I didn't want to get off topic on the "Why are they trailers" thread, but I wonder if anyone would be interesting in sharing their favorite B movies. I have two: the reliable standby classic: Plan 9 From Outer Space and the highly underrated The Toxic Avenger.
Anybody else.
Posted by Icarus (Member # 3162) on :
I don't know if it counts as a B-movie, since it was self-consciously campy, but I think it does, since it was, in many ways, a flop:
Amazon Women on the Moon Posted by Valentine014 (Member # 5981) on :
Prince of Darkness.
Posted by littlemissattitude (Member # 4514) on :
Probably Harold and Maude. Although I also have a great deal of fondness for The Doberman Gang, mostly because it was filmed in the town where I grew up and has a lot of familiar places in it.
Posted by Enigmatic (Member # 7785) on :
Anything by Stuart Gordon: Reanimator, From Beyond, Dagon.
--Enigmatic
Posted by calaban (Member # 2516) on :
Army of Darkness,
This is my Boomstick.
Posted by TheTick (Member # 2883) on :
Would Highlander count?
Posted by T_Smith (Member # 3734) on :
Army of Darkness is dope.
Posted by Telperion the Silver (Member # 6074) on :
The Rocky Horror Picture Show!
Kentuky Fried Movie and Top Secret are good too.
[ December 07, 2005, 02:37 PM: Message edited by: Telperion the Silver ]
Posted by ClaudiaTherese (Member # 923) on :
Zardoz Posted by lem (Member # 6914) on :
Darkstar is by far my favorite B-movie. I laugh so hard I almost wet myself each time I see it.
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Posted by The Pixiest (Member # 1863) on :
PSYCHOS In Love
Posted by smitty (Member # 8855) on :
Army of Darkness is a "B" Movie? I've modeled my whole life on Ash.... Posted by Fitz (Member # 4803) on :
I'm with TheTick on this one. I don't know if Highlander was considered a B movie when it was originally released, but it certainly seems that way now. If not Highlander, then Highlander II, which was much worse and way cheesier than Highlander.
Posted by breyerchic04 (Member # 6423) on :
I'm not sure I've seen any movies that are classified as B movies.
Posted by smitty (Member # 8855) on :
breyer, you've not seen Army of Darkness? It's Classic!
Posted by zgator (Member # 3833) on :
Better Off Dead Posted by edgardu (Member # 242) on :
ditto on Army of Darkness.
also Tremors
Posted by breyerchic04 (Member # 6423) on :
no I haven't. I think I have seen half of "the highlander" but it was awful enough I wasn't going to watch the whole thing. I've always been told to see Rocky Horror the first time in a theater with drag queens present, but I've never seen that advertised around here.
Posted by smitty (Member # 8855) on :
I dunno, I'd better not knock highlander, i made that mistake in college...
AoD is great if you can get past the fact the budget was like $43.67. Some people can't.
Is "Saving Silverman" a "B" Movie?
Posted by Evie3217 (Member # 5426) on :
The Pallbearer. I don't know if any of you saw it, but it's just so akward that I have to cringe and laugh at the same time.
Posted by Dagonee (Member # 5818) on :
Army of Darkness. No contest.
Second place: The Last Dragon.
Bruce Leroy? Bruce Leroy?!?
Posted by Eaquae Legit (Member # 3063) on :
Surf Ninjas.
Posted by Little_Doctor (Member # 6635) on :
Surf Ninjas!! My brothers andI must have watched that movie thousands of times.
I'm not sure if these are really considered "B" movies, but I like Newsies, and The Boondock Saints. I can't remember how big of a movie The Boondock Saints was.
Posted by aspectre (Member # 2222) on :
Ok, I've seen little shop of horrors, it's "good"
Posted by Lynx (Member # 8760) on :
Hmmm, I think I have way too many but I'll go with Rubin and Ed and Harold and Maude.
Posted by calaban (Member # 2516) on :
Hail to the king baby.
