What are your favorite B movies? I have many but here are the top that comes to mind

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Putting Halloween 1 and 2 together

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I love the Penitentiary films, especially the second one with Mr. T wearing a genie outfit, Ernie Hudson pre-Ghostbusters, and Tony Cox as a horny dwarf. You can't make this shit up, lol.

Black Belt Jones
Get Christie Love
Faster Pussycat Kill! Kill!
Moonrunners (The Dukes Of Hazzard TV show was based on this movie and Smokey & The Bandit. Even has Waylon Jennings narrating it.)

The Valley of Gwangi
Blacula
Scream Blacula Scream
Foxy Brown
Coffy
Cleopatra Jones & The Casino Of Gold

Amazon Women On the Moon
DC Cab
Barbarella
Who's That Girl? (Madonna)
Raw Deal
Street Fighter (Van Damme. There's another animated movie released around the same time)
Abar The First Black Superman
Billy Jack

Charro!

Good Guys Wear Black

Gang Of Roses

Suburban Living

The Wizard of Gore

Blood Feast

Psycho A Go Go

Pink Flamingos

Female Trouble

Desperate Living

Evil Dead II

Killer Klowns from Outerspace

The Toxic Avenger

Would we class Halloween as a B-movie? A top class thriller, but not a B-movie in my mind.

Ditto Flash Gordon ... that was a big budget blockbuster.

I'd class a b-movie as low budget and designed to be the supporting movie of a bigger main feature, back when theatres did regular double features. Off the top of my head I'd give Night of the Living Dead (1968), The Warriors (1979), and Piranha (1978) a shout.

Bad Taste

i wouldn't call flash gordon a b movie at all, at least not how they're usually thought of - low budget, exploitation elements, a bit trashy & cranked out quickly to turn a (hopefully) easy profit.

i think halloween might qualify by some measures, but i'd still leave it out of consideration because it's really a little too well made & ultimately too successful. but i think something like texas chainsaw massacre would fit, because it's uglier & nastier & less widely loved.



empire of the ants
the editor
a bucket of blood
the visitor
invasion of the b girls
race with the devil
the big doll house
q the winged serpent
it's alive
basket case
the stuff
faster pussycat kill! kill!
return of the living dead
return of the living dead 3
ginger snaps
rubber
2000 maniacs

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DaveT said:

Would we class Halloween as a B-movie? A top class thriller, but not a B-movie in my mind.

Ditto Flash Gordon ... that was a big budget blockbuster.

I'd class a b-movie as low budget and designed to be the supporting movie of a bigger main feature, back when theatres did regular double features. Off the top of my head I'd give Night of the Living Dead (1968), The Warriors (1979), and Piranha (1978) a shout.

Not every film can be the Citizen Kane of its day. For every high-budget “A movie” that commands significant promotion and funding from its studio, there are piles of B movies that scratch and claw their way into existence without the benefit of things like “a budget” or “a script” in some cases. To compare them with A movies in terms of resources and immersiveness isn’t a fair proposition. Instead, discerning film fans are able to simply appreciate them for what they are.

But what does “best” mean when we’re talking about films often famous for their shoddy construction? It certainly doesn’t mean “best-made.” It also doesn’t mean “worst-made,” or else films like Manos: The Hands of Fate and The Beast of Yucca Flats would make prominent appearances. They’re not on this list because the meaning of “best” here is “most entertaining,” and I defy you to be entertained by Manos without its MST3k commentary or a pound of medical-grade marijuana. If these films are painful, they’re also equally fun.

Whenever possible, I tried to keep the list to more obscure titles. Although John Carpenter’s Halloween is a great example of a superbly made “B movie” in terms of budget, any film fan has most likely seen it already. Gathered here is a collection of some of the most entertainingly cheap and endearingly bad movies ever made.

DaveT said:

Would we class Halloween as a B-movie? A top class thriller, but not a B-movie in my mind.

Ditto Flash Gordon ... that was a big budget blockbuster.

I'd class a b-movie as low budget and designed to be the supporting movie of a bigger main feature, back when theatres did regular double features. Off the top of my head I'd give Night of the Living Dead (1968), The Warriors (1979), and Piranha (1978) a shout.

Maybe a good "popcorn movie" then?

uPtoWnNY said:

I love the Penitentiary films, especially the second one with Mr. T wearing a genie outfit, Ernie Hudson pre-Ghostbusters, and Tony Cox as a horny dwarf. You can't make this shit up, lol.

Classic joint here!

Abdul said:

uPtoWnNY said:

I love the Penitentiary films, especially the second one with Mr. T wearing a genie outfit, Ernie Hudson pre-Ghostbusters, and Tony Cox as a horny dwarf. You can't make this shit up, lol.

Classic joint here!

Forgot to mention Rudy Ray Moore had a cameo in Penitentiary 2. And I believe Ernie Hudson's first role was in one of the 'Dolemite' films (another classic B-movie series).

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OnlyNDaUsa said:

[Edited 6/8/19 18:26pm]

Always found those 70's disaster movies fun and entertaining

How is Halloween a B-movie?

2freaky4church1 said:

The Blob (1955) with Steve McQueen...its a classic

I used to see this on TV a lot

Goddess4Real said:

The Blob (1955) with Steve McQueen...its a classic

Don't forget this one!

Depends on what a "B Movie" is . . .

I'd say Prince's films (other than SoTT) count. Others include --

Night of The Living Dead
Grease 2
Flash Gordon
Tales From The Crypt: Demon Knight

Both by John Landis:

RodeoSchro said:

Both by John Landis:

i watched 'kentucky fried movie' for the first time a few weeks back & enjoyed it quite a bit, though i thought that martial arts section seemed to go on forever.
it's streaming for free on tubitv for anyone who wants to watch it.


https://tubitv.com/movies...ried_movie

damosuzuki said:

RodeoSchro said:

Both by John Landis:

i watched 'kentucky fried movie' for the first time a few weeks back & enjoyed it quite a bit, though i thought that martial arts section seemed to go on forever.
it's streaming for free on tubitv for anyone who wants to watch it.


https://tubitv.com/movies...ried_movie

Thanks, I'm watching it now!

Besides the earlier mentioned 'Bad Taste', I forgot to mention this pearl:

Kung Pow: Enter the Fist

Great!

Not really a B movie, it's a made for TV movie from when the major 3 networks used to have the movie of the week.