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

[LilCerberus]

A slight correction

When I mentioned Galaxy of Terror, I should have distinguished that I meant the 1981 Roger Corman production, http://imdb.com/title/tt0082431/ , not the 2005 release from BCI Eclipse, featuring four stinkers from the Polonia brothers.

Albeit, someone did mention Preylien: Alien Predators (2004), http://imdb.com/title/tt0491801/ ,which is on the 2005 release from BCI Eclipse, though I must implore that you not watch the other three.

Darn-it! I'm on the Polonia Brothers again!
Y'Know, I could swear I see these guys every time I drive past a construction site.

[Rev. Powell]

Depends on what you mean by B-movie.  I'll limit my list to 10 low-budget "so-bad-they're-good" suggestions, many of which have already been mentioned.

THE BRAIN THAT WOULDN'T DIE (1962): About a head that wouldn't die, or stop talking.
GLEN OR GLENDA? (1953): This pro-transvestite documentary starring Bela Lugosi is Ed Wood's strangest film, and that's saying something
PLAN 9 FROM OUTER SPACE (1959): Needs no introduction.
BLOOD FEAST (1963): Worst acting in a pioneering gore movie award
BLOOD FREAK (1972): Christian anti-drug gore film about a guy who turns into a turkey-headed monster after smoking pot.
HELL SQUAD (1987): Underrated flick about a group of Las Vegas showgirls who become a crack anti-terrorist squad
MANIAC (1934): Mind-boggling exploitation classic.  Everyone talks about the cat's eyeball scene.
SPACE MUTINY (1988):  Already mentioned.  Love those mystical ladies in diaphanous gowns dancing around the glowing ball from Spencer's Gifts.
DRACULA VS. FRANKENSTEIN (1971): Al Adamson directs the great Zandor Vorkov.
FANTASY MISSION FORCE (1982): Jackie Chan helps rescue Abraham Lincoln from the Nazis in Canada.  And that's far from the weirdest part.

If the idea instead is to pick 10 B-movies that are actually good and transcend their budget, I'd pick THE BLACK CAT (1931, Karloff & Lugosi), CARNIVAL OF SOULS (1962), CAT PEOPLE (1942), THE KILLING (1956, early Kubrick noir), THE LITTLE SHOP OF HORRORS (1960), SHOCK CORRIDOR (1963, d. Sam Fuller), BASKET CASE (1982), FASTER p***yCAT! KILL! KILL! (1965), NIGHT OF THE LIVING DEAD (1968), RE-ANIMATOR (1985).   

[Allhallowsday]

We do all seem to like Horror movies.  I'll give you 11 'cause they came to me so quickly:
CARNIVAL OF SOULS (1962)
WHATEVER HAPPENED TO BABY JANE? (1962)
FASTER p***yCAT KILL! KILL! (1965)
DEATHDREAM (aka DEAD OF NIGHT ~ 1974)
CASTLE OF BLOOD (DANZA MACABRE ~ 1964)
HOUSE OF FRANKENSTEIN (1944)
THREE ON A MATCH (1932)
FREAKS (1932)
JASON AND THE ARGONAUTS (1963)
STRAIT JACKET (1964)
CHILDREN SHOULDN'T PLAY WITH DEAD THINGS (1972)

I see the good Reverend and I also think alike.

[JaseSF]

I'll just name 10 that to me are loads of fun:

1. The Giant Claw
2. The Deadly Mantis
3. The Brain From Planet Arous
4. Journey to the Seventh Planet
5. 20 Million Miles To Earth
6. The Brainiac
7. Fiend Without A Face
8. Starcrash
9. Terror of Mechagodzilla
10. The Horror of Party Beach

[redsneaker]

You almost have to break this down into more categories. I mean we love bad movies, but the budget doesn't seem to matter too much. You can have a budget and still..... "stink". I guess I have kinda thrown bad into the B category.. So I guess that should be 2 different lists. Blaa blaa baaa... sorry I am babbling.

Top 10 Best of Bad
1.GALAXY OF TERROR
2.MOTEL HELL
3.DEVIL DOG HOUND FROM HELL
4.FOOD OF THE GODS
5.SHARK ATTACK 3
6.BUG
7.DEATHRACE 2000
8.RAMBO 2 (I just picked this up for $5 and was so impressed with the bad lines, it made it into my current "best of bad" list
9.WITHOUT WARNING
10.FLASH GORDON

Almost impossible to just have 10... I mean..
THE BEAST WITHIN
BATTLE BEYOND THE STARS
GARGOYLES
BLACK CHRISTMAS (ORIGINAL)
BAD TASTE
DEAD ALIVE
BEASTMASTER
FUNHOUSE
EVIL DEAD
FROM BEYOND
SCANNERS
PHANTASM
BRAIN DAMAGE
NEON MANIACS
PLAN 9 FROM OUTER SPACE
BUG
EMPIRE OF THE ANTS

All hold a place in my heart.... I just watched Troll 2.....but I can't say that I "felt" it.

