Anyone remember the name of the movie that had Hoover tank vacuum cleaners with radiator hoses hanging off that took over a town?
Think of the awesome fate of those actors and actresses who performed in such flicks. Professional suicide. I saw some of the films depicted, Lord help me. Perhaps I can claim extreme youth?
Saw the attack of the 50 foot woman poster. In the early 70s I served with one of script writers of that and several other B movie classics. He was a Marine major, a reservist in a unit I spent some time with when I finished active duty and went to the active reserves for few years.
He said that 50 foot woman was one that he would rather have forgotten. He also wrote scripts for Lash Larue movies. Interesting guy.
These aren’t all “B” movies, they aren’t all about “the title”, and many don’t even have a cult following (do you like ‘gladiator’ movies???).
Towering Inferno was schlocky. So was 2012. So was Showgirls.
Hollywood still produces dreck.
“Snakes on a Plane”: my vote for best b-movie title.
Says it all.
ping
The Creeping Terror
Monster A Go-go
The Beast of Yucca Flats
Squirm
Overdrawn at the Memory Bank
Night of the Blood Beast
l liked “Bring Me The Head of Alfredo Garcia” with Warren Oates. IIRC, it was the first movie rated X for violence.
There should be a B-movie channel
I seek these out on Netflix, and the kids go elsewhere.
Who here remembers Bob Wilkin’s Horror Show?
Obama is now and always has been a clueless Chauncy Gardener!!
After some research we found out that one of his songs was used in the B grade movie Assault of the Killer Bimbos. We ordered a copy from Amazon. When the movie arrived, we didn't want to watch the whole thing to find out where his song was. So we looked at the chapter titles and saw one titled "Strip scene" So my husband said let's start there. (It wasn't really a strip scene. The girls are changing clothes in their car)
When the scene starts - there was his song! He said if you had to have a song in a B movie, that was the best place for it.
The movie was the inspiration for Thelma and Louise.
Loved MST 3000!
My copy of this fell apart. It is the best for the obscure to the well known old bad/good movies Why it is out of print I do not know and it is darn expensive for used copies:
The Psychotronic Encyclopedia of Film
http://www.amazon.com/Psychotronic-Encyclopedia-Film-MICHAEL-WELDON/dp/0345303814
The 1958 cult classic “The Blob” (Steve McQueen’s first starring role) was filmed in the town of Phoenixville, PA in suburban Philadelphia. Every July, the town of Phoenixville celebrates a 3 day street fair called “Blob Fest.” There are continuous showings of “The Blob” and other sci-fi movies from that era at the Colonial Theater (which figured prominently in the movie - near the end of the film, the Blob eats the Colonial theater.) Other activities include a tin foil hat contest, a fire extinguisher parade, and a monster contest.