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great 'b' grade movies

PostPosted: Tue Jun 05, 2007 8:12 pm
by bayman
the day the earth stood still
the day of the triffids
the creature from the black lagoon
the giant claw
invasion of the body snatchers

i'll leave it at those for now but will add others later, now give me some of yours, i know psuedo loves the first one i listed

Re: great 'b' grade movies

PostPosted: Wed Jun 06, 2007 7:30 am
by johntheclaret
Remember, the creature from the black lagoon scared me sh1tless when I 1st saw it as a kid.

one for me

Forbidden Planet with Leslie Neilson.

Re: great 'b' grade movies

PostPosted: Wed Jun 06, 2007 7:43 am
by Booney
Meet the Feebles- A muppet,well,giant muppet style movie set in a small theatre.

Street Trash- A liquor store owner finds some old 'plonk' buried under his floor and he sells it off dirt cheap to the bums on the street,who proceed to melt from the inside out.

Re: great 'b' grade movies

PostPosted: Wed Jun 06, 2007 10:42 am
by JK
Trick Or Treat
Born To Run (Chick in it is a stunner, with or without clothes :D )

Re: great 'b' grade movies

PostPosted: Wed Jun 06, 2007 11:04 am
by Pseudo
johntheclaret wrote:Forbidden Planet with Leslie Neilson.


Surely that's not a B movie.

Mine faves:

The Car, starring James Brolin. A car posessed by the devil runs over most of the population in a country town.

Watch Out We're Mad, starring Terrence Hill and Bud Spencer from "They Call Me Trinity", also Donald Pleasance. A mafia boss destroys their dune buggy, they spend the rest of the movie hounding him for a new one.

X: The Man With X-ray Eyes. Medical scientist invents a serum which gives him X-ray vision. He lives to regret it. "If thine eye offends thee, pluck it out! PLUCK IT OUT!"

Dark Star. John Carpenter's first flick. The crew of a deep space probe spends its time looking for rogue planets to blow up. Worth watching to see the crew try to fix a malfunctioning bomb by teaching it existential philosophy.

Eraserhead. David Lynch's first flick. Not entirely sure how to describe this one!

Invaders From Mars. Young boy witnesses a UFO land behind his house. Anyone who goes to investigate comes back "different".

Earth versus the Flying Saucers. The title says it all!

The Brain from Planet Arous. Scientist gets taken over by an evil disembodied alien brain, tries to take over the planet. Finds opposition from his fiancee, and his dog, who in turn has been taken over by a benign disembodied alien brain. This one has to be seen to be believed...

Plan 9 from Outer Space and Bride of the Monster, both Ed Wood creations.

Re: great 'b' grade movies

PostPosted: Wed Jun 06, 2007 7:00 pm
by Strawb
Is Bad Boy Bubby a B Grade Movie?

Re: great 'b' grade movies

PostPosted: Wed Jun 06, 2007 10:38 pm
by power01
what exactly quailfies to be a b grade movie............???

Re: great 'b' grade movies

PostPosted: Thu Jun 07, 2007 7:43 am
by Magpiespower
Star Wars is probably the best B-grade film of all time...

Re: great 'b' grade movies

PostPosted: Thu Jun 07, 2007 8:17 am
by Magpiespower
power01 wrote:what exactly quailfies to be a b grade movie............???


Originally, it was the cheapie that featured first on a double bill.

These days, they're the straight to DVD flicks.

Generally, they're cheap, bad and in some cases, exploitative...

Re: great 'b' grade movies

PostPosted: Thu Jun 07, 2007 9:11 am
by johntheclaret
Pseudo wrote:
johntheclaret wrote:Forbidden Planet with Leslie Neilson.


Surely that's not a B movie.



Think was relaesed as one at the time, but it has built up a bit of a following since.

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X: The Man With X-ray Eyes. Medical scientist invents a serum which gives him X-ray vision. He lives to regret it. "If thine eye offends thee, pluck it out! PLUCK IT OUT!"
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Ray Miland IIRC. Funny how, as he took more of the formula, he could see through clothes but not underwear :D Come to think of it, might be time for a re-make :D

Re: great 'b' grade movies

PostPosted: Thu Jun 07, 2007 4:14 pm
by Grahaml
Would Hercules Returns qualify?

