Yahoo Autos I'm Curious If You Think These 32 "B" Movies Are Terrible, Amazing, Or So Bad They're Good
Some B movies are so bad they're good, and others are just flat-out amazing.
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But what is a B movie anyway? There are a few definitions floating around, but let's start with the term itself. When double-features would play in movie theaters, there would be the main attraction that studios were confident would do well, followed by a cheaper movie that was often just "filler." Like an "A side" and a "B side" on a record. Since these B movies played later at night, they were often associated with horror, horny teenagers, and general raunchiness.
The term "B movie" is now used for any film that's made with limited resources. But cheap doesn't mean bad, so while some of these movies are pretty rough, others did incredible things with small budgets. One thing they all have in common, though, is that they're entertaining as hell.
1.The Room (2003)
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The king of corn, you should watch The Room with as many people as possible. And if you see it in a crowded theater, remember to bring spoons.
IMDb summary: "Johnny is a successful bank executive who lives quietly in a San Francisco townhouse with his fiancée, Lisa. One day, putting aside any scruple, she seduces Johnny's best friend, Mark. From there, nothing will be the same again."
2.Plan 9 From Outer Space (1957)
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Ed Wood's masterpiece, this B movie walked so others could run. Film critic Roger Ebert said of Wood, "He was so in love with every frame of every scene of every film he shot that he was blind to hilarious blunders, stumbling ineptitude, and acting so bad that it achieved a kind of grandeur.
IMDb summary: "Evil aliens attack Earth and set their terrible 'Plan 9' into action. As the aliens resurrect the dead of the Earth, the lives of the living are in danger."
3.Troll 2 (1990)
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The three things you need to know about Troll 2:
1 - There are no trolls.
2 - There is no first Troll movie (well, there is, but it has no connection to this one).
3 - The Italian filmmakers and American actors were largely unable to communicate due to a language barrier.
IMDb summary: "A vacationing family discovers that the entire town they're visiting is inhabited by goblins disguised as humans, who plan to eat them."
4.Faster, Pussycat! Kill! Kill! (1965)
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With a title like Faster, Pussycat! Kill! Kill!, the film basically markets itself.
IMDb summary: "Three go-go dancers holding a young girl hostage come across a crippled old man living with his two sons in the desert. After learning he's hiding a sum of cash around, the women start scheming on him."
5.Hard Ticket to Hawaii (1987)
Known for his Bullets, Bombs, and Babes movies of the '80s and '90s, director Andy Sidaris was known for including Playboy playmates in his movies. Hard Ticket to Hawaii features playmates Dona Speir, Hope Marie Carlton, Cynthia Brimhall, and Patty Duffek.
IMDb summary: "In Hawaii, an undercover DEA agent and her civilian friend stumble upon a drug trafficking operation, and have to enlist the help of all their colleagues/friends to go after the vicious drug kingpin."
6.Chopping Mall (1986)
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This techno-horror flick became a classic thanks to home releases on VHS and cable. A remake has been in talks since 2011, but so far there's been nothing concrete.
IMDb summary: "A group of young shopping mall employees stay behind for a late night party in one of the stores. When the mall goes on lockdown before they can get out, the robot security system malfunctions, and goes on a killing spree."
7.Samurai Cop (1991)
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Matt Hannon's eyes as he swings that sword tell you everything you need to know about the energy in this movie.
IMDb summary: "Joe Marshall and Frank Washington are two tenacious police detectives who seek at all costs to stop the Katana, a renegade Yakuza gang composed of violent and sadistic killers who want to lead the drug trade in Los Angeles."
8.Killer Klowns from Outer Space (1988)
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Some B movies don't have much in the way of originality, instead ripping off more famous properties (see Transmorphers further down). This is not the case for Killer Klowns From Outer Space, which is first and foremost inventive, unique, and completely absurd.
IMDb summary: "Aliens who look like clowns come from outer space and terrorize a small town."
9.I Bought a Vampire Motorcycle (1990)
The title should be all you need to want to watch this film, but just in case here's the cherry on top: it features Anthony Daniels (who plays C-3PO in Star Wars) as a priest who tries to exorcise the bike's evil.
IMDb summary: "When a motorbike gang kills an occultist, the evil spirit he was summoning inhabits a damaged bike. The bike is then bought and restored, but reveals its true nature when it tries to exact vengeance on the gang, and anyone else who gets in its way."
10.Sharknado (2013)
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As the film's tagline puts it, "Enough said!"
IMDb summary: "When a freak hurricane swamps Los Angeles, nature's deadliest killer rules sea, land, and air as thousands of sharks terrorize the waterlogged populace."
11.Black Samurai (1976)
After 1973's Enter the Dragon, Jim Kelly was one of the biggest martial arts stars in the world. Capitalizing on that success was Black Samurai, which even has a reference to the Bruce Lee hit with Kelly playing an agent of D.R.A.G.O.N.
IMDb summary [edited]: "Robert Sand, agent of D.R.A.G.O.N. (Defense Reserve Agency Guardian Of Nations), is on when his commanding officers ask him to save an ambassador's daughter."
12.ThanksKilling (2009)
The best thing about this movie is that it spawned ThanksKilling: The Musical.
IMDb summary: "A homicidal turkey axes off college kids during Thanksgiving break."
13.FDR: American Badass (2012)
With reviews like these, you know it's going to be a good time:
"Renewed my faith in politics." —Stephen H.
"I was always asking myself which president is the greatest monster-hunting US president: Abraham Lincoln or F.D. Roosevelt, and as a historian, I am happy that finally, someone provided an answer." —Panta O.
"Ever wanted to see Franklin Delano Roosevelt fire his rocket launcher wheelchair at Werewolf Hitler? Of course you have. Why are you still reading this? Go watch the movie." —Colson V.
IMDb summary: "An outrageous, over-the-top spoof, FDR: American Badass is the untold true story of our country's greatest monster-hunting president!"
14.I Am Here….Now (2009)
Pictured is director, writer, producer, star, editor, musical director, craft service coordinator, special makeup effects artist, and prop master Neil Breen.
IMDb summary: "Disappointed by its creation, the almighty being that created Man arrives on Earth in a human form and interacts with various troubled, wicked and sinful people on his journey to Vegas."
