Attack Of The New B Movies

Author : Justin Wigard,Mitch Ploskonka
Publisher : McFarland
Page : 285 pages
File Size : 41,6 Mb
Release : 2023-04-14
Category : Performing Arts
ISBN : 9781476648101

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Attack of the New B Movies by Justin Wigard,Mitch Ploskonka Pdf

Since its inception in 1992, the Sci-Fi Channel (later rebranded as SYFY) has aired more than 500 network-produced or commissioned films. Campy and prolific, the network churned out one low-budget film after another, finally finding its zenith in the 2013 release of Sharknado. With unpretentious charm and a hearty helping of commodified nostalgia, the Sharknado franchise briefly ruled the cultural consciousness and temporarily transformed SYFY's original films from cult fringe to appointment television. Naturally, the network followed up with a steady stream of sequels and spin-offs, including Lavalantula and its sequel, 2 Lava 2 Lantula! This collection of essays is the first to devote critical attention to SYFY's original film canon, both pre- and post-Sharknado. In addition to unpacking the cultural, historical and critical underpinnings of the monsters at the heart of SYFY's classic creature features, the contributors offer a variety of approaches to understanding and interrogating these films within the broader contexts of ecocriticism, monster theory, post-9/11 criticism, and neocolonialism. Providing a further entry point for future scholarship, an appendix details a thorough filmography of SYFY's original films from 1992 to 2022.

Author : Dax Bradley
Publisher : Createspace Independent Publishing Platform
Page : 278 pages
File Size : 45,8 Mb
Release : 2016-06-22
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 1534747184

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Attack of the Killer B's! by Dax Bradley Pdf

Read the book that's been called "A good page turner, exploring those odd, funny, exciting, and low budget B-movies!" Tony Genovese (Actor, "Sliders," "Spawn") In this book, you will learn surprising facts about b-movies as you read reviews on all sorts of cult films. Stop-motion monsters, men in rubber suits, and ships hanging on a string await you on a journey that is sometimes poignant, often hilarious, and always informative. Re-visit Cult Classic films of various genres-horror, sci-fi, martial arts. Learn cool behind-the-scenes trivia as you read plot summaries and reviews of some of the best B-movies ever made!

Author : Melvin E. Matthews
Publisher : Algora Publishing
Page : 180 pages
File Size : 47,6 Mb
Release : 2007
Category : Performing Arts
ISBN : 9780875864990

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1950s Science Fiction Films and 9/11 by Melvin E. Matthews Pdf

1950s Cold War-era monsters meet 21st century terrorists: this exploration of sci-fi movies examines the similarities and differences between the political environment and popular culture of two eras. This examination and appreciation of 1950s science fiction films includes behind-the-scenes tales about their production and many quotes from those who produced and starred in the films. The author draws parallels between the Cold War fears of the 1950s and 60s and the constant "terrorism alerts" of the September 11th era, exploring how the politics and the psychological climate of the times influences and is reflected in this vehicle of popular culture. This book is the first of its kind, studying the pop culture genre in the wake of the September 11th tragedy. It shows that, whatever the era and whatever the challenges and crises confronting America, many entertainment themes remain the same, reflecting their respective times and the relevant issues. For instance, Godzilla, the only Fifties-era monster to remain a "movie star" beyond that era, could be fashioned to reflect whatever issues dominate the times, be they nuclear war in the Fifties when Godzilla originated to a Seventies Godzilla film about environmental pollution. Conceivably a Godzilla for the age of terrorism is possible. "Them"! the 1954 atomic mutation classic, is the spiritual ancestor of the 2002 film "Eight Legged Freaks." The alien invaders of the Fifties signified a Russian invasion of America, while other films of the genre, such as "Invaders from Mars," depicted aliens utilizing mind control to manipulate humans to commit acts of sabotage, signifying Communist enslavement. If such a film were made now, such invaders could be seen as terrorist masterminds using human slaves to commit terrorist acts. Finally, several Fifties films depicted the end of the world at a time when Americans expected a nuclear war with Russia. The immediate pre-September 11th era witnessed films presenting galactic threats to mankind's existence ("Independence Day," "Deep Impact," "Armageddon"), while the early 2000s witnessed the popularity of the "Left Behind" Christian films dramatizing the Tribulation period in the Book of Revelation.

