B Movie Bonanza

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A place for lovers of B movies to come together and talk about them.

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  1. Be most excellent to one another. (Don't be a jerk)
  2. Try not to repost movies that have already been posted. (If it has been over 12 months feel free to repost)
  3. If posting links for people to watch the movies let them be legal ones. (Free is best but not when it's shady, you dig?)
  4. Have fun and enjoy all the awesomeness that B movies can bring you.

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Prison Ship (1986)

aka "Star Slammer," aka "Starslammer: The Escape," aka "Prison Ship Star Slammer," aka "Adventures of Taura, Part 1," aka "The Adventures of Taura: Prison Ship Star Slammer," proving again that a film's greatness is inversely proportional to how many names it was marketed under.

Low-budget sci-fi schlock from Fred Olen Ray that can't decide if it wants to be a women-in-prison flick, a female barbarian flick, or Star Wars.

The production value is actually very good for the budget, but the poorly written, nonsensical script, wildly uneven tone, and flat, lifeless line delivery undermine what'd otherwise be a very solid also-ran B flick.

https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0087945/

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Battle Beyond the Stars is the subject of this Sunday's "monsterdon" viewing over on Mastodon, our fediverse sibling!

  • Just start watching that movie this Sunday, Jan 12, 2025 at 9pm ET / 8pm CT / 6pm PT, which is 2am Monday UTC
  • and follow #monsterdon over on mastodon for live commentary. For example, you can follow that hashtag here: https://mastodon.social/tags/monsterdon
  • I usually open two web browser windows on a laptop side-by-side. But you could follow the mastodon commentary on a phone app while watching it on TV or something...

How to watch:

it was intended as a futuristic "Magnificent Seven (itself a western version of Seven Samurai) in outer space",[13] ... The film was theatrically released by Corman's New World Pictures and was a moderate box office success, despite receiving mixed reviews from critics.

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Battle Beyond the Stars received mixed reviews from critics due to its similar space opera styling, capitalizing upon the success of Star Wars. Cameron's special effects were praised as being impressive, considering the film's low budget, and helped to open the door for his future success.

In Creature Feature, John Stanley gave the movie three and a half stars, recommending the film for its fun script, special effects and its spirit of fun.[35] Filmink called it one of George Peppard's "best ever films" in which his performance was "warm, funny, touching… this sort of performance was why Peppard remained employed, for all his issues."[36]

Christopher John reviewed Battle Beyond the Stars in Ares Magazine #5:

There is a lot to be pointed up in this picture. There is the fact that every different technology shows different lines of development. Every ship and the way it is operated is distinctly unique.[37]

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_Beyond_the_Stars

Also see previous discussion of this film in this community!

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Kalungo, the dark necromancer, has made a deal with the devil and receives a deadly power that will destroy anyone standing in his way. It's up to Queen Dyala, the fearless amazon warrior, to find the magical sword that can be used to defeat him.

TRAILER

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Black Cat (1991) (lemmy.world)
submitted 1 day ago by Anorack to c/bmoviebonanza
 
 

Catherine is a violent and disturbed young lady who is shot down by the government in one of her escapades. She wakes up in a training facility and is taught to use weapons, combat, and is put through heavy endurance training. When she is done, she is given the code name "Black Cat". Catherine is now an assassin for the government and is very good at it but she soon finds a boyfriend and is caught between her love for him and her deal with the government.

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I cannot recommend this one highly enough. It is, somehow, every single classification of B movie combined in a single coherent whole, each one allowed to shine fully in its turn, without detracting from the others or becoming disjointed. It combines:

  • Idiot buddy comedy
  • Raunchy teen comedy with tons of nudity for no reason
  • Cheap Western karate martial arts B-movie
  • Cannibal cultist cheap horror movie with zombies
  • Shlock action movie with guns and bazookas

It is the ultimate. It is the pinnacle. Watch the fuck out of this movie.

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Greaser's Palace (lemmy.world)
submitted 2 days ago by Preacher to c/bmoviebonanza
 
 

"His name is Bingo Gas Station Motel Cheeseburger With A Side Of Aircraft Noise And You'll Be Gary Indiana, and he loves to hurt people"

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"Big Guts" Cheung, a man well known in his village for his lack of fear, is put to the test after being tricked into spending the night in a temple full of spirits, zombies and vampires.

TRAILER

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IT'S NOT JUST A JOB.. IT'S AN ADVENTURE

Young punk Otto gets fired from his dead-end job and is initiated as a "repo man" after a chance encounter with Bud, an automobile repossessor. An illicit, high-voltage life follows, including an adrenalized search for a mysterious '64 Chevy Malibu loaded with an otherworldly cargo.

TRAILER

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WORST POOL PARTY EVER!

What started out as a relaxing summer day by the pool for a group of high maintenance young socialites quickly becomes a nightmare when an unknown killer begins stalking and murdering them one by one.

TRAILER

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Zardoz (lemmy.world)
submitted 5 days ago* (last edited 5 days ago) by Preacher to c/bmoviebonanza
 
 

Love this crazy movie!

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Devil Girl from Mars is the subject of this Sunday's "monsterdon" viewing over on Mastodon, our fediverse sibling!

  • Just start watching that movie this Sunday, Jan 5, 2025 at 9pm ET / 8pm CT / 6pm PT, which is 2am Monday UTC
  • and follow #monsterdon over on mastodon for live commentary. For example, you can follow that hashtag here: https://mastodon.social/tags/monsterdon
  • I usually open two web browser windows on a laptop side-by-side but you could follow the mastodon commentary on your phone while watching it on TV or something...

