Maria Ford, and a Pier without Peer
On a beautiful early fall day, just as the sun was slipping into the Pacific Ocean, I found myself in one of my favorite L.A. places, the Santa Monica Pier. Yes, the pier is the home of that brilliantly colorful…
The Mother Of Modern American Cinema:Verna Fields
Verna Fields was an American film editor, film and television sound editor, educator, and entertainment industry executive. Fields edited more than thirty motion pictures, including Peter Bogdanovich’s golden period of What’s Up, Doc ? (1972), Paper Moon (1973), and Daisy…
Make-Up Giant Rick Baker Gets Star On Hollywood Walk Of Fame
The Hollywood Chamber of Commerce will honor makeup artist Rick Baker with a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame on November 30, 2012, at 11:30 a.m. at 6764 Hollywood Boulevard in front of The Guinness World Records Museum. “We…
The Night Child
After the softcore-thriller world of Super Bitch, director Massimo Dallamano went on to dabble in the dark world of Satanism and demonic possession with The Night Child – Italy’s answer to The Exorcist (though you won’t see child star Nicoletta…
The Biology of B-Movie Monsters
BY | Michael C. LaBarbera Michael C. LaBarbera is a professor in Organismal Biology & Anatomy, Geophysical Sciences, the Committee on Evolutionary Biology, and the College of the University of Chicago. Size has been one of the most popular themes…
Five Easy Question: Horror Host John Stanley
JOHN STANLEY is the legendary author of numerous articles, novels and books on the subject of fantasy cinema, and perhaps most famously hosted the popular Creature Features program in the Bay Area circa the early ‘80s. He is additionally a…
King Of The Kiddie Matinee
At one time Bloomington, Illinois, was where many of the leading circus performers of the time wintered. Born in 1922, Kenneth Gordon Murray, son of an Irish undertaker,spent much of his boyhood in the company of those circus artists. By…
Frankenstein’s Dad: James Whale
One of the most stylized and talented filmmakers of the 1930s, director James Whale was also one of the most successful; a fact that stood in direct contrast to his long-underappreciated stature in the history of cinema. Arriving in Hollywood…
Here Comes Snowpiercer
The Weinstein Company (TWC) announced today they have acquired rights for the US, Canada, UK, Australia, New Zealand, and South Africa to Bong Joon Ho’s upcoming post-apocalyptic action thriller, SNOWPIERCER. The film presented by CJ Entertainment is a Moho Film,…
Here’s To You Mrs. Robinson:The Decline Of The Movies
When I was a young would be filmmaker I absolutely loved going to the movies. I loved the sounds, the smells and the anticipation while I awaited first few flickers of a movie. It was an amazing and vital time….
Canuxploitation In London?
Canuxploitation is a film genre that encompasses B-movies made in Canada, especially those produced throughout the late 1970s and early 1980s to take advantage of government tax incentives. Often derided or outright ignored by Canadian critics and cultural historians, these…
The Rise Of The Zombies In Mexico
Looks like the zombie apocalypse has already hit Mexico City, Mexico. Last weekend, the hills of Mexico City were flooded with nearly 10,000 people, all in zombie attire, attempting to break the world record for largest organized zombie walk. Every…
STAR WARS TREATMENT HAS BEEN WRITTEN
Months before Lucasfilm was sold to Disney and plans for new Star Wars movies were announced, Toy Story 3 writer Michael Arndt was hired to write a 40-50 page treatment for Episode VII, sources confirm to The Hollywood Reporter. Arndt,…
World War Z Trailer Hits
Producer and star Brad Pitt and director Marc Forster‘s delayed MegaZombie Production World War Z, looks, from this trailer, to be worth the wait. It introduces something new to the Zombie genre – scale – something that hasn’t been available…
Announcing The B Movie Summit
The B Movie Nation is pleased to announce the First B Movie Summit April 19-20th,2013 In Franklin Indiana 8-12 Unreleased B Movies Attendance limited to 25 Filmmakers in attendance No cost to attend go to http://www.facebook.com/groups/bmovienation to register
La Notte dei Diavoli
Creepy, atmospheric, gory 70s Italian horror outing…but am I missing something here? RaroVideo has released The Night of the Devils (La Notte dei Diavoli), director Giorgio Gaslini’s 1972 vampire/vurdulak nightmare starring Gianni Garko, Agostina Belli (so beautiful), and Roberto Maldera….
THE GHASTLY LOVE OF JOHNNY X
What is The Ghastly Love of Johnny X? Is it science fiction? Is it a musical? Is it homage? Yes, yes, and yes. but above all it’s a completely unique, weird, wild, and wacky movie, from the unique, weird, wild,…
Documentary on B-movie master William Castle
Pity poor William Castle. One gets the feeling that the B-movie filmmaker spent his whole life trying to get out from the shadow of Alfred Hitchcock. He never really did — with his most noteworthy film credit coming as a…
Beverly Gray: A B Movie Life
Beverly Gray has spent her career fluctuating between the world of the intellect and show biz. As she was completing her doctorate in Contemporary American Fiction at UCLA, she surprised everyone (including herself) by taking a job with B-movie maven…
Chopping Mall: The Golden Mountain of The 80’s B’s
Cast Kelli Maroney Tony O’Dell Russell Todd Karrie Emerson Barbara Crampton Nick Segal John Terlesky Suzee Slater Dick Miller Gerrit Graham Mel Welles Angela Aames Paul Coufos Arthur Roberts Crew Director:Jim Wynorski Writer:Steve Mitchell/Jim Wynorski Producers:Julie Corman /Roger Corman Music:…