Dust-Up
With unhinged moxie and violent humor to spare, the low budget lark Dust Up is a surprise blast. For a movie so boyishly bent on Ozsploitation-esque no-man’s land mutilation and death, the film undeniably sparks with life and the sheer…
Santa Claus Conquers The Martians
There is a real movie called “Santa Claus Conquers the Martians.” Just let that sink in for a minute. In 1964, adults with careers used real money and real effort (well, real money anyway) to make a movie called “Santa…
Corman To Remake Poe
Acclaimed B-Movie director Roger Corman is set to remake the eight short stories of the great Edgar Allan Poe, The Hollywood Reporter confirmed today. He originally took on the literary pieces in the 1950s-60s. Corman will produce, but not direct,…
Five Quick Questions with Devin Ward
Line Producers have a challenging job which includes making sure filming runs smooth and stays on budget. Their responsibilities are endless and sometimes they have to be the bad guy taking control of problems during filming. When it comes to…
The D Is Silent: Django Unchained
Get ready to shake, rattle and roll. Quentin Tarantino is back, bringing us a massive overdose of brutal sex, bloodshed, carnage, torture and man’s inhumanity to man—and just in time for Christmas. In light of recent real-life tragedies, the timing…
A Cinematic Apocalypse
In our cover story this week, we gave you a lot of ideas on how to throw a big party to ring in the end of the world, but what if you’re not the celebratory type? If you’re a nerd…
Caltiki-The Immortal Monster
Each time I watch Caltiki – The Immortal Monster, I’m astonished that it hasn’t had a better history on home video – it’s one of the best black and white horror films, indeed sci-fi films, to come from Italy. It’s…
Carlo Rambaldi
If one asked filmgoers what they immediately visualise at the mention of Ridley Scott’s Alien (1979) and Steven Spielberg’s ET: The Extra-Terrestrial (1982), the majority would most likely name the creatures in the title roles – disgustingly malevolent in the…
Five Quick Questions with Joe Lawson
When it comes to B movies one of the biggest things that attracts us is the special effects. With a fraction of a budget and timeframe compared to big budget films the special effects team has major challenges to overcome…
No Franco In Dawn Of The Planet Of The Apes
Twentieth Century Fox is already working on another installment of “Planet of the Apes,” but star James Franco spoke with MTV on Monday, Dec. 17 and said he was actually not going to be a part of it as far…
Discuss – Story,Character, Creature
I recently watched several shark B movies that had the same amount of kills, gore, and explosions. I asked myself why did I enjoy one more than the other? I did enjoy all of them and to keep anyone from…
I’m Dave Sterling
TELL US A BIT ABOUT YOURSELF. STERLING: I’m originally from Chicago and have been in the entertainment business for 18 years, since 1980. I started out at mobile DJ-ing at parties and I advanced to night clubs, doing stage lighting…
Mark Burchett: Keeping the Flame Alive
1.What is it that you both do for your “day job”, if you can talk about it I currently am a “day worker”, taking jobs and projects as they come to me. I did spend over 20 years in the…
Kevin Smith’s Swan Song
Kevin Smith insists that he’s going to retire from filmmaking for some reason. It’s a shame, since many of us really enjoy his movies (well, except for Cop Out), but at least Smith – who graduated from the 1990’s school…
Movie Memorabilia Cheap
For as little as a $1, people could get a three metre model of a World War II American B-17 bomber when Warner Bros Movie World holds a no-reserve silent auction on Friday. More than 100 items are up for…
Samuel Z. Arkoff
Born in Fort Dodge, Iowa to a Russian Jewish family, Arkoff first studied to be a lawyer. Along with business partner James H. Nicholson and producer-director Roger Corman, he produced eighteen films. In the 1950s, Nicholson founded the American Releasing…
B Movie Bingo At The Hollywood Theatre
What happens when you double cross two crime bosses at the same time? Special effects retaliation, of course! In SFX Retaliator, Chris Mitchum (the blonde-haired son of legend Robert Mitchum) is Steve Baker, a movie special effects coordinator who drives…
The Hobbit- Eh
After seeing the first part of Peter Jackson’s new “Hobbit” trilogy, which opens everywhere today, it’s easy to see why he filmed its literary successor, “The Lord of The Rings,” first. “LOTR” is simply the better story, at least in…
Chuck Cirino B Movie Prophet, Composer And Nice Guy
From Hockstetter Q: First off, what career path and decisions were taken until you finally started scoring films in 1986, with “Chopping Mall? A: I have to go way back to the late-1960s when influences from Morricone and Leone inspired…
The Perpetual Albert Pyun
No other film director has been so much vituperated against as Albert Pyun. Frequently compared with Edward D. Wood Jr., they both share a fascination for the bizarre. Pyun has a feel for the stylistic and hypnotic, changing the conventions…