the weird yarn lion from Samurai Cop for my birthday. I was also recently an associate producer for Len Kabasinski's latest movie Pact of Vengeance. Though I'd class him more in the super low budget so bad it's good genre than as an egosploitation director. He's not always the star in his flicks. But who knows he might direct his egosploitation masterpiece if Vinegar Syndrome actually let him direct a sequel to New York Ninja.

    • @TheBadMovieBible
      @TheBadMovieBible  Před rokem +8

      Nice to meet you. I'm 'online friendly' with Len and there's an interview with him in the BMB book. I did think of him for this video but, at the end of the day, he's just not arrogant enough!

    • @zak22wolftheultramanzenith35
      @zak22wolftheultramanzenith35 Před rokem +7

      Len, just going off of what I have seen of him from Red Letter Media and a few scattered internet things, doesn’t really seem to have an ego, at least not to me. Like he just seems to like what he likes, it’s just that what he likes falls into the category of typical egosplotation films.

    • @TheLegPumpkin
      @TheLegPumpkin Před rokem +5

      You worked for a man I unironiclly have so much respect for. He does what he loves. He is very good at the fight parts. And has a sense of humor about the rest to go on Red Letter Media!

    • @jonathanbethards3689
      @jonathanbethards3689 Před rokem

      THE YARN LION!

    • @amberbaum4079
      @amberbaum4079 Před rokem

      @@zak22wolftheultramanzenith35 Yeah, I don't think he is a "vanity" director. He just wants to have fun and do his schlocky movies.

  • @maestrosforzando
    @maestrosforzando Před rokem +24

    I absolutely adored Vinegar Syndrome’s restoration and completion of New York Ninja. I had the pleasure to see it in an independent theater with an appreciative audience for this sort of schlock. I bought a blu-ray player just to have my own copy !!

    • @Abrakadabro666
      @Abrakadabro666 Před rokem +4

      Got a copy myself and I agree. Total fun and shockingly gorgeous

    • @3baxcb
      @3baxcb Před rokem +4

      @@Abrakadabro666 It is definitely the most well-made of the titles profiled in this video. It even had an ending that was suggesting a sequel which is a real sign of confidence with the movie.

    • @Voyag3r
      @Voyag3r Před rokem +3

      Cheers! 🙌

  • @FkJrry
    @FkJrry Před rokem +72

    I find Neil Breen truly terrifying.

    • @youruncleted
      @youruncleted Před rokem

      i think he has high functioning autism, he's always coming off like he's barely conscious of social structures
      no hate, most of my best friends have autism (or at least they act like it)

    • @FkJrry
      @FkJrry Před rokem +1

      @@youruncleted k

    • @karnerblue7658
      @karnerblue7658 Před 10 měsíci +4

      Hopefully he’s harmless, but I don’t know. 😐

    • @hangonsnoop
      @hangonsnoop Před 3 měsíci +1

      He IS a Ferrari owner.

    • @Deadguy2322forreal
      @Deadguy2322forreal Před 3 měsíci +3

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  • @fmsyntheses
    @fmsyntheses Před rokem +76

    Neal Breen is either extremely clever and in on the whole thing or is so much the ultimate arbiter of egosploitation that no amount of exposure to the reality of people's reactions to what he's doing can shake him from his self-worship.
    I genuinely don't think it's completely possible to be certain which is true.

    • @voodoodad9606
      @voodoodad9606 Před rokem +15

      As Rich Evans of RedLetterMedia has said many times, "Neal Breen has gotta be on some kind of watchlist."

    • @YamiVT
      @YamiVT Před rokem +15

      Breen is not an idiot. I believe he first set out to make artsy movies with a naive mindset that he could do a lot himself. When they caught the attention of the funnybad audience, he understood to keep making creative art-house inspired movies without trying to change his methods or learn the tricks of mainstream professional filmmaking. That way he can express himself while his genuine visions came through, while also bewildering a common viewer and entertaining the funnybad audience. If he elevated his craft to adhere to the usual standards and not avant-garde, he'd lose his audience.
      I'm very certain they are part genuine, part self-aware. Or he's too stubborn to take a filmmaking class

    • @darvon906
      @darvon906 Před rokem +1

      No he seems to have severe autism or another disorder. It's almost unbelievable how a man can be so lacking in self awareness, but Neil's pulled it off.

