my movie review of NCFOM caused the question to be raised: what films were so repugnant to you that you believe they were a waste of celluloid?

Just off the top of my head, I'd say "Cannibal Holocaust" - besides everything/one in it being absolutely awful, the "message" was sloppily done and hammered far too hard AND insultingly shallow - "civilized man is a far darker evil than the so-called primitives" - chee thanks! THAT'S ORIGINAL THINKING THERE! Cuz, you know, the history of mankind normally leads one to believe that civilized people are nothing but pure unabashed love  and kindness personified. /sarcasm

"Cannibal Holocaust" was the most putrid, mysogynist piece of crap I've ever seen. And it was chock-full of gore, violence and animal snuff.

Soupskin has just reminded me of another waste of celluloid: "Cold Creek Manor"

I can't even begin to describe how pointless, boring and mind-numbingly stupid that film was. I saw it with two other couples and we all walked out of the theatre opening wishing we had spent our triple-date doing something, anything more pleasant, like  say creating a fight club at a biker bar. In fact, whenever we rate bad movies, we often give a rating in "CCMP" - Cold Creek Manor Points. (I saw "Cannibal Holocaust" long before I was subjected to CCM but I'd say "Cannibal Holocaust" probably rates a full 10 CCMP)

SO what's your dark memory of "cinema"?