Posted by Jhai (Member # 5633) on :
Does Starship Troopers count? 'Cause I think it's a fantasically horrible movie. Any time I'm flipping channels and I see it, I've gotta watch until the end.
Posted by calaban (Member # 2516) on :
No. It doesn't.
Perhaps I could forgive the movie and see it for the B gem it might be if it wasnt a blantant bastahdization of one of my very favorite books.
Oh and " Good, Bad, I'm the guy with the gun.
Posted by Ramdac99 (Member # 7264) on :
first you want to kill me, then you want to kiss me.......blow!
Posted by Aerto (Member # 8810) on :
Are all men from the future loud-mouthed braggarts? Nope. Just me baby... Just me.
Posted by SteveRogers (Member # 7130) on :
quote:Originally posted by smitty: I dunno, I'd better not knock highlander, i made that mistake in college...
AoD is great if you can get past the fact the budget was like $43.67. Some people can't.
Is "Saving Silverman" a "B" Movie?
I think Saving Silverman is funny too, but. according to Entertainment Weekly , it's an F-movie.
Posted by Juxtapose (Member # 8837) on :
Ooh, ClaudiaTherese, I hadn't realized anyone else on the planet had actually seen Zardoz. That movie was a trip. It actually caused LSD to ooze out of the TV screen. I licked it, and then the movie made sense, man!
quote:I'm not sure if these are really considered "B" movies, but I like Newsies, and The Boondock Saints. I can't remember how big of a movie The Boondock Saints was.
I'm not sure I'd call Boondock Saints a "B" movie. It's one of my favorite movies ever, though, so I could just be biased.
Also, I really liked Kung-Pow, and to a lesser extent, Kung-Fu Hustle. "By the way, you must be wary of Betty's iron claws. They are sharp, and they hurt. And beware his song about big butts. He beats you up while he plays it!"
Posted by Dagonee (Member # 5818) on :
I liked Kung-Fu hustle much more than Kung-Pow, myself.
Posted by SteveRogers (Member # 7130) on :
I think they're both good, especially if you take Kung-Pow as a parody and take Kung-Fu Hustle as a serious film.
Posted by kojabu (Member # 8042) on :
Oh man Plan 9 From Outer Space is soooo bad (in that good way of course though)
Posted by Avadaru (Member # 3026) on :
According to Wikipedia, Plan 9 From Outer Space is actually a Z-movie.
As for my favorite B-movie, it'd have to be Dario Argento's Phantom of the Opera, lovingly nicknamed RatBoy by yours truly and company, for the..creative use of rats.
Posted by Swampjedi (Member # 7374) on :
The Last Starfighter, to be sure. It's cheezy scifi at its best. The soundtrack is amazing as well.
At least I assume it's a B movie.
Posted by Juxtapose (Member # 8837) on :
I found Kung-Pow funnier because it was so over the top. A lot of it was pure silliness for no other reason than to be silly, which I appreciate. My favorite character from Hustle was the iron-hands fairy, for similar reasons.
Also, anything by Mel Brooks.
Posted by Kristen (Member # 9200) on :
Avadaru: Yes! "Turn off that tickle ray! No!" "You can't take him, it's too near Christmas--But---"
I am a HUGE B-movie fan. Plan 9 From Outer Space is a classic, of course, but anything by Ed Wood (Glen or Glenda anybody?) is just awful.
The worst/best is, by far, The Giant Gila Monster by Ron Kellog. It's just...wrong. "With this underbrush, a giant lizard could have lived here for years without getting noticed".
Others: Teenagers From Outer Space (the gargons/aliens=lobsters!), Robot Monster (a gorilla suit+ diver's helmet), and the elusive The Horror at Party Beach.
Posted by SC Carver (Member # 8173) on :
"Orgasmo" The guy from South Park, before SP. "Real Genius" Val Kilmer in the early 80's "Better off Dead"
Posted by Seatarsprayan (Member # 7634) on :
Brainsmasher: A Love Story
It's actually really good. Starring Teri Hatcher and Andrew Dice Clay.
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