November 26 – 28, the Carolina Theatre in Durham is bringing you the “Groovy B-Movie” Weekend Marathon! You will be treated to a selection of B-movie gems shown in glorious 35mm ranging from The Amazing Spider-Man to Frogs to Gargoyles to Inframan to The Incredible Melting Man and Grizzly! They’re all coming to you for the low price of $5 per movie or $20 for an amazing all access pass!
Here’s a glimpse of some of the B-Movie madness coming your way:
io9 has posted a clip from Roger Corman’s recent Syfy flick Dinoshark!
Last week, Syfy aired the awesomely cheesetastic movie Dinoshark, directed by Roger Corman himself. And in this scene, Corman shows us why he is the master of stock footage repurposed for giant monster fu.
Let’s face it: Most of Dinoshark is padding, packed with random teen girl water polo players and idyllic shots of Puerto Vallarta. There’s a jovial feeling to the whole thing, as if Corman and his buddies really wanted a vacation in Mexico and got some resort to underwrite the shoot as long as they promised to do a lot of scenes highlighting tourism. We learn all about how you can go whale watching, snorkeling, boating, and parasailing. We see Corman and his pals eating tasty food with “scientists.” (Yes, Corman is in the movie, playing a “scientist” who trains dolphins and eats tasty food at a resort with his cute wife while sequencing Dinoshark’s DNA using a home PC.)
Anyway, back to what makes this scene so genius. You’re watching the surfing footage. You’re thinking, “Oh jeezus this is totally stock footage.” You’re watching more of the surfing. You’re starting to wonder how long this can go on. They’re still surfing! Still! Wait for it . . . wait for it . . . and . . . YES! Dude!
This week – Streebo’s B-movie poster watch takes a look at the classic poster art for the “based on a atrue story” horror film that shocked the nation in the late Seventies – The Amityville Horror! This spooky poster features the classic evil house taking up the entirety of the composition – with the classic tag line screaming down the middle of the poster, “for God’s sake, get out!” This simple design does it’s job well by creating a tone of dread by using the imposing image of the house juxtaposed against the urgency of the tagline. If you like what you see – this poster can be yours! Follow the link below to eBay and place your bid now!
This week on Streebo’s Mid-week B-Movie Poster Watch – we feature an A list movie with B-movie roots! It’s johnathan Demme’s masterpiece – Silence of the Lambs! This is the variation of the classic poster art – featuring Anthony Hopkins as Dr. Hannibal Lecter. Check it out. If you like what you see – go buy it on eBay!
I use eBay to track down rare, exciting, cheesy or just plain bad posters from time to time. I rarely buy anything – but I enjoy watching them. I’ve decided to share a few of these images with you. Today’s watched poster is the atrocious The Night of Bloody Horror one-sheet! I just love how some designer somewhere thought that all this poster needed was a skull face wearing a Tina Turner wig – and voila! Instant TERROR!!!
From eBay: You will enjoy this 11″ x 17″ Style B print featuring 1969 The Night of Bloody Horror . Perfect for your home or office! Also makes a great gift.
CAST: Gerald McRaney Gaye Yellen Michael Anthony Gerald C. Arnato John Barber DIRECTED BY: Joy N. Houck Jr.
LOS ANGELES – Roger Corman, memorably dubbed “the Orson Welles of the Z-Movie” and “the Pope of Pop Cinema,” never expected the words “Academy Award recipient” would accompany his name.
The man, whose 350 movie credits include such low-budget fare as “The Masque of the Red Death” and “X: The Man With the X-Ray Eyes,” is receiving an honorary Oscar for a lifetime of achievement that includes mentoring such filmmakers as Francis Ford Coppola, Martin Scorsese, James Cameron and Ron Howard.
Corman, 83, said he was aware the board of governors of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences was considering him for the honor. He felt certain he would not make the cut, though.
“I predicted that I would not win because I make low-budget films, and I felt the academy would not give an award to someone who made low-budget films. I was truly surprised when I got the call,” Corman said in an interview at the offices of his production and distribution outfit, New Horizons Pictures.
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November 26 – 28, the Carolina Theatre in Durham is bringing you the “Groovy B-Movie” Weekend Marathon! You will be treated to a selection of B-movie gems shown in glorious 35mm ranging from The Amazing Spider-Man to Frogs to Gargoyles to Inframan to The Incredible Melting Man and Grizzly! They’re all coming to you for the low price of $5 per movie or $20 for an amazing all access pass!
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