Author : Blair Davis
Publisher : Rutgers University Press
Page : 275 pages
File Size : 51,9 Mb
Release : 2012-04-06
Category : Performing Arts
ISBN : 9780813553245

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The Battle for the Bs by Blair Davis Pdf

The emergence of the double-bill in the 1930s created a divide between A-pictures and B-pictures as theaters typically screened packages featuring one of each. With the former considered more prestigious because of their larger budgets and more popular actors, the lower-budgeted Bs served largely as a support mechanism to A-films of the major studios—most of which also owned the theater chains in which movies were shown. When a 1948 U.S. Supreme Court antitrust ruling severed ownership of theaters from the studios, the B-movie soon became a different entity in the wake of profound changes to the corporate organization and production methods of the major Hollywood studios. In The Battle for the Bs, Blair Davis analyzes how B-films were produced, distributed, and exhibited in the 1950s and demonstrates the possibilities that existed for low-budget filmmaking at a time when many in Hollywood had abandoned the Bs. Made by newly formed independent companies, 1950s B-movies took advantage of changing demographic patterns to fashion innovative marketing approaches. They established such genre cycles as science fiction and teen-oriented films (think Destination Moon and I Was a Teenage Werewolf) well before the major studios and also contributed to the emergence of the movement now known as underground cinema. Although frequently proving to be multimillion-dollar box-office draws by the end of the decade, the Bs existed in opposition to the cinematic mainstream in the 1950s and created a legacy that was passed on to independent filmmakers in the decades to come.

Author : Jason Paul Collum
Publisher : McFarland
Page : 197 pages
File Size : 43,8 Mb
Release : 2015-01-27
Category : Performing Arts
ISBN : 9780786480418

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Assault of the Killer B's by Jason Paul Collum Pdf

The women who starred in low-budget cult movies created many memorable experiences for those fans of late night flicks such as Saturday Night Frights, Movie Macabre and Up All Night. Brinke Stevens, who played Linda in The Slumber Party Massacre, recalls, "Suddenly I was riding in limos, flying to foreign countries for film festivals, appearing on dozens of popular talk and entertainment TV shows, and truly feeling like a glamorous movie star." This collection of revealing interviews provides insights into the lives of 20 cult film actresses. They discuss the pros and cons of making these movies and the directions their careers have taken since. Among the films they starred in are Night of the Living Dead, The Slumber Party Massacre, Friday the 13th, A Nightmare on Elm Street, Halloween, Sleepaway Camp and Elvira's Haunted Hills.

Author : Bruce G. Hallenbeck
Publisher : McFarland
Page : 256 pages
File Size : 49,5 Mb
Release : 2009-08-11
Category : Performing Arts
ISBN : 9780786453788

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Comedy-Horror Films by Bruce G. Hallenbeck Pdf

Fun and fright have long been partners in the cinema, dating back to the silent film era and progressing to the Scary Movie franchise and other recent releases. This guide takes a comprehensive look at the comedy-horror movie genre, from the earliest stabs at melding horror and hilarity during the nascent days of silent film, to its full-fledged development with The Bat in 1926, to the Abbott and Costello films pitting the comedy duo against Frankenstein's Monster, the Mummy and other Universal Studio monsters, continuing to such recent cult hits as Shaun of the Dead and Black Sheep. Selected short films such as Tim Burton's Frankenweenie are also covered. Photos and promotional posters, interviews with actors and a filmography are included.

