Do you have a favorite B movie?

[FerrelGeek]

Oh!! Attack of the Killer Tomatoes!! Can't forget that one. There was also a great schlock move called Dark Star. About a crew of total misfits tasked with finding and destroying unstable planets. It featured talking bombs and an alien that was a beachball with claws. The ending borrowed one of the short stories form Bradbury's The Illustrated Man.

 

[Childs]

I dont think they have made traditional B movies in quite awhile. I always liked Gymkata, although I think that was originally released in a theater as a standalone feature. Bubba-Hotep was pretty good too, although I'm not sure its a B-movie either.

 

[twinrider1]

Usually,

Hollywood low-budget, as opposed to Arty Films.

Think directors like Roger Corman, Ed Wood, almost anything featured on "Mystery Science Theatre".
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Where I have a hard time deciding are the relatively low budget, definitely not artsy, but released/distributed by major studios. They weren't expecting Oscars, but they were at least expecting to make some money.

Big Trouble In Little China
Used Cars
ok, let's just include all Kurt Russell movies.
Heartbreak Ridge
Stone Cold

If you haven't seen it, check it out. Yes it's cheesy, but it's great cheese.

 

[Pheran]

Return of the Killer Tomatoes (this is much better than Attack)
Tales from the Crypt: Demon Knight

several John Carpenter movies, if they can be considered B-movies

 

[Jodell88]

Singham

Everything you need to know about sex

 

[MongGrel]

Many, but a lot of them I see listed aren't B movies.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/B_movie

http://www.the-losthighway.com/category/b-movie-reviews/

 

[JulesMaximus]

Anything that made it into a MST3000 episode.

 

[Childs]

Where I have a hard time deciding are the relatively low budget, definitely not artsy, but released/distributed by major studios. They weren't expecting Oscars, but they were at least expecting to make some money.

Big Trouble In Little China
Used Cars
ok, let's just include all Kurt Russell movies.
Heartbreak Ridge
Stone Cold

I dont think Stone Cold was a B movie. It had a theatrical release, and it was some what of a big deal at the time because Boz was popular. I actually have it on VHS somewhere. I dont think the other movies on that list are B movies either. Heartbreak Ridge was a major movie with a major star. I think Big Trouble in Little China was technically a flop and found its audience on cable, but it was expected to make money. Used Cars had a smaller release, but that doesnt make it a B movie.

 

[Homerboy]

I think people are confusing "B Movies" and "Movies that are so campy that they are good"

 

[JulesMaximus]

Anything by Russ Meyer.

 

[DesiPower]

Well, its more like a D grade, but...

 

[Belegost]

Jesus Christ Vampire Hunter.

 

[MongGrel]

Well, its more like a D grade, but...

That was just an incredibly bad A movie ...

 

[MagnusTheBrewer]

I keep falling asleep to it!

Grrr!

Tried to watch it 5 times. each time I fall asleep. I want to like it.

I finally watch 1984 and did not fall asleep.

I think there's a twelve step program for what you're suffering from.

 

[IHateMyJob2004]

Rowdy Roddy Piper's greatest film ever - They Live

 

[IHateMyJob2004]

Does Sharknado 2 count?

How about They Live

Other than my rec for this at post 40, this is the only other poster saying this? Ya, They Live is probably one of the greatest B movies ever made.

 

[IronWing]

Life Force was pretty good.

 

[Iron Woode]

I like a lot of B movies, especially 50's sci-fi and 70's stuff.

The Car
Black Christmas
Squirm

 

[Platypus]

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0086856/

 

[MongGrel]

Life Force was pretty good.

I'd forgotten that one, yeah it was.

Boobs, he he.

I'd put it above They Live myself.

 

[dr150]

Flash Gordon

^^^

+

Dune
Krull

 

[DigDog]

calling Dune a "b movie" is ...

never mind.

my fav (on the edge between B and AAA) is Complex World
imho a significantly great film.
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0099295/reference

 

[ImpulsE69]

There are so many....

Cube
Feast
Clerks
Orgasmo
Death Race 2000
Dead Alive
Slither
Deep Rising
Bubba Hotep
My Name is Bruce
Phantasm Series
Repo The Genetic Opera

Some might be questionably B, but eh.

 

[ImpulsE69]

Oh!! Attack of the Killer Tomatoes!! Can't forget that one. There was also a great schlock move called Dark Star. About a crew of total misfits tasked with finding and destroying unstable planets. It featured talking bombs and an alien that was a beachball with claws. The ending borrowed one of the short stories form Bradbury's The Illustrated Man.

I watched this recently. Funny movie. It is actually the inspiration to what would become Alien (the guy who wrote it/acted in it also wrote Alien after).

 

[Jeff7]

Tremors?

How are we defining B-movie?