CATCH A CLASSIC
Golden Turkeys TCM, beginning at 7 p.m.
Some movies are so bad that they have become classics in their own right — films that must have their awfulness seen to be believed. Such is the case with the titles included in film critic Michael Medved and his brother Harry’s 1980 book The Golden Turkey Awards, which spotlighted “turkeys” across various movie
categories. Tonight on TCM, you can watch some of the films awarded Golden Turkeys by the Medveds (occasionally with some help from their readers): Plan 9 From Outer Space (pictured) (1959, Readers’ Choice for Worst Film); The Swarm (1978, Most Badly Bumbled Bee Movie); The Conqueror (1956, Worst Casting: John Wayne as Genghis Khan); Change of Habit (1969, Worst Performance as a Clergyman or Nun: Mary Tyler Moore); The Food of the Gods (1976, Worst Rodent Movie); and The Silver Chalice (1954, Most Embarrassing Film Debut: Paul Newman).