Back in the day, the Cannon Group were the high priests of lowbrow cinema. Their formula? Ninjas + Van Damme + nudity + aliens = the best movies nobody watches anymore. Here are posters advertising Cannon's lost classics. Slightly NSFW.

You can read more about the history of Cannon here. Cracked also has an entertaining history of the filmmakers.

Yes, there was actually a duo of actors known as the Barbarian Brothers. And they were hierophants of low-budget radness.

[Posters via The Wrong Side of Art]