12 "Bad" Films More Fun Than Citizen Kane

By Ian Watson /

10. Mind Ripper

You might expect a movie €œpresented€ by Wes Craven and written by his son to rip off A Nightmare On Elm Street, and you couldn€™t be more wrong because Mind Ripper just wants to rip off Alien, right down to a scene where characters discuss €œthe bonus situation.€ The monster here is named THOR (Transmutant Humanoid ORganism), a supersoldier prototype who gets loose and goes berserk inside one of those dimly-lit ultra-secret labs the Army has in the desert. The low budget means that he€™s a stunt man in latex make-up, and instead of having acid for blood, he shoots green goo at his victims. In the Ripley role is a female operative whose €˜story arc€™ is that she€™s being videotaped in the shower by a colleague, which she doesn€™t really mind because he€™s kind of cute. Tragically, he€™s killed by THOR, but before he buys it he apologizes and says he taped her all those times because he didn€™t dare reveal his true feelings. Character stuff. The backbone of a good movie.