High School Hellcats (1958)
This is a film that might have shocked some viewers back in 1958, but seen today it just seems laughable. It’s supposed to be an exposé about wicked high school girls, but it never is particularly wicked…just silly. The film…
How to Make a Monster (1958)
How to Make a Monster is an American International Pictures film about and set on the lot of American International Pictures. The premise is that the studio has been sold, and the new owners are going to make some major…
The Food of the Gods (1976)
You know, something bad happened to Bert I. Gordon. In the 1950s and 60s, he made films that were expected to be high camp (“Amazing Colossal Man,” “Beginning of the End,” “Attack of the Puppet People,” “Earth vs. The Spider,”…
War of the Colossal Beast (1958)
Even though this movie picks a less subtle approach than its predecessor “The Amazing Collosal Man”, this movie still works out as a rather good and enjoyable B-movie. Basically there is even less story than the last time and the…
‘Godfather Of Makeup’ Dick Smith Dies Aged 92
Dick Smith has been hailed as one of the best makeup artists to ever live.Dick Smith, who transformed the art of creating special makeup effects for films, has reportedly died aged 92.The pioneer worked on dozens of films including The…
I Was a Teenage Werewolf (1957)
Despite its apt but risible title, “I Was a Teenage Werewolf,” surprises in both the sincerity of its playing, as well as by its accomplished technical credentials. Campy confessional title nothwithstanding, there is nothing about the screenplay that is deliberately…
Kingdom of the Spiders (1977)
Let’s be perfectly honest. “Kingdom of the Spiders” is not a blockbuster. But, neither is it junk. It’s where it needs to be — director John “Bud” Cardos aimed to make an interesting, creepy film on the level of good…
Something Sinister
In an old secluded home, a young girl named Amelia finds herself at the mercy of her oppressive and abusive Aunt Helen. Slowly Amelia starts to lose her grasp on reality and falls into a vortex of madness and the…
Pray to God and Dig Your Grave (Prega Dio… e scavati la fossa)
A minor Zapata spaghetti with Robert Woods (all make up and moustache) playing a character called Fernando Calmayo. Woods had already played a Mexican in his two Pecos movies, My Name is Pecos and Pecos cleans up; the character of…
The Hideous Sun Demon (1959)
Talk about a family project! In addition to writing, directing, editing and starring in this film Robert Clarke got his own family, his in-laws and even close family friends involved! It just goes to show what a family can accomplish…
Prophecy (1979)
Reviewers of the film are quick to undercut its actual effectiveness as a film without realizing that many parts of the film succeed, including the tension of the characters against the beast, the horror of the beasts’ attacks, the helplessness…
Spawn of the Slithis (1978)
I must confess that I’ve got a special fondness for clunkily sincere el cheapo retro 50’s contemporary horror creature features centering on the bloody exploits of a mean, nasty, butt-ugly humanoid beast that’s quite obviously this poor putz in a…
Village of the Giants (1965)
Bert I. Gordon’s “Village of the Giants” is a humorously poor version of the “big thing make boom” movies in which a small group (Maybe 6, hardly a full village) of teens take a formula that makes them grow really…
Lack of Cockery
Director, Writer, and Actor Josh Mitchell’s latest film Lack of Cockery is due out next month. Josh again will star in his film along with rising actress Alethea Sholomenko and actor Mike Maolucci. Also starring in the film is the talented…
‘Evil Dead’ TV Series to Star Bruce Campbell
The biggest news out of any San Diego Comic-Con typically comes from the panels focused on the major studios’ upcoming tent-pole releases, and this year’s Con was no different, with impressive footage and reveals for some hotly-anticipated properties like Batman…
I, Frankenstein, All Is Lost
THIS monotonous B-movie has only the loosest connection with any previous Frankenstein film, let alone Mary Shelley’s original novel. Written and directed by Australia’s Stuart Beattie – adapting a comic book by Kevin Grevioux, creator of the Underworld franchise –…
Roger Corman: A Low-Budget Film Legend
Film legend Roger Corman helped launch a new era in filmmaking in the 1950’s and early 1960s, cranking out hundreds of low-budget Drive-In movie classics like Wild Angels, Attack of the Crab Monsters and Little Shop of Horrors. In the…
The B Movie Celebration
The eight annual B Movie Celebration in Nashville Indiana. Fans and filmmakers will gather throughout the town for screenings and discussions, aiming to revive interest in wonderfully offbeat films sadly gathering dust on the shelves of mom-and-pop video stores. Among…
Assault On Precinct 13
With his filmmaking career beginning in the midst of the new Hollywood and its touchstones in American film history, it’s perhaps easy to see why the work of John Carpenter has been somewhat overshadowed by more celebrated filmmakers such as…
Take A Trip Back To 1984
1984 was not all Big Brother, Big Hair, Big Pants ,Madonna and Prince, it was also a great year for movies. This year The B Movie Celebration, that once a year cinematic circus now in it’s 8th year, wants the…