Five Easy Questions: Lloyd Kaufman
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 Movie Title Stills Collection
It’s not often that we take a close look at the opening titles for a film. Sometimes, we arrive late to the theater and miss them entirely…and if we’re at home, they offer a great opportunity to put the butter…
Tony Randel: The B Zen Master
Tony Randel is known best for directing “Hellbound: Hellraiser II”, amongst many other genre films. Tony has recently released his latest film “The Double Born”, which has been quite talked about within fans of the genre. Movie Mikes had a…
Klaus Kinski: Bad Boy
An actor known for his intense persona on-screen and off, Klaus Kinski was born on October 8, 1926. He grew up in poverty and was drafted into the Germany army at 16, serving briefly in World War II. After the…
Sylvia Kristel Rest In Peace
Sylvia Kristel, star of the erotic French film “Emmanuelle” that symbolised the sexual revolution of the 1970s, has died aged 60.The movie opened new boundaries for soft-porn and a number of sequels followed. The Dutch actress said she thought Emmanuelle’s…
I Walked With A Zombie
How do you make an A-list film with a B-movie budget? You use clever writing, moody atmosphere and then some creative camera work. Result: a lot of fun. Two years ago I did a series on Halloween movies of the…
DRACULA VS FRANKENSTEIN/MAD DOCTOR OF BLOOD ISLAND (Original Soundtracks)
New Jersey’s Elysee Productions has unearthed two tawdry, torrid treasures from the salt mines of sleazy drive-in cinema history: the complete and original scores for Al Adamson’s notorious monster-match Dracula vs. Frankenstein (1971) and Eddie Romero’s equally infamous tropical terror…
Five Quick Questions: Kevin Tenney
KEVIN TENNEY made his name as a famous, favorite cult horror director with his ’80s classics WITCHBOARD (1986) and NIGHT OF THE DEMONS (1988). His other entertaining credits include THE CELLAR (1989), PEACEMAKER (1990), and ENDANGERED SPECIES (2002). Besides being…
Five Easy Questions: Greydon Clark
GREYDON CLARK is a renaissance man of B movie cinema – actor/writer/producer & more over four decades of delectable decadence (and counting). Here is a brief but illuminating Q&A with this genre giant: Will the Thrill: Any standout memory or…
Mr. Bloody Valentine: George Mihalka
Your early producer Bob Presner told me that he met you after seeing a short film you did with your cinematographer Rodney Gibbons called Pizza to Go. That was our final student film, a 30-minute experimental satirical comedy based on…
Why I Love Night Of The Comet
Now, I’ll be upfront. I love “Night of the Comet.” It’s a movie that intrigued me 20 years ago, and I still get much pleasure from watching it today. I suspect that it is also a movie that will generate…
Laser Blast
Producer CHARLES BAND who has made some pretty dreadful films in his days (pretty much all on the cheap) presents us with LASERBLAST a film he made earlier in his career & is quiet possibly his worst. LASERBLAST follows the…
Hey It’s A New Gila Poster
How about another new poster for Jim Wynorski’s remake of the B-movie classic The Giant Gila Monster? Well, thanks to the guys over at Undead Backbrain, we have that sucker below, go check it out and see what you make…
The Cheetah Whores – Sharktopus theme music
I love theme music and when you watch ‘Sharktopus’ and the theme song begins your excitement for the movie elevates and you may even cheer on the Sharktopus. If I enjoy a song that much I need to find more…
Riz Ortolani
Riziero “Riz” Ortolani (born 4 September 1931 in Pesaro, Italy) is an Italian film composer. In the early 1950s Ortolani was founder and member of a jazz band of national Italian renown. His first score he wrote for the 1962…
The Neptune Factor
Produced rather expensively (for the time) by an independent Canadian film company, THE NEPTUNE FACTOR was picked up by 20th Century Fox and for the most part played on the bottom of a double bill with BATTLE FOR THE PLANET…
Black Christmas
1974’s Black Christmas is one of the most important Canadian horror films ever made, a decidedly gimmick-free spookshow that weaves terror and humor into a festive holiday package. Not only is it of interest to Canuxploitation enthusiasts for the Canadian…
Those Mexican Wacky B Movie Ads
John Cozzoli’s collection is frightening. Not because of its sheer size (though he does have over 500 film artifacts), but because Cozzoli’s ephemera all relates to lesser-known horror movies of the 20th century. Primarily devoted to Mexican lobby cards, or…
Marie Westbrook
Marie Westbrook has been in several B movies including ‘Evil Angel’ with Ving Rhames, and multiple movies by the Asylum, “100 Million B.C.”, “Hillside Cannibals”, “Dracula’s Curse” and “Titanic II”. In addition to acting she has a Physics/Chemistry degree from…
Corman Critical Of Films Made For Festivals’
The high-minded fare of the film festival circuit and the cheap thrills of B-movie pulp couldn’t seem farther apart, but the circuit will be closed when king of the B-movies Roger Corman heads the competition jury at this year’s Tokyo…