12 "Bad" Films More Fun Than Citizen Kane

By Ian Watson /

9. Rat Pfink A Boo Boo

Shot guerrilla-style for $8000, the title alone gives you an idea of how little director Ray Dennis Steckler had to work with. The €˜a€™ should have been an €˜&€™, but Steckler couldn€™t afford to correct the opening credits so he let the typo stand, informing the curious it sounded much better than Ratpfink and Boo Boo. When thugs kidnap the girlfriend of Lonnie Lord, a popstar who carries a guitar at all times €œbecause he never knows when he€™ll be called upon to sing€, it really brings out the hero in him. What has hitherto been (mostly) a serious thriller suddenly shifts into high camp when Lonnie and his faithful gardener Titus inexplicably decide to dress up as superheroes. Wearing shabby tights, capes, ski masks and a hat with bells and flashing lights, the dire-namic duo set off in a motorcycle with a sidecar, pausing at every junction (€œAlways look both ways before crossing the street!€) on their way to tackle the hoodlums. A crimefighter€™s work is never done, however, so they also have to deal with an escaped ape that has kidnapped a girl, whose handler seems unaware it€™s really a guy in a costume. Why wasn€™t Fantastic Four this much fun?