[redsneaker]

I have gotten some great ideas here! Thanks! So much I have never seen. I am maxing out the Netflix queue! 

[The Burgomaster]

* I DRINK YOUR BLOOD
* DON'T LOOK IN THE BASEMENT
* HOUSE OF EXORCISM
* MARK OF THE DEVIL
* THE CRAZIES
* CHILDREN SHOULDN'T PLAY WITH DEAD THINGS
* SHOCK (aka BEYOND THE DOOR II)
* BLOOD FEAST
* KISS ME, QUICK!
* BASKET CASE

[Rev. Powell]

I see the good Reverend and I also think alike.

Actually, the "Rev." in my name stands for Revenant, not Reverend.  Don't worry, lots of people make the same mistake.

[SynapticBoomstick]

They're all my favorite so let me pull some of the more memorable titles out of my ear.
(no order)

Soultaker
Bad Taste
Horror of Party Beach
Clash of the Titans
Jason and the Argonauts
Empire of the Ants
Valley of Gwangi
20 Million miles to Earth
The Killer Shrews
Night of the Living Dead

[KYGOTC]

not in any order, but 5 o my faves are

RE-ANIMATOR

CREEPSHOW

INVASION OF THE BLOOD FARMERS

TROUBLE MAN

FORBIDDEN ZONE

also, almost any grindhouse horror film from the 60's  and 70's are awsome. Im still trying to find a copy of "TALES FROM THE CRYPT as well as a few others.

[Kester Pelagius]

I've put my previous suggestions into order, expanded them with arbitrary categories, and presented new lists in no real order based on what I've seen and would recommend.  Have fun!

That said what movies would everyone else suggest as their TOP 10 in these categories?


TOP 10 CHEEZY HORROR
10. JACK FROST
9. LEPRECHAUN 4: IN SPACE
8. FANGS OF THE LIVING DEAD
7. JACK THE RIPPER (Jess Fraco)
6. BLOOD FOR DRACULA
5. HELLO MARY LOU: PROM NIGHT 2
4. HELLRAISER: BLOODLINE/ EVENT HORIZON (very similar vibe)
3. SILENT HILL (Strange flick.)
2. KILLER KLOWNS FROM OUTER SPACE
1. FEARLESS VAMPIRE KILLERS

TOP 10 CHEEZY SCI-FI
10. SPACE MUTINY
9. ALIEN INTRUDER
8. BARBARELLA
7. GALAXINA
6. OBLIVION/ OBLIVION 2: BACKLASH
5. STAR KNIGHT
4. QUEEN OF BLOOD
3. THE SHAPE OF THINGS TO COME
2. WARLORD: BATTLE FOR THE GALAXY (TV movie, AWOL on DVD)
1. PLANET OF THE VAMPIRES (Inspiration for ALIEN?)

TOP 10 'ALIEN' KNOCK-OFFS
10. DARK UNIVERSE
9. STAR CRYSTAL
8. HYBRID/ CREEPOZOIDS
7. THE TERROR WITHIN I & II
6. DOOM/ PITCH BLACK
5. LEVIATHAN
4. INSEMINOID (aka HORROR PLANET)
3. CREATURE (aka TITAN FIND)
2. FORBIDDEN WORLD (aka MUTANT)
1. GALAXY OF TERROR

TOP 10 SWORD & SORCERY FLICKS
10. THE SWORD & THE SORCERER/ THE WARRIOR AND THE SORCERESS
9. CONQUEST
8. BARBARIAN QUEEN
7. DEATHSTALKER
6. CIRCLE OF IRON
5. THE WARRIOR AND THE SORCERESS
4. HUNDRA
3. THE BEASTMASTER
2. WILLOW
1. CONAN THE BARBARIAN

TOP 10 SWORD & SANDAL(*)
10. VULCAN, SON OF JUPITER
9. HERCULES AND THE CAPTIVE WOMEN
8. HERCULES VS. THE HYDRA
7. COLOSSOS AND THE AMAZON QUEEN
6. VIKING QUEEN
5. ADVENTURES OF HERCULES (Ferrigno)
4. WAR GODDESS (aka THE AMAZONS)
3. HERCULES IN THE HAUNTED WORLD
2. JASON AND THE ARGONAUTS
1. CLASH OF THE TITANS

(*) May not all be available on R1 DVD.

