The Golden Cob Awards celebrate excellence in independent cinema, and are awarded by the B Movie Celbration in Franklin, Indiana. This year, the 3rd Annual B Movie Celebration runs from September 25th - 27th. The awards are voted on by the public, so cast yours here.
This year’s nominees:
BEST SCREAM QUEEN:
Debbie Rochon - Slime City Massacre
Victoria [...]

What can you say about someone whose list of interests include: horror movies, anime, video games, guns and bows, serial killers, and kung fu movies? Well if you’re talking about Nikki Kreux, you can say that you’re just scratching the surface of this actress, model, musician, paranormal investigator and artistic Jill-of-all-trades!

Melanie Robel
-Interview by Nic Brown- 
Actress and model Melanie Robel is a self-described, modern day gypsy. Her affinity for travel has served her well, allowing her to take advantage of acting roles where ever the opportunity arises. What kind of roles? She’s played a post-apocalyptic assassin, a monster in a bikini, and an even worse kind [...]

Poster by Strephon Taylor
Monogram Releasing publicist/B Movie Nation co-administrator Will “the Thrill’ Viharo is taking his “Thrillville” cult movie cabaret on the road this Fall with the West Coast premieres of two Monogram releases, the all new Mexican monster mash Mil Mascaras vs. the Aztec Mummy doubled-billed with Jay Ward Edwards’ all new beach party [...]

JOHN STANLEY is the legendary author of numerous articles, novels and books on the subject of fantasy cinema, and perhaps most famously hosted the popular Creature Features program in the Bay Area circa the early ‘80s. He is additionally a filmmaker in his own right, as well as a good a friend and an all-around [...]

BRUCE LENTZ, AKA “MR. SCHLOCK”, is about to take the reins of the B Movie Nation’s latest acquisition, the classic Hollywood Theater in the Pittsburgh suburb of Dormont, PA. Bruce was already a local legend due to his zany horror host alter ego as well as the world famous Incredibly Strange Video Store, which he [...]

MR. LOBO is the world’s leading TV horror host, at least of the New Generation. His nationally syndicated TV show Cinema Insomnia has a rabid fan base and has been seen by dozens of people coast to coast. Just kidding. Mr. Lobo is a humble icon. His fame and following are both well-deserved and well-earned. [...]

For the second year, The B Movie Celebration will be hosting the coveted Golden Cob Awards for Excellence in B Movies.
This year The B Movie Celebration  is asking your help in determining who gets the Cob.
Help us nominate deserving B Movie professionals for The Golden Cob Award, for Excellence in B Movies
To nominate someone please [...]

EDDIE MULLER, author, bon vivant, cultural archeologist and founder of both the Noir City Festival and the Film Noir Foundation, is indeed the Czar of Noir. You couldn’t find a nicer guy for such a dirty job, either. His many books on the topic include such definitive tomes as Dark City: the Lost World of [...]

They say that a person’s eyes are the windows to their soul; when you see Michelle Tomlinson on the screen you might just believe that is true. In THE CELLAR DOOR, her piercing dark eyes show the fire in her soul as she yearns to escape from her captor. When you finally tear yourself away [...]

ANDREA BEESLEY-BROWN, better known around her Arizona haunts as MIDNITE MOVIE MAMACITA, is the B Movie Nation’s official Southwest Representative. We were email pals for years before she invited me to her show (at the now sadly defunct Chandler Cinemas) in April of 2008. In person she is extremely gracious and sweet - you’d never [...]

Chicago based artist MITCH O’CONNELL has been wowing the world with his pop culture portraits for many years.  Monsters, zombies, pinups, flying saucers, robots, tikis, comic book heros and especially B Movies all inform his eye-popping  portfolio. Check out his MySpace page for more incredibly imaginative images. Recently I interviewed one of my favorite artists [...]

ARCH HALL JR. is that rare combination - a living legend and a nice guy. This cool cat is still swingin’ forty odd (yes, very odd) years since his debut in The Choppers (1961) written by his legendary father, Arch Hall Sr., and cementing his own legacy as a drive-in deity with the timeless gems [...]

CYXORK 7 , the hilarious and inventive movie about making a movie in a fading sci-fi franchise, coming May 15 from Monogram Releasing, is one of the Best Movies of 2008 you’ve never heard of, according to Popmatters and according to me, too. Prolific and amiable writer/director JOHN HUFF gave us the lowdown on this [...]

Is B-Movie a terminology more relative to the movies of the fifties and sixties and the decades that went before rather than today’s current cinema audience?
 
A time when cinemas presented two movies at most showings, a main feature and a low budget secondary film, affectionately referred to as the B-Movie.
 
But as with most things in [...]

 
Like so many people aspiring to be a filmmaker, Lola went to film school. However, while that covered much of the theory and mechanics of the art, it also left her feeling that it takes a lot of money to make a quality film. Fortunately, she met fellow filmmaker and special effects expert Tom Devlin [...]

BILL DEVER is the B Movie Mogul of the 21st Century. His various enterprises include this very web site, the annual B Movie Celebration, Monogram Releasing and various other ventures promoting, perpetuating and preserving B Movie Culture. He is a Man with a Mission.
Will the Thrill: What is the inspiration, and the ultimate goal, for [...]

Monogram Releasing is pleased to welcome the Peoria Theater to the B-Movie Nation. Now the question of “but will it play in Peoria” has been answered!

Showing Friday, May 29: Brain Dead & Stomp Shout Scream!
For more information on the Peoria Theater visit: peoriatheater.com
Peoria Theater
3225 N Dries Lane Peoria, IL 61604
309.202.2278
info@peoriatheater.com
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Announcing the great film line-up at this years B Movie Celebration
Abby
Black Christmas
Black Horizon
Blacula
Chopping Mall
Creature from the Black Lagoon
Cyclone
Dark Star
Dire Wolf
Dr. Goldfoot and the The Bikini Machine
Forbidden Planet
Gas!
Godzilla King of the Monsters
Grand Theft Auto
Halloween
The Hideous Sun Demon
Hollywood Chainsaw Hookers
Horror of Dracula
I Was A Teenage Frankenstein
Ilsa She Wolf of The SS
Invasion of the Body Snatchers
Journey to The [...]

Brooke Lewis caught the acting bug and went from Philadelphia to New York City where she spent four years working Off-Broadway. Then she packed it up and headed on to bigger and better things in Hollywood. Not content to simply be an actress working in front of the camera, Brooke started Philly Chick Pictures, her own production company. Now Brooke is involved in films, television and even has two new web series going, including one working with DRAC Studios who won the academy award for the special effects make-up in BENJAMIN BUTTON. Read more….