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B movies: sometimes they're so bad that they're great, their plots bordering between satire and absolute stupidity. But no matter what, they never fail to leave an impression on us, and in this day and age where things can be shared with the click of a button, it's much easier for such movies to get attention.
But what if some of them were made into video games? What if you could control a tornado filled with bloodthirsty sharks, or a person with a grenade launcher for a leg? As ridiculous as B movies like Sharknado and Planet Terror can be, they often have a premise that is a video game fan's dream.
So, in honor of B movies, their over-the-top narratives, and their questionable acting, here are 10 movies we wish someone would turn into video games. Get yourself some popcorn before clicking through.
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Big Bad Red
Big Bad Red is actually a two minute short that flips "Little Red Riding Hood" on its ass. Apparently, the director behind the short is trying to create a full-length film, in which Red Hood becomes the hero of a post-apocalyptic earth that has been taken over by robot wolves. Will it ever happen? Doubt it. Would it kill as a video game? Why not?
Think about it: Red Hood could be a mix of Nariko (Heavenly Sword) and Bayonetta (Bayonetta), as she dashes through various fables in search of the deadly Big Bad Wolf that murdered her family. In her travels, she saves children from a cannibalistic witch, helps defeat a giant, and saves a girl from being devoured by three hungry bears. Yes, this game would ruin our childhood. But it'd be worth it, especially when we would get to see Red Hood take a chainsaw to the Big Bad Wolf's dome.
Dorm of the Dead
This 2007 B movie is self explanatory: a zombie outbreak occurs on a college campus, and some students die before they've even experienced their first college blackout. So, how would this one be transformed into a game? Maybe it could borrow the decision-making aesthetic of The Walking Dead. Will you save the college professor who intentionally fails you? Who will you befriend? The engineer that can make both a bong and semi-deadly weapon out of dorm room appliances, or the old and senile professor that knows the university inside and out?
Every choice you make will send you down a different path, as this zombie invasion forces you to stop studying, and start surviving. And yes, the game would begin with someone joking about a zombie apocalypse happening on exam day, because irony is the best policy in a B movie turned B game.
Planet Terror
Everyone knows Planet Terror right? The Robert Rodriguez-directed film where Rose McGowan's character loses her leg to a zombie? Well, not only is Planet Terror an enjoyable movie, but it would make for a pretty entertaining game, if put into the right hands. The game could either take place around the same time as the movie, after it, or both. Why both? Because you know you want to play as Freddy Rodriguez's badass character, and run across walls stabbing zombies. (And recreate that infamous scene where he rides on that mini-motorcycle.)
But what is most important about this game is that you could customize Rose's character's leg. That's right: CUSTOMIZE IT. Step your zombie killing game up with a rocket launcher leg. Or burn your enemies to a crisp with a flamethrower. Of course you would have to rescue people and complete certain missions in order to purchase the weapons you want to attach to her leg. But it will all be worth it when you're yelling, "Dude, she just blew up that building with her leg," at your TV screen.
Tokyo Gore Police
If you've never seen Tokyo Gore Police, you're missing out. Basically, the movie is about an insane scientist that has created a virus which causes bizarre weapons to sprout from people's injuries. Just to give you an idea of how over the top the movie's premise is: one person's injury leads to half of their body transforming into an alligator's mouth.
With that said, a video game of Tokyo Gore Police would be great. It would obviously be a fighting game, and for each major injury a player takes, they gain a new bizarre weapon. In other words, this will be a fighting game where it actually pays off to get the crap beat out of you. And of course you'll be able to pull off fatality-esque moves upon defeating your opponent. Sure, the replay value might be pretty low, but the concept alone will be great for parties.
Disco Godfather
Have you heard of Disco Godfather? Thought so. This 1979 B movie was centered around a retired cop that owns and operates a disco, and tries to shut down a local angel dust dealer after his nephew becomes addicted to the drug. This movie would have been pretty enjoyable as a Sega Genesis side scroller, but it would fare well as a 2D top-down action game today. (Think Hotline Miami, but not as surreal.)
As the "Disco Godfather", you would go around fighting crime and dancing to the beat of justice. Whenever you pull off a combo you'll yell, "Put your weight on it," and the points you earn from completing missions can go towards buying more flamboyant clothing, learning new attacks or buying new vinyl for your disco. A video game version of Disco Godfather would essentially be the closest thing you would get to a standalone Tiger (of Tekken fame) video game. In other words: epic.
