The Room (2003)

It has been called "the worst movie ever made" as well as "The Citizen Kane of bad film", writer/director/producer/star Tommy Wiseau's masterpiece failfest is just the kind of painful trainwreck that I have been looking for. I may not have ever heard of it otherwise, but I was watching a clip of David Cross & he mentioned the film. Always being one to seek out those "so bad they're good" movies, I thought I'd see if I could track down "The Room". Thankfully I was not disappointed, & really could not have asked for more.

Waseau claims the film's budget was $6 million including the promotion (which apparently also covers the 4 or 5 years that a massive billboard has been up in LA), but honestly I'm guessing that sans billboard rental, the film could not have cost more than $10,000. If you add the worst acting I've ever seen on top of possibly one of the worst scripts this side of General Hospital or Guiding Light, you have a classic in the making.

The ever-present billboard in LA

Apparently this movie has gained so much notoriety in LA that it has sold out monthly midnight screenings regularly for the last 5 years straight. The phenomenon is much like the "Rocky Horror Picture Show" in that these screenings feature casts who act out scenes live while the film rolls, as well as the audience shouting out lines & throwing spoons during key moments. They go mad when Wiseau screams "Lisa... you're tearing me apart!", & they even dress up like their favorite characters.

Witness for yourself what the others have already known for years... that "The Room" is a film like no other...

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David Cross Discusses "The Room" (starting at 3:45 of the clip):
David Cross mocks the creator of "The Room" at a screening of the film (with the creator present):

A Mash-Up Tribute To "The Room":

The Director Is A Nut-Case! (Various Q&As for The Room):