My buddy's backyard screening of The Room changed how I watch bad movies

I was at a cookout in Austin last Saturday and someone threw on The Room on a projector against his garage door. Halfway through the football scene, everyone was yelling and laughing so hard I realized I'd been watching these movies alone in my room for years. Anyone else find that bad movies hit totally different with a crowd?

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lewis.mila13d ago

And that's the thing about The Room specifically, it's almost a social experiment where the worse it gets the more you bond with everyone around you. I've seen it at a couple of those outdoor screenings now and the shared groaning and cheering during the "YOU ARE TEARING ME APART LISA" scene makes it feel like a group therapy session. Bad movies work best when you can laugh at them together, it turns the pain into pure entertainment (and sometimes even better than a good movie).

ivanbell13d ago

Read somewhere it made over $30 million from midnight screenings alone which is insane for a movie that bombed.

paulw5313d ago

You really nailed it with the social experiment comparison. I took a friend who had NO idea what they were in for and by the end we were both crying with laughter and hugging strangers. There's something about watching something so BAD with a crowd that just breaks down all your walls. That shared eye contact during the spoon pictures is like an unspoken language.

lily_torres311d ago

Totally get that. Bad movies alone are just bad. With a crowd they become something else entirely. The shared misery makes it fun.