n00b here.
My collection of cult films is very meager right now. I can't afford to get B movies that aren't worth getting... if that even makes sense. I've searched top 10 lists and made my own lists, and occasionally on PBS they'll show a midnight movie... and titles are SWIMMING through my head.
I need the human touch. I'll stand there in Movie Trading Company with my list, and hold up an overpriced title, and set it back down and drive back home.
What parts of your collections are you most proud of?
Hi Weasel, welcome to Badmovies.org! :tongueout:
My most proudest, precious ones are:
"Night Of The Comet"
"Student Bodies"
"Dead Heat"
"Streets Of Fire"
"They Live"
"Rawhead Rex"
Oh wow. I strut around playing like the expert, and I only recognized two of those titles. I hate myself.
No need to feel that way, weasel. I myself have still got alot to learn. I don't have much of a collection of B's either, so pretty much every one of them is on my "proud" list:
Vampyros Lesbos (1971)
THX 1138 (1971), yes I consider it a B movie.
Satan's Sadists (1969)
Phantasm (1977)
The Wicker Man (1973)
Death Race 2000 (1975)
Suburban Roulette (1968)
What can I say? I love the 70's when it comes to trashy movies.
I started buying box sets of collections from Amazon. You can get a lot of bad movies from there in sets of 50 films for rather cheap. Just expect the quality of films to be on the awful side. I swear one set is so bad that most look like something that was failing grade student films. However some of the favorites I have are:
Jesus Christ: Vampire Hunter
Hard Rock Zombies
Cosmos: War of the Planets (it is really bad but I love to mock it)
Jive Turkey (another really bad film in the Blaxslpotation genre but funny to watch also)
Killer Klowns From Outer Space
My Bloody Valentine (1981 version not the 3D remake that came out this year)
Little Shop of Horrors (1960)
Ooh forgot (just looking at DVD pile), I'd also like to add:
"The Beast Within" (1982)
and
"I Come In Peace" (1990)
Mill Creek 25/50/100 movie packs are always a good library booster.
-Jimmybob
* PINK FLAMINGOS
* BLACKENSTEIN
* All my Herschell Gordon Lewis DVDs
* All my Al Adamson DVDs
* Uncut version of DERANGED (which I transferred from a VHS tape to DVD - - includes an 8 mm documentary about Ed Gein as well as scenes not included in the Midnite Movies version)
I should have joined this place a year ago.
I'm so filled with things I wanna say that it cancels out to nothing.
Quote from: weasel on September 11, 2009, 04:03:00 PM
I should have joined this place a year ago.
I'm so filled with things I wanna say that it cancels out to nothing.
Just babble any nonsense! Works for me! :twirl:
Some of my pride and joy-
.BRIDE OF THE MONSTER(1955) -Lugosi,Tor,and a rubber octopus! All directed by Ed Wood! Need I say more?
.DON'T LOOK IN THE BASEMENT (1973) Loonies take over the nut house!
.BURIAL GROUND:NIGHTS OF TERROR -Muck face zombies attack idiots. Watch out for the 30 year old kid Micheal! Scarier then the zombies!!! :buggedout:
.BLOOD FREAK-Elvis lookalike smokes pot and eats drugs which turns him into a turkey head monster. Who drinks blood. Really.
Ah, thanks for reminding me, RC. I also have Bubba Hotep. Forgot that one.
Welcome Weasel :thumbup: I have a lot of movies currently collecting dust on the shelf. Most of the stuff I watch is rented online for the past few years. I do own a copy of Skullduggery and Remote Control which are kind of rare finds.
Dude I'd just buy the latest Millcreek set of 50 for $20.00!
They're always adding to those sets all the time!
Hello!
I think you should get one (or more) of the mill creek sets. It's cheap, and can provide hours of fun!(and pain)
I'd recommend the horror classics 100 pack.
link:http://www.amazon.com/Horror-Movie-Pack-Bela-Lugosi/dp/B000NVIGD4/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=dvd&qid=1252764953&sr=8-1 (http://www.amazon.com/Horror-Movie-Pack-Bela-Lugosi/dp/B000NVIGD4/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=dvd&qid=1252764953&sr=8-1)
The chilling classics set is also really good.
link:http://www.amazon.com/Chilling-Classics-50-Movie-Pack/dp/B000AOEQ4W/ref=pd_cp_d_2_img (http://www.amazon.com/Chilling-Classics-50-Movie-Pack/dp/B000AOEQ4W/ref=pd_cp_d_2_img)
Welcome aboard!
