Review B Movie Celebration
This past weekend I had the sincere pleasure of attending the 7th Annual B Movie Celebration at the Hollywood Blvd. Cinemas in Woodridge, Illinois. The B Movie Celebration ran for three days, Friday – Sunday and screened some fabulous classic…
I Am Divine
In Jeffrey Schwarz debut feature documentary, Spine Tingler! The William Castle Story, he celebrated the legacy of the B-movie legend of the title. His next film, Wrangler: Anatomy of an Icon, introduced the world to porn star and gay icon…
It Came From Hollywood
This isn’t as much a movie as it is a loose assembly of B- to Z-grade movies that have been produced between the 1940’s and late 1970’s (and not only did they come from Hollywood but Japan as well), narrated…
8th Annual B Movie Celebration visits 1984 in 2014
1984 was not all Big Brother, Big Hair & Big Pants — it was also a great year for movies. This year, the annual The B Movie Celebration wants the “B” movies of 1984 to take a bow. Many have…
Joe Bob Rises Again At This Year’s B Movie Celebration
This year’s B Movie Celebration taking place in Nashville Indiana August 8th, 9th and 10th is pleased to have as it’s host, the one the only poet of the drive-in Joe Bob Briggs. Joe Bob in his own inimitable and…
Chainsaw Sally (2004)
“Chainsaw Sally” isn’t your typical straight to video independent horror film. No, not at all. This one actually has something a lot of the STVs don’t have…and that’s heart. Remember when you would watch a low budget horror film and…
Shock Waves (1977)
This is a great little film that combines two of the 70s most popular horror movie themes: monsters in the water and undead zombies. It also features the always-wonderful Brooke Adams (from “Invasion of the Body Snatchers”) in a major…
Wrath of God (L’Ira di Dio)
A man working in the field, is approached by a gunman stealing up on him from behind. The gunman carefully draws his gun from the holster, fills the empty chambers with bullets, and warns the man in the field not…
The Leech Woman (1960)
I won’t go in to the plot much here, as anyone who is reading these summaries knows it by now. I personally find this to be one of the more satisfying of the 50’s/60’s-type Sci-fi films. I’m not sure why…
Frankenstein’s Daughter (1958)
It’s strange to think that this film was only a dozen or so years old when I first saw it! Since we weren’t yet too jaded by gore and splatter, I found some genuinely powerful moments in FRANKENSTEIN’S DAUGHTER: There…
High School Hellcats (1958)
This is a film that might have shocked some viewers back in 1958, but seen today it just seems laughable. It’s supposed to be an exposé about wicked high school girls, but it never is particularly wicked…just silly. The film…
How to Make a Monster (1958)
How to Make a Monster is an American International Pictures film about and set on the lot of American International Pictures. The premise is that the studio has been sold, and the new owners are going to make some major…
The Food of the Gods (1976)
You know, something bad happened to Bert I. Gordon. In the 1950s and 60s, he made films that were expected to be high camp (“Amazing Colossal Man,” “Beginning of the End,” “Attack of the Puppet People,” “Earth vs. The Spider,”…
War of the Colossal Beast (1958)
Even though this movie picks a less subtle approach than its predecessor “The Amazing Collosal Man”, this movie still works out as a rather good and enjoyable B-movie. Basically there is even less story than the last time and the…
‘Godfather Of Makeup’ Dick Smith Dies Aged 92
Dick Smith has been hailed as one of the best makeup artists to ever live.Dick Smith, who transformed the art of creating special makeup effects for films, has reportedly died aged 92.The pioneer worked on dozens of films including The…
I Was a Teenage Werewolf (1957)
Despite its apt but risible title, “I Was a Teenage Werewolf,” surprises in both the sincerity of its playing, as well as by its accomplished technical credentials. Campy confessional title nothwithstanding, there is nothing about the screenplay that is deliberately…
Kingdom of the Spiders (1977)
Let’s be perfectly honest. “Kingdom of the Spiders” is not a blockbuster. But, neither is it junk. It’s where it needs to be — director John “Bud” Cardos aimed to make an interesting, creepy film on the level of good…
Pray to God and Dig Your Grave (Prega Dio… e scavati la fossa)
A minor Zapata spaghetti with Robert Woods (all make up and moustache) playing a character called Fernando Calmayo. Woods had already played a Mexican in his two Pecos movies, My Name is Pecos and Pecos cleans up; the character of…
The Hideous Sun Demon (1959)
Talk about a family project! In addition to writing, directing, editing and starring in this film Robert Clarke got his own family, his in-laws and even close family friends involved! It just goes to show what a family can accomplish…
Prophecy (1979)
Reviewers of the film are quick to undercut its actual effectiveness as a film without realizing that many parts of the film succeed, including the tension of the characters against the beast, the horror of the beasts’ attacks, the helplessness…