GASSSSS
Roger Corman’s Gas-s-s-s, his final film as director for AIP, is dated (and probably even was for the period it got released), but somehow it’s almost part of its charm. It’s an irreverent comedy about a noxious gas that wipes…
This Bite’s For You
Its synopsis: When a freak hurricane swamps Los Angeles, nature’s deadliest killer rules sea, land and air as thousands of sharks terrorize the waterlogged populace. Sounds scary and made for basic cable. The movie pulled actors like Tara Reid out…
Sharknado Creates Cash Wind Fall
The cheesy Syfy channel thriller Sharknado drummed up something besides 387,000 social media mentions last week: The studio behind the movie reports that Sharknado’s buzz put the afterburners on DVD sales and licensing deals, helping to fuel a near quadrupling…
Ghost Shark
Interest in the Syfy network’s line of low-budget “Original” monster films recently saw a significant uptick with the premiere of Sharknado. After setting the Twitterverse aflame, Sharknado became something of a schlock cultural event and secured its destiny as the…
Five Quick Questions with Justin Armao
Bloodsucka Jones is the baddest vampire hunter on the planet and his trusty sidekick Vanessa help a couple of idiots fight an army of vampires in one hell of a horror comedy so if you love graphic violence, kids cursing,…
World’s End
They’ve done it again. The team behind Shaun of the Dead and Hot Fuzz smash out another twisted gem: a boozy buddy movie with a big twist. See itThe final instalment in Edgar Wright’s Three Flavours Cornetto series — a…
Ozploitation:Patrick
Not Quite Hollywood director Mark Hartley’s new feature is a scorcher — a cattle prod to the senses that reminds the Oz film industry that “genre” isn’t a dirty word. See itThe gatekeepers of Australian film financing bodies, baby boomers…
Beware Of The Blob: Honoring a Timeless Classic
The legendary 1950s science-fiction film “The Blob” was celebrated this weekend at Phoenixville’s 14th annual Blobfest. Released in 1958, “The Blob” starred a young Steve McQueen and Aneta Corsaut and was filmed locally in Phoenixville, Chester Springs and Downingtown. The…
Five Quick Questions with Laurene Landon
While on stage in 3rd grade, Laurene had parents cheering her loudly for her femme fatale role in a play. That moment she knew she was destined to be an actress. At the same age she also realized she won’t…
A Mexican In Hollywood: Del Toro and Pacific Rim
Brace yourself, otaku boys across the globe, Guillermo Del Toro’s Pacific Rim is the most expensive B-movie ever! And that’s a big, big compliment in the season of sterile blockbusters, for this is an… Of course I’m speaking from the…
Sharknado: the most terribly good movie of the summer
Sharknado, pundemic on Twitter, has restored the B-movie back to its rightful place in American life: cult summer blockbuster and universal inside joke. To join in you don’t need a TV or even to have seen the movie. You only…
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…