A Little Spanish Press On The B Movie Celebration, Dracula 0.9
Among the striking postal culture that draws those that are not so easily forget . For example, those who made the filming of a horror film , a version of the classic Dracula more or less, in an enclave already…
Evil Dead 2
It is a rare occasion for a sequel to be better than the original, even more so for a low-budget B-movie. “Evil Dead II” is one of these few exceptions. Released in 1987, a solid six years after the first…
World War Z on Blu-Ray
In the entire history of feature film adaptations of literary works, none have been so dismissive of their sources as World War Z. Bar the title and the genre, Marc Forster’s film shares precious little in common with Max Brook’s…
The Worst Fanboys-Tongue Firmly In Cheek
Fanboys – people that are fanatical about a particular type of technology – should be loaded into a special space ship that flies directly from Earth to the burning, white-hot center of the Sun. Do these people even stop to…
Five Quick Questions with Brett Piper – “Queen Crab”
One of world premieres at this past B Movie Celebration was Brett Piper’s “Queen Crab.” “Slightly deranged young woman lives alone in an isolated cabin. Her best friend is a giant crab. B movie excitement ensues. An awesome new feature…
Snake Eater
You have to wonder who the intended audience is for this movie. The box says “As Dirty as Dirty Harry, as Dangerous as Deliverance.” Why they are comparing this 1989 film to movies from 20 years ago I do not…
Firebird 2015 AD
In Firebird 2015 AD picturesque Drumheller, Alberta stands in for the Iowa countryside getting ripped up by Darren McGavin’s bad, bad Turbo Am Firebird. McGavin, who you may recognize as the father in Bob Clark’s A Christmas Story stars in…
The Origins Of The Exorcist
The 1973 classic “The Exorcist,” an Oscar-winning horror film that is still considered to be one of the scariest ever made, and the book of the same name, were not simply imagined, but inspired by demon-purging rituals that took place…
Shock and Horror Irish Style
Dark Touch is Marina de Van’s Irish-set tale of a telekinetic child and is the latest Irish horror flick to reach our screens in 2013.. Earlier this year, Neil Jordan’s West Cork-shot Byzantium and Ciaran Foy’s Citadel were sophisticated horror…
B Movies Worth Your Time
Good horror movies are hard to find these days with all of the unoriginal ideas, remakes and overhyped films that seem to saturate modern cinemas. Never get disappointed by a horror movie again by turning your attention instead to the…
Screening Maniac Cop
Director William Lustig’s MANIAC COP 2 (1990) picked up right where MANIAC COP (1988) left off and did a great job of continuing the chaos. Both films even had the same tag line: “You have the right to remain silent…
Everyone Wants To Make B Movies
Fangs are going to be a little different at one Birmingham care home during this year’s Halloween celebrations. That’s because staff and residents have made their own zom-B movie. And it’s a ghoul-den cinematic offering. ‘The Other Side’ features guests…
The Greatest Event of The Year, The B Movie Celebration
The 7th Annual B-Movie Celebration at Hollywood Boulevard Cinema in Woodridge, IL was, in my opinion, the greatest event of the year. On arriving, Hollywood Blvd Cinema blew me away with its decor and movie memorabilia. Then, walking down the…
Kid Friendly Zombie Series – Our Zombie Mother
Coming soon a kid tested, mother approved zombie series. If you’re tired of your kids begging you to watch zombie films, but afraid of them having nightmares or know you’ll be in the doghouse with your spouse, then this series…
Monsters and Mayhem
Thanks mostly to “The Walking Dead,” zombies have been sucking up all the oxygen in TV’s monster room lately. Zombies have even lurched into TV commercials, thanks to Sprint’s hilarious “Whoa, let’s not go putting labels on people” spot, and…
The B Movie App
Looking for a unique scary movie to watch this Halloween? There’s an app for that. UBC Professor Ernest Mathijs has developed the app “100 Cult Films” to help you navigate the underworld of B-list and mainstream horror movies this Halloween….
Elvira, Still Scaring
The ageless late-night horror movie host — still a voluptuous cross between a vampire and a 1980s Valley Girl — says that when she’s sick at home, nothing makes her feel better than a classic monster movie marathon featuring the…
Crab Monsters, Teenage Cavemen, and Candy Stripe Nurses
From horror to sci-fi to movies about women behind bars, there was no genre or exploitation trend that Roger Corman failed to embrace. He also kick-started the careers of talents like Martin Scorsese, James Cameron, and Jack Nicholson, as Chris…
Halloween B Movie Treats
LET’S say you’re more “Halloween” than Halloween. You love scary movies, but the actual holiday makes you want to punch a drunken Dracula in the plastic fangs. You’d much rather turn off the lights, ignore the trick-or-treaters at the door,…
The B Movie Celebration Invades Chicago October 25th-27th
There is an event which celebrates the often maligned art form known as B Movies. The B Movie Celebration attempts to shine a light and provides a focus for public education on the subject of wacky, fun and schlocky cinema….