Beginning Of The End Of The Superhero Movie
If history has taught us anything, it’s that even the most venerable, immovable dynasties eventually crumble. Rome, Ottoman, Soviet, they’ve all gone the same way. It’s no different in the world of the arts. Five years ago, it would have…
Supervixens
SUPERVIXENS may be the ultimate Russ Meyer film! Overdosing on breasts, sex, and violence, Meyer delivers the goods to his fans and then some. In this movie, all women with huge breasts have Super stated before their name, like they…
Five Quick Questions with Griff Furst
Already with multiple instant classics under his belt (Mask Maker, Arachnoquake, Lake Placid 3, Swamp Shark, and several more), director/writer Griff Furst’s “Ghost Shark” will maintain the wild shark B Movie tradition. “Ghost Shark” will be airing on SYFY on…
Ib Melchior
The son of the Wagnerian tenor and film star Lauritz Melchior, Ib Melchior was born and educated in Denmark. After graduating from the University of Copenhagen, he joined the English Players, a British theatrical company, and toured Europe with the…
Journey To The Seventh Planet
When it comes to that touchy topic of remakes, I’ve always strongly felt that you should leave the proven classics alone. It’s those uneven ‘interesting misfires’ or intriguing ‘wasted opportunities’ that should be redone. JOURNEY TO THE SEVENTH PLANET is…
Dark Star
“Don’t give me any of that intelligent life stuff, give me something I can blow up!” Doolittle. Lieutenant Doolittle is in charge of ‘Dark Star’, a ship on a lonely mission to destroy unstable planets in systems targeted for colonisation….
Wrong Cops
Cult filmmaker Quentin Dupieux looks to secure his wacked-out B-movie credentials with this flailingly low-brow affair which might hit the spot for Dupieux fans out for some midnight screening action – and also snag some genre festival slots – but…
A Tribute To Karen Black
PREPARING to meet a typically nasty end in his umpteenth forgettable horror film of the year, the late Peter Cushing once memorably summed up his craft with the pithy observation: “You can’t fall into a tank of spiders and be…
Saving The World
In the year 2154, we’re told, the rich don’t care about the poor. Nothing new so far. Neill Blomkamp, whose debut film was the alien-apartheid fantasy District 9, pretty much takes this for granted. His sophomore film, Elysium, is essentially…
Haji, Star of Faster, Pussycat! Kill! Kill! Dead at 67
Haji, the Quebec-born actress who most famously starred in iconic cult film Faster, Pussycat! Kill! Kill! passed away last night, according to longtime friend Kitten Natividad’s Facebook page. She was 67. Haji was born with the equally exotic name Barbarella…
Deathstalker II
Deathstalker II is the presumed follow-up to 1982’s low-budget Deathstalker. Aside from the title, it’s hard to consider this film a sequel. In fact, this film is so much more enjoyable than the first (or the third or fourth, for…
Five Quick Questions with Mindy Robinson
Mindy Robinson is the humble girl you wished lived next door and not only because she’s pretty, but because she’s outgoing and always willing to help out. Mindy is constantly running between filming locations, and yet she amazingly remains calm…
Karen Black Rest In Peace
Karen Black, who was Oscar-nommed for “Five Easy Pieces” and starred in films including “Nashville,” and “Easy Rider,” died Thursday after a long battle with cancer. She was 74. Her husband Stephen Eckelberry announced her death on Facebook, saying “It…
Five Quick Questions with James Cullen Bressack
James Cullen Bressack wrote and directed the brutally powerful films (if I can say it that way) “To Jennifer”, “Hate Crime”, “My Pure Joy”, and “13/13/13” along with many shorts and has several upcoming projects in the works. His…
Escape From LA
What John Carpenter got wrong: Los Angeles becoming a prison island. What he got right: Someone in our day and age might well be tempted to shut off all the world’s electricity. We’re catching up with older visions of the…
B movies Create Interactive Experience
Nobody likes it when people talk at theaters, during a movie.Well, talking is definitely encouraged when the movie in question is the 1959 science fiction potboiler “The Wasp Woman,” and the theater is located in the basement of the South…
Swamp Thing Rises
The year 1982 was not exactly a banner year for comic book movies, with the only true successes in recent memory being Superman (1978) and Superman II (1980). It was also something of a time of limbo and moment of…
Sharktopus Versus Mermantula
The folks behind the cult SyFy flick Sharknado have no idea what they’ve started. According to reports, Sharktopus Versus Mermantula is actually coming together somewhere in Hollywood. Before the world learned what would happen if sharks somehow found their way…
10 Movies to Check Out During Shark Week
It’s here. Like the unstoppable turn of the cosmos, Shark Week is upon us once more. It’s a time to reflect, to forget our troubles, come together, and gleefully freak out about sharks like a bunch of 3-year-olds at SeaWorld…
B-Movie Bingo
FILM—The B-Movie Bingo series puts not-so-classic films on the big screen, then gives audience members a custom-made bingo card of movie clichés! Check off the clichés, win prizes, and remember what it feels like to live, because tonight’s film is…