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Thread started 06/06/19 6:23pm

kpowers

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Top Favorite B movies

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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Reply #1 posted 06/06/19 6:42pm

uPtoWnNY

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.

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Reply #2 posted 06/06/19 9:35pm

MickyDolenz

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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

You can take a black guy to Nashville from right out of the cotton fields with bib overalls, and they will call him R&B. You can take a white guy in a pin-stripe suit who’s never seen a cotton field, and they will call him country. ~ O. B. McClinton
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Reply #3 posted 06/06/19 11:06pm

S2DG

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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

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Reply #4 posted 06/07/19 1:44am

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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.

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Reply #5 posted 06/07/19 2:27am

TheFman

Bad Taste biggrin

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Reply #6 posted 06/07/19 4:29am

damosuzuki

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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Reply #7 posted 06/07/19 9:32am

kpowers

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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.

The 100 Best “B Movies” of All Time

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The 100 Best “B Movies” of All Time

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.

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Reply #8 posted 06/07/19 9:40am

kpowers

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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.

Maybe a good "popcorn movie" then? popcorn

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Reply #9 posted 06/07/19 5:54pm

Abdul

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.

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Classic joint here!

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Reply #10 posted 06/07/19 7:49pm

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Reply #11 posted 06/08/19 5:54pm

uPtoWnNY

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.

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Classic joint here!

lol

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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Reply #12 posted 06/08/19 6:23pm

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Reply #13 posted 06/09/19 4:42pm

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You can take a black guy to Nashville from right out of the cotton fields with bib overalls, and they will call him R&B. You can take a white guy in a pin-stripe suit who’s never seen a cotton field, and they will call him country. ~ O. B. McClinton
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Reply #14 posted 06/09/19 5:16pm

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OnlyNDaUsa said:

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

Always found those 70's disaster movies fun and entertaining

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Reply #15 posted 06/11/19 10:20am

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How is Halloween a B-movie?

batman and robin running GIF

All you others say Hell Yea!! woot!
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Reply #16 posted 06/11/19 10:40am

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2freaky4church1 said:

How is Halloween a B-movie?



batman and robin running GIF


Budget. Once again B movie doesn't mean it's a bad movie
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Reply #17 posted 06/12/19 1:24pm

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You can take a black guy to Nashville from right out of the cotton fields with bib overalls, and they will call him R&B. You can take a white guy in a pin-stripe suit who’s never seen a cotton field, and they will call him country. ~ O. B. McClinton
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Reply #18 posted 06/15/19 6:44pm

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

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Reply #19 posted 06/17/19 9:29pm

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https://www.movieposter.com/posters/archive/main/84/MPW-42496

I used to see this on TV a lot

You can take a black guy to Nashville from right out of the cotton fields with bib overalls, and they will call him R&B. You can take a white guy in a pin-stripe suit who’s never seen a cotton field, and they will call him country. ~ O. B. McClinton
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Reply #20 posted 06/17/19 9:54pm

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Goddess4Real said:

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

Don't forget this one! lol

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Reply #21 posted 06/21/19 11:22am

namepeace

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

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Reply #22 posted 06/21/19 12:45pm

RodeoSchro



Both by John Landis:







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Reply #23 posted 06/21/19 1:15pm

damosuzuki

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

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Reply #24 posted 06/21/19 1:40pm

RodeoSchro

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!

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Reply #25 posted 06/25/19 2:47pm

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You can take a black guy to Nashville from right out of the cotton fields with bib overalls, and they will call him R&B. You can take a white guy in a pin-stripe suit who’s never seen a cotton field, and they will call him country. ~ O. B. McClinton
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Reply #26 posted 06/25/19 4:20pm

TheFman

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

Kung Pow: Enter the Fist

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Reply #27 posted 07/23/19 12:41pm

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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.

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You can take a black guy to Nashville from right out of the cotton fields with bib overalls, and they will call him R&B. You can take a white guy in a pin-stripe suit who’s never seen a cotton field, and they will call him country. ~ O. B. McClinton
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