Favorite B Directors

[Hero]

Okay, everybody, it's question time: Why do you love or hate these directors?

1. John Waters
2. Andy Milligan
3. Al Adamson
4. Sam Raimi (though he's not really B anymore...)
5. Brad Grinter
6. Hal P. Warren (if you wanna call him a director)
7. Coleman Francis
8. Larry Cohen
9. Andy Warhol/Paul Morrissey
10. Ted V. Mikels

[The Burgomaster]

1. John Waters - His movies are unique and hilarious. But he is a very strange man who hangs around with very strange people.

2. Andy Milligan - How such a talentless individual was able to find financing to make so many movies is a mystery to me.

3. Al Adamson - The king of drive-in sleaze. I really respect that.

4. Sam Raimi - I just hope he doesn't let commercialism eat away at the gritty style that we saw in THE EVIL DEAD.

5. Brad Grinter - BLOOD FREAK is a classic bad movie. However, seeing Grinter naked in the short "nudist camp" feature on the DVD was very disturbing.

6. Hal P. Warren - No comment. Don't know enough about him.

7. Coleman Francis - Ditto.

8. Larry Cohen - Has his ups and downs. One thing is for sure, as silly as most of his movies are, they usually aren't boring.

9. Andy Warhol/Paul Morrissey - ANDY WARHOL'S FRANKENSTEIN and ANDY WARHOL'S DRACULA will go down in history as legendary films. Some of the other films associated with these guys also hold important places in the world of "weirdo" cinema.

10. Ted V. Mikels - Any guy who lives in a castle with a bunch of women is okay in my book.

[Fearless Freep]

Where's Charles Band and Roger Corman and Alan Pyung and....

[raj]

. . . and Ed Wood?

[Chadzilla]

The Burgomaster wrote:

> 2. Andy Milligan - How such a talentless individual was able to
> find financing to make so many movies is a mystery to me.

Actually Milligan never had any financing, not in the way many people think of it.  He made movies for skid row grindhouse producers on a budget that was usually only a few thousand dollars.  He was fascinating man, I'll tell you that.

> 8. Larry Cohen - Has his ups and downs. One thing is for sure,
> as silly as most of his movies are, they usually aren't boring.
>

Larry Boy tops my list.  I'd also toss in David DeCoteau, Charles Band, Danny Draven, Fred Olen Ray, and J.R. Bookwalter, all still grinding out movies with no-budget.  More power to them!

[Johnny Blister]

Right on,raj.When it comes to B Movies,no one tops Ed Wood.NO ONE!

Just ask Tim Burton.

[Dunners]

ed wood definitley, the man was great at doing nothing :D

[Creepozoid]

raj wrote:

> . . . and Ed Wood?

You dare to group geniuses like Band and Corman with Wood.

Where's Fred Olen Ray, Jim Wynorski, and David Decoteau?

[Johnny Blister]

Just watch the movie"Ed Wood",and THEN tell me Jim Wynorski tried his best.

[Dunners]

LOL!

[Hero]

I know I left a few out, but I rattled off the ones that immediately came to mind. Trust me, I'm kicking myself for not including Corman. Or for that matter, Michael Bay.


Hero

[The Burgomaster]

What about directors like Doris Wishman and Russ Meyer? Let's not forget those nudie and big boob films . . .

[Laser]

Sam Raimi!

[Johnny Blister]

Ed Wood!