    • @voodoodad9606
      @voodoodad9606 Před rokem +12

      @@darvon906 agreed. What worries me is that he comes off as completely sincere about his ideas to kill millions of people to fix the world's problems. I think he might have a Thanos complex

    • @batsnackattack
      @batsnackattack Před rokem +7

      @@voodoodad9606 hashtag EyesOnBreen

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    Ben And Arthur was definitely the gay version of "The Room."

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    Pontius Pilate wasn’t a Roman emperor but was the territorial governor of the Judaea region

  • @tobiasp-l3695
    @tobiasp-l3695 Před rokem +20

    The editing skills of this channel is out of this world! Always a treat good sir

  • @cineselena
    @cineselena Před rokem +2

    I am so thankful the algorithm led me to your channel, your work is superb!

  • @markiangooley
    @markiangooley Před rokem +19

    There’s a picture of a real-estate business card of Breen’s floating around on line, but apparently he just dabbled in that for a short time and was mostly an architect. He does seem to prefer being called an architect, whether that’s true or not.
    I was under the impression that DeHart was a lawyer first and only after some time as one also a filmmaker, but I might be mistaken.

    • @freakazoid4691
      @freakazoid4691 Před rokem +19

      As an architect myself I’m in no way surprised Neil Breen is one. Outside of acting I think it’s hard to find a profession so full of self importance.

  • @DanTheMan2150AD
    @DanTheMan2150AD Před rokem +33

    This channel has given me such a unique insight into sub genres I would have never have dived into had it not been for the blessing of the algorithm one day. Especially your Bondsploitation video which paved a way for me to discover brilliance such as ESPY and then going on to find the likes of 100 Shot, 100 Killed duology and for that I can never thank you enough.

  • @LateralTwitlerLT
    @LateralTwitlerLT Před rokem +3

    The dry deadpan narration is the cherry on top.

  • @clearlakeproductions
    @clearlakeproductions Před rokem +5

    Great video. The Geteven part reminds me of Bert Williams "The Nest of the Cuckoo Birds". A WW2 vet, high diver and character actor decides to forge his own big acting break by making a horror film in the Florida swamps, and makes a mesmerising no budget horror film equivalent of outsider art.

  • @edonnan10
    @edonnan10 Před rokem +5

    Want to say this is probably the best CZcams channel I’ve come across. Thank you.

  • @michaelmattioni4993
    @michaelmattioni4993 Před rokem +7

    You might like Garth Marenghi's Darkplace. It's an excellent British spoof based on all these types.

  • @jamesleegte5753
    @jamesleegte5753 Před rokem +18

    Neil Breen is a genius! New movie out next year too, but there’s no corruption or hacking in it, so I’m not sure how to feel about it. The genius of Neil is that his movies get progressively worse and worse and no one uses stock video like Mr Breen haha. He is a legend!

    • @12345.......
      @12345....... Před rokem

      No corruption OR hacking! What is going to be? Only topless women and his Ferrari? Actually that sound palatable as long as we don't see Neil's butt or balls.

  • @youtubehatesfreespeech744

    " I'm gonna do what I'm gonna do, and that's it! What do you think I should do?" I totally see WHY that's your favorite line. The room, ah yes, a movie so bad it has become legend.

  • @darcysmart2955
    @darcysmart2955 Před rokem +9

    I've probably seen maybe between 300-400 "bad" movies at this point but everyone of your videos i discover stuff ive never heard of before and for that i have to thank you. roots of evil and crime killer look incredibly fun

    • @kyleellis1825
      @kyleellis1825 Před 11 měsíci

      449 movies got released in America last year. So you will always have more bad movies to watch.

  • @TT-md7mm
    @TT-md7mm Před rokem +5

    I've been watching all these videos nonstop for the past couple of months. You do this, SO damn well. Can't wait for a Brucesploitation vid, as your exploitation videos are some of my favotite.

