The Garfield phone in Ninja Terminator is the greatest scene in cinema

The quantity, quality and originality of work and research going into this masterpiece of an essay is truly the work of a master Bad Movie Ninja🤺 .

There are clips from over 150 movies in this video, but there’s still so much more to talk about when it comes to ninjas. One day. In the mean time; exclusion doesn’t = disapproval (and if any committed ninjologists want more there’s a longer version of this video on my Patreon: www.patreon.com/RobHill ). I’m imagining some potentially strong reactions to a few views on the cut-and-paste phenomenon. There’s misinformation as far as the eye can see (and in every direction), so certainty is a luxury none of us can enjoy, but I’ve done what I can!

The true ninja writes “ninja” on their rainbow headband.

I loved all this as a kid. Now everything is either unintentionally comical or extremely cringe 😂 The "NINJA" headbands, the Gardfield telephone, the dialogues, the acting... 😂

"Hey can you do the dishes?" "A ninja warrior can never get involved!"

I remember pulling The Ninja book from my mom's bookshelf and reading it. Needless to say, it was a very steamy read for a 12 year old. As far as the movies, I was always a big Michael Dudikoff fan back in the day.

Fun fact: The Sega Shinobi franchise was heavily inspired by The Ninja Trilogy and comic franchise (Enter the Ninja, Revenge of the Ninja, Ninja III: The Domination) and Pray For Death. 2009's NINJA ASSASSIN is also a homage to the Sega Shinobi franchise.

Haha😂 I totally shot the footage at 25:13. It’s from an interview Mike Leeder and myself did with Godfrey. Godfrey is very cool btw.

I've never been a "so bad it's good" kind of film watcher, but dammit I really wanna watch some of these ninja movies.

Bravo once again Rob, your sacrifice to watch an endless stream of movies knows no bounds. Now I believe it’s time to grow a nice bit of facial decoration to become the U.K. Ninja.

"Shockingly high pressured circulatory systems" had me in such fits of giggles that my wife had to ask what I was watching.

An early Christmas present? For me? Oh you shouldn't have, I didn't get you anything...uh...here's a like, I hope that's okay!!

The scene in Sakura Killers where ninja speedily burrow along the floor under the motorway bridge is burned into my childhood memories from the 80s, and I can confidently say I have absolutely no intention of revisiting the full movie as an adult.

The amount of the Word "ninja" per minute in this video is of the charts!

Dude.... My face really hurts due to all the smiling from ear to ear for the entire duration of this video!! 😁 I grew up on all of this EPIC cheese! I'm getting on up in my 40's now, and vividly remember the whole 80's ninja era! I haven't seen something to bring back THIS much nostalgia in YEARS! The world has changed so much, and unfortunately, my children (who were born in the early 2,000's), weren't fortunate enough to grow up in such a wildly experimental time in cenima. Where the special effects were almost always practical, and the action and fantasy elements to these films made little boys in almost every neighborhood across America twirl sticks, and yell out "hiya's", while wearing homemade ninja masks around their backyards everyday after school! Thanks for this buddy! It was a real treat!! 😆👍

For myself as a little 80's kid, Sho Kosugi was among the elite of 80's action. I remember watching Revenge of the Ninja and being astonished and horrified at how he was dragged along the street by the van, but still fought on. Along with Arnold and Sly, he was one of the greatest tough guys.

The tiny robot in Ninja Terminator appears to be the toy that would be released in the Transformers toyline as Omega Supreme.

This overview of the Ninja craze - especially the Frankeninja stuff - makes me think history has repeated itself but on a grander scale with the super hero genre. The oversaturation, the decline in quality, and the hint of it being used for money embezzlement seem eerily familar. Fantastic video

Whatever the tune is that starts at 25:18 is freakin funky as heck!!😁😁🤘🤘

My late father would rent about 5 of these on a Friday from the local rental shop back in the early 1980s when we got our first rental vhs player, 50p each, take back on Monday, great days indeed.