TOP 10 POST-APOCALYPTIC B-MOVIES
10. CAFE FLESH
9. BLOOD OF HEROES
8. CREEPOZOIDS/HYBRID (tie)
7. RATS, NIGHT OF TERROR
6. 1990: BRONX WARRIORS
5. 2019: AFTER THE FALL OF NEW YORK
4. HARDWARE
3. ESCAPE FROM NEW YORK
2. THE ROAD WARRIOR/MAD MAX
1. ZARDOZ

Honorable mentions (Awol on DVD) :
PLANET EARTH
GENESIS II

TOP TEN 'PRE-HISTORIC' B-MOVIES
10. A NYMPOID BARBARIAN IN DINOSAUR HELL
9. PREHISTORIC WOMEN (1950)
8. ONE MILLION B.C.
7. IRON MASTER
6. QUEST FOR FIRE
5. CLAN OF THE CAVE BEAR
4. PREHISTORIC WOMEN (1967)
3. WHEN WOMEN HAD TAILS
2. ONE MILLION YEARS B.C.
1. WHEN DINOSAURS RULED THE EARTH

TOP TEN WIP FILMS
I haven't seen nearly enough movies in this genre to put together a top ten list so, instead, I point you to this marvelous resource: Encyclopedia of Women In Prison Films.  Warning may be NSFW!

TOP 10 WISH-IT-WERE-ON-DVD (R1)
10. THE HUMANOID
9. STARCRASH
8. WHEELS OF FIRE
7. 2020 TEXAS GLADIATORS
6. THE SISTERHOOD
5. VAMPIRE CIRCUS
4. TWINS OF EVIL
3. SORCERESS (1982)
2. FORBIDDEN WORLD
1. GALAXY OF TERROR

TOP 10 MUST-SEE UNINTENTIONALLY FUNNY/HILARIOUSLY BAD B-MOVIES
10. VOODOO BLACK EXORCIST
9. DUNGEON OF HARROW
8. DRACULA'S CURSE
7. INHUMANOID
6. THE MAGIC SWORD
5. THE INVISIBLE MANIAC (AWOL on DVD)
4. BARB WIRE
3. SPACE MUTINY
2. THE ADVENTURES OF PLUTO NASH
1. BATTLEFIELD EARTH

Honorable mention: IDIOCRACY (Not so bad it's good and almost too good to be bad.)

TOP 10 NEVER EVER EVER EVER WATCH THESE MOVIES, EVER!(*)
10. FUTURE WAR (BURN THE NEGATIVES!!!!)
9. THE MASTER OF DISGUISE (MY EYES!! MY EYES!!)
8. ANDROMINA: THE PLEASURE PLANET (Great title for CRAP!!!!!)
7. CATWOMAN (2004)
6. GLADIATOR EROTICUS
5. BLEEDERS (UGH!)
4. ZOMBIE ISLAND MASSACRE
3. STAN LEE'S HARPIES
2. SPACED OUT
1. PREYLIEN: ALIEN PREDATORS (Actually ANYTHING by the Polonia Bros.)

(*) Seriously you shouldn't watch these movies, not even medicated.

[Bonehead-XL]

Well, my favorite "b"-movies would be:

Phantom of the Paradise
The Prey
Sleepaway Camp 2: Unhappy Campers
Dawn of the Dead (1978)
The Rocky Horror Picture Show
Dead/Alive
Bubba Ho-Tep
Carnival of Souls
Death Race 2000
Cemetery Man
Eraserhead
Jesus Christ Vampire Hunter
Night of the Creeps
The Monster Squad
May
Rubin and Ed
Profondo rosso
Rock n' Roll High School
Santa Sangre
Tetsuo: The Iron Man
Videodrome
At Midnight I'll Take Your Soul

Or something like that. I'm sure I'm missing some.

[SynapticBoomstick]

1. PREYLIEN: ALIEN PREDATORS (Actually ANYTHING by the Polonia Bros.)

What!? Blasphemy! That's the best of the Polonia films

[peter johnson]

Hey!  Bonehead mentions "Ruben and Ed" -- This one's a gem.  Everyone should see this if they can --
peter johnson/denny crane

[LilCerberus]

1. PREYLIEN: ALIEN PREDATORS (Actually ANYTHING by the Polonia Bros.)

What!? Blasphemy! That's the best of the Polonia films

I must concede to SynapticBoomstick's assertion that Preylien is the best (well, least unwatchable) Polonia brothers flick.
However, in their case, that really isn't saying much...

I swear, I keep seeing these guys at that construction site up near MCV. One of them looked at me once as though he knew me.