20 Ludicrously Long Movie Titles You'd Probably Never Watch

14. The Incredibly Strange Creatures Who Stopped Living And Became Mixed Up Zombies (1963)

Mixed Up ZombiesWhat The...? At some stage in the past, zombie musicals were clearly deemed a viable commercial option, and that mentality saw this sloppy, micro-budgeted horror come to life. It was originally intended to be called The Incredibly Strange Creatures, or Why I Stopped Living and Became a Mixed-up Zombie, but it was ultimately changed in response to Columbia Pictures' threat of a lawsuit thanks to the title's similarity to Dr. Strangelove or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb. No-one would ever get those two films confused, but Columbia probably did themselves a favour removing any kind of conscious link between the two. Is It Any Good? Utter trash, but it is loved by a certain type of film fan, despite the catalogue of problems, starting with its miniscule and clearly inadequate budget and ending with the execution of what could have been an interesting concept, without the song and dance numbers.

13. I Killed My Lesbian Wife, Hung Her On A Meat Hook, And Now I Have A Three-Picture Deal At Disney (1993)

Lesbian WifeWhat The...? Made by none other than Ben Affleck in his film school days, this is the type of thing that Academy Award winning film-makers and actors hopes never sees the light of day. It is a ribald satire of the film industry (possibly) and rampant mysogyny (probably) with violent undertones, and the possible expression of some latent feelings of masculine inadequacy. Or in other words, it's a 16 minute portrait of a director casting a movie who kills his wife for being a lesbian, only to discover that the new object of his affections (both professional and personal) is herself a lesbian. Is It Any Good? Who better to review it than Affleck himself?
"It's horrible. It's atrocious. I knew I wanted to be a director, and I did a couple of short films, and this is the only one that haunts me. I'm not proud of it. It looks like it was made by someone who has no prospects, no promise."
And now he's Batman.
 
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