B-movie suggestions

[Random Argument Man]

I've always wanted to start a B-Movie festival. Truth is, I'm starting one in June with you guys. I've posted the idea in some User groups.


However, I have to admit that I don't know much about B-movies other than Evil Dead and the Ed wood movies. I'm going to ask you guys for help. Do you guys know some really good B-movies?

 

[Distorted Stu]

Frogs.

ITS TERRIFYING

 

[HSIAMetalKing]

I've always wanted to start a B-Movie festival. Truth is, I'm starting one in June with you guys. I've posted the idea in some User groups.


However, I have to admit that I don't know much about B-movies other than Evil Dead and the Ed wood movies. I'm going to ask you guys for help. Do you guys know some really good B-movies?

I have to suggest Zombie Strippers (link safe for work). It was written by Robert Englund, the guy who played Freddy Krueger, and features Jenna Jameson as a zombie stripper (despite that, I promise, it's not porn).

Hmm... not much else can be said about that one-- it's corny, but I found it delightful.

"They're zombies!"

"No, they're strippers!."

"No." (pumps shotgun) "They're zombie strippers."

 

[Julianking93]

Evil Dead is all you need

But actually, I don't know many B-Movies except Evil Dead.

But I guess The Blob, Gamera, Zombie Flesh Eaters, Cannibal Holocaust, The Brain That Wouldn't Die or Those! counts right?

And I expect Furburt here any second.

 

[ragecandybar]

Freak Out [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Freak_Out_%282004_film%29].

 

[evilengine]

Watch Ray Harryhausen's 50's films. I would suggest 'The Beast from 20,000 Fathoms', 'Earth vs the Flying Saucers', 'It Came from Beneath the Sea' and '20 Million Miles to Earth'. Those are 'decent' B-Movies. If you want to go lower, see things like 'Robot Monster', 'The Blob', the ever popular 'Plan 9 from Outer Space'. Just look up B-Movies on google, you can never go wrong.

 

[reg42]

House on Haunted Hill. It's pretty good. I don't know if it counts as a b-movie though, but you may still wanna check out the original.

 

[PurpleSky]

I am not familiar with the term,but I am thinking of Jack of all trades series would fit right in.I'm probably horribly wrong,but no so much,I'm talking about

Spoiler: Bruce Campbell

after all.


Oh,the Blob maybe.

 

[Fightgarr]

Here's a list of my personal favorite movies that are by no means good, but are very entertaining:
Schwarzenegger has to have a couple of movies on that list. If I must pick favorites, it's hard to wrong with these ones:
Commando
Predator
Kindergarten Cop
Total Recall

If you're going for a more horror approach, I've heard that Peter Jackson's earlier works are great in that sense. But I've heard the best of them is:
Dead Alive

I'm a big fan of Will Smith, and while his movies aren't necessarily "B-Movies" by everyone's definition, they're entertainingly bad[footnote]Men in Black and Independence Day were left off this list for being too close to actually good movies. Rest assured I have no lack of love for either.[/footnote]. In particular:
Wild Wild West
Bad Boys 1&2

If you want to go with wacky sci-fi and fantasy, there are a few classics and some lesser known ones I can recommend. Here they are:
Time Bandits
Heavy Metal
Highlander
The Road Warrior
Epoch
Mortal Kombat
Immortal
And if you will allow me to combine this with the first category, then:
Red Sonja
Conan the Barbarian (best watched with commentary on)

While not always "B-Movies", old school Jackie Chan movies are super campy, super entertaining and contain a load of awesome stunts and martial arts. I highly recommend:
Police Story
Police Story 2
Police Story 3: Supercop
Jackie Chan's First Strike: Police Story 4
The Drunken Master (not to be confused with The Legend of the Drunken Master)
and even...
Rush Hour

Those are just a couple of my favorites, I may come back when I remember more...

 

[RowdyRodimus]

I said it in the classic movie suggestion thread and I'll say it here, They Live. A movie directed by John Carpenter and starring Rowdy Roddy Piper. If you watch South Park and remember the fight between Jimmy and Timmy, it is a shot for shot remake of one of the greatest fights ever in a movie taken from They Live.

 

[cuddly_tomato]

Flash Gordon.

FLASH FUCKING GORDON!

It is the best B-Movie of all time.


Just watch that and tell me it isn't great. Brian Blessed flying around with a stick beating up space ships. What more could you ask for?

 

[TriggerHappyAngel]

i would recommend almost every Steven Seagal movie, i think that they are all frickin' awesome :]

Spoiler: one of my favorite scenes

 

[Deacon Cole]

Phantasm
Beyond the Valley of the Dolls
Krull
Gorilla At Large
Prophecy (the 1979 monster movie. Not the one with Christopher Walken)
Robot Monster
Dungeons & Dragons

Get a cliffhanger serial, full version that's still broken up into chapters, and play a chapter between each movie. Any will do as even the best of them are kind of cheesy. I recommend The Phantom Empire, Captain America, Adventures of Captain Marvel, Either of the two Batman serials, and Undersea Kingdom.

 

[RedBeta22]

Bubba Hotep
Bruce Campbell, B-Movie King! In A movie about the King! Fucking Awesome!!!

 

[Irridium]

Where the hell is Furburt?

OT: All I can think of right now is Zombie Strippers, Evil Dead, and The Blob.

I find them fun.

 

[Slaanax]

I dunno does John Carpenters The Thing count as a B movie, because that movie is pretty badass.

 

[Stu1701]

Wild Zero, Tokyo Gore Police, and Machine Girl are all excellent B-movies. I should probably mention they're all Japanese and only Machine Girl was dubbed in English as far as I'm aware, though I personally think that just makes the first two more epic.

 

[SteinFaust]

"I'm a Cyborg, but That's Okay", "Brother", "American Yakuza 2: Back to Back", "True Lies", "Chaos", and "the Way of the Gun" are all good B-Movie picks.

 

[Catchy Slogan]

If you want a list, heres a quite good one
http://www.bmoviecentral.com/bmc/reviews.html

I also suggest you watch Day of the Triffids.

EDIT: Oh yeah, the Lion King was a b-movie. Technically. It was given to thier B-Team.

 

[mad825]

Screamers

was that a B-movie?