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 [...]

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 [...]

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 [...]

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 [...]

 
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 [...]

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….

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 [...]

There are Legends, there are Icons, there are Super-women - and then there is TURA SATANA, the immortal star of Russ Meyer’s masterpiece Faster Pussycat Kill! Kill! (1965) as well as many other cult classics, who boldly embodies all three attributes with stunning style, sensuality, wit and strength of character. I am privileged to know [...]

CHIP GUBERA is an educator, filmmaker, zombie song-writer and masked wrestler enabler, not necessarily in that order. In anticipation of the May 8 2009 regional theatrical release of his astounding zombie musical Song of the Dead, we caught up with this multi-talented maven of movie mayhem:
Will the Thrill: The first zombie musical was the late [...]

FRED OLEN RAY is a man of and for the people. People like us. He knows what we want, and he delivers, again and again, dedicating his own considerable talents, sweat, money and energy to one thrilling film project after another. From Alien Dead (198o) to Hollywood Chainsaw Hookers (1988) to Bad Girls From Mars [...]

JEFFREY UHLMANN is not an idiot, to put it plainly. He has a PhD in robot engineering from Oxford (the one over there, yes) and a M.S. in computer science and to top it off, a B.A. from the University of Missouri. So why did I contact him for an interview on a site about [...]

JIM WYNORSKI , International B Movie Man of Action and a native of Long Island, is a multi-talented writer/producer/director with over 70 genre films to his credit. His many B classics combining the Basics of Breasts, Blood and Beasts include sexy adventures like The Lost Empire (1983, co-starring Russ Meyer babe Raven de la Croix), [...]

Monica Tiki Goddess, Ted V Mikels, Will the Thrill, Vegas, October 2001
 
The term “living legend” tends to get overused, but in the case of TED V. MIKELS, it can’t be overstated. Ted is the Energizer Bunny of grindhouse cinema, from the sublime sci-fi schlock of The Astro Zombies to the grrrl powered action of The [...]

JAY WADE EDWARDS provides triple threat duty as producer/director/writer of the new ’60s-style beach party/monster musical STOMP! SHOUT! SCREAM!, playing in select theaters starting April 10 from Monogram Releasing. This fun, freaky flick is a perfect recreation/re-realization (but not “re-imagining”) of an AIP bikini-boppin’ beast-on-the-beach drive-in rock ‘n’ roll classic (read Will the Thrill’s review.) [...]

 
“It’s hard to get ahead in this economy…”
STUART GORDON is one of the few current filmmakers whose work will be studied, with appropriate shock and awe, decades from now. His bold style and unique vision are thematically diverse, visually distinctive, graphically imaginative, pointedly satirical, socially relevant and unfailingly entertaining.  In anticipation of Thrillville’s 12th Anniversary [...]

Film Noir is a uniquely American product, but its influences over the decades have stretched far beyond Yankee borders - in fact, you can feel its resonance across the Atlantic, where the French coined the term and designated the genre in the early ’50s. Neighboring Britain is no stranger to the Dark World of gangsters, [...]

“Throw another leg on the barby,mate!”
Everyone was horrified by the recent wildfires that swept Australia. But few have heard of, or reckoned with, the other horrors afflicting the Outback these days, specifically the supernatural monster outbreak so grimly and brilliantly depicted in THE DEMONS AMONG US, maiden mutant madness from the delightfully demented mind of [...]

With Uncle Lloyd, B Movie Celebration, September ‘08
LLOYD KAUFMAN is to cult movies what Alpo is to dog food. He’s a recognized, celebrated brand name boasting a tried-and-true tradition you don’t mess with, reliable and undeniable. His underground film dynasty Troma Entertainment revolutionized the indie market in the ’80s and ’90s with tantalizing titles like [...]