  • @fletchkeilman2205
    @fletchkeilman2205 Před rokem +16

    Ninja in the Claws of the CIA and Zen Kwon Do in Paris were Joh Liu's two other vanity projects looking to help further Liu's own Martial Art, Zen Kwon Do. France, Belgium, and Germany LOVED John Liu, and we're already big fans of him because of his films. After beating (supposedly) Chuck Norris in a full contact karate tournament around 1979-1980, Zen Kwon Do became increasingly popular, and Liu was living the high life. His earnings, as well as "donations", that he received from high profile students, helped him make his remaining films..... which were completely bonkers. Supposedly made with Liu incorporating his private life (ie affairs with women, fights with notable martial artists), along with bold exaggerations and flat out lies, his CIA film flopped as his marriage to a high profile model and heiress wained. In one last ditch effort, he flew to New York to hopefully jump on the ninja movie craze using his connections. And we all know how that turned out. He currently lives in a boathouse in Vietnam...... Possibly? It makes sense since his last film was Trinity Goes East, filmed in South Vietnam, where he plays an aging master who decides to train a Terrence Hill look alike. Made by Toby Russell, it eventually received a stateside dvd release thanks to BCI. He still has the skills. But now he has no interest in talking about his film career, unfortunately. He is embarrassed, to say the least. I wish there was a way to discourage him from feeling in such a way. He would be a wealth of knowledge, and it might help revitalize his career to some extent.

    • @jaimebruno7595
      @jaimebruno7595 Před rokem +1

      Y se rodó en Barcelona y la Costa Brava ☺️☺️. Haciendo pasar por Alemania, Francia, Estados Unidos y Zambia 😳😃😃

  • @artcamp7
    @artcamp7 Před rokem +7

    Freakin brilliant as always. I'm always sad when one of these videos ends.

  • @seanmcclure
    @seanmcclure Před 10 měsíci +2

    Neil Breen starts his movies with the intention of making one thing, but in the middle, he inevitably changes it to where he becomes a judgemental, sentient being lecturing the world on how awesome he is. I have talked to several people who have worked on his projects because his insanity is so captivating.

  • @Morboeatspeople
    @Morboeatspeople Před rokem +5

    Stevie Seagull is not "the real deal." lol read-up on his fighting background and the effectiveness of his marital art in a real world setting. Thanks for the great video! Do you go to Chiller??

  • @ROMANTIKILLER2
    @ROMANTIKILLER2 Před rokem +10

    Since I saw some clips of him in the video, I think that a vanity project deserving a mention would be the anime series written, directed and produced by Adriano Celentano, featuring a young badass version of himself as messianic saviour of society through his music and kung-fu, with even a Paint drawing he made for the credit titles. I don't know whether this "masterpiece" ever made it outside of his native Italy, but there he even had a prime-time variety show on national tv to promote the first batch of the episodes.

    • @3baxcb
      @3baxcb Před rokem +1

      Are you talking about the same individual who started out as a singer and songwriter and then quickly turned to acting?

    • @loumencken9644
      @loumencken9644 Před rokem +5

      I think Celentano was or is a musician, quite prominent in Italy or so I understand. Back in the 1970s, he got ticked off that the Italian charts were dominated by American and British artists singing in English so he came up with a song called "Prisencolinensinainciusol" in which almost all of the lyrics were complete gibberish but sounded vaguely like English. There is a video on CZcams of a performance of the song from Italian TV, which is worth a look. It has some pretty cool dancing and the song itself is actually quite catchy.

    • @jorgeroaro
      @jorgeroaro Před rokem +1

      @@loumencken9644 I didn't know this song, and I didn't even know something like it existed, but, thanks to your mention here, I looked it up and just heard it. I really liked it. Had I not known all along that the lyrics were pure gibberish, I would have been desperate trying to understand what is being said, which does sound superficially like American English. I don't know if this is true, but I have heard that the composer, Celentano, made this song to prove the point that the Italian public was so conditioned to uncritically admire all music in English, that they would still like it even if it didn't make any sense at all.

  • @Morbos1000
    @Morbos1000 Před rokem +9

    I'm new to your channel but have seen tons of videos from bad movie channels like RLM, Bad Movie Beatdown and others. So I was really surprised how many movies you list here that I've never heard of. That is an impressive feat!

