Newbie Post- Sorry if this annoys.. Current Top 10 B-Movies?

[redsneaker]

I am interested in knowing your top B-Movies. Can you give me a top 10... or 5? I have been browsing this forum for a few days and have gotten some movies to add to my "gotta see" list.  I have a handful of favorites but you guys n gals are way ahead of me. I am going to watch a few a week and will post my list soon. Its so interesting to see the different tastes of B.

[Menard]

Well, some of that depends on what you consider to be a b-movie.


Some of my favorites include:

Texas Chainsaw Massacre (1974, the original) - Simply a great horror film.

Doctor Butcher MD (a.k.a. Zombie Holocaust) - Mix cannibals, a mad doctor, automatons, a tropical setting, Alexandra Delli Colli, a suicidal mannequin, and stir.

Robot Monster - Simply funny as hell.

Satan in High Heels - Maybe not everybody's cup of tea, but a damn fine film that goes well above its 60s sexploitation roots.

Lucio Fulci's Zombie (1979) - See what happens when Lucio Fulci and a linear storyline come together. Gory as hell.

Escape From Hell - Damn cool women in prison flick with the barest and sweatiest of actresses.

Tremors - Not a b-movie, to me anyway, but a damn fine and fun monster flick.

Mad Max and Road Warrior - Required viewing before you can claim to have a penis.

Retroactive - A mix of action movie and time travel with one smoking hot leading lady.



Those are just off the top of my head.

[AnubisVonMojo]

Hmmm, well, if we're talking about all-time personal favs, there's probably nothing on my list that hasn't been seen by most people here. Sticking to American horror fare, here's my first 9, in no particular order...

Evil Dead 2
Dead Alive/Braindead
Night of the Living Dead
Phantasm II
The Texas Chainsaw Massacre
Motel Hell
American Psycho
Puppet Master III
Return of the Living Dead

And my #1, for which no movie shall ever replace it because it's the movie that originally made me realize flicks didn't need bid budgets or mainstream actors to be amazing?

Re-Animator


Honorable mentions:
The Howling
The Evil Dead
Hellraiser
Bad Taste
Texas Chainsaw Massacre Part 2
Dawn of the Dead (gets bumped slightly by Night, though 5 years ago I would've said otherwise)
The Descent
The Stuff
Night Breed

[LilCerberus]

In no particular order

A few standards:
The Dunwich Horror
Santa Claus (1959)
Mad Max
Repo Man
The Legend of Hell House
The Legend of Boggy Creek
C.C. & Company
The Wild Angels
Easy Rider
The Good, The Bad, & The Ugly

A few under dispute:
Timbo Hines' War of the Worlds
Galaxy of Terror
Huntress: Spirit of the Night
Dudes (1987)
Rumble Fish

[ghouck]

Lot of good ones listed already. Gotta second several of them specifically: Mad Max, Repo Man, Dead-Alive, Bad Taste, the entire Re-animator set.  Gotta throw in Attack of the "Killer Tomatoes" and "Killer Klowns From Outer Space" though, along with "Deathrace 2000" and "The Abominible Dr Phibes". HTH.

BTW, Repo Man is one of the most under-rated B Movies out there. SO overlooked, yet SO enjoyable.

[Kester Pelagius]

Hmm,  top ten lists of "gotta see" B-movie suggestions.  Some I'd suggest aren't availabile.  For instance the Top Ten list of "must see" B-movies I'd compile, at the moment, would probably look something like this. .

THE HUMANOID
STARCRASH
GALAXY OF TERROR
FORBIDDEN WORLD
VAMPIRE CIRCUS
TWINS OF EVIL
SORCERESS (1982)
WHEELS OF FIRE
2020 TEXAS GLADIATORS
THE SISTERHOOD

But those are just movies I really want to see get released to R1 DVD.  As for movies on (or about to be released to) R1 DVD I'd suggest you check out some of the following. .

SPACE MUTINY (Hilariously bad b-movie.)
BARBARELLA(Classically bad SF.)
THE BEASTMASTER (Sword & Sorcery.)
LA BETE (Sexploitation classic.)
BEAST IN SPACE (Pseudo remake of the above, set in space!)
DEATH RACE 2000 (Just plain awesome.)
WAR GODDESS (Nekkid Amazons wrasslin, nuff said.)
COUNT DRACULA'S GREAT LOVE (Classic Naschy.)

Then there are the OMGWTFBBQ movies, which should be viewed at least once before you die. . .

KILLER KLOWNS FROM OUTER SPACE
DEATHSTALKER
HELL COMES TO FROG TOWN
SINBAD OF THE SEVEN SEAS
LEPRECHAUN 4: IN SPACE (Nutters.)

Must see Alien knock-offs. .

GALAXY OF TERROR
FORBIDDEN WORLD
CREATURE (aka TITAN FIND)
INSEMINOID (aka HORROR PLANET)
THE TERROR WITHIN
HYBRID
CREEPOZOIDS


Here's a few worth a rent if you're bored. .

IDIOCRACY
TANK GIRL
ZOMBIE LAKE
IRON WARRIOR
INHUMANOID
THE VAMPIRE HAPPENING


And the following movies should NOT be viewed under any circumstances as playing them constitutes a crime against humanity and is against the Geneva convention, or should be. . .

PREYLIEN: ALIEN PREDATORS
FUTURE WAR (BURN THE NEGATIVES!!!!)
BLEEDERS (UGH!)
STAN LEE'S HARPIES
GLADIATOR EROTICUS
SPACED OUT

Oops, that's more than ten.

