If I understand the question, you are asking people’s opinions of their most memorable B movies (good or bad).
I’m starting to think, from the posts, that maybe B movies aren’t what I had always thought they were. I liked Scanners and Cyborg, but I remember vividly that I saw them in the theater first. I have always assumed that B movies were ones that really never made it to the big screen.
On the other hand, ROCKY HORROR PICTURE SHOW has been on the big screen almost from its release. Hummmmmm? Maybe that would be considered a cult film. Oy vey. Now I’m really confused.
Can anyone set the record straight on the differences between cult, B or just low budget movies?
I’m pretty new to this site, so I’m not sure if this question is appropriate for this page or if I need to start a new thread. Questions. Questions. Questions.
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By the way, my favorite B movie (as I define them) is, was and always will be MOTEL HELL starring Rory Calhone.
Speleophile beat me to Deathrace 2000 so I submit for your edification and amusement, Lust in the Dust. You’ll laugh! You’ll cry! (especially when Divine sings!) It’ll become a part of you! (I’d recommend Gold Bond Medicated Powder.)
I’m also partial to older Sci-Fi flicks, Rollarball (not the same as Rollerblade), The Omega Man, Forbidden Planet, Metalstorm: The Destruction of Jared-Syn, Reptilicus and many whose titles I can’t remember now. Do those count?
I’d like to enter concurring votes for some of the lesser known above, namely Night of the Comet and From Beyond
Another worthwhile “Night of” is Night of the Creeps – a real gem of a zombie movie (the title is kind of a double entendre comparing zombies and fratboys) with more interesting character development than is generally found in genre films, whatever the budget.
Another oddity I’d recommend, though it doesn’t fall in quite the same class as most of these, is Trouble in Mind. It’s a slow-moving, vaguely sci-fi-ish, detective noir, featuring the only non-drag performance by Divine that I’ve ever seen (and he’s really great as an organized crime kingpin).
Actually I just met the lead character in one of my favorite B series (see here or here. Please ignore the horrible quality and out of control sideburns) Evil Dead and Evil Dead 2. Can’t forget Maniac Cop either.
