NFT: B-Movie Hall of Fame

Hel'n · 10-26-2004, 02:25 PM

http://www.b-movie.com/hof/hof.html

NEW YORK (Reuters) - Zsa Zsa Gabor and Sonny Chiba reached the heights of low-budget filmmaking as they were among those selected by cinephiles around the world for induction into the B-Movie Hall of Fame.

Chiba, the Japanese icon of martial-arts flicks including "Gangster Cop" (1970) and "The Street Fighter" (1974), and Hungarian-born glamour girl Zsa Zsa Gabor, of such campy films as "The Girl in the Kremlin" (1957) and "The Queen of Outer Space" (1958), were among 10 artists and 10 films honored Monday.

The seventh annual Hall of Fame voting was done at B-Movie Theater, a Web site (http://www.b-movie.com) celebrating the art of low-budget film-making. Online voters were provided ballots listing 100 nominated films and 100 nominated artists.

Winning the most votes for an individual artist was actress Debbie Rochon, whose films include "Black Easter" (1994) and "Hellblock 13" (1999). Rochon hosted the 1999 inaugural B-movie film festival held each year in Syracuse, New York.

British writer and director Clive Barker, who created the long-running "Hellraiser" and "Candyman" series, received the second highest total.

Wes Craven's "The Last House on the Left," (1972) won the most votes for a movie. Others honored included "White Zombie" (1932) and "Curse of the Demon" (1957).

Other artists inducted included Larry "Buster" Crabbe, who played Flash Gordon and Buck Rogers in popular serials, and directors Sam Fuller, helmsman of high-powered dramas like "The Baron of Arizona" (1950) and "Shock Corridor" (1963), and Edgar G. Ulmer, who made "The Black Cat" (1934) and "Detour" (1945).

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Hel'n · 10-26-2004, 02:32 PM

So what's your favorite b-movie?

Mine is "The Blob"...

Of course, "Plan 9 from Outer Space" ranks right up there...

el borracho · 10-26-2004, 02:36 PM

Does "The Rocky Horror Picture Show" qualify as a B movie? If it does, it has got to be the most popular and successful B movie ever.

**Bowser** · 10-26-2004, 02:38 PM

Humanoids From the Deep was terrible.

Hel'n · 10-26-2004, 02:56 PM

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Originally Posted by el borracho

Does "The Rocky Horror Picture Show" qualify as a B movie? If it does, it has got to be the most popular and successful B movie ever.

I think you can safely say it is a B-movie...

Kylo Ren · 10-26-2004, 02:59 PM

Fahrenheit 9/11 was pretty bad. I think it'll go down as one of the all time worst. It'll probably become one of those cult classics. People will watch it over and over again. They'll repeat the lines in the movie, then laugh hysterically.

Hel'n · 10-26-2004, 04:30 PM

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Originally Posted by Gunther_Fan

Fahrenheit 9/11 was pretty bad. I think it'll go down as one of the all time worst. It'll probably become one of those cult classics. People will watch it over and over again. They'll repeat the lines in the movie, then laugh hysterically.

WTF? Are you a fool or a stalker? This is about B-movies lamebrain...

**KcMizzou** · 10-26-2004, 02:52 PM

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Originally Posted by ENDelt260

I guess I've got a different definition of B movie than these folks, tho. I didn't think Clerks would qualify. I didn't think simply being independent and low budget made a movie a B movie.

I agree. I thought the term "B movie" implied a certain cheese factor.

I actually have Killer Klowns from outer space on DVD, but I've never watched it.

**KcMizzou** · 10-26-2004, 03:00 PM

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Originally Posted by ENDelt260

No fuckin way!

You've never seen the movie at all... or just haven't watched the DVD?

Haven't seen it at all...

I heard about it a long time ago. (Probably here) Then I saw it in the bargain bin at Walmart for like 6 bucks, so I picked it up. I figured some night I'd pop it in after a few beers , but I forgot about it till you mentioned it.

**Bowser** · 10-26-2004, 02:54 PM

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Originally Posted by ENDelt260

Awesome, Killer Klowns from Outer Space is in there as well. That movie rawks.

I guess I've got a different definition of B movie than these folks, tho. I didn't think Clerks would qualify. I didn't think simply being independent and low budget made a movie a B movie.

I'm looking forward to the Clerks sequel - The Passion of the Clerks!!

Miles · 10-26-2004, 02:55 PM

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Originally Posted by ENDelt260

Awesome, Killer Klowns from Outer Space is in there as well. That movie rawks.

I guess I've got a different definition of B movie than these folks, tho. I didn't think Clerks would qualify. I didn't think simply being independent and low budget made a movie a B movie.

Definitly agree...just becase a movie is Independet and may have some lower production values its not a B movie.

When i think of B movies i think of shitty horror movies that are cool because they are shitty.

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