[Devast8or2600]

Hmmmmm.....

1. Dead Alive (must see)
2. FrankenHooker (better than I expected)
3. Monster in the Closet (Troma release)
4. The Resurrected (it's really slow, but I kept watching anyway)
5. The Gate (with a young Stephen Dorf)
6. Starship Troopers (B-movie wannabe)
7. Children of the Living Dead (Tom's zombie killing rampage in the first 5 min is worth it)
8. The Stuff (what do you expect when two guys decide to market an ooze coming from the ground as a tasty treat)
9. Empire of the Ants (Ants sound a lot like screaming women)
10. Kaw ( When Crazed Ravens Attack)

[RCMerchant]

BRIDE of the MONSTER (1955)-Bela Lugosi,Tor Jhnson,and....directed by Ed Wood.
the BRAIN that WOULDN'T DIE (1959) Jan inna Pan. And pinhead!
DONT'T LOOK in the BASEMENT- Funny farm over run by inmates!
2000 MANIACS -HG Lewis early gore...with bluegrass music!
ROCK and ROLL HIGH SCHOOL-the RAMONES and a cast of late AIP regulars! Classic!
WHITE ZOMBIE-(1932)-early Lugosi B picture....and a real gem!
BURIAL GROUND-Flesh eating zombies....and beware of Micheal,the creepy midget boy!
HORRORS of SPIDER ISLAND-Big busty babes and silly monsters!
DESTROY ALL MONSTERS!-Godzilla monster fest
EVIL SPAWN-Z budget sci-fi monster mess...kinda of a goofier remake of the old AIP flik the WASP WOMAN (which is pretty goofy by itself!)

Ask me tommorow...and I would end up with a whole different set of favorites...!

[redsneaker]

Wow.. lots of great ones I ha :smile:vent thought of lately. Galaxy of Terror is one of my favs... I think.. I havent had my hands on it in years.

[Classic Camp]

This is in no particular order:

The Pit and the Pendulum (1963)
Godzilla, King of the Monsters
The Giant Gila Monster
The Flesh Eaters
The Blob
Gamera Vs. Monster X
The Terror
I was a Teenage Werewolf
The House on Haunted Hill
Werewolf vs. the Vampire Woman

[Captain Tars Tarkas]

Current faves:


Shark Attack 3
Invasion of the Pod People
Space Mutiny
Transmorphers
Yo-Yo Girl Cop
Turkish Star Wars
Turkish Star Trek
Boa vs. Python
Naked Killer
Hammerhead: Shark Frenzy


this list will probably be totally different if I make it tomorrow...

[JJ80]

Some good ones:

                       -"Gorgo" 
                       -"X The Unknown"
                       -"Lifeforce"
                       -"Q The Winged Serpent"
                       -"Fiend Without A Face"
                       -"The Fifth Element"
                       -"Tarantula"
                       -"Mad Max 2/Road Warrior" (Seems to be an all-time board favourite)
                       -"Godzilla Vs Mechagodzilla" (1974)
                       -"Dark Star"

-Then again I could give you a completely different list in an hours time!
                       

[peter johnson]

I always cite the classics first:
Plan 9 From Outer Space
Robot Monster
Bride of The Monster
Gun Crazy
The Dangerous Years
They Saved Hitler's Brain

Then, some newcomers:
Starcrash
Shark Attack 3:  Megalodon
Pumaman!!  (Ed Wood did not die.  He's as alive as Elvis, JFK, and Hitler's brain, and he made this movie)

Also, I'm a sucker for anything with giant bugs -- Though some of these have some "good" moments, so be warned --
The Giant Gila Monster
The Beginning of The End
The Giant Mantis
The Food of The Gods

There, if you haven't seen any of these before, or any of these are new titles to you, then I'd say you're in for some entertainment!!
peter johnson/denny crane

[WesFresh14]

Here is My list in No particular order

Evil Dead (of corse)
Killer Clowns from outer space
Class of 1999
Toxic Avengers
Brain Dead
2000 maniacs
Zombie
City of the Dead
Texas Chainsaw Massacre(I consider this more of a cult classic)
Battle Royal

[JaseSF]

Hmm so many films, both good and bad. Recommend most drive-in fare from the 1950s through to the 1970s. Look for names like Bela Lugosi, John Carpenter, Charlton Heston, Barbara Steele, Boris Karloff, John Agar, John Carradine, Lon Chaney Jr., Godzilla. Highly recommend the following in terms of fun from a B-Movie persepective (but also recommend you check out most of the reputed good films from the 1930s through to the 1980s as many have B-movie elements too especially in the Sci-Fi, Horror and Fantasy fields). From the 1930 & 40s have to recommend Universal Studios Horror, Val Lewton produced horror and film noir plus murder mystery films and oh don't forget movie serials either, 1950s Sci-Fi which is a literal goldmine of B-Movie greatness and the late 50s emergence of Hammer films, 1960s AIP and Hammer films plus Italian sword and sandal epics, 1970s exploitation horror, More Hammer and Hammer knock-off studios like Amicus and the emergence of Kung Fu and Blaxploitation films not to mention all the knock-offs spawned by Star Wars which was something of a B-Movie at heart itself, 1980s more Kung fu, an outbreak of popularity in fantasy epics following Conan's success and the mass of end of the world apocalypse films that followed after the popularity of the Road Warrior.