Re: great 'b' grade movies

PostPosted: Thu Jun 07, 2007 4:21 pm
by Dogwatcher
Frankenhooker

Meet The Feebles

Brain Dead

Re: great 'b' grade movies

PostPosted: Thu Jun 07, 2007 9:04 pm
by bayman
invasion of the saucermen

Re: great 'b' grade movies

PostPosted: Fri Jun 08, 2007 7:52 am
by Magpiespower
Grahaml wrote:Would Hercules Returns qualify?


Reakon any movies about Hercules, Tarzan and invading Aliens qualify...

:D

Re: great 'b' grade movies

PostPosted: Fri Jun 08, 2007 8:30 am
by johntheclaret
Magpiespower wrote:
Grahaml wrote:Would Hercules Returns qualify?


Reakon any movies about Hercules, Tarzan and invading Aliens qualify...

:D


Nothing B grade about the great Johnny Weissmullers (spelling) Tarzan, MP :)
Became a star after winning gold for the USA in swimming IIRC

"Timber, katanga" This command covered everything, from telling an efelent to "go stamp on a bad guy", to telling a chimp to "go fetch Jane, I'm feeling a little horney right now" :D

Re: great 'b' grade movies

PostPosted: Fri Jun 08, 2007 8:58 am
by Magpiespower
johntheclaret wrote:
Nothing B grade about the great Johnny Weissmullers (spelling) Tarzan, MP :)
Became a star after winning gold for the USA in swimming IIRC

"Timber, katanga" This command covered everything, from telling an efelent to "go stamp on a bad guy", to telling a chimp to "go fetch Jane, I'm feeling a little horney right now" :D


Reakon Johnny won Olympic gold before the Tarzan movies - it's what got him the attention of the Hollywood studios.

IIRC, Hollywood came knocking after the '72 Olympics and wanted Mark Spitz and Shane Gould to star in a Tarzan movie, as Tarzan and Jane, of course.

Always preferred Ron Ely as the 'Lord of the Apes' myself...

:D

Re: great 'b' grade movies

PostPosted: Fri Jun 08, 2007 9:05 am
by johntheclaret
Magpiespower wrote:
johntheclaret wrote:
Nothing B grade about the great Johnny Weissmullers (spelling) Tarzan, MP :)
Became a star after winning gold for the USA in swimming IIRC

"Timber, katanga" This command covered everything, from telling an efelent to "go stamp on a bad guy", to telling a chimp to "go fetch Jane, I'm feeling a little horney right now" :D


Reakon Johnny won Olympic gold before the Tarzan movies - it's what got him the attention of the Hollywood studios.

IIRC, Hollywood came knocking after the '72 Olympics and wanted Mark Spitz and Shane Gould to star in a Tarzan movie, as Tarzan and Jane, of course.

Always preferred Ron Ely as the 'Lord of the Apes' myself...

:D


Think that was what I was saying re johnny.

Like Ron Ely, the most civilised tarzan and probably the only tarzan that was more intelligent than cheetah :)

Re: great 'b' grade movies

PostPosted: Fri Jun 08, 2007 9:13 am
by Magpiespower
johntheclaret wrote:Think that was what I was saying re johnny.


Yeah, you did!

:oops:

Fair to say Johnny was typecast.

If wasn't starring as Tarzan he was Jungle Jim.

A man for all jungles...

Re: great 'b' grade movies

PostPosted: Fri Jun 08, 2007 9:18 am
by johntheclaret
Magpiespower wrote:
johntheclaret wrote:Think that was what I was saying re johnny.


Yeah, you did!

:oops:

Fair to say Johnny was typecast.

If wasn't starring as Tarzan he was Jungle Jim.

A man for all jungles...


Can't remember who Jayne was but for the time she was one sexy girl. Think that was the main reason for watching them films all those years ago. Loved it when she fell into the river (something she did just about every time) and had to be rescued from the rubber croc by johnny. Great costume (Her I mean) :)

Re: great 'b' grade movies

PostPosted: Fri Jun 08, 2007 12:08 pm
by Pseudo
Dogwatcher wrote:Brain Dead


reminds me of a couple more:

Bad Taste, also by Jackson. Containing the immortal line "Aren't I lucky, I got a chunky bit!"

Brain Damage, by Frank Hennelotter. A weird alien slug attaches itself to a young bloke and injects psychedelic "juice" into his brain. The slug promises to keep up supply, so long as the young bloke takes him out to go hunting for brains...