American International Pictures: You're Thoughts on Their Bad Movies

[Raffine]

I remember OLD DRACULA! I saw it on a double feature with YOUNG FRANKENSTEIN. If you had asked me at the time I probably would have thought OLD DRACULA was funnier.

It was sort of a blaxploitation/comedy/horror movie that starred David Niven as Dracula and Teresa Graves (Get Christy Love!) as his bride, who is accidently turned black by a transfusion from a Playboy Bunny.

SPOILER! She later bites Niven and turns him black, too. Famous Monsters ran a photo of Niven in black-face.

A classic!

[trekgeezer]

AIP is responsible for probably 80% of the cheese made during the 50's and 60's.  They not only made all those cheapy horror flicks.  They covered a bunch of different genres, from Beach Party to Billy Jack to biker movies. This is where Roger Corman learned his trade

[Rev. Powell]

Here's a comprehensive list of film produced and distributed by AIP: http://www.imdb.com/company/co0022781/.

Lots of essential b-movies there, even besides those already mentioned: MAD MAX, Ralph Bashiki's early films, THE MACK, THE WITCHFINDER GENERAL (AKA THE CONQUEROR WORM), THE TRIP, THE BORN LOSERS, WHAT'S UP, TIGER LILY? (Woody Allen's first movie), the Oscar-nominated THE PAWNBROKER, the Corman Poe films, BEACH PARTY, THE BRAIN THAT WOULDN'T DIE, THE AMAZING COLOSSAL MAN, etc., etc.

I never realized they had their fingers in so many pies.  The movie world would be a much poorer place without AIP.  All hail AIP!

[lester1/2jr]

I remember OLD DRACULA! I saw it on a double feature with YOUNG FRANKENSTEIN. If you had asked me at the time I probably would have thought OLD DRACULA was funnier.

It was sort of a blaxploitation/comedy/horror movie that starred David Niven as Dracula and Teresa Graves (Get Christy Love!) as his bride, who is accidently turned black by a transfusion from a Playboy Bunny.

SPOILER! She later bites Niven and turns him black, too. Famous Monsters ran a photo of Niven in black-face.

A classic