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Upcoming “30 Nights of Paranormal Activity with the Devil Inside the Girl with the Dragon Tattoo”

Horror, creatures, mockmusters, how about a comedy break?  “30 Nights of Paranormal Activity with the Devil Inside the Girl with the Dragon Tattoo” is the third parody feature written and directed by Craig Moss.    Parodies can be very dangerous because…

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Five Quick Questions with Olivia Alexander

Olivia Alexander did a great job playing the mean girl head cheerleader in “Attack of the 50 Foot Cheerleader”.  Olivia’s acting began at the very early age of 2 when she appeared in “Little Debbie’s Snack Cakes” and “Ultra Gain…

Jared Cohn’s 12/12/12

  Written and directed by Jared Cohn “12/12/12” is a dash of “The Omen”, “Rosemary’s Baby” and “It’s Alive”.  It begins with a sacrifice involving blood rubbed on a naked woman then we go right to the maternity ward for…

The Stuff

Larry Cohen wrote episodes for the Emmy award winning “The Defenders” along with many other TV series in the 60s and early 70s.  He wrote dozens of independent films including ‘It’s Alive’ and the Maniac Cop trilogy.  He reached a…

Five Quick Questions with Devin Ward

Line Producers have a challenging job which includes making sure filming runs smooth and stays on budget.  Their responsibilities are endless and sometimes they have to be the bad guy taking control of problems during filming.  When it comes to…

Five Quick Questions with Joe Lawson

When it comes to B movies one of the biggest things that attracts us is the special effects.  With a fraction of a budget and timeframe compared to big budget films the special effects team has major challenges to overcome…

Discuss – Story,Character, Creature

I recently watched several shark B movies that had the same amount of kills, gore, and explosions.  I asked myself why did I enjoy one more than the other?   I did enjoy all of them and to keep anyone from…

Five Quick Questions with MG and the Gas City 3

‘Gila!’ includes original music by ‘MG & the Gas City 3’, a band from Northern Indiana on Gas City Records. They mix rock, country and a little punk to give it that old fashion rock and roll sound which is…

Just for Fun: The B Movie Word Game

B Movie Wordfinder PDF to download: WordFinder 

What if? B Movie Channel

There are excellent existing channels on cable or satellite to get our B movie fix.  However, we deserve more.  Typically we have to set our DVR for late night or wait a week for a shark, zombie, creature, or horror…

Gila! and Five Quick Questions with Jim Wynorski

The premiere of ‘Gila!’ at the B Movie Celebration packed the theatre with fans, filmmakers, actors, actresses, and crew members.  The entire cast and crew shared their filming experiences with friends and family before and after the film.  After the…

5 Quick Questions with Whitney Moore – Birdemic

Anyone that can put a movie together deserves tons of credit, the blood, sweat and tears that go into making a movie must be praised no matter what….usually. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LrxZblVUkMU ‘Birdemic Shock and Terror’ was the most recent Rifftrax simulcast and…

’40 Days and Nights’ Coming Soon

’40 Days and Nights’ is the newest disaster film by The Asylum due out November 27th. “When a colossal tectonic shift causes the sea level to start rising, a microbiologist gathers the DNA of as many species as she can,…

Five Quick Questions with Writer Mike MacLean

The instant classics ‘Sharktopus’, ‘Dinocroc vs. Supergator’, ‘Piranhaconda’, and ‘Attack of the 50ft Cheerleader’ began with the screenplays written by Mike MacLean.    Mike is a family man and a talented writer that can write hybrid horror creatures, a comical giant…

Five or so Quick Questions with Fred Olen Ray

It’s no wonder why Fred has so many credits because once he says “That’s a wrap” he’s screaming “Roll cameras” in the same breath.  That has been his lifestyle since the late 70’s and we’re lucky that Fred has provided us…

5.5 Quick Questions with Gerald Webb

Gerald Webb, originally from New Jersey, a renowned DJ and acting career that began in Philly, an actor in numerous Asylum films and films directed by Fred Olen Ray ‘Super Shark’ & ‘Turbulent Skies’ Chris Olen Ray ‘2 Headed Shark…

Five Quick Questions W/’The Tentacles Claw’ Tara Manuel & Michael Rigler

Filmmaker Michael Rigler said after the B Movie Celebration premiere of ‘The Tentacles Claw’ that “you film what you can”. Simple, but with a 1200 Canadian dollar budget you better follow that rule or the film may not come out…

Actresses You Should Know

With so many talented actresses in B movies it’s difficult to stand above the rest.  These four young actresses have been in many recent movies and are booked for a lot more and they are quite talented. Frankly it’s time…

Five Quick Questions with Lloyd Kaufman’s Long Suffering Daughters

As we know Lloyd Kaufman is a legend for B movie horror and comedy horror.  Beyond that his wife Patricia is the executive director of the New York State Governor’s Office for Motion Picture and Television Development. With all the…

The War of the Gargantuas

The 1968 film directed and screenplay by Ishiro Honda is entertaining.  If you’re a B Movie fan you’ll appreciate the film quite a bit and pay no attention to the plastic army guys in toy tanks and the string on the…