Thanks for this video! Must have been quite time consuming to put together! Ninja craze even swept over the soviet union. We didn't had anything commercially released or shown, but black market was overflown with horrid pirated copies of all the different movies. I remember how in the middle of 80's when we were young kids, most common birthday party invitation to other boys was cards with stenciled ninjas on them. Mock kung-fu fighting was rampant. Ninjas were my childhood.

I like how frequently you have to show the "I didn't edit this" text that you've made a neat little logo to replace it lol. These videos are incredibly fun and well researched! Keep up the good work

It’s been said so many times before, but this is the most under subscribed channel about film on KZfaq. The amount of time put into these videos has to be immense!! Of course, I could sit around and watch crappy ninja movies all day, but take them, pull out the entertaining bits, write a script around them and edit is very admirable. Can someone tell me where else the music used at @21:55 in Death Warrior has been used? I’ve been sitting here for 5 minutes replaying it over and over trying to place it and I know I’ve heard it in something else.

Oh my god. I can’t thank you enough for bringing my childhood Sunday afternoons back in amazing fashion. I grew up watching these movies. My ten year old asked me if I really watched these ‘stupid’ movies. Yep. And I love every minute of them 😂

Ninjas and Shaolin movies are my comfort food. I am never not entertained by at least one guy in black pajamas doing crazy martial arts in broad daylight.

Some of these sound effects are just taking me back to some classic Wu Tang Clan songs.

You should do a follow up about all the awesome embossed ninja movie vhs covers on these movies. The rental boxes were so insanely cool that you always got tricked into renting them.

I just watched 'Dwild Wild Weng' because of this video. It is the best 80's action movie I have ever seen. Pure 80's exploitation bliss.

As with James said. “Cocaine is a hell of a drug.” 😂 But to be quite honest with you. Even though a lot of these movies are bad. And I mean really bad. I absolutely love the ninja craze era of film so much. 🤗

Someone needs to go through these films and digitally add Richard Harrison's moustache where it's unfathomably missing.

For me, Sho Kasugi was *the* representative of that era. He was pure magic to the kid in me.

I must have watched the first "American Ninja" 100 times as a kid.

50:47 Nine Deaths of the Ninja was a huge theatrical hit in the USSR. I remember my dad took me to the cinema to watch it and how difficult it was to get the tickets 😅

The algorithm has blessed me with the best 80s ninja craze retrospective ever. Thank you, sir.

About twenty years ago I watched Tomas Tang's ''Battle for the treasure''(the Greek translation of the tittle was ''The last commando'').I had one of the biggest laughs I ever had.Up to a point,as we watched it,we couldn't make out what was happening.No clue at all.But something happened at a certain scene and all the frustration we had turned into an outburst of laughter.I''ll never forget it!You can find the movie on youtube.Gather your friends and enjoy irresponsibly!

Who else here were kids in the 80's and bought cheap ninja throwing stars and/or nunchucks? I know I did. Me and my friends had a lot of much fun playing ninja in our backyards. Between these things, bb guns, and pellet guns I'm so glad all of us made it out of that era with our eyes intact lol.

Ninja!🥷🏻 Sh-sha SHAH!!! 😆 Man, this takes me back! I was born in 79. My family’s from Ireland and my best friend at the time just immigrated here from Nigeria. We used to watch all those movies and beat the heck out of each other playing Ninjas. We would cut ninjas star shapes outta cardboard and spray paint them silver and throw them at each other. And of course, like every kid in America in the 80’s, we took karate. What’a fun trip down memory lane this video was. Thanks! 🤜🫷 😂

Awesome Video....The Godfrey Interview, where he sits in the chair in front of a window is by us, by the way. Out on our "Lethal Panther" Blu Ray Release (Germany). He was interviewed by our friends Mike Leeder and Arne Venema in Hongkong. Keep up the good work!

Take a fooken bow son. I mean that. Take a fooken bow.👏

Calling all commentors, calling all commentors, be on the lookout for trespassing ninjas.

