B is for B-Movies, Books, and Bruce

That's right, just like I said last post I am not going to restrain the Encyclopedia of meme to just on item per posting.

B is for B-Movies


I have aways had a soft spot for B-Movies. Those especially bad low budget midnight specials. Movies with names that start with Attack of the______, The Curse of the______, The man with______. Over the years I have seen allot of these masterworks, and although not for everyone, these cheesefests will always find an appreciative audience with me.



B is for Bruce Campbell

You can't talk about the genre of B-Film without eventually bringing up my second favorite actor ever. Bruce Campbell "the Chin" is a cult cinema icon. He's been the perennial favorite of director Sam Raimi, and the Coen brothers. His catalogue of film roles be them small or large is impressive. He has been the star of two television shows Jack of All Trades, and Brisco County Jr., as well of co staring in the USA networks Burn Notice. He been a zombie killer, Elvis Presley, the King of Thieves, secret agent, lawyer, bounty hunter, industrialist, soap opera star, old spice spokesman, astronaut....etc. Hes done it all, and somewhere in all that ado hes managed to pump out two books. If Chins Could Kill, Confessions of a B-Movie Actor, and the hilarious Make Love the Bruce Campbell Way. which brings us to the third listing today

B is for Books

I have always been a fanatical reader. I will read just about anything but there are a few authors that I can never seem to get enough of. Douglas Adams, Jim Butcher, Terry Pratchett, Kurt Vonnegut, Christopher Fowler, Bernard Shaw, Andre Dumas, Conan Doyle...etc. One of the scariest things I ever watched was an episode of the twilight zone, where Bridges Meredith character survived the end of the world, and had finally enough time to read all the books in the library. Then his glasses break. There is something about that... sends shivers down my spine.... brrrr.

Its gonna kill me

Oh MY GODDESS,

My friend Marina showed me a trailer for a movie last night. Single greatest trailer ever made. I laughed ,I cried, I threw up a little in my mouth. I am laughing hysterically as I type, cause I viewed it again just now.

Its called "HOBO with a Shotgun"



I am devastated that this is only a trailer. I would pay double theater prices to see a movie based on these clips.

I am not sure, but I think the star is a former wrestler that was on ECW wrestling. I think the name was "sandman", use to open beer cans, take a swig, and then throw them hard into the audience....classy

Listening to: HOBO WITH A SHOTGUN TRAILER

The Scariest Movie Scene Ever

I have recently been watching a few movies that I remember fondly from my youth. It struck me that quite often the movies that strike the biggest chord in me, are not particularly good films. Its little bits of comedy, or horror that make me remember these films. Hudson Hawk is craptacular example of a film, but It has one of the best slapstick scene's in a comedy I recall. For approx. 45 seconds of film....all is forgiven, and it remains one of my all time favorites.

Steven King novels that are made into movies are usually pretty bad. That said, the single scariest moment in film comes from that horrible movie, Pet Cemetery. I have seen this film (or at least the first 10 minutes or so), more times than I care to admit. Yet even though I am well versed in this movie, I still jump out of my skin and scream like a little girl, when that stupid cat jumps out of the tree, just before the music cues tell you something is going to happen. It scares the bejesus out of me.

I have been asked to bring out the movie "Phil the Alien" to my Friday night scifi club meeting. This is a little know canadian film that involves Phil the Alien, lots of alcohol and a talking beaver. Yet even a low budget Canadian scifi telefilm special has a great scene where Phil has just left the talking beavers lodge and staggers through the woods looking for the tavern...bottle of whiskey (medicine) in hand. Sounds awful right? Now put Rush's "Tom Sawyer" over the whole scene....cool.


listening to: Talking Head ~ Psycho Killer