    • @TheBadMovieBible
      @TheBadMovieBible  Před rokem +6

      I'm cursed with an urge to dig!

    • @peterpohan3850
      @peterpohan3850 Před rokem

      The best ones are: Jason Brants channel and Shitcase Cinema

    • @audiosurfarchive
      @audiosurfarchive Před 3 měsíci

      @@peterpohan3850 OP already listed RLM; all the rest are indeed good, if not great, but as an cultural force and influence on YT's history, RLM are the most important and successful in terms lasting impact and legacy

    • @RykerJones28
      @RykerJones28 Před měsícem

      Late to the party but Good Bad or Bad Bad is fun little podcast here on YT for fun Bad movie discussions.

  • @floretionguru2977
    @floretionguru2977 Před rokem +4

    On Roots of Evil: if I could do that with my stomach I'd want to make an entire film about myself just posing in front of a mirror too.

    • @grumpysphinx4911
      @grumpysphinx4911 Před rokem +3

      That scene honestly freaked me out, it looked like body horror. I had no idea that was possible to do.

  • @MRC_5000
    @MRC_5000 Před rokem +6

    i do have to admit that i prefer new videos from your channel to new videos from most of the other channels i am subscribed to. i really dig your well structured videos and your ability to focus your editing on pristine moments of the films you talk about. your channel is great and in many cases even evolving this review style!

  • @Redem10
    @Redem10 Před rokem +3

    I didn't know I needed this, but it feel perfect

  • @DokkaChapman
    @DokkaChapman Před rokem +7

    What I love about many of these 20th century pieces is that it's clear that this is what those "alpha male, dude bros" used to do before the internet. They would raise money through dubious means and create a film with them as the saviour. I'm convinced that some of the r/thathappened stories are just ripped from a number of these scripts. XD

    • @3baxcb
      @3baxcb Před rokem +3

      Makes one wonder how many vanity projects aren't becoming movies because of the Internet and Social Media. Though that might be the possible silver lining if one reads the kind of posts, links and Tweets that such individuals seem prone to make and post on social media.

    • @hedgehog3180
      @hedgehog3180 Před 6 měsíci

      @@3baxcb Imagine the kinds of movies Andrew Tate would have made, we're really missing out on some prime funnybad material.

    • @3baxcb
      @3baxcb Před 6 měsíci

      @hedgehog3180 Considering how much of a vain-glorious, hateful creep he really is, it would be a safe bet that his notoriety would be used as a attempted selling point in a project that would either never come to fruition or rightfully drop out of sight.

  • @kylerswamp1075
    @kylerswamp1075 Před rokem +12

    Sir, you have a gift. No, you have complete authorship of an intensely entertaining and captivating corner of culture and the web and I look forward to any content you produce. So funny so awesome!!!

  • @favoritemustard3542
    @favoritemustard3542 Před rokem +4

    This listicle is better than eating tuna out of the can whilst living in my car!
    Thanks for the respite - 1Ø/1Ø would ego again.
    (May all of Vinegar Syndrome's endeavors be baking soda free!)

  • @angstbringer2992
    @angstbringer2992 Před rokem +2

    That Celentano clip made me remember the man had a whole cartoon animated as a vanity project.

  • @JRandaII
    @JRandaII Před rokem +5

    With things progressing as they are, expect the egosploitation films of Ye (Kanye West) and Elon Musk to come out soon…

    • @3baxcb
      @3baxcb Před rokem

      The only difference could be the production costs I suppose. But I don't think they would deliver the same quality of any of the titles mentioned in this video.

  • @pab1381
    @pab1381 Před rokem +5

    Another one for this would be “Brown Bunny”. That film not only is terrible but the director literally made Chloe Sevingy give him dome on camera. It was porn literally. He busted in her mouth too.

  • @maxacorn
    @maxacorn Před rokem +3

    quick correction: pilate wasn't an emperor. he was the 5th governor of judea.

  • @hobyabernathy9942
    @hobyabernathy9942 Před rokem +2

    I recently discovered your channel and have since devoured almost every one of your videos. Absolutely top notch, one of the best finds I’ve made in ages. I appreciate your efforts and insights and hope to see more from you. Thanks so much!

