Klaus Kinski: Bad Boy
An actor known for his intense persona on-screen and off, Klaus Kinski was born on October 8, 1926. He grew up in poverty and was drafted into the Germany army at 16, serving briefly in World War II. After the…
Sylvia Kristel Rest In Peace
Sylvia Kristel, star of the erotic French film “Emmanuelle” that symbolised the sexual revolution of the 1970s, has died aged 60.The movie opened new boundaries for soft-porn and a number of sequels followed. The Dutch actress said she thought Emmanuelle’s…
DRACULA VS FRANKENSTEIN/MAD DOCTOR OF BLOOD ISLAND (Original Soundtracks)
New Jersey’s Elysee Productions has unearthed two tawdry, torrid treasures from the salt mines of sleazy drive-in cinema history: the complete and original scores for Al Adamson’s notorious monster-match Dracula vs. Frankenstein (1971) and Eddie Romero’s equally infamous tropical terror…
Five Quick Questions: Kevin Tenney
KEVIN TENNEY made his name as a famous, favorite cult horror director with his ’80s classics WITCHBOARD (1986) and NIGHT OF THE DEMONS (1988). His other entertaining credits include THE CELLAR (1989), PEACEMAKER (1990), and ENDANGERED SPECIES (2002). Besides being…
Five Easy Questions: Greydon Clark
GREYDON CLARK is a renaissance man of B movie cinema – actor/writer/producer & more over four decades of delectable decadence (and counting). Here is a brief but illuminating Q&A with this genre giant: Will the Thrill: Any standout memory or…
Laser Blast
Producer CHARLES BAND who has made some pretty dreadful films in his days (pretty much all on the cheap) presents us with LASERBLAST a film he made earlier in his career & is quiet possibly his worst. LASERBLAST follows the…
Hey It’s A New Gila Poster
How about another new poster for Jim Wynorski’s remake of the B-movie classic The Giant Gila Monster? Well, thanks to the guys over at Undead Backbrain, we have that sucker below, go check it out and see what you make…
Riz Ortolani
Riziero “Riz” Ortolani (born 4 September 1931 in Pesaro, Italy) is an Italian film composer. In the early 1950s Ortolani was founder and member of a jazz band of national Italian renown. His first score he wrote for the 1962…
The Neptune Factor
Produced rather expensively (for the time) by an independent Canadian film company, THE NEPTUNE FACTOR was picked up by 20th Century Fox and for the most part played on the bottom of a double bill with BATTLE FOR THE PLANET…
Black Christmas
1974’s Black Christmas is one of the most important Canadian horror films ever made, a decidedly gimmick-free spookshow that weaves terror and humor into a festive holiday package. Not only is it of interest to Canuxploitation enthusiasts for the Canadian…
Those Mexican Wacky B Movie Ads
John Cozzoli’s collection is frightening. Not because of its sheer size (though he does have over 500 film artifacts), but because Cozzoli’s ephemera all relates to lesser-known horror movies of the 20th century. Primarily devoted to Mexican lobby cards, or…
Corman Critical Of Films Made For Festivals’
The high-minded fare of the film festival circuit and the cheap thrills of B-movie pulp couldn’t seem farther apart, but the circuit will be closed when king of the B-movies Roger Corman heads the competition jury at this year’s Tokyo…
Ida Lupino: Queen B
If Samuel Fuller has a female counterpart it would have been Ida Lupino. A pioneering female filmmaker, she carved out her own world out of a raw cinematic wilderness . She took instead of waiting to have someone or some…
Sing -A-Long With Snake: The Score From Escape From New York
Escape From New York is another movie in John Carpenter’s long line of work that has reached cult status. Although a mild hit upon its initial release, like most of Carpenter’s films, it found its audience on cable and video….
Roger
If you’re like me, the end of the summer movie season means it’ll be at least nine months before your next chance to see a superhero on the big screen trading deathblows with an alien. If you need an off-season…
The Rise Of The B Movie
Here is an overview of a course I taught at a local college The Rise of The B Movie From their beginnings to the present day, B movies have provided opportunities both for those coming up in the profession and…
Dark Star
In the middle of the 22nd century, mankind has reached a point in its technological advancement to enable colonization of the far reaches of the universe. Armed with artificially intelligent “Thermostellar Triggering Devices”, the scout ship Dark Star and its…
China 9 Liberty 37
A condemned gunman, Clayton Drumm, is given a chance at freedom and salvation if he accepts a proposition presented to him by the railroad. Kill farmer, Matthew Sebanek. But after Drumm is disarmed at Sebanek’s ranch, he soon develops a…
Damnation Alley
1st Lieutenant Jake Tanner (Jan-Michael Vincent), an unorthodox Air Force officer, shares ICBM silo duty at an Air Force missile base in California with Major Eugene “Sam” Denton (George Peppard). When the United States detects incoming nuclear missiles, Tanner and…
James Bond At 50
It has been 50 years since British secret service agent 007 first appeared on the big screen in the James Bond movie Dr. No. Coinciding with the anniversary is the release of Adele’s theme song for the next Bond…