Has there been any movies that were supposed to be TRASH but ended up being a classic?

[It is a mystery]

Was there any movies that looked cashgrab, straight-to-dvd status that ended up being with the GOATS?

Or any movie where people assumed that it was some troll shyt (ie: sharknado) but instead they actually took it seriously and legitimately made it a good movie?

 

[ECA]

Dredd (2012)

 

[boskey]

Friday After Next

 

[Luke Cage]

The Warriors

 

[AllHolosEve]

Are we including fukkery? Killer Klowns was a classic. @puppetmaster is a classic.

 

[Zero]

Friday After Next

...nah.

 

[FeloniousMonk]

The Thing

 

[FeloniousMonk]

Are we including fukkery? Killer Klowns was a classic. @puppetmaster is a classic.

I think in the traditional sense, not cult.

If this is the case, might as well name all the B movies made in the 80's from Critters to Toxic Avenger.

 

[AllHolosEve]

I think in the traditional sense, not cult.

If this is the case, might as well name all the B movies made in the 80's from Critters to Toxic Avenger.

Just checking. Most on my list are cult classic.

Critters classic.

 

[CodeBlaMeVi]

I’m just throwing this out there but not sure.

Road Trip from the director of Joker.

 

[Drew Wonder]

I don't know about classic but I don't think anyone expected 21 Jump Street to be as funny as it was

Believe it or not, everyone thought Titanic would be a box office bomb due to how high the production costs were

 

[Kliq_Souf]

Grandmas Boy

 

[GiantGonzalez]

Face off
Elf

 

[OJ Simpsom]

Harold and Kumar Go To White Castle

 

[TheDarceKnight]

The Thing

Good answer. It took me a long time to catch onto it because it was panned critically at the time, but it ended up being a beloved classic.

Also I’m pretty sure Terminator wasn’t supposed to be anything special. Maybe not trash. But definitely was expected to be just another run of the mill sci-fi flick.