  • @moviejerks8312
    @moviejerks8312 Před rokem +2

    Marvelous! Thanks for creating and sharing this breakdown. Always great to learn there's more egosploitation flicks to seek out.

  • @monsieurmagic
    @monsieurmagic Před rokem +6

    Thank you for your content - your channel is an amazing gateway to some really brilliant movies, and I really dig the dry presentation combined with absolutely inspired editing.
    Thanks to this list I had the pleasure of watching "Empire of the Dark" yesterday and I feel that my life will never be the same again.

  • @speciale517
    @speciale517 Před rokem +5

    Y.K. Kim? I went to his Tae Kwon Do school when I was kid In Kissimmee Florida

  • @JimLeonard
    @JimLeonard Před 2 měsíci

    5:27 is the most brilliant bit of editing I think I've ever seen. Proud to be a patron of your work.

  • @CidsaDragoon
    @CidsaDragoon Před rokem +4

    I just stumbled upon your channel and I am so glad I did. Bad movies are THE BEST and your videos are super great! I've seen a bunch of these egomaniacs' films but there's a few here I haven't, guess they're going on the list.

  • @RIVALContentJammerz
    @RIVALContentJammerz Před rokem +8

    I NEED "The Patriot" and "Braveheart" to be on here.

  • @fletchkeilman2205
    @fletchkeilman2205 Před rokem +1

    You dropped this right on time, my friend. Has a helluva week. But that is nothing to worry about, now that I have a documentary about Egosploitation and Vanity projects

  • @variaphora
    @variaphora Před rokem +1

    I needed this Rob. The right thing at the right time. Thanks as always.

  • @Jnivella
    @Jnivella Před rokem +6

    Holt crap, how is Honorable Men not at the top of this list? It makes anything that Neil Breen has done seem like a very humble man.

    • @FunkesBlowhard
      @FunkesBlowhard Před rokem +1

      You're so right! I actually went to college where the writer/director/producer/star was an adjunct professor and....yep, that rampant ego is something to see.

  • @merlin262005
    @merlin262005 Před rokem +4

    I notice William Smith and Eric Roberts turn up multiple times in this video. Also, the Riverdance guy made a movie about himself as a bad-ass? That seems...insanely wrong on so many levels. Shatner making his own weird vanity project, on the other hand, just seems in character.

  • @coreycohencomedy
    @coreycohencomedy Před rokem +1

    Your channel is one of my absolute favorites, I just wanted to say keep it up, love what you’re doing!!

  • @dreamchild1082
    @dreamchild1082 Před rokem +1

    OMG, I'm so glad I stumbled upon your Channel. This channel is a Hidden Gem the public needs to see.

  • @ChrisDanceMusic
    @ChrisDanceMusic Před rokem +5

    Seagals films always have him introduced as some bad ass e.g. ex navy seal and cia, he has a perfect record on all his missions, who every terrorist is scared of and hes also native American 🙄 his movies are comedy gold tho

  • @LesNanarologues
    @LesNanarologues Před rokem +11

    From a channel talking about the best worst movies to another : you're pretty awesome !
    The ego projects are some of the best movies. So incredibly misguided and everything... Pure pleasure for us !

  • @joshuacampise1449
    @joshuacampise1449 Před rokem +1

    I am loving these long videos. I could listen to you talk about these movies for hours

  • @jrodriguez13181
    @jrodriguez13181 Před rokem +2

    Your videos are GOLD!
    Thank you for giving me new movies to check out!

  • @axeman3d
    @axeman3d Před rokem +4

    Neil has just released the trailer for his latest masterpiece and follow up to Twisted Pair called Cade - The Tortured Crossing. If anything it looks worse than any of his previous works with NO actual locations and using nothing but green screened stock photo backdrops. It's mind blowing.

  • @AgentAshe
    @AgentAshe Před rokem +5

    Awww I thought for sure you'd get Diamond Cobra vs The White Fox. It had every hallmark of a vanity project and helmed by a woman, so something different.

