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Recent viewing, May-June 2016, part two

Posted on July 13, 2016March 23, 2023 by Kenneth George Godwin

Peter Cushing as the sadistic witch hunter Gustav Weil in John Hough's Twins of Evil (1971)

Nazis and vampires have been popular subjects for exploitation for decades in a range of genres from the Gothic to epic SF and paranoid b-movie thriller.

The joy of B: Sam Katzman’s 1950s horrors

Posted on December 9, 2015December 10, 2022 by Kenneth George Godwin

How adorable can a '50s movie monster be? Not much more than this one from Fred F. Sears' The Giant Claw (1957)

Sony’s Icons of Horror Collection: Sam Katzman DVD set presents an entertaining selection of low-budget genre movies from the mid-’50s. While they’d never be mistaken for art, they’re undeniably entertaining.

Five Shades of B

Posted on October 28, 2015December 9, 2023 by Kenneth George Godwin

John Lithgow as Dr. Lizardo/Lord John Whorfin tries to pry the secret of the oscillation overthruster from Buckaroo in W.D. Richter's The Adventures of Buckaroo Banzai Across the 8th Dimension (1984)

Since the end of the studio system, the term B-movie has come to refer more to content than budget; recent viewing covers a wide range of styles within this nebulous category.

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The joy of B: Sam Katzman’s 1950s horrors

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