The B Movie That Conquered Twitter
Few things in this world are as fantastic and all-around fun as a campy, so-bad-it’s-good B movie. From the crowds that flock to see “The Rocky Horror Picture Show” in droves or those who swear by the ever infamous masterpiece,…
Hey Guess What The Lost Empire Is Back
Polyscope Media Group would like to thank FILMLOOK for going above and beyond on our re-mastering of THE LOST EMPIRE. We were very pleased that Jim Wynorski supervised the re-mastering with very kind assistance from the wonderful Anna Cordova. Thanks…
An Ocean of B-movie Monsters: Pacific Rim
Guillermo del Toro is one part art-house egghead and one part excitable pop-culture fanboy. His schizo tendencies operate in thrilling harmony in “Pacific Rim,” a visually ornate improvisation on comic-book themes. Few directors could get so much creative mileage out…
Twittering Over Sharknado
Sharknado, a new made-for-TV film in which Ian Ziering and Tara Reid battle sharks falling from the sky, debuted in the US last night – and promptly became a major talking point on Twitter. Airing on Syfy, the channel responsible…
Inside Sharknado
Last night, on the Syfy channel’s made-for-TV movie Sharknado, Ian Ziering killed an airborne shark with a chain saw. Erik Estrada microwaved a tiny chupacabra in last year’s Chupacabra vs. the Alamo. And in the 2011 non-hit Mega Python vs….
Starship Invasion
Made in the late 1970s, Starship Invasions was a fairly blatant attempt to capitalize on the resurgence of interest in sci-fi spearheaded by Star Wars and Close Encounters of the Third Kind. This obviously low-budget attempt may have unconvincing sets…
Netflix With B Movie Bunk
It’s not a coincidence that those hyper-specific Netflix categories have a seemingly endless supply of options. Pacific Standard has the story of Asylum, a new type of B movie studio dedicated to cranking out cringe-worthy films that look fantastic when…
Our Zombie Mother
Over the years I’ve watched tons of zombie B-Movies and each and every one was enjoyable in some form. One dilemma I’ve been avoiding is that ever since my two daughters saw me watching Thunder Levin’s “Mutant Vampire Zombies from…
The Ghastly Love of Johnny X
Ready for a far out science fiction adventure? Well, here’s something groovy you may want to check out, dig it? Ok, I promise I’ll lighten up on the all the hepcat slang. In the spirit of the 1950’s, The Ghastly…
The Lost Empire CD is released
BSX Records presents the original soundtrack to THE LOST EMPIRE, featuring music composed and performed by Alan Howarth, in association with Alan Howarth, for the 1983 action adventure fantasy written and directed by Jim Wynorski (CHOPPING MALL, DEATHSTALKER II), starring…
The Dawn Of Blobfest
Science fiction fans with a fondness for the gooey mess that became “The Blob” — a B movie that also marked the debut of actor Steve McQueen — will celebrate the iconic flick this weekend. The Colonial Theater, seen in…
The World’s End
eaming up for another round of boozing, buddying and B-movie parodying, director Edgar Wright and actor Simon Pegg find themselves getting apocalyptically plastered in their clever and hilarious sci-fi sendup The World’s End. At once a Big Chill-style old-pal reunion…
Ursula Andress
If I still consider Raquel Welch as my favorite starlet of the sixties, I must admit that Ursula Andress is somewhere in the Top 5. Maybe her icy distance will always be responsible for not reaching numero uno. But do…
Sharknado
What could be better than one gonzo shark-themed disaster movie? For SyFy, the answer appears to be “All the gonzo shark-themed disaster movies.” To make Thursday’s premiere of Sharknado all the more of an event, the cable channel is preparing…
Nude On The Moon
If there were an Oscar category for most sincere performance in a ridiculous movie (and there should be!), Lester Brown and William Mayer would surely have been nominated for their work in Doris Wishman’s “Nude on the Moon,” a jaw-dropping…
Why Pacific Rim Is Cooler
Yes, there’s something called “Atlantic Rim.” But we’ll get to that later. Let’s begin with the release of what will probably be the final trailer of “Pacific Rim,” Guillermo del Toro’s slam-bang summer movie extravaganza. You probably know the premise…
Battle At Blood Beach
Fox has released the 1961 B WWII movie Battle at Bloody Beach as as burn-to-order Cinema Archive title. The film stars Audie Murphy, who was trying to expand his horizons beyond the Western movie genre. This was only Murphy’s second…
Scream Queens The Musical
Scream Queens, an outrageously campy musical comedy about former B-movie horror actresses who reunite for a Sci-Fi convention, will be performed Friday, July 5 and Saturday, July 6 at 7:30 p.m. and in a 2 p.m. matinee on Sunday, July…
Florida Museum hosts Creative B Movie Series
On Saturdays in July, the Florida Museum of Natural History hosts a summer movie party with some of its favorite beasts and creatures invited to attend. The honored guests include a giant simian that scaled a New York City icon,…
First Spaceship On Venus
The amazing imaginative fiction author Stanislaw Lem wrote this visually stunning East German space exploration film with a dated but still thoughtful message. The Sets of Der Schweigende Stern are detailed and beautiful – giving the film an amazingly alien…