Curse of Chucky
You know Chucky. Everyone knows Chucky. This character made us take back our childhood wish that action figures and dolls weren't inanimate. Curse of Chucky follows in suit with previous Chucky films. Chucky goes around killing and framing people (because NO ONE is actually going to believe a doll came to life and stabbed someone to death), but ultimately dies. However, if Curse of Chucky were turned into a video game, Chucky wouldn't die. Why? Because you would control him.
The goal of the game would be to find a living host for Chucky, while killing some people along the way. It would borrow Manhunt's stealth aesthetic and over-the-top violence, where you could use anything and everything to murder someone. Poison someone's food? Go for it. Push someone down a flight of stairs? Done. And technically you'd be invincible (at least for a brief part of the game), because no one is going to believe that a doll is murdering people. If you ever wanted to experience life in Chucky's shoes, now is the time to petition for a Chucky game.
Big Ass Spider
The name of the movie is Big Ass Spider, so of course a video game version would be entertaining. Big Ass Spider would probably be an open world video game, where you either play as the spider or the main character trying to kill it. Obviously you're going to play as the spider, because destroying an entire town and covering people in spider webs is never not fun. However, there is a catch—like the movie, you have to begin as a small spider, and complete certain missions in order to grow into a gigantic spider. As the game progresses you learn new abilities, such as sending smaller spiders into areas undetected, and creating spider web shields.
If you're the person that happens to choose the character in charge of killing the spider, well, let's just say you're job will be a lot tougher. Not only will you have to save yourself from being killed by a mutated spider, but you also have to save others, too. But it'll all be worth it, especially when you recreate the movie's ending. And don't worry, a DLC in which you play as a giant cockroach will be available shortly after Big Ass Spider drops.
Thankskilling
Turkeys are often unrepresented in video games. Their biggest appearance, arguably, is in the South Park video game, and even then it's nothing turkeys can be proud of. (They're getting urine-soaked snowballs thrown at them after all.) This is why Thankskilling would be great. Now, if you've never seen Thankskilling, you're really missing out. The movie is about a turkey that kills people. The concept is hilarious and ridiculous; there's even a moment where the turkey has sex with a girl and proceeds to say, "You just got stuffed," before snapping her neck. (Seriously, this happens.) So, the Thankskilling video game would have to be first person, with players controlling a very rabid and deadly turkey.
But just like the movie, nothing will actually make sense. You'll be able to talk with people by wearing crude disguises (or talk to them in general because, you know, turkeys can talk to humans), drive cars and exact revenge on people that've probably eaten your uncle or great grandmother. This would practically be Grand Theft Auto but with a turkey. So yes, it would be worth at least one play, especially to hear the turkey go, "Gobble, gobble, motherfucker," every time you kill a lot of people.
Sharknado
Of course Sharknado needs to be a video game. Why? Because it's Sharknado. Arguably one of the best low budget movies to come out in recent history, Sharknado combines two of the scariest things on earth: sharks and tornadoes. If Sharknado were a game, you would play as the main character of the movie (Fin), and save yourself and others from shark destruction. It would be an adventure game, meaning you would pick up or create weapons and items along your journey. Also, there would be a device that tells you how much blood you're losing, which may or may not attract more sharks to your location.
But none of that is important. What is important is that Sharknado would have a multiplayer mode, where you and your friends CONTROL THE SHARKNADO. You're basically Poseidon, as you launch sharks at people in hopes of tearing through their flesh. Indie video game companies get on this—online multiplayer would never be the same again if people could control a deadly tornado filled with sharks.
Hobo With A Shotgun
Though Hobo With A Shotgun was already made into an indie iOS game back in 2011, this film (as well as several other B movies on the list) has Rockstar Games written all over it. The movie is set in a gritty city named "Scum Town," where a man known as "The Drake" and his two sons go around doing anything they want. However, a hobo becomes the unlikely hero of the town, taking down crime with, well, you guessed it—a shotgun. There would be an open world feel to this game, but it would primarily be a stealth game. You arrive to the city as a nobody but as you complete more missions, The Drake and his boys will be on the lookout for you.
With only a shotgun by your side, you'll have to take down corrupt police chiefs, rescue prostitutes, and take down The Drake. Only then will you be able to turn Scum Town back into Hope Town, and live in peace with your lawnmower. (Yes, a lawnmower is a significant part of the movie.) As for multiplayer, you could have everything from "Bumfights" to "Capture the Lawnmower," in which you and a group of other bums attempt to steal a lawnmower from your opponents. Sadistic? Yes. But you know you'd try it at least once off of the premise alone.