Can we appreciate the amount of time and effort it takes to put together a video like this!!!! Excellent work sir ✊🏾

Ninja in Dragon Denn is one of my favorite ninja martial film starting young Hiroyuki Sanada(Scorpion from MK) and Conan Lee. A rare Chinese/Japanese collaboration that showcases two different styles going head to head. Very well choreographed especially.

Sho Kosugi and Michael Dudikoff were the Deniro and Pacino of 80's western ninja movies and you can't tell me otherwise...

Damn the sheer dedication and investigation you put in to these is amazing

I thought I've heard of every ninja movie ever since growing up, my little brother was obsessed with ninja movies, he was an encyclopedia of everything ninja, so im impressed

23:19--My new definition of pure movie magic.

This was a fantastic watch...and it was great to see Pierre Kirby getting a mention. As a long time fan of Brad Jones AKA The Cinema Snob I actually really enjoy watching Godfrey Ho's "Cut & Paste" Ninja films...even though they are (for the most part) absolutely awful. By any chance have you seen Ninja: The Mission Force? Might be worth a watch.

What a time to be alive. They need to bring back the 80s Ninja Craze.

Honestly, starting at 25:15, that might be the finest one minute of editing I've ever seen.

Ninja 3 the domination was THE best Ninja move ever. The way the ninja fought those cops. Epic!

This video got me through the worst cold I've had in a decade. Thank you, Mr. Hill!

if there's one thing we can all agree on... it's ninjas. their sudden appearance out of nowhere and onto the screen is exactly the kind of ninja behaviour we demand!

I'll never forget the first time I watched Ninja dragon. I was so young back then but it was so damn confusing and awesome at the same time.

"...and Marilyn Monroe's completely bald upper lip." Quality stuff, mate. Thanks for another exhaustively researched video! Just compiling the clips is a mammoth effort, but to top it off your scripts are always super entertaining, with their pitch-perfect dry humour.

In a truly a life-changing moment I bought Ninja Dragon/Ninja Terminator on DVD from Blockbuster outside Bearsden train station. This was 96/97, and I've loved Godfrey Ho's work ever since. While there's classier films out there the peerless madness of tiny robots, using the crab scene in trailers, teleportation, superbike fights and liberal Pink Floyd abuse is unmatched. Thrilled with this episode.

The music at 25:18 is absolutely fkn boss and I need that soundtrack

I wonder how large a role the introduction of The Hand to the Marvel Universe via Frank Miller's run on Daredevil had on ninja popularity in America.

This is the holiday ninja video I both needed and deserved. Thank you British bad movie man!

This channel is a masterpiece

30:40 "I don't know where Thailand is." 49:28 In the shot of the army of super ninja, there's a guy on the far right who chose this moment to adjust his face mask, and for reasons I can't adequately explain, I find this funny.

Ninja Assassin (2009) is still to this day the best ninja movie ever made. Nothing else comes close.

The video we've been waiting for! And the watch list for Christmas. Thankyou.

As always, your efforts are much appreciated. Always a good day when there's a new BMB upload!

Honestly I've watched this at least 5 times. I laugh harder everytime. Only a Ninja can kill a Ninja, mustache or no mustache.

Need to give to a little nod to the 1962 Japanese Jidaigeki TV drama Onmitsu Kenshi (Spy Swordsman), better known overseas as The Samurai or Shintaro the Samurai, the show about a Samurai detective/spy featured ninjas as a major focus with an Iga Ninja a supporting character and ally to the titular character and the Koga ninja clan, who served as the main antagonists in the show's early seasons. The show became a cult classic in Australia, where it was the first Japanese TV program ever screened there, premiering in 1964 and built up a remarkably large fan-base among the local young audience at the time, and it still has a devoted following to this day over there. The show was so popular, it spawned a ninja craze among Australian children, later spawning merchandise based on the show and the cast of the show actually performed a live stage show in both at the Sydney Stadium and Melbourne in 1965, and it was reported that over 7,000 people (many of them in costume) turned out to greet Ose Koichi, the show's star, when he arrived at Essendon Airport in Melbourne, which is said to be a higher turnout than when The Beatles visited there a year earlier. The show also found a following in New Zealand and the Philippines. There's a documentary titled "Shintaro! The Samurai Sensation That Swept a Nation" that delved into the show's impact in Australia that you can find on KZfaq and Vimeo for free.

