Everyone Wants To Make B Movies
Fangs are going to be a little different at one Birmingham care home during this year’s Halloween celebrations. That’s because staff and residents have made their own zom-B movie. And it’s a ghoul-den cinematic offering. ‘The Other Side’ features guests…
The Greatest Event of The Year, The B Movie Celebration
The 7th Annual B-Movie Celebration at Hollywood Boulevard Cinema in Woodridge, IL was, in my opinion, the greatest event of the year. On arriving, Hollywood Blvd Cinema blew me away with its decor and movie memorabilia. Then, walking down the…
Fred Olen Ray’s “After Midnight”
Fred Olen Ray’s “After Midnight” had its world premiere at the B Movie Celebration this past weekend. Fred himself was in attendance to introduce the film and he shared a little bit about each cast memeber. The film stars Richard…
Kid Friendly Zombie Series – Our Zombie Mother
Coming soon a kid tested, mother approved zombie series. If you’re tired of your kids begging you to watch zombie films, but afraid of them having nightmares or know you’ll be in the doghouse with your spouse, then this series…
Monsters and Mayhem
Thanks mostly to “The Walking Dead,” zombies have been sucking up all the oxygen in TV’s monster room lately. Zombies have even lurched into TV commercials, thanks to Sprint’s hilarious “Whoa, let’s not go putting labels on people” spot, and…
The B Movie App
Looking for a unique scary movie to watch this Halloween? There’s an app for that. UBC Professor Ernest Mathijs has developed the app “100 Cult Films” to help you navigate the underworld of B-list and mainstream horror movies this Halloween….
Elvira, Still Scaring
The ageless late-night horror movie host — still a voluptuous cross between a vampire and a 1980s Valley Girl — says that when she’s sick at home, nothing makes her feel better than a classic monster movie marathon featuring the…
Crab Monsters, Teenage Cavemen, and Candy Stripe Nurses
From horror to sci-fi to movies about women behind bars, there was no genre or exploitation trend that Roger Corman failed to embrace. He also kick-started the careers of talents like Martin Scorsese, James Cameron, and Jack Nicholson, as Chris…
Halloween B Movie Treats
LET’S say you’re more “Halloween” than Halloween. You love scary movies, but the actual holiday makes you want to punch a drunken Dracula in the plastic fangs. You’d much rather turn off the lights, ignore the trick-or-treaters at the door,…
The B Movie Celebration Invades Chicago October 25th-27th
There is an event which celebrates the often maligned art form known as B Movies. The B Movie Celebration attempts to shine a light and provides a focus for public education on the subject of wacky, fun and schlocky cinema….
April Wright and her passion for Drive-Ins At the B Movie Celebration
It’s always exciting to explore the persona of an emerging talent. April Wright, writer, director, and producer of the recently released documentary, Going Attractions: The Definitive Story of the American Drive-In Movie, is one such talent. Wright earned an MBA…
Lorenzo Lamas Battles Dinos At The B Movie Celebration
If you haven’t yet had enough of monster movies full of computer generated abominations, and you can’t quite wait until 2015 for Jurassic World, then you’re in luck. A brand new Jurassic Park ripoff is stomping our way, and we’ve…
James Cullen Bressack’s 13/13/13
Written and directed by James Cullen Bressack who brought us “Hate Crime,” “To Jennifer,” and “My Pure Joy.” Knowing and enjoying James’ style, I anticipated a lot of insane moments and he didn’t let me down. “For millennia, calendars have…
Peter Bogdanovich’s Targets
Boris Karloff became a star playing Frankenstein’s Monster. Thirty-seven years later, he ended his career in a movie that was assembled like one. The film was originally conceived under the ominous title Before I Die, and later released as Targets….
Army of Darkness 2 Still Happening
Back in March, producer Rob Tapert revealed that the long-awaited fourth sequel to the original 1981 horror classic The Evil Dead will be called Army of Darkness 2, as a follow-up to 1993’s Army Of Darkness. Franchise star Bruce Campbell…
Chopping Mall Comes Alive Again At The B Movie Celebration
On March 21st, 1986, a film was released by legendary producer Roger Corman that today is still recognized as a genre classic. “CHOPPING MALL” produced by Julie Corman and helmed by exploitation wunderkind Jim Wynorski, was released during the VHS/home…
Escape Plan is a masterpiece, you guys. Seriously
If you didn’t see the Sylvester Stallone-Arnold Schwarzenegger prison break movie “Escape Plan” this weekend, I have a surprise for you. It’s pretty awesome! I’ve conducted a quick sample of reviews online, and I would characterize them overall as “mixed…
Spinning Horror Into Gold
At first glance, there is nothing particularly special about Jason Blum. He makes low-cost horror films that sell a lot of tickets. Producers have been getting rich from that formula for decades: rinse (the fake blood) and repeat.Adelaide Kaine in…
Ida Lupino’s The Hitch Hiker
Reputedly based on a true incident (“Penned from the headlines”), the story traces the movements of a hitch-hiker, Emmett Myers (Talman), who repays his highway hosts by robbing and murdering them. Initially, we are shown mere glimpses of Myers and…
Rocky Horror Lets The Freak Fly
Ryan and Faith Wilson have spent over a decade stuck in a Time Warp. Maybe ‘stuck’ isn’t the right word, since the husband-and-wife team have produced and directed the Friday Nite Specials Rocky Horror Picture Show cast – and danced…