    • @toddjones1480
      @toddjones1480 Před měsícem +1

      He'd probably get a copyright strike just for saying the name.

  • @mossyfriends1911
    @mossyfriends1911 Před rokem +2

    the first one is like if Mac from Always Sunny made his own movie

  • @blueluny
    @blueluny Před 10 měsíci +2

    "some say he's become self aware, like a resus macaque" that is hilarious writing. ❤

  • @agent7796
    @agent7796 Před rokem +3

    Outstanding, 😎👍👍

  • @mtank30
    @mtank30 Před rokem +4

    I saw ON DEADLY GROUND in the theater. Afterwards, I became an environmental activist. As in, I actively avoid any environment in which Steven Seagal may be inhabiting. Uh-thank you.

  • @omegashinra7672
    @omegashinra7672 Před 3 měsíci +1

    Ah man this channel is quality. It hits both my need for some hilarious shit to watch when I'm stoned and my love for cinema both bad and good. 10/10, this shit is hilarious.

  • @amberbaum4079
    @amberbaum4079 Před rokem +2

    Hell yeah. You've made a video about vanity projects. They are my favorite trash for internet hack-frauds to talk about. Actually watching them is too much cringe and second-hand embarrassment for me. So thank you for the sacrifice you made.

  • @SegaCDUniverse
    @SegaCDUniverse Před rokem +5

    I love vanity projects! Some of these are great fun

  • @jasoncoward-aintscared
    @jasoncoward-aintscared Před rokem +3

    These vanity projects are a gift from the heavens.

  • @fritzpollard266
    @fritzpollard266 Před rokem +1

    I fell down a Neil Breen themed rabbit hole and came across this. I assumed it would be a savage take down of all things within, but it wasn’t which was surprisingly awesome. The fact that everything wasn’t just 💩 on really impressed me and gave me an appreciation for everything not Breen or Segal. I really enjoyed this and you have a new fan/subscriber.

  • @andriygriffin4782
    @andriygriffin4782 Před rokem +2

    Amazing selection, glad as in Irishman to see Fatal Deviation and Blackbird get a mention. Only one film I’m surprised wasn’t included is Honourable Men (2004)

  • @CinnamonGrrlErin1
    @CinnamonGrrlErin1 Před rokem +8

    My favorite genre of bad movie, as bad they can get, at least someone had the drive to make them. I watched Feeders 2 last night (admittedly the Rifftrax edition) and it was just fun. I know I couldn't make anything better anyway lol

  • @nicks1451
    @nicks1451 Před rokem +3

    7:03 this kids reaction to somebody getting murdered is just the cherry on top of an already hilarious cake

  • @neinjunge5560
    @neinjunge5560 Před rokem +1

    brilliant as always, please don't ever stop

  • @C.L.Hinton
    @C.L.Hinton Před rokem +2

    Yes to this entire list. Truly great video.

  • @jhors7777
    @jhors7777 Před rokem +3

    I love your channel! Thanks for posting.

  • @rotterdammer5243
    @rotterdammer5243 Před rokem +3

    I can`t wait to see these flix!!! I live and breathe vanity projects! THANK YOU!!!

    • @karnerblue7658
      @karnerblue7658 Před rokem

      I’m constantly on the hunt for them!

    • @rotterdammer5243
      @rotterdammer5243 Před rokem

      @@karnerblue7658 Have you ever seen Zeus : The Crime Killer? SOOOOO Hi-larious!

  • @13Kooki49
    @13Kooki49 Před rokem +1

    This has to be one of my favroite channels on youtube!! I actually get super excited when one of your videos drop and try to share your channel to as many friends as I can. Insanely underrated! Hope you blow up and looking forward to the next one :)

  • @OnYourSquare
    @OnYourSquare Před rokem +1

    "YOU ARE DONE!!"
    "I'M DONE!?"
    "DONE!!"
    [Slowly backs out of frame] 😂😂

  • @jac6995
    @jac6995 Před rokem +7

    Your knowledge and ability to speak about bad movies is amazing. You deserve many more subscribers.

  • @zetetick395
    @zetetick395 Před rokem +4

    Egocentrism : The worlds most celebrated and (occasionally) profitable of the mental illnesses