B Movies Rock Like Krokus

[Lord Nepenthean]

First of all, Krokus rocks hard, for those not in the know.  That said, I just want to state for the record that I love B movies.  "I Love John Kerry" and I have discussed the movie rating scale several times.  Obviously a really really awesome movie like....  Seven Samurai gets a 10/10.  Something in the middle gets a 5/10, and something as atrocious as EuroTrip (which I hate) gets a 1/10.

Below a 1/10, things start to get interesting.  There comes a point when the scale resets to 10/10.  If a movie is SO BAD, it can become SO GOOD.  Jesus Christ, Vampire Hunter, for example falls in here.  It may not get a 10, but it's certainly awesome.  Movies like Megaladon, Kindergarten Ninja (not Kindergarten Cop) and Boa vs. Python (which John Kerry Fan and I saw last night) are also great.  Something like The Adventures of Beartooth goes past one, resets the scale, and resets it again.  It may be the worst movie I have ever seen.  Plan 9 From Outer Space gives it a run for its money.

Hollywood Video has a lot of new B movies in their new releases, which I've been watching this summer a lot.  Megaladon, Deep Shock, Tomb of the Werewolf, Boa vs. Python, The Curse of Dracula, Alien 51, Vicious, etc., etc.

Anybody else watch these craptacular movies?  Have any suggestions of good ones?

[den68]

with the exception of Plan 9 from Outer Space I can't say that I've seen any of those. I do enjoy a good crappy movie though.

not sure if any of these technically qualify as "B" movies but a few stinkers I quite enjoy include:

Repo Man
The Incredible Melting Man
Attack of the Killer Tomatoes
Ice Pirates

[Izret101]

Most made for TV movies. And alot of the stuff shown on SciFi.
They suck so bad but some are good to watch regardless.

[shadytool]

ice pirates?  i've seen time pirates with the midgets and liked it but i dont think it is B-movie.  the "dead" movies and the "evil dead" movies are my fav B-movies.

[Lord Nepenthean]

Never heard of Ice Pirates before today, but I did a quick search on the IMDB and it's a very different movie than Time Bandits (which is what you're thinking of, I think).  Time Bandits does rock though.

Shortly after posting this, I watched a movie that I saw a trailer for about a year ago and then forgot about called The Lost Skeleton of Cadavra.  Basically, it takes the cheesy B sci-fi/horror movies of the 50's and 60's like Plan 9 and Beast From Haunted Cave and spoofs them.  It's shot in black & white and is pretty much just like those old movies, only it's really funny.  Now, if you haven't seen some of the movies it pokes fun at before, you won't appreciate it in the same way.  If you have, though, I recommend looking for it.  I found it at Hollywood Video.

Trailer available here: http://www.apple.com/trai...y_pictures/lost_skeleton/

[jonlester]

We think alike. Some favorites:

Yor, the Hunter from the Future
New Year's Evil
Hell Comes to Frogtown
Laserblast


I'm sure I'm forgetting several titles. Watching Elvira's movie showcase was most essential in the 80's. Too bad nobody's filling that niche anymore.

[shadytool]

time bandits is the movie nep, thanks.
and jonlester i agree with you that someone needs to step up to fill elvira.s shoes.  those movies were great.

[Sauza12]

Ahhh, now we are getting into my expertise.  When I first got a DVD player, I wanted to create a library of movies that nobody but me wanted to watch.  That ended when I decided to buy Pulp Fiction.

Some of my favorites are Empire of the Ants, Reptilicus, Frogs, and this one movie that I think is called How to Make a Monster.  It's about a video game company that is making a video game (duh) and the motion capture suit they used to make the game comes to life and starts killing everybody.  

If you ever want to get a good B movie, just look for the Midnight Movie line from MGM.  They have some great ones available.

[Lord Nepenthean]

Reptilicus is good, huh?  I've been tempted to get it almost every time I go to Hollywood Video, but I always end up passing it up for some reason.  I think I'll pick that one up next time I go (tonight or tomorrow).

[jonlester]

The 80s action movie thread reminded  me of a choice that belongs here instead, Invasion USA, which makes Red Dawn look like Star Wars in comparison. The suspense music is the funniest part.

[Sauza12]

Reptilicus is fantastic!  It has some of the cheesiest special effects ever, and has an absolutley ludicris story line.  I would definatly reccomend buying it.

[Lord Nepenthean]

Leon and I watched The Night Flier last night, which is a movie about a vampire that flies his plane to different airports by night, killing whoever happens to be there.  It's based on a Stephen King short story.  It's kind of borderline B movie, because it is an HBO movie and stars Miguel Ferrer, but everything about it is cheesy.  It wasn't great by good or bad movie standards, but it was kind of entertaining.  Tonight I'll be watching Ankle Biters or Darkest Knight.

[shadytool]

is "ankle biters" about little kids?  ankle biters... get it?

... yeah that was stupid...

[Lord Nepenthean]

Well, it's actually a LOT better than little kids.  It's a movie about dwarf (not midget, mind you) vampires that want to creat "Shaq-Sized" vampires to take over the world or something.  It had some hilarious parts, but it could have been a lot cooler.  The audio was so quiet that it was hard to hear what anyone was saying, and much of the movie was so dark that it was also hard to see what was going on.  Not being able to see or hear a movie kind of hinders the experience, even if it is something cool like dwarf vampires.

[Sauza12]

On Saturday the Sci-Fi channel is premering some movie about those Japenese Snake-headed fish things, but now they eat.......HUMANS!!!!  Bwa ha ha ha ha ha ha!

I'll post when I find out what time it's on and what the title is.