Welcome aboard the board.
I have to throw in my all-time favorite: Blood Mania
Not a horror film, but it's a whacked out thriller with an insane performance by Maria DeAragon, who play Greedo in the original Star Wars movie back in 1978.
Other choices would be:
Three On A Meathook
Grizzly
Down & Dirty Duck
Ice Pirates
Welcome aboard weasel. :cheers:
Some of my favorite weird films include:
Let Sleeping Corpses Lie - My favorite underrated zombie film of all time. Atmosphere galore, and beautiful cinematography. The hero won't win any rewards for chivalry, but he kicks ass.
Messiah Of Evil - an under the radar cannibal chiller with some interesting set design, and a bit of Lovecraft thrown in.
Inframan/The Super Inframan - A super cyborg versus Princess Dragon Mom's rubber suited horde of mutants.
Killer Klowns From Outer Space - The Chiodo Bros. make-up/effects in this one are great. Also a cool theme songs from The Dickies.
Death Race 2000 (of course) - The Paul Bartel/Roger Corman classic. Also doubles as my favorite Sylvester Stallone film.
Oh my gaaa, amazon is showing some of the bestest deals...
If they're of a semi-low video/audio quality, I think that would ADD to the kind of effect I'd want it to have when I pop a DVD in. I've got a full weekend's worth of work picking the set... probably sets to buy. Thankfully the reviews seem to be really detailed for me. It seems like getting duplicates isn't really a problem because you're still getting a great deal.
I appreciate these lists so much, and I'm feeling this mixture of "I love that movie," "I love and hate that movie," and "what the hell IS that movie"
WELCOME! :teddyr:
my list is: Manos, The Creeping Terror, Creature from the Haunted Sea (MUST SEE!), It Conquered the World, Killers From Space, Death Race 2000, and Plan 9 From Outer Space :thumbup: :teddyr:
B.U.L.L., INC
Some of my favs . . . . RETURN OF THE LIVING DEAD, NINJA BACHELOR PARTY, THE LOST EMPIRE, DEATHSTALKER II, Rob Zombie's HALLOWEEN, PLAN NINE FROM OUTER SPACE, SORORITY BABES IN THE SLIMEBALL BOWL-O-RAMA, THE BLOOD SHED, and my new favorite - an awesome chunk of cinematic badness Ed Wood himself would be proud of:
THE COWBOY KILLER !!
I agree with those who mentioned the Mill Creek packs. A great way to start a collection! Although you're pretty much limited to public domain/super cheap titles.
We could give you better recommendations if I know exactly what type of movies you were interested in... the really old so-bad-it's-good stuff along the lines of PLAN 9, or the newer, more self-aware stuff like Troma? Horror, slasher, zombies, sci-fi, bikers, post-apocalyptic, etc. etc.?
Horror comedies like EVIL DEAD 2, RETURN OF THE LIVING DEAD, DEAD-ALIVE/BRAINDEAD, FRANKENHOOKER, and so on tend to be popular entry points for a lot of people looking to get into b-movies.
Quote from: jlb67 on September 11, 2009, 04:15:39 PM
Ah, thanks for reminding me, RC. I also have Bubba Hotep. Forgot that one.
Quote from: RCMerchant on September 11, 2009, 04:08:27 PM
.DON'T LOOK IN THE BASEMENT (1973) Loonies take over the nut house!
Two more good ones that I also have.
And I know you can get
Don't Look In The Basement in the
Mill Creek Drive-In Movie 50 Pack.
Um. Yes is the answer?
Actually, part of this is that I kinda wanna see who I am so you scared me just now.
When people ask me my favorite movie, the answer is always Plan 9.
Truth is I don't want movies that don't have good entertainment value. So-bad-it's-good is always a plus, the kinda movies I can be proud to show people. But a cheap boxset, I can be all LOOK AT THAT.
I often get excited when I come across a famously bad movie, and then watch it and get mad that the movie was so bad.
I end up being prouder of having Cyxork7 and Eraserhead and Forbidden Zone... But damn do I love Return of the Dead.
I was born and raised a Trekkie, and I bleed sci fi but I think I WANT to be into horror. I love good horror and independent film. Which basically just comes in the category of independent horror, doesn't it?
