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Suspiria

Suspiria(1977) is given its cult status in the USA partialy due to the extreme usage of colors. The colors in Suspiria(1977) gives it an artful flavor that makes the movie beautiful to watch. Argento uses the colors of blue, green,…

Dario

Dario Argento was born on September 7, 1940, in Rome, Italy, the first-born son of famed Italian producer Salvatore Argento and Brazilian fashion model Elda Luxardo. Argento recalls getting his ideas for filmmaking from his close-knit family from Italian folk…

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Gila! Releases Poster And Trailer

In preparation for the American Film Market , are are please to release the final poster and trailer for GILA! Here is the trailer for our remake of the Giant Gila Monster [v=7vvbM6ZwxQE]

I Was A Teenage Werewolf (1957)

Michael Landon gives his hairiest performance as the troubled high school student Tony Rivers. Whit Bissell is the shrink who hypnotizes him and turns him into a raging lycanthrope. Yvonne Lime , who co-starred with Elvis the same year in…

El Stinko:Piranha 3DD

After the calamitous events at Lake Victoria in Piranha 3D, the prehistoric piranhas set their sights on a new target: Big Wet, a water park that is set to open just in time to draw massive crowds for the start…

The War of the Gargantuas

The 1968 film directed and screenplay by Ishiro Honda is entertaining.  If you’re a B Movie fan you’ll appreciate the film quite a bit and pay no attention to the plastic army guys in toy tanks and the string on the…

A Rodriquez Fire And Ice Remake?

Robert Rodriguez has revealed he has personally acquired the rights to Ralph Bakshi and Frank Frazetta’s 1983 animated feature “Fire And Ice” with hopes of adapting it into a live-action film through his Troublemaker Studios. “The awesome Ralph Bakshi and…

A Gun And A Donkey

This paella/spaghetti western of director Manuel Esteba is the proud owner of a unique record – it’s easily the one with the most remarkable differences between two available versions. The Italian edit (the one that was dubbed into English and…

Wolfman Mac

Wolfman Mac is B-movie and horror aficionado Mac Kelly, host of “Chiller Drive-In,” a sitcom about a werewolf who owns a drive-in and shows classic horror and sci-fi films. The show, produced in Pontiac at Erebus haunted attraction, is nationally…

Florida Is Going B Crazy

What’s with the sudden B-movie fascination in South Florida? Over the last several months, a handful of local theaters and art spaces have been transformed into houses of horror, screening what could be described as the anti-Hollywood film: the B-movie….

Five Quick Questions: Tura Satana

There are Legends, there are Icons, there are Super-women – and then there is TURA SATANA, the immortal star of Russ Meyer’s masterpiece Faster Pussycat Kill! Kill! (1965) as well as many other cult classics, who boldly embodies all three…

Five Quick Questions: Stuart Gordon

        “It’s hard to get ahead in this economy…” STUART GORDON is one of the few current filmmakers whose work will be studied, with appropriate shock and awe, decades from now. His bold style and unique vision…

Maestro Mario Bava

Mario Bava was born on July 30, 1914, in San Remo, Italy. The son of cinematographer/special effects designer Eugenio Bava, young Mario grew up surrounded by film. So strong was his father’s influence on him that Mario gave up his…

Five Easy Questions: Lloyd Kaufman

LLOYD KAUFMAN is to cult movies what Alpo is to dog food. He’s a recognized, celebrated brand name boasting a tried-and-true tradition you don’t mess with, reliable and undeniable. His underground film dynasty Troma Entertainment revolutionized the indie market in…

The Movie Title Stills Collection

It’s not often that we take a close look at the opening titles for a film. Sometimes, we arrive late to the theater and miss them entirely…and if we’re at home, they offer a great opportunity to put the butter…

Tony Randel: The B Zen Master

Tony Randel is known best for directing “Hellbound: Hellraiser II”, amongst many other genre films. Tony has recently released his latest film “The Double Born”, which has been quite talked about within fans of the genre. Movie Mikes had a…

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…

I Walked With A Zombie

How do you make an A-list film with a B-movie budget? You use clever writing, moody atmosphere and then some creative camera work. Result: a lot of fun. Two years ago I did a series on Halloween movies of the…

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…