The Trib's Marc Caro has been running with the crappiest-movie-title-of- all-time theme for a bit, and posts today his list of finalists for the title. They are:

"Ballistic: Ecks Vs. Sever"
"Can Hieronymus Merkin Ever Forget Mercy Humppe and Find True Happiness?"
"C.H.U.D."
"I (Heart) Huckabees"
"The Incredibly Strange Creatures Who Stopped Living and Became Mixed-Up Zombies!!?"
"Mother, May I Sleep With Danger?"
"The Shawshank Redemption"
"Snakes on a Plane"
"Stop! Or My Mom Will Shoot"
"To Wong Foo, Thanks for Everything, Julie Newmar"

Here's my comment:
It's easier to pick a movie I *wouldn't* vote for than one that could win. "Shawshank" gets a pass because it's so fabulous, even if the title was shortened from the original.

A couple of the movies are bad enough to warrant watching at a party of drunks for the sheer heckling potential, so they get knocked off the list, too. Those include:
- "C.H.U.D."
- "Mother, May I Sleep With Danger?" (Tori Spelling = unintended hilarity)
-"The Incredibly Strange Creatures...."

I didn't need to see these movies to know they'd suck:
- "Stop! Or My Mom Will Shoot!"
- "Ballistic: Ecks Vs. Sever"
- "I (Heart) Huckabees" (actually, I tried to watch this but just couldn't get into it. It had attractive elements but it bored me.

We're getting close, folks.
- "To Wong Foo..." (Foo much.)
- "Snakes on a Plane" (Simple, descriptive, ridiculous. I kind of like it, actually.)

So, that leaves the worst movie title (from this selection) as:
"Can Hieronymous Merkin Ever Forget...."
Did Anthony Newley never read his Nabakov? (Go on, Google "merkin.") Oy.