BEST NINJA DOCUMENTARY EVER

rob, age 45, gave himself up to the authorities after compiling this video. he is now serving a life sentence.

Oh My God! Already watched it twice and i just cant get enough of it. Brilliantly edited and written. You are a genius.

You mentioned this as upcoming on a comment i made a while back, and you did not disappoint. This is possibly one of your best yet... keep it up, I love your stuff!

Thanks so much for the early Christmas gift... really appreciate the work that goes into these!

I'm blown away by your dedication, your work is nothing short of art itself. Thank you for such amazing commitment and for the hours of entertainment.

I remember watching some of these on vhs as a kid. When I visited my aunt on my mums side I'd get to rent out ninja movies. My aunt on my dads side was all about the horror so I got to see some great stuff. Seeing the ninja movies now and they are mostly terrible but the horror remains with me. Watched Shogun Assassin later on in life and love it. I really need to watch all the lone wolf movies to see it in all its glory.

I love the enthusiasm shown in this video, it is perfect for this topic! And I've learned so much from it, very valuable!

I’ve come to love your channel, Rob. Thanks so much for these deep dives!

Thank you so much for this Rob. I just love it so much.

It’s incredible how many of these vhs clips have Dutch subtitles! 😂

Another amazing piece of work! The effort you put into these videos is absolutely insane; I can only imagine how hard this one was in particular with all the Frankeninja movies and alternate titles.

So good Rob, amazing work putting this all together :)

Your videos are among the best videos on all of this, period. I am just so happy I've found your channel. Good work!

Bro, you never miss! Consistent high quality and very interesting videos every single time man! 💯

Brilliantly done as always... such a fun trip!

I was wondering what you had in store for your next video! An hour of ninjaspolitation silliness! PERFECT

Blood debts answering the garfield phone is one of the most left field and funniest things I ever witnessed in any horrible b-movie

You are one of the most important social historians around right now. I mean that unironically. Bad film is what most people appreciate and reflects/forms culture, but is probably beneath most academic historians to interpret.

The was so incredible. What a sterling effort. The absolute confusion with all those Richard Harrison films & the multitude of varying poster artwork has driven me mental over the years. Let alone the original films that Godfrey Ho utilised, has made this specific area of genre one of the most confusing & erratic. You helped put it all into focus. Thank you. Super job Rob.

Great channel bringing back many childhood memories of trips to my video shop and the random stuff i used to rent. Great narration and research and to top it all off the ad before it started was the Ninja food maker!! Perfection!

Got here after your commentaries with Oliver - You have a real way with words sir! XD

Wow another great video. I can't imagine how much work they take, but its really appreciated! Keep up the hard work work and thank you again!

I just love your videos focusing on genres and clones. I always hear movies I’ve never heard of and you do fantastic research. Keep making them because you know your shit! Thanks for the entertainment 🎉

It's always good when this channel posts.

once again you have suffered through many hells to deliver this one, but to find only one of the outer rings, great stamina to watch so much and get so little in return, great vid, Im sort of happy I didnt know that this exists.......

Nostalgia hit me hard.Thank you so much for this,great video!

Amazing work! Thanks for making this!

Thank you for this wonderful Christmas gift!

amazing research, writing and editing. Thank you Rob

Best Christmas present ever. Fantastic video, your work is outstanding.

Thank you for briefly showing the DVD cover for Pocket Ninjas. That movie changed my life.

One thing I learned from watching movies, anytime something is popular, there will be knockoffs made overseas by new fans of the genre. It's kind of cool.

The whole "White man with a moustache" thing, suddenly makes the web-comic Doctor McNinja MD make a lot more sense