Author : Nils Bothmann
Publisher : Springer
Page : 344 pages
File Size : 46,5 Mb
Release : 2018-11-11
Category : Performing Arts
ISBN : 9783658240783

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Action, Detection and Shane Black by Nils Bothmann Pdf

Nils Bothmann applies antiessentialist genre theory to study the fusion of the action and the detection genre in the hybrid genre of detAction, focusing on the work of screenwriter and director Shane Black. After providing antiessentialist definitions of all three genres, the author undertakes close readings of Black’s work in order to analyze depictions of race and gender as well as the role of intermediality and genre hybridity in detAction.​

Author : Bruce Hershenson,Richard Allen
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 94 pages
File Size : 54,7 Mb
Release : 2000
Category : B films
ISBN : 1887893423

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Attack of the "B" Movie Posters by Bruce Hershenson,Richard Allen Pdf

Spans the early days of the movie industry to the present. Drawn from the author's research and personal archives, this book presents movie posters as an art form as well as a slice of American history. High quality, all colour reproduction and accurate text makes this book excellent for reference, while movie lovers with delight in the opportunity to remember their favourite films.

Author : Wheeler Winston Dixon
Publisher : Springer
Page : 116 pages
File Size : 51,6 Mb
Release : 2016-08-13
Category : Performing Arts
ISBN : 9783319404813

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Hollywood in Crisis or: The Collapse of the Real by Wheeler Winston Dixon Pdf

This book discusses the collapse and transformation of the Hollywood movie machine in the twenty-first century, and the concomitant social collapse being felt in nearly every aspect of society. Wheeler Winston Dixon examines key works in cinema from the era of late-stage capitalists, analyzing Hollywood films and the current wave of cinema developed outside of the Hollywood system alike. Dixon illustrates how movies and television programs across these spaces have adopted, reflected, and generated a society in crisis, and with it, a crisis for the cinematic industry itself.

Author : Dave Jay
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 380 pages
File Size : 49,8 Mb
Release : 2014-01-16
Category : B films
ISBN : 0957535260

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Empire of the 'B's by Dave Jay Pdf

Film producer Charles Robert Band is one of the last great B-movie survivors - a genuine pioneer who, over four decades, forged such a unique path through the no man's land of independent genre cinema that many thought him more than capable of seizing legendary indie producer Roger Corman's long-held crown as 'King of the B Movies.' The 1970s through to the late 1980s was the last great 'golden age' for the B-movie community, and with a non-stop series of grind house classics like 'Laserblast', 'Parasite', 'Re-Animator' and 'Dolls' for his company Empire Pictures, it was also the era that saw Charles Band take his rightful place in the indie hall of fame as the true Emperor of the 'B's. This is Band's officially-authorised helter-skelter story, and that of the mad company he kept

Author : Jim Driscoll
Publisher : Xlibris Corporation
Page : 461 pages
File Size : 46,7 Mb
Release : 2008-12-30
Category : Antiques & Collectibles
ISBN : 9781462838202

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REFLECTIONS OF A ''B''- MOVIE JUNKIE by Jim Driscoll Pdf

"Reflections Of A 'B' Movie Junkie" is a tribute to the old "B" Movies of the Saturday Matinees of yesteryear. Actually, it is more of a homage to them, or at least (6) genres of those film types, that were so prevalent back in primarily the '40's and '50's. Their research and discussion, however, in some instances, dates all the way back to the beginning of the "talkies" of motion picture content, and can extend in the other direction, into the early '70s. These (6) genres include the popular "B"-Western, The Comedy Teams, The Jungle Adventures, Sci-Fi & Fantasy, Horror and the Serial, or Chapter Plays, so popular with the week-end Matinee crowds back then. These film-types filled up our Saturday afternoons (and evenings) with exciting adventure, curious wonder, spine-tingling horror, and non-stop action. Often filmed on a shoe-string budget, and in a limited time-frame, many of these "classics" came to be looked upon by many fans as being so truly bad, that they were good, (in a bad sort of way) ! They are thus categorized, reviewed and discussed, for the most part, in a lovingly personal style, especially when compared to the film types we are subjected to in today's market. They had their place in film history, and that time is long since gone. But, for some of us, they have never been equaled, which, for others, may indeed be a good thing.

