Not Quite Hollywood: The Wild, Untold Story of Ozploitation!
Not Quite Hollywood: The Wild, Untold Story of Ozploitation! is a 2008 Australian documentary film about the Australian New Wave of 1970s and ’80s low-budget cinema. The film was written and directed by Mark Hartley, who interviewed over eighty Australian,…
Alamo Drafthouse’s Summer of 82 Screens Vintage Sci-Fi, Action
Sci-fi and action movie fans fixated on the ’80s might want to relocate for the summer to Austin, Texas, where the Alamo Drafthouse will revive Blade Runner, E.T.: The Extra-Terrestrial and other blockbusters from 1982 on the same day as…
A Sequel To I AM LEGEND?
At the end of 2007’s mostly-aright I Am Legend, Will Smith blows himself up so that humanity may live to see another day. Killing your hero would be the end for most franchises. But because this is Hollywood, and because…
Neighborhood Watch
Neighborhood Watch will be your brocentric comedy to watch for in 2012. Supporting evidence: It stars Jonah Hill, Vince Vaughn and Ben Stiller; it’s written by Superbad’s Seth Rogen and Evan Goldberg; it’s directed by The Lonely Island’s Akiva Schaffer….
Funding B’s
TAX accountant and one-time B-movie backer Kieran Corrigan has several new film investments on the horizon, including a new version of the Wizard of Oz. Corrigan and Deliverance director John Boorman formed Merlin Films in 1989 and raised more than…
Top 50 B Movies
In no particular order, here are the top fifty B Movies(well according to me anyways) Evil Dead II Re-Animator Death Race Escape from New York Beyond the Valley of the Dolls The Texas Chainsaw Massacre Dawn of the Dead Phantasm…
Debra Paget
Born Debralee Griffin in Denver, Colorado, on August 19, 1933, stunning actress Debra Paget was schooled in New York, studying dance and drama. Before her 15th birthday, she was signed to a 20th Century-Fox contract in early 1948. The studio…
Luther writer Neil Cross hired for Raimi’s Day Of The Triffids
The notion of director Sam Raimi bringing his morbid sensibilities to John Wyndham’s classic novel The Day Of The Triffids sounds almost too wonderful to be true. So much so that, when it was announced back in 2010 that Raimi…
Gila Invades Indiana
I grew up on Saturday afternoon and nighttime television reruns of scary movies. And science fiction always remained a favorite. At the time, I had no idea films were lumped into categories, and some of my viewing usuals definitely were…
3D Piranha
The original Piranha, released in 1978, was a very good, low budget Jaws rip-off that was Steven Spielberg’s favorite take off on his shark classic. It helped launch the career of Joe Dante, who went on to direct The Howling…
Re-baking Pie
Next month, the horndogs of “American Pie” return to the American consciousness with “American Reunion,” the first time in nearly a decade that the likes of Jim, Finch and Stifler will be on the big screen together. The movie, which…
Day of The Triffids Ala Raimi
Sam Raimi is to create a film version of The Day of the Triffids through his Ghost House production company. Photograph: Mario Anzuoni/Reuters Sam Raimi is set to water and tend a big-screen version of The Day of the Triffids,…
Tim and Eric’s Billion Dollar Movie
At the recent Tim and Eric’s Billion Dollar Movie screening in Atlanta, home of Cartoon Network’s Adult Swim, an audience member asked the comedy duo of Tim Heidecker and Eric Wareheim, “Are you guys best friends in real life?” Eric…
Corman’s World on DVD, March 27
Corman’s World: Exploits Of A Hollywood Rebel is an A-plus documentary tribute to Hollywood’s legendary B movie writer/director/producer who’s been exciting and delighting fans for some six decades of low-budget, completely independent, do-or-die, uniquely styled filmmaking. But, Roger Corman’s achievements…
Portland’s bizarre B movie past
Not familiar with any of the awesomely low-budget and outrageously campy B movies filmed in Portland in the 1970’s through the early ’90s? Then you must go to the Hollywood Theatre this March to witness “Mean Streets PDX: A History…
Chillerama: Classic Horror B Movie Style
Chillerama is a collection of short films in the horror genre. It’s the closing night at the last drive-in theater in America and Cecil B. Kaufman, has planned a marathon of rare Ed Wood style B horror movies for one…
Rock and Roll High School
“Rock ‘N’ Roll High School” is like, the veritable predecessor for other great films such as “Fast Times at Ridgemont High,” and “Singles.” It’s right in that same vein… I really liked this movie instantly. Usually stuff has to grow…
Horror Express
Part period adventure, part sci-fi thriller and part creature feature, Horror Express (1972, aka Panico en el Transiberiano) is an eclectic international production that was shot outside Madrid, Spain and was distinguished by the participation of Christopher Lee, Peter Cushing…
the Legend of Hell House
There’s no “welcome” mat at the Belasco House. Once you walk through the gate to approach the fog-enshrouded mansion the first thing you will notice are bricked-up windows, so that no one can see in – or out. This place…
Robert Davi Sings
If you Google “Las Vegas entertainment” you’ll get thousands of links to shows. Many of these shows claim to bring back the vintage vibe that made the city famous for its entertainment in the 60’s. You’ll also get lots of…