I think my genre would follow more under cult than just a BAD MOVIE.
But of all the online communities I have chosen this one, and I know I chose right and you can never make me leave.
Well-welcome home,brother! :cheers:
Sci-fi?
ROBOT MONSTER
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cq9IKsH9BXg
the BRAIN THAT WOULDN'T DIE
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4EydHaiISiA
The BRAIN FROM PLANET AROS!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w9N8IMtI2Yo
time to make a samwich!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=klJMmSRIiUI
OCTAMAN!!!!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-CShCmJqX3Q
EQUINOX!!!!! (well...this aint sci fi...or is it? IT COULD HAPPEN-MAYBE TO YOU!!!! :buggedout:)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mE1UlPPId-o
HORROR OF THE BLOOD MONSTERS!!!!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zj-78jRaWJ4
I forgot "Savage Streets"! Now that's fun garbage!
:buggedout: Oh, how could I forget my love Linda Blair (plus Linnea). If you had any idea how much that DVD cost me..... deary, deary me-hee... :lookingup:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RT9NGNh0HA4
Quote from: weasel on September 11, 2009, 01:33:40 PM
Oh wow. I strut around playing like the expert, and I only recognized two of those titles. I hate myself.
Welcome Weasel. Yup that's why I love this place, it's amazing how many movie buffs are here.
Quote from: weasel on September 12, 2009, 10:12:59 PM
Um. Yes is the answer?
Actually, part of this is that I kinda wanna see who I am so you scared me just now.
When people ask me my favorite movie, the answer is always Plan 9.
Truth is I don't want movies that don't have good entertainment value. So-bad-it's-good is always a plus, the kinda movies I can be proud to show people. But a cheap boxset, I can be all LOOK AT THAT.
I often get excited when I come across a famously bad movie, and then watch it and get mad that the movie was so bad.
I end up being prouder of having Cyxork7 and Eraserhead and Forbidden Zone... But damn do I love Return of the Dead.
I was born and raised a Trekkie, and I bleed sci fi but I think I WANT to be into horror. I love good horror and independent film. Which basically just comes in the category of independent horror, doesn't it?
I think my genre would follow more under cult than just a BAD MOVIE.
But of all the online communities I have chosen this one, and I know I chose right and you can never make me leave.
If you want a box set that is full of stinkburgers then get the Decrepit Crypt of Nightmares 50 pack by Mills Creek and Pendulum Pictures. The set has grand titles like Blood Sucking Babes From Burbank, Suburban Sasquatch, and a board favorite (sarcasm on) Scarlett Fry's Junkfood Horrorfest. (sarcasm off)
Rather than add to the list, I'll second a few others have mentioned:
"Streets Of Fire"
"They Live"
THX 1138 (1971)
The Wicker Man (1973)
Death Race 2000 (1975)
Killer Klowns From Outer Space
PINK FLAMINGOS
BURIAL GROUND:NIGHTS OF TERROR
BLOOD FREAK
Ice Pirates
Plan 9 From Outer Space
RETURN OF THE LIVING DEAD
SORORITY BABES IN THE SLIMEBALL BOWL-O-RAMA
EVIL DEAD 2
RETURN OF THE LIVING DEAD
DEAD-ALIVE/BRAINDEAD
FRANKENHOOKER
ROBOT MONSTER
I'm not saying the ones that have been mentioned that I didn't second aren't good, most of them I have not seen, but these I personally confirm as good b-flicks.
CARNIVAL OF SOULS Here's a sleazy, kind of misleading trailer:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dkTz0EvfEiY
REEFER MADNESS
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bM_vLk1I6G4
THE NIGHT STALKER
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U2H3xuhkZuY
DEAD OF NIGHT (aka DEATHDREAM)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S65wVHsYJTQ
TOMBS OF THE BLIND DEAD
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KMcbfKZSvI0
Quote from: weasel on September 12, 2009, 10:12:59 PM
I end up being prouder of having Cyxork7 and Eraserhead and Forbidden Zone... But damn do I love Return of the Dead.
I was born and raised a Trekkie, and I bleed sci fi but I think I WANT to be into horror. I love good horror and independent film. Which basically just comes in the category of independent horror, doesn't it?
Some ideas based off that description: PHANTASM, CARNIVAL OF SOULS, METROPOLIS, NOSFERATU, EYES WITHOUT A FACE, DON'T LOOK NOW, SILENT HILL, PI, THE CITY OF LOST CHILDREN, CUBE, DONNIE DARKO... mostly not "bad" films, but original, independent cult horror/sci-fi.