Author : Stephen Jones,Ramsey Campbell
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 612 pages
File Size : 46,7 Mb
Release : 2003
Category : Horror tales, American
ISBN : UOM:49015003322832

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The Mammoth Book of Best New Horror by Stephen Jones,Ramsey Campbell Pdf

Author : Paul Ashdown,Edward Caudill
Publisher : Southern Illinois University Press
Page : 274 pages
File Size : 44,8 Mb
Release : 2020-10-05
Category : History
ISBN : 9780809337880

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Imagining Wild Bill by Paul Ashdown,Edward Caudill Pdf

Wild Bill’s ever-evolving legend When it came to the Wild West, the nineteenth-century press rarely let truth get in the way of a good story. James Butler “Wild Bill” Hickok’s story was no exception. Mythologized and sensationalized, Hickok was turned into the deadliest gunfighter of all, a so-called moral killer, a national phenomenon even while he was alive. Rather than attempt to tease truth from fiction, coauthors Paul Ashdown and Edward Caudill investigate the ways in which Hickok embodied the culture of glamorized violence Americans embraced after the Civil War and examine the process of how his story emerged, evolved, and turned into a viral multimedia sensation full of the excitement, danger, and romance of the West. Journalists, the coauthors demonstrate, invented “Wild Bill” Hickok, glorifying him as a civilizer. They inflated his body count and constructed his legend in the midst of an emerging celebrity culture that grew up around penny newspapers. His death by treachery, at a relatively young age, made the story tragic, and dime-store novelists took over where the press left off. Reimagined as entertainment, Hickok’s legend continued to enthrall Americans in literature, on radio, on television, and in the movies, and it still draws tourists to notorious Deadwood, South Dakota. American culture often embraces myths that later become accepted as popular history. By investigating the allure and power of Hickok’s myth, Ashdown and Caudill explain how American journalism and popular culture have shaped the way Civil War–era figures are remembered and reveal how Americans have embraced violence as entertainment.

Author : Mary E. Odem,Jody Clay-Warner
Publisher : Rowman & Littlefield
Page : 316 pages
File Size : 52,6 Mb
Release : 1998
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 0842025995

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Confronting Rape and Sexual Assault by Mary E. Odem,Jody Clay-Warner Pdf

Examines the issue of sexual violence from various perspectives, including sociology, criminology, anthropology, public health, and women's studies. This collection analyzes social and institutional factors that contribute to their occurrence and provides strategies for prevention and change.

Author : Jovanka Vuckovic
Publisher : Ilex Press
Page : 96 pages
File Size : 45,7 Mb
Release : 2013-10-14
Category : Photography
ISBN : 9781781571347

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Vuckovic's Horror Miscellany by Jovanka Vuckovic Pdf

From 'Frankenstein' and 'Dracula' to 'Night of the Living Dead' and 'The Omen', this grisly grimoire conjures up ghouls, demons and all manner of things that go bump in the night. Crammed with endless facts, trivia, and stories about every aspect of horror?from 1950s EC Comics and TV series 'The Twilight Zone'; to the music of Black Sabbath and Japanese horror films?this little gem of spookiness is guaranteed to keep readers up all night. Intriguing insights into the lives and work of classic horror writers like H.P. Lovecraft, Edgar Allan Poe, Clive Barker, and Stephen King are complemented by fascinating behind-the-scenes peeks into the productions of 'Psycho', 'The Thing', and 'Halloween'. Vuckovic?s many authoritative lists include: The Top 13 Vampire Films; Scariest Horror Video Games; and The Best Horror Movie Taglines: ? The good news is your date is here! The bad news is ... he?s dead!? revealing humor in the horror. 'Vuckovic?s Horror Miscellany' is the ideal present for 'The Walking Dead' and 'World War Z' fan in your life. Just don?t read it alone!