Son Of Lloyd
It’s a name that is synonymous among B-Movie horror fans with movies that more often than not fall into the “so bad they’re good” category. Since their inception in 1974, Troma Entertainment’s surreal look at cinema has led them to…
Posters In The UK
Bamalama Poster Shop offers a cornucopia for movie buffs and music lovers alike. In this tiny place stacked away in Farringdon, you can find rare (and affordable) movie memorabilia and vintage posters guaranteed to brighten up even the dullest of…
Naked Ambition
The first Indian woman to pose naked for Playboy magazine is proud to have “pushed the envelope” in a country where nudity remains largely taboo. Minor Bollywood actress Sherlyn Chopra, 28, will feature in a nude spread in the November…
Fully Loaded Line Up At B Movie Celebration
This weekend those in Montreal are experiencing the Fantasia International Film Festival. The annual B-Movie Celebration held in Franklin, Indiana, is rapidly turning into the Fantasia of b-filmdom. The 6th annual event is next month, and we’ve got the loaded…
Zombie Strippers
Much can be forgiven when you come upon an honest example of truth in advertising. Unlike many independent, low-budget films (and many big-budget ones as well), Jay Lee’s Zombie Strippers lives up to its title. Promises are made for zombies…
Daikaiju! Giant Monster Tales
By Robert Hood It was once suggested to me (by the co-editor of Daikaiju! Giant Monster Tales) that the hurricane film Twister (directed by Jan DuBont) can be seen as a giant monster film. So I took a look and,…
Killer Shrews Help Kids
It has just been announced that Return of the Killer Shrews, James Best’s return to his 1959 cult success, The Killer Shrews, is to premiere in Bristol, Tennessee, to benefit Speedway Childrens Charities on July 27th. Directed by Steve Latshaw,…
Snails At The B Movie Celebration
Three friends are partying in a park when, suddenly, Joey sees his first girlfriend, Eva. Joey decides to go talk to her, and when he finally tells her that he’s still in love with her, the typical stupid boyfriend and…
B Movie Celebration In High Gear
inShare It`s time for the 6th Annual B-Movie Celebration in Columbus, Indiana. It`s time once again to gather and pay tribute to B-Movies past, present and future. As we all know, the B-Movie has had a long and humble tradition…
Gaga Goes Rodriguez
Lady Gaga will make her acting debut in Machete Kills from Robert Rodriguez. Tweeted Rodriguez: “I just finished working with @LadyGaga on @MacheteKills , she kicked SO MUCH ASS! Holy Smokes. Blown away!” Tweeted Gaga today: “Yes its true, I…
Lowest Grossing Movie Ever
In 2006, the top-grossing film at the box office was Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man’s Chest, which played at 4,133 theaters across the United States during its five-month run and earned $423 million. The lowest-grossing film at the box…
Free B movies at Beacon Hill
With the onset of summer comes a yearly tradition at Victoria’s Beacon Hill Park. It’s time to grab your blanket, a flashlight and some snacks and head down to the Cameron Bandshell in Beacon Hill Park for the Victoria Film…
Kane No Longer Top’s
We hope somewhere in movie-character heaven Charles Foster Kane still finds comfort in the memory of his childhood sled, because for the first time in 50 years Citizen Kane doesn’t top the Sight & Sound poll. Every ten years since…
Assassin’s Bullet
Christian Slater plays a retired FBI agent in Assassin’s Bullet who happens to be hanging around Sofia, Bulgaria, when he’s asked (by Donald Sutherland, as the U.S. ambassador) to unmask the vigilante who’s offing high-priority terrorists. The cockeyed C-quality B…
B-MOVIE BINGO: LADY DRAGON
LADY DRAGON (1992) Showing Tuesday 8/7/2012 at The Hollywood Theatre Cynthia Rothrock plays Kathy Galagher, an ass-beating lady who lives in a rat infested hellhole in Indonesia and fights sweaty dudes for money. However, she is also a retired CIA…
The Biology of B-Movie Monsters
Size has been one of the most popular themes in monster movies, especially those from my favorite era, the 1950s. The premise is invariably to take something out of its usual context–make people small or something else (gorillas, grasshoppers, amoebae,…
The Locust’s
Somebody got new-wavey B-movie camp in with my grindcore. Somebody got grindcore in with my new-wavey B-movie camp! No matter one’s perspective, The Locust is a band so unique and without peer that listeners are hard pressed to forget their…
Red Westerns
So, you’re a true Western aficionado. You’ve seen every John Wayne film, every Joel McCrea and Audie Murphy B-movie, and the spaghetti flicks from Leone. You’ve watched the silent classics and the singing cowboy adventures, the serials and the TV…
Retro A GoGo
Classic films on Portland screens, August 3 – 9 “Conan the Barbarian” The future governor of California plays a sword-weilding barbarian — as good a credential for public office as any, most likely — in this late-night screening hosted by…
‘Doctor Who’ Was Cut from Live Olympics
For years, Doctor Who fans have eagerly awaited the chance to see The Doctor (Doctor Who?) light the Olympic Flame – as prophesied by the show’s 2006 episode “Fear Her.” Of course, with the whole world watching, it was unlikely…