How to watch:

A female alien is sent from Mars to acquire human males to replace their declining male population. When negotiation, then intimidation, fails she must use force to obtain co-operation from a remote Scottish village where she has landed her crippled flying saucer.

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Rolling Stone columnist Doug Pratt called Devil Girl from Mars a "delightfully bad movie". The "acting is really bad and the whole thing is so much fun you want to run to your local community theatre group and have them put it on next, instead of Brigadoon."[11]

American film reviewer Leonard Maltin said the film is a "hilariously solemn, high camp British imitation of U.S. cheapies".[12]

Filmink called it "bonkers fun".[13]

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The film inspired Hugo and Nebula award-winning author Octavia E. Butler to begin writing science fiction. After watching the motion picture at age 12, she declared that she could write something better.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Devil_Girl_from_Mars

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NERVE-SHATTERING TERROR!

A woman in a hypnotic state recounts to two doctors the details of a horrific experience from her past life that began with the mysterious and sudden disappearance of her husband.

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IT'S PAYBACK TIME!

The life of a Japanese schoolgirl is destroyed when her family is killed by a Ninja-Yakuza family. Her hand cut off, she replaces it with various machines-of-death, and seeks revenge.

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A MACHINE WITH AN ATTITUDE

The future. A secret service agent is framed by his own agency and becomes the target of the seemingly indestructible Cyborg-Executioners.

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Santa Claus Conquers The Martians (1964) on Tubi

This is what my brothers and I consider the weirdest Christmas movie of all time.

It's has some three stooges comedy, children working longing to work the factory, and a delightfully festive and unhinged plot, and is a scathing review of what the 1960's thought the future could be.

P.S. There's also a Rifftrax version which I have not seen.

P.P.S the movie is in the public domain!

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Spanish grunge band The Killer Barbies has car trouble while on tour. Forced to spend the night at the eerie castle of Countess Von Fledermaus, the musicians soon realise that the mysterious lady's kindness hides macabre, blood-curdling plans.

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Snowbeast (1977) is the subject of today's "monsterdon" viewing over on Mastodon, our fediverse sibling!

  • Just start watching Sunday, Dec 22, 2024 at 9pm ET / 8pm CT / 6pm PT, which is 2am Monday UTC
  • and follow #monsterdon over on mastodon for live commentary.
  • I usually open two web browser windows side-by-side but you could follow the mastodon commentary on your phone while watching it on TV or something...

How to watch:

NOTE: this is the 1977 movie, but there's also a 2011 movie called "Snow Beast" so make sure you get the right one.

Snowbeast ... follows the story of a bloodthirsty Bigfoot-like monster terrorizing a ski resort in the Colorado Rockies.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Snowbeast

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MEN AND WOMEN... BLACK AND WHITE. TAKEN FROM DEATH ROW - CONDEMNED TO DEVIL'S ISLAND, U.S.A., WHERE LIVING IS WORSE THAN DYING!

Following the suspension of the death penalty, California starts dumping its convicted murderers on a remote island. There a power struggle ensues between the ruthless Bobby, who uses the female convicts as sex slaves, and a rebellious faction led by A.J.

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I'm a noob to this. Can someone provide instructions on where to and how to join a watch party?

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THIS WAS THE DAY THE UNIVERSE TREMBLED BEFORE THE DEMON FORCES OF THE KILLER PLANET!

After landing on a mysterious planet, a team of astronauts begin to turn on each other, swayed by the uncertain influence of the planet and its strange inhabitants.

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The Giant Spider Invasion (1975) is the subject of today's "monsterdon" viewing over on Mastodon, our fediverse sibling!

  • Just start watching Sunday, Dec 15, 2024 at 9pm ET / 8PM CT, which is 2am Monday UTC
  • then follow #monsterdon over on mastodon for live commentary

How to watch:

The Giant Spider Invasion ... follows giant spiders that terrorize the town of Merrill, Wisconsin and its surrounding area.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Giant_Spider_Invasion

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JUST WHEN YOU THOUGHT IT WAS SAFE TO GO BACK IN THE WATER - YOU CAN'T GET TO IT

On a remote beach, a number of people are gruesomely killed. Police suspect that the deaths are the work of a homicidal maniac, but no one can explain why some of the bodies are hidden deep beneath the sand.

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The Robot vs. the Aztec Mummy is the subject of today's "monsterdon" viewing over on Mastodon, our fediverse sibling!

  • Just start watching Sunday, Dec 8, 2024 at 9pm ET / 8PM CT, which is 2am Monday UTC
  • then follow #monsterdon over on mastodon for live commentary

How to watch:

The evil Dr. Krupp (Luis Aceves Castañeda), a mad scientist also known as "the Bat", managed to escape the snake pit into which he was thrown by Popoca the Aztec Mummy (Ángel di Stefani) in the previous film and continues his efforts to steal a valuable Aztec treasure from Popoca's tomb. Krupp builds a robot with a human head and brain in it (which is thus, technically, a cyborg), planning to use it to destroy the mummy should he return to thwart his plans. Krupp's former colleague and original finder of the mummy, Dr. Eduardo Almada (Ramón Gay), his wife Flora, and his associate Pinacate, all work to stop the mad scientist from completing his plans.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Robot_vs._the_Aztec_Mummy

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LIFE'S A BEACH.. EVEN IN SPACE!

Humanity is in grave danger when a gang of flesh-eating zombies from outer space take on earth's military macho men. Our future rests solely on the shoulders of the Zombie Defense Corps and their incredulous leader, Major Bendover.

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