Lol Rev I have most of those which you listed to me. You are my bestest friend. I have a feeling my standard is going to be based on just how unusual a watch something is. But I'm definitely going to get a Mill Creek boxset and never look back. It's kinda a question of... you know, am I going to stop at the well-known ones like Reefer Madness and Killer Clowns, or am I going to really go full craptastic...
Quote from: weasel on September 14, 2009, 01:00:47 PM
Lol Rev I have most of those which you listed to me. You are my bestest friend. I have a feeling my standard is going to be based on just how unusual a watch something is. But I'm definitely going to get a Mill Creek boxset and never look back. It's kinda a question of... you know, am I going to stop at the well-known ones like Reefer Madness and Killer Clowns, or am I going to really go full craptastic...
I'd go all the way, then see how easy it is to claw your back from the abyss :tongueout:
Here's some other essentials that are fairly easy to obtain, or see on netflix:
Troll 2
Killer Shrews
The Giant Gila Monster
Gamera
Ator the Invincible
Hercules Vs. the Moon Men
Santa Claus Conquers the Martians
Zombie Lake
The Indestructible Man
The Creeping Terror
The Ape Man (not essential per se, but Bela Lugosi turns into an ape-man, brilliant! I think I want to watch that now!)
Shark Attack 3: Megaladon (2003, but in a few years this will end up on essentials lists, trust me!)
and I'm really scanning my brain for stuff for other essential stuff of the 1990's besides Troll 2; hard decade that.
Also, pretty much any B's you find from the 1950's are usually essential.
You MUST WATCH A Roger Corman movie! :thumbup: :teddyr:
If you do go all the way out and try to get some seriously bad movies, use the review sections of the site and seek out film titles with a skull beside them. Those should be among the worst imaginable. Andrew is pretty much on the mark with most of his ratings. Granted a couple of times I would of went worse than what he rated them as but it's a really good guide for finding titles you may never of heard of that reek of awfulness.
BATTLE BEYOND THE STARS
BATS
C.H.U.D
THE WEREWOLF VS. THE VAMPIRE WOMAN
FRANKENSTEIN'S CASTLE OF FREAKS
BUBBA HO TEP
I EAT YOUR SKIN
This List Could Go On For A While
Not sure why I didn't think of this before.
We actually made a collaborative list of essential bad movies before: see http://www.badmovies.org/forum/index.php?topic=120390.0.
That should keep you busy for a while.
Hey Weasel. I'm a n00b too when it comes to b-grade/cult movies. A place to find some movies for free (legally too) is the feature films section at the Internet Archive. (http://www.archive.org/details/feature_films (http://www.archive.org/details/feature_films)) It is pretty good. They have quite a few of the movies mentioned. (Brain that Wouldn't Die, Manos, Reefer Madness, etc...)
It's actually the site that got me into "bad movies".
Quote from: SPazzo_1493 on September 17, 2009, 07:47:00 PM
Hey Weasel. I'm a n00b too when it comes to b-grade/cult movies. A place to find some movies for free (legally too) is the feature films section at the Internet Archive. (http://www.archive.org/details/feature_films (http://www.archive.org/details/feature_films)) It is pretty good. They have quite a few of the movies mentioned. (Brain that Wouldn't Die, Manos, Reefer Madness, etc...)
It's actually the site that got me into "bad movies".
Spazzo is correct, a lot of the older public domain movies you can find on those Mill Creek packs are available for viewing and downloading for free at the Internet Archive.
MUST HAVE B-Sentials---->
Frankenhooker
Dead Alive
Night Of The Comet
All the 'Massacre' movies..slumber party, sorority, cheerleader, etc.
Bikini Carwash Company!
All the Puppet Master movies
The many Children of the corn sequels
Subway
Cube
ONce Bitten
Killjoy
Leprechaun Back To the hood
Pep Squad
..I'm coming back when I remember more! LOL
Welcome, other vote to jesus christ vampire hunter, and "STARCRASH" is a must see
People seem to be forgetting the king of splatter gore, Hershel Gordon Lewis and his masterpiece "Blood Feast" http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DJ2t0et8wWc
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_lpZzSse76o
Hahahaha, what the hell? I love this movie so much. Seriously a classic.
-Scottie