“Dead Women In Lingerie”

Can you guess what this film is about based on the title? Even better is the tagline: “These girls have a secret…that they’ll never live to tell!” You’ve got to love that. Strangely, this terrible C-horror film stars the slightly famous Maura Tierney who starred in the hit TV show “NewsRadio” as well as “ER” and “Rescue Me.”

“Baise-Moi”

The English translation of this graphic French film can be translated a few different ways. The French verb baiser can mean both “to kiss” and something a bit more vulgar. It is a pretty bold statement to title your film after such a vulgar phrase. Some screenings tried to capitalize on the controversy by incorrectly translating it as “Rape Me” in English even though this translation was rejected by the directors.

“Monster’s Ball”

This one is mainly bad because it really says nothing about the film—it downplays the emotional rawness of the story and makes it sound like a vampire film or something. Halle Berry and Billy Bob Thornton nonetheless received nothing but accolades for their work in this poorly titled film.

“The Ghost in the Invisible Bikini”

Another one of those so bad it’s good movie titles, this Louis M. Heyward stories was part of a popular and strange genre in the late 50s and 60s in which a teenage gang hang around the beach patio set or the pool, randomly singing only to be interrupted by a ghost, monster or car chase. If you take the film for what it is, a shlocky 60s b-movie, you’ll enjoy it.

“I (Heart) Huckabees”

David O. Russell is a talented writer and director but thanks to him and his film we’ve still got people running around replacing the word “love” with “heart.” Not only is a corny but the fact that Russell thought putting a symbol in the title of his movie was a good idea makes me question his mental faculty.

Alan McGee is a freelance writer from MN.